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Boeing drives 777 ahead but loses Gulf Air orders
BOEING IS continuing its intensive effort to push the 777 into service on time after confirming that it has lost Gulf Air's order for six aircraft, with six options. The Bahrain-based carrier dropped its commitment to the General Electric GE90-powered aircraft after deciding that it would end ...
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Laminar-flow testing begins on Airbus A320
DAIMLER-BENZ Aerospace (DASA) Airbus has begun flight tests of an Airbus A320 fitted with a hybrid laminar flow (HLF) fin. The tests are taking place in Toulouse, in co-operation with the German Aerospace Research Establishment (DLR) and the other Airbus partners. The programme aims to fly an aircraft ...
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Vietnam Airlines to use Region Air A320
REGION AIR OF Singapore is near to finalising a deal to lease its first Airbus Industrie A320 to Vietnam Airlines, as negotiations continue for the lease of a further eight narrow body aircraft. Vietnam Airlines is expected to take delivery of the aircraft - its eighth A320 - ...
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Struggling TWA details 1994 loss
TRANS WORLD Airways (TWA) has revealed that it ended 1994 with losses of $436 million, although the struggling airline takes some comfort from an improvement in its unit costs and a reduced operating loss. Unit costs fell by more than 2%, because of early returns from a new ...
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Alitalia plans for more job cuts
ALITALIA IS understood to be keen to press ahead with plans to cut another 2,600 jobs over the next two years as the Italian flag carrier continues the struggle to win wage concessions from its workforce. In its 1994 annual results, Alitalia revealed that it shed 1,600 jobs ...
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ANZ poised to take stake in Ansett
Air New Zealand (ANZ) is expected to make a direct entry in to the Australian domestic market by taking a stake in the Ansett group. Ken Cowley, chief executive of News Corporation, which jointly owns Ansett, is due to meet Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating to discuss the ...
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Dawn of Apollo
GREEK CHARTER CARRIER APOLLO Airlines began operations on 25 March, using a single leased Airbus A300B4. A second aircraft is due to arrive in May. Initial planned routes will link the Greek mainland and islands to Scandinavian destinations initially. Services to other European cities will begin once the second machine ...
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Kendell confirms Saab 340 orders
Wagga Wagga-based Kendell Airlines, owned by Ansett partners News Corp and TNT, has confirmed orders for two new Saab 340Bs for July delivery. The two aircraft, which had been under preparation for another operator, will be flown on two New South Wales regional routes which Kendell now operates ...
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Coming together
In a hangar in Marietta, Georgia, the prototype Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 air-superiority fighter stands amid an impressive array of sample parts and prototype components ranging from avionics connectors to fuselage bulkheads. "We were not talking viewgraphs," says F-22 programme general-manager Gary Riley, referring to the critical design-review (CDR), ...
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Dassault updates CATIA
DASSAULT SYSTEMES, in association with IBM, has released the latest upgrade of its CATIA computer-aided-design software. In addition to a range of functional enhancements, Version 4, Release 1.4 allows the CATIA to be operated on stand-alone Hewlett-Packard workstations for the first time. Since the release of CATIA ...
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MAS and Virgin postpone code-share beginning
MALAYSIA AIRLINES (MAS) and Virgin Atlantic have delayed the start of their code-sharing arrangement until May, after a review by Australia's International Air Services Commission. The two airlines were due to launch twice-daily joint services between London and Kuala Lumpur on 26 March. Australian Government approval, however, is ...
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PAL looks to jets as Fokker 50s go
PHILIPPINE AIRLINES (PAL) is considering a plan to replace its Fokker 50 turboprops with a fleet of new turbofan aircraft. The move is designed to enable domestic fares to be raised and airline losses reduced. The airline operates ten Fokker 50s, leased from AFT, for use on domestic ...
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Lufthansa to retreat from railway battle
LUFTHANSA IS considering dropping its shorter domestic routes because of the expansion of Germany's high-speed rail network. Executive board member Klaus Nittinger says that all air routes equivalent to 2h or less of ground travel time could be dropped as the rail network expands to provide more convenient ...
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Deutsche BA looks at going all-Boeing
DEUTSCHE BA IS considering dropping its five Fokker 100s, to consolidate into an all-Boeing 737 jet-fleet alongside its Saab turboprop aircraft. Managing director Richard Heideker says that, while Deutsche BA sees its domestic network as necessary to maintain market awareness, future expansion will be focused on international routes, ...
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European airports caution on passenger growth
EUROPE'S CONGESTED airports managed to overcome capacity constraints to post an 8% rise in passenger traffic during 1994, but the region's leading hubs at London and Paris warn that growth cannot be maintained without new infrastructure investments. Although passenger growth within Europe was close to the world average, ...
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Showdown looms on JAA rules
A CRISIS IS EMERGING over the certification of derivative airliners in Europe as the Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) declines to grant "grandfather rights" for key airworthiness requirements. McDonnell Douglas (MDC) MD-90s and Boeing's new 737 family are the primary aircraft affected by rules introduced since their forerunners gained ...
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BA plans high-capacity fleet to fill Heathrow
BRITISH AIRWAYS has outlined radical plans to raise the size of aircraft, which it flies from London's heavily congested Heathrow Airport. As part of the plan, BA is increasing pressure on Boeing for a stretched, 500-seat, 747 to come into service within the next four years. It is ...
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Chinese Start-Up
China's latest start-up carrier, Daxueshi Aviation, began services in late March equipped with five Harbin Y-12 turboprops. The privately owned airline is operating in support of oil companies in the remote Xinjiang region of western China. Source: Flight International
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Ice and poor management hit Viscount
THE OFFICIAL UK report on 1994's fatal crash of a Vickers Viscount freighter, following multiple engine ice-ingestion, severely criticises the crew's actions and the airline's emergency checklist. Two of the 36-year-old aircraft's four Rolls-Royce Dart turboprops flamed out after ingesting ice at 18,000ft (5,500m). The crew of the ...
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Kuwaiti A340 Delivered
Kuwait Airways has taken delivery of the first of four Airbus A340-300 airliners on 29 March. The aircraft is the first to be fitted with the 150kN (34,000lb)-thrust CFM56-5C4, the most powerful engine in CFM International's CFM56 range. The Kuwaiti A340s will be operated on routes to New York via ...