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Ethiopian seeks more 767s as A340 deal collapses
Ethiopian Airlines has scrapped plans to lease an Airbus A340 for its recently introduced transatlantic operations and is seeking alternative equipment. Ethiopian concluded an agreement in May with Airbus Industrie Financial Services (AIFS) for the three-year lease of an ex-Gulf Air A340-300 to operate its new service to Washington ...
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Gill Air closes on Fokker 100 leases for franchise flights
Gill Air is finalising a deal to acquire three Fokker 100s to enable it to launch jet operations on its Air France franchise routes early next year. The UK regional airline, based in Newcastle, has selected the 100-seat Fokker for its jet requirement over the similarly sized British Aerospace ...
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Northwest goes polar
On 19 August Northwest Airlines made the first scheduled commercial flight using one of the new routes through polar and Siberian airspace, using a Boeing 747-400. The first of its four weekly Detroit, USA-Beijing, China, flights took off at about 16:00 local time, flying the Polar 2 route which takes ...
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One Eleven Stage 3 hushkit begins flight testing
Ian Sheppard/LONDON European Aviation and Quiet Technologies have completed initial flight tests of a proof of concept BAC One-Eleven Stage 3 hushkit prototype, and are satisfied that the aircraft will meet Stage 3 noise limits. The companies are to continue with development, having also shown that the fuel ...
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Routes
British Airways has started code-sharing on Malév Hungarian Airlines' services between Budapest Ferihegy and London Gatwick. Vietnam Airlines has suspended Hanoi-Seoul services and will stop the Ho Chi Minh City-Seoul route in mid-September. Air Tahiti Nui will launch services in November with three weekly flights ...
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Slimming down
Assembly times are under attack on British Aerospace's regional airliner production line Ian Sheppard/Woodford While Boeing struggles to stay profitable producing hundreds of airliners a year, British Aerospace Regional Aircraft (BARA) faces a different challenge - how to make money producing a handful of aircraft each year. Based at Woodford, ...
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Skynet 5 goes national
European military space integration has been ditched by the UKTim Furniss/LONDON The UK is to develop a new generation of military communications satellites rather than enter the Trimilsatcom collaborative programme with France and Germany (Flight International, 19-25 August). When he announced the Ministry of Defence decision on 12 August, Lord ...
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Braathens purchases Malmö Aviation
Braathens is to purchase Swedish airline Malmö Aviation for around SEK600 million ($74 million). Braathens partner KLM, which has a 30% stake in the Norwegian airline, will also "contribute" a sum believed to be about $20 million. The deal is the latest chapter in the tussle within the region ...
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Libya holds talks with BAe over aviation update
Carol Reed/LONDON A potential multi-billion-dollar business deal involving reconstruction of Libya's aviation infrastructure is being put on the table by the state's leader, Col Muammer Gadaffi, as a bargaining chip for Western states to lift their close to a decade-long sanctions against the North African country. British Aerospace ...
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AlliedSignal tunes in to datalinks
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES A full high-frequency datalink (HFDL) service for the North Atlantic is expected to begin operating this month, leading its designer AlliedSignal to predict significant new business in its battle with dominant supplier Rockwell Collins. The company's confidence stems from the certification of its XK516 HFDL ...
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Hong Kong move
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals has completed the move back to the airport at Chek Lap Kok of all freight handling operations, after overcoming computer problems. The resumption of full services at the new SuperTerminal One facility ends the emergency use of Hong Kong's Kai Tak Airport, which is now ...
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Alliance agreement
KLM Flight Crew Training Centre and Northwest Aero-space Training (NATCO) have signed an alliance agreement under which NATCO will market training on both organisations' simulators. Norway's Braathens is expected to join the network and talks are under way with other Northwest/KLM partners. Source: Flight International
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SIA seconds pilots
Singapore Airlines will transfer two of its senior Airbus A340 and Boeing 747 management pilots to China Airlines (CAL) for two years, following recent signature of a strategic alliance by the two carriers. Pow Tuk-Kwan will serve as CAL's new vice-president of flight operations and Gui Wee-Kee as special assistant ...
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Euro-ARINC wins American custom
THE US aeronautical communications provider ARINC has made further inroads into Europe, home ground for its rival SITA, signing American Airlines as a second customer for its European datalink network. ARINC's European network, which is based on VHF ground stations rather than satellite links, has now driven a firm ...
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Flight West launches international services
Australian regional carrier Flight West Airlines will start international services in October with eight weekly flights to Papua New Guinea (PNG) capital Port Moresby. The services, six from Cairns and another two from Townsville, will use a third Fokker F28 Mk4000 acquired by Flight West from Ansett Australia. Its ...
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El Al attempts to block plans to open Israeli freight market
Arie Egozi/TEL AVIV El Al is trying to foil an Israeli Government plan to open up the country's air cargo market to another local carrier, claiming that the move would threaten its revenue as it prepares for privatisation. El Al is the only Israeli airline with a licence ...
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KAL asks for 747-400 deferrals
Paul Lewis/SEOUL Korean Air (KAL) is asking Boeing to defer delivery of three 747-400s in 1999 in return for maintaining next year's acceptance schedule for three 777s. Fellow cash-strapped South Korean carrier Asiana Airlines has also opened negotiations with the US manufacturer for the return of a $140 million deposit ...
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Marketplace
-Malaysia Airlines has finalised a deal to sell two General Electric CF6-80C2-powered Boeing 747-400s to Qantas. The airline is still looking to dispose of three other 747s. -The El Al board of directors has now approved the purchase of two Pratt & Whitney PW4060-powered 767-200ERs from Air France, and the ...
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Philippine Airlines begins to reconstruct fleet and route network
Philippine Airlines (PAL), now operating under receivership, is to start expanding its fleet and route network again after drastic cut-backs announced in June. The reductions saw the airline slash operations to 21 routes, 14 aircraft and 200 flightcrew. PAL grounded a large part of its fleet and has been seeking ...
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Routes
-Austrian Airlines has launched a weekly service to Astana, the new capital of Kazakhstan. -US Airways' new low fare division MetroJet has launched a new service between Baltimore and Orlando. -Qantas has been cleared by the Australian authorities to move from five Boeing 767 flights to seven weekly Boeing ...