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Big three airframe builders demand IFE standard
THE WORLD'S three largest airframe builders have joined together to warn the in-flight entertainment (IFE) industry that it has to standardise hardware or face serious consequences. Airbus, Boeing and McDonnell Douglas (MDC) executives shared a stage at the recent World Airline Entertainment Association conference in Amsterdam to give ...
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Two new orders for Fokker 70
A new customer and an existing operator have placed orders for four Fokker 70 regional jets. Vietnam Airlines has confirmed a previously unannounced order for two aircraft as a first step in replacing its 12 Tupolev Tu-134s. Based at Hanoi, the Fokker 70s will be operated in a 79-seat single-class ...
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'Big three' plan for FANS as cost benefits emerge
THE BIG THREE aircraft manufacturers estimate that up to 2,500 of today's jet-powered airliners could potentially be equipped with Future Air Navigation System (FANS) datalinks, although they warn that the speed of implementation will hinge on proof of clear cost gains for airline customers. Boeing has led ...
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Aircraft news
Dutch airline Transavia has ordered eight new Boeing 737-800s, with an option for another 12. Egyptair has ordered three Boeing 737-200s as part of its fleet modernisation programme. SAS has placed orders for two additional MD-90s and will take delivery of its first six in the second half ...
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Third party tussle
Despite excess capacity and reduced demand major carriers are returning to the third party maintenance & overhaul business as a key part of their maintenance and engineering strategies. By Steven Casley.In recent years third party maintenance organisations have been through a turbulent period of excess repair capacity, reduced carrier demand ...
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Chilean combine
A restructured and profitable LanChile has finally taken control of its smaller rival Ladeco, securing access to substantial new markets. Sara Guild reports.Timing is everything. Certainly Sebastian Pinera would say so. The Chilean businessman and senator heads the company which in June sold 16.5 per cent of LanChile to take ...
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A real future
Vasp has seen a return to profits and growth despite having almost shut down three years ago. Wagner Canhedo, the president and CEO of the Brazilian carrier, talks to Mead Jennings about his plans for a new trans-border airline in South America.If anyone were to personify the character of Brazil, ...
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Financial results
Air Canada's growth, opening 10 new routes and introducing seven new jets, caused the net loss. Passenger traffic and capacity rose 14%. Yields decreased 8.1% at Alaska Airlines and 8.3% at Horizon Air. Load factors fell 1.1 points at Alaska and 4.2 points at Horizon. A ...
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Boeing leads China battle
Senior Airbus officials have enlisted the backing of diplomats from several European nations in their efforts to stall confirmation of a $2 billion order for Boeing aircraft due to be placed by Air China. After months of negotiations with Boeing and Airbus, Air China decided in August that ...
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Southern set for IPO first
China Southern Airlines is set to become the first Chinese airline to obtain a foreign stock exchange listing, although its initial public offering seems to be designed more to test the market than to raise capital. China Southern has taken the big step of filing its draft registration ...
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Asia holds Europe's key
The overcrowded European regional jet market has moved closer to further consolidation, spurred on by continued problems at Fokker and Daimler Benz Aerospace (Dasa), the imminent approval of the joint venture Aero International Regional, and a joint European bid to partner China and Korea in building a new regional jet. ...
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New faces sweep Lagos
Nigeria's aviation industry has undergone a massive shake-up, with the sacking of the entire management of Nigeria Airways and the merger of the Federal Civil Aviation Authority and the Nigerian Airports Authority. Group captain Peter Gana replaces managing director Andrew Agom at Nigeria Airways, after what the minister ...
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Team tactics
International joint ventures pave the way for an expansion of the maintenance market in China. Paul Lewis/BEIJING/GUANGZHOU/XIAMEN A WORLDWIDE OVERCAPACITY in aircraft maintenance and overhaul has left many companies struggling under the weight of intense competition and uneconomical work rates. This gloomy global picture, however, has not ...
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Two-man 727 flightdeck offer
AEROWORKS AND Gull Electronic Systems have teamed to offer a two-man Boeing 727 cockpit, eliminating the flight-engineer's position. The "DuoDeck" conversion is "largely based on the proven design reliability of the two-position Boeing 737-200 cockpit", says Incline Village, Nevada-based AeroWorks. Gull, a division of Parker Bertea Aerospace, based ...
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FSI/Embry co-operate on training centre
FLIGHTSAFETY International (FSI) and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University are to establish an airline flight-training centre at the university's Daytona Beach, Florida, campus, to be operational by the end on 1996. FSI has agreed to equip the centre, which is to be built by Embry-Riddle, with two Level D full-flight ...
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Thai plans A300 update renewal
Paul Lewis/BANGKOK THAI AIRWAYS International is negotiating to purchase five additional Airbus Industrie A300-600Rs and two Boeing 747-400s as part of a long-term plan to rationalise and modernise its fleet. The A300-600Rs are needed as replacements for Thai's elderly A300B4s, now used on domestic and ...
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BA beds in for class battle
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON BRITISH AIRWAYS SAYS that the highly publicised launch of its new long-haul first-class "cabin" concept is just part of a broader £500 million ($776 million) programme to redesign all cabin services over the next three years. The new first-class offering, which was officially ...
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Czech restructuring plans change again
Andrzej Jeziorski/PRAGUE ANOTHER PIECE of the Czech aerospace industry's restructuring appear to have unraveled, with the collapse of joint-venture discussions between Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) and Czech engine manufacturer Walter. It is believed that the deal finally fell through because P&WC was unwilling to ...
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New identity for Skyways
A NEW CORPORATE identity has been adopted by Swedish airline Skyways. Based at Linkoping, the airline has grown in the past two years to become the country's third-biggest airline, expecting to carry 420,000 passengers in 1995, giving it a 9% share of a still-declining domestic market. Its expansion ...
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Arinc/China in datalink deal
ARINC HAS SIGNED a multi-year contract with the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) to implement air-to-ground digital datalink systems in the country. The CAAC development, consistent with International Civil Aviation Organisation-approved communications, navigation, surveillance and air-traffic-management system, will enable datalink-equipped aircraft to transmit and receive air-traffic-control and ...