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Air France nears decision on replacement for 737-200
Julian Moxon/PARIS Air France expects to decide between the Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 families to replace its 737-200s by the end of June. A deal for up to 30 aircraft is expected. According to fleet planning director Pierre Vellay, the airline is undertaking a five-year, Fr40 billion ...
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Boeing prepares to step up 737/747 production rates
Assembly rate increases on Boeing's Next Generation 737 and 747-400 are to go ahead, with the US manufacturer confident that its production problems are under control. Output of 737s will double in number to 14 a month in April, and 747-400 production will increase from four to five a month ...
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-Pearljet of Australia has purchased a second British Aerospace Jetstream 41 from BAe Asset Management - Turboprops (AMT), to be based at Brisbane. -O'Connor Airlines of Mount Gambier, Australia, has become the first customer in the Asia- Pacific region for the British Aerospace Jetstream 32EP enhanced performance aircraft, leasing two ...
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Pierson warns on A3XX costs
Airbus president Jean Pierson has warned that the A3XX 550-650 seat airliner should not be launched until the consortium is satisfied that the programme can meet its promised target of delivering significantly better economics than those offered by the Boeing 747. Speaking at his last official press conference before ...
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AIA 98 FINALIST:British Aerospace Aviation Services (Maintenance & Modifications)
British Aerospace Aviation Services set out just over two years ago to produce a realistically priced passenger to freighter conversion for the Airbus A300B4. In 1997 its plans became reality as the first three freighters left for customers. Last year's first milestone came in June as the conversion won ...
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AIA 98 WINNER:Jean Pierson President and chief executive Airbus Industrie
In October, Airbus Industrie celebrated 25 years since its first aircraft took to the air. The occasion only served to show how far the consortium has come since those early days as a fledgling European challenge to the dominant US manufacturers. By the end of an eventful 1997, the point ...
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Asia chops its policies
Fleets, financing and fares are all under review as airlines in the most troubled parts of Asia look for ways to weather the financial turbulence. Boeing predicts that Asian customers could delay up to 60 aircraft deliveries over the next three years. Asian airlines have placed firm orders for ...
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Civil tilt rotor order book is given boost from Japan
With speculation mounting that Bell Helicopter Textron is about to announce its purchase of Boeing's commercial helicopter business, Bell Boeing received a shot in the arm yesterday with the confirmation of three more 609 civil tilt rotor sales. Bell says Japan-based Mitsui Bussan Aerospace has signed a preliminary purchase agreement ...
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Nine killed as Pilatus PC-12 crashes in Kenya
A Pilatus PC-12 crash in Kenya on 13 February claimed the lives of all nine people on board, including Flight International contributing photographer Herman Potgieter. The aircraft, one of two being delivered to a South African safari company by the Stans, Switzerland-based manufacturer, had just been flown on an ...
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Boeing/Hexcel in second Asian venture
Boeing and Hexcel have signed a deal with Sime Darby and Malaysian Helicopter Services to establish a composite parts manufacturing joint venture in Malaysia, in the second such deal of its type to be reached in Asia by the two Western companies. The agreement, signed on 14 February, calls ...
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Eurocopter aims to break into US market with new EC155
Eurocopter has launched its EC155 in the US market, eight months after the twin engined medium helicopter was unveiled in Europe. The aircraft, which will be marketed by American Eurocopter (AEC), is a modified and stretched variant of the AS365 Dauphin medium twin, boasting a 40% increase in cabin size. ...
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Passenger business up - Sikorsky
Paul Derby The rate at which new helicopters are being delivered indicates an upturn in scheduled passenger business, says Michael Moran, Sikorsky's Director of Commercial Programmes. Moran says almost 300,000 revenue passengers now fly in Sikorsky aircraft every year, a trend reinforced during the last 12 months with ...
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Airbus delays a small price to get it right
Mike Martin Airbus Industrie is struggling with the economics of the AE31X project, outgoing chief executive Jean Pierson admitted at Asian Aerospace '98 yesterday. At the other end of the range, Airbus's A3XX 555-seat and up superjumbo could be further delayed if technical challenges to delivering the promised ...
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Revamped Saab inks supply contract with Aerospatiale
Mark Hannant Saab's transition from civil airframe maker to subcontracting partner has received a substantial boost with the award of a $75-million contract by Aerospatiale. The Swedish company's Collaborative Programs business unit will supply an integrated structural floor assembly for the newly launched Airbus A340-500/600. Although they ...
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Boeing convinced Asia-Pacific will rebound quickly
Industry observers "will be amazed at how quickly things will turn around in Asia"Larry S Dickenson, Boeing Commercial Airplane Group's senior vice-president, Asia/PacificAndrew Mollet Industry observers "-will be amazed at how quickly things will turn around in Asia." So says Larry S Dickenson, Boeing Commercial Airplane Group's senior vice-president, ...
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Irish eye Asia Pacific JV partners
Mark Hannant Irish eyes are smiling at the thought of joint ventures with Asia Pacific partners looking for a foothold in EEC markets. Asian Aerospace '98 has a strong Irish presence co-ordinated by the Irish Trade Board (Stand C404). Patrick Delaney, director of the Board for Asia ...
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China finalises Boeing allocations
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE China Aviation Supplies (CASC) has reached agreement with five international and provincial Chinese carriers on the final allocation of about half of the 50 new Boeing 737s, 757s and 777s ordered recently. As expected, flag carrier Air China will receive five of the eight 777-200IGWs ordered ...
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Marketplace
-Bombardier has received an order from Austrian regional Tyrolean for two de Havilland Dash 8-300s, one Dash 8-400 and two Canadair Regional Jet 200s, while Austria's Rheintalflug has ordered one Dash 8-300 and has a conditional order for one more. -Denver, Colorado-based Frontier Airlines has taken delivery of a Boeing ...
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Workshop
-Air Jamaica has hired Pemco World Air Services to maintain its fleet of six Airbus A310-300s until the end of the year. The work will be carried out at Pemco's Dothan, Alabama, centre and will include D check heavy maintenance. -Field Aviation has received a contract from Air Ontario for ...
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Malaysia offers its unwanted 777s to Brazilian carrier VASP
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Malaysia Airlines (MAS) is offering its unwanted Boeing 777-200 delivery positions to Brazilian carrier VASP, following the collapse of similar talks with Delta Air Lines. At the same time, Thai Airways International says that it is looking to defer some of its later deliveries. The Malaysian ...