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Boeing beats crisis but revives Asia fears
Boeing's production problems appear to be over the worst, but the company now fears that the Asian economic crisis may prove deeper than it expected as the number of new aircraft in storage continues to rise. "We continue to watch developments in Asia with concern," says Boeing chairman and ...
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ATR begins Cuban revolution
Andrzej Jeziorski/HAVANA European regional aircraft manufacturer ATR has begun delivering aircraft to Cuban carriers, marking the start of a massive fleet renewal programme in response to Cuba's tourist boom. On 24 June, the Franco-Italian consortium signed a contract with the state-run holding Corporacion de la Aviation Cubana (CACSA) ...
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Culture shock
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS Following a relatively minor accident, Ansett Australia recently set about overhauling the way the whole company looks at its safety task. This was not done in isolation - there is a growing understanding, manifested at recent air safety forums, that some traditional industry practices, and even early ...
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Degrees of flying skills
David Learmount/LONDON Airline accidents are occurring because many pilots do not understand their aircraft, according to Germany's Darmstadt University. The institution suggests that the course for an air transport pilot's licence (ATPL) should involve degree level studies to gain the depth of understanding needed for modern airline flying. The ...
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Eurocontrol free flight show PHAREs favourably
Julian Moxon/PARIS A key "free flight" element of Eurocontrol's ATM2000 air traffic management programme has been demonstrated. The exercise was part of the Brussels-based agency's programme for harmonised air traffic management research (PHARE), which is designed to enable aircraft to fly preferred flight paths in the proposed future ...
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Express lift to Mars
Tim Furniss/LONDON Selecting a possible landing craft later this summer will be the last stage in defining the science payloads for the European Space Agency's (ESA) Mars Express mission, which ESA hopes to launch in June 2003 if it receives the go-ahead in November. The decision to proceed ...
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France tightens up noise regulations
The French Government has imposed strict new noise regulations at Paris Charles de Gaulle and Le Bourget airports as part of concessions won by the local community allowing it to build a further two runways. In the run-up to the European Union's total ban on older, non-Chapter 3 compliant, ...
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Marketplace
-Emery Worldwide has confirmed its plans to add five ex-Continental Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 freighters, to replace DC-8 freighters. The aircraft will be delivered on seven-year leases from Pegasus Capital, between late 1998 and the end of 2000. -As part of its deal to acquire 22 Beech 1900Ds from Mesa ...
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Emirates training
Emirates Airlines has agreed a one-year ab initio training contract with Western Michigan University. Eight cadets are to join an Aer Lingus course in August, bringing to 72 the number of international pilots being trained at the US school. Source: Flight International
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Top 50 airlines - Top tens
TOP 1997 PROFIT-MAKERS... Rank Airline group Net profit $m 1 AMR/American Airlines 985 2 United Airlines 949 3 Delta Air Lines 934 4 British ...
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Sempati first to shut down
Sempati Air ceased operations in early June, becoming the second airline casualty of the Asian currency crisis and the first in Indonesia. Transportation minister Giri Suseno broke the news about the shutdown. 'It is impossible for Sempati to continue operations in the current difficult situation,' he told the Jakarta ...
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American Eagle confirms ERJ-135
Guy Norris/FORT WORTH American Eagle has selected the Embraer ERJ-135 to meet its requirement for up to 150 of the 37-seat regional jets. The carrier expects formally to announce the deal by early September - probably in time for the Farnborough air show. The decision will be a major, but ...
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$3 billion EC grant to Air France was illegal, says Court of Justice
The European Court of Justice has ruled that the European Commission decision to permit Air France Fr20 billion ($3 billion) in state aid was illegal. However, the Luxembourg-based court threw out all but two of the 110 complaints made by rival airlines, including British Airways, British Midland and SAS. ...
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Third Airbus A300 for HeavyLift
HeavyLift Cargo Airlines is to acquire a third Airbus A300B4-200 freighter and is planning to increase its fleet by one aircraft every six months for the next two years. The first two are already in service, operating European flights for KLM Cargo and Lufthansa Cargo. A customer for the third ...
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Next Generation 737 CFM56 failure was a 'one-off', says CFMI
Initial investigations into the failure of a bearing on a new CFM56-7 powering a Maersk Air Boeing 737-700 show that the incident was a "one-off", says CFMInternational (CFMI). The Maersk aircraft, delivered to the Danish operator in early March, suffered "a complete failure of the number four bearing" on ...
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Kelowna sells stretched Convair 5800s to IFL
Kelowna Flightcraft has sold its two stretched, re-engined Convair 5800 freighters to US cargo operator IFL Group. The first aircraft is already in service with Pontiac, Michigan-based IFL's Contract Air Cargo. The second is being repainted at Flightcraft's Kelowna, British Columbia, plant ready for delivery. The Canadian company ...
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Mesaba to double RJ85 fleet
Mesaba Airlines, a US regional feeder for Northwest Airlines, is to double its fleet of Avro RJ85 regional jets in a move that is bound to anger Northwest pilots who are already in bitter contract negotiations. The Northwest Airlink affiliate agreed to amend its regional jet agreement to increase ...
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Taca and AA get go-ahead
Conditions attached to approval for American Airlines' alliance with the Taca Group and for its proposed alliance with British Airways are making celebrations ring hollow. The Department of Transportation finally gave its blessing to the AA-Taca alliance almost two years after the partnership was first proposed. The DOT has ...
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Aer Lingus is to lose Team
With the disposal of an unprofitable non-core subsidiary finally on the horizon, Aer Lingus now has to confront the bigger questions of ownership and alliances. At presstime the management of the Irish flag carrier had still not convinced the 1,550 strong workforce of its unprofitable aircraft maintenance arm, Team, ...
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Do-it-yourself weighing machine approvedTEXT: Ian Sheppard/LondonBritish Aerospace Regional Aircraft has dispatched the first raw material
A weighing device that uses aircraft landing gear struts as scales has won US Federal Aviation Administration approval. The weight and balance system (WBS) is made by Dallas, Texas-based Trinity Airweighs. It can measure the weight and centre of gravity (CG) of an aircraft without the need for traditional ...