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Green light shows for Quiet Skies 707 hushkit
The first Quiet Skies-developed Stage 3 hushkit for a Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B-powered Boeing 707-300 is due to be delivered to the inaugural customer, a private European owner, by the end of this month. The delivery follows the award of a supplemental type certificate (STC) by the US Federal ...
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-Air Mauritius has launched a weekly flight from Mauritius to the Mozambique capital Maputo with a Boeing 767-200ER. The same-day return leg flies via Harare, replacing the airline's non-stop flights between Mauritius and the Zimbabwean capital. Lagos is added to the African network on 3 December with two weekly 767 ...
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US association predicts record profits for 1999
Major US airlines are expected to earn record profits this year and surpass them in 1999, predicts David Swierenga, chief economist for the US Air Transport Association (ATA). He says ATA's member airlines will post $5.4 billion in net profits in 1998 and record as much as $6.5 billion ...
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Pressure mounts for Uganda Airlines
Chris Yates/LONDON Doubts are rising over whether Uganda Airlines will survive to see its eventual planned privatisation. The airline, which operates a single leased Boeing 737-500, is being propped up by a government subsidy as it attempts to stave off creditors seeking payment for mounting unpaid debts. The situation has ...
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Aerolineas selects A340 for revamp
Aerolineas Argentinas will begin to introduce a fleet of up to 12 Airbus A340s next March, after signing a memorandum of understanding with Airbus Industrie. The airline has concluded a deal for four 225-seat A340-200s and two larger 264-seat A340-300s. The A340-200s are believed to be ex-Philippines or ex-Air ...
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Airtours aims to extend Europe links
Corsair, the French charter airline, looks set to become the next European airline to join the fast-growing Airtours group as its parent company, Nouvelles Frontieres, may be taken over by the UK tour operator. Airtours and its UK rival Thomson, which runs Britannia Airways, have been progressively expanding throughout ...
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Continental deal revives 767-200ER
Continental Airlines has signed a deal with Boeing for 10 new 767-200ERs to boost its long-haul fleet. The order signals a revival of the smaller 767 variant which has been out of production for airline customers since 1994. Delivery of the 176-seaters will begin in 2000 with the first ...
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American races to Reno Air
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC American Airlines has acquired Reno Air in a deal worth $124 million. The acquisition is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 1999, after which the airlines will begin integrating the route networks and work forces. American, the second-largest airline in the USA, plans to ...
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ATR keeps up Chinese production hopes
Franco-Italian regional aircraft consortium ATR is to extend a 1997 memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Aviation Industries of China (AVIC), keeping open the possibility of establishing an ATR 72-500 production line in China. Xian Aircraft (XAC) has been producing the aircraft's fuselage section 16 since last year. With a ...
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KLM's alpine deal
KLM has signed a partnership deal with new Austrian airline Air Alps Aviation, due to begin operations in mid-1999, with two 31-seat Fairchild Dornier 328. Air Alps, 49% owned by Air Engiadina, will serve Amsterdam Schipol three times daily from Salzburg and Innsbruck. Source: Flight International
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American thinks again on 1999 expansion plans
The weakening international economy has caused American Airlines to rethink its growth programme for 1999, with proposals for certain new routes being dropped and aircraft retirements increased. The US major is to retire eight McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10s and two Boeing 727-200s several years earlier than planned, bringing its total ...
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Lufthansa objections to Aeroflot 737 services resolved
A dispute over Aeroflot's use of its new Boeing 737-400s, which are not registered in Russia or the European Union, on services to Germany has been resolved. A ban on the operations had been implemented in early October, after an objection was made by Lufthansa. The Bermudan registered Boeings ...
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Amakusa takes Dash 8 for island link
Amakusa Airlines, a new Japanese regional carrier, is to start operations with a recently ordered Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8, according to Bombardier Aerospace. Delivery of the 39-seat Dash 8-100 will take place next October, but the airline does not plan to launch revenue services until early 2000. Amakusa ...
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Britannia 737 deal heralds regional return
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Britannia Airways has confirmed its move back to the sub-200-seat market after an eight year break, with a deal for up to 10 Boeing 737-800s. The move will enable the UK charter carrier to increase services from UK regional airports and boost its Scandinavian operations. Britannia has ...
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Mandarin/Formosa set to merge in June
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Taiwan's China Airlines (CAL) has fixed a June target date for the merger of its two subsidiaries, Mandarin Airlines and Formosa Airlines. The move is intended to create a new domestic carrier, allowing CALto concentrate on international services. It has been under examination since mid-1998, following ...
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Litton flight tests gyro retrofit on Boeing 727
Litton Aero Products is flight testing its LTR-97 fibre optic gyro-based system on a Boeing 727-200 as a strap-down replacement for potentially thousands of aircraft equipped with older electro-mechanical, vertical and directional gyros. The market, estimated to be for around 5,000 systems, includes McDonnell Douglas DC-8s, DC-9s and MD-80s, ...
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Sticky problems tar Malpensa operations
The latest in a stream of mishaps and malfunctions to have plagued Milan Malpensa Airport since its 25 October "relaunch" as Milan's primary international airport is the melting of the newly laid surface of runway 1. Aircraft were disabled on 5 and 6 November when lumps of tar stuck to ...
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Marketplace
-Atlas Air has placed one Boeing 747-200F and two Boeing 747-400Fs with FedEx on wet-lease, by the end of the year. -Cebu Pacific is boosting its McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 fleet to ten with the addition of three more aircraft.The first aircraft, an ex-Air Canada example, was delivered last month. Two ...
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ANA/China agreement
All Nippon Airways (ANA) and China Eastern have signed a commercial deal, including codesharing, to come into effect on 1 February, subject to a Government go-ahead. Initially there will be 18 codeshare flights a week from Osaka to Shanghai and Beijing via Qingdao. Source: Flight International
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-Alitalia Cargo and KLM Cargo have started a joint freighter service. Using two KLM Boeing 747-300s and three Alitalia 747-200s, the airlines have a multihub arrangement based on Amsterdam Schiphol, Milan Malpensa and Rome Fiumicino. The agreement enables Alitalia Cargo to add Amsterdam, Dubai, Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Singapore and Tel ...