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Air China forges US link
Northwest Airlines, Continental Airlines, Alaska Airlines and America West Airlines have formed a strategic alliance with Air China, representing the first deal of its kind entered into by a Chinese carrier. The move ends speculation, for now, of a potential agreement between Northwest and Cathay Pacific and establishes further ...
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A320 demand triggers production increase
Max Kingsley-Jones/TOULOUSE Airbus Industrie is to boost production rates of its single-aisle family further over the next 18 months in the face of continuing high demand for the aircraft. A decision to produce a further four A320 family aircraft a month, plus any future widebody increases, will take the consortium's ...
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Aer Lingus extends its Airbus fleet at the expense of 737s
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Aer Lingus has taken a step closer to operating an all-Airbus fleet with its decision to order six A320s to add to its orders for the larger A321 and its fleet of five A330s. The new aircraft will result in its Boeing 737 fleet being further reduced. ...
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AlliedSignal APU cleared for use on A320 family
AlliedSignal has received US Federal Aviation Administration approval to produce its 131-9(A) auxiliary power unit (APU) for the Airbus Industrie A320 family. Programme manager Lee Jacobs says that deliveries of the 131-9(A) are scheduled to begin in September. "We have firm orders for close to 50 aircraft and ...
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BAe prepares to launch upgraded Avro variant
Julian Moxon/PARIS British Aerospace Regional Aircraft is preparing to launch a re-engined, upgraded "RJX" version of the Avro RJ with 15% lower direct operating costs, reductions in weight and up to 20% less maintenance costs. The company, which is in the process of a divorce with Aero International ...
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Palestinian expands with Boeing 727-200 acquisition
Palestinian Airlines has acquired an ex-Istanbul Airlines Boeing 727-200Adv in a deal arranged by UK consultancy Gamit. The 20-year-old aircraft will be introduced following overhaul in Shannon, joining a fleet of two Fokker 50s and a leased 727-100. The airline, which was set up in 1996, operates regional services from ...
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BMW Rolls-Royce plans for higher pressure ratio core
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH BMW Rolls-Royce is examining the development of a new high pressure (HP) compressor for its BR700 engine family, which will allow it to produce lighter engines at the top of the family's thrust range. Under an agreement with shareholder Rolls-Royce, the company is restricted to the ...
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Taxiing A320 collides with inflight 767
An Egyptair Airbus Industrie A320 taxiing at Cairo airport had more than 1m sliced off its tail fin by an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 767-300ER which had just taken off in an incident which saw both aircraft come close to a major accident. The 767 (ET-AKW) was able to return for ...
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Developing nations ask ICAO to help with CNS/ATM funding
Emma Kelly/RIO DE JANEIRO Developing nations have urged the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) to establish an international aviation monetary fund to help them finance implementation of communications, navigation and surveillance/ air traffic management (CNS/ATM) system programmes. Bolivia, Pakistan and the 53 African ICAO member nations were among ...
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BA goes to FLS for maintenance deals
British Airways and its low-cost subsidiary Go have agreed major maintenance contracts with FLS Aerospace. The move comes as BA retrenches its maintenance operation after several years of attempting to turn it into a standalone profit centre. The five-year Go contract is a ground-breaking deal for both sides, with ...
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Marketplace
-British Airways has wet-leased a Boeing 737-300 from Air Atlanta Icelandic for its 1998 summer season. The aircraft is based at London Gatwick and will be operated on services to Gothenburg in Sweden. -Monarch Airlines is wet-leasing a Boeing MD-11 from World Airways for its 1998 summer season to operate ...
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Qantas confirms plans for three more 747-400s
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS Qantas has finalised its short term fleet plans, confirming it will acquire three Boeing 747-400s from Asian carriers "in the very near future", and ruling out acquiring any new type in the next three years. Chief executive James Strong says the purchase will be additional to ...
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SIA deal confirmed
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has confirmed its long-expected deal for up to 10 Airbus A340-500s in a $2 billion purchase. The airline selected the Airbus over the Boeing 777-200X to operate direct services between Singapore and the US West Coast. The airline will place firm orders for five aircraft for delivery ...
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Air New Zealand sells 747 Classics to Virgin
Air New Zealand (ANZ) has sold its five Boeing 747-200s to Virgin Atlantic Airways as as part of its fleet modernisation programme. The five 16-17 year old Rolls-Royce RB211-524D4-powered 747s will join Virgin between March 1999 and January 2001. The UK carrier operates six older Pratt & Whitney JT9D-powered ...
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Workshop
-GE Engine Services has signed a 10- year contract, potentially worth as much as $1 billion, with Continental Airlines to overhaul CFM International CFM56 engines powering the carrier's Boeing 737s, and the CF6s which power its Boeing 767s and McDonnell Douglas DC-10s. -Royal Nepal Airlines has awarded Beijing-based Aircraft Maintenance ...
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Unions threaten Airbus strikes
Julian Moxon/PARIS Unions representing Aerospatiale workers are threatening to target Airbus Industrie's operation for a series of strikes if the French state owned company is dismantled. The unions say they will be seeking "concrete guarantees" from the Government that the management plan to divide Aerospatiale into nine independent ...
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Lufthansa Cargo returns to profit
Lufthansa Cargo has successfully turned its business around, with the announcement of a DM194 million ($110 million) pre-tax profit for 1997. The company recorded the profit on a turnover of DM3.9 billion for regular business. Including income from the sale of its stake in Luxembourg's Cargolux, the company beat the ...
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Public offering cuts down Forstmann's
Gulfstream Aerospace has announced a $775 million public offering that will reduce investment firm Forstmann Little's remaining stake in the Canadian business aircraft manufacturer to less than 25%. Forstmann, its affiliates and Gulfstream management, hold 43.2% of the company, and will own 25.3% after the stock sale. New ...
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List grows for stake in Thai International
Northwest Airlines' name has been added to the list of leading contenders to take a stake in Thai Airways International, a Government official in Bangkok has revealed. Supachai Panitchpakdi, the country's permanent secretary for finance, revealed earlier this month that the US airline is a front runner, along with ...
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Boxing clever
US Vice President Al Gore's planned visit to Lockheed Martin's Forth Worth, Texas, F-16 production line on 15 May was effectively a celebration of far more than a $7 billion sale of the aircraft to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The event marks the closure of a threatening fissure between ...