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777 ETOPS approvals go down to the wire
Guy Norris/SEATTLE BOEING AND UNITED Airlines hope to receive US Federal Aviation Administration approval for 180min extended-range twin-engine operations (ETOPS) for the 777 by 30 May - just a week before revenue services begin. The European Joint Aviation Authorities' (JAA) timetable is unclear. British Airways ...
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GE carries on searching for cause of 777 surge
THE GENERAL Electric GE90-powered Boeing 777, which is to be used in seeking early-extended range twin-engine operations (ETOPS) approval, had its first flight on 16 May. The company, meanwhile, is still no nearer solving the mysterious 4 May, surge on a GE90 engine powering the first British Airways ...
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Australian judge rules out compulsory retirement at 60
AN AUSTRALIAN industrial-relations court, has overturned the compulsory retirements of two, 60-year-old Qantas captains. The judgement says that compulsory retirement should be replaced by a process of "individual screening of individual pilots, regardless of age." In supporting one (short-haul) captain's application, Chief Justice Wilcox found ...
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FAA demands turboprop-icing tests
THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration plans to require manufacturers of 26 regional-turboprop types to test their aircraft for susceptibility to large-droplet icing, suspected to have caused the October 1994 crash of an American Eagle ATR 72. The FAA wants the testing completed by the start of the ...
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MDA backs Zvezda M-31
McDONNELL DOUGLAS Aerospace (MDA) and the Russian Zvezda design bureau have formed a partnership under which the US defence contractor will support the US Navy's evaluation of the M-31 supersonic sea-skimming target derivative of the Kh-31 (AS-17 Krypton) rocket/ ramjet-powered anti-ship missile. The feasibility-test purchase comes under the ...
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US start-up leases three BAe 146s
TRISTAR AIRLINES, a new US start-up carrier, has leased three British Aerospace 146-200s for five years from BAe's Asset Management Organisation (AMO). The agreement, signed at the convention, allows TriStar to begin scheduled operations from mid-July. The airline plans an initial, nine daily scheduled flights from its ...
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Business Express expands at Logan
BUSINESS EXPRESS Airlines has announced a major expansion which includes a 100% increase in gate and ramp space at primary hub Logan Airport, Boston. The airline has leased space at six gates from Massport, the airport's governing agency, allowing it to operate more than 80% of its 158 ...
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Sierra will lease 13 Jetstream Super 31s
JSX CAPITAL HAS LEASED 13 Jetstream Super 31s to California-based start-up carrier Sierra Expressway, which has options for ten additional aircraft. Five of the 19-seat aircraft will be delivered in June and the low-cost carrier plans to begin operations on 1 July, linking Oakland International Airport with destinations in California ...
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Quick-Change Brasilia
Embraer has sold, two EMB-120 Brasilia Quick Change passenger/cargo aircraft, to new Brazilian regional carrier Passaredo Transportes Aereos, for $17 million. Passaredo, based in Ribeirao Preto, is to begin operations in July. Embraer says that it has commitments for 148 EMB-145 regional jets, including letters of intent from two undisclosed ...
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Continental contracts for 25 Beech 1900Ds
CONTINENTAL EXPRESS has signed a $105 million contract with Raytheon Aircraft for 25 Beech 1900Ds. Initially, the 1900Ds will be operated by GP Express, flying as Continental Connection, until Continental Express concludes negotiations with its pilots, expected "within the next few weeks", according to the airline's president, Jonathan Ornstein. ...
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Operating rules hit commuters with high costs
MANUFACTURERS AND operators of 19-seat regional aircraft are hoping to persuade the US Federal Aviation Administration to minimise the impact of proposals to raise commuter-certification standards. The FAA estimates that the commuter rule will cost $275 million over the next ten years, with operators of ten- to 19-seat aircraft bearing ...
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Saab sounds off on noise
SAAB AIRCRAFT IS tackling sound at source to try to achieve the 76dB average cabin-noise level promised for the Saab 2000 high-speed regional turboprop. Launch customer Crossair criticised Saab earlier this year for failing to meet cabin-noise guarantees. The Swedish manufacturer says that the present average noise-level of ...
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SAAF's Impalas are grounded again
AN IN-FLIGHT ENGINE explosion is thought to have prompted the latest grounding of the South African Air Force's (SAAF) aging fleet of Aermacchi MB.326 Impala fighter aircraft. This is the third time in the past two years that the SAAF Impala fleet has been grounded, but it is ...
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Hughes wants more cash for Canadian ATC work
CANADA'S DEPARTMENT of Transport and Hughes Aircraft of Canada are renegotiating the terms of a C$659 million ($488 million) programme to install an integrated air-traffic-control system across the country. Hughes' portion of the project is now valued at C$420 million. In documents filed with Transport Canada, however, Hughes ...
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BAe studies plan to re-engine RAF's fleet of Nimrod MR2s
BRITISH AEROSPACE is considering a plan to re-engine the Royal Air Force's fleet of BAe Nimrod MR2 maritime-patrol aircraft (MPA) with a variant of the BMW Rolls-Royce Series 700 turbofan engine in its bid to win the RAF's replacement-MPA contest. The company is due to submit its final ...
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Iberia finishes 1994 in profit
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON IBERIA ENDED 1994 with its first operating profit in five years, leaving the ailing Spanish carrier optimistic that it can deliver the promised turnaround over the next two years. The state-owned group, which is still awaiting European Commission (EC) approval for its rescue plan, ...
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707 noise deadline put back
THE UK GOVERNMENT has given a further extension to operators of Boeing 707s and McDonnell Douglas DC-8s seeking waivers under European noise regulations. From 1 April, 1995, all Chapter 2 aircraft more than 25 years old were due to have been banned from European Union countries, unless ...
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Belgian boost
BELGIAN FLAG CARRIER SABENA has taken short-term leases on three British Aerospace One-Elevens to provide increased summer capacity. This aircraft, a -500 model, is wet-leased from British World Airways; the other two aircraft will come from European Aviation. They will be used to boost frequencies on short-haul routes from Brussels ...
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New Fokker in New Mexico
FARMINGTON, NEW MEXICO-BASED Mesa Air has taken delivery of the first of two 78-seat Fokker 70s to be operated in the colours of America West Express. The Mesa Air Group, the USA's largest independent regional-airline group, will fly the aircraft in a single-class cabin layout from America West's Phoenix hub ...
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Latest Su-34 shows radome stretch
THE SECOND PROTOTYPE OF Sukhoi's Su-34 strike aircraft, pictured recently at Novosibisrsk, shows that a small plug has been inserted in the nose section just forward of the canopy. The plug may have been necessary to make space for the terrain-following radar. The dialectric nose-cone area on the aircraft is ...