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Stretched 777 takes to the air
The first Boeing 777-300 had a "flawless" maiden flight from the company's Everett site on 16 October, completing the 4h 6min test mission at Boeing Field, Seattle, with no technical problems. Boeing 777 programme chief pilot Frank Santoni says: "We spent 4h shaking the aircraft down thoroughly. You ...
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Airbus aims at A320 production boost
Airbus Industrie chief operating officer Volker Von Tein has raised the possibility of an increase in the production rate of the A320 family from the planned 18 per month - but only if the consortium secures an order for 120 aircraft from US Airways. The current rate of ...
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Storm may be to blame for Austral DC-9 crash
Stormy weather appears to have been a factor in an Argentinian McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 accident in which all 74 people on board were killed. The 28-year-old Austral Lineas Aereas aircraft (LV-WEG) hit the ground in a 70¹ nose-down attitude in a marshy area near Nuevo Berlin, Uruguay, according ...
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China Eastern Airlines adds first MD-90 to its fleet
Shanghai-based China Eastern Airlines has taken delivery of the first two of nine 157-seat Boeing MD-90s on order under China's 40-aircraft TrunkLiner programme, 20 of which are being built at the Douglas Products Division in Long Beach. The remaining 20 are being produced by the Shanghai Aircraft Manufacturing Factory. ...
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Airbus to rule at German Britannia?
Britannia Airways is considering an all Airbus fleet to expand its new German charter market service. The carrier, which launches its operation with a flight from Berlin-Schonefeld on 3 November using a Boeing 767-300ER, could decide to switch to the European built aircraft by 1999. The foray into ...
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China Airlines begins fleet modernisation
China Airlines (CAL) is undertaking a fleet-modernisation programme, phasing out its older Boeing 747s from passenger operations, and closing on an order for ten long-range widebodies. Two of the carrier's three remaining Pratt & Whitney JT9D-powered Boeing 747- 200Bs will be removed from the fleet for conversion by ...
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Delta plans HUD choice soon
Delta Air Lines is expected to select a head-up-display (HUD) system for its Boeing Next Generation 737 fleet by early November, as the leading manufacturers scramble to respond to the airline's request for proposals (rfp). Delta is the first of the US majors after Southwest Airlines to opt ...
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American 777 decision holds key to engine-growth plans
American Airlines has been given until 3 November by Boeing to define its 777 fleet requirements as engine makers General Electric and Rolls-Royce study growth powerplants for the proposed long-range -200X and stretched -300X versions in response to a revised request for proposals from the US carrier. American ...
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Spanish omelette
Spanish national carrier Iberia will join with domestic carrier Aviaco and privately owned Eastern Spain airline Air Nostrum on 26 October to operate codeshared domestic and international services with a combined fleet of 160 aircraft flying 700 services daily. Source: Flight International
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JCAB eases policy on aircraft inspection for certification
As part of the Japanese Government's deregulation of the aviation industry, the country's Ministry of Transport's Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB) has eased regulations on aircraft certification by eliminating overlaps of lengthy inspection processes on small aircraft and helicopters. The JCAB will allow domestic aircraft manufacturers to test airworthiness ...
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Japanese airlines cut back on domestic routes as rules ease
Japan's three largest airlines have started to cut back their operations on domestic routes, following a decision by the Government earlier this year to ease regulations dictating where carriers can fly. Japan Airlines and Japan Air System began their cutbacks this month, with the former suspending flights between ...
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Air Littoral cancels Bombardier CRJ options
Air Littoral has cancelled options for five Bombardier CanadairRegional Jets (CRJs) due to be delivered in 1998. The action follows a pilots' strike begun on 13 October and was still under way as Flight International went to press. The dispute, which has hit up to 60% of flights, ...
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North Korea plans to upgrade its air-traffic-control system
The North Korean Civil Aviation Administration is scheduled to complete an initial upgrade of air-traffic-control equipment by the end of the year, in readiness for the start of international flight trials through the Pyongyang Flight Information Region (FIR) in late February. North Korea is modernising communications equipment at ...
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CAA reshuffle
Two board-level executives at the UK Civil Aviation Authority have been replaced. Head of the flight operations department John Mimpriss has resigned. He is succeeded by his former deputy, Doug Akherst. Michael Willett, group director safety regulation, has been replaced by Richard Profit, former director of safety, security and quality ...
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Free Flight AID
Airline-owned communications company ARINC, and MITRE, the quasi-government think-tank, have created SkySource, a new company aiming at reducing operating costs, decreasing flight delays and increasing safety by providing a single, integrated source of aeronautical information for airspace users and the US Federal Aviation Administration. Source: Flight International
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Open skies
Singapore and New Zealand have signed an open-skies agreement, clearing the way for unrestricted services and frequencies between the two countries. Singapore Airlines flies daily and Air New Zealand five times a week between Singapore and Auckland. Source: Flight International
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Unions side with Boeing in Sabena order battle
Unions at Sabena have intervened in the fight between Boeing and Airbus to secure a contract to replace the carrier's Boeing 737-200 with a threat of industrial action if the airline decides in favour of the Airbus A319. The Belgian flag carrier is due to make a decision ...
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Volga-Dnepr leases Tu-204Cs
Volga-Dnepr is to take two Tupolev Tu-204C-120 freighters equipped with Rolls-Royce RB211-535E4B engines on lease in a deal about to be signed with the leasing company Sirocco Aerospace International. The Russian cargo airline is also spending nearly $30 million upgrading its Antonov An-124 fleet. Volga-Dnepr president Alexei Isaikin ...
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Tunisair is first Arab customer for A319
Tunis Air has signed a contract for seven A320-family aircraft. The four A320s and three A319s will make it the first customer for the smallest Airbus in both Africa and the Arab world. Tunis Air, which operates eight CFM International CFM56-powered A320s and one A300B4, will take its ...
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VLM and Air UK agree codesharing deal
VlM and Air UK have agreed to codeshare on flights between Rotterdam, Netherlands and London City Airport from 27 October. The flights, which will be operated by VLM Fokker 50s, bring to an end a battle between the two airlines. At one time, it looked as though it ...