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KLM may rationalise long haul fleet
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Airbus Industrie and Boeing are vying to provide KLM with up to 30 long haul aircraft to enable the Netherlands flag carrier to standardise its widebodied fleet and to reduce the number of types in operation. Any deal could also involve aircraft for its strategic partner, Alitalia. Although ...
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Lufthansa confirms low cost short haul carrier concept
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH A Lufthansa study has confirmed the feasibility of forming a new low cost, short haul airline in the Lufthansa group, says the German carrier. The concept, known informally as "Lufthansa Light", envisages an autonomous carrier serving short haul second city pairs in Germany and other parts ...
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Routes
-US carrier Midwest Express has signed a codesharing agreement with regional airline American Eagle providing connecting service at Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, and Los Angeles, California. Midwest, meanwhile, will add five McDonnell Douglas DC-9s to its fleet this year, bringing the total to 29. -Trans World Airlines will feed Delta Air ...
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Hunting sale
Hunting Aviation has sold its interiors business to UK rival the AIM Group for £2.75 million ($4.5 million). The sale follows a damaging contract to fit interiors to the Bombardier de Havilland Dash-8 200/300 series. Source: Flight International
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Pan Am runs short of cash but Frontier hopes for better times
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Financial problems continue to mount for the US low fares airlines, with the new Pan American World Airways warning that it is short on cash and could face bankruptcy. Frontier Airlines also reported big losses in the third quarter, but faces improving prospects with the demise of ...
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The wrong stuff
Human factors (HF) is still the fashionable area for attack as airlines and aviation authorities worldwide battle to reduce accidents. This is not wholly unreasonable given that, somewhere along the line, human error remains the most common cause of accidents, with pilot error topping the list. Yet we need ...
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Bell confirms interest in Boeing
Bell HELICOPTER Textron is in "exclusive negotiations" to buy Boeing's commercial helicopter business, Bell president Terry Stinson has confirmed. Agreement has not yet been reached, but "Bell's position on the balance of Boeing's product line will be announced within the next two weeks", he revealed on 15 February at the ...
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CAL A300 crashes at Taipei
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE A China Airlines (CAL) Airbus Industrie A300-600R crashed next to Taipei's international airport in Taiwan on 16 February as the crew was apparently initiating a go-around. There are indications that the aircraft may have stalled in the attempt. The seven year old aircraft, aiming for runway 05L, ...
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Eurocopter aims to break into US market with new EC155
Eurocopter has launched its EC155 in the US market, eight months after the twin engined medium helicopter was unveiled in Europe. The aircraft, which will be marketed by American Eurocopter (AEC), is a modified and stretched variant of the AS365 Dauphin medium twin, boasting a 40% increase in cabin size. ...
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Mexican team buys S-76C+ for tourists' aeromedical programme
Sikorsky has sold four S-76C+ helicopters to Air Ambulance America for a Mexican aeromedical project. The aircraft will be delivered late this year for use in the Government funded You Are Safe in Mexico Association (YASMA) programme to promote tourism by providing emergency medical service coverage. Austin, Texas-based Air ...
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Helipro sets April date for first flight of Offshore S-61 Short
Helipro is nearing completion of its first S-61 "Short" conversion for the offshore market, and aims to fly the helicopter for the first time in April. The Offshore S-61 Short, as its name suggests, is a modified version of the original Sikorsky S-61N with a 1.23m fuselage plug removed ...
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FAA nod for advanced GPS-based landings
Geoff Thomas The world's first satellite landing systems (SLS) using differential global positioning system (DGPS) technology have received commissioning approval from the FAA. The Honeywell/Pelorus SLS-2000 systems are situated at Minneapolis-St Paul and Newark international airports in the USA, and the commissioning of the ground stations opens the door to ...
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Question mark hangs over Jakarta airshow
With rumours rife that Indonesia's showcase Jakarta airshow has been postponed or even cancelled due to the country's current economic crisis, an IPTN spokesman says the situation will be clarified today. "We've been phoning the organisers and they say we will try get a response to us by Wednesday," ...
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Oxygen products help passengers breath easier
Mark Hannant Travel as a commercial passenger and you hope you never come into close contact with Dräger's aviation products - but rest assured they're there. The German-based company manufactures breathing apparatus and oxygen-generating equipment certified for use on Airbus A320/330/340s and Boeing 737/757/777s. It also produces chemical and ...
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Boeing undecided on new family of jets
Karen Walker Boeing says it has no firm plans yet for developing a family of jets to join its 100-seat 717, preferring first to prove to itself that it can sell the existing aircraft. Joseph Ozimek, Boeing's director of product marketing, says a recent tour of Europe has shown that ...
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B/E Aerospace to supply all US Airways' new-buy seating
Sarah Lazenby B/E Aerospace is supplying all seating for US Airways' new Airbus 319/320/321 fleet in a deal worth $27 million for the first 124 aircraft. This could rise to $85 million if the airline exercises its option for a further 276 aircraft to complete its narrowbody fleet ...
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Dispute over
B/E Aerospace has settled its long-running dispute with the US government over export sales to Iran Air during 1992 and 1995. The dispute centred on whether seats were delivered to the airline's French refurbishment contractor before a formal export licence was issued by the US Department of Commerce (DOC). ...
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Face the Facts with... Walt McConnell
Fourteen months ago, Walt McConnell was appointed vice-president and general manager of Honeywell's Air Transport Systems division, based in Phoenix, Arizona. McConnell tells Karen Walker that so far, it is going "just famously". Q:How is business at Honeywell going? A:Business is very strong at the moment due to the ...
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Sikorsky to fly on emergency medical missions in Mexico
Paul Derby Emergency medical missions in Mexico will receive a shot in the arm when Air Ambulance America takes delivery of four new Sikorsky S-76C+ helicopters. The organisation, which provides life-saving airborne aid to some of the most remote parts of the country, signed an agreement with Sikorsky this week. ...
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Sikorsky's Asian hopes ride on S-92 helibus
Paul Derby Sikorsky is using Asian Aerospace '98 as a launchpad to win customers for its new S-92 Helibus medium-lift helicopter, due to enter service in 2001. The S-92 is scheduled to make its first flight before the end of the year and Sikorsky announced in the run-up ...