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Max Kingsley-Jones/SINGAPORE Airbus Industrie may have just allowed its A3XX high capacity airliner programme to slip by almost a year, but it remains committed to the initiative to provide a European alternative to Boeing's long term monopoly of the market. There are hurdles to cross during 1998, however, before Airbus ...
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SIA defers Boeing orders and admits more cuts may follow
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Asia's economic crisis has finally begun to hit one of the region's sturdier blue chip carriers, Singapore Airlines (SIA), which is slipping delivery of four of its Boeing 747-400 and 777 orders. Meanwhile, Philippines Airlines (PAL) is to defer delivery of three Airbus A320 and two more ...
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-American Eagle has taken delivery of the first of 42 Embraer RJ-145s, and plans to begin regional jet services from Chicago O'Hare in May. The airline will receive the 50-seat ERJ-145s at a rate of two a month until mid-1999. -TAM's component of the massive Latin American Airbus order ...
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Workshop
-SR Technics, the Swissair affiliate, has secured a contract with Boeing to install the two crew Honeywell Advanced Common Flightdeck on DC-10s being converted to MD-10 specification for US freight carrier FedEx. The deal involves 10 firm orders and 15 options. In a related deal, Singapore Technologies' Alabama, Georgia based ...
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Lancair puts back Columbia certification plans
Lancair has revised certification plans for the Columbia 300 piston single, in a bid to keep first deliveries on schedule for year end. The company received a provisional type certificate for the all-composite four seater in July last year, and had planned for full instrument flight-rules (IFR) certification in April. ...
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Emery selects DC-10 for freighter requirement
Emery Worldwide Airlines has picked the McDonnell Douglas (MDC) DC-10 for its widebody freighter needs and signed for an initial five aircraft. The Dayton, Ohio-based integrated freight carrier has arranged to lease five ex-Continental Airlines DC-10-10s from US lessor Pegasus Aviation Group. The aircraft will undergo freighter conversion by Aeronavali ...
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-British Airways regional partner Maersk Air has ordered two additional Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) Series 200LRs for delivery in early 1999. The move marks a continuation of the company's BAC One-Eleven replacement programme, which began late last year with an order for three CRJ-200s. -Alaskan carrier Taquan Air will ...
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Reno pins hopes on new boss
Reno Air has become the latest of the US low fares airlines to undergo a management shake-up, appointing a new chief executive to help steer the struggling carrier back to profits. The Reno board says that it decided that the carrier "would benefit from a change in leadership", especially ...
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Korean Air links with GE Capital to set up deal for 737-800s
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Korean Air (KAL) has reached an initial agreement with General Electric Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) and Boeing to begin rolling over its narrowbodied jet fleet with new Boeing 737-800s as part of a wider $640 million move to revive the cash-strapped carrier. The South Korean national ...
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Air France nears decision on replacement for 737-200
Julian Moxon/PARIS Air France expects to decide between the Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 families to replace its 737-200s by the end of June. A deal for up to 30 aircraft is expected. According to fleet planning director Pierre Vellay, the airline is undertaking a five-year, Fr40 billion ...
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Boeing prepares to step up 737/747 production rates
Assembly rate increases on Boeing's Next Generation 737 and 747-400 are to go ahead, with the US manufacturer confident that its production problems are under control. Output of 737s will double in number to 14 a month in April, and 747-400 production will increase from four to five a month ...
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-Pearljet of Australia has purchased a second British Aerospace Jetstream 41 from BAe Asset Management - Turboprops (AMT), to be based at Brisbane. -O'Connor Airlines of Mount Gambier, Australia, has become the first customer in the Asia- Pacific region for the British Aerospace Jetstream 32EP enhanced performance aircraft, leasing two ...
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Pierson warns on A3XX costs
Airbus president Jean Pierson has warned that the A3XX 550-650 seat airliner should not be launched until the consortium is satisfied that the programme can meet its promised target of delivering significantly better economics than those offered by the Boeing 747. Speaking at his last official press conference before ...
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AIA 98 FINALIST:British Aerospace Aviation Services (Maintenance & Modifications)
British Aerospace Aviation Services set out just over two years ago to produce a realistically priced passenger to freighter conversion for the Airbus A300B4. In 1997 its plans became reality as the first three freighters left for customers. Last year's first milestone came in June as the conversion won ...
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AIA 98 WINNER:Jean Pierson President and chief executive Airbus Industrie
In October, Airbus Industrie celebrated 25 years since its first aircraft took to the air. The occasion only served to show how far the consortium has come since those early days as a fledgling European challenge to the dominant US manufacturers. By the end of an eventful 1997, the point ...
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Asia chops its policies
Fleets, financing and fares are all under review as airlines in the most troubled parts of Asia look for ways to weather the financial turbulence. Boeing predicts that Asian customers could delay up to 60 aircraft deliveries over the next three years. Asian airlines have placed firm orders for ...
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Civil tilt rotor order book is given boost from Japan
With speculation mounting that Bell Helicopter Textron is about to announce its purchase of Boeing's commercial helicopter business, Bell Boeing received a shot in the arm yesterday with the confirmation of three more 609 civil tilt rotor sales. Bell says Japan-based Mitsui Bussan Aerospace has signed a preliminary purchase agreement ...
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Nine killed as Pilatus PC-12 crashes in Kenya
A Pilatus PC-12 crash in Kenya on 13 February claimed the lives of all nine people on board, including Flight International contributing photographer Herman Potgieter. The aircraft, one of two being delivered to a South African safari company by the Stans, Switzerland-based manufacturer, had just been flown on an ...
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Boeing/Hexcel in second Asian venture
Boeing and Hexcel have signed a deal with Sime Darby and Malaysian Helicopter Services to establish a composite parts manufacturing joint venture in Malaysia, in the second such deal of its type to be reached in Asia by the two Western companies. The agreement, signed on 14 February, calls ...
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Eurocopter aims to break into US market with new EC155
Eurocopter has launched its EC155 in the US market, eight months after the twin engined medium helicopter was unveiled in Europe. The aircraft, which will be marketed by American Eurocopter (AEC), is a modified and stretched variant of the AS365 Dauphin medium twin, boasting a 40% increase in cabin size. ...