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Air Seychelles has signed a 10-year lease deal with ILFC for a General Electric CF6-80C2-powered Boeing 767-300ER, for delivery in April 2001. Swiss charter carrier Edelweiss Air has agreed to lease a new Airbus A330-200 from CIT Group from the fourth quarter of 2000. The Rolls-Royce Trent 772B-powered A330-200 is ...
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Tangara delayed 'indefinitely'
Francois Legros/PARIS Socata, the light aircraft subsidiary of France's Aerospatiale Matra, has delayed indefinitely certification of its TB360 twin-engined Tangara. Chairman and chief executive Philippe Debrun says Socata "preferred to mobilise its energy and skills in aircraft that are ready and can be sold at once, rather than deploying ...
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Boeing adds 163 'unidentified' orders to swell backlog list
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Boeing has added 163 aircraft to its firm order backlog by revoking its policy of not listing sales to unidentified customers. The aircraft, ordered over the past two years, are valued at $9 billion. The US manufacturer says its move to "adopt an industry-wide practice" ...
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Boeing's third milestone
Boeing was planning to deliver the last MD-80 series twinjet from Long Beach, California, on 21 December, marking the third major milestone in as many weeks for the company's narrowbodied aircraft. The final MD-83 is the 1,191st in the -80 series, and the last of 26 aircraft delivered to ...
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SAS Commuter's first Dash 8 Q400 prepares to enter service
The first of at least 19 Bombardier Dash 8 Q400s is poised to enter service with SAS Commuter. Certification by Europe's Joint Aviation Authorities has cleared the way for deliveries of the high-speed 70-seater to begin (Flight International, 15-21 December). The Q400s will operate from Copenhagen and Stockholm. Source: Flight ...
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IAE studies options for V2500 applications beyond A320
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES International Aero Engines (IAE) is studying options on longer-term potential developments of the V2500 engine to power a new generation of aircraft to replace the Airbus Industrie A320 and Boeing 737 families. The move comes after the Pratt & Whitney/Rolls-Royce-led consortium dropped its initial "-A7" growth ...
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Merpati considers help from SIA
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Singapore Airlines (SIA) may be called in to act as management consultant to troubled Indonesian carrier Merpati Nusantara, according to the Indonesian Government. "It is possible that SIA may co-operate with Merpati," says Indonesian communications minister Agum Gumelar, who ruled out a rumoured similar tie-up with ...
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CF34-8C1 approval
General Electric has received US Federal Aviation Administration certification for the CF34-8C1, marking the end of a three-year test effort. The engine is in flight test on 70-seat Bombardier's Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) 700, for which it is rated at 56.4kN (12,679lb) and 61.3kN at maximum take-off auxiliary power reserve ...
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Irish lessor Pembroke confirms its deal to boost 717 orders
Pembroke has placed orders for 15 more Boeing 717-200s and taken a further 15 options, raising its total commitment for the 100-seater to 50 aircraft, of which half are firm orders. The Irish lessor's plans for the follow-on order have been revealed exclusively by Flight International in September (1-7 ...
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Workshop
FLS Aerospace (FLSA) and Rockwell Collins Aviation Services have joined forces to pursue and provide nose-to-tail maintenance and support in Europe. Meanwhile, FLSA has received a €5.1 million ($5.09 million), three-year contract from the UK arm of Maersk Air, covering heavy maintenance of five Boeing 737-500s based at Birmingham, UK. ...
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Russia plans manual Y2K override
Alex Velovich/MOSCOW Russia's Federal Service of Air Transport (FSVT) will have extra staff on 31 December/1January to take over air traffic control and other procedures manually if necessary, says FSVT director Vladimir Andreyev. Although the FSVT is predicting a smooth Y2K transition for Russian commercial aviation, only half of ...
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Where to build
Vital decisions have yet to be made on A3XX assembly Andrew Doyle/HAMBURG Julian Moxon/TOULOUSE The location for final assembly of the A3XX remains the only major technical decision for the consortium following the 8 December decision to go ahead with a limited commercial offer to the airlines. The original ...
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In the front seat
Flight International samples Airbus' new flight desk technology for the A3XX Peter Henley/TOULOUSEAirbus Industrie has built up vast experience in the design and production of fly-by-wire commercial aircraft. A bedrock philosophy behind the consortium's ever-expanding family has been to achieve maximum commonality between cockpits. This means pilots can fly ...
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Family rivalry
For decades, Cathay Pacific has dominated the skies over Hong Kong, unchallenged by local airline competition. That could soon change Andrzej Jeziorski/HONG KONG Hong Kong's skies are still clearly divided as far as the region's indigenous airlines are concerned and are dominated by well-established long-haul giant Cathay Pacific Airways. Cathay ...
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Forecasts for 2000 - Airframers
Ultra-large aircraft and regional jets to move ahead, but production to slow Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Although 1999 promised some dramatic airliner developments, few came to fruition. But the stage has been set for key activities over the next 12 months - most notably in the ultra-large aircraft and regional-jet sectors. ...
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Boeing's big question
Is now the right time for the Seattle manufacturer to go ahead with a larger, heavily modified 747 family? Guy Norris/SEATTLE Decision time is looming again in Seattle. The future of the 747 and, with it, Boeing's dominance of the high-capacity long-range market, rests on whether the company commits ...
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Qantas ultra-long-haul request sets up fresh Airbus-Boeing challenge
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Qantas Airways has issued a fresh request for proposals (RFP) reviving its long-standing requirement for a family of long-range, ultra-long-haul 300-seat aircraft to expand capacity and begin replacing Boeing 747SP/-200/-300s and 767-200ERs. The Australian carrier is using the RFP to determine whether the economics are ...
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Airbus and Boeing set to hit output records
Airbus and Boeing are on course to deliver a record 915 aircraft between them in 1999, but their combined output is set to decline from 2000. Airbus has warned that some deliveries will be delayed in 2000 because of a production problem. Airbus will end 1999 with 295 deliveries - ...
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SAS board approves A330/A340 purchase
The SAS board has finally approved the Scandinavian flag carrier's long-awaited purchase of four A330-300s and six A340-300s to replace Boeing 767-300ERs on long-haul routes. The airline's selection of the Airbus types over the rival 777-200ER was revealed by Flight International in January, although the order was delayed until internal ...
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USA offers AMRAAM to Taiwanese air force
Taiwan has won tentative agreement from the USA to sell Raytheon AIM-120 AMRAAM medium-range air-to-air missiles to arm the Republic of China Air Force (RoCAF). According to the air force's Weaponry Acquisition Office, the USA has agreed to integrate AIM-120 software into Taiwan's Lockheed Martin F-16A/B fleet. This grants ...