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FAA orders skin-panel inspection for old 737s
As part of its continuing ageing-aircraft initiative, the US Federal Aviation Administration has ordered new inspections or modifications of fuselage skin-panel lap joints on 33 US-registered Boeing 737-100/200s with more than 60,000 flights. A further 34 737s owned by foreign airlines are affected by the airworthiness directive (AD), ...
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BA nears low-fares decision and re-equips regional unit
British Airways is expected to finalise plans before the end of the year to launch a European low-fare operation at London Stansted, using Boeing 737-300s. At the same time, the airline has begun an interim replacement of its BA Regional 737-200s. Earlier this year, BA commissioned the UK-based ...
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Taiwan Airlines signs first order for shortfield Dornier 328
Fairchild Dornier claims to have secured an Asian launch customer for two improved short-field performance 328-130 turboprops, scheduled for delivery in early 1998. Although neither the manufacturer nor the airline will officially confirm it, the launch customer for the new variant is believed to be Taiwan Airlines. Sources ...
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Maersk orders CRJs to provide 70-seat option
Maersk Air's UK subsidiary will replace its ageing fleet of BAC One-Elevens in 1998 with the first of up to 15 Bombardier Canadair Regional Jets (CRJs). The selection hinged on Bombardier's ability to supply both 50- and 70-seat versions, which Embraer could not offer. Maersk Air, which operates ...
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Marketplace
++ Finnair's sale/lease-back deal for four Boeing MD-80s (Marketplace, Flight International, 29 October-4 November, P14) is valued at FIM350 million ($67.3 million), with the annual values of the lease rentals worth some FIM43 million ++ Midway Airlines is disposing of its single leased Airbus A320. The aircraft is leased from ...
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Workshop
++ Aeronavali has been selected by Ten Forty to convert 20 ex-Japan Air Lines McDonnell Douglas DC-10-40s to cargo, for delivery between 1998 to 2005. ++ Amarillo, Texas-based Leading Edge Aviation Services has opened its fifth paint hangar, becoming the first independent commercial-aircraft painting centre in the USA able to ...
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Domestic bliss?
Next year will mark a watershed in Japanese civil-aviation history: for the first time in 43 years, the country will see the emergence of new domestically owned airlines. In all, there will be six new carriers - four start-ups and two subsidiaries belonging to two of the three major incumbent ...
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Competitions poised to launch 30-seat jet
American Eagle and Continental Express have launched competitions for a combined total of up to 250 regional jets in the 30- to 40-seat category, effectively signalling the beginning of what is being seen as another regional-jet buying frenzy in the US industry. The competitions are a two-horse race ...
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Boeing pushes ultra-long range 747 derivative
Boeing could obtain board approval to offer airlines a new ultra-long-range - more than 14,800km (8,000nm) - derivative of the 747 as early as May 1998, if it can attract sufficient market interest, particularly from key Asia-Pacific airlines including Cathay Pacific Airways, EVA Airways of Taiwan and Qantas. ...
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Airbus and R-R strive for A340-500 orders
Airbus Industrie and Rolls-Royce are engaged in a concerted final push to enlist sufficient airline orders for a launch of the new A340-500/600 growth derivatives. The European consortium is understood to be keen to launch the two ultra-long-haul and stretched versions of the A340 by mid-November. Airbus sales ...
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China signs up for $3 billion-worth of Boeings
China's long-awaited and highly politicised deal for new Boeing aircraft has finally been signed in Washington, covering the purchase of up to 50 widebody and narrowbody passenger jet aircraft, worth $3 billion. The deal, as expected, was announced on 30 October during Chinese President Jiang Zemin's state visit ...
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Fairchild orders CAE simulator for 328JET
Fairchild Dornier has ordered a full-flight simulator for its 328Jet, marking another in a series of regional-aircraft orders for CAE Electronics. The 328Jet simulator is to be ready for customer training in February 1999, a year after the planned First flight of the prototype. American Airlines, ...
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American Airlines visuals order boosts market leadership
American Airlines has selected Evans & Sutherland (E&S) to supply visual systems for five full-flight simulators recently ordered from CAE Electronics. The deal follows the announcement at the end of September that E&S had won a United Airlines contract for six systems. The two large orders boost E&S' ...
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Lufthansa CityLine/Bombardier negotiate for CRJ-700 purchase
Lufthansa CityLine is in negotiations with Bombardier over a "double-digit" order for the 70-seat Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) Series 700, but Fairchild Dornier is targeting the airline as a potential launch customer for its proposed rival regional jet. CityLine has just taken delivery of its 31st 50-seat CRJ ...
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Tunisair follows Airbus order with 737-600s
Tunisair has followed its recent deal with Airbus for A319s and more A320s, with an order for four Next Generation Boeing 737-600s, and taken options for three extra aircraft, with variants to be determined later. The new 737-600s, which are similar in size to the -200 and -500 ...
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Stakes rise in Aces bid
Continental Airlines is seeking to sooth its disappointment over losing Aerolineas Argentinas to American with a bid for a stake in Colombia's Aces Airlines. If successful, its purchase would underscore the recently forged links between the two carriers and Continental's commitment to developing its Latin American strategy. Aces' ...
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Airline news
Air France has new franchise agreements with French regional Proteus Airlines, for three daily services from Paris/Orly to Chambéry, and with Gill Airways for twice daily Newcastle-Paris/Charles de Gaulle services. Air France was also due to suspend services to Brazzaville and Cancun, from 26 October. American Airlines is ...
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The Asian miracle turns to a malaise
For many years, the traditional lore in the airline business has been that Asia-Pacific represents the most vibrant, fastest growing, most profitable element of the industry, with the brightest prospects and the greatest resilience to factors like wars and recession to which most other carriers are vulnerable. As ...
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Moscow hopeful
Transaero has opted to curb its wider ambitions in order to focus on stimulating a rebound in the moribund Russian domestic market. Douglas Cameron reports from Moscow on the airline's chances. Transaero has not quite shaken off the past. A strategy which has flirted with the purchase of TWA and ...
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Wolf secures pilots' seal
Stephen Wolf cut it close but his tough approach towards US Airways' pilots has paid off. The carrier's chairman and chief executive officer brokered a deal after 18 months of frustrating stalemate just in time to secure production slots for the first of 400 Airbus A320s on order. ...