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Rockwell wins
Rockwell Collins has been selected over Honeywell to supply a new digital flight control system (DFCS), with Category IIIb automatic landing capability, for the Boeing Next Generation 737 family. Boeing's long-awaited move brings the aircraft into line with the Airbus A320 family, which already has full Cat IIIb automatic landing ...
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Cabin standards hinge on new authority
Emma Kelly/SALT LAKE CITY The boards of the World Airline Entertainment Association (WAEA) and ARINC are expected to consider by the end of this month a proposal for the formation of a new body to develop cabin standards. The new standardisation authority, the International Airlines Cabin Committee, should be established ...
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Air Kenya freezes expansion
Air Kenya's international expansion plans are on hold following Tanzania's announcement that it plans to withdraw from the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) economic grouping of 21 sub-Saharan African states. Air Kenya had hoped to inaugurate flights to Kilimanjaro and Mwanza in Tanzania, from Nairobi, with ...
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Routes
Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has signed its first commercial co-operation agreement with a US carrier, forming a partnership with Northwest Airlines. The agreement entails codesharing on MAS services between Kuala Lumpur and Los Angeles, and on Northwest's Kuala Lumpur-Detroit flights. The carriers say they plan to increase co-operation to US and ...
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China maintenance market attracts joint ventures
New Chinese maintenance company Shandong TAECO Aircraft Engineering (STAECO) plans to expand its capabilities and customer base by mid-2000. The move is part of a wide-ranging expansion of maintenance capacity in China as established companies increase facilities and new entrants join the fray. STAECO carries out maintenance below D checks ...
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BWIA poised for major share sale
Paul Lewis/MIAMI BWIA International Airways is to move ahead with share offerings on stock markets in the Caribbean and USA in an effort to raise up to $100 million in capital to underwrite the acquisition of replacement widebody jets. The Trinidadian carrier plans to make an initial public offering ...
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Boeing launches turnkey initiative with DHL freighter conversion contract
Max Kingsley-Jones/SEATTLE Boeing has raised its interest in aircraft remarketing and support to a new level following the launch of a far-reaching package of services covering DHL International's acquisition of converted 757 freighters. The "turnkey" deal is a departure for US manufacturer Boeing and is expected to be followed ...
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Rockwell secures HGS approval in UK
Rockwell Collins Flight Dynamics has secured UK Civil Aviation Authority approval for its head-up guidance system (HGS) on easyJet Boeing 737-300s and added new business with an order for 25 systems for Air Canada's Bombardier CRJ-100 and -200 regional jets. Low-cost scheduled carrier easyJet is the 17th airline to ...
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Virgin drops Sun Air plans
Virgin Atlantic Airways has abandoned plans to revive failed South African regional carrier Sun Air, but is chasing a tie-up with another regional, Nationwide Airlines, after winning a weekly frequency to Cape Town ahead of UK rival British Airways. Virgin already flies to Johannesburg and had codeshared on Sun ...
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BA/CityFlyer deal on - but with slot limits
UK trade and industry secretary Stephen Byers has approved the acquisition of CityFlyer Express by British Airways. He has, however, imposed a tougher cap on the number of take-off and landing positions BA can control at London Gatwick Airport, where the carriers are the two biggest slot holders. As ...
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Chinese airline tie-up talks break down
Merger talks between Air China and China Southern Airlines have broken down, Beijing-based industry sources say. Reports say talks failed amid continuing concern over flag carrier Air China's financial shape, with China Southern unsure of the merits of a merger. Flight International sister on-line service Air ...
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Shanghai's new Pudong Airport enters running-in trial period
Shanghai's new Pudong International Airport is to enter a six-month running-in period in November, after completing initial trials, it was revealed at the show. The $1.6 billion airport, which opened on 16 September, will eventually serve all international and most domestic flights, now being transferred in three stages from ...
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Widebody cargo conversion market expands
Max Kingsley-Jones/SEATTLE Airliner freighter conversion programmes have been launched by Lockheed Martin and DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (Dasa) Airbus, as rivalry continues between Dasa and fellow Airbus partner British Aerospace on an integrated conversion strategy. Lockheed Martin has revived the L-1011 TriStar conversion and has agreed to use Marshall Aerospace's ...
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Chinese industry wins more foreign contracts
Airbus Industrie and United Technologies have signed agreements awarding new work packages to China Aviation Industry I (AVIC I). The Airbus agreement allocates $15 million of Airbus A320 wing work from Airbus partner British Aerospace to AVIC I subsidiary Xian Aircraft Industry Group. The work will comprise four packages: ...
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US Airways increases Airbus order
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC US Airways has confirmed orders for another 26 Airbus Industrie A320s and an additional three A330s as the carrier continues to expand its domestic and international services. The latest aircraft order tally released by Airbus shows unannounced orders for 26 CFM56-5-powered A320s and three Pratt & Whitney ...
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Europe seeks views on Galileo navigation system
Emma Kelly/AMSTERDAM The European Commission (EC) has set up transportation groups to start gathering views from potential users of the Galileo satellite navigation system. Although forums have been established for the maritime, road and rail industries, no such group has been set up for aeronautical users. "We don't want ...
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Workshop
Aeronavali has subcontracted Boeing Airplane Services to convert a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 from passenger to freighter configuration for Brussels-based Skyjet Airways. Boeing was contracted by Aeronavali as Skyjet required the aircraft sooner than the Italian company could undertake the work. The aircraft is due to arrive in early November at ...
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British Airways receives its first of up to 188 A320 models
British Airways is this month introducing its first Airbus A319 - one of 59 International Aero Engines V2500-powered A320 family aircraft on firm order. The 126-seater will be used initially operate from BA's Birmingham base on services to Glasgow, Hanover and Frankfurt, Düsseldorf and Paris Charles de Gaulle. BA's Airbus ...
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Marketplace
Air Foyle has confirmed that its outsized cargo joint venture with Antonov is being expanded, with the design bureau's operating division, renamed Antonov Airlines, taking two additional An-124s (Flight International, 22-28 September). These ex-Rossiya operated aircraft bring the An-124 fleet to eight aircraft, and a ninth, ex-Titan, aircraft is to ...
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LanChile eyes converted 767Fs
Paul Lewis/MIAMI LanChile is interested in Boeing 767 freighter conversions as replacements for its McDonnell Douglas DC-8s. The Chilean national carrier operates 13 767-300ER passenger aircraft, but will begin to replace these twinjets with seven new Airbus A340-300s, the first of which is to be delivered next September. ...