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Airbus wins more business in USA
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC The Airbus A318 has received another major sales boost. America West, Frontier Airlines and Air China are to announce orders for 33 aircraft days after British Airways concluded its deal for up to 24 of the new jets. Boeing chairman Phil Condit has publicly conceded ...
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Marketplace
Polar Air Cargo has introduced two additional Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7Q-powered 747-200 freighters and retired one of its older747-100s. Cathay Pacific has ordered two additional Rolls-Royce RB211-524H-powered Boeing 747-400 freighters, for delivery in September 2000 and August 2001. The Hong Kong-based carrier has also concluded its lease deal with Air ...
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At the crossroads
Europe's aerospace industry has finally reached the crossroads it has been heading toward since Lockheed Martin gave notice in the early 1990s that a seismic shift in company ownership was about to shake the old order of doing business. The merger of DaimlerChrysler Aerospace and Aerospatiale Matra, coming in ...
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Supersonic tonic
For years, the assumption in civil air transport circles has been that the only way that the airlines would ever get a second-generation supersonic transport to replace the BAC/Aerospatiale Concorde would be for the industry to come up with a larger, more economical, longer-range and (crucially) much more environmentally friendly ...
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Noble targets taxi market with Farnborough F1
Richard Noble, the man behind the successful ThrustSSC supersonic jet powered world land speed record attempt in 1997, has launched a project to build a five-seater single turboprop, the Farnborough F1. He hopes to market the aircraft to companies interested in creating networks of air taxis, allowing business travellers to ...
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Airports
Caracas Maiquetia Airport is undergoing the first phase of a $100 million upgrade project, dubbed "Maiquetia 2000". This will see the airport's main passenger terminal reconstructed within a two-level departure/arrival layout, due to open in 2001. The airport's runway is also undergoing major repairs. Work has begun at Knoxville's McGhee ...
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Revamped AVICs aim to update regional turboprop programmes
Andrzej Jeziorski/BEIJING The recently formed aerospace groups China Aviation Industry I (AVIC I) and China Aviation Industry II (AVIC II) are each developing upgraded versions of their dated turboprop transports to boost civil sales. AVIC I manufacturing plant Xian Aircraft (XAC) is developing the latest improvement to its ...
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Maiden flight for first 767-400ER
The first Boeing 767-400ER completed its maiden flight on 9 October, under the command of test pilots Buzz Nelson, 767 programme chief pilot, and John Cashman, flightcrew operations director. The 5h 5min flight, which began from Boeing's Everett, Washington, plant and was concluded at the manufacturer's test airfield, Boeing Field, ...
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DAT grows with ATR
Danish regional airline Danish Air Transport (DAT) has expanded its turboprop fleet with the introduction of a 42-seat ATR 42-320. The 13-year old aircraft, which is based at Billund, is being operated as part of the airline's ad hoc charter fleet, flying passenger and all-cargo services.Source: Flight International
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Doubts start to surface over Galileo entry into service
Julian Moxon/GENOA The official planned entry into service of the European Galileo global navigation satellite system (GNSS) in 2008 has been described as "completely unrealistic" by senior programme sources. Doubts also persist over funding for operation of the interim Egnos system. The European Commission (EC) launched the definition phase ...
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Sibir negotiates Tupolev Tu-214 leases
Sibir Airlines is discussing the lease of three Tupolev Tu-214s as it seeks to update its fleet. The Aviadvigatel PS-90A-powered Tu-214, also dubbed the Tu-204-200, is the increased gross weight version of the Russian twinjet produced by the Gorbunov KAPO production plant of Kazan. Production of the Tupolev designed ...
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US runway safety programmeruns into delays
The number of runway incursions at US airports is increasing as the US Federal Aviation Administration's plan to reduce the problem has fallen behind schedule. The US aviation agency had hoped that the Northrop Grumman Airport Movement Area Safety System (AMASS) would offer an early runway incursion protection capability ...
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Workshop
Avborne Heavy Maintenance has signed a co-operative agreement with British Aerospace Aviation Services to give heavy maintenance support to North and South American operators of BAe-converted Airbus A300B4 freighters. Avborne is expanding its presence at Miami International airport, where it has two hangars, with a newly purchased facility. Aeroflot and ...
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Purchase moves Aegean up to second
Julian Moxon/PARISGreek start-up Aegean Airlines will be the second-largest airline in the country, after state-owned Olympic Airways, as a result of a forthcoming purchase of a majority share in Air Greece. Aegean has agreed to take over the 54% share of Air Greece held by shipping company Minoan Lines. It ...
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AVIC split: time will be judge
Andrzej Jeziorski/BEIJING China's lumbering aerospace industry may have been restructured, but the impact of Beijing splitting state-owned Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) into two smaller, yet still enormous, enterprises remains unclear. While some in China claim the move will lead to a major transformation, others suggest the sector has ...
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MRO merger talks fade amid legal suits
Chris Jasper/LONDON BFGoodrich and US aircraft maintenance specialist Aviation Sales have held talks about a possible merger, say industry sources, adding that negotiations have petered out as Aviation Sales faces a possible court action over claims that it issued misleading statements on demand for its services and likely earnings. ...
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Atlantic Excellence ends after leaders split
Chris Jasper/LONDON Hilka Birns/CAPE TOWN The Atlantic Excellence Alliance has been wound up, formalising the split between the group's leaders, Delta Air Lines and Swissair, which emerged following the US giant's bilateral agreement with Air France. The alliance was formed in June 1996, bringing together Swissair, Austrian Airlines, Belgium's ...
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Latin America deals to strengthen Wings
Continental Airlines is moving to strengthen the presence of the planned Wings alliance in Latin America through tie-ups with smaller carriers. The plan is to compete for access with oneworld and the Star Alliance. The Houston-based carrier confirms it would like Venezuelan partner Aserca Airlines to join the Wings ...
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Defence division difficulties set to hit Raytheon's profits
Raytheon has warned that revenues and profits will be lower than expected this year and next, mainly because of problems facing its defence electronics business. Chief executive Dan Burnham says contract delays, competitive pressures and consolidation problems have forced down profit margins. The company is to record charges of $668 ...
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IPTN delivers CN-235s
Indonesian aircraft manufacturer IPTN delivered on 12 October the last three of six Airtech CN-235-220 transports ordered by the Malaysian air force. Source: Flight International