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Boeing increases rates - again
BOEING IS TO raise production to 43 airliners a month by mid-1998 - the sixth rate increase announced over the past 14 months - citing its 1,389-aircraft firm-order backlog and the signing of long-term exclusive agreements with American Airlines and Delta Air Lines. Continental Airlines reportedly has agreed an exclusive ...
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FAA grounds Great Lakes Aviation
GREAT LAKES Aviation suspended flights on 16 May in the face of a US Federal Aviation Administration-imposed shutdown because of alleged deficiencies with maintenance operations. The action forced codeshare partners United Airlines and Midway Airlines to accommodate stranded passengers. Great Lakes served 82 cities in 21 US states ...
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Will A3XX ever get off the ground?
Sir - M Newman, writing about the Airbus Industrie A3XX (Letters, Flight International, 2-8 April, P96), asks: "Will political chicanery and commercial advantage preclude [its] worldwide adoption?" Urging us to "-remember Concorde", he also asks: "-how many of these aircraft were expected to be sold worldwide?" ...
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Leisurely delivery schedule speeded up by Leisure
Leisure International Airways is to accelerate the delivery of its fleet of four Airbus A321-200s. The charter airline, owned by the Unijet travel group, received the first aircraft in May and started commercial services on 12 May. The original plan was to introduce the aircraft at the rate of one ...
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Premier enters Malaysian regional market with 146s
The latest in a long line of new Malaysian start-up carriers, Premier Air, plans to launch charter services in September, equipped with two British Aerospace 146 regional jets. Premier general manager Selva Kumar says that the privately backed airline has already been granted an air-operator's certificate by the ...
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Bouw goes as profits fall at KLM prompts cost cutting
KLM has launched a cost-reduction plan aimed at saving Dfl1 billion ($528 million) over the next three years. The move comes in the face of the Dutch airline announcing a 57% fall in net profits for 1996 and the resignation of chairman Pieter Bouw. In contrast, European rivals British Airways ...
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SIA results hit by high costs and strong dollar
Rising costs and a strong Singapore dollar which weakened passenger yields undermined Singapore Airlines' (SIA) financial performance for the year ending 31 March. The lacklustre results included only a marginal profit rise of 0.6% and an increase in net profit to $1.032 billion ($714 million) from a revenue of $7.22 ...
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A friend in need
The Society of British Aerospace Companies wants the new UK Government to increase its "seedcorn" funding of the UK aerospace industry fivefold, to some £100 million ($150 million) a year. Over the next five years, that same industry will give the UK Government £100 million a year in repayments of ...
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BMW R-R
Dr Klaus Nittinger has been appointed chairman of joint-venture aero-engine company BMW Rolls-Royce, of Oberursel, Germany. Nittinger, who has served German national carrier Lufthansa for the past 23 years, will replace Albert Schneider, when he retires on 31 July. Source: Flight International
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B/E Aerospace addition
All B/EAerospace seat-manufacturing plants are now qualified to produce 16g-certifiated airliner seats, giving the Wellington, Florida-based company a 16g-seat capacity of over 200,000 passenger placements a year. Source: Flight International
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US Airways
US Airways, of Arlington, Virginia, has named John Selvaggio vice-president of US Airways Express division. He replaces Keith Houk, who becomes vice-president of special projects. Selvaggio was with American Airliners and its parent, AMR. Source: Flight International
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SilkAir selects engine
SilkAir has selected the International Aero Engines V2500-A5 for its planned new fleet of Airbus Industrie A319/A320s. The Singapore-based airline is to order a mix of eight A319s and A320s to replace its two Fokker 70s and Boeing 737-300s (Flight International, 14-20 May). SilkAir will also take options on another ...
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19-seat market remains 'alive and well'
British Aerospace, Fairchild Dornier, Raytheon Aircraft and several regional airlines have rallied to the defence of the 19-seater market, a sector branded by US analysts as "dead or dying". Raytheon predicts a steady world market for its Beech 1900D which Mike Scheidt, vice-president for airline sales, predicts will ...
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CAE reveals C$100 million sales
CAE ELECTRONICS has revealed commercial flight-simulation orders exceeding C$100 million ($72 million), including its first sale to Airbus Industrie. The Canadian firm is predicting increased sales over the next two years, based on strong aircraft orders over the past year. The new orders include seven full-flight simulators, for ...
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TTS wins Korean Air and Thai simulator deals
THOMSON TRAINING & Simulation (TTS) is to build an Airbus A330-300 full-flight simulator for Korean Air. The South Korean carrier has also ordered a Boeing 747-400 simulator from CAE (see story). Thai Airways International, meanwhile, has awarded TTS a contract to upgrade its Airbus A300-600 full-flight simulator from ...
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Wicat ships more free-play trainers
WICAT SYSTEMS' training-device business is expanding, with a Virgin Atlantic Airways contract for an Airbus A340 systems trainer to be delivered later this year for use in engineering training. The firm has also installed free-play trainers for the Airbus A320 and A330 flght-management and -guidance systems (FMGS) at ...
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Boeing considers extending 777 fatigue testing
Boeing will decide in the next few weeks whether further fatigue testing of its 777 is required, before "tearing down" the full-scale fatigue specimen for analysis, but it is already applying test results to aircraft manufacture. Planned tests simulating 120,000 flight cycles ended in March. Boeing says that ...
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Air France adds India to global alliance
Air France has extended its growing network of global alliances by signing a new commercial accord with Air India. Further Air France deals are in the pipeline, including a probable agreement with a Chinese carrier, resulting from the visit to China by Air France president Christian Blanc and ...
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Embraer introduces long-range EMB-145
EMBRAER has launched development of a long-range version of the EMB-145 regional jet. The 50-seat aircraft will have a range of 3,000km (1,600nm), compared with 2,400km for the current EMB-145, and is to become available in April 1998. The Brazilian manufacturer says that it has no customers yet ...
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Star Alliance triggers 'hypocrisy' charge from American Airlines
Lufthansa says that it is already in talks with further Asian potential partner carriers to extend its newly unveiled "Star Alliance" with partners Air Canada, SAS, Thai Airways International and United Airlines. Brazilian carrier Varig also joined in the signing ceremonies, held in Frankfurt on 14 May, agreeing ...