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Boeing considers enhancing 777-200X/300X performance
Boeing is considering range and lift enhancements to the proposed 777-200X/300X to improve field performance. Programme officials are seeking at the same time to stretch pre-launch funding and allow more time to firm up potential customer support. The company is studying design refinements to the 777 in an effort ...
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Sirocco enters Lufthansa Tu-204 talks
Sirocco Aerospace International is negotiating with Lufthansa Cargo to lease between eight and ten Tupolev Tu-204-120C freighters. A deal which could see the aircraft introduced on Lufthansa's intra-European routes during 1999 is possible in the first half of 1998. Sirocco will not comment on the negotiations. Sirocco already ...
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Germany questions A3XX site
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH Germany's bids for the final assembly of the proposed Airbus A3XX large airliner have become entangled in political arguments over the preferred site for the work. Daimler-Benz Aerospace Airbus (Dasa Airbus) has put forward its Hamburg-Finkenwerder plant as a prime German candidate, competing against ...
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737-700 undergoes preparation for last JAA test
Boeing is preparing the Next Generation 737-700 for its final test for the European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA), with certification now anticipated by the end of December. The aircraft has also had a boost from a major deal with Argentina's LAPA. Boeing says that the aircraft passed the ...
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Air Namibia maintains plans to replace its 747SP, despite heavy financial losses
Despite suffering heavy financial losses, Air Namibia has pledged to go ahead with replacing its ageing Boeing 747SP, but may downgrade its ambition to acquire a new-generation aircraft. The airline had been considering acquiring a new aircraft such as the Boeing 777 or Airbus Industrie A340, but is ...
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Polar resurrects 747 freighter
Polar Air Cargo will put into service in December a Boeing 747-200 freighter which was written off by its insurers a year ago after a mercury spill was found in its cargo bay. The 1979-build 747-200F was being operated by Southern Air Transport when, during routine maintenance in ...
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Airlines may link on African ATC problems
Long-haul carriers could soon become involved in modernising Africa's dilapidated air-traffic-control (ATC) infrastructure, following a call by South African Airways (SAA) for airlines regularly flying in African airspace to take a more pro-active safety role. At the same time, South Africa has reported success in improving ground communications ...
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BA clouds skies for UK low-fare airlines
British Airways' confirmation that it will launch its own low-cost airline next year at London Stansted airport has provoked immediate protests from the UK's existing "no-frills" carriers easyJet, Ryanair and Debonair. The new airline, which is yet to be named but is being referred to internally as "Operation Blue ...
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US Airways completes delayed shuttle purchase
US Airways, having sealed its long-awaited pilot deal, is pressing on with the acquisition of the former Trump Shuttle operation, which flies under the group's colours on the US East Coast. US Airways had expressed interest in acquiring the remainder of the shuttle service when it came up ...
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American plans to choose HUD soon
American Airlines expects an "imminent" response to its request for proposals (RFP) from head-up-display (HUD) system manufacturers. The move follows the Delta Air Lines selection of a Flight Dynamics head-up-guidance system (HGS) for its Boeing Next Generation 737 fleet. The RFP covers HUD installations for 75 Next Generation 737s ...
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Unions approve United Express jet operations
United Airlines' pilot unions have cleared the way for Atlantic Coast Airlines (ACA) to launch United Express services with its Bombardier Canadair Regional Jets (CRJ). The regional airline began a United Express regional-jet service between Washington's Dulles International to two Florida points, Nashville and Raleigh-Durham, in late November. ...
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Bridge building in Baku
Andrew Chuter/BAKU The terminal at Baku's Bina Airport stands like a monument to the collapse of the Soviet Union's writ in Azerbaijan in 1991.The building has lain uncompleted and virtually in ruin, the funds required to complete the project having dried up several years ago with the retreat of ...
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FBI passes TWA crash investigation to NTSB
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has closed its 16-month criminal probe into the crash of Trans World Airlines Flight 800, saying that it revealed no evidence of a criminal act. As a result, the investigation of the loss of the TWA Boeing 747-100 ...
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No frills
No sooner had British Airways announced plans to set up its own low-cost operation at London Stansted, than the howls of protest began from the existing no-frills carriers. Their complaint (writ large in whole page newspaper advertisements) is that the BA intends to put them out of business by fair ...
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ICAO grasps global safety-oversight
Members of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) have endorsed a wide-ranging plan set of recommendations to expand its Safety Oversight Programme (SOP) and give it policing powers for the first time. During a landmark conference on 10-12 November in Montreal, attended by 148 of the 185 member ...
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Luxury at the end of a hard day
Linda Benbow A touch of luxury - that's what's needed at the end of a hard day - or at the end of a few hard days, even. And in this department, Dubai won't disappoint. All of the five-star hotels and golf clubs feature cordon bleu ...
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Duty-free shops doing a brisk line in business
Whether it's a new golf club, film for that perfect flying display shot or the traditional airshow souvenir T-shirt, the Dubai Duty Free shops at the show have it covered. The shops have been doing a brisk trade since opening day. Daily newspapers and cold drinks ...
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It's a steel
What's functional, attractive, hard-wearing, does not rust, does not age and is remarkably economical? Ask that question of Abu Dhabi company Intercare (B508) and its representatives will tell you that the answer is stainless steel- which is why it acts as local agents for Marcmetal, an Italian company ...
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New cargo airline set to go dutch
Geoff Thomas It's not every day that a new cargo airline is founded - but Dutch freight company Jet Link International announced at the show yesterday that it was doing just that, lease-buying two ex-Alitalia Airbus A300 B4-200Fs from New York's CS Aviation. The new airline ...
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PARC revels in crew outsourcing
The trend among airlines to employ only enough crew to meet low-season levels and to outsource to meet the needs of peak periods has resulted in a boom in business over the past year for PARC Aviation Flight Crew. Part of the PARC Group (Stand B400), the Irish-based ...