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Leasing 'first step' toward regional air network in Mid-East
Karen Walker Leasing aircraft might be the way forward for Middle East countries that wish to take their first steps toward setting up regional airline services. That is the message from British Aerospace Asset Management. Alan Sitton, the organisation's head of European sales and marketing, sees enormous potential ...
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Venezuelan order is welcome boost for IPTN
Hugh McAtear Indonesian aircraft manufacturer IPTN has received a welcome boost with news of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) from Venezuelan regional carrier Air Venezuela to acquire up to eight N250s, an aircraft described by the airline's chairman as perfect for its requirements. Should Air Venezuela firm up ...
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Saab pledges not to let customers down
Mike Martin Whatever becomes of Saab Aircraft, existing and future customers will continue to get full support from the company, says sales director Dag Waldenstrom. With a substantial part of the Saab 340 fleet owned by the company, "Éit is in our interests to keep the fleet ...
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Asian Aerospace opts for De Boer tents
Special tents which have been used at the Olympic Games and the MTV European Music Awards will be set up at Asian Aerospace '98 in Singapore. The tents are supplied by Dutch company De Boer, in a $1-million deal with show organiser Asian Aerospace Pte Ltd They ...
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Gamco rides on success to further growth
Mark Hannant The Gulf Aircraft Maintenance Company (Gamco) is one of the big success stories of the developing regional aviation market. Celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, Gamco is now the biggest aerospace employer in the Middle East, says the new man at the helm, general manager ...
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Tyrolean to take Lauda's regional jets
Austrian regional carrier Tyrolean Airways is to take over Lauda Air's seven-aircraft Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) fleet. Discussions are under way over the timetable for the takeover, says Tyrolean president and CEO Fritz Fietl, but the agreement in principle is in place. Tyrolean may take over the ...
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US Airways counter-sues Boeing
US Airways is counter-suing Boeing in an ongoing dispute over the airline's switch to Airbus Industrie for its narrow-body fleet renewal programme. Boeing says US Airways broke purchase agreements. In its third-quarter results filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), US Airways says that on 31 ...
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Ticket to drive... the raffle dream
It isn't only aircraft which are causing a stir at the show this week. Five luxury cars which have been turning heads in the central plaza are up for grabs in a daily raffle. The total value of the vehicles - which include the ultimate in executive road travel, ...
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Supporting role
Messier-Dowty is at Dubai, turning the spotlight on its global customer and product support capability. The company, a joint venture between TI Group of the UK and Snecma of France, is a world leader in the design, development and manufacture of aircraft landing gear systems. From ...
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AA chief hits at re-regulation
American Airlines (AA) chairman Robert Crandall has railed against what he sees as the "re-regulation" of the US domestic airline industry in favour of low-cost new entrant carriers. Speaking to an audience at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, Crandall accused the US Department of Transportation of ...
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Air today, goon tomorrow
British Airways could be on the lookout for flight and cabin crew who can juggle, perform song-and-dance routines and crack gags - and this is no joke. Passengers on a Deutsche BA flight from Munich to Berlin were reported this weekend to be startled to hear a steward ...
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Maldives to join ranks of Airbus operators
Air Maldives is to become a new Airbus Industrie A310 operator in early 1998, with a leased aircraft on which it has an option to buy, it was announced at the show yesterday. The carrier also plans to launch an amphibious air taxi service. Pilots, mechanics ...
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Middle East regional network plan
The European Regions Airline Association (ERA) and industry may combine resources to help the Middle East on the path to developing a regional network of its own. In a thought-provoking presentation made here at the Dubai Air Show, ERA director general Mike Ambrose has highlighted reasons why he ...
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High hopes for 328JET sales in Mid-East market
Fairchild Dornier's sales team comes to Dubai with the new 328JET in its armoury - one which it hopes will have a stronger chance of cracking the region's market-place. The original turboprop version of the aircraft has yet to chalk up a sale in the area. ...
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Civil aviation giants on show in Dubai
Two of the world's latest large civil aircraft were due to fly into Dubai for the show last night - the Boeing 777-300 and the Airbus Industrie A330-200. The Boeing aircraft made its maiden flight exactly a month ago, the Airbus aircraft - for which Dubai-based Emirates was ...
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Airbus builds on its regional domination
Airbus Industrie (AI) will have a new model operating in the region, with the signing of an order within the past fortnight by Tunisair for three A319s. The order also covers four A320s. It follows a powerful couple of years in the region for the European manufacturer, which ...
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Rolls-Royce wins Delta order
Geoff Thomas Rolls-Royce has beaten GE and Pratt & Whitney in a contest to supply its Trent 800s to power 10 Delta Air Lines' Boeing 777s (with firm options on a further 20 and rolling options on 30 more) - a total order potential of $1.5 billion. ...
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Luggage issue study
Paul RichfieldATI, Washington The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) plans to study the phenomenon of passengers reaching for their luggage when they should be running for the safety slide. The problem was illustrated last week in Charlotte, North Carolina, when a US Airways Fokker 100 ...
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Support in Gulf for FAA safety initiative
Karen Walker Senior US Federal Aviation Administration officials are in Dubai this week hoping to garner interest from Gulf aviation officials in a major demonstration programme that aims to improve civil aviation safety and efficiency. Flight 2000 will be a joint FAA and US industry effort ...
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DHL opens air express centre
Mark Hannant DHL Worldwide Express chose the eve of the show to inaugurate its $4-million Air Express Centre at Dubai International Airport. HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, president of the Dubai Department of Civil Aviation, unveiled a plaque to commemorate the occasion. ...