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Air Inter to sell A330s as part of re-organisation
Gilbert Sedbon/PARIS FRENCH DOMESTIC and regional carrier Air Inter is looking for buyers for its 400-seat Airbus A330-300 long-haul aircraft. The airline's management considers that the aircraft is "too big" for its needs as it repositions itself to become the Air France Group's low-cost European operation. ...
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AAR wins cargo-system work on 747s and DC-10s
Conversion specialist AAR Advanced Structures has received contracts for cargo-system modifications to convert both Boeing 747s and McDonnell Douglas DC-10s to full-freighter configuration. GATX/Airlog has contracted the Livonia, Michigan based company to supply kits to convert two Boeing 747-200s, from combi to full-freighter configuration. The aircraft will be ...
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Latvia signs for newcomer
THE LATVIAN Government has finally signed off plans to establish a new flag carrier, due to take over from the old Latavio airline at the start of 1996. The agreement to establish the as yet, unnamed new carrier, was officially signed at Riga on 29 August by Latvia's ...
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CAE Electronics scores with new simulator sales
Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) has ordered a Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8 full-flight simulator with a 180°-wide MaxVue visual system from Canadian company CAE Electronics. It will be installed at the SAS Flight Academy in Stockholm, Sweden, in mid-1996, and will be the fourth CAE-built simulator purchased by SAS. ...
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Avro emerges the winner in Sabena regional contest
SABENA HAS SELECTED the Avro RJ85 to replace its regional-jet fleet, in a 23-aircraft order, which marks another major coup for the UK manufacturer among Europe's flag carriers. The first four aircraft will be delivered at the end of the year, with the remainder arriving by the end ...
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KLM signs up Indian ally
Gunter Endres/LONDON KLM HAS AGREED the basis of a far-reaching commercial partnership with India's second- largest private airline, Jet Airways. An initial memorandum of understanding was signed on 29 August and executives from the two carriers will meet soon to flesh out the proposed co-operation and ...
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Two-crew Il-96 flightdeck near as Ilyushin studies twinjet
ILYUSHIN IS DUE to fly in December the first production-standard Il-96M, with a Western two-man cockpit and avionics suite from Rockwell's Collins Commercial Avionics. The Russian bureau is also giving a fresh push to plans for a twin-engined version of the aircraft, now dubbed the Il-98, which could ...
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MDC delays MD-95 engine selection
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE MCDONNELL Douglas (MDC) has not renewed its exclusivity agreement with BMW Rolls Royce, leaving the choice of power plant open for the yet-to-be launched MD-95 twinjet. The way is now open for the MTU/Pratt & Whitney Mid-Thrust Family Engine (MTFE). An agreement between MDC ...
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The race is on to hit BA 777 delivery date
BOEING IS confident that it can deliver the first General Electric GE90-powered 777 to British Airways on schedule, on 28 September, despite the grounding of a flight-test aircraft for compressor-blade repairs. Certification flight-testing continues with the first GE90-powered 777, and ground runs have begun on the first production ...
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Southwest takes first 737 with production head-up system
BOEING HAS delivered the first 737 to be equipped with a Flight Dynamics Head-up Guidance System (HGS) on the production line. The 737-300 was handed over to Southwest Airlines, which has ordered 236 HGS under a $45 million contract. Around 60 of these have already been retrofitted by ...
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Airbus flight-tests longer range A340
AIRBUS INDUSTRIE HAS flown the first high gross-weight version of the four-engine A340-300. Delivery of the first of 17 aircraft ordered by Singapore Airlines (SIA) is due in April 1996. Maximum take-off weight of the modified aircraft, termed the A340-300E by SIA, is increased to 271t from the ...
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Aircraft news
IFLC has ordered 54 Boeing 737s - a mix of -600s, -700s and -800s. Deliveries will begin in November 1997 and extend to 2004. Elsewhere LOT Polish Airlines has ordered a B737-400 to add to its 11 strong fleet. Aeroflot plans to operate a second DC-10 freighter by ...
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Pacific links spur on talks
In an attempt to flout the stalled US-Japan aviation relationship, airlines from the two countries are forming partnerships that could make alliance-building the issue that forces bilateral liberalisation. It is Delta Air Lines' proposed codesharing alliance with All Nippon Airlines, announced at the start of August, that is ...
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Financial results
Higher load factors and increased yields combined to produce the increase in revenue. Pretax income doubled to $41.2m but the tax provision rose. The dislocation of American Eagle's fleet due to bad weather and a freak hailstorm affecting 10% of American's fleet cost $23m in net earnings. ...
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Garuda fears open house
Already hit by falling profitability Garuda Indonesia has been stunned by a government scheme to allow major rivals virtual open entry into its home market. The carrier has 'protested fiercely' at proposals by minister of transport Haryanto Dhanutirto to invite British Airways, KLM and Japan Airlines to apply ...
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Northern Exposure
Alaska Air has slashed its unit costs, revamped its network and moved away from high service levels. Now the carrier must rebuild its balance sheet and rebuff the advances of competitors in an increasingly tough market. Mead Jennings reports from Seattle.John Kelly, president and chief executive officer of Alaska Air ...
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Asia majors to woo DHL
The Asia-Pacific's major airlines are trying to convince overnight express freight operator DHL Worldwide to modify plans to introduce 12 of its own Boeing 727 freighters into the region, apparently fearing the move will rob them of critical cargo income. Until now DHL has used only commercial uplift ...
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Air India has capital plans
In a bid to reverse its declining market share Air India is embarking on an ambitious fleet renewal and expansion plan which would double the number of aircraft to 54 by the year 2002. With the state coffers shut tight, the Indian flag carrier is planning a further expansion of ...
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Sepcarb success
Lufthansa has selected Messier-Bugatti's new-generation Sepcarb III carbon brakes for its recently ordered fleet of 20 Airbus A319s, plus 20 options. The German flag carrier is also considering replacing the early-generation carbon brakes fitted to its A320s, and the steel brakes on its A321s with Sepcarb IIIs. ...
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Regional winner?
Embraer's first public flight of its EMB-145 was acclaimed by observers. Graham Warwick/SAO PAULO JUDGING BY the reactions of regional-airline executives attending the 18 August roll-out and first public flight of the EMB-145 regional-jet, Embraer has produced a potential winner - if the newly privatised Brazilian ...