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Continental leads CRS bypass move
The continuing battle between airlines and computerised reservations systems over rising costs took an unexpected twist in late March when Continental Airlines forced Galileo International to rescind a new fee it planned to impose on electronic tickets. Continental also announced that it planned to cut its distribution costs further by ...
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Swiss qualify new partners
Swissair has expanded its European alliance to include TAP Air Portugal, THY Turkish Airlines and AOM of France and agreed to buy up to a 20 per cent stake in TAP. TAP, Turkish Airlines and AOM will join Swissair's existing partners Austrian Airlines and Sabena in an alliance to ...
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French open gates to US
Both Continental Airlines and Delta Air Lines were swift to respond to the new US-French bilateral by declaring their intentions to formalise codeshare agreements with Air France. The bilateral, initialled in Paris on 8 April, will allow full open skies to be phased in over five years, and immediately ...
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Suffering from exposure
As the Asian crisis bites deeper, the potential impact on the values of widebody aircraft in particular is only just beginning to become apparent to investors. Report by Angus Williamson. The financial and economic crisis affecting several of the East Asian 'tiger' economies has so far produced muted repercussions ...
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Airbus lowers A3XX numbers
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Airbus Industrie's latest long range market forecast has maintained a bullish outlook for jet airliner demand over the next 20 years, despite the present Asian economic crisis, but its analysis has shifted towards greater demand for smaller aircraft compared to 1997 predictions, and reduced the size of ...
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China demands CAAC shake-up
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has been instructed to submit proposals by the end of April on drastic reductions to the size of its organisation, in line with a wider Chinese Government push to cut the country's bloated bureaucracy. China's newly installed premier Zhu ...
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Single Mandate
British Airways and American Airlines appear on the verge of securing the long-awaited competition approval for their alliance from the European Commission (EC) with Brussels insiders set to give a mid-May date and a painful but probably realistic demand for slot surrender at London Heathrow. With some irony, however, ...
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Japan considers SARV-22 tiltrotor
Japan's Defence forces and its Maritime Safety Agency (MSA) are showing growing interest in a search and rescue (SAR) version of the V-22 Osprey, which Bell and Boeing are promoting as one of several future military variants of the tiltrotor. Japan has opened tentative discussions with Bell Boeing on ...
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Laser link lined up
Tim Furniss/LONDON The European Space Agency's (ESA) Artemis project is now well on its way after cost and technical problems combined to delay the satellite, which had been originally due to be in orbit now. The flight model has been completed by Alenia Spazio in Rome and will soon ...
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Tri-jet transformation
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES On the surface it sounds relatively straightforward. Boeing is converting ex-airline DC-10s to freighters for FedEx, and for any other operator that wants it. The real story is quite different in terms of scale, timetable and technical challenges. "It's been an enormous undertaking," says Boeing MD-10 deputy ...
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The vital combinations
Shahe Ouzounian/LONDON and FRANKFURT, Brent Hannon/TAIPEI ACCORDING TO Wilhelm Althen, chairman of the executive board of Lufthansa Cargo, the revolutionary break in January 1995 with the passenger side of Lufthansa's business was "-a process that hasn't just been about the last three years, it's a 20 year old road ...
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Japan promotes unmanned helicopters for crop dusting
Paul Lewis/GIFU, JAPAN Two Japanese aerospace manufacturers have begun to promote the commercial use of unmanned helicopters for agricultural crop dusting and airborne surveillance missions. Kawada Industries has developed the RoboCopter 300 based on the Schweizer 300CB and had accumulated 40h of flight time by mid-April. The company hopes ...
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Mitsubishi tackles vibration problem
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) is working to reduce vibration levels in its new MH2000 helicopter, as part of several design refinements targeted at securing full Type A airworthiness certification for the civil machine. Company efforts are focused on improving the twin-turboshaft helicopter, including better dynamic system damping and demonstration ...
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RTCA wins debate on GPS risk evaluation
The US Federal Aviation Administration is to fund an assessment of the risk which is associated with using the global positioning system (GPS) as the sole means of navigation. A special committee, including representatives of the air transport and general aviation sectors, will report back to the FAA by ...
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FSBTI picks CAE
FlightSafety Boeing Training International (FSBTI) has selected CAE Electronics to supply a Boeing 737-700 Level 5 flight training device for delivery to its Seattle simulator centre in August, where it will be used as a classroom-based maintenance trainer. Source: Flight International
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K-C gets avionics ok
K-C Aviation has received supplemental type certification for installation of the BFGoodrich Avionics Systems GH-3000 electronic standby instrument system in the Bombardier Challenger 604. The flat-panel display is already installed in several other business jet types. Source: Flight International
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Fairchild Dornier aims for fly-by-wire on 728JET family
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH Fairchild Dornier has requested proposals from avionics suppliers for a fly-by-wire flight control system (FCS) for the 70 seat 728JETand other future members of its proposed regional jet family. According to Earl Robinson, senior vice-president for product development at Fairchild Dornier, a range of solutions , ...
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JAA clears 737-800 to take to the skies
The largest Boeing 737 built to date, the 160-189 seat 737-800, has been cleared to enter service with its European launch customers, following certification by the Joint Aviation Authorities. The new variant gained US Federal Aviation Administration type certification on 13 March. However, service entry was dependent on JAA approval ...
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FAA safety agenda focuses on CFIT and engines
Controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) and engine safety are to head the US Federal Aviation Administration's list of priorities, according to Administrator Jane Garvey, unveiling the FAA's new "safety agenda". Launching the new agenda in Washington on 14 April, Garvey, together with US Vice President Al Gore and transportation ...
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Three nations study anti-radiation missile
Douglas Barrie/LONDON Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC The USA, Germany and Italy have begun to explore the joint development of a next-generation anti-radiation missile, with negotiations on a memorandum of agreement (MoA) expected to get under way within the next few months. The three countries are already collaborating on ...