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Qantas disposes of Air New Zealand stake
Qantas has severed its last links with Air New Zealand, selling its 19.4% stake in the carrier. Under the terms of the long-delayed trans-Tasman single- aviation market, the move now clears the way for unrestricted Qantas entry into New Zealand domestic operations and for increased competition on international routes. ...
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TWA sees losses soar
News that a Saudi Prince has taken a 5%stake in Trans World Airlines (TWA)did little to lift the gloom surrounding the struggling airline's heavy losses posted for 1996. Prince al-Waleed bin Talal, a member of the Saudi royal family, picked up the stake for $14 million and helped ...
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US carriers hunt for new twin families
CONTINENTAL Airlines is negotiating with Boeing and Airbus Industrie over the purchase of 40 long-range commercial aircraft worth as much as $2.5 billion, says the airline. Continental expects to decide within two months whether to buy the Boeing 767-400 or 777, or, instead, purchase the Airbus A330-200. The ...
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Delta signs up with Boeing for exclusive fleet-renewal deal
Delta Air Lines has agreed an exclusive 20-year fleet-acquisition plan with Boeing, covering the potential purchase of up to 644 aircraft, and launching the stretched 767-400 as part of the initial order phase. The deal includes 106 firm orders, 124 options and 414 "rolling options". Despite "fierce competition" ...
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-plans IHAS avionics safety development
AlliedSignal Aerospace is discussing with airlines and aircraft manufacturers its plan to develop a so-called integrated hazard-avoidance system (IHAS). The IHAS would combine safety-related avionics systems, such as ground-proximity warning system, traffic-alert and collision-avoidance system and windshear detection, in a single box, with the aim of providing a ...
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Emirates' pilot
There is an infectious buzz about Dubai. The country is awash with new construction on a grand scale. Among other things, the tiny Gulf state will soon have the world's tallest and most exotic hotel to add to its tally of international golf courses, race tracks and shopping malls. It ...
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A fine balance
IT IS A BELIEF UNIVERSALLY held among airline managers that, in an upturn, their own particular airline will perform better than its competitors, and that in a downturn it will suffer less. In general, this is bunkum, but it is an unfortunate truth that it is on the basis of ...
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Chinese close in on Boeing 777 contract
There are growing indications that China might finally sign a $1 billion deal with Boeing for ten 777-200/300s during US Vice-President Al Gore's trip to the country in the last week of March. Airbus Industrie is also pushing to conclude a deal for up to 75 A320 family aircraft during ...
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GE is first to agree MoU for 777-200X/300X powerplant
General Electric has become the first engine company to sign a formal agreement with Boeing to offer a high-thrust engine for the airframe company's heavyweight long-range 777-200X and -300X twins. The move comes as Boeing applies continuing pressure on the big-three engine makers to commit to develop the 445kN (100,000lb)-thrust ...
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737-700 reaches new heights
The Next-generation Boeing 737-700 has reached an altitude of 41,000ft (12,500m) during flight testing, beating previous 737 altitudes by 4,000ft and attaining the target height which was planned for type certification. The record height was achieved by the crew of the second 737-700 flight-test aircraft on a test ...
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BA streamlines
British Airways has confirmed orders for three more Rolls-Royce RB.211-powered Boeing 757-200s, as part of its strategy to reduce the number of types in its Heathrow based short-haul fleet, through the relocation of its Boeing 737s. Source: Flight International
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United signs up for warning system
UNITED AIRLINES has placed a $14.6 million order for AlliedSignal Aerospace's enhanced ground-proximity warning system (EGPWS). The US air carrier had previously won US Federal Aviation Administration approval to install the safety device in 12 Airbus A320s for evaluation. AlliedSignal says that the contract covers more than 400 ...
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Emirates studies New York route
Emirates Airlines is studying the possibility of launching a transatlantic service via the UK to New York as it looks to the next phase of expansion with an incoming fleet of Boeing 777s and Airbus A330-200s. Managing director Maurice Flanagan says that the airline is already in a ...
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European prepares to prove One-Eleven Stage 3 hushkit
European Aviation is planning to begin flight-tests of a BAC One-Eleven 500 equipped with a proof-of-concept (PoC) Stage 3/Chapter 3 hushkit installed on one of its two Rolls-Royce Speys. It is targeting certification in late 1998 should it decide to go ahead with the programme. The company, based ...
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Eurocontrol solves B-RNAV problem for ageing aircraft
Ageing aircraft not equipped with modern navigation equipment are likely to be allowed to use satellite navigation for basic area navigation (B-RNAV) after the January 1998 deadline for the introduction of B-RNAV in Europe. A programme of work being carried out by Eurocontrol, and now almost complete, appears ...
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Northwest ponders feeder take-over
MESABA AIRLINES says that it is in favour of the possible purchase of fellow Northwest Airlink regional airline Express Airlines I by Northwest Airlines. Minneapolis-based Mesaba was commenting on speculation that Northwest, which owns a one-third stake in Mesaba, is negotiating to acquire the Atlanta, Georgia-based regional air carrier. ...
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Japan calls for Northwest maintenance probe
The US Federal Aviation Administration has been asked by the Japanese ministry of transport to investigate maintenance practices at Northwest Airlines, following a series of incidents reported at capital Tokyo's Narita Airport. The ministry's Japan civil-aviation bureau says that it is increasingly concerned by the number of incidents ...
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'Heavy-weight' MD-90 delivered to Great China
Great China Airlines has taken delivery of its first McDonnell Douglas (MDC) MD-90-30, which is also the first longer-range version certificated at the new optional higher maximum take-off weight (MTOW). The aircraft has strengthened wing structure, landing gear and flap mechanisms, enabling the MTOW to be increased by ...
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Grandair to Singapore
The Philippine Civil Aeronautics Board has given GrandAir permission to launch a thrice-weekly passenger service to Singapore from June, using a leased Airbus Industrie A300B4, says the airline. Singapore represents the airline's third international destination after Hong Kong and Taipei. Source: Flight International
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Express President
Meridiana Express, the low cost subsidiary of Meridiana established in 1996, is preparing to start operations, with Giuseppe Napoli, former managing director of Meridiana, having been appointed president. An application for the operator's licence has been filed, and is expected to be awarded soon. The new carrier says that it ...