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Amtran president goes
Stanley Pace, president of American Trans Air holding company Amtran, has resigned after nine months. Amtran had a good first quarter after a difficult 1996. Source: Flight International
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Maverick suspends
US start-up Maverick Airways has suspended scheduled services as it restructures. The carrier began operations on 20 January, linking Denver with Steamboat Springs and Grand Junction in Colorado. Maverick founder and president Cody Diekroeger has been asked to resign, as the airline seeks extra financing. Source: ...
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Helijet cross-border
Vancouver-based Helijet Airways has launched North America's first scheduled international helicopter service, with three daily flights between Victoria, British Columbia, and Seattle, Washington, using 12-seat Sikorsky S-76s. East Asia Airlines, meanwhile, plans to take delivery of three improved S-76C+ helicopters later this year, also in 12-passenger configuration, for use on ...
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Virgin Express A320
Brussels-based Constellation International Airways has wet-leased its second Airbus A320 to Virgin Express. The move had been expected as tour operator Hello Holidays, to which the second Constellation aircraft was to be leased on a long-term basis, had failed to meet the Ìnancial terms of the lease agreement. ...
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Safety by choice
Business travellers are now more likely to choose an airline for its safety reputation, according to a major new survey by the Reed Travel Group. Safety is second only to schedule convenience, says Reed. Source: Flight International
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328 production switch
The Portuguese manufacturer OGMA will replace Daewoo of South Korea as manufacturer of fuselage sections for the Fairchild Dornier 328 and 328JET. Tooling will be transferred to Ogma soon, with the first Portuguese-sourced fuselage expected on a production 328 by the end of 1998. ...
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Super 27 completed
UK maintenance company FLS Aerospace has completed the first Pratt & Whitney JT8D-200 Boeing 727 re-engineing under Rohr's Super 27 Stage 3 modification programme. The aircraft was delivered to a Middle East government in mid-May. Source: Flight International
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Noise debate
Belgium's transport ministry has banned Chapter 2 aircraft from night flying between 23.00 and 6.00 at Brussels Airport from 1 June. The move has created concern among environmentalists as the Civil Aviation Agency concedes that the law is a step back from the former restrictions which forbade certain aircraft types. ...
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Boeing orders fuel-tank checks on all 747s
All Boeing 747 operators will receive a service bulletin (SB) this month detailing inspection procedures for centre-wing fuel tanks, the manufacturer says. The SB relates to the continuing investigation into the July 1996 crash of a Trans World Airways (TWA) 747 which has "-determined that the centre-wing tank ...
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American agrees provisional deal for USAirways Shuttle
AMERICAN AIRLINES has agreed to buy the US Airways Shuttle - if US Airways decides not to buy the New York-Boston-Washington high-frequency operation, which it manages under a ten-year contract signed in 1992. US Airways has previously said that plans to buy the Shuttle are on hold until it negotiates ...
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NAPO predicts An-38 exports
The Russian production plant responsible for final assembly of the Antonov An-38 turboprop is confident that the new regional airliner will find market niches in Russia and overseas. Novosibirsk Aircraft Manufacturing Association (NAPO) marketing director Valery Skvortsov, where the Ukrainian-designed, Western-powered airliner is assembled, says that An-38 deliveries ...
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Top executives leave ANA
All Nippon Airways (ANA) has been hit by a major high-level personnel shake-up, with the airline's top five senior executives and chairman all announcing their resignations, only days after the company's president Seiji Fukatsu was forced to quit. Almost one-third of ANA's 32-member board of directors are to ...
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Skyservice introduces A330 in N America
Canadian charter airline Skyservice has become the first North American operator of the Airbus A330, with the recent introduction of an ex-LTU A330-300 on lease from International Lease Finance. The Pratt & Whitney PW4000-powered A330, which is on 42-month lease, is being flown on transatlantic charters from Toronto to European ...
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US-Russian tests begin sonic booming
The Tupolev Tu-144LL being used in joint US-Russian supersonic-transport flight-test studies had its Ìrst supersonic excursion during a 1h 3min flight from Zhukovsky on 21 May. Mach 1.42 was achieved during 13min of supersonic flight, at an altitude of 39,000ft (12,000m). It was the sixth flight undertaken since the flying ...
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All the sevens for EgyptAir
EgyptAir has recently taken delivery of its first Boeing 777-200IGW (increased gross weight). The aircraft, one of three Pratt & Whitney PW4000-powered 777-200s on order by the airline for delivery in 1997, is equipped with 319 seats in a three-class layout. A total of 62 777s has now been delivered, ...
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Chilean airline bought
Chilean transport company Tur Bus has purchased Avant Airlines for $6 million and plans to double its fleet to four aircraft, for use on Santiago-Concepcion flights. Source: Flight International
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NTSB wants 1900 CVRs improved
Beech 1900 regional-aircraft operators should be required to inspect and repair deficient cockpit-voice recorders, the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has recommended. Safety Board investigators say that they had trouble understanding crucial radio transmissions from the United Express Beech 1900 which collided with a Beech King Air ...
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NTSB worries about EMB-icing problems
More should be done to protect the Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia from icing, the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has told the US Federal Aviation Administration, recommending improved crew training and operational techniques. The NTSB agrees with the FAA's proposal to require the installation of ice-detection systems on ...
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Great Lakes rebuilds its route structure
GREAT LAKES Aviation has started to rebuild its route structure after its aircraft were grounded in a dispute with the US Federal Aviation Administration over maintenance procedures. The regional airline, which feeds traffic to United Airlines and Midway Airlines, began offering limited services from 23 May to five ...
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Africa faces the call to improve ATC
Measures to improve airport, air-traffic-control (ATC) and communications infrastructures in Africa have been agreed at an International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) meeting in Abija, Nigeria. ATC safety standards in Africa were recently condemned by organisations such as the International Federation of Air Line Pilots and the International Air ...