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Fairchild Dornier gives the go-ahead to 428JET project
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH Fairchild Dornier is to launch the 42-seat 428JET programme at the Berlin International Air Show (ILA) as the centrepiece of a series of announcements on its regional jet programmes. The company is also expected to reveal a stretch of the 90-seat 928JET and new potential customers for ...
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PW4098 snags may delay 777-300
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Certification of the Pratt & Whitney PW4098-powered Boeing 777-300 is expected to be delayed following the last-minute discovery of problems with the engine during testbed runs at the powerplant maker's East Hartford site in Connecticut. The engine "-was performing very well on the flying testbed", ...
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Out of the ashes
Julian Moxon/BEIRUT A visit to downtown Beirut to see at first hand the reconstruction that is now taking place is a powerful way of understanding something of the spirit that lies behind the rebuilding of the Lebanese national carrier, Middle East Airlines. Twenty years of indiscriminate shelling left more than ...
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FAA takes emergency action on Boeing wiring
The US Federal Aviation Administration has issued emergency airworthiness directives (ADs) ordering inspections of fuel tank wiring in over 1,000 older Boeing 737s, 747s and 767s. The action follows the chance discovery of a damaged wire conduit during investigations to find the source of a fuel leak on a ...
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Air Europe increases fleet with 777-200ER lease
Air Europe (Italy) is boosting its fleet of Boeing twinjets with a move up to the 777-200ER. The Milan-based airline has signed a 10-year lease deal for two aircraft with International Lease Finance, for delivery in 1999. The carrier's fleet of six leased Boeing 767-300ERs are deployed on scheduled ...
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Aeroflot introduces 737-400
Aeroflot Russian International Airlines has introduced its first Boeing aircraft acquired directly from the US manufacturer, one of 10 Boeing 737-400s ordered by the airline. The remainder of the 131-seaters will be introduced by February 1999 to be operated on European routes. The Russian carrier has been operating two leased ...
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China plans new cargo carrier
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE China Eastern Airlines (CEA) and partner China Ocean Shipping (Cosco) are planning to launch the country's first international air cargo carrier, equipped with a fleet of converted Boeing MD-11 freighters. Local industry sources say the carrier is to be named China Air Cargo and will be a ...
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AlliedSignal expands EGPWS applications
AlliedSignal Aerospace is developing a version of its enhanced ground proximity warning system (EGPWS) to fit corporate aircraft. It is responding to proposed US Federal Aviation Administration regulations requiring installation of terrain avoidance and warning systems in all aircraft with six or more seats . The two air transport ...
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Greenlandair expands into jets with 757 purchase
Greenlandair has taken delivery of a Boeing 757, its first jet airliner, which was scheduled to begin operations in competition with SAS on scheduled services between Greenland and Copenhagen from 12 May. The Nuuk-based airline already operates only two de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otters and four Bombardier de ...
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Marketplace
-World Airways has signed a three-year wet-lease agreement with Buenos Aires, Argentina-based STAF Airlines to operate a Boeing MD-11 convertible freighter on cargo services between the USA and South America, with an option for a second aircraft. -Canada 3000 has become the first operator to take delivery of the ...
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RBA chooses V2500 for A319s
Royal Brunei Airlines (RBA) has selected the International Aero Engines V2500 turbofan to power its planned new fleet of Airbus A319s, an initial order for which is due to be finalised shortly. The carrier is understood to have opted for the 105kN (23,500lb) thrust V2524-A5 engine over the competing ...
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Fool's gold ?
Is it right to assume, in the wake of Continental Express' order for 37-seat Embraer RJ-135s to operate alongside its 50-seat ERJ-145s, that the regional turboprop is dead and that, to survive, particularly in North America, all regional airlines must move to jet-power even for their smallest needs? Or ...
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Continental ERJ-135 order leads regional move to 30-seat jets
Ramon Lopez and Guy Norris/WASHINGTON DC Continental Express is set to be the first major US regional airline to switch to an all-jet fleet, with the confirmation of its move into the 30-seat market with a contract for up to 75 Embraer RJ-135s. The deal includes a $315 million firm ...
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SIA A340-500 deal forces Boeing to review 777-X
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Boeing is again reviewing the future direction of its proposed 777-200X/300X derivative programme, following Singapore Airline's (SIA) decision to order the competing Airbus Industrie A340-500 ultra long haul aircraft. The loss of the Singapore campaign to the European consortium represents a major setback for the Seattle ...
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TNT prepares for large fleet of dedicated A300 freighters
Max Kingsley-Jones/PARIS TNT Express Worldwide will introduce the first dedicated widebody freighter on to its European network later this year, marking the start of a plan to acquire a large fleet of Airbus A300B4 freighters to feed its new European hub in Liege, Belgium. The Amsterdam-based express parcels carrier has ...
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Survival of the fastest ?
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Airline industry analysts are "unabashedly bullish" over the future of regional jet aircraft, which are expected to produce fundamental changes in the airline business over the next five years. Merrill Lynch's Byron Callan says that 32- to 70-seat regional jets comprise "the most rapidly growing market segment" ...
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Continental vindication
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Continental Express' order for 25 firm plus 50 option 37-seat ERJ-135s validates Embraer's decision to derive a family of regional jets following the successful introduction of the 50-seat ERJ-145. The Brazilian manufacturer hopes that other airlines will be attracted by the "substantial" savings in training, maintenance and ...
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Gemini in talks with Boeing for MD-11s
Gemini Air Cargo is talking to Boeing about a potential deal to acquire new MD-11 freighters, but is also examining possible secondhand aircraft acquisitions as it awaits a decision from the manufacturer on the tri-jet's production future. The Washington Dulles-based supplemental cargo carrier, which has just introduced its eighth ...
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Brazilian work-out
Max Kingsley-Jones/ISLE OF MAN Julian Moxon/NANTES Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Embraer spent a long time bringing its 50-seat RJ-145 to the marketplace. It was almost a full eight years from the original EMB-145 programme launch in June 1989 to service entry with launch customer Continental Express in April 1997, with the ...
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US Airways settles
US Airways and Boeing have settled a legal dispute involving the airline's 1996 cancellation of an order for eight Boeing 757s and 40 737s. US Airways admitted a breach of contract and made an undisclosed settlement to Boeing. Meanwhile, the airline is considering purchase of an undisclosed number of longhaul ...