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Asian crisis will continue 'well into next decade'
The Australian Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation predicts that the crisis affecting Asia's airline industry will continue "well into the next decade". "The original shock was sharp and painful, but the bleeding will continue well beyond 1999," says Peter Harbison, managing director of the Sydney-based airport and aviation research ...
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Horizon brightens orderbook for CRJ-700 with $580 million deal
Paul Lewis and Ramon Lopez/ WASHINGTON DC The Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) Series 700 orderbook has been given a major end-of-year boost with the $580 million sale of 25 aircraft to US domestic carrier Horizon Air. The Canadian manufacturer has also secured another order for the smaller CRJ-200ER ...
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Debonair extends AB Airlines link with Boeing 737 lease
Debonair has expanded its co-operation with fellow UK low fare airline AB Airlines and boosted its fleet capacity with a nine-month deal to lease a 139-seat Boeing 737-300. The London Luton-based carrier will use the aircraft to supplement its fleet of 12 smaller British Aerospace 146s, initially to increase ...
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Delta boosts Boeing backlog by 49 aircraft
Delta Air Lines has topped up its Boeing orderbook to 173 aircraft by converting options and firming up previously announced purchases totalling an additional 49 Next Generation 737, 757, 767 and 777s. The carrier has announced option conversions and incremental orders covering the six-month period between June and December ...
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Cargolifter launch
A design freeze for the new-technology heavy-logistics airship being built by joint German/US company CargoLifter was announced on 17 December, and the commission for building the huge construction hangar at Brand, near Berlin, was awarded two days later. The rigid airship will be 260m long with a helium capacity of ...
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European creditors throw out Philippine Airlines rescue plan
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Troubled Philippine Airlines (PAL) has suffered a fresh blow with the rejection of its rehabilitation plan by European creditors. One local creditor, the Philippine International Commercial Bank (PCI Bank), has suggested changes to the plan, meanwhile. The European creditors control the leases on 12 Airbus ...
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Routes
-San Juan-based Sun Airways, a charter air carrier, has initiated services between Puerto Rico and Orlando and Fort Lauderdale with one Boeing 727-200. -Sabena has begun daily direct flights from Brussels to Catania (Sicily) and four weekly flights to Palma de Mallorca (Spain) and Faro (Portugal) from 18 December. -Virgin ...
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Economic crisis hits Russia's commercial traffic
Russia's Federal Aviation Service (FAS) expects its 1998 passenger traffic levels to be about 10% down because of the country's economic crisis. FAS director Gennady Zaitsev says results for the first 10 months of 1998 show a 10% drop in passenger and 20% in cargo air traffic. To combat ...
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SIA forges alliance with Air Canada
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Air Canada to form a strategic partnership, possibly bringing SIA closer to Star Alliance membership. SIA has been named by Lufthansa as being likely to join Star in 1999, alongside Air Canada, Lufthansa, SAS, United Airlines, Varig and ...
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SilkAir probe 'may prove inconclusive'
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Twelve months after the crash of a SilkAir Boeing 737-300 on 19 December 1997, officials investigating the accident admit that "human factors" are the only avenue of investigation which remains open. But they add that it is difficult to assess accurately the state of mind of ...
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Cathay seeks higher productivity in costs drive
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Cathay Pacific Airways has agreed on productivity increases with ground staff as it negotiates with cabin crew and begins early talks with pilots' unions, as part of its drive to improve efficiency and cut costs. According to the airline, the productivity gains are being rewarded with ...
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Crossair predicts big profit for 1998 but warns on ATC delays
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Swiss carrier Crossair is forecasting bumper results for 1998 on the back of a 26% surge in scheduled passenger traffic. But the SAirGroup regional subsidiary complains that European air traffic control (ATC) delays reached their worst ever level last year - a situation it describes as ...
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Vickers acquires MC
Aeroquip-Vickers has acquired Michigan-based MC Aerospace, which makes hydraulic and pneumatic components for aircraft and military vehicles. Source: Flight International
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Next-X ?
From the highs of the X-15's flights at over six times the speed of sound to the lows of the early-1990s' cancellation of the over-ambitious X-30 single-stage-to-orbit aerospace plane, the USA's "X-" series of experimental vehicles has exemplified the country's drive for dominance in the aeronautical and space technology arenas. ...
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AMRAAM purchase complete RAAF missile upgrade
Peter La Franchi/CANBERRA The Australian Department of Defence has concluded separate deals with Matra BAe Dynamics and Raytheon Company for the acquisition of ASRAAM and AIM-120B AMRAAM missiles for carriage by the RAAF's F/A-18s. The two deals total more than A$130 million (U$S80 million). The ASRAAM deal will ...
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AV-8B tries out OSCAR commercial software upgrade
The US aerospace industry and military are studying the success of the Boeing AV-8B Open System Core Avionic Requirement (OSCAR), with a mind to the wider application of commercial computer software in other fighter aircraft programmes. The adoption of commercial software is set to expand with future enhancements to ...
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USAF ponders C-130 options
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC The US Air Force is expected to solicit industry proposals in the next few weeks for a Lockheed Martin C-130X Avionics Modernisation Programme (AMP) to upgrade its entire fleet of C-130Hs, older E models and special operations versions to a new common standard. A draft ...
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Production CN-295 makes first flight
The first flight of a series production CASA C-295 light tactical transport was due as Flight International went to press. The C-295 is a stretched version of the CN-235. This is the second C-295 to fly, the original prototype taking to the air in November 1997, just months after ...
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Brimstone first flight
Marconi Electronic Systems' Brimstone anti-armour missile made its first clearance and handling flight on a UK Ministry of Defence Panavia Tornado in December. The Tornado carried 12 Brimstones on its shoulder pylons. The integration of the missile is the first new weapon clearance in the Tornado GR4 mid-life upgrade, which ...
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Hindustan puts HJT-36 trainer mock-up on show
Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) has shown a mock-up of the HJT-36 trainer for the first time - at the Aero India 98 show in Bangalore last month (Flight International, 16-22 December). The company hopes to develop the aircraft to replace the locally built Kiran 2 some time after 2005. Possible armament ...