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Pacific nations call for reforms
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS The aviation ministers of 14 Pacific nations are calling for a region-wide air traffic management (ATM) plan, a single aviation market, and the harmon- isation and updating of civil aviation regulation and security following a South Pacific Forum meeting in Suva, Fiji on 4 May. The ...
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RBA chooses V2500 for A319s
Royal Brunei Airlines (RBA) has selected the International Aero Engines V2500 turbofan to power its planned new fleet of Airbus A319s, an initial order for which is due to be finalised shortly. The carrier is understood to have opted for the 105kN (23,500lb) thrust V2524-A5 engine over the competing ...
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Routes
-Alaska Airlines is to offer a twice-weekly roundtrip service from Los Angeles to La Paz in Mexico from 25 October, using a Boeing MD-80 originating in Seattle. -Aero Lloyd will operate a weekly service from Alicante, Spain to Linz, Austria, from June. -Braathens has started a three times daily service ...
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Fool's gold ?
Is it right to assume, in the wake of Continental Express' order for 37-seat Embraer RJ-135s to operate alongside its 50-seat ERJ-145s, that the regional turboprop is dead and that, to survive, particularly in North America, all regional airlines must move to jet-power even for their smallest needs? Or ...
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IAM union trades its Learjet 35A for a 60
The International Association of Machinists (IAM), the labour union representing US aerospace workers, has traded in its 18-year-old Learjet 35A for a Model 60 built by its members at Bombardier Learjet. With more than 750,000 members scattered across Canada, Guam, Canada and the USA, the IAM's international officers travel ...
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Schiphol Airport earns safety black mark from pilots
David Learmount/LONDON Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport has been blacklisted as unsafe by the International Federation of Airline Pilots (IFALPA) for putting pressure on pilots to use runways chosen for environmental considerations rather than flight safety. IFALPA chief Rob McKinnis says that the Federation is concerned that environmental lobbies will ...
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Continental ERJ-135 order leads regional move to 30-seat jets
Ramon Lopez and Guy Norris/WASHINGTON DC Continental Express is set to be the first major US regional airline to switch to an all-jet fleet, with the confirmation of its move into the 30-seat market with a contract for up to 75 Embraer RJ-135s. The deal includes a $315 million firm ...
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SIA A340-500 deal forces Boeing to review 777-X
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Boeing is again reviewing the future direction of its proposed 777-200X/300X derivative programme, following Singapore Airline's (SIA) decision to order the competing Airbus Industrie A340-500 ultra long haul aircraft. The loss of the Singapore campaign to the European consortium represents a major setback for the Seattle ...
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TNT prepares for large fleet of dedicated A300 freighters
Max Kingsley-Jones/PARIS TNT Express Worldwide will introduce the first dedicated widebody freighter on to its European network later this year, marking the start of a plan to acquire a large fleet of Airbus A300B4 freighters to feed its new European hub in Liege, Belgium. The Amsterdam-based express parcels carrier has ...
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Survival of the fastest ?
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Airline industry analysts are "unabashedly bullish" over the future of regional jet aircraft, which are expected to produce fundamental changes in the airline business over the next five years. Merrill Lynch's Byron Callan says that 32- to 70-seat regional jets comprise "the most rapidly growing market segment" ...
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Continental vindication
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Continental Express' order for 25 firm plus 50 option 37-seat ERJ-135s validates Embraer's decision to derive a family of regional jets following the successful introduction of the 50-seat ERJ-145. The Brazilian manufacturer hopes that other airlines will be attracted by the "substantial" savings in training, maintenance and ...
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Gemini in talks with Boeing for MD-11s
Gemini Air Cargo is talking to Boeing about a potential deal to acquire new MD-11 freighters, but is also examining possible secondhand aircraft acquisitions as it awaits a decision from the manufacturer on the tri-jet's production future. The Washington Dulles-based supplemental cargo carrier, which has just introduced its eighth ...
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China takes in TTS
Thomson Training and Simulation (TTS) has received on-site acceptance for the first three Airbus full-flight simulators to be installed in China. Two of the simulators, based at the China Aviation Supplies/ Airbus joint venture training centre in Beijing, are for the Airbus A320 and A330/340, while the third is ...
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Brazilian work-out
Max Kingsley-Jones/ISLE OF MAN Julian Moxon/NANTES Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Embraer spent a long time bringing its 50-seat RJ-145 to the marketplace. It was almost a full eight years from the original EMB-145 programme launch in June 1989 to service entry with launch customer Continental Express in April 1997, with the ...
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US Airways settles
US Airways and Boeing have settled a legal dispute involving the airline's 1996 cancellation of an order for eight Boeing 757s and 40 737s. US Airways admitted a breach of contract and made an undisclosed settlement to Boeing. Meanwhile, the airline is considering purchase of an undisclosed number of longhaul ...
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HeavyLift takes A300 for Lufthansa
HeavyLift Cargo Airlines has taken delivery of its second Airbus A300B4 freighter on lease from C-S Aviation Services, and signed a contract with Lufthansa Cargo to operate the aircraft on European night-time freight flights. Both aircraft were converted by British Aerospace Aviation Services, and the first has been in ...
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British Regional gets ready for June flotation
British Regional Airlines (BRAL) is gearing up for a stock market listing by the end of June, in a move which managing director Terry Liddiard says will help it make a final break from its former sister airline British Midland as it develops its role as the largest British Airways ...
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Eurocontrol alters B-RNAV date following poor compliance level
Emma Kelly/LONDON Eurocontrol has set a final deadline of 1 August, 1998, for operators in European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) airspace to meet basic area navigation (B-RNAV) requirements following a "very disappointing" level of compliance achieved for the 23 April deadline. Under the April schedule, the carriage of ...
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Hong Kong starts on move to Chek Lap Kok
The Airport Authority of Hong Kong is beginning the relocation from Kai Tak to the territory's new international gateway at Chek Lap Kok two months ahead of its scheduled opening on 6 July. The formal move to the new HK$70.7 billion ($9.1 billion) Hong Kong International Airport starts on ...
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IATA sets up Year 2000 project to tackle Millennium bug
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has set up a programme to counter the threat of the Millennium bug, and has begun with an inventory of systems which could fail in the transition to the year 2000. At an IATA conference in Dubai in late April, director-general Pierre Jeanniot ...