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First Boeing 737-700 fuselage approaches completion
THE FIRST fuselage for Boeing's New Generation 737 family is nearing completion at the company's Wichita factory. The 737-700 fuselage, pictured above in an integration tool, will be shipped by train to the final assembly line at Renton, Washington, in one piece. The first flight of the new 737 has ...
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Boeing will step up 777
Boeing will boost 777 production to seven a month in July 1997. The 777 line is rising to three and a half a month by October, and will rise to five a month for the first half of 1997. The company has also announced plans to employ 5,000 ...
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Safety standards must be consistent
Sir - Like Steve Kirby, in his letter "Engines should be treated separately" (Flight International, 14-20 August, P40), I was reminded of the US National Transportation Safety Board accident report on the 5 May, 1983, Lockheed L-1011 TriStar oil-loss incident. There were lessons to be learned from that near-accident, which ...
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Airbus is poised to join AE-100 programme
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE CHINESE AND European aerospace-industry negotiators are expected to reach an agreement by the end of the month for Airbus Industrie to join the proposed Chinese AE-100 regional-jet programme. Under a plan which is now in the process of being finalised, Airbus will assume a leading role in Aero ...
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China Eastern to go public
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE CHINA EASTERN Airlines has been given the go-ahead to have its shares listed on the New York and Hong Kong stock exchanges by the end of the year, says a senior Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) official. The Shanghai-based carrier, together with ...
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Qantas aims to keep on saving
QANTAS CHAIRMAN Gary Pemberton has warned that, despite improved profits, further fleet expansion will have to be backed by renewed cost savings. Qantas ended its latest financial year to the end of June with net profits up by more than one-third at A$247 million ($190 million), comfortably ahead ...
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BWIA confirms cancelled Airbus orders
GILLES FILIATREAULT, incoming chief executive at BWIA International Airways, has confirmed that the Caribbean carrier does not intend to take two Airbus A340-300s it had ordered. Filiatreault says that, when he took over the job in August, he was reassured by BWIA's shareholders that the Airbus orders were effectively cancelled. ...
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A3XX will 'seat 1,000'
SEATING FOR more than 1,000 passengers will be possible aboard growth versions of the Airbus Industrie A3XX, according to Jurgen Thomas, senior vice-president for the consortium's Large Aircraft division. Thomas says that, when it enters service in 2003, the A3XX will be the "world's largest airliner, and the ...
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Lufthansa plans to cut fleet as first-half profits fall
Andrzej Jeziorski/HAMBURG LUFTHANSA IS TO STEP up cost-cutting measures and reduce its fleet, in an effort to combat an unforeseen stagnation in traffic growth which has left the German group with a significant drop in profits for the first half of the year. Pre-tax profits amounted to DM119 million ($80 ...
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Manx takes over BA's 'loss-making' Scottish services
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON BRITISH AIRWAYS is to withdraw from its loss-making network of services in the Scottish "Highlands and Islands", and the operations taken over by its franchise affiliate Manx Airlines. The network, which is now served by BA's fleet of British Aerospace ATPs, includes services ...
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Boeing faces delay in plans to launch its longer-range 777X
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES BOEING'S PLANS to launch an ultra-long range version of the 777 for service entry by May 1999 are expected to be delayed by airline uncertainty over the derivative choice, and the emergence of new offerings from Airbus and McDonnell Douglas (MDC). Boeing announced ...
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Boeing counters A3XX-200 with new 747-700X proposal
Andrew Doyle/LONDON and Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES BOEING PLANS to tackle Airbus Industrie's proposed ultra-high-capacity A3XX-200 head-on with a radical development of its next-generation 747, designated the -700X. In a move seen as an attempt to pre-empt efforts by Airbus to persuade potential customers to wait ...
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Horizon Dash 8 order signals end for Dorniers
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES HORIZON AIR of Seattle, Washington, has placed orders and options, worth potentially more than $750 million, for up to 70 de Havilland Dash 8-200/300 turboprops. The huge deal, which includes firm orders for 25 Dash 8s, spells the end of Horizon's Fairchild Dornier 328 ...
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Saeaga plans for major expansion
THE MALAYSIAN OWNER of Saeaga Airlines has unveiled plans to acquire larger jet-powered aircraft and expand the ten-month-old domestic carrier internationally. According to Malaysian tycoon and Saeaga chairman Ting Pek Khiing, the airline plans to order ten Boeing 737-700s. "We will be signing a deal with Boeing next ...
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Rohr relaunches Valsan 727 re-engineing programme
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES ROHR, THE CALIFORNIA-based nacelle manufacturer, has launched the "Super 27" Boeing 727 re-engineing programme which lapsed with the failure of the Valsan 727RE "Quiet 727" effort. The company, supported by Pratt & Whitney, will offer to re-engine predominantly late-production 727-200 Advanced models ...
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Air Philippines plans
Alec Almazan/MANILA AIR PHILIPPINES is planning to launch new regional services and expand its domestic network, using five Boeing 737-200s which it will introduce through to the end of the year. Further expansion is envisaged, with the acquisition of widebodied types planned. The ten-month-old carrier now ...
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New Chinese A320 customers revealed
AIRBUS INDUSTRIE is set to expand its Chinese operator base, following an agreement to allocate units from the previously unplaced batch of 20 A320s to China Northwest Airlines and Zhejiang Airlines. Under a deal reached with state-run China Aviation Supplies (CASC), ten A320s will be delivered to China ...
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Honeywell and Rockwell
HONEYWELL AND Rockwell are on course for further conflict in the traffic-alert and collision-avoidance (TCAS) market as both companies announce progress with their product lines. British Airways is to be the launch customer for Honeywell's TCAS II system (dubbed TCAS 2000). The unit is scheduled for certification in ...
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GE/P&W work out details of 747-X joint-venture plan
US ENGINE manufacturers General Electric and Pratt & Whitney have agreed many of the details of their 50/50 joint-venture agreement to produce powerplants for the Boeing new-generation 747-500/600X and Airbus Industrie A3XX. The new company, to be known as the GE-P&W Engine Alliance, is to locate final assembly ...
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Saab sells 2000s and gains 340 customer
SAAB AIRCRAFT HAS SOLD two further Saab 2000s to French carrier Regional Airlines and added an Egyptian customer to its list of Saab 340 operators. The 2000 deal boosts the French carrier's numbers of the type to seven - making it the second-largest operator of the aircraft, behind Crossair. The ...