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 ...rit air orders a
fleet of (R)L.flnd
another FlightSafety
simulator.
When Brit air opted to add the
new Canadair Regional Jet to its
fleet of ATR-42s and 72s, there
was a clear need for a new
...
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 ...EGIONAL AIRLINES
Saturation point
Brit Air president
Xavier Leclercq is
unsure about
further regional
jet orders
FRANCOIS LEGROS/MORLAIX
JULIAN MOXON/PARIS
AS ONE OF the first airlines to have ordered the new generation of regi...
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 ...rit oir orders a
fleet of (RlL.ond
Another FlightSafety
For its FSI-built ATR 42/72 simulator, Brit air has ordered a
new visual system like the one specified for its new Level
"D" CRJ simulator. FlightSafety Simulation's new-generation
VITAL ChromaView visual has remarkably realistic photo-...
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 ...rit oir orders o
fleet of CRJs...and
another FlightSafety
For its FSI-built ATR 42/72 simulator, Brit air has ordered a
new visual system like the one specified for its new Level
"D" CRJ simulator. FlightSafety Simulation's new-generation
VITAL ChromaView visual has remarkably realistic photo-...
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 ...buses on five-year leases
from Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services. Qatar has also
refurbished its three Boeing 727-200 Advs, and recently
acquired an ex-US Airways example. The 747s are for sale.
Brit Air agrees 100% franchise
arrangement with Air France
JULIAN MOXON/MORLAIX
FRENCH REGIONAL airline Brit Air has entered into a
100% franchise deal with Air
France which effectively ends the ...
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 ...rips a day out of each aircraft. The most
frequent sector length is 240 n.m., which
takes about 50min, but sectors are often
only 10-30min, and the aircraft work
about 7hr a day (airborne time).
Brit Air
Xavier Leclercq, Brit Air's chairman, is
distinctly positive about the aircraft. "The
first Brit Air ATR42 was put into service
on April 1, and five months of utilisation
confirmed that ...
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 ... be a national
ised corporation incorporating the
assets of the following companies:
BRITISH AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
Brooklands Rd, Weybridge, Surrey KT13
ORN
St- Weybridge (0932) 45522
*r- 27111 BRIT AIR WEYBRIDGE
Capital £30 million; 35,000 employees;
production area 805,855m2, 8,674,171ft-.
Chairman—A. H. C. Greenwood; manag
ing director (aircraft)—F. W. Page;
managing director (guided...
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 ...d of August,
the US company also suffered 117
cancellations, compared to 13 suf
fered by Airbus. This leaves Boeing
with 216 net orders, compared
with the European consortium's
total of 221. •
Brit air places fresh
Regional Jet order
FRENCH REGIONAL carrier Brit air has placed a repeat
order for three Canadair Regional
Jets from Bombardier Regional
Aircraft. The contract, worth $60
mi...
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 ...ir France responds to SAir
moves with Brit Air buyout
JULIAN MOXON/PARIS
AIR FRANCE has taken 100% control of its former regional
franchisee Brit Air in a move to
consolidate its dominant position
in the French regional feeder mar
k...
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 ...
P&WC also has a wholly-owned
Russian subsidiary, the P&W-Rus
design bureau of St Petersburg,
which die company says will be
given an expanded mandate. •
Air France consolidation continues with Brit Air
JULIAN MOXON/PARIS
IR FRANCE is to take over
Irit Air in a move which
follows die recent consolidation of
its Regional Airlines, Flandre Air
and Proteus subsidiaries (Flight
Internatio...
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 ...perate for
east-west routes, he says. "We intend to build
up both national and international business
from Nice... we're already the third largest
operator there in terms of passengers carried."
Brit Air's Leclerc, who has recently signed a
wide-ranging franchising agreement with Air
France, does not, however, share his contempo
raries' enthusiasm for hubbing: "We have no
policy on hubs. ...
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 ...s conducting a sweeping fleet, route and strat
egy review of its ailing regional
network in the face of an onslaught
from the rival TGV (high-speed
train) express rail service, with
wholly-owned Brit Air suspending
a regional jet order and the flag-
carrier ruling out a rescue bid for
rival SAirGroup's French interests.
Air France chairman and chief
executive Jean Cyril Spinetta says
tha...
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 ...EGIONAL AVIATION
Regional airlines are transforminj
previously closed market
France's revolution
JULIAN MOXON/PARIS
THE ANNOUNCEMENT ON 18 February by French regional airline Brit Air that it was to place the launch order for the 70-seat Series 700 version of the high ly successful 50-seat Bombardier Canadair
Regional Jet (CRJ) served only to confirm the
revolution takin...
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 ...
the Aircraft Group and Dynamics Group,
as shown in the family tree on the
facing page.
BRITISH AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
Brooklands Rd, Weybridge, Surrey KT13
ORN
» Weybridge (0932) 45522
A 27111 BRIT AIR WEYBRIDGE
Capital £30 ' million; 32,000 employees;
production area 805,855m2, 8,674,171ft2.
Chairman—F. W. Page; deputy chairman
and finance director—T. B. Pritchard.
Commercial Aircraft...
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 ...irlines (200)
Shandong Airlines (200)
Shanghai Airlines (200)
Asia, Australasia & Middle East Total
Europe
Adria Airways (200LR)
Air Dolomiti (200LR)
Air Littoral (100ER)
Air Nostrum (200ER)
Brit Air (100ER)
British European (200ER)
Cimber Air (200)
Lauda Air (100LR)
Lauda Air Italy (100LR)
Lufthansa CityLine (100LR)
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7(23)
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(3)
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5(16)
2...
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 ...after the
failure of a high pressure compres
sor blade in a Trent 877 late in the
take-offroll. •
CRJ700 output on the
up amid line relocation
CRJ700 deliveries are under way to launch customer Brit Air
BOMBARDIER has delivered the first CRJ700 regional jet to
launch customer Brit Air. At the
same time the manufacturer is
wrestling with the need to ramp up
output of the new 70-seater wh...
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 ...Netherlands)
looking further afield. Discussions are in
progress with Delta Air Lines to tie in with the
newly formed Air France-Delta grouping.
With limited opportunities at the Paris airports,
Brit Air is firmly focused on developing strong
regional hubs such as Lyon, Rennes and Nice. It
already operates many services from Lyon and is
particularly interested in accessing Deltas New
York...
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 ...RJ700 fleet is such
that two aircraft, rather than one,
have to be held on back-up duty
each day.
"RIMP-2 should fix all the prob
lems, but it will have taken three
years to resolve them," says Brit Air
managing director Alain Huber-
deau. But he warns that if Bom
bardier fails to put the aircraft right
with these modifications, plans to
gradually replace the airline's 19 50-
seat CRJIOO...
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 ... the
Jetstreams. The airline will
offer full in-flight service on
the routes. BEA is the second
UK customer for the
Jetstream. Its order brings
total sales and options for the
aircraft to 16.
Brit Air of France has
ordered an Aerospatiale Aeri-
talia ATR 42-200 for 1986
delivery, and has taken
options on two more. Brit Air,
which is based in Morlaix,
Brittany, operates routes
from We...
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 ...ncy has been putting out
unofficial but inflammatory
statements.
Sabena's decision to avoid
Kinshasa on Saturday showed
Belgian "premeditation, it
said, and was a clear case of
"provocation".
Brit Air takes its first ATR42
Brit Air, the French regional airline based at Morlaix, Brittany, put the first of two ATR42
commuter aircraft into service at the beginning of this month. The aircraf...
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