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Software revolution leads assault on year 2000
Artificial-intelligence "software assistants" aimed at preventing computers from crashing at the turn of the century have been developed by US company Software Revolution, easing the task of reprogramming and testing millions of lines of suspect code in the time left until 2000. The Revolution 2000 suite developed by ...
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FAA orders skin-panel inspection for old 737s
As part of its continuing ageing-aircraft initiative, the US Federal Aviation Administration has ordered new inspections or modifications of fuselage skin-panel lap joints on 33 US-registered Boeing 737-100/200s with more than 60,000 flights. A further 34 737s owned by foreign airlines are affected by the airworthiness directive (AD), ...
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AB Airlines takes AIM for expansion funds
AB Airlines is planning a listing on London's Alternative Investment Market (AIM) early in 1998 to fund an expansion of its network and fleet renewal. The Stansted, UK-based airline is negotiating the acquisition of four new Boeing 737-300s, configured with two-class cabins, in January 1998 to replace its ...
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Spinetta selects Lyon location for Air France's second hub
New Air France president Jean-Cyril Spinetta has chosen Lyon Airport, in the south of France, as the national airline's second hub, after Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport. In his first public statement since being confirmed in the job at the end of October, Spinetta says that Lyon is ...
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BA nears low-fares decision and re-equips regional unit
British Airways is expected to finalise plans before the end of the year to launch a European low-fare operation at London Stansted, using Boeing 737-300s. At the same time, the airline has begun an interim replacement of its BA Regional 737-200s. Earlier this year, BA commissioned the UK-based ...
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Finnair takes first Boeing
Finnair has introduced the first new Boeing airliner to join its fleet. The 757-200 entered service on 24 October, the first of four such aircraft to be delivered to the airline by early 1998. They will be flown in 219-seat configurations on tourist flights to the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean, ...
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Brazil looks for airport infrastructure investors
Brazil's state-owned airports company, Infraero, is looking for foreign investors prepared to back a massive modernisation programme for the country's airport network. The programme, valued at $2.9 billion over the next three years, covers five major new airport developments at Fortaleza, in the north east of Brazil; Porto ...
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Europe considers new cabin-crew standards
Cabin-crew basic training standards may be unified across Europe, with staff issued with certificates of "professional competence", if a proposed new directive is approved within the European Union (EU). The new concept, being mooted within the European Parliament, would require states to approve training organisations, their courses and ...
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Taiwan Airlines signs first order for shortfield Dornier 328
Fairchild Dornier claims to have secured an Asian launch customer for two improved short-field performance 328-130 turboprops, scheduled for delivery in early 1998. Although neither the manufacturer nor the airline will officially confirm it, the launch customer for the new variant is believed to be Taiwan Airlines. Sources ...
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Airbus and Finavitec study co-operation
Airbus has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Finnish company Finavitec to explore co-perative opportunities in industrial activities. The aim is "to associate progressively" Finavitec with the consortium's development and manufacturing system, says Airbus. Finavitec and Airbus have also signed an MoU defining the participation of Finavitec ...
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US flight-operations data rule imminent
The US Federal Aviation Administration will soon issue a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) designed to "encourage the voluntary implementation" of flight operations quality assurance (FOQA) programmes among US airlines. FAA Administrator Jane Garvey says that the FOQA data will not be used for punitive enforcement purposes and ...
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Milan switch upsets airlines
Nine major European airlines have complained to the European Commission over Italian Government demands that all services on routes carrying fewer than 2 million passengers a year be transferred from Milan Linate airport to Milan/Malpensa 2000, starting from October 1998. Air France, British Airways, Iberia, KLM, Lufthansa, Olympic, ...
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KLM plans regional changes
KLM will finalise plans by the end of the year to re-organise its regional-airline partners under one umbrella operation. Details of the initiative, which is being led by Air UK at London Stansted, are still being thrashed out, but in one option a single identity could be adopted. ...
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Maersk orders CRJs to provide 70-seat option
Maersk Air's UK subsidiary will replace its ageing fleet of BAC One-Elevens in 1998 with the first of up to 15 Bombardier Canadair Regional Jets (CRJs). The selection hinged on Bombardier's ability to supply both 50- and 70-seat versions, which Embraer could not offer. Maersk Air, which operates ...
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Marketplace
++ Finnair's sale/lease-back deal for four Boeing MD-80s (Marketplace, Flight International, 29 October-4 November, P14) is valued at FIM350 million ($67.3 million), with the annual values of the lease rentals worth some FIM43 million ++ Midway Airlines is disposing of its single leased Airbus A320. The aircraft is leased from ...
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ILFC Engine selection
International Lease Finance (ILFC)is expected to conclude deals soon with Rolls-Royce and Pratt & Whitney for engines to power Airbus and Boeing widebodied twins recently ordered. R-R has been selected to supply Trents to power four Airbus A330-200s and four Boeing 777s, while P&W will provide PW4000s for seven A330-200s ...
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ICAO bids for power
In a bid for an international mandate in safety oversight, the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) is to assemble an unprecedented number of civil-aviation directors-general in Montreal, Canada, on 10-12 November. Some 135 states have signed up for the discussion on "a global strategy for safety oversight", out of a ...
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Thailand's PB Air is ready for 1998 launch date
Thai start-up operator PB Air is planning to launch its first charter/scheduled domestic service in 1998, initially using a recently acquired Fairchild Dornier 328 30-seat turboprop. The 12-month-old carrier hopes to fly daily from Bangkok to Hattyai via Chumporn Airport in southern Thailand, says PB Air chief pilot ...
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Boeing offers Sabena 737 maintenance venture
Boeing demonstrated the 737-700 to Sabena at Brussels in October and is discussing a maintenance joint venture with the Belgian airline as it seeks to beat Airbus Industrie to an order from the Belgian airline. Workers at Sabena Technics are concerned about their future should Airbus succeed with ...
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Discount airlines gain access to congested US airports
Five US low-fare airlines have been given permission to begin serving slot-controlled Chicago O'Hare International Airport and New York's La Guardia Airport, marking a first victory for the sector in its battle against the major network carriers. The permissions, granted by the US Department of Transportation (DoT), are ...