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Tupolev
Tu-154M The Tu-154M is the current production version of the 160- to 180-seat Tu-154 TriJet, which was first flown in October 1968. Initial versions (the Tu-154, -154A and -154B-2) were equipped with Kuznetsov NK-8 engines. The Tu-154M was announced in 1983, powered by Aviadvigatel D-30KU turbofans and featuring ...
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Airbus Industrie
A300 Launched in May 1969, the 250-seat A300 was Airbus Industrie's first product, and the first example was flown from Toulouse, France, in October 1972. The first production A300 variant, the -B2, entered service in May 1974. The -B4 growth-weight version followed, while several F4 and C4 versions ...
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Boeing Commercial Airplane Group
First next-generation 737, a -700, is in final assembly at Renton, Washington British Airways has taken new Boeing 747s, 767s and 777s this year Boeing built 45 of the short-fuselage 747SP The 747 family is set to grow with two new variants, the 462-seat ...
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British Aerospace
One-Eleven The One-Eleven twinjet was flown for the first time in August 1963, and entered service in April 1965. There are still more than 100 One-Elevens in service, of which more than half are in operation in Europe. European Aviation, which owns the largest single fleet of the ...
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Fokker Aircraft
F28 Fokker Aviation is studying a possible re-engineing programme for ageing F28s, replacing the type's existing Rolls-Royce Speys with General Electric CF34s or with R-R Tays. More than 200 F28s are still flying and at least one operator, Scandinavia's SAS, has already invested in Fokker 70-style cabin upgrades ...
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Alitalia fined for anti-competitive actions
Italy's competition authority has fined Alitalia for using unfair tactics in its fight against two new national airlines Air One (formerly Aliadriatica) and Meridiana, which have been attempting to make inroads into the Italian domestic market. The L415 million ($280,000) fine was less than expected because of Alitalia's ...
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Sabena to consider lease of ex-Air France Europe A330s
The ex-Air Inter A330s could soon be flying for Sabena Herman De Wulf/BRUSSELS Sabena is considering the interim replacement of its three Airbus A310s early in 1997 with three leased ex-Air France Europe/Air Inter A330-300s. The Belgian airline has been examining the A330 and ...
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Air France Europe shuttle makes good
Air France subsidiary Air France Europe, reports a "successful" first month's operations with its new high-frequency shuttle service between Paris/Orly and Marseille, Nice and Toulouse. The airline introduced the services in October in response to increased competition from independent carriers, even though one, Air Liberté, has since gone ...
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Chinese spares
CFM International has opened a spares service centre at Beijing Capital Airport in co-operation with China Aviation Supplies. The 500m2 centre will provide line maintenance for more than 350 CFM56-3 power plants in service with 19 Chinese carriers. It will initially stock 600 parts, increasing to 1,500 line items with ...
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Airline competition
The US Department of Transportation can break down persistent barriers in the US airline industry, says the US General Accounting Office (GAO), by taking away slots from established carriers at congested airports and distributing them through a lottery system to new entrants. The GAO also recommends that the US Federal ...
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Pace agreement
Pace Airline Services has signed a new agreement to continue representing Ryanair Cargo from January 1997. Above, (left to right): Tim Jeans commercial director, Ryanair; Darach Boylan, director, Pace Ireland; and Malcolm Warner, managing director Pace, celebrate the signing. Under the new agreement, Pace has purchased all of the available ...
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Volga scheduled
Russian cargo operator, Volga-Dnepr Airlines, has moved into scheduled passenger services with four weekly flights from Ulyanovsk to Moscow in November, using a Yakovlev Yak-40. Source: Airline Business
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Rip it up
British Airways plans to extend its E-Ticket electronic ticketing system throughout its domestic network during 1997 as part of a $15 million upgrade of the service. United Airlines, which developed the system, has signed up IBM and BA's consulting arm, Speedwing, to cooperate in its global marketing and distribution. ...
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Less tickets
Lufthansa has extended its ticketless travel system to European flights between Düsseldorf and London/Heathrow and Paris/CDG. This follows full coverage of its domestic network after successful trials on the Frankfurt-Berlin route. Source: Airline Business
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E-block sale
Aer Lingus has launched Europe's first Internet seat auction with thrice-weekly sales of tickets between Dublin and five UK airports. The six-week trial runs to 12 December and follows the carrier's earlier auction on its transatlantic routes. Source: Airline Business
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One battle
The Italian transport ministry has stripped Alitalia of its role as slot coordinator for Italian airports. The move follows a complaint by Air One, which was forced to abandon plans to launch Milan-Naples in late October when it received none of the 391 new weekly slots at Linate. At press ...
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Iaca calls for even charter
European charter carriers are flexing their muscle in a bid to lower airport charges at Amsterdam/Schiphol, while the resolution of a spat between two of the largest operators could open the way for any European Union charter operator to serve third countries from anywhere in the single market. ...
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Geneva set to fight back
Stung by Swissair's withdrawal of most longhaul flights, Geneva airport is fighting to attract replacement traffic by cutting landing fees and offering fifth freedom traffic rights, and says several Geneva-based startup carriers are in the planning stage. The airport will cut all landing fees by 10 per cent ...
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Gulf Air split on horizon
Gulf Air may be on the verge of break-up amid suggestions that the emirate of Abu Dhabi is preparing to take control of the airline, perhaps within the first half of 1997. Abu Dhabi has a 25 per cent stake in the carrier and, as the richest of ...
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Japan replies to US efforts
US efforts to establish open skies agreements with Asia have received a lukewarm response from key targets South Korea and Taiwan at the same time as Japan is forging ahead with its own brand of Asian open skies. A US Department of Transportation task force toured Asia during ...