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UK plans to break new ground with easyJet HUD certification
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES The UK Civil Aviation Authority is planning its first ever commercial head-up display (HUD) certification following the decision by local low-cost carrier easyJet to order Flight Dynamics head-up guidance (HGS) systems for its fleet of Boeing 737s. SAS is also equipping its 737-600 fleet with ...
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Escalating European delays reach record level
The European Airlines Association (AEA) has declared 1998 a "black year" for delays, with the figures for June reaching similar levels to those for the same month in 1989, the worst on record. Brussels, Belgium-based Eurocontrol says it has "no dispute" with the AEA statistics, which show that 29.1% ...
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New Canadian cargo carrier ready
A new Canadian cargo carrier, Canada West Airlines, is preparing to launch long-haul freight operations following clearance from Transport Canada. The Toronto-based startup has been under formation since last year and is in negotiations to acquire Boeing 747 freighters for scheduled cargo services to Frankfurt and Paris. Transport Canada ...
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Conroy Guppy goes to Ghana
Azerbaijan Airlines (Azal) has sold its Conroy Guppy freighter to Ghanaian carrier First International Airlines. The aircraft, which was created by the conversion of a Canadair CL-44 in 1969, is pictured at Southend Airport in the UK awaiting delivery to Accra. Source: Flight International
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New Italian airlines gear up for 1999 operations
Marco Messalla/ROME Two new Italian airlines are planning to start operations early next year, reflecting the continuing liberalisation of the country's internal market. Gandalf Airlines is considering purchasing either the Fairchild Dornier 328JET or Embraer ERJ-145 and will announce its decision on an initial purchase of two aircraft ...
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Qatar steps up expansion with plans for new long-haul aircraft
MaxKingsley-Jones/LONDON Qatar Airways is accelerating its fleet expansion, with discussions for the lease of up to six Airbus A330s as part of a plan to boost long-haul operations. The Doha-based airline recently concluded a deal to bolster its short-haul fleet with A320s, placing an order for up to 11 ...
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Mesa prepares to incorporate CCAir after stock transaction
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Mesa Air Group has signed a letter of intent to merge Mesa Airlines with Charlotte, North Carolina-based CCAir. The two carriers were already linked through the Barlow Investment partnership, which has minority shareholdings in both. The transaction, valued at about $60 million, which includes $15 ...
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Marketplace
-Austrian Airlines has become the first carrier to take delivery of the recently certificated Pratt & Whitney PW4000-powered Airbus A330-200, with the handing over of the first of four aircraft it plans to acquire. Meanwhile, Korean Air has become the first Asian airline to take delivery of the type, with ...
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Signal test
A test version of the USA's Wide Area Augmentation System signal is being broadcast three months ahead of schedule via an Inmarsat communications satellite. This signal allows testing of system and user equipment. Source: Flight International
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Air Atlantic closes down after Canadian kills agreement
Canadian regional carrier Air Atlantic will cease operations in October, following a decision by Canadian Airlines Inter- national (CAI) to end its long-standing agreement with its regional connector. The void will partly be filled by Inter-Canadian, another regional carrier recently sold by CAI to a group of Montreal investors. ...
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Routes
-Continental Airlines and British Midland have signed a code-sharing agreement for routes between and Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow in Scotland and New York Newark, via Manchester. -Lufthansa franchise partner Augsburg Airways will launch services from Hof and Bayreuth to Frankfurt, operating Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8 turboprops in Team Lufthansa ...
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Investigation into SilkAir crash narrows
The Indonesian-led investigation into the December 1997 crash of a SilkAir Boeing 737-300 expects to produce a preliminary report by October, with the line of inquiries narrowed down to possible pilot suicide, or mechanical failure in the area of the vertical or horizontal stabiliser. Indonesian Aircraft Accident Investigation Commission ...
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Strikes ground North American airlines
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Brian Dunn/MONTREAL The first week of strikes by pilots at Northwest Airlines and Air Canada have crippled the two carriers' operations. Estimates put the revenue losses in the two unconnected labour disputes at over $150 million by 5 September. Northwest was the first to be ...
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Tata consigns plans for new Indian carrier to scrapheap
The Tata Group has finally thrown in the towel and abandoned plans to launch a privately owned domestic Indian airline in the face of more than three and half years of government procrastination, as well as repeated changes to its aviation policy. Tata dropped plans to launch the new ...
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Fight for control of Transaero heads for court dates in Moscow and Orel
The fight for control of Russian carrier Transaero has gone to court as founder Alexander Pleshakov seeks retribution for his recent ousting by Boris Berezovsky after a hostile take-over of the airline (Flight International, 26 August-1 September). Court action is being taken in Moscow and the southern Russian town ...
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Cubana Tu-154 overrun kills 77
At least 68 people on board a Cubana Tupolev Tu-154M, and nine on the ground, were killed on 29 August when the crew appears to have made a late take-off abort and the aircraft overran the Quito, Ecuador, runway onto a football field. The civil aviation authorities have said that ...
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Workshop
-Hawker Pacific Aerospace's Sun Valley, California, unit will service and repair the landing gear of nine Canadian Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30s under a three-year contract. -Boeing is to invest $34 million in spare parts inventory to stock a new customer services centre, due to open in late 1999 at Amsterdam's ...
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Results dampen Air New Zealand and Ansett prospects
Challenging regional market conditions are expected to continue dampening the prospects of Air New Zealand (ANZ) and its 50%-owned partner Ansett Australia. The tougher conditions were already evident in the results for the 12 months ending 30 June. ANZ relied on marginal improvements to domestic performance to produce a ...
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Asian crisis bites hard into Chinese airlines
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Asian economic woes have finally begun to catch up with the Chinese air transport industry, with the country's two largest carriers China Southern Airlines and China Eastern Airlines sliding into the red in the first half of 1998 as the result of growing overcapacity and deteriorating yields. ...
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Pritzker's truck
The Pritzker family, partner in the Israel Aircraft Indus-tries (IAI) Galaxy business jet programme, is evaluating an investment in IAI's Airtruck cargo aircraft project. The programme is being undertaken for parcels carrier FedEx, and IAI is seeking an investor, along with at least one more customer, to enable it to ...