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MAS considers A340
Malaysia Airlines (MAS) is evaluating the Airbus A340-500 for use on transpacific services to the USA. According to Flight International's sister online service, Air Transport Intelligence, MAS sources say senior Airbus Industrie executives have visited Malaysia recently to pursue an A340 deal. Such a purchase would be a ...
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Marketplace
British Airways has confirmed its commitment for up to 24 Airbus A318s. The first Pratt & Whitney PW6000-powered aircraft will be delivered from 2003. South Africa's Interdoc Aerospace has placed deposits with Canadian Aerospace Group International for five 19-seat Twin Panda turboprops. The aircraft is a Westernised version of the ...
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Novair signs A330 deal with Flightlease
Swedish charter airline Novair has finalised its long-haul fleet plan by leasing Airbus A330-200s from Flightlease. The airline, a subsidiary of Scandinavian tour operator Apollo, is phasing out its three Lockheed L-1011 TriStar 500s that it uses for long-haul charters to Asia and the Caribbean. The airline will take ...
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Routes
Mesa Airlines, operating as US Airways Express, will begin offering three non-stop round trip flights each weekday between Washington's Reagan National Airport and Toronto, beginning 5 December, using 50-seat Bombardier Canadair Regional Jets. British Airways franchise operator British Regional Airlines (BRAL) is introducing services between Southampton and Frankfurt in January, ...
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Australia gets new regional carrier
A new regional carrier, Skytours, is preparing to launch operations with a Fairchild Dornier 228 in eastern Australia. The airline, which is finalising the acquisition of a 228-200 from Air Malawi, is aiming to undertake a public flotation to raise A$3.62 million ($2.3 million). Chief executive Alan Falconer says ...
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Chautauqua to fly TWA's jet feed
Trans World Airlines (TWA) has agreed a marketing tie-up with Chautauqua Airlines to launch its first regional jet services. The deal involves Chautauqua parent Wexford Management committing to orders and options for up to a further 60 Embraer RJ-145s. The 10-year agreement calls for Chautauqua to launch the first ...
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United Airlines chief calls for unified task force on ATC
A government/industry task force with a "unified voice" is needed to recommend fundamental changes to the USA's air traffic control (ATC) operation, according to United Airlines president Rono Dutta. The ATC gridlock amounts to an "aviation crisis" that must be resolved quickly, Dutta said at the recent Global Summit ...
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US/EU in new hushkits impasse
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC The Clinton Administration's rejection of the latest European Union (EU) proposals on Stage 3 hushkitted aircraft operations last month has again put the two parties at loggerheads in the long-running dispute. At a meeting between EU Transport Commissioner Loyola de Palacio and US Under Secretary ...
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Virgin 'will join' alliance
Chris Jasper/CHICAGO Virgin Atlantic Air-ways says it is now inevitable that it will link up with a global alliance. Chairman Richard Branson has revealed the UK carrier has been approached by three major groupings. Sources at Virgin confirm that the UK carrier has entered a dialogue with at least one ...
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Brave new world
On the face of it, organising a company around its customer base is not terribly radical, but it is surprising just how few businesses actually do just that, especially in the defence and aerospace world. Understanding the shifting demands of those customers is part of the battle. Most in ...
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Brazil's airlines snub VASP idea
Brazilian airline VASP says the country's other three major carriers have snubbed its proposal to create a single holding company. An offer from Brazil's development bank to finance a merger between the struggling airlines also continues to be rejected. At the start of the month, Varig, Transbrasil and TAM Brazil ...
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Engine switch
Frontier Airlines is to boost its deal for 20 Airbus A318/ A319s with the lease of another 15 aircraft from GE Capital Aviation Services. The move has seen it switch to CFM International for A319 engine supply. Source: Flight International
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Iranian test
Iran's air defence commander Hussein Qaliki says an exercise by the country's Revolutionary Guards this month would be used to complete testing of the Sayyad-1a surface-to-air missile. Source: Flight International
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Partner profit
Commercial aircraft broker Air Partner has announced that pre-tax profits in the financial year ending 31 July fell to £2.8 million ($4.5 million) on a turnover of £63.5 million. The result was better than expected at the start of the year, when the group issued a profits warning due to ...
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Special production
Wyoming-based Aviat Aircraft has begun initial production of its 110 Special, which is a revised version of a 1932 Monocoupe racer. Deliveries of the first $160,000 aircraft are scheduled to begin, following certification at the end of this year. Source: Flight International
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Embry converts
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) plans to replace its 54-strong fleet of Cessna 172R Skyhawks with the more powerful 172S Skyhawk SP models. The move follows engine performance problems which forced the organisation, based in Daytona Beach, to ground its 160hp (120kW) 172R Skyhawk aircraft less than a year ago. Source: ...
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Prop stop
Hartzell Propeller has ended its production of two designs of its propeller, blades and hubs. This cessation will affect tens of thousands of older-design Beech, Cessna, Piper and Twin Commander aircraft. Production has ceased of other related parts for the series-1 and series-8 designs. A number of so-called X- and ...
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KOMPSAT arrives
The Republic of Korea's Korean Multipurpose Satellite (KOMPSAT), has arrived at Vandenberg AFB, California, for its launch on an Orbital Sciences Taurus booster later this year. The KOMPSAT, built by the Korean Aerospace Research Institute and TRW, carries space physics experiments. Source: Flight International
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Picosats launch
The US Air Force plans to launch the first DARPA Picosats this month, using an Orbital Sciences-developed derivative of the Minuteman military missile with an OSC upper stage. The Picosats will validate micro-electromechanical systems. Source: Flight International
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Alaska Spaceport
The development of the Alaska Spaceport's commercial launch pad on Kodiak Island, has stepped forward with the installation of operations software and computer systems. It hopes to host polar orbiting missions. Source: Flight International