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Aviastar Asia opens up for Tu-204 business
AVIASTAR ASIA (AAC), a new joint venture involving Russian aircraft-production company Aviastar and several South-East Asian financial institutions, opened its office in Taipei on 24 July. The consortium will provide leasing, financial and technical support for the Tupolev Tu-204, which is assembled in Ulyanovsk. AAC is planning to ...
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Costly contests
THE UK'S RECENT AWARD of a clutch of key defence contracts has raised many questions. Not least of those is whether the present system of competitive tendering has had its day. The political realities and mounting development costs in today's defence market suggests that it has. Competitive tedering may have ...
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GATX investment partnership orders 737s and 757s
AN INVESTMENT partnership formed by GATX Capital has placed $1.2 billion-worth of orders and options for up to 23 Boeing 737-800s and 757-200s. GATX Capital's Air Group will manage the partnership, which includes Heller Financial and Kanematsu. Additional partners will be named at a later date, says ...
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Westpac order
Western Pacific Airlines (WestPAC) has ordered 12 Fairchild Dornier 328 turboprops, with options for 12 more, for its new commuter unit, Mountain Air Express. Source: Flight International
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ValuJet puts fleet on sale
VALUJET AIRLINES is trying to sell or lease the bulk of its McDonnell Douglas DC-9s and MD-80s. The low-cost carrier was operating 51 aircraft when it was grounded on 17 June, but plans to resume service by mid-August with a maximum of 15 DC-9-32s. The airline plans ...
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Macau has recorded 400,000
Sir - I refer to the article about Macau International Airport, "Slow start" (Flight International, 5-11 June, P26). Macau InternationalAirport was officially opened on 8 December, 1995, and one could not expect to see a lot of aircraft on the runway - especially when a ceremony for about ...
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Malaysia seeks EGPWS change
Brent Hannon/HONG KONG MALAYSIA AIRLINES is seeking to be launch customer for AlliedSignal Aerospace's new enhanced ground-proximity warning system (EGPWS) on the Boeing 777. There may not be time, however, to incorporate the system into aircraft in production. Malaysia has requested a change to its 777 ...
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Turnaround in Mexico
Mexicana is 75 years old this year Geoffrey Jones/MEXICO CITY MEXICANA, THE OLDEST airline in North America, celebrates its 75th anniversary this year. Under the new leadership of chief executive Fernando Flores, Mexicana has an optimistic vision for the future as it consolidates its market strengths, both ...
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Indian Airlines subsidiary to acquire 50-seat turboprops
ALLIANCE AIR, the new low-cost regional subsidiary of Indian Airlines, is planning to acquire a fleet of 50-seat turboprops for domestic feeder routes. Alliance Air, previously dubbed Airline Allied Services, had an April launch with the first of 12 Boeing 737-200s to be transferred from its parent ...
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Shorts hands over composite rudder
SHORTS HAS DELIVERED the first all-composite rudder for the Boeing 737-600/700/800 family. The component is around 1m longer than the 737-300/400/500 composite rudder, contains fewer structural components and requires fewer man hours to manufacture. Belfast, UK-based Shorts supplies parts for all of Boeing's commercial aircraft programmes, including undercarriage doors for ...
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Lockheed
Lockheed Martin Missiles & Space, of Sunnyvale, California, has named Mike Henshaw executive vice-president. He was formerly vice-president for civil space as well as vice-president for business development, advanced programmes and technology. John Dietz is appointed vice-president for business development, advanced programmes and technology. He has been vice-president of data-development ...
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Concorde celebration
Seen (left) is Brian Trubshaw, chief test pilot of the Anglo-French Concorde, with (centre) Capt Jeremy Rendall, who completed his last British Airways Concorde flight on 20 July, landing at RAF Fairford, in the UK. With them are the crew of the first British Airways commercial Concorde flight, in 1976, ...
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Aircraft news
Garuda Indonesia has signed orders for six Boeing 777-200s, to be delivered between 1997 and 1999, and 17 B737-300s and B737-500s, planned for delivery between 1997 and 1999. It also has taken options on six B747-400s. Egyptair's additional order for three Boeing 777s is for delivery between May and August ...
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Appointments
James P Kelly has been elected chairman and chief executive officer of United Parcel Service. Isaac Omolo Okero is the new chairman of Kenya Airways, which has renewed the contracts of managing director Brian Davies and finance director Malcolm Naylor. John W Power is to become ...
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Bow to no man
Pieter Bouw, the president of KLM, will need all his knowledge of the industry to rise above the crisis in the relationship with Northwest Airlines, growing competition from other hubs and US-European alliances, and insufficient market share in Europe. Interview by Jackie Gallacher. Airline Business: KLM's operating result declined ...
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Extra lift
Atlas Air has found a winning formula: acquire used Boeing 747-200 freighters and operate them profitably on behalf of major airlines. Jane Levere reports. Some people say Atlas Air, the Golden, Colorado-based cargo carrier, is really in the taxi business rather than the air freight business. However you describe the ...
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Slow to plug in
It's not surprising that Asia Pacific's electronic distribution push is being spearheaded by Japan, a country renowned for its leadership in the business of high technology. The nation's airlines have already made ticketless travel and self-service check-in and ticketing part and parcel of flying the country's domestic skies. All Nippon ...
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Arabs set to close ranks
Attempts to boost aviation cooperation in the Arab world are gathering pace. Ten carriers are considering a consultants' study recommending a pan-Arab airline alliance, while the birth of the long-awaited Arab Civil Aviation Commis- sion promises to strengthen ties further. A nine-month study on behalf of 10 of ...
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Asia's triple owner shift
Three major Asian carriers have signalled a new round of ownership changes to help fund up to $9 billion of aircraft orders. Garuda has begun a major restructuring ahead of privatisation, Philippine Airlines plans a public share offering, and Malaysia Airlines may sell 10 per cent of its stock to ...