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Varig brings a halt to 747 passenger operations
Chris Jasper/RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil's Varig is to cease Boeing 747 passenger operations after nearly 20 years of using the type. The carrier is to return three leased 747-300s to International Lease Finance, and also plans to sell its two -300 Combis. Although Varig president and chief executive ...
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German charter carrier Hamburg launches with leased 737-700
Hamburg International has started operations with a Boeing 737-700, leased from Pembroke Capital, on services from secondary German cities and Luxembourg to European holiday destinations. The charter airline, which is operating for German tour companies NUR, TUI and Oeger Tours, plans to introduce a second 737-700 later this year. Funding ...
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Marketplace
Aviation Capital Group has bought an Airbus A320 that is on lease to America West, and a Boeing 727-200 that will be hushkitted and converted to cargo configuration for lease to an undisclosed US cargo carrier for eight years. Iberia has begun the next phase of its fleet renewal programme, ...
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Il-96 marks a first with US certification
Paul Duffy/MOSCOW The Ilyushin Il-96T freighter has become the first Russian commercial transport to receive US Federal Aviation Administration certification, clearing the way for deliveries to begin to Aeroflot Russian International Airlines. The four-engined widebody, powered by Pratt & Whitney PW2337s and equipped with Rockwell-Collins avionics, won Federal ...
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Sabena expands Schreiner franchise deal
Dutch regional airline Schreiner Airways is re-organising its franchise agreement with Sabena as it moves to expand its feeder operations under the new Sabena Connect brand. Schreiner operates four 50-seat Bombardier Dash 8-300s for Sabena on wet-lease and franchise services, but plans to add more aircraft and routes from ...
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Northwest Airlines cements alliance with JAS
Northwest Airlines has strengthened its growing international partnership network by concluding an alliance with Japan Air System (JAS). Its partner, KLM, is set to follow by further expanding its own bilateral relationship with the Japanese carrier. An alliance between JAS and Northwest has been pending since 1996, and was ...
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SilkAir crash pilot's family releases financial details
The Indonesian Air Accident Investigation Commission (AAIC) has obtained documents on the financial background of the pilot of the SilkAir Boeing 737-300 that crashed on 19 December, 1997. The documents are expected to yield vital clues to the state of mind of Singaporean Capt Tsu Way Ming, who was ...
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Air Caribbean plans long-haul services
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Fast-growing east Caribbean airline Air Caribbean is finalising a deal for its first widebodied aircraft as it prepares to begin long-haul services to North America and the UK. Based in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, the private airline is negotiating to acquire three secondhand Boeing 767-200ERs. "We are on ...
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New Air aims to copy Southwest method
New Air, which plans to launch low-fare, high-frequency domestic services from New York's Kennedy Airport in January 2000, aims to emulate low-cost operator Southwest Airlines to survive in the market. In its application to the US Department of Transportation, privately owned New Air says it aims to achieve operating ...
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Air Jamaica introduces A340 on transatlantic services
Air Jamaica has upgraded its transatlantic services between Kingston, Montego Bay and London by introducing an ex-Air Mauritius Airbus A340-300 on a six-year lease from International Lease Finance. The 301-seater has replaced a leased Airbus A310-300, enabling the airline to offer a three-class service. It is to introduce a similar ...
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STARS passes tests
US Federal Aviation Administration and Raytheon officials say Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System (STARS) software has completed stringent tests, allowing the delayed project to move ahead. In tests, STARS met display response time and system throughput performance requirements. STARS will replace ageing terminal radar approach control system, which handles aircraft ...
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Fractional ownership company snaps up 25 Fairchild Envoy 7s
Fairchild Aerospace has sold 25 Envoy 7 executive variants of its new 728JET regional jets to US fractional ownership company Flight Options, giving the programme a boost to follow Lufthansa's recent launch order. The San Antonio-based manufacturer is expected to announce the deal at the show, making Cleveland-based Flight ...
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Marconi goes on the prowl with Predator tie-up
Marconi Avionics has teamed with General Atomics and Bombardier Services to offer unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) capable of meeting future UK Ministry of Defence (MoD)surveillance and communications relay requirements. Proposals will be based around the General Atomics Predator UAV family and will offer a range of payloads to meet ...
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Raytheon wins huge NetJets Horizon deal
Raytheon has received its largest ever business jet order from fractional ownership monolith Executive Jet for its NetJets programmes in the USA, Europe and the Middle East. The deal, for the purchase of up to 100 Hawker Horizon super mid-size aircraft, matches Executive Jet's contract with Cessna last October ...
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Sikorsky lifts the veil on millitary S-92 variant
Sikorsky is displaying the military utility version of its S-92 at Paris for the first time as it prepares to fly the second prototype S-92 Helibus in July from its West Palm Beach, Florida, facility. The helicopter on display was to be the last S-92 to fly, but interest from ...
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Boeing winglets venture formed
Boeing and Aviation Partners, the Seattle-based winglet design specialist, are to form a new joint venture company - Aviation Partners Boeing - to provide winglets for in-service Boeing commercial aircraft. The deal is a major breakthrough for Aviation Partners and its chief executive Joe Clark, who has been promoting ...
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ATR signs Indian contract in uncertain market
ATR has sealed a deal for five new 70-seat ATR72-500 turboprops with privately owned Indian scheduled airline Jet Airways. The airline says the aircraft will "form the nucleus of a modern regional aircraft fleet". The Jet Airways aircraft have been acquired under an operating lease through Aircraft International Renting, ...
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Bombardier launches new Continental super mid-size jet
Bombardier has launched the Continental "super mid-size" business jet, with first deliveries planned for the end of 2002. The Canadian company says it has a substantial backlog of letters of intent for the $14.25 million aircraft, which it will begin converting to firm orders. Development will cost C$500 ($340 ...
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Be-200 has Paris debut
The Beriev Be-200 twin-turbofan amphibian is on display at Paris for the first time. The aircraft made its maiden flight last September from the Irkutsk Aviation Production Organisation factory on Siberia. Offered in firefighting, passenger, search and rescue, and air ambulance configurations, the Be-200 is expected to make its first ...
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Italy/Russia agree on Yak-130
Aermacchi is pressing ahead with plans for certification by 2003 of a fully "Westernised" version of the Yakovlev Yak-130 advanced/lead-in fighter trainer (left), following the signing of an intergovernmental agreement between Italy and Russia.The deal should ensure that sufficient funding is available to complete development of the aircraft, known ...