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Boeing targets Delta for stretched 767
Paul Lewis and Guy Norris/SEATTLE Boeing is close to launching the stretched 767-400ERX on the back of an anticipated order from Delta Airlines for a complete fleet of passenger aircraft. Interest in the 767 derivative has been revived after years of inactivity, during which time ...
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Boeing delays 747X go-ahead
Guy Norris and Paul Lewis/SEATTLE Boeing has been forced to delay the 747-500X/600X programme by at least four months because of continuing market uncertainty and the late definition of the General Electric/Pratt & Whitney joint-venture engine. The stretched, rewinged 747 was expected to be given the ...
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Airbus achieves two firsts with delivery of A319 to Air Canada
Kevin O'Toole/Toulouse Airbus INDUSTRIE handed over the first A319 to Air Canada on 12 December, the first of the type to go into operation in North America and also the first Airbus aircraft to be delivered on a nine-month production lead time. Airbus and Boeing have ...
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Constellation prefers A320s to 737-300s
Constellation International Airlines has switched from its selection of the Boeing 737-300 to the Airbus Industrie A320 to replace its fleet of Boeing 727-200s. The Belgian charter airline will take delivery in April 1997 of two A320s on lease from International Lease Finance, in time for its 1997 ...
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Indian Airlines selects Saab 2000s for regional services
The Saab 2000 has emerged as the winner in the competition to supply the Indian Airlines low-cost division, Alliance Air, with a 50-seat regional airliner. Alliance is planning an initial acquisition of six aircraft. Alliance, launched in April with Boeing 737-200s transferred from its parent, had been evaluating ...
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New Zealand unites
Air New Zealand and United Airlines have linked up as strategic partners, which will see them initiate codeshare flights between the USA and Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific Islands. Although the tie-up will not affect the level of aircraft capacity on the routes, the two carriers intend to ...
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Malaysia profits remain steady
Malaysia Airlines (MAS) just managed to hold profits steady over the first half of its 1996/7 financial year, but the group promises to emerge "stronger and leaner" in 1997 as restructuring continues. The group's net profit over the six months to the end of September dipped slightly ...
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Reforming Liberte
TAT president Marc Rochet prepares to lead British Airways' challenge in France. Julian Moxon/PARIS By the beginning of 1997, Marc Rochet, president since August of British Airways French subsidiary TAT, is likely to find himself president of the largest privately owned airline grouping in France. He is ...
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TriStar gets ready for major restructuring
TriStar Airlines, which recently returned three of its four British Aerospace 146s, says that it will soon announce a major restructuring of its operations and a move into new markets, with the acquisition of larger aircraft. The Las Vegas, Nevada-based airline, which began operations in 1995, says that ...
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Sarajevo delay
Crossair has postponed its planned launch of scheduled services between Zurich and Sarajevo after deciding that the Bosnian airport does not yet have in place an adequate approach system, snow clearance or de-icing. The Swiss regional carrier now plans to begin flights in January. Source: Flight International
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Flight engineers call for world drive to improve flight safety
Andrezj Jeziorski/MUNICH The International Flight Engineers Organisation (IFEO) has highlighted six areas in which it considers that action must be taken to counter spiralling air-accident fatalities. At its 1996 general assembly in Munich, the organisation expressed "regret and dismay" at the increasing number of fatalities ...
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Tunnel boost
The temporary closing to passenger traffic of the Channel tunnel, which connects France and the UK, has resulted in a significant increase of air traffic between the UK and continental Europe. British Airways, British Midland and Air France have all boosted capacity to Paris, the former by 25%. On the ...
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Growing ambitions
Emirates has achieved a phenomenal rate of growth during its first ten years, achieving profit in all but its second year. Paul Phelan/Dubai Since its inception in 1985, Dubai-based Emirates Airlines has, on average, doubled in size every three and half years and made a profit in all ...
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Qatar Airways decides on strategy for growth
Qatar Airways, fresh from a series of top management appointments, says that it will finalise its new long-term strategy after a board meeting in January, with the aim to "triple the size of the airline" by the end of 1997. The moves follows the appointment of Akbar ...
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UK tax increases anger airlines
UK tax increases anger airlines UK Government plans to double airport departure tax have angered airlines which claim that the country will now have the highest rates in Europe. A departure tax was first announced in the UK budget two years ago, set at ú5 ...
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Airbus and Boeing vie to modernise Indian Airlines
State-owned Indian Airlines has take the first step towards a massive overhaul of its fleet by informing manufacturers in late November that it is to replace its ageing fleet of Boeing 737-200 and A300B2/B4s. The 15 737s are operated by the recently created Indian Airlines subsidiary, Alliance ...
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Aeroflot and Ilyushin agree Il-96T production deal
Aeroflot and Ilyushin have signed the final contract paving the way for the production of 20 Il-96Ms and Il-96Ts. The $1.5 billion deal, signed on 3 December, will see the Russian-manufactured aircraft fitted with Pratt & Whitney PW2337 turbofans and Western avionics to be integrated by Rockwell-Collins. ...
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Boeing looks to increase 777IGW take-off weight
Paul Lewis/SEATTLE Boeing is discussing a further increase in the 777-200IGW's maximum take-off weight (MTOW) as an interim step towards a new ultra-long-range derivative of the twinjet. The US manufacturer is considering offering a 777-200IGW+ version for entry into commercial service from 1998 onwards, says ...
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American and FedEx finalise DC-10/727 hushkit exchange
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES American Airlines has concluded a long-awaited deal with FedEx, which will see the US package carrier take over at least 14 of American's McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10s in exchange for supplying hushkits for up to 81 Boeing 727-200s. Some 30 of American's 727s ...
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Tupolev
Tu-154M The Tu-154M is the current production version of the 160- to 180-seat Tu-154 TriJet, which was first flown in October 1968. Initial versions (the Tu-154, -154A and -154B-2) were equipped with Kuznetsov NK-8 engines. The Tu-154M was announced in 1983, powered by Aviadvigatel D-30KU turbofans and featuring ...