Fleets – Page 978
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AMRAI works to salvage N250 schedule
American Regional Aircraft Industries (AMRAI) is to form a joint task force with IPTN in an attempt to get the N250 flight-test and certification programme back on schedule. The Indonesian manufacturer and its US-based subsidiary agreed to the recovery effort in mid-December, shortly after the much-delayed maiden flight ...
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Airbus selects two vendors for advanced FMS
Airbus INDUSTRIE has selected Honeywell and Sextant Avionique/Smiths Industries to supply future air navigation system (FANS)-capable flight-management systems (FMS)on its aircraft from 1998. Honeywell plans to gain certification for its upgraded FMSon the A330 and A340 in April 1998, with A319/320/321 approval following six months later. Sextant/Smiths has ...
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Bombardier beats Embraer to ASA deal
Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) has followed its fellow Delta Connection carriers Comair and Skywest with the selection of the Canadair Regional Jet for its regional-jet needs, after a competition which also involved the Embraer EMB-145 (Flight International, 8-14 January, P10). The Atlanta, Georgia-based regional says that it will ...
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SIA's Indian airline investment clears another major hurdle
Singapore Airlines' (SIA) long-running plan to establish a new domestic Indian airline in partnership with the TATA Group has cleared one major hurdle, with approval from India's Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB). The deal could still be derailed by the country's civil-aviation ministry, however, which plans to ban foreign equity ...
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Garuda take delivery
Garuda Indonesia received its first Rolls-Royce Trent-powered Airbus A330-300 in December. Five more A330s will be delivered to the airline before March, while the final three are due in mid-1998. The Indonesian carrier has also recently taken delivery of the first of three extended-range McDonnell Douglas MD-11ERs. ...
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Boeing offers airlines 767-400ERX stretch
BOEING IS NOW formally offering the stretched 767-400ERX to airlines. Authority to offer was given at the beginning of January, and the company expects a formal launch early this year, leading to a first flight in 1999 and certification and first delivery in 2000 (Flight International, 18-31 December, 1996, P5). ...
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Kenya ponders regional revamp
Kenya Airways is evaluating a switch to an-all jet-airliner fleet which could involve its Fokker 50s being replaced by Boeing 737s in the interim, before a longer-term decision is made on a new regional jet. The airline has asked Aircraft Leasing and Management (ALM) of the UK to remarket a ...
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Boeing boosts 737 production to match previous all-time high
Production of the Boeing 737 is set to emulate the previously highest-ever rate of 21 aircraft a month by the end of this year, with Boeing having announced a further boost in production of the twinjet. The monthly rate is set to reach the new peak during the ...
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AMR plans regional-jet contest for Bombardier and Embraer
AMR EAGLE is to start a competition later this month between Bombardier and Embraer 50-seat regional jets. The contest will be another clash in what promises to be a long-running battle between the Canadair Regional Jet and Embraer EMB-145 for dominance in the regional-jet field. Any regional-jet purchase ...
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FSI's Boeing 777 receives Level C approval
FLIGHTSAFETY International's (FSI) first Boeing 777 full-flight simulator has received Level C training approval. The FSI-built simulator is now in service at the company's Seattle training centre. A second 777 full-flight simulator is now being built by FSI's Simulation Systems division for delivery to Malaysian Airlines in the second quarter ...
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TTS unveils new-design simulator
THOMSON TRAINING &Simulation (TTS) has delivered the first of its new-design full-flight simulators to the ATR Training Centre (ATC) in Toulouse, France. The new design was evolved following TTS' acquisition of Rediffusion and includes features from the UK company's Concept 90 simulator. The first new-design machine to enter ...
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Cityline regional jets
Lufthansa CityLine has added three more Canadair Regional Jet orders, for delivery in March 1997 and early 1998, replacing three Fokker 50s. With the introduction of these aircraft, the carrier's Regional Jet fleet will total 31 aircraft. Three additional Regional Jet options are held. Source: Flight ...
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Aircraft news
Boeing has signed a deal with American Airlines, granting the US manufacturer sole supplier status for jet aircraft until 2018. As part of the deal American has placed firm orders for 12 B777s, four B767-300ERs, 12 B757-200s, and 75 B737-600/700/800s. The US carrier has also taken so-called purchase rights on ...
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Polls leave Thai with Bill
A change of government has rubbed salt into Thai Airways International's wounds. Lack of political clearance forced the carrier to postpone its US$4.7 billion fleet revamp and accept penalties of some $40 million. The latest setback for the mostly state-owned carrier comes on top of disastrous fourth quarter results which ...
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Boeing pulls off twin coup
Boeing is turning up the heat on rival Airbus with two groundbreaking deals. The US manufacturer has signed American Airlines up to a 22-year exclusive pact and removed its only domestic rival by pulling in McDonnell Douglas to help in the design and development of future widebodies. Reaction ...
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China puts on the squeeze
China is having mixed success in its aviation policy. Despite easing the moratorium on aircraft orders, Beijing is now having to curb international capacity growth for fear of Chinese carriers losing out to their foreign counterparts. But the authorities are having more success in their drive for domestic consolidation. ...
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Beijing spurs triple listing
Three Chinese airlines are pressing ahead with plans for initial public offerings, but at presstime it was unclear whether they would beat the 1 January deadline. Missing that date would mean they would have to include another year's audited financial results in their share prospectuses. Following the Civil ...
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Wheeling out the service
For major airlines seeking high-margin travellers, customer service will be a key to profitability. Still, Philip Festa says pressures within the industry are threatening to squeeze carriers' service levels. Customer service is now the norm throughout almost all sectors of commerce: supermarkets, hotels, banks and fast food chains vie ...
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All aboard for the next recession
You've seen it all before. A recession coincides with the delivery of hundreds of new aircraft. Swamped with capacity, airlines seek to extract some revenue from their glossy new machines by placing too much capacity into the marketplace. Yields and load factors plummet, and the red ink flows. All future ...
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End of Korea for Fokker
Korea's Samsung may turn to purchasing the turboprop operations of one of the European manufacturers following the collapse of its plans to buy Fokker's remaining assets. Fokker's administrators ended discussions with Samsung on 28 November after Fokker suppliers declined to accept further orders because of the uncertainty surrounding ...