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Air France 'lends' CityJet $2.7 million
Air France has made an Ir£2 million ($2.7 million) loan to Ireland's CityJet, redeemable in shares, effectively giving it a 25% stake in the Dublin-based independent. UK cargo and passenger charter carrier Air Foyle has taken a controlling 50.01% holding through the injection of a further Ir£4 million as ...
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Mergers
SAirGroup is to acquire US airline caterer Dobbs for $780 million and merge it with its own Gate Gourmet operation to become the industry's market leader. Memphis-based Dobbs had a turnover of $891 million last year, while the combined business should generate annual sales of around $2 billion. SAirGroup aims ...
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SEAsian carriers recovering
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Chris Jasper/LONDON South East Asia's major carriers appear to be easing out of the slump which so depressed traffic last year, with Cathay Pacific - the region's most notable victim last year - reporting a 5% increase in passengers during the first quarter of 1998. Thai Airways ...
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Fairchild plans bank loan and bond offer to finance 728JET
Paul Lewis/SAN ANTONIO Fairchild Aerospace plans to underwrite development of the new 728JET family of regional aircraft by raising up to $800 million through a combination of bank loans and a bond offer, with an equity sale under consideration in the longer term. The US/German manufacturer has budgeted ...
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African sale
Sudan Airways is to be partially privatised, with Khartoum planning to sell a minority of shares to provide capital for a re-equipment programme. The carrier's planning director, Sham Seldin, says the move is also aimed at improving Sudan's commercial performance. Source: Flight International
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Socata seeks new assembler for Tangara
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON Socata has halted development of its four-seat, twin-engined Tangara because of soaring demand for its piston-single aircraft line and growing subcontract work. "Our workload has increased so much that we are now not in a position to launch the Tangara," says Socata commercial director Christophe Van ...
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BAeAM anticipates corporate demand for 146
British Aerospace Asset Management (BAeAM) is stepping up its marketing efforts to meet increases for corporate variants of its four-engined BAe 146 regional airliner. "There is a lot of demand for this aircraft from the business community and we plan to place up to two aircraft a year," says BAeAM. ...
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More GA avionics advances revealed
Avionics manufacturers unveiled a variety of new products at this year's US Aircraft Electronics Association convention, which highlighted the continuing trend of the transfer of airliner avionics capabilities to general aviation cockpits. Garmin International announced four new products at the show, which took place in Atlanta, Georgia, from 12-15 ...
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Airbus deliveries rocket with 2,000th shipment
David Learmount/TOULOUSE Having just delivered its 2,000th aircraft, Airbus Industrie predicts that it will achieve the 3,000 target within three years. Germany's Lufthansa, Airbus' largest single airline customer, took delivery last week of the 2,000th, an A340-300. Deliveries of the whole Airbus range are rolling off the assembly lines ...
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Palestinian expands network and signs deal for two CRJ-200s
Palestinian Airlines is to expand its regional network with new destinations, and plans to introduce 50-seat Canadair Regional Jets (CRJs). According to chairman Fayez Haidan, the Government-owned airline hopes to launch new services this month to Dubai and Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. Palestinian has just been ...
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Routes
Air Canada launched daily non-stop Airbus A319 services between Chicago and Calgary on 17 May, with plans for twice-daily flights. United Airlines will codeshare on the route. Lufthansa Cargo will reintroduce and increase freighter service to Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, on 31 May, having previously announced that it would suspend flights ...
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Datalink team aims at year-end
Emma Kelly/LONDON A business case for the implementation of datalink communications in Europe will be completed by an industry team involving airlines, air navigation service providers, airframe manufacturers and associations by the end of this year. The European working group - the CAFT/Euro Datalink Focused Group - has been ...
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USA extends deadline on Northwest complaint
The US Department of Transportation (DoT) has extended through to 1 February next year the deadline for action on Northwest Airlines' complaint against the European Union (EU) about phasing out hushkitted commercial transports. The issue became controversial when the EU approved action against aircraft fitted with hushkits, but was ...
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Virgin Sun launches European charter services
Virgin Sun, the new charter airline division of Virgin Holidays, has launched operations with two leased Airbus A320s on services to European tourist destinations. The carrier's initial fleet, which flies from London Gatwick and Manchester, is being leased from GE Capital Aviation Services. Additional A320s are expected to join the ...
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Marketplace
American Airlines has placed orders for three additional Boeing 737-800s for delivery in 2000. The 146-seaters will replace three aircraft operated by Reno Air that will not be integrated into American's fleet when the airlines are merged. Beirut-based Trans-Mediterranean Airways (TMA) is seeking finance to fund the acquisition of ...
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Italian medicine
European consortium Temporary Associated Companies has been awarded a contract by the regional government of Tuscany, Italy, to provide helicopter emergency medical services within the region. The group, which comprises Italy's Helitalia and Aeroveneta as well as UK-based Bristow Helicopters, will begin operations at the end of July. Helitalia will ...
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Boeing outlines refinements to JSF programme budget
Paul Lewis/Washington DC Boeing has outlined a range of refinements to its Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Programme that it claims will eliminate a projected 5% budget overspend and ensure full Preferred Weapons System Concept (PWSC) compliance with the final joint operational requirements document (JORD). "Rebaselining the programme involves ...
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JASSM flight tests delayed while fault is fixed
The second flight test of the stealthy Lockheed Martin Joint Air-to-Surface Stand-off Missile (JASSM) has been delayed by up to two months. Technicians are working to ensure that the electrical problem which probably caused the 8 April unpowered test flight failure has been eliminated. The first flight test ended ...
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Contracts
Lockheed Martin Sanders, electronic warfare prime contractor for its parent company's Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) proposal, has selected Litton Amecom to lead development of the electronic support measures (ESM)system, if Lockheed Martin wins the JSF contest. Israel's Rafael will supply its vertically launched Barak-1 point defence missile to Signaal of ...
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Nordic nations move ahead with agreement on joint helicopter buy
Stewart Penney/LONDON Defence ministers have agreed to proceed with the Nordic Standard Helicopter Programme (NSHP)to replace transport and naval helicopters in service in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden with a common type. A ministerial deal is expected to be signed in June and a request for quotations (RFQ) ...