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737 operators clamour for hushkits to meet noise rules
Boeing 737 hushkit specialists AvAero Aircraft Noise Reduction and the Nordam Group have between them amassed orders and options for more than 500 kits, with both reporting a new flurry of activity in the market. Florida-based AvAero says a new order from First Air of Canada means it has ...
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Air Algerie starts fleet modernisation
Algeria's state-owned flag carrier Air Algerie has chosen Boeing to provide its new short haul fleet, with a deal for 10 Next Generation 737s. The order includes seven 737-800s and three 737-600s. Deliveries will begin in 2000, with two 737-800s arriving, followed by five more -800s in 2001 and ...
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Airbus holds talks with China to develop A310 replacement
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Airbus Industrie Asia (AIA) has tabled a series of possible substitute collaborative proposals to the defunct AE31X, including working with Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) on a new widebody aircraft to follow on from the Airbus A300/A310. The study project - dubbed the P305 - being ...
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AirTran Airlines leaps back into profit
AirTran Airlines has turned in its first quarterly profit since the Florida crash two years ago which forced the carrier, then called ValuJet, to suspend services for several months. The new group, which emerged last year from the merger of AirTran Airways and ValuJet, is forecasting a "solidly profitable" ...
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All Nippon Airways'debt downgraded
Lead US rating agency Moody's has downgraded All Nippon Airways' long-term debt below its traditional investment grade, raising concerns over growing competition in deregulated Japanese markets and recession in the domestic economy. The warning comes after another round of losses among the major Japanese carriers was confirmed by the ...
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Augsburg considers flotation to maintain expansion rate
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH Augsburg Airways is considering a public flotation to keep its expansion rolling, although the German regional carrier says that such a move is at least three years away. Augsburg has financed its fleet growth, now planned at two aircraft a year, through private debt placement, but concedes that ...
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BA reviews low-cost, long-haul plans after Flying Colours sale
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON British Airways appears to have scaled back plans for its low-cost, long-haul franchise partner Airline Management (AML). The rethink follows a change of ownership for Flying Colours, the charter carrier which has been providing AML with cabin crew and management. AML was set up a year ...
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Backers board airship manufacturer Cargolifter
David Learmount/LONDON Cargolifter has been given the go-ahead by its shareholders to take the next step towards launching a new heavylift airship - billed by the German start-up company as the largest ever flown. Cargolifter was formed nearly two years ago with the aim of finding a solution ...
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BAe seeks regional liabilities insurance
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON British Aerospace is understood to have drawn up plans for an innovative insurance scheme that would help clear regional aircraft liabilities from its balance sheet. The group, which directly manages a portfolio of more than 90 British Aerospace 146s and a further 400 turboprops through its ...
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Boeing and IMI detail co-operation agreement
Boeing and Israel Military Industries (IMI) have agreed the conditions of a wide-ranging co-operation agreement across military and civil programmes, including subcontracting on fuselage parts and joint development of weapons systems. IMI president Shlomo Milo confirms that an agreement has been reached to co-operate "across the board". He says ...
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Boeing gets cash for missile work
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC The US Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) has awarded Boeing a $10 million contract to start development work on hypersonic missiles. The US manufacturer will take two parallel approaches to the advanced missile research project, with one or possibly both designs progressing to flight ...
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Boeing reassigns first BBJ to itself
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Boeing expects to roll out the first Next Generation 737-based Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) from the Renton production site by the end of this month. The manufacturer, in agreement with BBJ partner General Electric, has also decided to take delivery of the first aircraft for ...
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Boeing sued over SilkAir crash
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE The first of several expected lawsuits arising from last December's crash of a SilkAir Boeing 737-300 has been filed against Boeing, in an attempt to force the Indonesian-led investigation to release more information about the possible cause of the accident at Palembang, Indonesia. A US firm ...
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Business jet operators fail in court battle over Heathrow
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON Business jet operators at London Heathrow Airport have lost their legal battle to prevent the introduction of a new slot allocation procedure at Europe's busiest hub. The Heathrow Executive Jet Operators Association (HEJOA) failed to convince the High Court that the changes introduced on 6 May ...
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Chengdu reveals redesigned F-7 technology demonstrator
Chengdu Aircraft (CAC) of China is trying to further refine the performance of the venerable Mikoyan MiG- 21/F-7 fighter design with a newly unveiled technology demonstrator sporting a radically reshaped nose section with a chin air intake and ogival radar housing. The heavily modified F-7FS testbed is based on the ...
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Coltec sensors
Coltec Industries has acquired Eaton's temperature sensor product line, which will be merged within Lewis Engineering. The firms provide equipment for the Boeing 777 and Bombardier Challenger business jet. Source: Flight International
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Comair becomes first South African carrier to float
Hilka Birns/CAPE TOWN Comair, South Africa's largest domestic airline group and a British Airways franchise partner, becomes the first of the country's carriers to move to a flotation with a listing on the Johannesburg stock exchange planned this week. The flotation, which values the company at some R1 billion ...
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Corrosion checks
Boeing is considering the need to increase the frequency of corrosion checks in the front spar area of older 747s since significant corrosion was discovered in a 27-year-old British Airways Boeing 747-100. The stress corrosion did not extend over a wide area, but was well advanced in small sections of ...
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Delta III waits on launch pad for maiden flight
Boeing's first Delta III is pictured on Pad 17B at Cape Canaveral, Florida, being prepared for its maiden flight scheduled for 3 August, carrying the Hughes HS-601 Galaxy 10 communications satellite. The Delta III, which can place 3,810kg into geostationary transfer orbit, comprises a stretched Delta II first stage ...