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AMR regional-jet competitors are running 'neck and neck'
AMR Eagle is due to make a final decision on its choice of regional jet by 23 May, after full evaluation of the two contenders, Bombardier's Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) and Embraer's EMB-145. The result is not expected to be made public until the Paris air show. With ...
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FAA hopes new deals will boost Central American safety
Safety oversight in Central American countries is to be boosted by the US Federal Aviation Administration as part of open-skies deals signed on 9 May. Agreements were signed with Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. Panama had earlier signed an open-skies agreement with the USA, and ...
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Star Alliance triggers 'hypocrisy' charge from American Airlines
Lufthansa says that it is already in talks with further Asian potential partner carriers to extend its newly unveiled "Star Alliance" with partners Air Canada, SAS, Thai Airways International and United Airlines. Brazilian carrier Varig also joined in the signing ceremonies, held in Frankfurt on 14 May, agreeing ...
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BWIA links up with Air Jamaica to cut costs
BWIA International Airways is linking with its Caribbean neighbour, Air Jamaica, to help cut costs and consolidate its position in the region. The two airlines have signed a memorandum of understanding to move forward with an "operating partnership" which could eventually lead to fleet and route integration. "The ...
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Air France adds India to global alliance
Air France has extended its growing network of global alliances by signing a new commercial accord with Air India. Further Air France deals are in the pipeline, including a probable agreement with a Chinese carrier, resulting from the visit to China by Air France president Christian Blanc and ...
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Boeing considers extending 777 fatigue testing
Boeing will decide in the next few weeks whether further fatigue testing of its 777 is required, before "tearing down" the full-scale fatigue specimen for analysis, but it is already applying test results to aircraft manufacture. Planned tests simulating 120,000 flight cycles ended in March. Boeing says that ...
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Trent 700 shut-downs halt ETOPs flights
Cathay Pacific Airways has suffered a second inflight shutdown of a Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engine in fewer than seven days. As a result, clearance for extended-range twin-engine operations (ETOPS) has been suspended by the Hong Kong authorities. The latest incident, involving an Airbus Industrie A330-300, occurred on 12 ...
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Airbus prepares for growth versions of A340-500/600
Airbus is preparing to brief airlines on its plans to develop heavier, longer-range growth derivatives of the A340-500 and -600, as it enters the final phase of commercial negotiations with Pratt & Whitney and Rolls-Royce to decide whose engine will be offered on the baseline aircraft. The growth ...
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19-seat market remains 'alive and well'
British Aerospace, Fairchild Dornier, Raytheon Aircraft and several regional airlines have rallied to the defence of the 19-seater market, a sector branded by US analysts as "dead or dying". Raytheon predicts a steady world market for its Beech 1900D which Mike Scheidt, vice-president for airline sales, predicts will ...
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Embraer introduces long-range EMB-145
EMBRAER has launched development of a long-range version of the EMB-145 regional jet. The 50-seat aircraft will have a range of 3,000km (1,600nm), compared with 2,400km for the current EMB-145, and is to become available in April 1998. The Brazilian manufacturer says that it has no customers yet ...
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Japan nears liberalisation
Japan's transport ministry is examining ways to liberalise regulated domestic air fares, following the recent decision to scrap restrictions on the number of carriers vying for a single route. A team of ministry advisers is looking at scrapping supply-and-demand adjustments to domestic air fares and replacing the system ...
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Irish regional delays route expansion
Ireland Airways has delayed planned new routes as the airline has been unable to introduce new, larger aircraft in time for services to start during its 1997 summer schedule. Ireland, which planned to take over the Dublin-Sligo service from Aer Lingus in March as the first stage of ...
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Chek Lap Kok is 'on target' despite railway concerns
Hong Kong's Airport Authority (AA) remains confident that the new airport at Chep Lap Kok will open as planned in April 1998, despite concern that the new airport express railway line and cargo-handling centre may not meet this schedule. With 12 months remaining before the $6.38 billion airport ...
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Future change
Terrazoni: "We think Airbus should be the vehicle for integration of the European civil-aircraft industry" Aerospatiale has expanded its presence in the regional-aircraft field considerably through the ATR 72 By far the largest component of France's civil-aircraft industry is built around the Airbus Industrie consortium, which ...
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Malev boosts share sale
The Hungarian Government is to sell off another 39%of Malev as the privatisation of the flag carrier goes into its second phase. Alitalia, which acquired 30%of Malev in the initial privatisation four years ago, may also have to sell its stake. The sale to Alitalia, and of another ...
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Boeing maps out strategy for near-term development plans
Boeing has confirmed that it is studying development of a further stretched version of the next-generation 737, but is giving more immediate priority to launching longer-range and higher-capacity versions of the 777-200/300 and possibly the 747-400. The company is looking at a higher-capacity 737 version, primarily for European ...
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City Bird boss hunts for new investors
Belgian entrepreneur Victor Hasson is seeking new investors for the recently launched City Bird long-haul airline, to reduce the controlling 58%share held by his City Hotels group. Hasson launched the City Bird concept in 1996, after selling control of EuroBelgian Airlines (EBA), the low-fare European carrier now operating ...
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Mindanao's Beech Express
Mindanao Express, the Philippine-based regional airline formed in 1996, has recently taken delivery of six secondhand Raytheon Aircraft models, including four Beech C99s, and two 1900Cs (pictured). The Philippine airline has begun operating a series of routes in the intra-Mindanao rural areas, and in addition is providing connections to major ...
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Battle plans
IT SEEMS TO BE SHAPING UP into a battle of master-plans - and therefore one of cultures. On the one hand, there is the master- plan of the supra-national European commercial culture; on the other there is the master-plan of the super- national integrated French culture. The battle is for ...
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ModiLuft attempts to relaunch
ModiLuft is preparing to relaunch airline operations, despite the fact that it is yet to resolve issues from its previous, abortive attempt to operate a domestic network in India. The Delhi-based carrier was set up in 1993 by Satish Kumar Modi, with assistance from Lufthansa, operating four Boeing ...