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Flight International flight tests Boeing's latest 757 model, the stretched 240-seat -300 which entered service last MarchPeter Henley/LUTONOne of Boeing's marketing slogans is that it has a family of airliners for every market. The 757 and 767 family members are intended to complement one another in range and capacity. The ...
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Fairchild slips 728JET schedule
Fairchild Aerospace has reached agreement with 728JET launch customer Lufthansa CityLine to slip certification and first deliveries of the 70-seater by six months to November 2002. The delay will enable it to increase the size of the passenger cabin by relocating the rear doors. Fairchild says the decision to ...
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Airbus accelerates plans to bring A330-100 into service
Airbus Industrie has brought forward its target entry-into-service date for the A330-100 to 2003. The move is an apparent effort to accelerate development of an A300/A310 replacement to meet Singapore Airlines' aircraft requirement, dubbed "W". Speaking at the show, Airbus senior vice-president commercial John Leahy confirms that the shortened, ...
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WestJet agrees deals for up to 70 Boeing 737NGs
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Canadian low-fare carrier WestJet Airlines is to acquire and lease up to 70 Boeing Next Generation (NG) 737s to re-equip and expand its fleet. The selection of the 737 follows an evaluation which included the Airbus A318/A319. The Calgary, Alberta-based airline has placed a firm order ...
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SALE deal
Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (SALE) has chosen the International Aero Engines (IAE) V2500 as the powerplant for the 20 Airbus Industrie A320-family aircraft ordered last year. The deal is worth $240 million. SALE has now chosen the V2500 for all A320-family aircraft either delivered or in service, apart from two ...
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Hermes handles critical Asia aviation data links
Steve Nichols Data link communication in Asia-Pacific is becoming increasingly popular. And as Communication Navigation Surveillance/Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM) becomes more developed in the region airlines will rely heavily on data links to provide critical information about flight plans, graphical weather and eventually air traffic clearances. Rockwell Collins ...
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HGS gains approval from FAA and SAS
Rockwell Collins Flight Dynamics has passed yet another important milestone for its innovative Head-up Guidance System (HGS). The company has obtained a supplemental type certificate (STC) for HGS on Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) Boeing Next-Generation 737-600 aircraft. After the FAA and the Swedish civil aviation authority Luftartsverket (LFV) ...
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Marketplace
JMC Airlines has confirmed it is finalising an order for two Rolls-Royce RB211-powered Boeing 757-300s, for delivery early next year (Flight International, 24-30 November, 1999). United Airlines has appointed BAE Systems Asset Management to remarket nine British Aerospace ATPs previously operated by its partner, United Feeder Services. The aircraft have ...
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SIA requirement sparks new battle for Airbus and Boeing
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Singapore Airlines (SIA) has launched its long-awaited W requirement for an aircraft to replace the Airbus Industrie A310, with a request to airframe and engine manufacturers for pricing on a mix of up to 19 widebody and narrowbody jets, plus 22 options. The move is ...
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US crash probe focuses on stabiliser part
Geoff Thomas The stabiliser jackscrew continues to be the focus of attention for investigators examining the causes of last month's Alaska Airlines MD-83 crash into the Pacific off California which killed all 88 people on board. Delivered to Alaska Airlines in May 1992, the MD-83 was built at ...
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Why leasing makes sense as market gets back on its feet
Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (SALE) has seen phenomenal growth since its establishment in 1993. The Singapore-based aircraft operating lessor, the shareholders of which include Boullioun Aviation Services, Singapore Airlines and two investment arms of the Singapore government, today has a portfolio of 26 aircraft. With 32 more on firm order, ...
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LoPresti gets Fury design rights
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON The Swift Museum Foundation, owner of the Globe Swift light aircraft type certificate, has granted intellectual rights to LoPresti for the Swift-based Fury design. The move clears the way for LoPresti, based at Vero Beach, Florida, to begin certificating its all-metal two-seat side-by-side piston single. The move ...
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Lengthy service
The world's longest airliner, the 777-300, has been working for 18 months. Some of its key operators assess its progress Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Although Airbus Industrie pioneered the widebody twinjet concept in the early 1970s, its rival Boeing has developed the configuration to its ultimate size and weight, with ...
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Boeing's 777-300 reliability figures are the best for a widebody introduction
Boeing's 777-300 reliability figures are the best for a widebody introduction Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Boeing says its experience with the introduction of the 777-300 has been a case of "no news is good news". Mike Fleming, Boeing's 777 fleet support chief, says: "In terms of performance ...
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Workshop
Britannia Airways has contracted Lufthansa Technik to provide component support for its planned five Boeing 737-800s, the first of which was delivered in mid-January. The contract runs for an initial five years. The new CASA-AISA Maintenance Centre has opened at Madrid Barajas Airport. Operators at the airport, such as Aeronova, ...
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P&W abandons work on PW4173 engine
Pratt & Whitney is understood to be suspending development of the growth PW4173 engine and is no longer offering the powerplant to airlines as an option to power the Airbus A330-300 after encountering technical delays and poor market demand. The engine is a 73,000lb-thrust (325kN) growth development of the ...
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Marketplace
Air Alps Aviation of Innsbruck, Austria, has acquired an ex-PB Air Dornier 328-110 turboprop, in a deal arranged by Aircraft Leasing & Management. The deal boosts Air Alps' (which operates as KLM Alps) fleet of 328s to four. Safair of South Africa has placed two Boeing MD-82s with French carrier ...
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Italy's Gandalf emerges as contender
Gandalf Airlines made Italian aviation history on 23 December when it become only the second carrier in the country, after Alitalia, to undertake a successful initial public offering. The company, which was established by a group of venture capitalists in April 1998, started operations in April 1999. Despite the ...
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Dash 8Q-400 deliveries hit by manufacturing delays
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Bombardier has informed a key Dash 8Q-400 customer that production problems delaying deliveries of the 70-seater by up to four months will take longer to rectify than expected. Augsburg Airways expected to receive its first aircraft in June, but was told last week by Bombardier ...
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Dragonair plans massive order
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Hong Kong airline Dragonair is to add 26 aircraft to its fleet by 2005 in an expansion connected to air services negotiations between Hong Kong and Beijing. The first step will be an order for one Airbus A330-300 widebody, with two options, and five Airbus A320 ...