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Boeing sees good Apache market in the Middle East
Paul Derby/DUBAI Boeing is set to capitalise on an emerging Middle East market for the AH-64 Apache attack helicopter. Among other countries, Boeing is talking to the United Arab Emirates about upgrading its 30-strong fleet. The UAE currently operates the original -A model Apache but is considering a remanufacturing programme ...
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Chautauqua add Saab 340s - ATI
Chautauqua Airlines has placed an order with Saab Aircraft Leasing for ten Saab 340As, plus options for two more, with which it plans to replace its 19-seat British Aerospace Jetstream 31 aircraft and expand its services as a US Airways Express carrier. According to Saab Aircraft Leasing, the first 340A ...
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Kuwait Airways, PAL link for Bangkok-Manila flights - ATI
Kuwait Airways (KAC) and Philippine Airlines (PAL) are entering into a co-operation agreement under which PAL passengers will be carried on the Kuwaiti carrier¹s flights between Bangkok and Manila - flights operated only because of the need for a technical stop. A PAL source says from Manila that the agreement ...
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Eastern seeks waiver
China Eastern Airlines is seeking an exemption from a new government tax on aircraft operating leases to allow it to revive a plan to acquire Airbus A340-600s from International Lease Finance (ILFC). Industry sources told ATI last week that the tentative deal under which the Shanghai-based carrier would lease four ...
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Face the facts with...Chuck Grieve
Maurice Flanagan, Group Managing Director of Emirates, the Dubai-based international airline, believes the general public is being badly-served in many parts of the world for a variety of reasons Q: Have alliances grown too strong? A: I think alliances, if they're not controlled, would be the same as cartels. ...
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American Eagle 'a strong prospect' for ERJ-140
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Embraer hopes to secure its first airline order for the ERJ-140 before the end of the year as the Brazilian manufacturer embarks on a fast track development of the new 44-seat regional jet derivative. The company is chasing incremental orders and conversions of airline orders, ...
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Go focuses on 737-700 or A319 for long-term fleet plans
UK low-fare airline Go expects to finalise its long-term fleet plans early next year. This will enable it to begin introducing a new fleet of Airbus A319s or Boeing 737-700s in 2001. The airline was set up in May last year by British Airways as a low-cost short-haul subsidiary ...
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Express way to success
Airlines catering for luxury travellers have often gone to the wall. Midwest Express, however, is thriving. Paul Seidenman/MILWAUKEE Since US airlines were deregulated, a few carriers have tried to offer a single-class service catering to the demands of high-fare business travellers. Generally, these luxury operations have been unsuccessful. ...
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British Aerospace reins in Nimrod work
British Aerospace is concentrating structural work on the troubled Nimrod MRA4 maritime patrol aircraft at its Woodford factory. The move follows an announcement in March that the aircraft's in-service date has slipped from April 2003 until 2005. As a result Cobham subsidiary FR Aviation (FRA) will lose a contract ...
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Pilatus expands fractional ownership network in USA
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON Pilatus PC-12 fractional ownership provider Alpha Flying is expanding its Plane Sense network to cover the south east and mid-west regions of the USA. "Responding to demand from potential customers across the US, we have decided to set up operating bases in Atlanta, Georgia by December and in ...
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Regional deal heralds China breakthrough
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Paul Lewis/WASHINGTONBombardier has signed a breakthrough deal with China's Shandong Airlines to supply five Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) series 200s. It will also look at establishing a dedicated training centre as local interest in regional aviation picks up. The Jinan-based provincial operator is the first Chinese carrier to ...
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Mergers
Kaman Aircraft Products has been sold to Wesco Aircraft Hardware of California. The Kaman Industrial Technologies subsidiary distributes bearings to the airline industry. BF Goodrich has purchased the ACES II ejection seat product line from Boeing. The operation becomes part of BF Goodrich's Aerospace Safety Systems division. Hawker Pacific Aerospace ...
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AlliedSignal and R-R in takeover successes
The consolidation of smaller US aerospace businesses continues with AlliedSignal's $291 million acquisition of parts distributor TriStar Aerospace and the completion of Rolls-Royce's $73 million acquisition of National Airmotive. Dallas-based TriStar recorded more than $185 million in sales last year and managed more than 100,000 different parts. Its takeover ...
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MAS considers A340
Malaysia Airlines (MAS) is evaluating the Airbus A340-500 for use on transpacific services to the USA. According to Flight International's sister online service, Air Transport Intelligence, MAS sources say senior Airbus Industrie executives have visited Malaysia recently to pursue an A340 deal. Such a purchase would be a ...
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Marketplace
British Airways has confirmed its commitment for up to 24 Airbus A318s. The first Pratt & Whitney PW6000-powered aircraft will be delivered from 2003. South Africa's Interdoc Aerospace has placed deposits with Canadian Aerospace Group International for five 19-seat Twin Panda turboprops. The aircraft is a Westernised version of the ...
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Novair signs A330 deal with Flightlease
Swedish charter airline Novair has finalised its long-haul fleet plan by leasing Airbus A330-200s from Flightlease. The airline, a subsidiary of Scandinavian tour operator Apollo, is phasing out its three Lockheed L-1011 TriStar 500s that it uses for long-haul charters to Asia and the Caribbean. The airline will take ...
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Routes
Mesa Airlines, operating as US Airways Express, will begin offering three non-stop round trip flights each weekday between Washington's Reagan National Airport and Toronto, beginning 5 December, using 50-seat Bombardier Canadair Regional Jets. British Airways franchise operator British Regional Airlines (BRAL) is introducing services between Southampton and Frankfurt in January, ...
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Chautauqua to fly TWA's jet feed
Trans World Airlines (TWA) has agreed a marketing tie-up with Chautauqua Airlines to launch its first regional jet services. The deal involves Chautauqua parent Wexford Management committing to orders and options for up to a further 60 Embraer RJ-145s. The 10-year agreement calls for Chautauqua to launch the first ...
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Connecting East Africa
Kenya Airways has shown how to succeed, but its East African regional rivals are struggling Michael Wakabi/KAMPALA A shareholders' meeting on 26 November could pose ominous implications for the East African air industry. The stockholders control African Joint Air Services Agreement (AJAS), the holding company behind SA Alliance, the ...
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Pan Am starts career training
Pan Am International Flight Academy (PAIFA) has entered the ab initio pilot training market by buying Westwind Aviation Academy. Following its acquisition of Phoenix, Arizona-based Westwind, PAIFA has launched a career pilot training programme, under which it will work with airlines to select and train students all the way ...