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Hunting new pastures
Max Kingsley-Jones/Coventry On 17 October, Hunting Cargo Airlines retired its remaining Vickers "VC9" Merchantman (Vanguard) freighter when the last operational example was flown to the Brooklands Museum in Surrey, south-west of London, for preservation. This marked the end of a 20-year association with the four-engined turboprop for the ...
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Icao slams airlines on safety
David Learmount/WARSAW The International Civil Aviation Organisation's (ICAO) safety chief has hit out at the airline industry, accusing it of having a reactive approach to safety which requires accidents to show operators when they have "-overstepped the boundaries" of acceptable practice. Speaking at the 28-31 October, ...
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IAE closes in on order for V2500 turbofans from SALE
SINGAPORE AIRCRAFT Leasing Enterprise (SALE) is understood to be close to finalising a deal with International Aero Engines (IAE) for V2500 turbofans to power its planned fleet of 24 Airbus A320/A321s. SALE has selected the V2500 over the rival CFM International CFM56-5. The Singapore Airlines/Boullion Aviation Services joint-venture ...
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Ghana clears FAA hurdle
Ghana has joined South Africa as only the second sub-Saharan African country to secure category one status from the US Federal Aviation Administration. The rapid process of the country's application could help diffuse criticism over the FAA's tough safety oversight policy, particularly towards South America. The approval paved ...
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Aviastar seeks state guarantees for Tu-204 sales
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW STRUGGLING RUSSIAN aircraft manufacturer Aviastar is pushing for $30 million in Government guarantees in an attempt to keep alive the deal with Egyptian company Kato Group for the delivery of five Tupolev Tu-204 airliners. The Ulyanovsk-based manufacturing plant, which is responsible for production ...
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Valujet disposes
ValuJet Airlines has sold 15 aircraft and five spare engines "at, or above, the company's book value", as part of a US Federal Aviation Administration order to standardise and shrink its fleet. The transactions reduced ValuJet's debt related to aircraft acquisition and operation by $47 million. They cover seven company-owned ...
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Documentation shortfalls force IPTN to delay certification N250
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Industri Pesawat Terbang Nusantara (IPTN) has been forced to delay the maiden flight of its first N250-100 certification prototype, as the result of component documentation falling below US Federal Aviation Administration requirements. The second prototype N250, had been due to fly in May, but ...
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Dragonair boosts fleet for China
Dragonair of Hong Kong is to increase its fleet of Airbus A320s and A330s to expand the airline's regional service and take advantage of recently approved new routes into China. The airline has placed orders for two International Aero Engines V2500-A5-powered A320s and concluded the lease for a ...
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Firm sale
Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (SALE) has finalised its purchase of eight Airbus Industrie A320s and four A321s (Flight International, 19-25 June, P6). The deal calls for the first delivery in January 1998 and includes options for a further 12 aircraft. SALE is expected to make its engine selection shortly, choosing ...
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Saab to take 340 finishing in-house
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON SAAB AIRCRAFT is working on a programme to take all Saab 340 painting and interior finishing work in-house, from its UK subcontractor Hunting Aviation, by the end of this year. This marks the end of 13 years of subcontracting this activity in the UK ...
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Land of the giants
Airlines appear unworried by the domination of Gecas and ILFC but manufacturers certainly are. Doug Cameron assesses current developments in the rapidly maturing operating lease sector. You don't need brains in a bull market. Developments in the operating lease sector over the last year bring, for some, uncomfortable echoes of ...
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China set to push MD-90?
Airlines and aircraft manufacturers are holding their collective breath while they wait for the Civil Aviation Administration of China to release its five year plan, as signs emerge of internal opposition to further orders for Boeing aircraft in an attempt to boost sales of Chinese-built MD-90s. The plan, ...
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Earning its upkeep
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON THE BOEING 777 WAS launched into revenue operations on 7 June, 1995, with United Airlines, when the US airline began to operate its first Pratt & Whitney PW4000-powered aircraft between London Heathrow and Washington DC. For several months United was the sole 777 ...
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Canada 3000 signs up for A330-200s
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON CANADA 3000 AIRLINES has signed a lease agreement for up to four Airbus A330-200s, and is set to become the launch customer for the high-capacity twin in North America, and the first operator worldwide of the -200 version. The Toronto, Canada-based charter airline has ...
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MEA leases A320s and A321s from ILFC
MIDDLE EAST AIRLINES (MEA) is to lease four new Airbus Industrie A320/A321s as part of its programme of fleet. These aircraft, which will enter service at the begining of 1997, will be the first new aircraft to be delivered to the airline since the mid-1970s, when it introduced the Boeing ...
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Embraer evaluates next regional developments
AS EMBRAER establishes its EMB-145 in the regional market on its approach to service entry, the Brazilian manufacturer is evaluating possible developments of its commercial product line. Embraer president Mauricio Botelho says that the company is evaluating developments in size categories on either side of the 50-seat, three-abreast ...
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Big plans and growing pains
The next generation of large airliners captured the show headlines. Andrew Doyle/LONDON DESPITE THE FACT that Boeing, as expected, failed in its last-ditch efforts to launch its 747 major derivatives at the 1996 Farnborough air show, the civil spotlight was firmly focused on the next generation ...
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BAe's asset management effort reaps return with more deals
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON BRITISH AEROSPACE says that its aggressive drive to limit losses from the group's extensive turboprop leasebook is beginning to produce results, with a series of new deals including the first sales of Jetstream J31s. BAe Asset Management Turboprops (AMT) announced plans to step up ...
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ATN team to be led by AlliedSignal project
ATN SYSTEMS, the industry consortium created to develop the Aeronautical Telecommunication Network (ATN), has picked an AlliedSignal-led team to develop the network "router". The team will provide the avionics and ground system equipment needed to support routing and operation of data communications services over the ATN. Working ...
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British Airways expects 777 ETOPS in October
Guy Norris/FARNBOROUGH BRITISH AIRWAYS is expected to be cleared for inaugural transatlantic services with the General Electric GE90-powered Boeing 777 in October, pending final approval by the European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA). The engine/airframe completed extended-range twinjet operations (ETOPS) testing on 31 July, and US Federal ...