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Thai domestic start-up wins approval
The THAI OWNERS OF former Cambodian International Airlines have been granted permission to start domestic services in Thailand. The carrier, renamed Orient Express, has been given rights to operate up to 20 routes from Bangkok and Chiang Mai. The airline already owns a Boeing 737 and three Boeing ...
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JAST hover tests to start in June
LOCKHEED MARTIN will begin hover testing of its Joint Advanced Strike Technology (JAST) candidate in June at NASA Ames, California. Its JAST contender is now being re-assembled at NASA Ames before the start of engine and lift-fan tests. The aircraft is an 86%-scale version of ...
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US airlines hold profit course
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON US AIRLINES continued their long haul back into profit during the first quarter, although news that Trans World Airlines is heading back into Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection sounds a warning note that the restructuring is not yet over. TWA says that it has ...
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777 ETOPS approvals go down to the wire
Guy Norris/SEATTLE BOEING AND UNITED Airlines hope to receive US Federal Aviation Administration approval for 180min extended-range twin-engine operations (ETOPS) for the 777 by 30 May - just a week before revenue services begin. The European Joint Aviation Authorities' (JAA) timetable is unclear. British Airways ...
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US start-up leases three BAe 146s
TRISTAR AIRLINES, a new US start-up carrier, has leased three British Aerospace 146-200s for five years from BAe's Asset Management Organisation (AMO). The agreement, signed at the convention, allows TriStar to begin scheduled operations from mid-July. The airline plans an initial, nine daily scheduled flights from its ...
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Sierra will lease 13 Jetstream Super 31s
JSX CAPITAL HAS LEASED 13 Jetstream Super 31s to California-based start-up carrier Sierra Expressway, which has options for ten additional aircraft. Five of the 19-seat aircraft will be delivered in June and the low-cost carrier plans to begin operations on 1 July, linking Oakland International Airport with destinations in California ...
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Saab sounds off on noise
SAAB AIRCRAFT IS tackling sound at source to try to achieve the 76dB average cabin-noise level promised for the Saab 2000 high-speed regional turboprop. Launch customer Crossair criticised Saab earlier this year for failing to meet cabin-noise guarantees. The Swedish manufacturer says that the present average noise-level of ...
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Beleaguered Solitair plans share issue
SOLITAIR, THE SWEDISH-based aircraft leasing company, is planning a new share issue, and refinancing of loans in a bid to resolve a looming financial crisis. Shareholders are due to vote on the refinancing package on 29 May. Failure to approve the deal could result in almost immediate bankruptcy ...
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Boeing wins Chinese/Danish orders for 737s
BOEING HAS REVEALED orders for a total of nine 737s from Chinese and Danish carriers, together worth over $300 million. Shandong Airlines of China has ordered 737-300 passenger aircraft, worth a total of $120 million with spares and training. The Jinan-based carrier will take the first in December ...
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Boeing acts to solve 757/767 pylon cracks
Guy Noris/SEATTLE BOEING IS notifying operators of a fleet-wide structural strengthening programme for 757 and 767 engine mounts, following reports of cracking in strut boxes and fuse pins. The programme, which will affect more than 1,200 aircraft in service, will be explained to operators on ...
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Confidential safety
Airbus Industrie is the first manufacturer to set up confidential reporting. David Learmount/LONDON Even co-operative airlines often withhold some information when the report incidents to the International Air Transport Association's (IATA) Safety Information Exchange, according to its administrator, Bob Woodhouse. Fear of litigation explains at least a part ...
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Transbrasil underlines improvements in Brazil
Brian Homewood/RIO DE JANEIRO TRANSBRASIL HAS swung back into the black for the first time in eight years, helped by Brazilian Government reforms designed to stabilise the country's volatile economy. Brazilian flag carrier Varig has already reported a profit for 1994, and expects to make ...
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Next-century strategy
Regional needs and advancing technology will shape selection and training programmes. Paul Phelan/CAIRNS Not since 1944 has aviation known the sustained need, which now exists, to train pilots rapidly to high levels of competence on advanced aircraft. Added to the reasons prevalent then, ...
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Low-cost measures
Agreeing to new training regulations is one thing - being able to afford them is another. Graham Warwick/ATLANTA Regional airlines have long hoped for advances in technology, which would make flight simulation more affordable. Now US regulatory changes are planned which will make simulator training ...
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ADS Europe wins EU contract
ADS EUROPE, a consortium of French, Netherlands and UK companies, has received a £1.5 million ($2.4 million) European Union contract to demonstrate satellite-based automatic dependent-surveillance (ADS). Consortium member Racal Avionics is to supply ADS equipment for installation in five British Airways' and Netherlands national carrier KLM's Boeing 747-400s. ...
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Arianespace loses Nahuel contract to Chinese
Tim Furniss/LONDON Daimler-Benz Aerospace has selected, China Great Wall Industry (CGWIC), to launch the Nahuel 1 communications satellite, which it is building with Aerospatiale for Argentine. The decision is a blow to Arianespace, which lists the satellite in its order book of 37 outstanding launches. ...
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Airbus cracks down on manufacturers of IFE
Kieran Daly/TOULOUSE AIRBUS INDUSTRIE is launching a two-pronged campaign to improve in-flight entertainment (IFE) equipment-performance. The move comes amid growing concern on the part of airframers that poor IFE reliability is adversely affecting overall aircraft reliability. Airbus is stressing that it will give ...
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DASA pushes on with Asian jet programme
DAIMLER-BENZ Aerospace (DASA) has signed an agreement with Samsung of South Korea and Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) to launch a joint feasibility study into a future small airliner. Work will begin immediately following the Peking agreement, which DASA chairman Jurgen Schrempp calls "the foundation stone . . ...