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Estonian Air gears up to operate Boeing 737 as it aims to ditch Russian fleet
ESTONIAN AIR IS about to send the first of 25 pilots to Seattle for conversion training to prepare for their new duties flying the Boeing 737-500. The carrier expects to slash the number of its aircrew from 80 to 37, as it does away with the need for ...
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Ansett Australia to retire F28s
Ansett Australia is to begin retiring its Fokker F28 fleet, scrapping five 1000- and 3000-series aircraft by the end of the year. Seven Fokker F28-4000s and five Boeing 727-200s, all due for retirement under Stage 3 noise rules in 2002, will remain in the fleet, but their earlier ...
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Eagle exceeds VLA stall minima
EAGLE AIRCRAFT HAS achieved stall speeds of less than the minimum 45kt standard for European Joint Aviation Authorities very-light-aircraft (JAR/VLA) certification in its "200 series" upgrade of the Eagle XT-S sports trainer. The aircraft had previously failed to meet the standard and was operating at a reduced take-off ...
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Marshall Islands order drives Saab to tackle ETOPS
SAAB AIRCRAFT is working to achieve extended-range twin-engine operations (ETOPS) certification for its Saab 2000 turboprop to allow extended flight over water. Executive vice-president Johan Oster says that 90min ETOPS qualification is needed for Air Marshall Islands, which has ordered two aircraft for operations over the Pacific. ...
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FAA endorses de-icing boot change to overcome ATR 42/72 difficulties
THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved the use of larger de-icing-boots on the ATR 42 and 72 regional turboprops. The modification, developed and tested by the Aerospatiale/Alenia consortium, is aimed at preventing the formation of an ice ridge on the wing by nearly doubling the effective coverage of ...
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Airbus aims for domination of jet-airliner market by 2000
AIRBUS FORECASTS that, within the next five years, it will be in a straight fight with US manufacturers, winning half of the world's new jet-airliner orders in a market worth around $50 billion a year. The consortium now has around 30% of new orders, but has plans to ...
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US action triggers EC open-skies move scramble
WITH ALMOST unprecedented speed, the European Commission (EC) has rushed through draft proposals for a pan-European open-skies agreement. The action follows US success in tying up individual open-skies deals with European countries. These are seen by the EC as being illegal and threatening to EC airlines as they ...
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Asia-Pacific firms cautioned on markets
AIRBUS HAS WARNED that emerging Asia-Pacific aerospace industries may be attacking the wrong market with their emphasis on regional jets. The warning is based on the latest Airbus long-range forecast, which shows that airlines in Asia-Pacific will account for only 10% of airliner deliveries in the 100-seat class. ...
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Bilateral Impasse
As US air-services negotiators, return from an apparently promising meeting with their British counterparts, and the European Commission (EC) suddenly discovers that it doesn't like what the US negotiators have agreed with the rest of Europe, a new question arises. Who really talks for Europe, and who really talks for ...
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Improved EF-111A Flies
Flight-testing has begun on the improved Northrop Grumman EF-111A electronic-warfare aircraft at Eglin AFB, Florida. The flight test programme will check out encoder/processor upgrades designed to provide increased signal-processing and improved reliability and maintainability. Engineering and manufacturing development of the upgrade will be completed in 1996. Other product-improvement research and ...
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Cathay issues cost warning despite rise profit rise
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE CATHAY PACIFIC Airways has issued further warnings over falling yields and rising costs, despite reporting a 4% increase in net profits for 1994. Profits ended the year broadly in line with analyst expectations at HK$2.4 billion ($310 million), but Cathay chairman Peter Sutch ...
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Keeping in touch
Air-to-ground telephones for airline passengers are becoming more commonplace. Graham Warwick/ATLANTA Passengers on certain British Airways flights are the first in the UK to enjoy something US air travelers have come to expect - air-to-ground telephones on aircraft. BA is the first airline to put ...
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R-R signs S Korea deal
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE ROLLS-ROYCE HAS signed two aerospace-technology co-operation agreements with South Korea, as competition with Pratt & Whitney and General Electric intensifies for a Korean Air (KAL) order for engines to power its future fleet of Boeing 777s. The two agreements call for the establishment ...
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Qantas profit clears the way for privatisation
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE QANTAS AIRWAYS reports a profit increase of nearly 80% over the first half of its financial year, clearing the way for the Australian Government to sell its remaining 75% stake. The results, likely to be the last before the long-awaited share flotation, shows ...
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European ministers discuss open skies policy
Julian Moxon/PARIS European transport ministers have reached a tentative agreement to develop a common policy on open skies following the spate of recent agreements between individual countries and the USA. Within a 15-day period, six European Union countries (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Luxembourg and Sweden) ...
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Bombardier prepares for Dash 8-400 launch
Lane Wallace/LOS ANGELES BOMBARDIER'S LAUNCH of the de Havilland Dash 8-400 now seems certain as it begins negotiations with potential risk-sharing partners on the 70-seat, high-speed, regional turboprop. Initial letters of intent to purchase the model have been signed and some early delivery positions have ...
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IAE offers V2500 as alternative on Il-86
INTERNATIONAL AERO Engines (IAE) is working with Ilyushin to offer Il-86 operators its V2500 turbofan as an alternative to the CFM International (CFMI) CFM56 for re-engineing the aircraft. IAE says that an installation study will be completed by mid-year, around the time that CFMI is to decide whether to proceed ...
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Canadian Airlines wins two-thirds of US slots
CANADIAN AIRLINES HAS been awarded two-thirds of the 24 free airport-slots open to Canadian airlines as part of the bilateral air agreement signed recently with the USA. Air Canada has been allocated the remainder. Canadian will serve six of ten free slots at Chicago O'Hare and ten of ...