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LanChile grows with 767-300ERs
LANCHILE has placed orders for three Boeing 767-300ERs, worth $300 million, and is drawing up a long-range plan to renew and expand its Boeing 737 fleet. The General Electric CF6-80C2-powered 767s, deliveries of which will be begin in April 1998, are the first to be purchased directly by ...
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Marketplace
++ US start-up carrier, Nashville-based Corporate Express Airlines, is to lease four more Jetstream 32s from British Aerospace Asset Management - Turboprops, bringing its total fleet to ten aircraft ++ Air Labrador, based in Goose Bay, Canada, has received its first Beech 1900D from Raytheon Aircraft. The airline holds options ...
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Harbin signs CAG to complete Y-12s in Canada
CANADIAN AEROSPACE Group (CAG) has agreed to become the Western completion centre for China's Harbin Y-12 twin-turboprop 19-seat aircraft. A contract for two aircraft from an Alaskan operator is close to being finalised, says CAG, and the Ìrst airframe is almost complete at Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing. ...
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Maintenance warning
Lufthansa Technik chairman Wolfgang Mayrhuber has repeated warnings over plans by Boeing to enter the maintenance market, criticising airframe and engine manufacturers who become "both the supplier and competitor of its customers". Technik's 1996 sales rose by 16%, to more than DM3 billion ($1.8 billion), and pre-tax profits totalled DM62 ...
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End of an era
The demise of the BAe/AI(R) Jetstream 41 commuter airliner represents another step in the (often involuntary) rationalisation of the regional-turboprop market. It also, however, raises serious questions about the future of the lower end of regional-airline operations. There can be little surprise in British Aerospace's decision to cease ...
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Broken link grounds Explorers
McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems (MDHS) Explorer helicopters have been grounded "until further notice" following the discovery of a broken adjustable collective drive-link. Subsequent tests have revealed the need for a redesign of the assembly. The company notified operators of the grounding order on the evening of 28 May, ...
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Prestwick seeks new work after J41 closure
British Aerospace has signalled its final exit from turboprop regional-aircraft production, with the announcement that it is to close the Jetstream 41 assembly line at Prestwick, Scotland. The move is being backed by a renewed drive to find replacement aerostructures work for the site. Production of the J41, ...
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Lockheed Martin tests joined-wing model
Lockheed Martin is flight-testing a scale model of a joined-wing tanker/transport being studied under its New Strategic Aircraft (NSA) project. Initial tests of the 1.98m-span radio-controlled model exhibited "excellent" flight characteristics and met or exceeded objectives, the company says. A joined-wing design would allow the aircraft to be equipped with ...
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Delays force Mesa to curtail Dash 8 order
MESA AIR GROUP has cancelled the remaining 13 of a 25-aircraft order for Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8-200 regional turboprops, citing delivery delays and technical problems. Options on a further 25 aircraft have been cancelled, but Mesa says that it will keep 12 Dash 8s already delivered. Bombardier ...
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Room for three?
Aloha and Hawaiian Airlines have seen inter-island challengers come and go. Will Mahalo Air be any different? David Knibb reports. Any high frequency, short haul market of 9.2 million passengers a year is bound to attract attention, especially when only two airlines consistently serve it. But in the Hawaiian inter-island ...
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Appointments
Thai Airways has appointed several new executive vice presidents, including Bhisit Kuslasayanon for commercial service, Payoon Puakpong for customer service, Saad Sobsatrasorn for operations, and Amnuay Chanya for finance and information. Meanwhile Sittipong Thanitayawong is the new senior vice president responsible for corporate planning and government relations. Frederick ...
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Greenwich time
General Electric will buy US engine overhaul specialist Greenwich Air Services for US$530 million, subject to shareholder approval. Source: Airline Business
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Appointments
Air Marshall Islands has appointed Peter R Hanna as chief executive officer. James A Robinson has been appointed president and member of the board of directors of Fairchild Aerospace Corporation while Michael L Meshay has joined the board of Fairchild subsidiary Dornier Luftfahrt. Hans-G Koch became ...
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Appointments
François Bachelet becomes chief operating officer of Air France Cargo. Martin George has become British Airways' director of marketing. Meanwhile, BA's chief executive Bob Ayling has become chairman of the Association of European Airlines for 1997. Willem E Kooijman will become KLM's executive vice president personnel ...
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Partners for now
Every year sees a major change to the global alliance movement and this year's survey, the fourth consecutive since 1994/95, is no exception. Last year SAS left the European Quality Alliance for Lufthansa, while this time British Airways ditched its codeshare with US Airways in favour of American Airlines. With ...
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US opens up centre
Sceptics could be forgiven for questioning the true 'open' nature ofthe new US open skies agreements with six Central American countries since carriers from two of the countries are prohibited from flying to the US. Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Panama each signed open skies ...
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CNAC enters stock race
Two of China's leading aviation companies are embroiled in a race to list on the Hong Kong stock exchange before the territory is handed over to Beijing's control on 1 July, with sources suggesting only one is likely to succeed. Guangzhou-based China Southern Airlines is still trying to ...
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Boeing's actions require scrutiny
Sole-supplier deals could stifle competition and reduce the impetus to innovate. When a company with the size and influence of Boeing flexes its muscles, everybody had better sit up and take notice. Recently, there's been plenty of muscle-flexing in Seattle. Boeing has signed sole-supplier deals with American Airlines ...
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Out of tune
After a period of relative quiet, noise is creeping back on to the mainstream aeropolitical agenda. Operators are already starting to feel the effects of a patchwork of regulations, which have emerged to fill the vacuum created by slow progress on the march to the next generation of standards. ...
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PIA sale to fund revamp
The Pakistani government has launched its search for a strategic equity partner to help recapitalise and restructure state-controlled Pakistan International Airlines. The government's privatisation commission plans to appoint financial advisors, consisting of an investment bank, a law firm and consultants, on 20 July to oversee the sale of ...