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Air Canada tackles part of Canadian's debts
Air Canada has restructured part of the C$3.5 billion ($2.4 billion) debt owed by Canadian Airlines, with which it is merging, after reaching agreement with GE Capital Aviation Services. The deal, worth "tens of millions of dollars" according to Air Canada chief executive Robert Milton, covers the lease of a ...
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Mergers
The board of American Airlines' parent AMR has approved the spin-off of its 83% stake in Sabre Holdings to AMR shareholders on 1 March, making the computer reservations system specialist fully independent. The European Commission has approved Saab's acquisition of fellow Swedish company Celsius, while Saab has sold its Combitech ...
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SIA's Star acceptance gives Thai a codeshare headache
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Thai Airways International is considering quitting the Star Alliance as a result of rival Singapore Airlines' (SIA) entry into the group from April. Thai president Thamnoon Wanglee has reportedly warned that it could lose $10 million a year in codesharing revenues that will have to be ...
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Thomson and Samsung launch joint venture
Chris Jasper/LONDON Fast-expanding Thomson-CSF and South Korea's Samsung Electronics have launched their new defence equipment venture. French giant Thomson has also completed its takeover of Shorts Missile Systems (SMS) and signed a new naval partnership, but reports linking it with a bid for UK reconnaissance pod specialist W Vinten ...
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Spray certificated
Apollo Helicopter Systems has received US certification for an agricultural spray kit for the Robinson R44 light helicopter. Apollo says that the 70kg (155lb) system can be installed or removed in under 15min. Source: Flight International
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Soloy reclaims STC
Soloy has re-acquired from Rocky Mountain Helicopters the supplemental type certificate (STC) to re-engine LTS101-powered Eurocopter AS350s with Rolls-Royce Allison 250-C30Ms. The Olympia, Washington-based company developed the conversion in the mid-1980s. Source: Flight International
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Engine upgrade
The US Coast Guard is to spend $40 million upgrading Honeywell (formerly Allied-Signal) LTS101 engines powering its 93 Eurocopter HH-65 Dolphins. Phased improvements to the full-authority digital engine control and other components will increase power by 23%. Source: Flight International
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Daimler Corporate Jet
DaimlerChrysler Aviation has begun operating an Airbus A319 Corporate Jet (ACJ), which replaces a leased Airbus A320. The longer range of the 48-seat ACJ eliminates the need for a refuelling stop in Iceland on the four to five weekly flights between Stuttgart and Detroit, reducing flight time by more than ...
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Schweizer boost
Schweizer Aircraft hopes that the delivery in April of its first three/four-seat Model 333 will help boost deliveries, which slumped to 40 330s, 300Cs and 300CBs last year. The Rolls-Royce Allison 250-C20W-powered helicopter offers a 90kg (200lb) increase in useful payload over the 330. Source: Flight International
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Alliance takes the fast track in race to launch new regional jet family
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Alliance Aircraft has unveiled a fast-track programme launch and development schedule for the 70- and 90-seat baseline members of a planned new family of regional jets. It claims to have letters of intent for up to 30 aircraft from two unidentified European and Asian carriers (Flight International, ...
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US majors feel the squeeze, but profit from the sale of assets
Chris Jasper/LONDON On first sight, recently published financial figures for the USA's major airlines appear to point to a successful year in 1999. Most of the top 10 reported healthy net profits and exhibited increases in passengers boarded and group turnover. All this indicates that the air transport market they ...
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Hope X engine tests completed as Japan freezes funding
US company Aerojet has completed verification testing of the Orbital Manoeuvring Engine (OME) intended to power the Japanese HOPE-X orbiter. Aerojet has been developing the OME under contract from Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries (IHI), the vehicle's propulsion system contractor. The testing was completed shortly after the Japanese National Space Development ...
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Air France hopes for more hub space
Julian Moxon/PARIS Air France is to reap the benefits of the expansion potential at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport with a new plan by Aéroports de Paris (ADP) to add two new satellites at its terminal 2 hub. While described as "only a study" by ADP, Air France has ...
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Kiev-based Ikar orders five An-140s
Ikar Airlines has ordered five Antonov An-140 twin turboprops. Deliveries start this year. The 50-seat regional aircraft will join the Kiev-based airline's fleet of Antonov An-12/24/26s, Let L-410 turboprops and an An-74 twinjet. Meanwhile, the first production An-140 has joined the flight test programme, which should be completed ...
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Airports
The completion of a $250 million reconstruction of Domodedovo Airport in Moscow is due by the middle of this year, says the airport's operator, East Line group. The reconstruction includes nearly doubling the size of the passenger terminal. The international section of will be opened next month, to be followed ...
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Honeywell starts AS900 flight tests
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Honeywell has begun flight testing its AS900 turbofan, under development to power the BAE Systems Avro RJX regional airliner and Bombardier Continental business jet. The first flight, on Honeywell's Boeing 720 engine testbed, included performance and windmilling tests. During the 2h flight, the 7,000lb (31kN) thrust-class ...
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BA steps up the class war
Chris Jasper/LONDON British Airways has launched a radical overhaul of its premium cabins, introducing aft-facing and flat-bed seats in business class and a new "upper economy" product. The move is aimed at increasing the proportion of business travellers on BA's long haul services, and cements its strategy of targeting high-yield ...
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777X crew rest plans advance
Boeing is working with an advisory group of 14 airlines towards the final configuration for upper-lobe crew-rest areas for its planned ultra-long range 777-200X/300X family. An advanced flightcrew rest area in the forward upper lobe has been finalised, which will free four first or business class seats, or provide extra ...
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Debis targets Boeing after latest Airbus purchase
Debis AirFinance is seeking to conclude sale and leaseback deals with Classic and Next-Generation Boeing 737 operators as part of efforts to diversify its rapidly expanding aircraft portfolio. The Amsterdam-based DaimlerChrysler subsidiary, meanwhile, has purchased 12 in-service aircraft from Dublin-based Airbus Industrie Financial Services (AIFS), comprising two A340-300s, three ...
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Ministers propose single sky for Europe
Julian Moxon/BRUSSELS A "single European sky" is on the political agenda after a 28 January meeting of transport ministers from the 38 European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) states. The ministers called for a high-level working group to study how to reduce air traffic delays in Europe. The International Air Transport ...