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Vietnam signs for Fokker 70s
VIETNAM AIRLINES HAS signed a contract to purchase two Fokker 70 twinjets for use on domestic routes and as Government VIP aircraft. The deal, reportedly worth $50 million, calls for the two 70-seat aircraft to be delivered by the first quarter of 1996. Vietnam Airlines plans to use ...
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Russian Aviation Consortium flexes its muscles to push Tu-204 sales
Paul Duffy/SHANNON THE NEWLY formed Russian Aviation Consortium has called for the resignation of transport minister Vitali Yefimov following his opposition to the grant of state funding for Tupolev Tu-204 production. A new plan to fund Tu-204 sales is also proposed. The consortium, which won ...
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Market boost kills Boeing cost-cutting plan
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES BOEING RECENTLY considered closing its Renton final-assembly line and moving 757 production to Everett, Washington, and 737 work to Wichita, Kansas, as part of a cost-cutting plan. The scheme was abandoned, as it became clear, that aircraft orders were starting to improve. The ...
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IPTN receives European approval for CN-235-110
THE INDUSTRI PESAWAT Terbang Nusantara (IPTN) version of the Airtech CN-235-110, has received its first internationally recognised certification, with the granting of JAR 25 type approval, by the European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA). JAR 25 certification follows a two-year validation programme, designed to boost the Indonesian CN-235's sales ...
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High-speed trains serve aviation
Sir-High speed rail links, may affect regional air services, although, the only example to date where there has been significant loss of market share is the French TGV, but it is wrong to suggest that investment funds, are not used to develop such a network, (Letters, Flight International, 19-25 July, ...
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Fokkers For Stuttgart
Tyrolean Airways will operate all of its three daily services between Vienna and Stuttgart with Fokker 70s from early September, when its third aircraft is delivered. Now, 14 flights a week are operated with Fokker 70s and seven with Fokker 50s. The Fokker 70 has been cleared for the temporary ...
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Power surge
Arms race or just re-equipment - either way, Southeast Asian nations are on a buying spree Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE DEFENCE EXPENDITURE in Southeast Asia is at an all-time high and is continuing to grow, prompting many ob-servers to suggest that the region is in the throes ...
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CFM International
CFM International, a joint venture between France's Snecma and General Electric of the USA, continues to develop its highly successful CFM56 family of engines, and study new potential applications. The CFM56-5B DAC (double annular combustor) was certificated on the Airbus A321 and A320 in January and March, respectively, ...
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BA reports on Oporto near-collision
A BRITISH AIRWAYS Boeing 737 avoided a head-on collision with a TAP Air Portugal Airbus A340 in May. The 737 took off rapidly from runway 17 at Oporto, Portugal, on 4 May, having seen that the A340 was on short finals for the same runway in the opposite direction. ...
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Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce Trent 800 engines, the first to be certificated at 400kN, will power the Boeing 777-300s recently ordered by Cathay Pacific Airways and Thai Airways International. R-R has defined a thrust level of 423kN for the initial -300 A-market stretch, saying that this can be achieved with adjustments to the ...
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Power struggle
It is a familiar story, but Russian engine makers are suffering from a shortage of funds. Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW OF ALL SECTORS IN THE Russian aviation industry, engine manufacturers are receiving probably the sharpest criticism from national media and airline operators for their apparent inability to ...
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Discovery returns to Kennedy
THE SPACE SHUTTLE STS 70/Discovery landed at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 22 July after an 8 days 22h mission. It had been launched on 13 July, a record six days after the end of the last mission, the STS71/Atlantis. The Discovery crew deployed the final TRW-built ...
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ILFC orders 54 more 737s
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA INTERNATIONAL LEASE Finance (ILFC) has ordered 54 Boeing 737-600/-700/-800s for delivery between November 1997 and late 2004. The manufacturer, which now holds orders for 208 next-generation 737s, has valued the ILFC deal at about $2.25 billion. CFM56-7 turbofans to power the ILFC aircraft are ...
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ARIA to lease DC-10 freighters
Paul Duffy/SHANNON AEROFLOT-RUSSIAN International Airlines (ARIA) is to acquire two McDonnell Douglas (MDC) DC-10-30F freighters to expand its cargo services to the USA and the Far East. The aircraft are expected to arrive in Moscow by the middle of August, for introduction into service in September. ...
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Norman floats Triloader freighter
AFTER TASTING success with the Islander/Trislander series of light multi-purpose aircraft, and failure with his subsequent Firecracker and Field- master models, UK design veteran Desmond Norman is trying again. His latest project, in which he is teamed with ex-Hawker employee Alec Clark in Clark-Norman Aircraft, is the Triloader, ...
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ARIA believes the worst is over
Paul Duffy/SHANNON AEROFLOT-RUSSIAN International Airlines (ARIA) could now be over the worst of the transition to market economics, suggests director general Vladimir Tikhonov, presenting the carrier's latest annual results. The 1994 figures show that ARIA's passenger volume fell for the fourth year in succession, edging ...
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Asiana invites bids for fleet expansion
ASIANA OF SOUTH Korea is understood to have asked Airbus Industrie, Boeing and McDonnell Douglas to provide pricing for around 40 new narrow body and wide body aircraft for delivery from 1998/9 onwards. The airline has divided its projected future requirement between about 20 new 100- to 150-seat ...
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Taiwan carriers get ready for re-equipment
TAIWAN'S TWO major carriers EVA Air and China Airlines (CAL), are close to finalising orders for a total of up to 22 new 150-seat narrow bodies, as part of planned major re-equipment programmes. EVA is understood to be finalising the purchase of an initial six McDonnell Douglas (MDC) ...
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Japan/USA disagree on cargo agreement
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE THE JAPANESE and the US Governments have offered different interpretations of their recent air-cargo agreement, opening the door to possible further disputes in the future. According to Japanese transport minister Shizuka Kamei, the US Government has given a verbal undertaking to revise the ...
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China is poised to receive its first A320
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE SICHUAN AIRLINES IS expected to take delivery of its first Airbus Industrie A320 by the end of July, following recent certification of the aircraft by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC). The airline still requires final approval from China's State Planning Commission to ...