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Air China looks to build on initial 777 order
Boeing hopes that the planned visit to the USA of Chinese president Jiang Zemin later this year will clear the way for Air China to order its remaining Boeing 777s, following its confirmation of an order for an initial five. After nearly two years of delay, the Chinese ...
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Finnair order contest warms up
Finnair has invited final bids from Airbus and Boeing to replace its fleet of 12 ageing 121-seat McDonnell Douglas DC-9-51s, after completing technical evaluations of the A320 family and next-generation 737. The carrier also plans to eventually replace its 25 142-seat MD-80s with whichever type is selected. The ...
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North Korea to stay off-limits for US carriers
US airlines will be banned from North Korean national airspace even when an International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) agreement has opened the Pyongyang Flight Information Region (FIR) to international traffic, the US Federal Aviation Administration says. The FAA ruling (Special Federal Aviation Regulation No.79) clarifies US policy during ...
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BAe and Cubic Defence team up with Georgia Tech for RAAF contract bid
British Aerospace Australia is to team with Cubic Defence Systems of San Diego, California, and US electronic-warfare specialist Georgia Tech Research Institute of Atlanta, to bid for an A$90 million ($72 million) Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) contract for the provision and through-life support of an air-combat training system (Project ...
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USNavy may advance Common Support Aircraft programme
THEUSNAVY is evaluating industry responses to a request for information on whether a new Common Support Aircraft (CSA) could be developed with the funds it would otherwise spend extending the service lives of the Northrop Grumman E-2 and Lockheed S-3. Industry was asked what type of aircraft could ...
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UK school takes first Squirrel...
The UK Ministry of Defence's Defence Helicopter Flying School (DHFS) has received the first of 38 Eurocopter SA350BB Squirrel HTMk1s, with the helicopters being delivered to Royal Air Force Shawbury, central England. The DHFS is being run by FBS, a joint venture between FR Aviation, Bristow Helicopters and Serco Defence. ...
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F-18E/F production approval decision is due
LOW-RATE INITIAL production of the McDonnell Douglas (MDC) F-18E/F was expected to be approved on 28 March, after new US Defence Secretary William Cohen dropped objections to proceeding with production before completion of the Quadrenniel Defence Review. A Defense Acquisition Board (DAB) meeting was expected to approve three ...
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First MD-95 wing sections go to Tracor
The first wing halves for the initial McDonnell Douglas (MDC) MD-95 test aircraft, T-1, have been shipped to Tracor Flight Systems in Palmdale, California, for joining. The shipset was made by MDC Canada, but the second and subsequent wings are being built by Hyundai Space and Aircraft of South Korea. ...
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Pen Air launches Alaskan Saab 340 operations
Peninsula Airways, which trades as Pen Air, has introduced two Saab 340Bs on its regional network from its hub in Anchorage, Alaska. The airline, which is an Alaska Airlines codeshare partner, is operating the aircraft in a 30-seat configuration, with a specially enlarged cargo compartment, created by moving the rear ...
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Slovenian CRJs
Adria Airways, the national airline of Slovenia, has signed a deal with Bombardier for two Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) Series 200LRs, plus two options. The two aircraft on firm order, valued at $43 million, will be delivered in January and February 1998, while the options are due in 1998 and ...
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IASC will listen again to Australian World's start up proposal
Australia's International Air Services Commission (IASC) has re-opened the door for proposed start-up carrier Australia World Airways (AW) to launch the international services it was denied by an earlier IASC decision. The Commission sets a six-month deadline, however, by which AW must demonstrate that it is adequately funded. ...
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NTSB may probe pay for training
A US aircrew-training practice in which airlines require pilots to pay for their own training has prompted one of the country's leading pilot associations to call for an investigation into the practice by the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) The practice is already under examination by a Federal Aviation ...
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Romaero admits defeat on One-Eleven launch
Romanian aircraft manufacturer Romaero has given up a longstanding ambition to manufacture upgraded, re-engined One-Eleven airliners for the world market. The Bucharest-based company struggled for years to find the necessary $100 million funding to proceed with the revamped aircraft, known as the Airstar 2500. A launch ...
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United drives hard to gain a place in the training market
UAL Services is about to install the first of up to 15 new full-flight and fixed-base simulators at its Denver-based Flight Training Center, in a determined attack on the burgeoning US third-party aircrew-training market. The installation, on 15 April, will set a milestone in a $130 million expansion, scheduled to ...
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BMW chief still hopes for engine consolidation
BMW chairman Bernd Pischetsrieder says that further consolidation of the German aero-engine business has been "-postponed rather than cancelled", despite the breaking off of the 1996 discussions held between BMW Rolls-Royce (R-R) and Daimler-Benz Aerospace powerplant subsidiary MTU. Although there is no current prospect of fresh talks between ...
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Insurers seek increase
Aviation insurers are seeking increases of up to 25% in premiums to cover the likely cost of ending limits on passenger-liability claims under the new International Air Transport Association (IATA) regime, which is now being put into effect by airlines around the world. Limits set under the longstanding ...
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PIA hunts for strategic investor
Pakistan has kicked off the search for a strategic airline-investor in Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) as the first move towards a re-capitalisation and further privatisation of the state-controlled carrier over the next 12 months. In mid-March, Pakistan's Privatisation Commission issued a tender, asking for bids from financial advisory ...
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Fool's language
ALL FOOLS' DAY (1 APRIL) should have been the date by which all the nations of Europe were finally working to a single set of rules for the operation of airliners - JAR-OPS. It wasn't. Part of the reason is that some nations are just not very advanced in implementing ...
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Seven Sisters are no poor relations
The Seven Sisters, as Washington now refers to the US major carriers which are united in their determination to rid themselves of the ticket tax, have lost their cause. The 10 per cent flat-rate tax lives again, giving a reprieve to the low-cost, low-fare airlines - at least until 30 ...
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Airline News
Delta Air Lines is to start codesharing on Aeromexico flights to six Mexican cities from New York/JFK ,Los Angeles, Miami, Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth. Aeromexico will buy seats on Delta flights from Atlanta to Frankfurt, Washington/Dulles, Philadelphia and Detroit and from Dallas-Fort Worth to Boston. Delta was also to add ...