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Pyongyang trials cancelled
SOUTH KOREA has forced the cancellation of international-airline flight trials through the Pyongyang Flight Information Region (FIR), until procedural issues have been resolved with North Korea. Trials had been planned for 1-5 September by Cathay Pacific Airways, Delta Air Lines, Korean Air, Northwest Airlines and United Airlines. Selected westbound flights ...
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Saab sells 2000s and gains 340 customer
SAAB AIRCRAFT HAS SOLD two further Saab 2000s to French carrier Regional Airlines and added an Egyptian customer to its list of Saab 340 operators. The 2000 deal boosts the French carrier's numbers of the type to seven - making it the second-largest operator of the aircraft, behind Crossair. The ...
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ValuJet take-off
THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration reinstated ValuJet's air-carrier operating privileges on 29 August, allowing the grounded US low-cost carrier to resume flight operations as early as 4 September. ValuJet successfully completed a series of "proving runs" for FAA inspectors in late August, and the US Department of Transportation ...
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ATA retrenches
American Trans Air (ATA) will stop offering flights from Boston soon, in the face of stiff competition. As a result, the US carrier is cancelling leases on five Boeing 757-200s, which will be returned to lessors by the end of November. It is phasing out scheduled services between Boston and ...
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New Munich Airport is 'too small'
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH LUFTHANSA IS WARNING that it will soon encounter shortages of terminal capacity at Munich Airport, just a year after declaring its intention to turn the new airport into a major hub. "We have one problem in Munich: the airport is too small," says Christoph ...
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Delta MD-11 flies Olympic torch
DELTA AIR LINES, OFFICIAL AIRLINE of the 1996 Olympic Games, has begun international flights with a McDonnell Douglas MD-11 painted in the Olympic colour scheme. A Boeing 767 is already in service on domestic flights decorated in the same scheme, which incorporates the official "torch" logo of the Games, to ...
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Express postpones
Virgin Express has been forced to postpone the introduction of its new scheduled service between Brussels and Geneva (Switzerland) that was to begin on 2 September as the Swiss authorities have objected to the company's low fare policy. The authorities had suggested Virgin Express would link its low fare, which ...
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Kiwi fleet
Kiwi International is now allowed to operate all 15 of its aircraft. Four Boeing 727s had been taken out of service because of US Federal Aviation Administration concerns over the new airline entrant's pilot training. Two of the four aircraft were returned to service in late July and the other ...
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USA/Colombia accord
The USA and Colombia have hammered out a new aviation bilateral deal which gives US and Colombian carriers new rights, and cancels threatened sanctions. The accord remains in effect for two years. American Airlines will be allowed to operate three weekly New York-Bogota round-trip frequencies. It may also shift up ...
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Boeing's £6 billion bonanza
Boeing Commercial Airplane set the show alight yesterday with the announcement of 68 jetliner orders worth $6.3 billion. The company also revealed it is to launch a new version of the 757 twinjet - the 757-300 which will seat 20 per cent more passengers than the 757-200. Launch ...
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Boeing's trump card is a new 650-seat Jumbo
Boeing has plans for a 650-seat version of the 747, dubbed the 700X, it was revealed at Farnborough yesterday. Although the company says it does not expect to build the aircraft, it is clearly gearing up to take on Airbus Industrie if it launches its 555-800 seat A3XX double-decker ...
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French buy three RJs
Bombardier Regional Aircraft, having just enjoyed a record-breaking week of new orders, kicked off Farnborough ‘96 with another $60 million worth of business. Brit air of Morlaix, France took the opportunity of a visit to the Show to sign a contract for three Canadair Regional Jets and indicated that ...
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Warm interest in proposed MD-XX
McDonnell Douglas has received six letters of interest from airlines indicating possible orders for more than 40 of its proposed new 300-seater airline, the MD-XX. MDC president and chief executive officer Harry Stonecipher says he cannot reveal how many potential orders would be required to launch the MD-XX officially, ...
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Stahlwille makes a science of tool control
Not everyone who exhibits at Farnborough jets in from overseas or travels hundreds of miles along the motorway network. Just ask that chaps at Stahlwille Tools who base their operations a mere stone's throw from the showground in nearby Camberley. As the company name may suggest, there is ...
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Technicians take hats off to helmet
Helmet mounted displays (HMDs), once the preserve of fighter pilots, are now migrating to ground-based applications as aerospace technicians grapple with larger quantities of data and ever decreasing turn-round times. To help this vital operation, Rockwell Collins (H3/A20) is demonstrating Trekker, the new PC-based information system with personal HMD. ...
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ADS system on display 'live' at show
Visitors to Farnborough can chart progress towards a global satellite monitoring system for aircraft at the National Air Traffic Services (NATS) stand (H3/F1). NATS is a leading player in the European consortium which is trialling Automatic Dependent Surveillance (ADS). The ADS system harnesses the power of satellite technology, ...
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Longer jacket life equals savings
A lifejacket is one piece of onboard equipment that every airline hopes will never have to be used. However, every lifejacket has to be serviced periodically, which costs money. Typically, this servicing occurs every three, four or five years. British manufacturer Beaufort Air-Sea Equipment is showing its ...
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New ERA logo spreads the business message
Page 7 Farnborough visitors should get the first sight this week of a new livery that Europe's regional carriers hope will become increasingly familiar over coming months. As part of a continuing public awareness campaign, the board of the European Regional Airlines Association (ERA) has agreed a new ...
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Internet plays its spare part
Is there anything that can't be ordered over the Internet? If calling up pizza via the computer is just too easy, then why not shop for aircraft parts? Aviall of Dallas, Texas, is launching a parts order entry system on its home page. The system ...
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LAN focus
CommScope, a division of General Instrument, has acquired Teledyne division Thermatics to boost its manufacturing capacity for Local Area Network (LAN) markets, primarily in the aerospace sector. Brian Garrett, executive vice-president and general manager of CommScope, says: "Thermatics' speciality cable expertise brings access to new process capabilities and markets ...