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Telstra aids Qantas
Qantas has signed a six-year deal with Telstra, which will construct and manage a pan-Australian asynchronous transfer mode telecommunications network for use by the airline. Source: Flight International
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TT&S reveals clutch of simulator orders
Thomson Training & Simulation (TT&S) has revealed a series of contracts to supply full flight simulators to Alaska Airlines and Air France and manufacturer Airbus Industrie. For Alaska Airlines, the French company will produce its first Boeing 737-700/900 simulator as part of a contract covering a range of integrated ...
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Ultra Electronics quiet seat prototype makes its debut
Ultra Electronics has produced a prototype "quiet" aircraft seat which reduces the noise heard by its occupant by 10dB without the need to wear active noise headphones. The seat, which works by surrounding the passenger's head with noise in antiphase with cabin noise, is being targeted at major airlines ...
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SALE deal adds more B777s to Emirates fleet
Emirates will lease two Boeing 777-300 aircraft from Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (SALE), it was revealed at Farnborough yesterday. The 10-year lease is for SALE's first two brand new Boeing 777-300s. Emirates chairman Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum was on hand for the announcement made at Boeing's ...
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Jetstreams destined for Australian Outback
Flight West Airlines is upgrading services to the Australian Outback, following the purchase of three Jetstream 32EP from British Aerospace Asset Management - Turboprops. The three 19-seat aircraft were delivered to the Australian airline in Brisbane after making a three day flight from Camarillo, California, via Honolulu, Pago Pago ...
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Air Canada hopes to end pilot strike
Air Canada appears to be upbeat about the chances of resolving its dispute with striking pilots as the parties resumed formal negotiations in Montreal yesterday. Talks with the Air Canada Pilots Association (ACPA) broke off on 1 September amid much acrimony, leading to the now week-long strike. Relations ...
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Big two sign $6.7bn deals
Mike Martin It was the day of the megadeals. Yesterday saw $6.7 billion worth of aircraft orders for Airbus Industrie and Boeing announced at Farnborough '98. Airbus Industrie announced about $4 billion plus worth of orders from Emirates and International Lease Finance (ILFC), while Boeing revealed a $2.7 ...
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GE Engine Services makes first foray into China
GE Engine Services has announced the establish- ment of its first overhaul facility in China as the initial step in its plans to establish a support structure for Chinese airlines. Located in Fujian Province, GE On-Wing Support (Xiamen) will form part of the US company's GE On-Wing Support network, ...
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Service centre
Lucas Aerospace has appointed API Technologies as an authorised service centre for its products. API Technologies, the component overhaul division of Memphis, Tennessee-based Aircraft Parts International (API) will overhaul starter-generators for regional airlines and corporate operators. API is a subsidiary of Westport, Connecticut-based First Aviation Services. Source: ...
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BMW R-R celebrates new engine's first flight
The first flight of a new engine is always a good excuse for some serious celebrating and this is certainly the case with BMW Rolls-Royce, where the champagne corks are popping to mark the successful first flight of their BR715 engines on Boeing's 717-200. The BR715 is the second ...
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Carbon addition doubles brake overhaul interval
By adding just 1.5kg of carbon to each aircraft brake, Messier-Bugatti has managed to achieve a 50% increase in the number of cycles between overhauls. The company's latest carbon brake, Sepcarb III PLUS, reduces airline operating costs and it's been ordered by a variety of airlines operating the Airbus ...
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Varig service base taken over by GE
Geoff Thomas American engines giant GE is further expanding its overhaul and maintenance network by taking over Brazilian airline Varig's facility in Rio de Janeiro. GE will own 95% of the new company - to be called GE Varig Engine Services - while the original owner will retain ...
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Comair launch?
Fairchild Dornier is in advanced negotiations with US regional airline Comair for a large launch order for its 428JET, according to this week's Flight International. The Cincinnati-based Delta Connection carrier is negotiating for up to 40 of the 42/44-seat aircraft. The 428JET is a stretched version of the 328JET ...
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Turboprop and jet lease fleets all set to merge
Karen Walker British Aerospace Asset Management has completed its three-year strategy programme to stabilise its turboprop portfolio and will now move forward rapidly to merge the company's turboprop and jet operations. Stephen O'Sullivan, the company's executive vice-president, turboprops, says that by the end of 1998 his group will ...
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Billion-dollar Boeing still a formidable force
Karen Walker Boeing may feel a little beleaguered at Farnborough '98, but it is still a company that can pull billion-dollar orders out of a hat on the show's opening day. Yesterday, the commercial aircraft giant revealed a $900 million order from International Lease Finance and a $230 ...
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Converts to A300 freighter conversions
Andrew Douse CS Aviation Services has silenced critics who said they were crazy to convert Airbus A300s into freighters. Under the international spotlight of Farnborough, the company has proudly delivered of the first of seven Airbus A300 freighters to Costa Rican operator JHM Cargo Express. Earlier this ...
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Oman Air orders its first ATRs
Alan Dron Oman Air is buying two ATR 42-500s and taking options on a further four machines, in a deal worth up to $90 million announced yesterday at the show. Describing his company as "probably one of the world's least-known airlines," general manager Clive Raymond said the carrier ...
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Order-rich R-R sees no need for mergers
Geoff Thomas Rolls-Royce chairman Sir Ralph Robins does not see any need for further consolidation between the world's 'big three' engine manufacturers. Speaking at Farnborough '98, he says that there is room for all three companies - R-R, Pratt and Whitney and GE - each having around a ...
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Tie-up brings SITA solutions to airlines
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has selected Internet provider SITA as a preferred corporate networking partner and signed a three-year agreement for exclusive networking services for corporate offices. The result will be that airlines around the world will have desktop access to SITA's online solutions which include electronic ...