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Northwest Airlines RJ85 order doubles AI(R)'s Avro backlog
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Aero International (Regional) (AI(R)) has seen its order backlog for the Avro RJ family doubled as a result of the $620 million deal with Northwest Airlines, which has exercised its options for 24 RJ85s. Deliveries are spread out over three years, however, so production rates will ...
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SkyWest to operate as United Express carrier
SKYWEST AIRLINES is to become a United Express carrier, operating flights from Los Angeles International Airport to destinations in California, as well as Las Vegas and Phoenix, under a marketing agreement with United Airlines. SkyWest is also a Delta Connection carrier, and has signed a new five-year agreement to provide ...
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American clinches Latin deal
Kevin O'Toole/LONDONRamon Lopez/Washington DC The American Airlines group, AMR, is to take a stake in Aerolineas Argentinas and form an alliance with Iberia, under a deal struck with Spanish state-holding company SEPI, which effectively controls both carriers. British Airways has also started co-operation talks with the Spanish carrier, ...
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CAA warns on potential flight disruption
The UK Civil Aviation Authority has raised the spectre of a return to massive disruption to air travel if a way is not found to fund the large-scale capital investment required for the National Air Traffic Service (NATS) to keep pace with traffic growth. CAA chairman Sir Malcolm ...
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Risky business
The gambles associated with Macau Airport are beginning to pay dividends PaulLewis/MACAU To invest over $1 billion on an all-new airport for a small city of 400,000 inhabitants would appear to be a financial gamble, but Macau, having built its economy around the casino industry, is accustomed to ...
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Air Canada may reveal 747 Classic replacement in August
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Air Canada is expected to place an order by mid-August for up to 20 widebodied aircraft to replace its fleet of Boeing 747-100/-200 "Classics". The airline requires aircraft to replace its older 747s on transatlantic services, and has been evaluating the Airbus A340 and ...
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European safety groups band together to help other nations
Julian Moxon/Paris Regulation and safety organisations in France, Germany and the UK are forming a new group to offer assistance to countries wishing to improve operational safety standards. India, Mexico and the Philippines have already signed up. The UK Civil Aviation Authority's international services branch, France's ...
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FAA details free-flight plan
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC DETAILS OF a two-year, 2,000-aircraft, demonstration of the technologies required for the free-flight concept have been released by the US Federal Aviation Administration. Almost $400 million in funding required to stage the trial has yet to be approved by Congress, however. Free flight ...
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How far can you go?
There is nothing new about outsourcing (the practice of obtaining components from a third party). No-one expects an airline to make the tyres for its aircraft, and many successful carriers do not undertake their own heavy maintenance. The trend to outsource more work and concentrate on core services has ...
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Caribbean spirit
Air Jamaica has placed its hopes for a profitable share of the Caribbean tourist market on a new Montego Bay hub Normally sober Delta Air Lines caught the mood of the moment, with an impromptu tie-swapping ceremony that sparked the spirit of celebration at the 30 June ...
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Operators shrug off FAA's 727 payload restrictions
OPERATORS ARE playing down the impact of payload restrictions to be imposed on Boeing 727 freighter conversions under four airworthiness directives (ADs) proposed on 14 July. The ADs, which cover over 300 727s converted from passenger to freighter configuration by third-party modification companies, will require operators to fit strengthened floor ...
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Europe's JAA places Trent-powered A330 on ETOPS trial
The Airbus A330-300, equipped with Rolls-Royce Trent 700s, will have to have several months of reliability exhibited before the European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) restores 180min extended-range twin-engined operations (ETOPS) clearance for the aircraft. The Trent-powered variant became the last of the three A330ss to be cleared by ...
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Atlantic Coast Airlines begins CRJ training despite ban
ATLANTIC COAST Airlines has begun pilot training on its first Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ), despite the lack of an agreement enabling it to operate the 50-seat aircraft on its United Express services. United Airlines' pilot contract now bars the carrier's commuter partners from operating regional jets. The ...
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United launches A319 operations
United Airlines on 8 July launched passenger services with its first two recently delivered Airbus A319s. The airline, which holds orders for 28 A319s powered by International Aero Engines V2500-A5 engines, is equipping the aircraft with 126-seat, two-class interiors. Under the initial schedule, United will operate the A319s from Chicago ...
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SAA re-introduces old 747SP
South African Airways (SAA) has re-introduced one of its old Boeing 747SPs, which it had sold, to provide increased capacity on its international services. The airline has suffered a capacity shortage because of a delay in the introduction of its new Boeing 777s as a result of its failure to ...
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Marketplace
++ An Aero International (Regional) ATR 42-320 operated by CityFlyer Express is being offered for lease by Fortis Aviation, on behalf of AIRCOM, from the end of 1997. ++ British Midland has now signed a firm contract with Airbus Industrie for eight A320/A321s, and will take an additional 12 on ...
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Pro operations
The new Detroit City Airport-based low-fare airline, Pro Air, has begun operations with its fleet of two new 146-seat Boeing 737-400s. The airline is initially operating to Baltimore, Washington and Indianapolis, and plans to add New York Newark and Milwaukee to its routes. Source: Flight International
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Engine failure marks the end for Orient
Orient Avia, the independent Russian airline, has ceased operations following an engine failure on its last serviceable Ilyushin Il-62 on 10 July. The airline primarily operated services from Moscow to Vladivostok and Petroparlovsk in Kamchatka. At its peak, Orient operated three Il-62s, an Ilyushin Il-86 and a Tupolev ...
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Pegasus is on track for Saudi Arabian debut
Flight tests of Honeywell's Pegasus advanced flight- management system (FMS) on a McDonnell Douglas (MDC) MD-90 are "-progressing well and are on schedule" for first delivery to Saudi Arabian Airlines in November, says Honeywell. US Federal Aviation Administration certification of the FMS is expected in October, representing the ...
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Boeing leads first-half boom
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Boeing has outstripped Airbus Industrie in the battle for large jet-airliner orders in the first half of this year, re-emphasising its dominance of the market sector. McDonnell Douglas (MDC), which is at the centre of a merger row between Boeing and the European Union, secured just ...