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Air Europe A320s arrive for Alitalia challenge
Marco Messalla/ROME Italy's Air Europe has received the first two of five leased Airbus A320s for its new north-south domestic network in competition with Alitalia. One more A320 will be delivered in time for the 8 May start of scheduled services from Milan's Malpensa Airport to Catania and Palermo, ...
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US Airways joins the P@ssport providers
Emma Kelly/LONDON Sony Trans Com has secured a third customer for its P@ssport interactive in-flight entertainment system, with US Airways ordering the equipment for an initial seven Airbus A330-300s. The P@ssport order could increase, as the carrier holds options on a further 30 A330s. The first A330, which will ...
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Vantage work set to resume
Dave Higdon/ST LOUISThe Vantage single-engined jet will be heavier and use a more powerful engine when VisionAire begins certification testing of the first production prototype towards the end of this year. The St Louis, Missouri-based company plans to resume development of the aircraft after a lengthy design review is published ...
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Lufthansa agrees to buy up to 120 Fairchild 728JETs
Andrew Doyle/FRANKFURT Fairchild Aerospace has secured a major breakthrough in its bid to develop the 728JET - Lufthansa's supervisory board has decided to approve the purchase of up to 120 of the regional airliners by its CityLine commuter subsidiary. The German flag carrier has signed a firm order for 60 ...
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EC bows to US pressure on hushkits
The European Commission (EC) has formally approved a ban on the European operation of aircraft fitted with hushkits, but in a last-minute concession to the USA has postponed the regulation's implementation by a year, until 1 May, 2000. As part of the compromise deal thrashed out in the past ...
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Scope for change
Pressure is mounting for the reform of regional airline pilot scope clauses Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC The simmering debate over regional airline pilot scope clauses is slowly coming to the boil. With most labour agreements due for renewal from next year, pressure is building from a range of sectors - airlines, ...
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Eurofighter passes test milestones
Eurofighter has explored about 90% of the flight envelope of its initial operating capability (IOC) baseline configuration. Tests are pushing ahead, with the aim of the four Eurofighter partners receiving IOC air-defence configured aircraft in 2002. DaimlerChrysler Aerospace's DA5 aircraft is flying with the FCS 2B/1 software that gives Eurofighter ...
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Tests begin on Rafale optronics
Julian Moxon/PARISFlight tests of the Thomson-CSF Optronique front sector optronics (FSO)system that will give the Dassault Rafale fighter a passive infrared and television imaging capability have begun on a Dassault Falcon 20 testbed. The FSO will provide all-weather air-to-air and air-to-ground surveillance and targeting and, says Thomson-CSF Optronique, is the ...
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Head start
Lufthansa CityLine's decision to sign on the dotted line for $1.6 billion-worth of Fairchild Aerospace 728JET regional airliners undoubtedly represents a major achievement for a (relatively) small US-German aircraft manufacturer with big ambitions. But it does far less to answer the question of how this overcrowded sector of the market ...
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City Bird deal angers Sabena
Herman De Wulf/BRUSSELS A row has broken out between Belgian national airline Sabena and local associate City Bird over an agreement with fledgling Congolese national airline Lignes Aeriennes Congolaises (LAC) allowing City Bird to operate the Brussels-Kinshasa route on the African carrier's behalf. Sabena is demanding BFr350 million ($9.2 ...
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United joins PETAL II datalink trials
Emma Kelly/LONDON United Airlines has committed its Boeing 777s (above) to Europe's Preliminary Eurocontrol Test of Air/Ground Data Link (PETAL II) programme. PETAL II is Europe's groundbreaking datalink programme aimed at validating air-ground datalinks in an operational air traffic control environment. The three-phase programme involves air traffic controllers and aircraft ...
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Rockwell Collins makes Boeing comeback on 767
Boeing has chosen Rockwell Collins to provide the flightdeck liquid crystal displays (LCDs) for the 767-400ER. This is a significant victory for Collins in its battle to regain Boeing flightdeck display market share from Honeywell. "In a sense it is a comeback for us," says Steve Piller, vice-president Boeing ...
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Raytheon's STARS fails to shine in time for FAA programme
Problems with development of the Raytheon Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System (STARS) have forced the US Federal Aviation Administration to delay its deployment. It will acquire a rival air traffic control system instead for interim use at some heavily used airports in New York and Washington DC. STARS is ...
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Chinese airlines post big losses
Chris Jasper/LONDONChina Eastern Airlines has become the second of the country's big three operators to reveal disappointing financial results for last year. The Shanghai-based carrier reported a net loss of 632 million yuan ($76 million) for the year, compared with a profit of 332 million yuan in 1997. The result ...
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Private conversions
Two private Middle Eastern operators have chosen BFGoodrich's Super 27 re-engining kit for their Boeing 727-200s. The conversion involves replacing the number one and three Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7/9 powerplants with the higher bypass-ratio -200 series derivative. As well as Stage 3 compliance, BFGoodrich says that the Super 27 modification ...
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All the rage
Prevention of 'air rage' incidents is better than cure, according to IATA David Learmount/LONDON The problem of disruptive passengers is so complex that the world's airlines are struggling to agree on remedies. There is consensus on one thing, however - prevention is better than cure. The International Air ...
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Boeing gets back on track
A "solid and clearly improving performance" at Boeing has seen the company post healthy first quarter net profits of $469 million - a better than anticipated result after the aircraft giant's woes last year. Boeing warns, however, that recent stronger prices on commercial jets are not expected to hold for ...
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TAAN joins Venezuelan start-up
Despite warnings from industry observers that Venezuela's future calls for fewer rather than more airlines, new carriers continue to line up to fill the hole left by the demise of flag carrier Viasa. TAAN (Transporte Aereo Andino) is the latest planned start-up, and one of three carriers seeking operating certificates ...
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Spirit soars in USA
A US start-up which has so far secured its mostly profitable existence by controlling growth and sticking to niche leisure markets up and down the east coast is to test new waters. Detroit, Michigan-based Spirit Airlines will begin a non-stop service to Los Angeles in June and is expanding operations ...
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Bringing airlines to account
The lure of global capital markets is spurring the search for international accounting standards. To accompany the launch of the latest Bridging the GAAP reference work, author Ian Milne reports on an accountancy revolution. International accounting standards may seem an unpromising place to seek a revolution, at least one that ...