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TAM places order for eight more Fokker 100 twinjets
FAST-GROWING BRAZILIAN regional carrier TAM (Transportes Aereos Regionais) has placed another repeat order for the Rolls-Royce Tay 650-powered Fokker 100 twinjet. The latest order, for eight aircraft, will bring its Fokker fleet to 23 aircraft, the third-largest after American Airlines and USAir. Another order, for six ...
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UK holds back on industry funding
Forbes Mutch/Bristol THE UK GOVERNMENT says that it is unlikely to increase direct funding for aerospace research and development, despite a call from industry to develop a UK technology-demonstrator programme. The programme has been proposed as part of the Society of British Aerospace Companies' (SBAC) Strategy ...
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FedEx moves to limit effects of pilots' action
US EXPRESS-PACKAGE carrier FedEx has wet-leased seven Boeing 727-200F freighters from Express One International, as a contingency in case industrial action by its pilots disrupts services in the build-up to the busy Christmas season. FedEx pilots stopped flying on their days off after contract talks with the carrier broke down ...
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Finnair maintains strong position
THE FINNAIR GROUP continued its impressive performance improvement in the six months to the end of September. Compared to the same first-half period of 1994, Finnair made a FIM462 million ($110 million) profit before reserves and taxes, against FIM298 million. Turnover increased by 7.7% to FIM3.6 billion, while ...
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Canadian Airbus scandal deepens
THE FORMER CHAIRMAN of the company which brokered the sale of 34 Airbus A320s to Air Canada has said that he set up a Swiss bank account to funnel Airbus kickback money to former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. Mulroney denies the bribery allegation and has filed a C$50 million ...
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No 'fire sale' at USAir
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON, DC USAir REMAINS receptive to strategic alliances, up to and including a merger with another airline, according to Seth Schofield, the carrier's chairman and chief executive. Speaking after the USAir Group's annual stockholders' meeting, Schofield estimated that the airline will have $1 billion in ...
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New direction for East West
EAST WEST AIRLINES, India's largest private airline, has received Government permission to import four Boeing 737-400s to meet demand for more capacity into Bombay and to service a new Delhi-Hyderabad route. The 737-400s are expected to be leased from Malaysia Airlines. Two are scheduled for delivery in December, ...
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HAECO teams with Rolls-Royce
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE HONG KONG AIRCRAFT Engineering (HAECO) is to hive off its engine-overhaul business to a new 50:50 joint-venture company to be formed in partnership with Rolls-Royce Aero Engine services. Hong Kong Aero Engine Services (HAESL) is expected to begin operations from I January, 1997. HAECO ...
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Concorde wins race against US TCAS ban
Andrew Doyle/LONDON BRITISH AIRWAYS and Air France have avoided the threat of a ban on their Aerospatiale/BAC Concorde operations to the USA, after Rockwell-Collins finally solved technical problems associated with the external antennae for the traffic-alert and collision-avoidance systems (TCAS) which it is supplying for the supersonic airliner. ...
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Air traffic mismanagement
The Western air-transport industry realised around 1989 that the most enormous commercial opportunity in the entire transition to the Future Air Navigation System (FANS) was opening up before its very eyes: Russia needed a new navigation infrastructure. Since then it has deluged Moscow with advice - some of it wrong, ...
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Strike pressure builds as Boeing deliveries slip
Guy Norris/LOSANGELES PRESSURE IS MOUNTING on Boeing to settle with striking workers, as the production backlog begins to build up and deliveries slow to a trickle. Boeing managed to deliver 11 aircraft in November and 14 in October despite the strike by 32,000 machinists and aerospace ...
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American grants Hawaiian a reprieve
FINANCIALLY TROUBLED carrier Hawaiian Airlines has secured a last-minute, but still tentative, agreement with American Airlines to restructure long-term lease agreements for its fleet of ex-American McDonnell Douglas DC-10s. The carrier has until 8 December to put together a set of renegotiated financial agreements with its creditors before ...
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Fokker transfer
Thirty five Fokker-owned aircraft will be transferred to newly formed leasing company debis Air Finance this month, to try to strengthen the Dutch manufacturer's balance sheet. The transfer involves 18 Fokker 100s, 15 Fokker 50s and two F28s. The main shareholder is debis, a division of Daimler-Benz, with 35% stake, ...
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Tajudin Ramli: Malaysian Midas?
Paul Lewis/KUALA LUMPUR WHEN TAJUDIN RAMLI entered the international aerospace arena, he brought with him two essential qualifications for success: vision and cash. In the 18 months since taking the helm of Malaysia Airlines (MAS), Tajudin has shaken the national carrier out of its catatonic existence, masterminded a ...
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Suppliers
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries will design, develop and produce the fuselage and tail for the de Havilland Dash 8-400. Timco has been awarded the contract to carry out T-cap repairs and complete the interior refurbishment of Northwest Airlines DC9-30s. Sita has signed Russian carrier Vnukovo ...
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Aircraft news
JAL has ordered five B777-300s to enter service in 1998. The carrier already has 10 B777-200s on order with options on a further 10. Uzbekistan Airways has ordered two B767-300ERs and one B757. The National Civil Aviation Authority of Turkmenistan has ordered two Rolls-Royce powered B757s. ...
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Dasa ultimatum
Daimler-Benz Aerospace says it will abandon Fokker if the Dutch government continues to refuse financial assistance. Dasa itself will shed 8,000 jobs and close three factories in an effort to cut costs. Source: Airline Business
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Flowers of Asia
Asia-Pacific is awash with new startups and domestic carriers expanding off shore. Tom Ballantyne looks at how big a threat they are to the region's majors.They are like bees attracted to the honey pot, says one executive from a major Asian airline of the rash of new startups swarming to ...
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Brave new shoots
The emergence of a new generation of start up carriers in Europe has finally begun. Sara Guild talks to some of the new players and examines their strategies for survival.It's a bit like attending the Academy Awards and not knowing when the envelopes will be opened. European aviation has been ...
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Financial results
Alaska Airline's cost per ASM dropped 5.5% from 1994 to 7.5 cents. But load factors were down 1.3 points on 1994 and yield decreased 1.7%. ANA's cost cutting showed benefits as expenses rose only 5%. International traffic rose 28.1% due to the strong yen. America West's ...