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- All Nippon Airways (ANA)has applied for a Government go-ahead for its planned codeshare partnership with Varig, in the run-up to joining the Star Alliance by October. The two airlines plan to begin codesharing on two Varig-operated services from Rio de Janeiro to Nagoya and Tokyo, starting on 28 March. ...
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Lockheed Martin to build second Garuda
Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems has received an order to build a second A2100 satellite for the Asia Cellular Satellite Systems (ACeS) company. The US concern has also landed a deal with GE Americom to build four satellites. Lockheed Martin is a member of the ACeS consortium, which owns ...
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Airlines taste chips in bid to solve lost baggage problem
British Airways is trying to overcome the problems of lost bags by using radio frequency identity (RFID) baggage labels. Several US airlines may commit themselves to trials with the new system, says the International Air Transport Association (IATA). The "smart" labels have embedded semiconductors (silicon chips) that emit identity ...
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CFMI changes software to tackle Next Generation 737 engine snag
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES CFM International hopes to receive approval next month for changes to the CFM56-7 engine that will provide a long term solution to problems experienced in the first full year of service on Boeing's Next Generation 737. The issues were related to the engine's hydro-mechanical unit ...
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FAA may get $300 million bonus in Transport budget
A planned $300 million budget increase for the US Federal Aviation Administration on top of the $9.8 billion it received in the 1998 financial year is in the pipeline from the Department of Transportation (DoT). The DoT's requested total budget of $51 billion this financial year includes $10.1 billion for ...
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FAA to issue directive on 777-200 tail corrosion
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE The US Federal Aviation Administration is expected to issue an airworthiness directive in March, recommending inspections to 18 Boeing 777-200s affected by a potential tailplane corrosion problem. Aircraft line numbers 15 to 33, excluding 18, are affected. The aircraft involved are in service with All Nippon Airlines ...
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Mars fleet
NASA has awarded the San Diego-based SpaceDev privately operated commercial space exploration company a research contract to study the possible use of a fleet of small spacecraft in Mars orbit. The craft could provide communications and navigation services for future unmanned Mars spacecraft. The SpaceDev craft would use a common ...
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Rockwell Collins switches on inflight picture
Rockwell Collins has marked its entry in to the business aircraft inflight cabin systems industry, with the installation of its Airborne Satellite television unit on a Gulfstream V business jet. Collins provides the steerable direct broadcast satellite antenna and receiver decoders, while DirectTTV provides the satellite and content package. ...
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BWIA restructuring sees regional spin-off
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON BWIA International Airways is poised to undergo a major restructuring, including the setting up of a regional division. The restructuring, which was expected to receive board approval as Flight International closed for press, will see the airline divided into four separate profit centres covering international operations, ...
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Alliance makes its presence felt
The oneworld airline alliance shows its colours starting 1 February, when the five member carriers presented a united passenger service front and the branding is made widely visible for the first time. American Airlines, British Airways, Canadian Airlines, Cathay Pacific and Qantas are launching fully integrated frequent flier programmes ...
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Snecma closes in on airline maintenance contracts
Snecma's Services division is moving to seal its first maintenance deals with three airlines in the first half of the year. The French engine builder expects to create a series of joint ventures with the carriers to expand its maintenance arm into new markets. The company intends to follow a ...
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B/E Aerospace cuts jobs, closes sites
Chris Jasper/LONDON B/E Aerospace is to close seven manufacturing sites and plans to shed 500 jobs as part of a major restructuring that will cost the US cabin interiors specialist $70 million. The Florida-based company revealed details of the move while announcing a deal by which it will ...
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Euromil Mi-38 signatures wait on Russian cash
Contracts for the launch of the Franco-Russian Euromil Mi-38 medium utility helicopter could be signed in the first quarter of this year, if funding is forthcoming from the Russian Government. Payment for the $500 million project is divided equally between Russia and a group of risk-sharing partners, including Eurocopter, ...
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Aviat revisits the 1940s for aerobatic expansion
Aviat Aircraft is expanding its aerobatic and utility aircraft capabilities with the introduction of two new tailwheel aircraft, dubbed the Millennium Swift and 110 Special. The Millennium Swift is a re-engined version of the 1940s' Globe Swift GC-1B, a sport aircraft designed to appeal to fighter pilots returning from ...
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Japanese rejig overseas strategies
Most Asian airlines have concentrated on costs to survive the region's doldrums, but Japan's airlines, facing new low cost domestic rivals, are looking at both international costs and revenues in an effort to boost profits. Japan Airlines (JAL) and All Nippon Airways (ANA) have both taken the bold step ...
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SAS withdraws from Hong Kong
In deciding to withdraw from Hong Kong as of March, Scandinavian carrier SAS is pointing fingers at both Chek Lap Kok's airport charges and Cathay Pacific's dominance. SAS is not content to blame its retreat entirely on poor traffic, although it admits that has been "terrible" over the past ...
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Express yourself
As Delta Express heads for its third year of operation, not all industry observers share the group's optimism for this experiment in setting up a low-fares, airline-within-an-airline. Passengers on Delta Express aircraft wave dollar notes in the air when they see the flight attendant coming down the aisle. Having ...
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Are there dangers in duopoly?
As Airbus again draws closer to Boeing, are there risks from an airliner duopoly? Whatever else the Airbus and Boeing year-end figures may have revealed, there is one fact that remains inescapable. The market for large civil aircraft is now a straight fight between two fairly evenly matched manufacturers. Conventional ...
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Euro: business as usual
Following the introduction of Europe's new currency, the question being asked in the travel industry circles is what impact the euro will have on prices. There are immediate benefits of the euro, such as the elimination of exchange rate risk, but what about fares? Travel agents, tour operators and ...
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BM bullish on Moscow
British Midland hopes to start up its London Heathrow-Moscow route before the beginning of its summer schedule, despite Virgin Atlantic Airways' appeal against the UK Civil Aviation Authority's decision to award the route to British Midland. A British Midland spokesman says that until the appeal is heard in February, ...