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Pacific purchase
Airwork New Zealand has acquired Sydney-based Pacific Turbine, formerly the engine division of BTR-owned Hawker de Havilland. The unpublicised sale of the overhaul facilities, completed on 20 November, creates Australasia's largest independently owned aviation gas turbine engine overhaul centre. BTR, which is selling its entire aviation interests, has also sold ...
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JT8D-200 gives new life to 707
Pratt & Whitney has signed an agreement with the Seven Q Seven group to certificate the JT8D-200 turbofan for re-engined Boeing 707s and, possibly, KC-135 military variants. The "7Q7" programme could potentially involve the re-engineing of up to 500 in-service 707-320s and KC-135s with the 98kN (22,000lb)-thrust JT8D-219, says ...
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Airbus firms up A3XX freighter
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Airbus is firming up its plans for combi and all-freight derivatives of its proposed A3XX airliner, as it works towards a launch decision by early 1999. As envisaged, both cargo versions of the baseline 560-seat, A3XX-100 will feature a main-deck 3.43 x 2.54m cargo door in ...
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Aerolitoral plans more Saab 340s
Graham Warwick/GUADALAJARA Mexican regional Aerolitoral plans to acquire up to 25 Saab 340s and is drawing up plans to acquire 50-seaters, possibly regional jets. The Monterrey-based carrier operates 27 19-seat Fairchild Dornier Metro III/23s. The first of an initial six 33-seat Saab 340Bs entered service in December and another five ...
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Air Malta aims to finalise fleet revamp in 1998
Air Malta hopes to move forward with its aircraft re-equipment plans by the end of 1998, as it ponders a switch to a one-manufacturer fleet. The airline operates a mixed fleet of seven aircraft, including two Boeing 737-200s, three 737-300s and two Airbus A320s. Four Aero International (Regional) RJ70s acquired ...
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British Airways and LOT Polish plan a strategic alliance
British Airways and LOT Polish Airlines have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to begin negotiating a strategic alliance. BA's prime aim is to develop its Central European network, but LOT says that there is the option of extending the deal in future to include other alliance partners. BA's prospective ...
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BMW Rolls-Royce renegotiates BR715 deal on Boeing regional
Andrzej Jeziorski/DAHLEWITZ BMW Rolls-Royce (BMW R-R) has switched from being a risk-sharing partner in the Boeing 717-200 programme by renegotiating the contract it had originally agreed with McDonnell Douglas (MDC)on the former MD-95. The engine manufacturer is no longer a risk-sharing partner, says BMW R-R managing director Klaus Nittinger, having ...
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Hong Kong faces Chek Lap Kok money troubles
The Hong Kong Airport Authority (HKAA) is having to address a projected two-month shortfall in operating revenue, following the Government's decision to delay until 6 July the opening of the territory's new international airport at Chek Lap Kok. Hong Kong International Airport will actually be ready at the end ...
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EasyJet targets Air Holland as a way in to mainland Europe
EasyJet is seeking to establish a hub in mainland Europe by acquiring the Schiphol, Amsterdam-based charter airline Air Holland. EasyJet has been looking to establish a Dutch hub and already serves Amsterdam from its Luton base and its secondary hub in Liverpool. The airline also operates a weekend service ...
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FedEx accepts TCAS 2 and awaits ADS solution
Federal Express has accepted the need to equip its fleet of jet-powered freighters with the traffic-alert and collision-avoidance system (TCAS 2) to meet pending international regulations, but is still backing the US Cargo Airlines Association (CAA) effort to develop an automatic dependent surveillance - broadcast (ADS-B)-based system. The airline, ...
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Mesa ceases United's west coast feed
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC US regional Mesa Air Group is to sell or close down its Fresno, California-based WestAir Commuter division, which operates as United Express, after it failed to reach agreement with United Airlines to renew the codesharing agreement. The Westair agreement expires on 31 May and United ...
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Marketplace
++ Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (SALE) has received the first of up to 24 Airbus A320 family aircraft, with the delivery of an International Aero Engines V2500-powered A320, which is being leased to Ireland's TransAer. SALE has a further 13 firm orders - 12 A320s and one A321 - scheduled ...
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Small accidents
A number of accidents occurred in early January. The two crew of an Aeroservice International Polish Airlines Let 410 on a 13 January ferry flight were killed when the aircraft crashed on its approach in fog to Brno Airport, Czech Republic. On 11 January, a THY Turkish Airlines Aero International ...
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Airbus Trent 500 nacelle decision 'was political'
US nacelles specialist Rohr, recently acquired by BFGoodrich, has accused Airbus Industrie of abandoning the tender process to supply the nacelles and thrust reversers for the Rolls-Royce Trent 500 on the new Airbus A340-500/600 and selecting a French-led consortium. After contract negotiations in 1997 with teams including Rohr (now ...
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Routes
++ Polar Air has won US Department of Transportation approval to operate cargo flights between the USA and South Africa via Egypt, Kenya, the Netherlands and Zimbabwe, using Boeing 747 freighters. Flights will begin in April 1998. ++ American Airlines is to launch daily transatlantic flights from Boston to London ...
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Taiwanese carriers look towards Malaysian services
Taiwan's second-tier airlines have set their sights on Malaysian destinations in the wake of the open-skies accord signed in October 1997 between the two countries. The airlines face saturated domestic markets, steady increases in capacity and a slight decline in overseas travel. UNI Air hopes to fly from Kaohsiung ...
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Tata looks to start Indian carrier again
Following the collapse of plans to form an Indian private airline with Singapore Airlines (SIA), the Tata Group is again seeking to set up a carrier in the country. The original project was blocked by a change in Government policy, which decided that foreign airlines could not invest in ...
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African carriers gear up for next round of privatisations
Kevin O'Toole/ZIMBABWEAfrican airlines have begun the new year with preparations for a renewed round of privatisations. The main event is the planned sale of South Africa Airways (SAA), but there is a growing impetus throughout the region taking in Air Zimbabwe, Air Madagascar and Air Uganda. South Africa made ...
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Garuda rushes out encouraging figures
State-owned Garuda Indonesia has rushed out encouraging year-end profits figures in an apparent attempt to re-assure markets in the middle of the Indonesian economic crisis, but financial analysts remain sceptical of the claims. The airline is claiming to have boosted its net profit to Rp191.5 billion ($22 million) against ...
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Indonesia agrees to put clamps on state hand-outs for IPTN
Indonesian aircraft manufacturer IPTN will no longer receive state hand-outs, under sweeping economic reforms announced by the Jakarta Government under heavy pressure from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). A halt to Government funding for the state-run aerospace company was one of the pre-conditions demanded of Jakarta in return ...