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Cargolux 747-400Fs
Cargolux Airlines has placed firm orders for a further five Boeing 747-400F freighters, to replace its three -200Fs and adding to its existing fleet of four -400s. The first two aircraft are due for delivery in late 1998, replacing 747-200Fs. The carrier will have an all-747-400 fleet of ten aircraft ...
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Luxair Embraers
Embraer has received an order for four 50-passenger EMB-145 regional jets from Luxair of Luxembourg, which is planning to gradually phase out its Fokker 50 fleet. The first two aircraft are due to be delivered in August and September 1998, and it will receive the other EMB-145s in 1999 and ...
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UND expands fleet
University of North Dakota (UND) Aerospace has purchased five Piper Warrior IIIs for commercial instrument-flying training. The aircraft will be delivered to Grand Forks in January 1998, joining five new Diamond DA-20 Katana primary trainers. Two twin-engined, all-weather, trainers are due to be added to the UND fleet early in ...
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Eurocopter order
Eurocopter has received an order for an AS350-B3 from Italian operator Elilombardia. The Turboméca Arriel 2B- powered aircraft is scheduled for delivery in the second half of 1998. Launch customer Osterman Helicopter of Sweden will take delivery of the first two AS350-B3s in December. Source: Flight ...
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GAO hits Outrider
The US General Accounting Office (GAO) is urging the Department of Defense to delay low-rate initial production (LRIP) of the Alliant Techsystems Outrider unmanned air vehicle (UAV) until operational tests prove its effectiveness. The Congressional watchdog agency says that the US military should learn from past UAV efforts, such as ...
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Sukhoi
Sukhoi has flown its secret S-32 forward-swept-wing fighter aircraft. The test flight took place on 1 October from the Gromov Flight Research Institute at Zhukovsky, near Moscow. The S-32, or S-37 project as it may now be known, remains shrouded in secrecy, with Sukhoi unwilling to discuss the project. ...
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Approval for Next Generation 737 slips back to late October
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Certiffication of Boeing's Next Generation 737 has been delayed until later this month by late structural and control-system modifications, spare-parts shortages and continued evaluations by the European Joint Aviation Authorities. The company had hoped that the first member of the new family, the ...
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Boeing studies 777-200X 'sleeper' options
Guy Norris/SEATTLE Boeing has begun talks with potential 777-200X customers over lower-lobe options for its ultra-long-range derivative of the twinjet, with sleeping space for up to 40 passengers and crew. Boeing is now seriously examining the long-discussed possibility of passenger sleeping accommodation, needed mainly because of ...
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AirAsia maps out future openings for new widebodies
Malaysian start-up carrier AirAsia is planning to acquire two widebody aircraft in early 1998 to expand services within Asia and open up flights to the Middle East and Europe. The airline says that it has signed a letter of intent with an unidentified third-party broker to sublease two ...
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Confusion surrounds privatisation of Air Niugini
The privatisation of Papua New Guinea flag carrier Air Niugini has been thrown into confusion after the sacking of the airline's board by the country's new transport and civil-aviation minister, Philemon Embel. In a separate move, he has also turned down a request by Australian regional Flight West ...
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BAe Aviation Services wins further Airbus A300 conversion work
C-S Aviation Services has doubled its orderbook with British Aerospace Aviation Services (BAeAS) for Airbus A300B4 freighter conversions, with a $150 million contract for 11 firm orders, plus options on a further ten. Filton, UK-based BAeAS now has 21 conversion orders from C-S which will be undertaken on ...
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Air Iceland created
A Fokker 50 is seen in the livery of recently created Air Iceland, the merged company of the national airline's island network and Norlandair Iceland. The new airline inherits four former Icelandair Fokker 50s with three Fairchild Metro IIIs, two de Havilland Canada Twin Otters and two Piper Chieftains of ...
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Chinese lobby for Airbuses
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE China Aviation Supplies (CASC) has begun the process of allocating a second batch of recently ordered Airbus Industrie A320/A321s, while China Southwest Airlines has signed an agreement to take three Airbus A340-300s previously destined for China Eastern Airlines. The state-owned corporation is being lobbied ...
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El Al sets deadline for decision on narrowbodies
El Al will decide before the end of the year whether to order Next Generation Boeing 737s or Airbus A320 family aircraft to satisfy its need for 125- to 150-seat aircraft for operation on services to Europe. The Israeli national airline is evaluating the 737-700/800, along with the ...
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European countries set up group to promote air-safety standards
The UK Civil Aviation authority, France's Bureau Veritas and Germany's Air Eurosafe have signed an agreement creating a new group to promote aviation safety worldwide. The three organisations have agreed to pool their expertise and resources to support the air-safety work being carried out by the International Civil ...
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Low clearance is key to Garuda crash
Paul Lewis/Singapore David Learmount/London AN UNUSUALLY low altitude-clearance by Medan airport air-traffic control (ATC) appears to have played a crucial part in the Garuda Indonesian Airlines Airbus A300B4 fatal accident in Sumatra, Indonesia. The crash on 26 September, in poor visibility among the foothills of a mountain range ...
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Germany urges rail transfer of short-haul traffic
Germany's parliamentary state secretary for transport, Norbert Lammert, has called for a transfer of short-haul air traffic on to the rail network, encouraging airports to cultivate a role linking various transport modes. Speaking at the recent opening of the Inter Airport '97 show at Frankfurt/Rhein-Main Airport, Lammert said: ...
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IAE powers to giant share of ILFC order for Airbus narrowbodies
International Aero Engines (IAE) has landed one of its largest single orders, by taking the major chunk of the engine business from the recent International Lease Finance (ILFC) deal for 50 Airbus A320 family aircraft. The US leasing company concluded an order in September for 31 A319s (some ...
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Eurowings wins domestic skirmish
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH Lufthansa is to open up its Miles & More scheme to passengers on competing smaller airlines flying internal German routes, bringing to a close a test case under investigation by state competition authorities. A complaint was raised with the authorities in May by Lufthansa's ...
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Culture clash causes Frontier and Western Pacific to part
Western Pacific Airlines (WestPac) and Frontier Airlines have terminated merger moves because of alleged "cultural differences" which undermined the amalgamation of the two small Colorado-based carriers. The directors of Western Pacific and Frontier signed a merger deal on 30 June under which WestPac would acquire the smaller carrier, ...