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EC steps up open skies battle as American/BA approval nears
Alan George/BRUSSELS Mounting controversy over the legality of bilateral open skies agreements between the USA and individual European Union member states is threatening a further twist to the American Airlines and British Airways alliance as approval nears. The European Commission (EC) is set to clear the partnership in ...
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South Korea and USA sign open skies deal
The US Government's push to reach open skies agreements with Asian countries has met with further success after South Korea agreed to a new bilateral air services pact with Washington. The two sides reached an accord on an open skies arrangement after two days of talks in Seoul. The ...
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SIA closes on A340-500 order, setting back rival 777 launch
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Airbus Industrie is closing on a major A340-500 sale to Singapore Airlines (SIA), which threatens to deliver a further blow to Boeing efforts to secure critical launch customers for the rival ultra long haul 777-200X derivative. According to airline sources, the Rolls-Royce Trent 500-powered A340-500 has ...
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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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Marketplace
-US cargo carrier Atlas Air has signed a long term contract to operate Boeing 747-200 freighter services for Alitalia, with an ex-Philippine Airlines 747-200F being converted by Boeing. -Stansted, UK based AB Airlines has leased two ex-Jet Airways Boeing 737-300s from Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services (AWAS). -Air Malta has concluded ...
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United wraps up with widebodies purchase
United Airlines has completed its latest round of airliner shopping, with a deal for 23 more Boeing widebodies, worth an estimated $3 billion. The deal, which follows an agreement concluded last month with Airbus for 30 more A320-family aircraft, is the third stage in a four part fleet growth ...
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Dee Howard sell-off looms
Andrea Spinelli/GENOA Alenia is considering the sale of part of its US maintenance business, Dee Howard, while the Italian group's Venice-based Aeronavali unit has received a huge order from a leasing company for converting McDonnell Douglas DC-10s into freighters. Maintenance represents around 65% of Dee Howard's annual $100 million sales. ...
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Gulf Air changes its orders to A330-200s
Gulf Air has revised its order for six Rolls-Royce Trent 700-powered Airbus A330s, with the aircraft now being taken as the smaller longer range -200 rather than the -300 originally specified. Deliveries are due to begin in April 1999 and continue to June 2001. Gulf Air will use the ...
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Korean wraps up 737 deal with Boeing/GECAS
Korean Air (KAL) has finalised a series of financially convoluted lease, loan and trade-in deals with Boeing and General Electric Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) for 35 Next Generation 737s. The agreements entail KAL rolling over its entire fleet of 26 Boeing MD-82/83 and Fokker 100 twinjets. In return, Boeing ...
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DC-10s go as BA juggles its orders
The fleet of eight McDonnell Douglas DC-10s operated by British Airways (BA) from London Gatwick will be retired from service during 1999, following an order for eight more Boeing 757s and 777s. The airline has also confirmed plans to cancel orders for four 747-400s in favour of three additional ...
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Iberia's engine choice
Iberia has decided to stick with the CFM International CFM56 for its recent order for up to 76 more Airbus A320-family aircraft. The airline concluded the order in February for 50 firm orders and 26 options (nine A319s, 36 A320s and 31 A321s), and decided to hold a new engine ...
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Boeing enters UPS bidding with 767 'Special Freighter'
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELS A "special Freighter"(SF) conversion of the 767-200, along with the MD-10, is being offered by Boeing to UPS for its ongoing McDonnell Douglas DC-8 replacement competition. Boeing is offering these aircraft against freighter conversions of the Airbus Industrie A300B4 and Lockheed L-1011 TriStar for the ...
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Thai/Garuda firm up fleet plans as Qantas eyes up Asian 747s
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Paul Phelan/CAIRNSThai Airways International has been given approval to take delivery of 17 new aircraft over the next three years, despite Thailand's economic difficulties. Financial problems elsewhere are forcing Garuda Indonesia to seek an early return of six leased Boeing MD-11s, while Qantas is seeking to acquire surplus ...
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TWA offers stay of execution for MD-80 production line
Trans World Airlines is negotiating with Boeing for up to 24 new MD-83s, which could keep the endangered Long Beach production line open until 2000. The line was scheduled to shut down in mid-1999 with the delivery of the last MD-83 to TWA. All eight of the current backlog ...
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Sabbath flights issue is high on El Al privatisation agenda
Arie Egozi/TEL AVIV As the Israeli Government attempts again to thrash out agreement on privatising national carrier El Al, the thorny political issue of whether to end its costly ban on Sabbath flights remains high on the agenda. A decision on the long delayed privatisation was due to take ...
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High fidelity pays off
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Simulator manufacturers have started 1998 as they ended 1997 - busy. As expected, orders for commercial flight simulators are tracking closely the recent surge in airliner sales. At least 45 full flight simulators were sold last year, short of the last peak of 55 in 1989, but ...
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JAT signs deal for eight A319s
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH JAT Yugoslav Airlines has signed a preliminary agreement for eight Airbus A319s in anticipation of the end of trade embargoes with the rump of Yugoslavia. JATsays that contracts will be signed only when the embargoes are lifted, but anticipates delivery of the first two aircraft in ...
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Qantas lines up Asian 747s to counter -400IGW launch delay
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE The Qantas board is to decide shortly on a deal to purchase three surplus 747-400s from Malaysia Airlines (MAS) and Asiana, in lieu of Boeing's failure so far to give a firm commitment to launch development of an increased growth weight (IGW) version of the aircraft. ...
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Air Niugini nears collapse after Qantas is ignored
Papua New Guinea (PNG) flag carrier Air Niugini continues to edge closer to complete collapse, with the Government apparently setting aside salvage proposals put forward by Qantas. The airline was temporarily rescued from insolvency on 13 March when PNG Prime Minister Bill Skate compelled the country's main bank, PNGBC, ...