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Bombardier shows Australian maritime-patrol Dash 8s
BOMBARDIER is conducting a 12-country demonstration tour with the first of three de Havilland Dash 8-200 maritime-patrol aircraft for Surveillance Australia. The tour began in Scandinavia, and is continuing through the Mediterranean, Middle East and Asia, with the aircraft due to arrive in Australia in June and enter service in ...
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China wins control of Hong Kong airlines
Paul Lewis/HONG KONG SWIRE PACIFIC has ceded control of Dragonair and lost to China its absolute majority interest in Cathay Pacific Airways, in a far- reaching settlement ending a year-long battle for control of Hong Kong's airlines. Under a deal struck just 14 months before ...
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Airbus bids to slash A310 costs to rival Boeing 757
Paul Lewis/TOULOUSE AIRBUS INDUSTRIE is studying ways of cutting the cost of its A310 aircraft, in an effort to revive sales and counter proposed higher-gross-weight developments of the Boeing 757. According to Adam Brown, Airbus vice-president for strategic planning, the company is looking at a ...
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Flight Dynamics plans HUDs for more 737s
FLIGHT DYNAMICS plans to increase its dominance of the market for head-up displays (HUDs) on civil transports by certificating its system for Category III operations on five Boeing 737 models by mid-1999. The schedule calls for certification of the 737-400 and -500 to Cat IIIa by the end ...
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Out of the black comes Tacit Blue
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC THE US AIR FORCE has taken the wraps off another of its classified stealth projects with the unveiling of the Tacit Blue technology demonstrator. The Tacit Blue was used to test low-observable technologies eventually used in the Northrop Grumman B-2 bomber and other stealthy ...
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GE gives go-ahead for CRJ-X engine
GENERAL ELECTRIC has formally launched development of the CF34-8C turbofan amid growing speculation that Bombardier is to follow suit with the proposed CRJ-X 70-seat stretch of the Canadair Regional Jet. At the same time, GE has signed an -8C collaboration agreement with Japan Aero Engines, a group formed ...
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Thrust-vectoring Sukhoi Su-27M flies
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW SUKHOI HAS BEGUN flight testing from the Zhukovsky flight-test centre, near Moscow, the first pre-production Su-27M (Su-35) Flanker variant equipped with thrust-vectoring nozzles. The aircraft, Su-27 number 711, had five flights in April, apparently with the axisymmetric nozzles in a fixed configuration. ...
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Boeing thrashes out offset with South African Airways
BOEING and South African Airways (SAA) are continuing discussions over the amount and method of paying offset counter-trade payments attached to the airline's $960 million order for seven Boeing 777-200s and two 747-400s, six months after the deal was signed in November 1995. Concern has been growing ...
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DASA ready to finalise sale of Dornier unit to Fairchild
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON, DC DAIMLER-BENZ Aerospace (DASA) hopes to complete the sale of of its Dornier Lufthahrt regional-aircraft manufacturing unit to US manufacturer Fairchild Aircraft before the end of the month, according to Manfred Bischoff, DASA's president and chief executive. Speaking in Washington on 30 April, ...
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Boeing concedes defeat over China AirExpress
Paul Lewis/Singapore BOEING IS SEEKING alternative partners to develop a 100-seat aircraft, having conceded defeat in its bid to join with China in the development of the AirExpress AE-100 regional jet. The US manufacturer threw in the towel after Commercial-Airplane president Ron Woodard admitted that ...
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FiatAvio sells off its shareholding in IAE
FIATAVIO has sold its holding in International Aero Engines (IAE) to its four partners. The deal maintains the Italian engine manufacturer's place on the programme, but as a subcontractor rather than as a shareholder. The Italian company, which is in the throes of merger talks with local rival ...
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Regional return
US regional Mesa Air Group is to terminate its leases on two Fokker 70s, and has begun negotiations to acquire up to eight alternative regional jets within the next nine months. The New Mexico-based company blames the decision to return the aircraft on the "limited production and uncertainty as to ...
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So what's in a name?
t used to be called Air Inter. Now, its legal name is Air France Europe but it trades as Air Inter Europe. It is majority owned by the Air France Group, but is legally a separate company. In 1997, it will be merged into Air France's European route operation, which ...
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Aircraft news
Philippine Airlines has confirmed firm orders for four A340-300s, eight A330-300s and 12 A320s with deliveries starting in the second quarter of 1997. Swissair has ordered a further three A319s and two A320s. Finnair is set to order four B757s for charter operations, replacing two A300s. ...
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Building more
Boeing will raise the production rates of 737s, 747s and 757s starting in 1997. The 737 production will increase to 10 aircraft a month from eight and a half, the 757s will increase by one aircraft to four, and 747 production will increase by half an aircraft to four per ...
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Latin American lead
Increasingly creative financial mechanisms and new products that insure against political and contractual risks, are providing incentives for private sector investment in Latin American and Caribbean airports. By Ellis Juan.As the air transport sector continues its rapid expansion in an increasingly globalised economy, the entry of fast-growing new participants like ...
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Dealing in Deutsche marks
The German tax lease market is growing, and providing an important source of aircraft funds, but there are fears that any liberties taken with structures could lead to tighter regulation by the tax authorities. Trevor French reports.It doesn't often happen that the arcane world of aircraft finance hits the front ...
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Financial results
Aer Lingus' operating profit was $83.3m, partly due to increased traffic. The carrier received $80m in government aid in 1995. Aeromexico's load factor fell 4.5 points to 60%. Cost saving measures cut capacity 13% and reduced staff by 10%. Operating profit was $24m. Cathay benefited from ...
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Airline news
Lufthansa is launching an on-line reservation service that can be accessed through either a CD-ROM format or through the Internet or other on-line services. Distribution of the CD-ROM is in conjunction with travel agents, who will be able to customse their own versions of the disc. South African ...
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Pressing for open skies
The US Department of Transportation has in general had strong support from the halls of Congress of late - especially in the realm of international aviation issues. In a late March floor speech, Larry Pressler, South Dakota Republican and chairman of the Senate commerce committee, spoke on the ...