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Shrunk 777 'depends on Asia-Pacific liberalisation'
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE INTRODUCTION OF the planned -100X "shrink" version of the Boeing 777 will depend on a much greater liberalisation of air rights in the Asia-Pacific region, including the negotiation of new bilateral and overflight agreements, says a senior Boeing executive. Boeing expects the 777-100X to ...
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GE90 777 prepared for flying restart
THE FIRST General Electric GE90-powered Boeing 777 was expected to begin flying again around 17 July following the installation of new platform spacers in the engines. Both GE-powered aircraft were grounded for more than seven weeks by the discovery of a fan imbalance during ground-based birdstrike tests on ...
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747X studies go on as VLCT plans are frozen
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES BOEING IS CONTINUING studies of 747 stretch designs, despite the suspension of joint studies with the Airbus partners of a very large commercial transport (VLCT) on the basis of insufficient market potential. The company is concentrating on two design options - the largest able to ...
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Door falls from American Eagle ATR 72
INVESTIGATORS ARE examining a cabin door which fell from an American Eagle ATR 72 shortly after take-off from Chicago O'Hare International airport on 10 July. A flight attendant sitting in the jump seat beside the door was saved by a passenger who grabbed her arm. Other passengers then ...
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Mandarin 747-400 delivered
Mandarin Airlines has taken delivery of its first Boeing 747-400. The Taiwan-based carrier is to use the aircraft on international routes, including Taipei-Vancouver. The airline, which is wholly owned by China Airlines, already operates three 747SPs. Source: Flight International
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R-R solves RB.211-524H combustor problem
David Learmount/LONDON ROLLS-ROYCE HAS introduced modifications and additional inspection procedures to the RB.211-524H turbofan following an in-flight incident in which a core fairing just aft of the combustion chamber burned through. A UK Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) report of an incident involving a British Airways ...
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KrasAir takes DC-10 for US-Russia flights
KRASAIR, THE Krasnoyarsk-based Russian airline, has taken delivery of the first of two McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30s. It will become the first Russian operator to fly a US-registered aircraft into the USA when it begins operating the tri-jet from Moscow to Los Angeles and New York later in 1995. ...
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Trouble in store?
Any organisation, which opposes the introduction of a new safety measure, is storing up potential trouble for itself, especially if its opposition is successful. On those grounds alone, the regional airlines and their supporters, which are opposing the application of large-airliner safety standards, to ten- to 19-seat turboprops are playing ...
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Phantom of the skies
CROSSAIR UNMASKED ITS latest Saab 2000 delivery on 2 July, when the aircraft, painted in the colours of the musical The Phantom of the Opera, went into service on the Basle/London Heathrow route. The airline will be the official carrier for the Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, which opens in Basle ...
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Finnair embarks on trials of mobile-telephone detector
FINNAIR HAS BEGUN trials of a system, which can detect mobile-telephone signals inside aircraft cabins. Cabin crew will be equipped with the portable device to catch mobile-phone users, whose calls may interfere with aircraft systems. The carrier says that, despite being alerted to the potential dangers, a small ...
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Chek Lap Kok date put back
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE THE EXPECTED completion date of Hong Kong's new Chek Lap Kok Airport has been pushed back to April 1998, following the signing of a long-awaited agreement with China on the overall financing of the project. The Hong Kong Government has admitted for the ...
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Back In Business
Finland's only independent airline, Air Botnia, has resumed passenger services after coming close to bankruptcy. The restructured regional carrier, under new management and believed to have re-scheduled its debts, provides domestic services, operating three Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirantes. Source: Flight International
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BAC One-Eleven Spares
World Aviation Support, the sister company of British World Airlines, has bought British Aerospace's complete spares stock for the BAC One-Eleven. The £20 million package of rotables and consumables will be held at the company's South end base in the UK and together with maintenance services, will be offered to ...
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BA urges restraint on open-skies deal
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON British Airways chairman Sir Colin Marshall has called on US transportation secretary Federico Pena to resist pressure to force the pace on a UK-US open-skies agreement in the current round of bilateral negotiations. He also cautions against rushing European moves towards an open-skies policy. ...
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New Latvian flag carrier appointed
Gunter Endres/LONDON THE LATVIAN Government has approved the Baltic International USA (BIUSA)/ Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) proposal for the establishment of a partially privatised airline to take over the operations of Baltic International Airlines (BIA) and the loss-making state-owned carrier Latavio Latvian Airlines. The new ...
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American to replace Omega with FMS/GPS
AMERICAN AIRLINES plans to buy flight-management/global-positioning systems (FMS/GPS) to replace Omega navigation systems in up to 400 Boeing 727s and McDonnell Douglas MD-80s and DC-10s. A selection is planned by September. American is the first major airline to plan a fleet-wide GPS retrofit programme. Rockwell-Collins, which plans to ...
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Japan to study third Tokyo airport
JAPAN'S MINISTRY OF Transport is to launch a study into building a third new airport for Tokyo, as part of a long-term plan to relieve congestion at the Narita and Haneda airports. The feasibility study is contained in the ministry's next five-year plan for airport development between ...
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Canadian Airlines launches restructuring effort
CANADIAN AIRLINES has launched a fresh restructuring programme, designed to counter weak passenger traffic and the capacity expansion of its rival Air Canada. The carrier is talking to unions to try to achieve productivity gains of C$125 million ($90 million) through a mix of job cuts, salary savings ...
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FSI places order for two Saab 340 Level D devices
FLIGHTSAFETY International (FSI) has ordered two Saab 340A/B Level D full flight simulators to enter service by the end of 1996. Locations for the regional-turboprop simulators will be decided later this year, and FSI is evaluating the possibility of placing one in the Asia-Pacific region. FSI has also ...
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Tri Star to start with BAe 146s
START-UP NEVADA-based carrier Tri Star Airlines will begin services on 17 July, from Los Angeles and San Francisco, California, to Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon with three British Aerospace 146-200s. The airline ran a series of proving flights for five days from 5 July before beginning three ...