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Boeing probe
The US Justice Department has opened an investigation into alleged bribes used by former Boeing subsidiary, de Havilland Aircraft, to secure a $64 million order for five Dash 8s from BahamasAir in 1991. The allegations came to light earlier this year after Canadian entrepreneur Craig Dobbin filed a $900 million ...
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British Midland reveals Eurostar impact
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON BRITISH MIDLAND (BM) admits that competition from the Channel Tunnel rail link from London to Paris and Brussels effectively halved its potential profits in 1995, but group chairman Sir Michael Bishop says that the airline has now weathered the worst of the Tunnel's impact. Although the airline managed ...
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China Airlines signs up for eight more 747s
CHINA AIRLINES (CAL) of Taiwan has placed a $1.4 billion order for up to eight Boeing 747-400s, as part of its continuing fleet-replacement programme. The deal covers the purchase of four more Pratt & Whitney PW4056-powered 747-400s, for delivery between May and December 1997. The carrier ...
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United plans to spend $3 billion on Boeing order
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES UNITED AIRLINES (UAL) is in final negotiations with Boeing for up to 35 aircraft ranging from 757s to 747s and worth around $3 billion. The carrier is also about to open negotiations for the purchase of 30 smaller aircraft. The airline originally hoped ...
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First Emirates 777 emerges
THE FIRST OF SEVEN Boeing 777-200s on order for Dubai-based Emirates Airlines has entered customer-acceptance flight tests. The aircraft is scheduled to be handed over in June, with subsequent deliveries in July and October. Source: Flight International
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Working relationship
Private Israeli airline Arkia has expanded into an international charter operator. Arie Egozi/TEL AVIV THE THREE ONE-STOREY prefabricated office buildings at Dov Airport in Tel Aviv reflect the spartan way in which Israeli private airline Arkia is managed. Arkia was founded in 1950 by Israeli ...
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Merpati assets
British Aerospace's Asset Management Organisation has confirmed that it is in preliminary discussions with Merpati regarding the lease of some BAe 146s. The Indonesian carrier is seeking up to ten 146-200s and -300s to replace its Fokker F27s on regional services. Australian carrier National Jet, the region's largest 146 operator, ...
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MDC
Kenneth Reed will become president of St Louis, Missouri-based McDonnell Douglas (MDC) Canada from 3 June. He was most recently vice-president/general manager of quality systems-integration at the company's headquarters. Andrew Quinn has been named regional vice-president for product at MDC China, based in the country's capital, Beijing. He will be ...
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World Airlines launches London City services
WORLD AIRLINES initiated scheduled services between London City Airport (LCY) and Amsterdam on 13 May, using a British Aerospace 146-200 leased from USAir. The new UK carrier, which has been formed by music entrepreneur Nick Stolberg, is operating some 44 flights a week between the two cities, ...
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Embraer begins East European sales drive
EMBRAER HAS received letters of intent from potential customers in Russia for two of its EMB-145 50-seat regional jets as part of a marketing campaign in Eastern Europe. The Brazilian company warns, however, that Russian certification is "...subject to how many aircraft are ordered and financed". ...
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DASA prepares 328 cryoplane
DAIMLER-BENZ Aerospace (DASA) is to go ahead with a programme to convert a Dornier 328 turboprop to a hydrogen-fuelled testbed late this year. "The aim is to use the knowhow gained with the Dornier 328...for Airbus applications at a later date," says DASA. The project, now in ...
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Power Pool
THE COMMERCIAL-ENGINES business is among the biggest of big-risk businesses, and the risk is seldom bigger than when a new engine is required for an as-yet-unproven large airliner. So it should come as no surprise that two engine manufacturers should pool resources to minimise the risk of participating in such ...
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The precision- and non-precision-approach debate
Sir - I refer to "Why a precision approach is safer" (Letters, Flight International, 17-23 April, P62), in which Dimitris Vourdoubas and Capt John Raby argue the pros and cons of attempting to fly a non-precision approach to a constant slope. Unfortunately, non-precision approaches vary, not least in ...
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BA's franchising goes offshore
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON BRITISH AIRWAYS has announced its first offshore franchise deal, with Sun-Air of Scandinavia. The UK carrier expects the deal to be the first of similar international agreements. The link with Sun-Air is effective from 1 August, and will provide the carrier with a ...
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Regional repercussions
Regional jets headline this year's US Regional Airline Association show, with the debut of Embraer's EMB-145 and the debate on turboprop safety. Graham Warwick/ATLANTA MORE THAN 18 months after an American Eagle ATR 72 crashed near Roselawn, Indiana killing all 68 people on board, repercussions of the accident ...
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Boeing schedules September delivery for first F-22 wing
Guy Norris/SEATTLE BOEING IS ON schedule to deliver large sub-assemblies for the first pre-production F-22 air-superiority fighter to its partner Lockheed Martin in September, amid rising confidence that the first flight will take place on time in late May 1997. Boeing's two biggest sections of ...
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Leisure International selects Airbus A321
UK CHARTER CARRIER Leisure International Airways (formerly Air UK Leisure) has selected the Airbus A321-200 rather than the Boeing 737-800 for its future fleet needs. LIA declines to comment on the selection, although it confirms that an announcement "is imminent". The airline has replaced its fleet ...
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ANZ plans twice-weekly Australia-Shanghai flights
AIR NEW ZEALAND (ANZ), plans to use up its remaining Australian fifth-freedom rights, by flying twice weekly between Australia and Shanghai. The carrier says that it will "probably" operate the services from Sydney, but has not ruled out using its Brisbane hub. General manager sales and marketing international ...
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El Al profits boost
EL AL TURNED IN net profits of $15 million in 1995 and expects to improve on the performance this year, helped by rising traffic between the USA and Israel. The Israeli flag carrier says that it expects to make gains from its improved access to US gateways and ...
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Leaving on a high
Allan Winn/LONDON SIR CHRISTOPHER Chataway retires from the chairmanship of the UK Civil Aviation Authority at the end of this month. In his five years as chairman, he has overseen a dramatic improvement in efficiency and productivity in an organisation, which, he acknowledges, may in the past have ...