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UK carriers close on A300F contracts
SEVERAL UK-based cargo airlines are confirming plans to begin operating Airbus A300 freighters, as DHL works towards the introduction of the widebody on its intra-European network. Heavylift Cargo Airlines is understood to have concluded a deal with C-S Aviation Services for two British Aerospace Aviation Services (BAeAS)-converted A300B4 ...
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Vietnam nears decision on long-haul fleet
Vietnam Airlines expects to make a decision on a new long-range passenger aircraft before the end of the year, but says that its final type selection will be largely contingent on the availability of either US or European export-credit financing. The airline has narrowed its choice down to ...
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ARIA posts profits after year of growth
Aeroflot-Russian International Airlines(ARIA) has posted a positive set of 1996 results, showing a strong growth in passenger numbers and a boom in cargo traffic. ARIA revealed an overall net profit of 124.5 billion roubles ($22 million) for 1996, and the results would have been better but for an ...
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Japanese majors look to improve on a poor 1996
Japan's major airlines have revealed disappointing financial performances in 1996/7, as higher fuel charges and a weak yen eroded operating profits, but the carriers are optimistic that there will be improvements this year. Japan Airlines (JAL) swung back into the red with an overall net loss of ´9.2 ...
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Indian separation
Indian Airlines chairman P C Sen is studying proposals to spin off the domestic carrier's engineering services into a stand-alone business with its own identity and accounts. Sen has cited the lead set elsewhere in Asia by Singapore Airlines and Gulf Air, which have successfully turned their engineering departments into ...
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Power shortage
According to current folklore, engine makers don't actually make any money out of building engines: they give them away, and then hope they will recoup the cost out of spares and maintenance in years to come. The engine makers, at least in public, will reject that as a wild exaggeration, ...
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The cost of free flight
RUNNING an orderly air-traffic-management (ATM) system using airways, by definition, confines aircraft to a fraction of the airspace available. At a time when the skies are becoming increasingly crowded - particularly in Europe - any ATM system which fails to use all available airspace is, therefore, giving up part of ...
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Boeing battles to complete 777-X definition for Paris
Boeing is struggling to get its proposed 777-200X/ 300X growth derivatives off the ground in time for the Paris air show, as the company considers a further increase to the maximum take-off-weight (MTOW) of the aircraft to meet airline range and payload demands. The US manufacturer is discussing ...
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American chief decries delay in BA deal
AMERICAN AIRLINES has blasted critics of the proposed alliance between the US carrier and British Airways, and assailed the "foot-dragging" in securing regulatory approval for the deal. Bob Crandall, American's chairman and chief executive, has told a congressional panel that the deal, revealed in April 1996, has been ...
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BM chooses V2500 for its A320/A321s
British Midland (BM) has selected the International Aero Engines (IAE) V2500-A5 to power the 20 Airbus A320/A321s it is ordering, thus rejecting the rival CFM International (CFMI) CFM56, which powers the UK carrier's fleet of Boeing 737s. The engine selection, which has a book value of nearly $400 million, will ...
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EC proposes to extend powers
The European Commission (EC) is proposing to give itself sweeping new powers over air-transport competition, including extending its authority to rule on mergers outside the European Union(EU). The proposals, if approved by the Council of Ministers, would give the Commission significant influence over alliances, co-operative joint ventures and ...
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Europe's long-range twin
Austrian Airlines will in August 1998 become the first European operator of the A330-200 The A330-200 shares flightdeck commonality with the other Airbus fly-by-wire aircraft Emirates is replacing its fleet of A300-600Rs and A310-300s with R-R Trent-powered A330-200s The first wingbox being manufactured by ...
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Jumbo challenge
If Airbus Industrie sticks to its timetable for the A3XX, the first example of the 560- to 660-seat long-range giant will be undergoing flight demonstrations for the first time in public at the 2003 Paris air show. What visitors to the show will see circling over the famous Le Bourget ...
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Growth markets
While the prime focus at the last major European air show, Farnborough in September 1996, was on the dog-fight between Boeing and Airbus Industrie to launch a 747 successor, the duel has now regrouped around longer range, and/or increased capacity derivatives of the two rivals' existing products. Airbus ...
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Thrusting forward
Two years ago, the world's three big engine makers - General Electric, Pratt & Whitney and Rolls-Royce - were at the Paris air show, fighting over the future direction of thrust growth for one major programme, the Boeing 777. Other airframes, and their potential derivatives, were very much in the ...
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The necessity for European mergers
Sir - The Comment "Hands off" (Flight International, 21-27 May) appropriately addresses the real problem of European aerospace-industry integration. This difÌculty is also highlighted in the problems surrounding Aerospatiale and the valuation of its intellectual property rights in the negotiations to formalise Airbus Industrie as a standalone corporation. ...
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FedEx extras
FedEx is to purchase all-cargo frequency allocations to Argentina from Miami-based Arrow Air and Florida West International Airlines. FedEx will add three weekly flights to its daily service. Source: Flight International
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SkyWest enters Canada
Delta Connection carrier SkyWest launched its first international service on 1 June, with a daily Canadair Regional Jet flight linking Salt Lake City, Utah, with Vancouver, British Columbia. The airline reports increased profits for the year ended 31 March. Source: Flight International
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Maverick suspends
US start-up Maverick Airways has suspended scheduled services as it restructures. The carrier began operations on 20 January, linking Denver with Steamboat Springs and Grand Junction in Colorado. Maverick founder and president Cody Diekroeger has been asked to resign, as the airline seeks extra financing. Source: ...
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Great Lakes rebuilds its route structure
GREAT LAKES Aviation has started to rebuild its route structure after its aircraft were grounded in a dispute with the US Federal Aviation Administration over maintenance procedures. The regional airline, which feeds traffic to United Airlines and Midway Airlines, began offering limited services from 23 May to five ...