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Asian Aerospace sees clear skies beyond the turbulence
Hugh McAtearIn his first interview with Flight Daily News published 14 years ago during Asian Aerospace'84, Lim Chin Beng sent out a warning of slower growth than the meteoric expansion experienced in the preceding years. His statement was a New Year message to the staff of Singapore Airlines, in his ...
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Boeing convinced Asia-Pacific will rebound quickly
Industry observers "will be amazed at how quickly things will turn around in Asia"Larry S Dickenson, Boeing Commercial Airplane Group's senior vice-president, Asia/PacificAndrew Mollet Industry observers "-will be amazed at how quickly things will turn around in Asia." So says Larry S Dickenson, Boeing Commercial Airplane Group's senior vice-president, ...
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Face the Facts with... Colin Green
The recent turmoil in Asia's economies and the fight to eradicate the so-called Millennium Bug were among the topics covered by Colin Green, managing director, Rolls-Royce Aerospace Group, when he talked with Alan Dron. Q:Do you see Asia's current economic problems as a six-month blip, or are its effects likely ...
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P&W completes F100-229A altitude testing
Pratt & Whitney has completed initial altitude tests of an advanced version of the F100-229A flight engine, which is fitted with a new fan and inlet to boost power and increase durability. The -229A is designed to power the Boeing F-15E and Lockheed Martin F-16C/D from 2000 onwards - ...
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Transbrasil resurrects plans to purchase Boeing 777-200s
Brazilian independent airline Transbrasil has revived plans to acquire Boeing 777s, some 30 months after it scrubbed a deal with Boeing. The Sao Paulo-based airline has signed a letter of intent for four 777-200IGWs, say airline sources in Latin America. The airline's last deal with Boeing was for three ...
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747s go as Ansett rethinks future fleet strategy
Ansett Australia is re-examining its future fleet strategy, focusing on its international capacity and an overhaul of its regional operations. The carrier says that it expects to finalise its long haul fleet early in 1999 and has advised Singapore Airlines that it will return the first of three Boeing ...
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Airtours acquires Air Belgium with Sun
UK group Airtours has acquired a majority stake in Air Belgium following its take-over of Belgian tour operator Sun International. The move marks a further incursion for the UK charter airline business into the continental European market. Airtours will take over an 80% stake in the largely privately owned ...
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Alitalia cancels cheap fares after Kinnock threat
Alitalia cancelled all promotional fares within Europe on 11 February after the European Commission (EC) warned that it would reconsider its approval of the carrier's state aid unless there was immediate action. The state aid package was finally cleared by the EC in mid-1997 after a lengthy investigation, but ...
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Boeing looks for answers to interference
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS A programme to buy passenger-owned electronic devices identified as interfering with navigation or flight management systems on its customers' flights has been launched by Boeing. Airlines suspecting radio frequency interference from the devices are being asked to record the type of equipment, including serial and model ...
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Asiana steps up partner hunt
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Asiana Airlines is stepping up the search for a partner following South Korea's decision to lift the cap on airline foreign ownership to 49%. The carrier also raises the possibility of acting as a British Airways franchise partner in the Asia Pacific region. The South Korea ...
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Manufacturers issue fresh bids as SIA revives long haul plans
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Airbus Industrie and Boeing have submitted fresh proposals to Singapore Airlines (SIA) in response to a renewed impetus within the airline to move ahead with its ultra long haul requirement with either the A340-500 or 777-200X. The two rival manufacturers are understood to have made improved ...
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SkyWest buys Brasilias for new United Express services
Skywest Airlines is to buy 20 new Embraer EMB-120 Brasilias after United Airlines awarded the carrier a contract to provide United Express regional services in the US Pacific North-west, replacing WestAir. Skywest will also acquire seven used Brasilias because it requires a total of 27 additional aircraft for its ...
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Ryanair closes on narrowbody fleet decision
Ryanair is in final negotiations with Airbus Industrie and Boeing for up to 50 narrowbodied aircraft, and expects to finalise an order by the end of March. The Irish low fare airline, which operates its main hub from London Stansted, revealed last October that it was examining various options to ...
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Marketplace
-Bombardier has received an order from Austrian regional Tyrolean for two de Havilland Dash 8-300s, one Dash 8-400 and two Canadair Regional Jet 200s, while Austria's Rheintalflug has ordered one Dash 8-300 and has a conditional order for one more. -Denver, Colorado-based Frontier Airlines has taken delivery of a Boeing ...
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United jumps in after WestPac fails Chapter 11
Western Pacific Airlines in the USA ceased operations on 4 February, after efforts to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection failed. United Airlines immediately offered to re-accommodate passengers holding WestPac tickets under a deal which would see the airline receiving up to 60% of revenues already paid to the failed ...
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Airbus puts back entry into service of A3XX
Julian Moxon/PARIS Airbus Industrie is to delay the entry into service of its planned 555-seat A3XX by at least nine months, to the third quarter of 2004. The consortium claims that the delay is "minor" and says that the current economic chaos in key Asian markets is not responsible ...
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Iberia picks Airbus A320 family for short haul fleet
Iberia is to standardise on Airbus Industrie aircraft for its short haul fleet, following a decision to place orders for up 76 A320 family aircraft. The airline is to add 16 additional Boeing 757s for its short term needs, however. The Spanish flag carrier has signed a memorandum of ...
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Jet age dawns for 328
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH When the completed Fairchild Dornier 328JET was first shown to Reinhold Birrenbach, head of the 328 project since its turboprop days, he must have felt a little self-satisfied. "This is the way the aircraft always should have looked," he said, observing the clean lines of the newly fitted ...
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New stretch of 747 defined
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Boeing has revised its future 747 growth studies to include a 500-passenger stretch version with a larger wingspan, known as the -400Y Stretch, while dropping another long range variant dubbed the -400ERY. The company stresses that the only new version of the 747 being formally ...