News from FlightGlobal – Page 2513
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Additional ATR 72s
British Airways Express franchise operator CityFlyer Express has ordered two additional ATR 72-200s. The first will be delivered in November, and the second in February 1996. The order brings CityFlyer's ATR fleet to four ATR 72s and six ATR 42. Source: Flight International
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FANS pays its way
Airlines are demanding hard cost benefits as FANS moves off the drawing board and into the sky. Kevin O'Toole and Julian Moxon/AMSTERDAM ALMOST BY definition, the debate over the Future Air Navigation System (FANS) has been strong on the benefits of tomorrow's technology, but a little weaker ...
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DC-10 misses Frankfurt runway - by 300km
Herman de Wulf/BRUSSELS David Learmount/LONDON A NORTHWEST AIRLINES McDonnell Douglas DC-10-40 carrying 241 passengers from Detroit to Frankfurt missed its intended destination by 300km (160nm), landing at Brussels Airport by mistake on 5 September. The pilots of Flight 52 only realised their error when they ...
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Czech bank offers Let funding to certificate GE-powered L-610G
CZECH REGIONAL manufacturer Let Kunovice has been offered funding to complete certification of its General Electric-powered L-610G turboprop. The money - understood to be CKr450 million ($17 million) - is being provided by Czech bank Komercni Banka as a long-term loan. Let now believes that it can complete ...
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Air India takes wet-lease route to expansion
AIR INDIA IS to wet-lease five 200/250-seat aircraft to advance its expansion plans. With effect from December, two long-range Lockheed L1011-500 TriStars and one Airbus A310-300 will be leased from Antigua-based Caribjet, and two more A310-300s from Air Club International, of Montreal, Canada. The new ...
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Anglo-Tunisian venture to develop cargo trade
Gunter Endres/LONDON THE ANGLO-TUNISIAN all-cargo airline, North African Airlines (NAA), has received the first scheduled air-cargo licence in Tunisia. In partnership with the Tunisian Government, which has granted the airline important fiscal advantages, including waiving corporation tax for ten years, it has been charged with the ...
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Europe searches for unity
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON EUROPE'S AEROSPACE industry signaled a new sense of urgency in its long-term efforts to restructure, as politicians and corporate heads gathered in London for the launch of the Association of Aerospace Industries (EAAI) on 29 September. The EAAI, essentially a replacement for the ...
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Hong Kong and USA agree bilateral treaty
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE HONG KONG AND the USA have finally reached an agreement on a new bilateral air-services treaty, which will extend beyond the colony's 1997 hand-over date to China and promises to open up new routes in Asia and North America. The deal comes at ...
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Sabena pursues share in proposed Zairean airline
BELGIAN AIRLINE Sabena has confirmed its interest in taking a majority share in a new Zairean airline scheduled to take over from the defunct Air Zaire. Sabena has sent a letter of intent to Kinshasa (Flight International, 20-26 September, P14). The African Government had proposed that ...
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Ethiopian Airlines signs understanding for Fokker 50s
NATIONAL FLAG carrier Ethiopian Airlines has signed a memorandum of understanding for the acquisition of five Fokker 50 turboprops to replace its two 46-seat ATR 42-300s and some 18-seat de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otters. Delivery of the new aircraft, which will be acquired on a ten-year finance ...
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LAPA Takes First 757
Lineas Aereas Privadas Argentinas (LAPA), the largest privately owned Argentinean airline, took delivery of a Boeing 757 on 28 September. Airline president Andy Deutsch says that LAPA may consider a second 757 when it reviews performance figures in around six months time. LAPA operates six Boeing 737s and two Saab ...
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Fedex
Michael Ducker has been promoted to senior vice-president of Federal Express' Asia Pacific division. He was formerly regional vice-president of operations in the South Pacific area. He takes over from Joseph McCarty, who, having held the Asia Pacific post since November 1991, moves to senior vice-president of the new Latin ...
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Ansett revives
The Ansett Group has revealed that its Australian and New Zealand airline operations both ended their year to the end of June showing significant profits. Ansett Australia reported an A$98 million ($74 million) operating profit, despite the repayment of A$250 million in debt and starting up of the carrier's new ...
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Boeing heads for 700-seater launch decision next year
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES BOEING IS considering launching a family of stretched 747 derivatives in 1996 if market conditions are right. The possible introduction of the 700-seat aircraft emerged in evidence given by British Airways to a public inquiry on the expansion of London Heathrow Airport. ...
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Air Inter to rename and restructure
FRENCH DOMESTIC carrier Air Inter is to be renamed Air Inter Europe on 1 January 1996, as part of the Air France Group's reorganisation plans. The airline will begin flights to several new destinations in Europe, the number increasing with the take-over of Air France's European routes in ...
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Crack causes delay in Trent 777 ETOPS tests
THE START OF extended-range twin-operations (ETOPS) testing of the Rolls-Royce Trent-powered Boeing 777 is to be delayed by "two to three weeks", says the engine maker, after a seal crack developed in the low-pressure (LP) turbine. The crack, in the seal arm of the LP1 turbine disc, ...
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ValuJet goes back to MDC and Boeing as Airbus waits
VALUJET HAS re-opened negotiations with McDonnell Douglas (MDC) and Boeing after failing to reach agreement with Airbus over the seemingly imminent sale of up to 25 A319s. The negotiations with Airbus, were expected to be sealed by the beginning of October, but appear to have foundered, primarily ...
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USAir bidding war sparks off speculation
PROSPECTS OF a full-scale bidding war for USAir has left airline analysts rushing to predict the likely fall-out for the industry on both sides of the Atlantic. The speculation was sparked off by the surprise revelation from United Airlines that it has opened exploratory talks with USAir ...
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FBOS expand presence
SIGNATURE FLIGHT Support's new Las Vegas general-aviation terminal, at McCarran Airport, was host to the 130-aircraft NBAA static display. The flight-support organisation (FSO) opened for business in early August and is the second of Signature's "new-generation" FSOs, modeled on the two-story terminal at Bradley International Airport in Hartford, Connecticut. ...
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Brazilian order boosts Cessna
CESSNA AIRCRAFT'S authorised sales representative in Brazil, TAM/Transportes Aereos Regonais, has placed an order for 100 single-engine pistons, with deliveries starting in 1997. Cessna says that TAM holds more than 100 additional orders based on the company's option-to-buy agreements. TAM is a big user of Cessna Caravans, operating ...