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British World Airlines has begun replacing its ageing BAC One-Elevens, with the delivery of its first Boeing 737-300, an ex-Garuda aircraft on lease from Babcock and Brown. A second aircraft is due for delivery in April, with four more to arrive in 2001-2. Turkish charter airline Pegasus Airlines will take ...
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Austria's Rheintalflug gears up to take extra ERJ-170s
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Rheintalflug is preparing to confirm options on six more Embraer regional jets in a move likely to see it join the list of customers for the 70-seat ERJ-170. "We are quite sure that we are going to convert all these options into firm orders," says Rheintalflug marketing manager ...
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Routes
Calgary-based low-cost carrier WestJet Airlines has revealed details of its new east Canadian operation, based in Hamilton, Ontario. Launch routes will serve Thunder Bay and Winnipeg from 9 March, with Ottawa, Montreal and Halifax to be added by mid-2000. Sabena has added the Slovenian capital Ljubljana to its network, with ...
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UK to introduce compulsory terrain warning systems use
David Learmount/LONDON In a move anticipating European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) action making terrain avoidance and warning systems (TAWS) compulsory, the UK Civil Aviation Authority is to order that UK-registered aircraft be fitted with the equipment from next January. TAWS is expected to reduce dramatically the incidence of ...
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Transmile Air revamps fleet to focus on cargo
Malaysian carrier Transmile Air is restructuring its fleet to concentrate on cargo operations in the Asia-Pacific region. The airline, which until now has operated seven Boeing 737-200s, took delivery of its first Boeing 727-200 Adv, an ex-THY Turkish Airlines aircraft, on 22 January. Aircraft project and planning controller ...
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TWA banks on Middle East and Caribbean for recovery
Ramon Lopez/NEW YORK After a decade of losses, two trips to the bankruptcy court and the crash of Flight 800, Trans World Airlines is counting on the Middle East, the Caribbean and regional jets to help it pursue its recovery plan. TWA, the USA's eighth-largest airline, in early ...
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BAE plans to merge Asset Management and Avro
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON BAE Systems is restructuring its regional airliner businesses into a single unit by folding the Asset Management (AM) remarketing arm - a standalone division - into BAE Systems Regional Aircraft, via a merger with the latter's own Toulouse-based Avro marketing and support operation. Avro is part of Woodford, ...
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Employees' Ansett bid
Employees at Ansett Australia have made a bid for the 50% stake in the Australian carrier held by News Corporation. The plan has the support of trade unions, which believe co-owner Air New Zealand will find employees "more attractive partners" than it would a rival carrier. ANZ last year blocked ...
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Radar tie-up
Lockheed Martin and Alenia Marconi Systems are studying joint development of an S/C-band active-array radar for warships. The four-month feasibility study will identify a basic configuration for a single-faced rotating phased-array radar aimed at domestic and export applications. The companies will explore the feasibility of a four-fixed-face active-array radar for ...
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JAL videos
Japan Airlines (JAL) has started to take delivery of the first of its new Boeing 747-400s which have been fitted with Sextant In-Flight Systems' second-generation video-on-demand entertainment servers on the Boeing production line. The airline is to receive five 747-400s with the latest version of the m Series in-flight entertainment ...
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Tenzing/SITA alliance
Airline communication specialist SITA has formalised its alliance with Tenzing, which is developing e-mail services for in-flight passenger use. Last October they signed a memorandum of understanding to offer e-mail/ Internet-based services to passengers via SITA's satellite communication network. Tenzing aims to introduce its FlightConnect service, enabling passengers to use ...
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Wreckage salvaged
The wreckage of the first stage engine of the H-2 booster that crashed into the Pacific Ocean during an aborted launch in November has been salvaged from the seabed, 380km (235 miles) north west of the Ogasawara Islands. Source: Flight International
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Work begins on US airborne laser
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Boeing Wichita has started the 18-month conversion of a 747-400 freighter into the YAL-1A Airborne Laser (ABL) prototype for the US Air Force. Tests will conclude with firings against simulated theatre ballistic missiles targets in 2003. Laser testing as well as lethality and vulnerability assessments ...
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Airports
More than 10 groups are preparing to deliver detailed proposals to acquire a 41.33% stake in SAGAT, which runs Turin Caselle Airport. The identity of the bidders has not been disclosed, but sources suggest they include the main Italian airport operators, such as Milan and Rome, along with some private ...
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Boeing targets 'out of box' 207min ETOPS for 777X
Guy Norris/SEATTLE Boeing is to certificate its proposed ultra-long range 777X variants for 207min extended-range twin-engine operations (ETOPS) for "out of the box" entry into service in September 2003. The radical move comes as the US Federal Aviation Administration gives its long-delayed green light to 207min ETOPS for current ...
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British Midland selects A330 for US services
British Midland (BM) has chosen the Airbus A330-200 for its planned US services, and concluded a deal to take up to 12 aircraft. The selection of the 250-seat Airbus widebody follows an evaluation of the similarly sized Boeing 767-400ER. The airline declines to comment on the order. BM ...
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Let L-410 crashes just after take-off
Just after take-off from Tobias Bolanos Airport at San Juan, Costa Rica, on 15 January, a Taxi Aereo Centroamericano Let L-410 crashed into a house, killing four people among the three crew and 17 passengers on board and injuring 14. Although there were three people in the house, none was ...
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First of Turkey's SunExpress -800s joins the fleet
SunExpress has taken delivery of the first of four Boeing 737-800s on lease from GE Capital Aviation Services. The rest will be delivered this year, and the 737-800s will be operated alongside the Turkish charter's three 737-300s and two 737-400s on European flights. The airline began operations in 1990 and ...
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Air Canada begins restructure
Air Canada is to merge three regional subsidiaries, Air Nova, Air Ontario and AirBC, as one of the first moves in the restructuring of domestic operations after the Canadian Airlines takeover. Joseph Randell, president and chief executive of AirNova and interim president of Air Ontario and AirBC, is to be ...