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BWIA drops EMB-145 plans, renegotiates A340 order
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON BWIA HAS ABANDONED its intentions to operate up to ten Embraer EMB-145s and is rethinking its plans for an Airbus long-haul fleet. The airline, however, discounts rumours that it is talking to Boeing again. The Caribbean-based carrier, which signed a letter of intent ...
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Regional and utility aircraft directory
Fokker's demise is the most dramatic in a series of upheavals taking place throughout the regional-aircraft industry Compiled by Andrew Doyle and Jennifer Pite/LONDON Graham Warwick/ATLANTA FOKKER IS DOWN, the count almost over, but the winner is far from clear: not the customers left with unfulfilled orders for ...
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GE and P&W join forces on 747X
Paul Lewis and Guy Norris/SEATTLE GENERAL ELECTRIC and Pratt & Whitney have agreed to joint development of an engine to power Boeing's new-generation 747 models, the 747-500/600X. Meanwhile, Boeing is expecting to be complete definition of the new models by mid-year. The surprise teaming of ...
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NTSB criticises FAA on 737 FDR
NATIONAL Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), chairman Jim Hall has criticised the US Federal Aviation Administration, for rejecting the Boards call for an immediate upgrade, of Boeing 737 flight data recorders (FDRs). Proposed new rules about the retrofit of modern FDRs on commercial passenger-carrying aircraft will soon be issued ...
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Sabena crew deal paves way to cost cutting
SABENA HAS TIED UP a deal with its pilots over the crewing of the group's incoming fleet of Avro RJ85 regional jets and says that it has had "very constructive" negotiations with its unions over the broader cost-cutting measures. Although the RJ85 fleet will be operated within regional subsidiary Delta ...
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Carib Express ceases operations
CARIB EXPRESS, the Caribbean regional in which British Airways held a 20% stake, has been wound up and its aircraft returned to British Aerospace. The airline started operations in February 1995 with three BAe 146-100s leased from BAe's Asset Management Organisation (AMO), operating regional services from Barbados. ...
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Eurowings boosts charter business with A319 order
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH GERMAN REGIONAL carrier Eurowings is planning to expand its charter operation to account for around one-third of its turnover by early in the next century, based around its acquisition of Airbus Industrie A319s. With its recent order for three A319-100s and three options ...
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AlliedSignal books $1 billion in orders
ALLIEDSIGNAL Aerospace has announced new business totalling $1.1 billion, including a contract potentially worth $700 million to supply lessor GE Capital Aviation Services with auxiliary power-units, avionics, wheels and brakes for up to 254 Boeing 737s. Additionally, AlliedSignal has won a $250 million deal to provide Singapore Airlines ...
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Asiana chooses IAE power for its A321s
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Asiana Airlines of South Korea has chosen the International Aero Engines (IAE) V2500-A5 to power its planned new fleet of Airbus Industrie A321 narrowbodies. The engine is understood to have been selected over the competing CFM56-5B after an intensive pricing and technical battle ...
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Airbus bids to slash A310 costs to rival Boeing 757
Paul Lewis/TOULOUSE AIRBUS INDUSTRIE is studying ways of cutting the cost of its A310 aircraft, in an effort to revive sales and counter proposed higher-gross-weight developments of the Boeing 757. According to Adam Brown, Airbus vice-president for strategic planning, the company is looking at a ...
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Boeing thrashes out offset with South African Airways
BOEING and South African Airways (SAA) are continuing discussions over the amount and method of paying offset counter-trade payments attached to the airline's $960 million order for seven Boeing 777-200s and two 747-400s, six months after the deal was signed in November 1995. Concern has been growing ...
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Doubts rock KLM and Northwest alliance
THE FUTURE of the transatlantic alliance between KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Northwest Airlines has again been thrown into doubt, following the apparent failure of the two airlines to agree on whether the tie-up should be expanded. The latest wrangle has reportedly prompted KLM to consider dissolving the ...
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Boeing concedes defeat over China AirExpress
Paul Lewis/Singapore BOEING IS SEEKING alternative partners to develop a 100-seat aircraft, having conceded defeat in its bid to join with China in the development of the AirExpress AE-100 regional jet. The US manufacturer threw in the towel after Commercial-Airplane president Ron Woodard admitted that ...
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Carbon customers
Three more airlines have selected Messier-Bugatti carbon brakes for their Airbus aircraft. Vietnam Airlines has ordered new-generation Sepcarb III brakes for ten A320s. Belgian national carrier Sabena will use carbon brakes on its four A340s, while Turkey's Onur Air has ordered them for three A321s. The brakes for the A321 ...
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So what's in a name?
t used to be called Air Inter. Now, its legal name is Air France Europe but it trades as Air Inter Europe. It is majority owned by the Air France Group, but is legally a separate company. In 1997, it will be merged into Air France's European route operation, which ...
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Aircraft news
Philippine Airlines has confirmed firm orders for four A340-300s, eight A330-300s and 12 A320s with deliveries starting in the second quarter of 1997. Swissair has ordered a further three A319s and two A320s. Finnair is set to order four B757s for charter operations, replacing two A300s. ...
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Latin American lead
Increasingly creative financial mechanisms and new products that insure against political and contractual risks, are providing incentives for private sector investment in Latin American and Caribbean airports. By Ellis Juan.As the air transport sector continues its rapid expansion in an increasingly globalised economy, the entry of fast-growing new participants like ...
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Europe's cost crisis
What does it take to ensure the start up of a profitable low-cost carrier in Europe? Hugh Parry looks at the pitfalls and compares the cost of operating in Europe to what is on offer in the US.Imagine an airline based at London/Heathrow flying to Paris 15 times a ...
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Financial results
Aer Lingus' operating profit was $83.3m, partly due to increased traffic. The carrier received $80m in government aid in 1995. Aeromexico's load factor fell 4.5 points to 60%. Cost saving measures cut capacity 13% and reduced staff by 10%. Operating profit was $24m. Cathay benefited from ...
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East West in US deadlock
The vagaries of the youthful private Indian aviation sector are starting to manifest themselves in the courts, as the number of cases of litigation against the independents by foreign lessors starts to rise. The most prominent case that has come to court is between East West Airlines and ...