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Key 717 deals close as Hawaiian takes 20
Guy Norris/LONG BEACH Boeing is closing on potential major 717 deals with British Airways and US low fare airline Vanguard, following the conclusion of a key deal from Hawaiian Airlines for up to 20 aircraft. "Three or four" orders for up to 50 aircraft are being finalised, says ...
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Clinton pushed to take tough line on EC hushkit plan
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Julian Moxon/PARIS The US House of Representatives is expected to vote to join the US Senate in adopting a resolution pressuring the Clinton Administration to complain to the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) about European Commission policy on hushkits. ICAO would then rule on whether that policy ...
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Sea Launch date
Boeing-led Sea Launch has scheduled its first commercial flight for 10 October, carrying the Hughes-built DirecTV 1-R direct broadcast satellite. The command ship and launch platform are due to leave Long Beach for the equatorial ocean launch-site before the end of September. Sea Launch successfully conducted a demonstration launch in ...
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Air China close to placing A340s on lease with Cathay Pacific
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Air China is on the verge of closing an agreement to lease its three Airbus A340-300s to Cathay Pacific as part of a fleet restructuring move that will also see its Boeing 777-200s removed. Sources in China told Flight International's sister on-line service, Air Transport Intelligence, that ...
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UK blocks delivery of last six Hawks to Indonesian air force
The UK Government has suspended arms export licences to Indonesia, blocking the delivery of the last six British Aerospace Hawk Mk209s to the Indonesian air force, because of the crisis in East Timor. "All deliveries from 11 September have been suspended, and [the aircraft] will not be released until further ...
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Marketplace
Lufthansa has ordered eight more Airbus A340-300s and three CFM International CFM56-powered A320s for delivery between 2001 and 2004. Options have been taken on a further six A340-300s. Swiss cargo carrier Farnair Europe has acquired three Fokker F27 Mk 500s from TAM Brazil. TACA has taken delivery of the first ...
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Boeing and BA launch spares network
British Airways has become launch customer for Boeing's Global Airline Inventory Network, a new service in which Boeing will manage the supply of expendable spare parts for the Boeing-built aircraft in the fleet. The scheme is expected to be a "win-win" situation for the airline, airframer and most spares ...
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Qualiflyer to standardise fleet with Flightlease Airbus deal
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH The Qualiflyer Group of airlines is stepping up its fleet standardisation efforts following an order by GATX Flightlease for 38 Airbus aircraft for delivery between next year and 2006. The SFr2.5 billion ($1.6 billion) deal covers 32 A320 family aircraft - 12 A318s, 10 A320s and ...
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ATAG attacks Europe's $10 billion ATC delays
The Air Transport Action Group (ATAG) has slammed Europe's lack of progress in rationalising its fragmented air traffic control (ATC) system, which it says has resulted in flight delays reaching "overwhelming proportions". The group says the delays will cost the industry at least $10 billion this year. The industry ...
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Airports
New Tokyo International Airport, which owns and operates Tokyo's Narita Airport, has applied for Ministry of Transport approval to construct a second runway by November 2001. Construction is expected to begin later this year. The proposed runway would be 2,180m (7,200ft) long, rather than the 2,500m previously planned. The airport ...
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Air Dolomiti focuses on regional jets after Lufthansa share deal
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Air Dolomiti is evaluating several regional jet types to supplement its fleet of ATR 42s and expects to make a selection "in the near future". The move follows the announcement that Lufthansa is to take a 26% stake in the Italian regional. The Trieste-based airline, which operates ...
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Channel-spacing gets green light
The implementation of 8.33kHz channel-spacing in the core area of Europe will go ahead as planned next month, Eurocontrol nations and the user community decided on 22 September. The go-ahead comes as the International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers' Associations (IFATCA) warns that the programme poses "very serious safety risks". ...
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Mystery DC-9 crash document opened up
A 4,500 page investigation into an airline crash in 1980 has been sent to the US and French governments by the Italian foreign ministry. US and French air force aircraft were close by when the Itavia McDonnell Douglas DC-9-10 suddenly plunged into the Tyrrhenian Sea. The document indicts four Italian ...
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Taca launches domestic service
Taca Peru will launch domestic services, using two Airbus A319s, on 1 October. The airline, formally known as TransAm, will be Peru's second carrier to start operations after the demise of Aeroperu. International flights will begin in November. The airline, 49% owned by the El Salvador-based Grupo TACA ...
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Routes
United Airlines and Spanair have agreed to a codeshare deal covering Spanair flights from Washington to Madrid, and from Madrid to three other cities in Spain. The agreement will begin at the end of October, and gives the Spanish airline a link with a second Star member after Lufthansa. British ...
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Boeing details revised growth 777 schedule
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Boeing has unveiled a detailed revised timetable for development of the growth 777-200X and -300X, calling for delivery of the first General Electric GE90-115B-powered aircraft within 44 months of formal launch. The schedule is based on a formal launch for the programme by the end ...
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SIGINT P-3 joins East Timor force
A US Navy EP-3C Orion has joined the International Force in East Timor (INTERFET) to provide support for the monitoring of Indonesian Defence Force and pro-Jakarta militia communications, according to US defence officials in Australia. The aircraft has been operating out of Royal Australian Air Force bases in northern ...
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Precision shell
The UK Defence Evaluation and Research Agency and Rockwell Collins have completed a two-year development and test programme of a global positioning system receiver contained in a 155mm artillery shell. The Low Cost Course Correction Module (LCCCM) programme demonstrated the ability of a GPS system to acquire and track ...
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USCG intercepts drug-run boats with armed Explorer
The US Coast Guard is using armed MD Helicopters Explorers to intercept high-speed drug-smuggling boats in international waters, marking the use of the rotorcraft as a gunship for the first time. The previously secret USCG project, dubbed Operation New Frontier, began in March and has led to the capture of ...
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Technical problems put back US Navy CL-327 sea trials
US Navy-sponsored sea trials of Bombardier Services' co-axial rotor CL-327 Guardian vertical take-off and landing unmanned air vehicle (VTOL UAV) have been delayed by at least a month because of technical problems, say USN project officials. The decision to postpone the shipborne flight operations coincides with Bombardier Services' withdrawal ...