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Eurocontrol will listen to wireless case
Wireless airport communication systems (WACS) could play a role in air traffic services in the future, but their potential use needs more investigation, suggests a Eurocontrol-commissioned study. Early last year a consortium led by DERA and including Rockwell Collins, Aerospatiale Matra, German charter airline Condor, SITA and wireless local ...
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Hong Kong carriers review fleets as plans for expansion make progress
Cathay Pacific Airways is expected to announce a sizeable order for new widebody jets by mid-year, as rival Dragonair enhances its position as a competitor for business from Hong Kong. Dragonair has revealed plans to double the size of its Airbus A330 and A320 fleet and is to launch a ...
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Colgan breaks jet trend with turboprop order
Colgan Air is looking to add 19- to 35-seat turboprops to its fleet and expand its recently inaugurated US Airways Express regional network. The move by the Manassas, Virginia-based carrier bucks the growing move by regional carriers away from turboprops towards larger jets. The airline has leased three ex-Mesaba ...
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Lido enters Asia
Lido is setting up an aeronautical services centre in Singapore and has signed an eight-year contract to supply its Operation Centre flight planning system to Singapore Airlines. Source: Flight International
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KLM cuts routes and aircraft in fight to restore profitability
KLM is pruning its long-haul and short-haul route networks and withdrawing, leasing out and redeploying aircraft as it fights to restore profitability. The move will sweep away the 3-4% capacity growth planned for this year's high season, with capacity now remaining static. From 26 March, KLM will stop long-haul ...
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Embraer aims to step up production
Embraer aims to boost production of its RJ-135/145 after a decision by Continental Express to accelerate acquisition of the regional jet with an order for 100 additional aircraft. The Brazilian company will decide within the next 60 days on whether to ramp up production to 16 aircraft a month. ...
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UK all-cargo carrier grows with more 747s
Max Kinglsey-Jones/LONDON Airfreight Express (AFX), the UK's latest all-cargo carrier, is gearing up for expansion as it prepares to triple its Boeing 747 freighter fleet. The London Heathrow-based carrier launched operations last September following the receipt of its air operator's certificate. It is operating a single weekly scheduled trip ...
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SAA favours 737-800
South African Airways' (SAA) is to recommend to its parent company Transnet this week that the Boeing 737-800 is selected for its new short-haul fleet. Deliveries could begin this year. The airline, 20% owned by Swissair parent SAirGroup, with the rest held by state-owned Transnet, has studied offers from ...
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Fairchild slips 728JET schedule
Fairchild Aerospace has reached agreement with 728JET launch customer Lufthansa CityLine to slip certification and first deliveries of the 70-seater by six months to November 2002. The delay will enable it to increase the size of the passenger cabin by relocating the rear doors. Fairchild says the decision to ...
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WestJet agrees deals for up to 70 Boeing 737NGs
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Canadian low-fare carrier WestJet Airlines is to acquire and lease up to 70 Boeing Next Generation (NG) 737s to re-equip and expand its fleet. The selection of the 737 follows an evaluation which included the Airbus A318/A319. The Calgary, Alberta-based airline has placed a firm order ...
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Boeing studies cockpit and cabin upgrade for 747-400
Boeing may offer an upgraded 777-style cockpit and passenger cabin on its proposed higher gross-weight 747-400. The derivative, likely to be called the -400ER if launched, would increase maximum take-off weight to 413,500kg (910,000lb) and provide airlines with more range or cargo-carrying capacity compared with the standard version. The ...
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Engine upgrade offered for A330
Pratt & Whitney is negotiating with Airbus Industrie over possible upgrades to the PW4168 engine for the A330 after its decision to suspend the PW4173 for the A330-300 (Flight International, 8-14 February). "We will do something to the 4168, probably including putting in the TALON [low emissions] combustor, and ...
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Airbus stands by timetable for A3XX commercial launch
Airbus Industrie is sticking to its claim that it will be able to generate enough airline interest in the A3XX to achieve a commercial launch by mid-year, despite sceptical comments by some key potential customers and a pessimistic forecast from the US consultancy, the Teal Group. The consortium plans ...
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Round up
EgyptAir has confirmed that its only remaining Boeing 767-300ER has been damaged during a night-landing accident at Zimbabwe's Harare International Airport late on Tuesday. The jet was en-route from Johannesburg. A spokeswoman for EgyptAir in Cairo says 94 passengers were on board. None was injured. Reports suggest that the port ...
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Face the Facts with...Ken Maciver
A hot topic is "More Electric Aircraft" and the end of hydraulic actuation as we know it. Ken Maciver, TRW Aeronautical Systems' (Lucas Aerospace) executive vice-president and general manager, discusses the implications of TRW's acquisition of Lucas Aerospace, its Asian business and the company's contribution to future electric technologies. Interview ...
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Show that put .com on the map
Mike Martin It's customary in this, the last issue of this show's Flight Daily News, to bid you farewell and look forward to seeing you at the next aerospace gathering. But this was the show where e-commerce set up shop at the very heart of the aerospace industry. ...
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Aero Systems joins Porter seats network
American company P L Porter Controls, which describes itself as the world's leading maker of position control systems for aircraft passenger seating, has appointed Singapore company Aero Systems to its worldwide network of product support centres, dealing specifically with the market in Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and Australasia. P ...
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Boullioun selects Honeywell avionics for B737 fleet
Steve Nichols Honeywell has signed a $55-million agreement with leasing company Boullioun Aviation Services to supply a suite of avionics products for 30 firm and 30 optional new Boeing 737 Next Generation aircraft. Under the agreement Honeywell will supply its Quantum Line communication and navigation systems, weather radar ...
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Qantas leases 767-300s
Qantas Airways is to go ahead with the lease of seven Boeing 767-300s from oneworld partner and minority investor British Airways (BA) and has unveiled a series of route changes to accompany the deliveries. Qantas deputy chief executive Geoff Dixon says the carrier's investment in the lease is "significant," but ...
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Near stall investigated
US low-fare carrier Spirit Airlines and the FAA are investigating an incident in which the crew of one of its MD-80s may have nearly stalled the aircraft twice by flying too high for the MD-80's weight, reports the Washington Post. The newspaper also reports that the pilots of the ...