News from FlightGlobal – Page 2520

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    Spanish regional aims for November start-up

    1996-09-04T00:00:00Z

    A NEW SPANISH regional airline, Canarias Regional Air, is targeting November to start low-fare services on routes within the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands and mainland Spain. The carrier, which is based in Tenerife, in the Canary Islands, will have operating bases in Madrid, Palma da Majorca and ...

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    Boeing faces delay in plans to launch its longer-range 777X

    1996-09-04T00:00:00Z

    Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES BOEING'S PLANS to launch an ultra-long range version of the 777 for service entry by May 1999 are expected to be delayed by airline uncertainty over the derivative choice, and the emergence of new offerings from Airbus and McDonnell Douglas (MDC). Boeing announced ...

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    Boeing counters A3XX-200 with new 747-700X proposal

    1996-09-04T00:00:00Z

    Andrew Doyle/LONDON and Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES BOEING PLANS to tackle Airbus Industrie's proposed ultra-high-capacity A3XX-200 head-on with a radical development of its next-generation 747, designated the -700X. In a move seen as an attempt to pre-empt efforts by Airbus to persuade potential customers to wait ...

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    Horizon Dash 8 order signals end for Dorniers

    1996-09-04T00:00:00Z

    Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES HORIZON AIR of Seattle, Washington, has placed orders and options, worth potentially more than $750 million, for up to 70 de Havilland Dash 8-200/300 turboprops. The huge deal, which includes firm orders for 25 Dash 8s, spells the end of Horizon's Fairchild Dornier 328 ...

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    Saeaga plans for major expansion

    1996-09-04T00:00:00Z

    THE MALAYSIAN OWNER of Saeaga Airlines has unveiled plans to acquire larger jet-powered aircraft and expand the ten-month-old domestic carrier internationally. According to Malaysian tycoon and Saeaga chairman Ting Pek Khiing, the airline plans to order ten Boeing 737-700s. "We will be signing a deal with Boeing next ...

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    Air Philippines plans

    1996-09-04T00:00:00Z

    Alec Almazan/MANILA AIR PHILIPPINES is planning to launch new regional services and expand its domestic network, using five Boeing 737-200s which it will introduce through to the end of the year. Further expansion is envisaged, with the acquisition of widebodied types planned. The ten-month-old carrier now ...

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    New Chinese A320 customers revealed

    1996-09-04T00:00:00Z

    AIRBUS INDUSTRIE is set to expand its Chinese operator base, following an agreement to allocate units from the previously unplaced batch of 20 A320s to China Northwest Airlines and Zhejiang Airlines. Under a deal reached with state-run China Aviation Supplies (CASC), ten A320s will be delivered to China ...

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    Honeywell and Rockwell

    1996-09-04T00:00:00Z

    HONEYWELL AND Rockwell are on course for further conflict in the traffic-alert and collision-avoidance (TCAS) market as both companies announce progress with their product lines. British Airways is to be the launch customer for Honeywell's TCAS II system (dubbed TCAS 2000). The unit is scheduled for certification in ...

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    Pyongyang trials cancelled

    1996-09-04T00:00:00Z

    SOUTH KOREA has forced the cancellation of international-airline flight trials through the Pyongyang Flight Information Region (FIR), until procedural issues have been resolved with North Korea. Trials had been planned for 1-5 September by Cathay Pacific Airways, Delta Air Lines, Korean Air, Northwest Airlines and United Airlines. Selected westbound flights ...

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    Saab sells 2000s and gains 340 customer

    1996-09-04T00:00:00Z

    SAAB AIRCRAFT HAS SOLD two further Saab 2000s to French carrier Regional Airlines and added an Egyptian customer to its list of Saab 340 operators. The 2000 deal boosts the French carrier's numbers of the type to seven - making it the second-largest operator of the aircraft, behind Crossair. The ...

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    Large order revives R-R Tu-204 programme

    1996-09-04T00:00:00Z

    Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDONPaul Duffy/CAIRO KATO GROUP of Egypt has revived the Rolls-Royce-powered Tupolev Tu-204 programme with a contract for 30 aircraft, as part of a planned commitment for 200 examples of the Russian twinjet. Kato will set up an international aerospace group to market and support the aircraft ...

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    UK noise limits could threaten $1 billion R-R deal

    1996-09-04T00:00:00Z

    ROLLS-ROYCE could lose an expected $1 billion order for RB.211-524H turbofans from British Airways, following the UK Government's decision to impose some of the world's strictest noise regulations at London's airports. The airline is poised to place an order worth around $4 billion for a large number ...

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    Airbus expects more United orders

    1996-09-04T00:00:00Z

    AIRBUS INDUSTRIE says that it believes it is "very well placed" to win further orders for narrowbody aircraft from United Airlines following the airline's choice of the 126-seat A319 to replace its Boeing 737-200s. The consortium beat tough competition from Boeing, offering its next-generation 737, to further consolidate ...

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    ValuJet take-off

    1996-09-04T00:00:00Z

    THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration reinstated ValuJet's air-carrier operating privileges on 29 August, allowing the grounded US low-cost carrier to resume flight operations as early as 4 September. ValuJet successfully completed a series of "proving runs" for FAA inspectors in late August, and the US Department of Transportation ...

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    FLS launches cargo-conversion project

    1996-09-04T00:00:00Z

    FLS Aerospace has received its first contract for the conversion of a Boeing 727 to cargo configuration, launching its participation in this market. The Stansted, UK-based aircraft-maintenance company has received a contract from Dublin-based aircraft-management/leasing company European Capital/ Naabi, for the conversion of an ex-Continental Airlines Boeing 727-200 ...

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    Regional converts EMB-145 options

    1996-09-04T00:00:00Z

    Regional Airlines has converted options on two Embraer EMB-145 regional jets into firm orders, and taken options on an additional five aircraft - the deal brings firm orders for the type to 26. Certification is scheduled for later this year. The French carrier, which already has three EMB-145s on firm ...

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    ATA retrenches

    1996-09-04T00:00:00Z

    American Trans Air (ATA) will stop offering flights from Boston soon, in the face of stiff competition. As a result, the US carrier is cancelling leases on five Boeing 757-200s, which will be returned to lessors by the end of November. It is phasing out scheduled services between Boston and ...

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    New Munich Airport is 'too small'

    1996-09-04T00:00:00Z

    Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH LUFTHANSA IS WARNING that it will soon encounter shortages of terminal capacity at Munich Airport, just a year after declaring its intention to turn the new airport into a major hub. "We have one problem in Munich: the airport is too small," says Christoph ...

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    Boeing's £6 billion bonanza

    1996-09-03T15:25:00Z

    Boeing Commercial Airplane set the show alight yesterday with the announcement of 68 jetliner orders worth $6.3 billion. The company also revealed it is to launch a new version of the 757 twinjet - the 757-300 which will seat 20 per cent more passengers than the 757-200. Launch ...

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    Boeing's trump card is a new 650-seat Jumbo

    1996-09-03T15:12:00Z

    Boeing has plans for a 650-seat version of the 747, dubbed the 700X, it was revealed at Farnborough yesterday. Although the company says it does not expect to build the aircraft, it is clearly gearing up to take on Airbus Industrie if it launches its 555-800 seat A3XX double-decker ...