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India approves Lufthansa cargo joint venture
The Indian Government has agreed to a proposal from UK-based banking and finance specialist the Hinduja Group to found a new Indian-based cargo airline with German flag carrier Lufthansa. The new joint venture, provisionally called Lufthansa India, will be managed by Ashok Leyland, a Madras-based subsidiary of Hinduja. ...
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MDC turns down offers for helicopter division
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) has turned down at least two new bids for its helicopter business, despite it being unhappy at the management of the civil side of the company, according to Herbert Lanese, deputy president of McDonnell Douglas Aerospace. "We definitely could have ...
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Air China may order Boeing 777 and 747s
BOEING HAS high hopes that the forthcoming visit of Chinese President Jiang Zemin to the USA will clear the way for an Air China order for new 747-400 and 777s. Air China is understood to be ready to order ten Boeing 777s and five 747-400s. The 777s are ...
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Alitalia fails to reach break-even
Kevin O'Toole and Allan Winn/LONDON ALITALIA HAS admitted that it will fail to reach the promised break-even point this year, largely because of the industrial action from the pilots' union which has cost the airline L80 billion ($49 million) in cancelled flights. The Italian carrier has ...
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Ukraine International on course to make first profit
Forbes Mutch/KIEV UKRAINE International Airlines (UIA) believes that it is on course to post its first profit since starting trading at the end of 1992. The carrier also says that it is looking for investment from an airline partner. UIA deputy president Dick Creagh estimates that ...
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Expansion piece by peace
As peace settles in Lebanon, British Mediterranean Airways continues to carve out a niche service to Beirut - and beyond. Alan George/LONDON BRITISH MEDITERRANEAN Airways (BMA) managing director Des Hetherington sums up his airline's underlying philosophy by saying: "If it is better than our opposition and ...
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Repairing the damage
Despite having its fleet scattered or destroyed during the Gulf War, Kuwait Airways has resumed successful operations. Alan George/LONDON AS KUWAIT AIRWAYS continues to expand its route network with new services to Chicago, Copenhagen and Malaga, using new Airbus Industrie and Boeing aircraft, it is hard ...
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Latvian airlines plot new courses
THE NEW LATVIAN flag carrier, Air Baltic, started operations on 1 October, coinciding with the withdrawal of all scheduled-service licences from the Government-owned Latavio. Air Baltic, a joint-venture between the Latvian Government, Baltic International USA, Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) and Swedish and Danish investment funds (Flight International, 6-12 ...
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Air New Zealand to start Sydney-Bangkok service
AIR NEW ZEALAND (ANZ) is to begin once-weekly Boeing 767-300 flights between Sydney and Bangkok from 8 November, under rights awarded before the Australian Government's freeze earlier this year on the granting of additional fifth-freedom rights to the New Zealand carrier. The new service follows the carrier's entry ...
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Brazil's budget jet
Delivering on its promises for the EMB-145 regional jet is the first challenge for newly privatised Embraer. Graham Warwick/SAO JOSE DOS EMBRAER HAS YET to capitalise on the success of its EMB-120 Brasilia 30-seat regional airliner by bringing a second product to the market. Its first ...
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Computervision wins Lucas software deal
Andrew Doyle/PARIS LUCAS AEROSPACE plans to adopt Computervision's range of software tools as the basis for a common product-development platform across the company's operations worldwide. Bedford, Massachusetts-based Computervision says that Lucas is expected to deploy "over 200 user licences" of its electronic product-definition (EPD) software, which ...
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Long-range rivals compete
Gulfstream has an aircraft; Bombardier has major pieces of one - the long-range business-jet market enters a new phase. Graham Warwick/ATLANTA THE MAIDEN FLIGHT of the Gulfstream V is less than one month away; the first flight of the Bombardier Global Express is less than a ...
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USA may give F-16A/Bs to Poland
Douglas Barrie/LONDON POLAND MAY be given up to 30 Lockheed Martin F-16A/Bs, according to a proposal now under consideration by the US Government. The scheme, if approved, would set a precedent for F-16 sales throughout Eastern Europe. The "no-cost-lease" approach being pushed by Lockheed Martin would ...
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Hunting Aviation sees recovery, but business-aircraft unit may go
HUNTING IS BELIEVED to be close to making an announcement over the sale of its UK business-aviation operation, which acts as a fixed-base operator (FBO) in the London area. Speculation over a possible sale was sparked off by comments from chief executive Ken Miller that the group's aviation ...
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Boeing plans commercial Chinook revival in China
BOEING IS negotiating with Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing (HAMC) to restart production of the 234 Commercial Chinook in China. According to local sources, Boeing has proposed establishing a full 234 production line in Harbin, northern China. The deal is understood to include providing plans for HAMC to build its ...
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Jordanian Air Force will receive ex-USAF F-16A/Bs
THE ROYAL JORDANIAN Air Force (RJAF) is to receive its first squadron of ex-US Air Force Lockheed Martin F-16A/B fighters within the next 12 months. An announcement by US President Bill Clinton covering the agreement was expected early in October, but was delayed. Despite this, sources say the ...
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Pakistan nears FC-1 avionics decision
COMPETING WESTERN manufacturers expect Pakistan to select radar, an avionics suite and a systems integrator before the end of the year for its planned FC-1 (MiG-21) fighter now being developed by Chengdu Aircraft. The FC-1 is a successor to the now-defunct Super 7 project, and it is intended ...
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HGS brings Horizon new benefits
US REGIONAL Horizon Air has begun "improved" Category I operations into Medford, Oregon, using Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8s equipped with the Flight Dynamics head-up guidance system (HGS). Operations to the fog-prone airport began after the US Federal Aviation Administration gave Horizon clearance to make the initial approach ...
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Snecma rejects idea of selling stake to GE
Gilbert Sedbon/PARIS SNECMA CHAIRMAN Bernard Dufour has dismissed the idea of General Electric taking a stake in the French group, if and when it comes up for privatisation. Previous comments from Snecma, under Dufour's predecessor Gerard Renon, had suggested that the group was open to ...
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Additional ATR 72s
British Airways Express franchise operator CityFlyer Express has ordered two additional ATR 72-200s. The first will be delivered in November, and the second in February 1996. The order brings CityFlyer's ATR fleet to four ATR 72s and six ATR 42. Source: Flight International