Programmes – Page 1062

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    British Midland gets ready for Star sign

    1999-10-27T00:00:00Z

    British Midland (BM) is poised to sign to with Star Alliance after agreeing to a two-week period of exclusive negotiations with Lufthansa. BM has been veering towards one global grouping after another for months. BM says its "proposed agreement" with Lufthansa would see the German major acquire a 20% ...

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    Boeing to study further 777 stretch

    1999-10-27T00:00:00Z

    Andrew Doyle/BRUSSELS Boeing is studying the possibility of stretching the 777-300X to accommodate up to 60 more passengers. The move comes at the request of some of the airlines evaluating the twinjet as a replacement for the 747-400. "We're listening to the airlines and asking the question: 'Can ...

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    SAA targets Nigeria for sub-Saharan alliance

    1999-10-27T00:00:00Z

    Hilka Birns/CAPE TOWN South African Airways (SAA) aims to become the guiding force in an alliance of sub-Saharan airlines, as it negotiates to acquire a major shareholding in Nigeria Airways. The moves come as the South African carrier prepares to relaunch a competition to upgrade its short- and long-haul ...

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    USA aims to extend open skies arrangements round the world

    1999-10-27T00:00:00Z

    The US Government plans to use a forthcoming meeting to spark discussions on broadening the scope of current bilateral open skies agreements into regional or global arrangements. It has previously been reluctant to do this. The gathering of international transport and aviation authorities will take place in Chicago on ...

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    Tupolev Tu-334 is cleared for assembly at Moscow factory

    1999-10-27T00:00:00Z

    Series production of the Tupolev Tu-334 twinjet has moved a step nearer, with the Russian Government issuing a special order approving assembly at the MAPO plant in Moscow. The paper, signed in early October by Russia's prime minister, Vladimir Putin, replaces a previous government decision to launch series production ...

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    Bombardier will decide on regional jets early next year

    1999-10-27T00:00:00Z

    Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Bombardier says decisions on whether to proceed with the 90-seat CRJ-900 and 110-seat BRJ-X regional jets will be taken independently, within months of each other, next year. The Canadian company is offering the CRJ-900 to airlines, but will not have the authority to offer the ...

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    Marketplace

    1999-10-27T00:00:00Z

    Air Canada has received the first of six Rolls-Royce Trent 700-powered Airbus A330-300s. Qatari wet-lease specialist Gulf Falcon Group has arranged to acquire five ex-Japan Airlines Boeing 747s, including two -100s and three -200s, from Itochu Air Lease, for delivery from December. Indigo Aviation has sold two CFM International CFM56-powered ...

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    TWA and Delta expand hub feed

    1999-10-27T00:00:00Z

    Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Trans World Airlines is to launch a regional jet operation as part of an expansion of its feeder service. Another US carrier, Delta Air Lines, has moved to further strengthen its Connection network by acquiring partner airline Comair. TWA plans to have eight 50-seat regional ...

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    Lufthansa's Lido scoops BA flight planning contract

    1999-10-27T00:00:00Z

    Andrew Doyle/MUNICH British Airways has chosen Lufthansa Group subsidiary Lido to provide its new advanced flight planning system after a two-year selection process. The UK carrier will use Lido Operation Centre (Lido OC) for all flight planning and dispatch procedures, replacing the SWORD system bought from American Airlines ...

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    Europe realigns industry sectors

    1999-10-27T00:00:00Z

    Chris Jasper and Stewart Penney/LONDON British Aerospace and Finmeccanica are to create a European defence electronics business from Alenia Marconi Systems (AMS). AMS is a joint venture between the Italian conglomerate's Alenia Difesa company and Marconi Electronic Systems (MES), with which BAe is merging. The breakthrough agreement, first ...

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    PC-12 update

    1999-10-27T00:00:00Z

    Pilatus is evaluating a new cockpit for the PC-12, featuring a large-format flat-panel display, developed by US company IS&S. This replaces most of the current instruments. Flight tests could begin within two months and the 230 x 250mm display may be offered initially as an option on the co-pilot's side ...

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    Silence please

    1999-10-20T00:00:00Z

    As stringent Stage IV noise limits loom, US aerospace engineers are studying how far noise reduction is technologically and economically possible Guy Norris/LOS ANGELESWhile the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) moves relentlessly towards an undefined Stage IV noise limit for airliner operations in the 21st century, the industry is hard ...

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    Boeing recovery

    1999-10-20T00:00:00Z

    Boeing's continued production recovery boosted the company's third-quarter performance, with operating earnings soaring to $501 million in its commercial aircraft business, compared with a loss of $142 million for the same period last year. Chairman Phil Condit says an that improved Asian economy will allow the company to maintain 747 ...

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    Falcon 50 engine retrofit firms up

    1999-10-20T00:00:00Z

    AlliedSignal has signed an agreement with Dassault covering the retrofit of TFE731-40 turbofans to Falcon 50s, as Garrett Aviation Services nears completion of the first re-engining at its Springfield, Illinois site. The -40s replace the original TFE731-3 engines, and produce 24% more cruise thrust, as well as a reducing ...

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    Merger forms world's third-largest aerospace company

    1999-10-20T00:00:00Z

    Chris Jasper/LONDON Julian Moxon/PARIS Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Aerospatiale Matra and DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (Dasa) are to merge in a move that will create the world's third-largest aerospace company. The merger seems likely to accelerate the transformation of Airbus Industrie into a single corporate entity. The deal raises questions about ...

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    Fine looks to replace DC-8s

    1999-10-20T00:00:00Z

    Paul Lewis/MIAMI Recently merged cargo carriers Fine Air and Arrow Air are looking to acquire freighters to replace their McDonnell Douglas DC-8-50s. The newly amalgamated company intends to acquire eight freighters by the middle of next year to replace an equal number of Fine Air's DC-8-50Fs. Both companies ...

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    BA snubs 717 and stays with Airbus for short-haul fleet strategy revamp

    1999-10-20T00:00:00Z

    Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON British Airways' decision to order more Airbus narrowbodies rather than the Boeing 717 for its 100-seat needs is part of a major short-haul fleet strategy revamp. According to sources within the carrier, the three-year-plan, which comes as part of the airline's strategy of reducing capacity and ...

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    American Eagle starts phasing out Saabs

    1999-10-20T00:00:00Z

    American Eagle Airlines has begun to phase out its massive Saab 340 fleet, with the entry into service of the new Embraer ERJ-135 and gradual transition to a predominantly turbofan-powered operation by 2005. The AMR-owned regional carrier has put the first nine of its 115 Swedish twin-turboprops on the ...

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    Airbus wins more business in USA

    1999-10-20T00:00:00Z

    Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC The Airbus A318 has received another major sales boost. America West, Frontier Airlines and Air China are to announce orders for 33 aircraft days after British Airways concluded its deal for up to 24 of the new jets. Boeing chairman Phil Condit has publicly conceded ...

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    Marketplace

    1999-10-20T00:00:00Z

    Polar Air Cargo has introduced two additional Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7Q-powered 747-200 freighters and retired one of its older747-100s. Cathay Pacific has ordered two additional Rolls-Royce RB211-524H-powered Boeing 747-400 freighters, for delivery in September 2000 and August 2001. The Hong Kong-based carrier has also concluded its lease deal with Air ...