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Eurowings doubles up
German regional carrier Eurowings is doubling its frequencies between Frankfurt and Berlin Tempelhof with up to eight flights daily. Source: Flight International
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S Korean grounding
The South Korean air force has grounded its fleet of 49 locally built Lockheed Martin Block 52 F-16C/Ds, following the loss on 18 September - the second recorded in six weeks - of the Pratt & Whitney F100-229-powered fighter because of an engine flame-out. An air force investigation into the ...
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C-17s record
US Air Force Boeing C-17s completed what is thought to be the longest-distance airborne mission in history on 15 September, when eight aircraft were flown 14,508km (7,842nm) non-stop from Pope AFB, North Carolina, to Uzbekistan. The aircraft underwent three aerial refuellings during the flight, which lasted for 20.7h. ...
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Lufthansa expands
Lufthansa is to expand its long-range fleet by the addition of two Airbus A340-300s and two Boeing 747-400s. It has also formed two new subsidiaries. The board also approved the transfer of 550 accounting staff dealing with passenger operations to a new subsidiary, LRS Lufthansa Revenue Service in Norderstedt, as ...
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Boeing may increase range of 767-400ER
Paul Lewis/SEATTLE Boeing is studying development of an increased-range version of the recently launched 767-400ER stretched derivative in response to demands from potential buyers for better performance. The US manufacturer says that it is considering extending the range of the new 767-400 by up to a ...
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Antonov An-140 takes to the air
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW Antonov'S An-140 twin-turboprop regional transport had its first flight on 17 September from Svyatoshino airfield in Kiev to the nearby Gostomel flight-test centre. The flight lasted 1.5h. The first effort to fly the aircraft six days before was unsuccessful because of the failure of ...
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Deal opens French door for Swissair
French independent airline AOM has agreed a "commercial and industrial" alliance with Swissair. Switzerland is not a member of the European Union (EU), and the alliance with AOM will provide Swissair with access to the lucrative French internal market for the first time. The deal, which is expected ...
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Colourful Canadian
Air Canada has taken delivery of its an Airbus A319 painted in the historic Trans-Canada Airlines' colours to commemorate the airline's 60th birthday, which takes place this month. The aircraft, the fourteenth of 35 A319s on order, uses a small portion of all the different liveries flown by the airline ...
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easyJet expands fleet and starts Liverpool operation
easyJet has ordered 12 Boeing 737-300s, for the first time directly from Boeing. The London Luton-based low-cost carrier has previously acquired secondhand aircraft, primarily from leasing companies. The airline had also considered acquiring new-generation 737s and had looked at Airbus narrowbodies. The new aircraft will be added to ...
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Fijian start-up plans scheduled services
A Fijian start-up carrier is planning to launch scheduled passenger and freight services from Nadi to selected Asian, European, Indian and South Pacific destinations from early 1998. According to Fiji International Airway's Singapore-based chief executive, Alan Lindrea, the company hopes to be granted an air operator's certificate by ...
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Iberia starts work on American alliance
Iberia has cemented the first element of its recent commercial agreement with American Airlines. The Spanish Government has also reconfirmed that the flag carrier will be "fully privatised" by 1999. Iberia now has frequent-flier and codesharing programmes in place with the US carrier, and expects to tie up ...
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Shorts 360s retired
US Airways Express carrier CCAir is to phase out its nine Shorts 360s by the end of 1997. It is negotiating with lessors and manufacturers for 30-seat replacement aircraft. Charlotte, North Carolina-based CCAir also operates British Aerospace Jetstream 31s and Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8s. Source: Flight International
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Profit prediction
The US Air Transport Association (ATA) is forecasting a net profit of $4.5 billion for its member airlines this year, but it expects that to drop slightly in 1998. The US trade association, representing 22 major US air carriers, says that members could reap record profits this year, topping the ...
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USA urges Asian partners to liberalise regional services
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE The US Government is urging its new "open-skies" partner nations in Asia and the Pacific Rim to adopt similar liberal air-service agreements with one another, to open up regional traffic and allow airlines to exercise effectively new beyond-rights to third countries. In the past ...
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TransEuropean aims at charter services to the UK
New Moscow-based TransEuropean is planning to start charter flights to London by the end of this year. TransEuropean, a breakaway from the Russian carrier AJT, operates three Tupolev Tu-154s and an Ilyushin Il-86 on routes from Sheremetyevo airport. It also has two Ilyushin Il- 96-300 on order. Source: ...
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France will approve Paris runways this month
The French Government is expected to approve by the end of the month the construction of two new runways at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, says Aéroport de Paris (ADP), which runs the Paris airport system. Action by local noise campaigners has succeeded in limiting the use of ...
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Honeywell expects to see satellite-system landings in USA by December
The first commercial Special Category 1 (SCAT 1) approaches using the Honeywell/ Pelorus satellite landing-system (SLS) will be flown at Newark, New Jersey, and Minneapolis/St Paul, Minnesota, airports in December, according to the US avionics manufacturer. The approaches will be flown by Continental Airlines' Boeing MD-80s fitted with ...
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Airbus and Boeing battle for Royal Brunei order
Airbus Industrie and Boeing have submitted final proposals to Royal Brunei Airlines (RBA) to supply a new family of narrowbody passenger aircraft to replace its fleet of Boeing 757-200s and Fokker 100 twinjets. RBA's board is close to a decision on a replacement type and hopes to be ...
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Singapore Leasing signs customers for A320s
Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (SALE) has signed agreements for five new Airbus Industrie A320s, with two aircraft going to Saeaga Airlines of Malaysia and three to TransAer International Airlines of Ireland. SALE, a joint venture between Boullioun Aviation Services and Singapore Airlines, has signed a five-year agreement with ...