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BA Rring tickets
The Hong Kong Board of Airline Representatives is taking a 'harsh view' of passengers who violate air traffic regulations by flying from Hong Kong to Bangkok and other Asian hubs to buy cheaper tickets to Europe. The Hong Kong Travel Industry Corporation will impose penalties on travel agents who ...
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New aero space
Aerospatiale plans to restructure during the second half of 1998 by spinning off its activities as subsidiaries to be organised into two sectors, aircraft and space and defence. Source: Airline Business
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Eagle's O'Hares RJs
American Eagle will launch its first regional jet service on 15 May between Chicago's O'Hare International and Cleveland and Cincinnati in Ohio and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The regional affiliate of American Airlines will replace turboprop aircraft now used to cover the routes with the 50-seat Embraer RJ-145. The airline will take ...
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Delta's finance chief
Leo Mullin, Delta's president and chief executive, has snubbed industry veterans in making his first senior level pick. Mullin, who himself had no airline experience, has hired Warren Jenson, the current financial chief at a major US television network, to become Delta's chief financial officer. Mullin cited the former accountant's ...
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DOT rules OK
The US Department of Transportation's new policy document for anticompetitive behaviour was due to be published in March. The document gives the DOT more armour to act against major carriers which use tactics such as capacity dumping against startups. Source: Airline Business
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Iberia invests
Iberia raised its 33 per cent stake in Aviaco to 100 per cent at a cost of $117 million. Ground staff at Aviaco agreed in March to an 8.5 per cent pay cut in return for maintaining current manning levels. Source: Airline Business
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BA Finnish links
British Airways and Finnair were to start codesharing on 15 services from London/Heathrow and Gatwick to Helsinki and Stockholm on 29 March, and from Manchester to Stockholm and Helsinki from 2 May. Deutsche BA will join the codeshare this summer. Finnair was to codeshare with BApartner LOT from 29 March ...
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Suicidal crash?
Last December's SilkAir crash in Indonesia may have been caused by a suicidal pilot. The cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder stopped working before the crash. Investigators are considering whether one pilot may have turned them off. Source: Airline Business
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Peruvian SAR
Heli-Dyne Systems is equipping two Bell 412EPs for shipborne search and rescue (SAR) duties with the Peruvian navy, which already operates two Bell 230s similarly equipped by the Hurst, Texas, company. Source: Flight International
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Caravan delivery
Cessna has delivered three Caravan I single-turboprop utility aircraft to the Chilean army. The eventual requirement from the army could be for up to 12 aircraft, the company believes. Source: Flight International
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Latin timeshare
New Piper Aircraft's Argentine distributor, Buenos Aires-based Piper Argentina/ Hangar Uno, has launched a shared ownership programme offering quarter shares in the Malibu Mirage, Seneca V, Saratoga IIHP/TC and Archer III. Source: Flight International
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WAAS widens
Raytheon Systems is to install two satellite navigation testbed reference stations in Chile to support evaluation of the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS). The reference stations will be the first of their kind to be installed in South America and are expected to be linked to the USA's WAAS testbed. ...
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Russia rules against Ukraine bombers
Russia has finally ruled out purchasing the strategic bomber force Ukraine inherited from the former Soviet long range aviation force, after a meeting with Ukraine's deputy defence minister in Moscow in late March. "This question has been permanently closed," says the Kremlin. Ukraine had offered to sell Russia ...
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Germany clears way for ISS participation
The German Government has approved German participation in the International Space Station (ISS)programme. According to Daimler-Benz Aerospace (Dasa), the move amounts to national confirmation of a commitment made jointly by the participating nations in the original agreement to proceed with the ISS, signed earlier in Washington DC. Germany ...
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Fighter competition warms up in Chile
Graham Warwick/SANTIAGO Chile plans to shortlist two finalists for its Fighter 2000 programme by the end of this month, and select the winning aircraft by the end of May. The air force is completing its technical evaluation of the four competing aircraft - the Boeing F-18, Dassault Mirage 2000, ...
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GE eyes supersonic Falcon SST
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES General Electric has begun a "basic feasibility study" into an engine for Dassault Aviation's proposed supersonic business jet. The work is based on its recently developed F414 military turbofan . The engine maker cautions that the study is preliminary and "there is no discussion about ...
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Ilyushin freighter efficiency fails to impress Aeroflot director
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW The head of Aeroflot has warned that the airline will not increase its orders for the Ilyushin II-96T freighter because the aircraft will not offer competitive operating economics. Speaking at a special gathering of Russia's Federal Aviation Service to review air cargo operations, Valery Okulov, Aeroflot general ...
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ILFC negotiates with Airbus and Boeing for 100-seaters
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Leasing giant International Lease Finance (ILFC) has confirmed negotiations with Airbus Industrie and Boeing over a possible purchase of the 100-seat A319M5 and 717-200. "The 717 is under review by ILFC, as is the A319M5. We're talking, we're considering, but I can't give you any ...
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SUD freighter cleared
Boeing's first cargo conversion of a stretched upper deck (SUD) 747 has been approved by the US Federal Aviation Administration. The conversion involves modification of the upper deck cabin floor to enable 3m-high pallets to be accommodated on the main deck. Source: Flight International
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Tupolev tests end
The US Tupolev Tu-144LL experimental supersonic flight test programme has been completed, with the modified version of Russia's supersonic transport logging almost 39h during 19 fights. Source: Flight International