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++ Virgin has confirmed that it will add two new Airbus A340-300s in 1998 (Flight International, 13-19 August ) but that one of the aircraft will be acquired on a four-year operating lease from International Lease Finance (ILFC). The aircraft will be delivered in March 1998, and will be joined ...
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Mesa Air regional-jet operation experiences a sluggish start
Mesa Air Group says that its Texas-based regional-jet operation, started in May with two Bombardier Canadair Regional Jets (CRJs), is growing more slowly than anticipated. Marketing of the initial Fort Worth-Houston service is being intensified, and Fort Worth-San Antonio flights will be added in September, with a San Antonio-Colorado Springs ...
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Canada's Royal takes over CanAir cargo
Montreal-based Royal Aviation has acquired the assets of CanAir Cargo, and added the Ontario-based overnight-freight carrier's six leased Boeing 737-200 freighters to its fleet. Royal plans to maintain CanAir's coast-to-coast cargo network, which produced revenues of C$49 million in 1996, and will convert at least three additional 737s ...
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Central Asia's rising star
Ian Sheppard/TASHKENT The Republic of Uzbekistan, a land-locked country lying at the centre of the historic "Silk Road" between Europe and China, gained independence on 1 September, 1991, following the collapse of the Soviet Union. The aviation industry it inherited was in two state-owned blocks - The Uzbek ...
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Taiwan's Chung Sang Institute develops initial turboprop designs
Taiwan's Chung Shan Institute has completed the preliminary design work on its proposed new six-to nine-seat turboprop, and is now seeking to enlist partners to launch full-scale design and development of the programme. Conceptual and preliminary design work on the tentatively designated small aircraft project (SAP) has until ...
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Aerotech
Robert (Bob) Madden, former managing director of McDonnell Douglas Aerospace (UK), has joined information-technology marketing-support company AeroTech Marketing in the UK. Based in Oregon, in the USA, Madden will represent both AeroTech Marketing and AeroTech Business Services. Source: Flight International
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Italian industry static
Italy's aerospace industry remained virtually unchanged in 1996, with sales of L7,500 billion ($4 billion) according to figures from the country's Aerospace Industries Association (AIA. The workforce was also largely unchanged at 33,500 although this may fall in 1997. The AIA also warned that Italy is spending too little on ...
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Resignations
Raytheon Aircraft president Roy Norris has resigned. Chairman and chief executive Art Wegner has assumed the post of president. Gulfstream Aerospace president Fred Breidenbach has also resigned and been replaced by former Boeing Everett division general manager James Johnson. Source: Flight International
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P&WC buys out Klimov's stake in Russian venture
Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) has acquired 100% of its joint venture with Russian engine manufacturer Klimov and formed a wholly-owned new subsidiary, P&W-Rus. The deal will be unveiled at the MAKS '97 air show in Moscow, 19-24 August. Assets and employees of the P&W Klimov joint venture, ...
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Sirocco lines up buyers for R-R-powered Tu-204
Paul Duffy/MOSCOW Sirocco Aerospace International, the subsidiary of Egypt's Kato Aromatic set up to market the Rolls-Royce RB.211-powered Tupolev Tu-204-120, has signed deals with two launch customers involving 15 aircraft. The agreements will be formally announced at the MAKS '97 air show being held in Moscow during 19-24 ...
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Taiwan's carriers close on widebody orders
Paul Lewis/TAIPEI Taiwan's two rival national carriers China Airlines (CAL) and EVA Airways are showing renewed interest in new ultra-long-haul aircraft, in response to the recent provisional launch of the Airbus Industrie A340-500/600 and a proposed open-skies agreement with the USA. Competition between Boeing and Airbus ...
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Studying off-design performance
Sir - As is evident from the article "DC-8 training faulted" (Flight International, 23-29 July, P15), it took an accident [that of an Airborne Express McDonnell Douglas DC-8 in December 1996 in Virginia] to get the aviation community to notice an area about which simulator engineers have been crying for ...
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USairline deals boost CAE's leading position
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC CAE ELECTRONICS has announced contracts for nine full-flight simulators and eight flight-training devices in three key deals. The Canadian company now has an overwhelming share of the commercial flight-simulation orders placed so far this year. American Airlines has selected CAE as its preferred ...
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A330-200 flight-testing programme takes off
Max Kingsley-Jones/TOULOUSE Airbus Industrie's latest widebody, the long-range A330-200, had a successful maiden flight on 13 August, with the consortium's chief test pilot, William Wainwright, at the controls. The initial General Electric CF6-80E1A4-powered version is scheduled to be certificated in March 1998, and to enter service ...
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Air Niugini introduces two de Havilland Dash-8s into service
Air Niugini recently introduced its two new Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8-200s into service. The two 36-seat aircraft, ordered last year, are being operated on regional routes from Port Moresby, and will eventually replace the airline's two 48-seat de Havilland Dash 7s. Source: Flight International
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Dragonair and ILFC agree to roll over A320 fleet
Dragonair has signed a deal with International Lease Finance (ILFC) to roll-over its fleet of Airbus Industrie A320s with seven new leased aircraft. The Hong Kong-based airline's seven International Aero Engines V2500-A1-powered A320s will be replaced by the latest-specification version, equipped with more powerful 118kN (26,500lb)-thrust V2527-A5 turbofans ...
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Kitty Hawk/Kalitta companies take decision to merge
Kitty Hawk, the Dallas-based charter passenger and cargo air carrier, has agreed to merge with the Ypsilanti, Michigan-based Kalitta Companies, which includes American International Airways (AIA), American International Cargo, American International Freight, Flight One Logistics, Kalitta Flying Services and OK Turbines. In a related transaction, Kitty Hawk will ...
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Allison plans to build new hybrid AE2100 for Japan's amphibian
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Allison Engine is proposing a new hybrid version of its AE2100 turboprop to power the planned ShinMaywa Industries US-1A Kai upgraded search-and-rescue (SAR) amphibian for the Japan Defence Agency (JDA). The AE2100J being offered to Japan is a derivative of the AE2100A and D3 ...
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Reflected glory
Peter Henley/SEATTLE The dilemma which Boeing faced when launching its Next Generation 737 was whether to update the proven model or start afresh. The big 737 operators wanted an updated 737 for fleet commonality, but they demanded a version which would fly faster, higher and more economically. They ...
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Only the beginning
The first phase of US consolidation has ended, but there are more shifts to come in the ranking of the world's top 100 aerospace groups. Compiled by Flight International and Booz Allen & Hamilton Kevin O'Toole/LONDON This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of ...