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Air China may order Boeing 777 and 747s
BOEING HAS high hopes that the forthcoming visit of Chinese President Jiang Zemin to the USA will clear the way for an Air China order for new 747-400 and 777s. Air China is understood to be ready to order ten Boeing 777s and five 747-400s. The 777s are ...
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Alitalia fails to reach break-even
Kevin O'Toole and Allan Winn/LONDON ALITALIA HAS admitted that it will fail to reach the promised break-even point this year, largely because of the industrial action from the pilots' union which has cost the airline L80 billion ($49 million) in cancelled flights. The Italian carrier has ...
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DASA delays 'Dolores'
DAIMLER-BENZ Aerospace (DASA) has delayed release of its "Dolores" (dollar low rescue) restructuring plan until the end of the month, as senior DASA officials have further discussion with the Government about the scheme. The plan was expected to be unveiled in mid-October. Leaks from an interim report suggest ...
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Snecma rejects idea of selling stake to GE
Gilbert Sedbon/PARIS SNECMA CHAIRMAN Bernard Dufour has dismissed the idea of General Electric taking a stake in the French group, if and when it comes up for privatisation. Previous comments from Snecma, under Dufour's predecessor Gerard Renon, had suggested that the group was open to ...
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Additional ATR 72s
British Airways Express franchise operator CityFlyer Express has ordered two additional ATR 72-200s. The first will be delivered in November, and the second in February 1996. The order brings CityFlyer's ATR fleet to four ATR 72s and six ATR 42. Source: Flight International
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FANS pays its way
Airlines are demanding hard cost benefits as FANS moves off the drawing board and into the sky. Kevin O'Toole and Julian Moxon/AMSTERDAM ALMOST BY definition, the debate over the Future Air Navigation System (FANS) has been strong on the benefits of tomorrow's technology, but a little weaker ...
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DC-10 misses Frankfurt runway - by 300km
Herman de Wulf/BRUSSELS David Learmount/LONDON A NORTHWEST AIRLINES McDonnell Douglas DC-10-40 carrying 241 passengers from Detroit to Frankfurt missed its intended destination by 300km (160nm), landing at Brussels Airport by mistake on 5 September. The pilots of Flight 52 only realised their error when they ...
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USAir Express launches Magellan GPS/ACARS
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA USAIR EXPRESS HAS become the launch customer for Magellan Systems' CNS-12 communication/navigation/surveillance system. USAir has ordered systems to equip around 100 de Havilland Dash 8s and Dornier 328s operated by subsidiaries Allegheny, Jetstream International and Piedmont Airlines. Magellan says that it plans to ...
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Honeywell lands Moscow GPS order
HONEYWELL IS TO install a satellite-based landing-system at Moscow's Zhukovsky airfield for use by Russia's Department of Air Transportation to establish certification and operational procedures for precision approaches using the global-positioning system (GPS) and its Russian equivalent, GLONASS. The US company will supply its SLS-2000 differential-GPS (DGPS) ground ...
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Grob fears for Strato future funds
GERMAN AIRCRAFT manufacturer Burkhart Grob says that its Strato 2C high-altitude research aircraft programme is being threatened by the refusal of the Government to hand over outstanding funding for the project. The Federal Ministry of Research and Technology has still not paid the DM46.75 million ($31 million) ...
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Czech bank offers Let funding to certificate GE-powered L-610G
CZECH REGIONAL manufacturer Let Kunovice has been offered funding to complete certification of its General Electric-powered L-610G turboprop. The money - understood to be CKr450 million ($17 million) - is being provided by Czech bank Komercni Banka as a long-term loan. Let now believes that it can complete ...
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Ayres considers Dual Pac power for new types
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES FRED AYRES, developer of the Ayres Turbo Thrush agricultural aircraft, is designing a series of new types - ranging from a fire fighting tanker to a utility freighter - using the Soloy Dual Pac with two Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6As as the power plant. ...
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Air India takes wet-lease route to expansion
AIR INDIA IS to wet-lease five 200/250-seat aircraft to advance its expansion plans. With effect from December, two long-range Lockheed L1011-500 TriStars and one Airbus A310-300 will be leased from Antigua-based Caribjet, and two more A310-300s from Air Club International, of Montreal, Canada. The new ...
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Anglo-Tunisian venture to develop cargo trade
Gunter Endres/LONDON THE ANGLO-TUNISIAN all-cargo airline, North African Airlines (NAA), has received the first scheduled air-cargo licence in Tunisia. In partnership with the Tunisian Government, which has granted the airline important fiscal advantages, including waiving corporation tax for ten years, it has been charged with the ...
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Ethiopian Airlines signs understanding for Fokker 50s
NATIONAL FLAG carrier Ethiopian Airlines has signed a memorandum of understanding for the acquisition of five Fokker 50 turboprops to replace its two 46-seat ATR 42-300s and some 18-seat de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otters. Delivery of the new aircraft, which will be acquired on a ten-year finance ...
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Frontier lease
Frontier Airlines, the new Denver-based low-fare US entrant, is to lease two Boeing 737-300s from GE Capital Aviation Services. Frontier recently closed a public offering, which yielded sufficient financing to lease up to four Boeing 737-300s. The aircraft, which will go into service in November will join Frontier's present fleet ...
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Slovakia in MiG-29 deal
RUSSIA AND SLOVAKIA have concluded an agreement covering the delivery of a further seven Mikoyan MiG-29 single-seat fighters and one MiG-29UB two-seat trainer as part of a debt write-off package. The aircraft will be ferried to Slovakian airfields by December. The Slovakian air force took delivery of five ...
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BAe aims Gripen at Saudi Arabia
Douglas Barrie/LINKOPING SAUDI ARABIA HAS emerged as a key target of the British Aerospace/Saab joint venture marketing the JAS-39 Gripen fighter. BAe has briefed Saudi Arabia on an export derivative of the Gripen to meet its Northrop F-5 replacement programme. BAe has teamed ...
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Midway Beech 1900DS
Great Lakes Aviation subsidiary, Midway Connection, has taken delivery of two Raytheon Aircraft Beech 1900D regional airliners for use in a new code-sharing arrangement with Midway Airlines. The two aircraft will fly from Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, to Hilton Head and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Source: Flight ...
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CF34 variant launched
The new, 3B1 variant of the General Electric CF34 turbofan, has been launched by Austrian operator, Tyrolean Airways. The Innsbruck-based carrier selected the engine to power four Canadair Regional Jets, the first of which will be delivered in December 1995. The -3B1 has a redesigned first-stage compressor blisk and more ...