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Brymon fleet decision imminent
BRYMON AIRWAYS is to decide on a major fleet re-equipment programme in early December, with proposals being considered from ATR and Bombardier. Mike Jones, the Plymouth-based British Airways subsidiary's managing director, says that, if Brymon decides to stay with Bombardier, it will replace three of its five de ...
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Boeing begins new 737 despite strike
MAJOR ASSEMBLY of the first of the new-generation Boeing 737-700s is still scheduled for 1 December, despite a decision by company workers to reject a deal aimed at ending the seven-week strike. Boeing was optimistic that the 30,000 members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers' ...
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Lufthansa sells its 737 Advs to Jetz
LUFTHANSA IS selling its 19 remaining Boeing 737-200 ADVs to US leasing firm JETZ. The aircraft were among those, which Lufthansa originally planned to sell to Indonesia before the sale stalled when the Delaware-based company offered "a better deal". The aircraft will be handed over starting in May ...
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Cathay to take test A330s
AIRBUS INDUSTRIE will modify and refurbish two of its A330 test and development aircraft for commercial use by Cathay Pacific Airways. The revamped aircraft will fulfil a recent Cathay Pacific order for two additional A330 twinjets. The carrier is already taking delivery of nine Rolls-Royce Trent 700-powered A330s, ...
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Balkan Airlines gets $45m loan
A $45 MILLION loan from Bulgaria's State fund for Reconstruction and Development will allow the national carrier, Balkan Airlines, to embark on a badly needed fleet-modernisation programme. According to reports in the fortnightly journal, East European Markets, the loan, which has just been approved by the Government, forms ...
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French shackle GEC missile bid
Douglas Barrie/LONDON A POLITICAL ROW is brewing between the UK and French Governments over an apparent attempt by Paris to cripple UK company GEC Marconi's bid to win a £1 billion ($1.5 billion) procurement programme for the Royal Air Force. The UK company is offering ...
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Embraer test-flies second EMB-145
Embraer has flown the second EMB-145 test aircraft from the company airfield at Sao Jose dos Campos. The 1h 20m flight took place on 17 November. The Brazilian company has logged over 70h of test flights since the maiden flight of the first of the 50-seat regional jets in August ...
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Are low fares, just pie in the sky?
Sir - The question of fare levels - in which the public should take a great interest - is an important issue. There is talk about a "low-fare philosophy" and Ryan Air is operating to Glasgow, the second-densest route in Europe, at fares lower than those established for ...
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Freighter lease
Atlas Air is to operate a fourth Boeing 747-200 freighter on behalf of Taiwan's China Airlines under a new five-year agreement. Golden, Colorado-based Atlas began operating for China Airlines early in 1993. Source: Flight International
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Knight expands
UK regional airline Knight Air says that it is to replace two of its three Embraer Bandeirantes with British Aerospace Jetstream 31s in March, boosting its capacity by 30%. Knight will lease the 17-seat twin-turboprop J31s from BAe subsidiary JSX Capital. Source: Flight International
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Lufthansa Technik chief angry
THE CHAIRMAN AND chief executive of German maintenance company Lufthansa Technik, Wolfgang Mayrhuber, says that he may complain to the European Commission about the low prices which some loss-making, government-subsidised, European airlines and maintenance companies are charging. Mayrhuber says that he does not mind if a government helps ...
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SAS will hushkit DC-9s despite 737-600 order
Andrew Doyle/LONDON SAS IS TO HUSHKIT ALL of its remaining McDonnell Douglas DC-9s by January 1997, despite having placed an order for up to 76 Boeing 737-600s earlier this year (Flight International, 22-28 March). The carrier has been forced to take action as Scandinavian airports ...
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American Airlines MD-83 crashed on approach
An American Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-83 from Chicago hit trees and force-landed, in heavy rain and darkness, just short of the runway at Bradley International Airport, USA on 12 November. None of the five crew or 72 passengers was injured. Bradley's tower had been damaged in the storm, ...
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A330 sales hiatus filled
AIRBUS INDUSTRIE HAS broken a three-year A330 sales drought, with Gulf Air's order for six Rolls-Royce Trent 772-powered aircraft. The six A330s are scheduled for delivery to the Bahrain-based carrier from 1998 onwards. The aircraft will configure to seat 267 passengers in a three-class layout, and they will ...
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Saudia focuses on regional selection
Saudi Arabian Airlines is focusing attention on the long-awaited selection of a new 50- to 70-seat regional aircraft, following the finalisation of its $6 billion purchase of larger-capacity US-built jet airliners. The national carrier has a total requirement for up to 30 aircraft, but is expected initially to ...
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Saudi air force is in the market for refuelling tankers
The Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) is considering a range of new-build aircraft and second hand conversions to meet its outstanding requirement for up to ten additional air-to-air refueling tankers. The aircraft are needed to support the RSAF's growing fleet of McDonnell Douglas F-15 and Panavia Tornado fighters ...
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BWIA International goes for Airbus mix
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON BWI International Airlines (BWIA) has settled on a mix of Airbus aircraft including three A340s for its fleet replacement, overturning an earlier announcement that it had selected Boeing types. President Ed Wegel says that the first two A340s will arrive in a year's ...
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UAE gains AMRAAM go-ahead
THE US GOVERNMENT is to release the Hughes AIM-120 Advanced Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to support its manufacturers in the country's strike-fighter competition. Sources close to the UAE fighter programme claim that the USA decided in July to make it clear to ...
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TTS builds 777 for Orbit subsidiary
THOMSON TRAINING & Simulation (TTS) is to install a Boeing 777 full-flight simulator at its Orbit Flight Training subsidiary at East Midlands Airport in the UK. The simulator will be the first for the 777 to be operated by an independent European training-centre. British Airways, has agreed to ...
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Battle of the big twins
Airbus and Boeing plan strategies for the next round of combat. Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Julian Moxon/PARIS Paul Lewis/DUBAI WITH THE SINGAPORE Airlines decision now announced, the first round in the battle of the big twins is drawing to a close. There are still a couple of ...