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USA urges Asian partners to liberalise regional services
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE The US Government is urging its new "open-skies" partner nations in Asia and the Pacific Rim to adopt similar liberal air-service agreements with one another, to open up regional traffic and allow airlines to exercise effectively new beyond-rights to third countries. In the past ...
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Singapore Leasing signs customers for A320s
Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (SALE) has signed agreements for five new Airbus Industrie A320s, with two aircraft going to Saeaga Airlines of Malaysia and three to TransAer International Airlines of Ireland. SALE, a joint venture between Boullioun Aviation Services and Singapore Airlines, has signed a five-year agreement with ...
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Sogerma/DA Airbus sign deal for A300B4 conversions work
Julian Moxon/Paris Andrzej Jeziorski/Munich Daimler-Benz Aerospace Airbus (DAAirbus) and French maintenance group Sogerma have signed a long-term agreement for the conversion of Airbus A300B4s from passenger to freighter configuration. The move follows an 18-aircraft order from a new US leasing company. The initial Franco/German deal covers ...
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Transaero outlines ambitions to increase Western fleet
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW Leading Russian airline Transaero plans to acquire a further 16 Boeing aircraft by the turn of the century. The first batch, two Boeing 737-700s, will join the fleet under a lease deal with Bavaria Flug in December. Two more Boeing 767-300s will be delivered ...
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IFE problems make BA reconsider programme
Emma Kelly/ORLANDO British Airways is re-evaluating its interactive in-flight entertainment (IFE) programme following reliability problems with the B/E Aerospace Multi-media Digital Distribution System (MDDS). The deal is valued at up to $225 million, depending on the number of aircraft equipped. The MDDS, selected by BA in ...
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AmWest pilots clear Airbus deal
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES America West has confirmed a deal valued at $1.4 billion for up to 46 Airbus Industrie A319-100s and A320-200s after securing a last-minute agreement with the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA). The order was initially outlined a year ago, but prolonged negotiations over ...
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Aerospatiale reports strong growth in first-half results
Julian Moxon/PARIS France's biggest aerospace manufacturer, Aerospatiale, has posted a strong financial performance for the first half of the year, with an 11.5% increase in sales and 90% growth in pre-tax income over the same period in 1996. The results come as the state-owned concern awaits ...
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Lufthansa sells off Cargolux stake
Lufthansa's 24.5% stake in Cargolux, the Luxembourg-based freight airline, is to be taken over by SairLogistics, Swissair's sister cargo arm . Talks between the three companies have been going on for several months. The German airline says that it decided to sell because of an "-increasingly divergent strategic ...
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First F-22 tests end
Initial flight testing of the first Lockheed Martin/ Boeing F-22 fighter has been completed after just two flights, one of which was cut short by telemetry problems. Lockheed Martin decided against a planned third flight in a bid to avoid further delays in delivering the aircraft to the USAir Force's ...
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EC urges European majors to restructure to challenge USA
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON The European Commission(EC) is poised to weigh into efforts to accelerate consolidation among Europe's aerospace companies, and restructuring of Airbus Industrie, with the publication of a policy document, which contains stark warnings over the consequences of failing to build cross-border civil and military groupings capable of ...
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Embraer launches 37-seater
Graham Warwick/ Washington DC Embraer expects to book firm orders for its new EMB-135 37-seat regional jet by the end of 1997. The Brazilian manufacturer has formally launched development of the EMB-135, with a first flight planned for mid-1998, leading to certification and first delivery in the ...
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Precision signs for Japanese business
Precision Castparts of the USA has signed three-year agreements with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagoya Guidance and Propulsion Systems Works to manufacture structural and airfoil castings for the Pratt & Whitney PW4000, PW4084, PW4090, PW4098, PW4168, and International Aero Engines V2500 powerplants, with a potential value of more than $37 million. ...
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Choice of pilots must be objective
Sir - A career in the management of aircraft in the airline business has become a clearly identified professional area where the job description and the profile of the person to fulfil this exacting and responsible management activity can at last be specified. The history of flying aeroplanes ...
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Bombardier
Bombardier Aviation Services, of Montreal, Canada, has appointed John Gonsalves to the new position of regional director, eastern service sales in north-east America, based in Hartford, Connecticut. Randy Znamenak becomes regional director for western service sales, also a new position, based in Wichita, Kansas. Source: Flight International
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Air China deal boosts CAE's market share
CAEElectronics has sold two full-flight simulators and a flight-training device to Air China in a deal worth C$30 million ($21.7 million). The Boeing 737-800 and 777-200 simulators and 777-200 flight- training device will be installed in Air China's Beijing training centre in late 1998. The Chinese airline has ...
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Boeing may launch 777-X this year
Guy Norris and Paul Lewis/SEATTLE Boeing is confident that it will launch the 777-200X and -300X within three months. The company rebuts suggestions that the project is slowing down because of market uncertainty and concerns over performance. Programme manager Jeff Peace says: "We are very serious ...
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Widebodies head for Air China
Air China is to begin taking delivery of the first of eight new Airbus Industrie A340-300s and Boeing 777-200s in early October, as part of a wider fleet re-equipment programme. The Chinese flag carrier will take delivery of its first A340 on 8 October, and put the aircraft ...
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Zurich leads battle to penalise polluters with landing-fee rise
AndrzejJeziorski/MUNICH Zurich Airport has become the world's first major airport to introduce an emissions charge, amounting to as much as 40% of normal landing fees, for operators of aircraft which fail to meet the highest environmental standards. The charge, introduced from 1 September, is balanced by ...
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BAe rules out becoming major Air Jet investor
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON British Aerospace has effectively ruled out making any major investment in the Aero International Regional (AI(R)) Air Jet regional-jet programme, saying that the most important priority for funding must be the Airbus Industrie consortium. The company has pledged publicly to continue to support AI(R)in ...
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Potential suitors eye Cathay partnership
Cathay Pacific Airways says that it is being actively courted by global airline partnerships - in addition to the Star Alliance - but that is in no rush to make a decision. The Hong Kong carrier also warns that the recent downturn in traffic will affect the timing of its ...