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No baulking at Balkan bid
Up to five bidders are expected to submit firm offers for Bulgarian national carrier Balkan Airlines, as the next privatisation hits the region. The Bulgarian government says it wants to find a strategic rather than financial investor for up to 75 per cent of Balkan, but adds it would ...
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BAe tests RJ parts production at TAPO
Ian Sheppard/London British Aerospace Regional Aircraft has dispatched the first raw material to Uzbekistan's Tashkent Aircraft Production factory (TAPO), which will produce 20 shipsets of nose-section components for the Avro RJ regional jets. The parts are now produced by Avro supplier Midcast Engineering of Maesteg, South Wales, but, ...
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Aer Lingus is to lose Team
With the disposal of an unprofitable non-core subsidiary finally on the horizon, Aer Lingus now has to confront the bigger questions of ownership and alliances. At presstime the management of the Irish flag carrier had still not convinced the 1,550 strong workforce of its unprofitable aircraft maintenance arm, Team, ...
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Kelowna sells stretched Convair 5800s to IFL
Kelowna Flightcraft has sold its two stretched, re-engined Convair 5800 freighters to US cargo operator IFL Group. The first aircraft is already in service with Pontiac, Michigan-based IFL's Contract Air Cargo. The second is being repainted at Flightcraft's Kelowna, British Columbia, plant ready for delivery. The Canadian company ...
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OGMA maintains AE3007
OGMA-Aeronautical of Alverca, near the Portuguese capital Lisbon, claims to be the first European organisation to receive approval as an authorised maintenance centre for Allison Engines' AE3007, which powers the Embraer RJ-145 family. Source: Flight International
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Bombardier MSP
Bombardier has chosen AlliedSignal's Maintenance Service Plan (MSP) for its Business JetSolutions fractional ownership programme. Four Learjet 31As will be enrolled in the MSP immediately, says AlliedSignal, with more aircraft to be added as they are delivered later this year. AlliedSignal will also provide engine maintenance on all future Business ...
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Marketplace
-British World Airlines is planning to double its British Aerospace ATP fleet, and has signed a memorandum of understanding for two white-tail aircraft for delivery in mid-1998. -Sun-Air of Scandinavia has also placed an MoU with BAe Asset Management Turboprops for a third BAe ATP. -C-S Aviation Services has delivered ...
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Decimating decibels
Noise regulations coming into force in Europe and the USA are forcing aircraft owners to consider the future of their ageing fleets Ian Sheppard/London A ban will apply in Europe after 31 December, 1999, on aircraft not complying with International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Chapter III rules, while, ...
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Rolls-Royce sets the pattern with spares deal
Rolls-Royce is changing the way it handles internal spares supply in a deal with outsourcing specialist Pattonair International. The initial agreement could lead to a wider tie-up, including the involvement of overseas operations such as R-R's US subsidiary, engine maker Allison. A memorandum of understanding has already been signed ...
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Growing DeCrane buys up specialist Avtech
Fast-growing US aerospace group DeCrane Aircraft is continuing on the acquisition trail with a deal to buy Avtech, a Seattle-based electronic systems specialist, for $83 million. Chairman Jack DeCrane says the purchase should take the group's sales above $200 million next year. Avtech supplies a range of communication, power and ...
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Third domestic could start up could be in Australia
Australia is to get a third domestic carrier for major trunk routes, if Australian Airlines Holdings' plans come to fruition. The company has revealed its intention to launch an airline connecting Adelaide, Brisbane, Cairns, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney. Chief executive Paul Orpwood says the plan is to acquire ...
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Ministers approve European safety authority
A European safety authority could be set up within 18 months following an agreement by 15 European Union transport ministers on 18 June to establish a European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). Membership of the agency will initially be open to all 27 members of the European Joint Aviation Authorities. ...
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Hunting sells cargo airline to complete aviation disposals
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON The UK's Hunting group has completed the last major piece in the year-long dismantling of its loss-making aviation division, with the sale of the Hunting Cargo Airlines business. It has gone to Belgian shipping group CMB, which bid jointly with South African freight carrier Safair. The ...
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Engine pooling concept targets airline costs
Guy Norris/SAN DIEGO Shannon Engine Support (SES), an Irish-based company specialising in supporting the CFM International CFM56-3, is promoting a concept in which airlines will club together to create a pool of spare engines. The initiative has been prompted by estimates that the industry will have to spend $30 ...
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IPTN looks for international backing for delayed N250-100
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE IPTN has been forced to delay scheduled certification of the N250-100 until late 2000, as the Indonesian company seeks international support for the twin turboprop programme and the planned follow-on N2130 jet development. IPTN vice-president Ilham Habibie, speaking exclusively to Flight International, states: "We're no longer ...
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Heico buys again
Within days of announcing a major merger with French ground support equipment (GSE)company Teleflex-Lionel-Dupont (TLD), Heico has revealed two new cash deals to buy engine parts makers. It will pay $41 million for McClain International, which serves the general aviation market, and $15 million for PTM International, which serves airlines. ...
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Workshop
-Gulf Aircraft Maintenance (GAMCO) and Pratt & Whitney Eagle Services have signed a memorandum of understanding to "-further define business arrangements" to incorporate GAMCO into its global engine support operation. -Rotables management specialist Arinmar has signed a three-year agreement with British Aerospace RegionalAircraft to manage the repair and overhaul of ...
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Marketplace
-Air Macau is subleasing an Airbus A320 and five crews to TAP Air Portugal for six months during the period of the Lisbon Expo. The airline, in which TAP holds a 25% stake, has been suffering from falling demand on some Asian routes. -US Airways has accelerated deliveries of its ...
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PAL fights for survival as pilots are sacked and flights slashed
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Philippine Airlines (PAL) is drawing up survival plans for a massive shrinkage of its international and domestic operations, after sacking 600 pilots involved in a week-long strike that has brought the national carrier close to financial ruin. Pilots were protesting over plans to force redundancies among older ...
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GPA plans to shed GE Capital
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON GPA could re-emerge from the shadow of GE Capital, with plans to buy out of the agreements signed five years ago when the US finance giant stepped in to rescue the Irish leasing company from near collapse. A memorandum of understanding has been agreed between the ...