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Canada 3000 loses business to Royal
Canada 3000, the Toronto-based charter airline, has lost the business of major customer Signature Vacations, which will switch to rival Royal Aviation this year. Signature, the Toronto-based subsidiary of UK tour operator First Choice (Air 2000's parent), has been a major customer for Canada 3000 since the carrier was launched ...
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Boeing warns on China hopes
Paul Lewis/BEIJING Boeing is sounding a warning that earlier expectations of a large new order for aircraft from China in June could be affected by a marked slowdown in local airline traffic growth and the knock-on effects from Asia's wider economic difficulties. The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) ...
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Lufthansa eyes 747-400 freighter
Shahe Ouzounian/FRANKFURT Lufthansa Cargo says it will need to replace its fleet of Boeing 747-200Fs early in the next decade, with the 747-400 freighter the prime candidate, even though the German operator considers the aircraft "too expensive". Wilhelm Althen, chairman of the executive board, says that its fleet ...
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Fresh funds promise brighter prospects for Ilyushin II-114
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW The future prospects of the Ilyushin Il-114 have improved after a deal to fund production of the 64-seat twin turboprop and the creation of a consortium to market and develop the aircraft. Ilyushin has signed a letter of intent with Incombank, one of the leading Russian private banks, ...
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Marketplace
-Augsburg Airways has placed orders for six additional Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8s, including two series 200s and four larger series 300s, and taken options on a further seven aircraft. The order represents the ratification and expansion of a deal originally reached in November 1997 for three aircraft. The options ...
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CAL orders frozen
China Airlines (CAL) has been ordered by Taiwan's transport ministry not to order any new aircraft until it has improved its operations and safety standards. This move is the Taiwan Government's latest to force the carrier to upgrade its safety standards. CAL has suffered two major widebody accidents since April ...
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P&W corrects PW4098 cracks and confirms 777-300 delay
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Paul Lewis/SEATTLE Pratt & Whitney estimates that corrections to cure cracked compressor stators in the PW4098 discovered in April will push deliveries of the first heavyweight Boeing 777-300 to Korean Air (KAL) back by almost three months, to December. "It's a cast part, and we've ...
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Routes
-Cityjet is to start daily services to Dublin from the UK's East Midlands Airport on 8 June using a Saab 2000. -Continental Airlines and VASP have signed a code-sharing alliance, which will come into effect on 1 July and enable VASP to sell half the seats on Continental's flights between ...
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US Airways may forge fresh alliance with British Airways
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC US Airways could forge a new marketing alliance with British Airways as a result of the projected tie-ups by both carriers with American Airlines. The deal would go ahead only under certain conditions, says Stephen Wolf, head of US Airways Group. The prospect of a ...
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Virgin and Go launch London Stansted invasion
Virgin is poised to take over a UK airline, probably Sabre Airways, as its Brussels-based low fare division Virgin Express launches services to London Stansted. The airport could eventually become its UK hub. Meanwhile, British Airways' low fare airline Go has begun to operate at the airport. Speaking at the ...
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New Embraer figures confirm recovery
Embraer has reported its third successive profitable quarter, confirming its recovery after eight years of losses. The Brazilian aircraft manufacturer saw a $19.9 million profit on sales of $230 million. "This shows that our recovery is definitely here to stay," says president Mauricio Botelho. Losses were $330 million in ...
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SIA warns of harder times to come as growth creeps up
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Singapore Airlines (SIA) has warned of a tougher year ahead in the face of falling passenger loads and anticipated erosion of yields, after announcing only a marginal growth of net profit for the 12 months ending 31 March. The airline turned in a net profit of S$1.03 billion ...
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Family planning
The early successes of regional jet upstart Fairchild Dornier are undoubtedly spurring a surge in excitement among the more established regional players. But perhaps before everyone rushes headlong into launching a raft of new aircraft in response to the market upswing, considerable thought needs to be given to the factors ...
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Single-aisle bonanza
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES CFM International (CFMI) and arch rival International Aero Engines (IAE) are again heading for the record books. After an astonishingly successful year for both in 1997, the orders have continued and, by mid-1998, look as if they might already surpass significantly those of the previous year. ...
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Boeing refines 777-200X design to tempt launch customers
Paul Lewis/SEATTLE Boeing has reaffirmed its commitment to launching the planned 777-200X/300X derivatives and is undertaking a fresh examination of a range of payload/range performance enhancements to the design. "The programme is still proceeding and there are some opportunities to make improvements to the 777-200X/300X that we are ...
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ATR forecasts revival in turboprop market
ATR is predicting a revival in regional turboprop sales within the next few years, as aircraft come up for replacement. "There is no way all the 30-seaters will be replaced with jets," believes Antoine Bouissou, president of the US arm, ATR Marketing. He calculates that some 450 30-seat turboprops ...
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Cathay takes first 777-300
Cathay Pacific received the first 777-300 on 21 May, one of seven Rolls-Royce Trent 892-powered aircraft it has on order. The 777 has been awarded 180min extended twin-engine operations by the US Federal Aviation Administration. European clearance is due in August. Delivery of the first of six Thai Airways ...
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A319M5 takes on 717 in tussle for Northwest 100-seat deal
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Airbus Industrie is pitching its proposed A319M5 head-on against the Boeing 717 in the campaign to sell Northwest Airlines up to 100 of the 100-seaters to replace its McDonnell Douglas DC-9s. The US carrier, which is also planning a 30-seater order, could purchase a total of ...
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Dassault details supersonic jet
Julian Moxon/PARIS Dassault Aviation has revealed key details of its planned supersonic business jet (SSBJ), which it says could be flying "by 2004". The manufacturer is still hesitant about the size of the potential market for SSBJs, but Dassault Aviation vice-president Bruno Revellin Falcoz insisted when a model of the ...
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Airbus plans laminar flow tests in bid to bring down fuel costs
Max Kingsley-Jones/TOULOUSE Airbus Industrie will launch a laminar flow technology flight test later this year as part of its probe into the potential cost and emission reductions resulting from a lessening in aircraft skin drag. The consortium is modifying the tailfin of the prototype A320-100 for tests due to begin ...