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Reform minded
NICHOLAS IONIDES TOKYO Kichisaburo Nomura's appointment as ANA president surprised many observers two years ago and the shocks have continued as he has reshaped Asia's largest passenger carrier. It is probably an understatement to say that Kichisaburo Nomura has surprised observers since his appointment over two years ago as president ...
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Slow change
NICHOLAS IONIDES TOKYO The final changes in Japan's painstakingly slow aviation deregulation, from April, will at last pave the way for more new start-ups For a country that so often leads the world in technological innovation, it is ironic that change in other areas can be painfully slow in ...
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Regional rumba
BRIAN HOMEWOOD RIO DE JANERIO South America's regional scene is shifting rapidly; regional jets, economic upheavals, loosening of government restrictions and the scramble to secure partnerships with major carriers are all having an impact. The idea of travelling on a regional airline in South America usually evokes thoughts of ...
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Finding a new deal
Airline Business looks at the state of finance markets as carriers continue to find innovative ways to keep aircraft liabilities off the balance sheet. A new survey also covers the world's major operating lease companies, including a ranking of the Top 40 groups by fleet value. JACK SELLSBY ...
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Ranking the world lessors
Operating lessors hold a sizeable chunk of world fleet. The following survey is an attempt to provide a guide to the shape and size of the companies which make up the sector. There is little doubt about the key role that operating lessors have come to play in the world ...
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what's on...
what's on Cargo Industry Conference10-11 February San Francisco, CaliforniaContact Caroll EverestTel +44 (1892) 515364Fax +44 (1892) 538170E-mail everest@mistral.co.uk Liberalisation of Ground Handling Services 200014-15 February Brussels, BelgiumContact Ashley Glover, SMiTel +44 (20) 7827 6034Fax +44 (20) 7827 6035 Aviation Accident Investigation Workshop (co-organised with US NTSB)14-18 February SingaporeContact Singapore Aviation ...
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Aeroflot eyes new Tu-214 for fleet renewal plans
Aeroflot Russian International Airlines is studying a scheme to lease nine Tupolev Tu-214 twinjets from 2003 to help with its fleet renewal programme. The Tu-214, built by KAPO- Kazan Aircraft Production Factory in Tatarstan, is an increased weight version of the Aviadvigatel PS-90-powered Tu-204-100 produced by Aviastar in Ulyanovsk. ...
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Air Bosna set for fleet renewal with Airbus A319 deal
Air Bosna is Airbus Industrie's first announced customer this year, committing for two A319 narrowbodies, plus two options. Deliveries are set for 2003. Sarajevo-based Air Bosna, the national carrier of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, will operate its CFM International CFM56-5-powered A319s in a two-class, 132-seat configuration. ...
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Airports
Orlando Sanford Airport has begun expanding its terminal building. The $25 million expansion will add a two-storey terminal facility of more than 11,150m² (120,000ft²) and will increase the airport's annual capacity by 3 million passengers when completed by February next year. Nice Cote d'Azur Airport is to spend almost Fr1 ...
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British Midland Commuter starts CityLine services
Andrew Doyle/COLOGNE British Midland Commuter was due to start flying services for Lufthansa CityLine on 1 February as part of a deal that will see the UK carrier take over the bulk of the routes from Munich operated by bankrupt Debonair. The wet-lease deal, which was close to ...
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Bombardier makes key engine choices for new regional jets
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Bombardier has selected General Electric and Pratt & Whitney respectively to power its proposed new-generation regional jets, the CRJ-900 and the BRJ-X-110. The engine selections form a critical milestone and, for the BRJ-X-110 in particular, the decision is a vital step towards potential launch later this ...
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GECAS arrangement expands TransAer fleet
Irish wet-lease specialist TransAer has agreed a deal with GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) to expand its fleet. The airline, which operates six Airbus A300s and eleven A320s, will acquire four new Boeing 737-800s, two used A300-600Rs and four new CFM International CFM56-powered A320s. GECAS will also provide aircraft to ...
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EFIS looks to be key to Crossair crash
David Learmount/LONDON Electronic flight instrument system (EFIS) failure is the main possibility under investigation by the Swiss Federal Accident Investigation Bureau (BEAA) as it examines the wreckage of the Crossair Saab 340 which crashed on 10 January, says the bureau's Basle headquarters (Flight International, 18-24 January). Investigators have eliminated ...
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France embarks on major ATC revamp
France has gone ahead with a major reorganisation of its air traffic control (ATC) system in an effort to reduce delays. The number of air traffic controllers to be hired will be doubled from 90 last year to 180, two new sectors will be created at Paris and Reims ...
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Italy clamps down on small regionals
Italy's civil aviation authority, Enac, has clamped down on several of the country's small regional airlines in its first moves to tighten regulatory inspections following its reorganisation in 1997. Air Sicilia is back in operation following the grounding of the chief pilot for failing to comply with numerous procedural ...
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Northrop Grumman looks at ways to extend AWACS range
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Northrop Grumman plans to demonstrate bistatic-radar airborne early warning to extend the range of the Boeing E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS). Using the company's Global Hawk unmanned air vehicle (UAV) as a receive-only platform in a bistatic-radar application would "almost double the ...
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EU defence move
The European Union (EU) is to create two interim committees - one political, one military - in March, charged with creating the foundation for a European Defence Force, to mobilise in 2003 for humanitarian causes and military actions. Source: Flight International
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USN draws blueprint for versatile UAV
The US Navy is in the initial stages of developing a requirement for a warship-based, medium-altitude, multi-role endurance (MRE) unmanned air vehicle (UAV). An analysis of alternatives study is to be completed by the end of fiscal year 2001 and will define the number of UAV systems to be ...
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Aermacchi may seek new engine for Yak-130
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Aermacchi and Yakovlev are close to deciding whether to switch engine suppliers for their Yak/AEM-130 jet trainer after the co-operation talks between Rolls-Royce and Slovakia's Povazske Strojarne (PSLM) broke down. The production version of the "Westernised" Yak-130 twinjet should be powered by the PSLM-built DV-2S turbofan, ...
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Maintaining the margin
In the maintenance industry, the big are getting bigger Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC North America's maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) industry enters the new millennium in a healthy condition, having changed shape substantially in the closing years of the 20th century. In South America, recovering economies and increasing liberalisation of ...