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US Airways deal under threat
THE DEAL between US Airways and Airbus Industrie for up to 400 new aircraft will expire on 30 September, unless the US carrier is able to win major contract concessions with its workers. The deadline was disclosed for the first time by senior US Airways management during a ...
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BA boss backs TAT director despite strikes
The chairman of British Airways, Robert Ayling, has entered the fray over the strike action of BA's French subsidiaries TAT European Airlines and Air Liberté, now entering its second week without resolution. Speaking during a visit to Paris on 17 April, Ayling said that the two debt-plagued airlines, ...
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BA is first to pick Roll-Rolls 'hybrid'
British Airways has become the first airline to select the Rolls-Royce RB.211-524HT "hybrid" engine, having signed a letter of intent (LoI) with the UK manufacturer specifying the powerplant for 14 Boeing 747-400s, ordered in September 1996. The engine deal will be worth more than $500 million to R-R, ...
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Chek Lap Kok fees create conflict
CONTROVERSY IS mounting over the level of user charges proposed for Hong Kong's new Chek Lap Kok (CLK) Airport, with airlines and the tourism lobby arguing that the rise in fees would damage competitiveness. The concerns surfaced in the Hong Kong Legislature's 1997/8 budget debate, with concerns voiced ...
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Government fall stirs Indian civil-aviation confusion
India's civil-aviation policy has again been thrown into doubt following the fall of the country's United Front Government, which came only weeks after a ruling that foreign airlines would have to sell any shares held in Indian domestic carriers. India's acting aviation minister, C M Ibrahim, passed the ...
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Dasa improves but continues with loss
Daimler-Benz Aerospace (Dasa) stayed in the red during 1996, ending the year with an operating loss of DM196 million ($114 million) after a poor performance from the military-aircraft and missiles businesses. The result continues the improvement made after 1995, when charges from the withdrawal from the Fokker regional ...
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Gradual development
By the mid -1980s, the Soviet Ministry of Aviation Industry (MAI) began to seek proposals from design bureaux for a replacement for the Antonov An-24 short-haul regional twin-turboprop, which had been in service since 1962. The idea was that the new aircraft could also serve as a replacement for the ...
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UPS to Manila
UPS Airlines has launched a new service to Manila in the Philippines, using a McDonnell Douglas (MDC) DC-8 freighter. The service will be operated five times a week from UPS' Taipei cargo hub to Manila, en route to Singapore. The parcels-carrier's main competitor, FedEx, is to extend its Asian cargo ...
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workshop...
++ Florida-based AeroCorp has won heavy maintenance work for 30 Boeing 727s from two airlines. American Trans Air has agreed a 20 aircraft "nose-to-tail" deal worth $15 million covering maintenance of its 727s for 1997 and 1998. Sun Country has signed a similar agreement, worth more than $5 million, covering ...
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Crossair modifies LF507s on Avro RJ85s and RJ100s
Crossair is now half way through the process of making the engine modifications needed to improve unsatisfactory dispatch reliability on its AI(R) AvroRJ85/RJ100 fleet in a bid to (Flight International, 16-22 October, 1996). President Moritz Suter confirms that the Swiss regional airline has had "serious problems" with the ...
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-as Southern Air plans to treble 747-200F fleet
Southern Air Transport (SAT) plans to add another six Boeing 747 freighters to its fleet over the next three years, but has not yet established from where the aircraft will be sourced. The US freight carrier, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary, operates a fleet of 15 Lockheed ...
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DHL signs MoU with Airbus for A300 freighters
DHL Airways has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Airbus Industrie for the acquisition of seven used A300B4 freighters for its US express-parcels network, and could later add additional aircraft for its European operations. The airline will take delivery of the seven aircraft, which are General Electric ...
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SIA is first to order FANS-A upgrade for Airbus A340s
Singapore Airlines (SIA)has become the first customer for the Airbus future-air-navigation system-A (FANS-A), with a commitment to install it on its fleet of long-haul A340-300s. Airbus aims to gain certification of FANS-A equipment on the A330/340 in April 1998, with ßight trials using its A340 testbed due to ...
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R-R, Boeing to draw up -524HT test plans
Rolls-Royce has signed a memorandum of understanding with Boeing covering the formulation of a flight-test schedule for the RB.211-524HT "hybrid" turbofan, although the timing of the programme remains uncertain as the UK manufacturer works to locate a suitable testbed aircraft. The -524HT, which uses the core of the ...
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Transaero will lease intrim 767s and 737s
Russia's privately owned Transaero plans to add three Boeing 767-200ERs and six 737-400s to its fleet during 1997, in an effort to boost capacity until deliveries of next-generation Boeing 737s commence in 1999. The first of the leased aircraft, a 767 and three 737s, are due to join ...
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Jersey European may add larger aircraft to cope with expansion
JERSEY EUROPEAN Airways is considering options for the expansion of its fleet, which could see the airline introduce new larger aircraft in 1998. The regional airline, which flies 12 British Aerospace 146s, four Fokker F27s and two Shorts 360s, has experienced 25% annual growth over the past six ...
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East African Alliance merger moves ahead
Criticism has begun to emerge over the proposed merger of the national flag carriers of Tanzania and Uganda into Alliance, the joint-venture carrier led by South African Airways (SAA). Alliance is pressing ahead with plans for fleet and network expansion, however. Ministers from Tanzania and Uganda agreed "in ...
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S Korea signs AI(R) JET deal
Aero International (Regional)'s planned AI(R) JET 70 regional-aircraft development has been given a boost, with South Korea signing a preliminary agreement to join the programme, angling for a stake of up to 40%. The Korean Commercial-Aircraft Development Corporation (KCADC) and a team from AI(R), headed by chief executive ...
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Two weeks of RVSM confirms pilot fears over TCAS alerts
Airline pilots have reported frequent, long-duration, "nuisance" traffic advisories (TAs) from their traffic-alert and collision-avoidance (TCAS) systems in North Atlantic air space during the two weeks since the implementation of reduced vertical-separation minima (RVSM) in the area. RVSM is a procedure for operating with vertical separations of 1,000ft ...
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Atlas closes on freighter order decision-
Atlas Air, the world's largest Boeing 747 freighter operator, is close to deciding whether to order an unspecified number of 747-400 freighters. According to Michael Chowdry, chairman and chief executive officer, the 747-400F is seen as "the next step" for the US contract cargo operator. Atlas Air is ...