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The voice of Farnborough enjoys every moment
When Stratton Richey arrived at rain-soaked Farnborough yesterday, he surveyed the clag and thought "brilliant". Richey, the airshow commentator, immediately knew that the early morning bad weather would disappear by the afternoon, clearing the skies for a full flying display programme. Richey is the man behind the microphone ...
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AI(R) steams ahead on planned 70-seater
Aero International (Regional) (AI(R)) is on the verge of announcing the two shortlisted engine manufacturers for its planned AI(R) 70 regional jet. The announcement at the Show, is due "close to October", with final selection in the second quarter of 1997, says new CEO Patrick Gavin. The company ...
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Change drives GE to new heights of performance
This year is a "defining year" for GE Aircraft Engines, with a range of initiatives and achievements, said company president and CEO Gene Murphy at the Show. Against a background of economic recovery in which airlines are returning to profit, GE has market leadership and has achieved a number ...
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Free flight no longer a flight of fantasy
In six months, the transition to free flight has progressed ten years, says Clay Jones, vice-president and general manager of Rockwell Collins Air Transport division. Speaking at the show, he says: "A lot has occurred since I spoke in Singapore about the transition to free flight. I said ...
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Debonair links
Debonair Airways will add Rome to its route network from November, with the introduction of non-stop daily flights between Luton and the Italian capital. New direct services from Rome to Munich and Barcelona, and a one-stop service between Copenhagen and Rome will also be inaugurated. Next month the ...
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Billion dollar deals are unveiled by titanic duo
The titanic struggle between Boeing and Airbus continued yesterday with huge new deals disclosed by each side. Boeing Commercial Airplane announces a deal for seven 747-400s, worth $1.18 billion. The customer is Philippine Airlines, which already operates 12 Boeing 747s. Meanwhile, Airbus Industrie says it has landed ...
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Near-miss highlights need for radio system upgrade
Details of one of the most serious near-miss aviation incidents ever recorded in Britain came to light in an official Civil Aviation Authority report last month. British Aerospace Systems and Equipment (BASE) is using the report to highlight the significance of its Contran VHF radio anti-blocking system. The ...
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Face the facts with...Mauricio Botelho
After sitting on a secret MoU since May, Embraer was able to tell the world this week of what could well end up as one of the largest contracts ever seen in the regional aircraft industry. It was thus a decidedly happy Maurício Botelho, Embraer's president ...
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EMB-145 is worth the wait for Continental
It may have taken Continental Express a year to decide on its new regional aircraft, but Embraer has no complaints now. The carrier has become the North American launch customer for the Brazilian-built 50-seat EMB-145 regional jet. It has announced firm orders for 25 of the type, plus ...
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Royal guest puts case for museum
The British Royal family has a long association with the aerospace industry and several members of "the firm" are visiting the show this week. HRH Prince Michael of Kent took advantage of an opportunity to meet many top people from the aviation business at a special event organised by ...
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Airbus head dismisses superjumbo derivative
Boeing's planned 747-500X/600X superjumbos are nothing but "warmed-over derivatives", a rival Airbus Industrie spokesman said at the Show yesterday. Its own proposed Airbus A3XXX "...will begin life where the Boeing 747 ends, even with its planned 650-seat 747-700X," says Airbus chief operating officer Volker von Tein. Speaking on ...
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Boeing bullish on future of 500X/600X
Boeing's proposed 747-500X ultra-long-range aircraft will be able to fly London-Perth non-stop, programme manager Jon Hayhurst said at the Show yesterday. "That's probably the most commercially significant route to potential customers," says Hayhurst who adds that the aircraft will also be capable of flying non-stop between Dakar and Chicago ...
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Pooled expertise helps to put V2500 on the map
Pubs are traditional haunts for journalists in search of a story, and the scribes who dropped into the Flying Partners at Farnborough yesterday were not disappointed. At the tavern mock-up which forms the heart of the International Aero Engines stand, the company announced four deals worth almost $300 million. ...
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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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British Airways
BRITISH AIRWAYS John Wood has been named director for Asia-Pacific at UK national carrier British Airways. Wood, most recently general manager/ vice-president for Canada, based in Toronto, replaces Val Gooding, who is to leave the airline. LITTON Steven Lambert has been appointed president ...
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Qantas aims to keep on saving
QANTAS CHAIRMAN Gary Pemberton has warned that, despite improved profits, further fleet expansion will have to be backed by renewed cost savings. Qantas ended its latest financial year to the end of June with net profits up by more than one-third at A$247 million ($190 million), comfortably ahead ...
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BWIA confirms cancelled Airbus orders
GILLES FILIATREAULT, incoming chief executive at BWIA International Airways, has confirmed that the Caribbean carrier does not intend to take two Airbus A340-300s it had ordered. Filiatreault says that, when he took over the job in August, he was reassured by BWIA's shareholders that the Airbus orders were effectively cancelled. ...