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TTS offers three-dimensional trainer
A three-dimensional (3-D) "spatially representative environment" has been introduced by Thomson Training & Simulation (TTS) for its flight management systems trainer (FMST). The system was initially developed for Continental Airlines Boeing 737-500 and 757-200 training. The FMST is the only such device to use the same software as that ...
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CAL pursues big fleet revamp
Paul Lewis/Singapore Brent Hannon/Taipei China Airlines (CAL) has issued airframe and engine manufacturers with a fresh request for proposals for up to 36 new widebody aircraft, while rival Taiwanese carrier EVA Airways has postponed its decision on a new fleet of ultra long haul passenger aircraft. CAL has ...
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Noisy pilots face jail
Airline pilots whose aircraft infringe airport noise regulations in Israel will face $41,000 fines or six months in prison if a proposed law is approved. Put forward by the environment ministry, despite Civil Aviation Authority and pilot opposition, the law would double penalties for a second contravention. The International Federation ...
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Boeing warns of further delays to 717
Boeing has confirmed that first flight of the 717-200, to be rolled out at Long Beach on 10 June, will now take place in early September, some three months later than originally scheduled. The flight test delays are also expected to have knock-on effects to the planned delivery of ...
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Airline group slams EU satellite plans
The Association of European Airlines (AEA) has reacted angrily to European Union (EU)plans to push ahead with the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay System (EGNOS) despite vocal airline opposition on the grounds of the probable high user costs. In an angry letter dated 22 May, AEA president and Lufthansa chairman ...
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AB Airlines expands with NG737s
AB Airlines has confirmed an order for six Next Generation 737-700s, for delivery at the rate of two a year between 2000 and 2002. The Stansted, UK-based airline, which listed a month ago on the London stock market, is initiating 737 operations with three ex-Jet Airways 737-300s on five year ...
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Boeing faces 'risk' on 737 production
Paul Lewis/SEATTLE Boeing admits that production of the Next Generation 737 is still the group's "biggest problem", but remains confident that it will still have delivered around 550 aircraft of all models by the end of the year. The company declines to comment on reports that continued problems ...
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Cathay rethinks 777-200 fleet
Paul Lewis/SEATTLE Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways plans to review the future use of its four Boeing 777-200s, following the introduction of the stretch -300 into service. The carrier is also disposing of an initial two surplus Boeing 747-200s to Virgin Atlantic Airways in an effort to rationalise types and ...
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Bombardier remains bullish on 70-seat turboprops
Bombardier flew the second de Havilland Dash 8-400 regional turboprop on 26 May from its plant in Downsview, Ontario. The aircraft is expected to join the first -400 at Bombardier's flight test centre in Wichita, Kansas, within a few weeks, according to the company. Despite having booked only 32 ...
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Ethiopian leases A340 for network expansion
Ethiopian Airlines is boosting its long haul fleet with the introduction of a leased Airbus Industrie A340-300 which it will use on its new transatlantic operations as well on existing services to Europe. The A340-300, which has been operated by Gulf Air since 1994, will be delivered at the ...
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Euralair signs up for Boeing 737-800s
Euralair is to boost its Boeing 737 fleet with the introduction of Next Generation 737-800s from later this year. The French charter airline, based at Paris Le Bourget Airport, has concluded a deal with an unnamed US leasing company for two Boeing 737-800s, for delivery in December 1998 and ...
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Unwanted Garuda MD-11s and A330s head for new homes
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Garuda Indonesia has reached agreement with Boeing to return six leased MD-11s, which in turn are being placed with Brazilian carriers Varig and VASP. Airbus Industrie is also assisting the Indonesian airline to find homes for six leased A330-300s. The Boeing tri-jets will be withdrawn from service within ...
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Marketplace
-TWA has contracted to lease three Pratt & Whitney PW2000-powered Boeing 757-200s from International Lease Finance (ILFC) for delivery in 1999 and 2000. -Air New Zealand has contracted to lease a new Boeing 747-400, powered by General Electric CF6-80C2 engines, from ILFC. The aircraft will be delivered on ten year ...
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Routes
-Kenya Airways has signed a code-sharing deal with Alitalia on its twice-weekly Rome-Nairobi route, strengthening its ties with the KLM/Northwest alliance which now includes the Italian flag carrier. -The US Transportation Department has approved a codeshare alliance between American Airlines and the TACA Group of six Central American airlines, which ...
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Rolls-Royce completes Trent 8104 design and waits for 777-X
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Rolls-Royce is expected to complete design work on the 454kN (102,000lb)-thrust Trent 8104 by the start of June and is still "on track" to run the first engine in December, despite the slowdown of the Boeing 777-200X/300X derivative programme for which the powerplant is being developed. ...
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FAA decides to extend wiring checks to non-Boeing types
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC The USA's major airlines have agreed to check fuel tank wiring in a controlled sample of Lockheed and McDonnell Douglas aircraft to determine whether they need mandatory inspections like those recently ordered for older Boeing airliners. The high-time passenger aircraft which the US Federal ...
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Fairchild Dornier outlines financing plans for 728JET
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Fairchild Dornier says "up to $350 million" of the $850 million required to develop its 728Jet 70-seat regional jet "-is already on the table" from potential risk sharing partners and equipment suppliers. President Jim Robinson says risk-sharing suppliers of the wing, fuselage and empennage would ...
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Air France pilots unions use the World Cup as a political football
Julian Moxon/PARIS French pilots' unions are using football's World Cup contest to threaten a series of strikes against Air France, the official carrier for the event. Recent meetings with president Jean-Cyril Spinetta have failed to resolve the management demand for salary cuts of up to 15% in exchange for a ...
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Japanese carriers see their profits plummet
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE All three of Japan's largest carriers, Japan Airlines (JAL), All Nippon Airways (ANA) and Japan Air System (JAS), slid back firmly into the red as their latest round of annual reports showed the impact of currency losses, a depressed home market and increased competition. JAL recorded ...
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Eurojet targets 1999 EJ200 approval
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH Eurojet is planning to certificate its EJ200 turbofan engine for the Eurofighter EF2000 by the end of November 1999, and is preparing for ground and flight testing of the engine's production version from March next year. The company says it will introduce the 03B version of ...