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Flemings doubts add to Bravia problems
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON NEW CRACKS have appeared in the Bravia consortium, set up to sell Rolls-Royce re-engine Tupolev Tu-204 twinjets, with the Flemings banking group expected to make a final decision, over its involvement in the programme within weeks. The problems, centre on disputes over funding ...
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Aer Lingus close to finalising deal to lease three BAe 146-300s
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON AER LINGUS IS close to completing a deal to lease three British Aerospace 146-300 regional-jets to allow it to compete on routes between Ireland and UK regional airports. The aircraft are being made ready for leasing by BAe's Assett Management Organisation, although Aer Lingus ...
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MAS seeks long-range aircraft
MALAYSIA AIRLINES (MAS) has asked for proposals from manufacturers for up to six new long-range passenger aircraft to replace its McDonnell Douglas (MDC) DC-10-30 on thin international routes. Under consideration for the deal are the Airbus A340, Boeing 777 and MDC MD-11. The airline is understood to want ...
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Vietnam Airlines to lease Region A340
VIETNAM AIRLINES is negotiating to lease an Airbus A340 from Region Air of Singapore, in addition to its more immediate requirement for up to nine replacement 150-seat aircraft for its wet-leased Airbus A320s. Region Air is understood to have already ordered one A340 and is considering the ...
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Endeavour prepared for longest Shuttle flight
Tim Furniss/LONDON THE SPACE SHUTTLE Endeavour/STS67 is scheduled to lift off from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, at 01.27 local time on 2 March to attempt a 16-day mission, the longest by the Space Shuttle. Carrying the Astro 2 payload of three ultraviolet astronomy telescopes, ...
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Thais seek funding for fighters
THE THAI AIR force is pushing for funding in the next defence budget for an additional 18-20 fighter aircraft to equip its third frontline squadron. The air force has been receiving informal preliminary briefings from competing manufacturers and is expected to make an official request for more information ...
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Lufthansa decides on A319 as successor to 737-200
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH LUFTHANSA IS to order 20 Airbus A319 short- to medium-range airliners to replace its remaining Boeing 737-200s. The airline says that it chose the latest and smallest product of the Airbus stable on "grounds of fleet policy and economics". The decision still requires the ...
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US airlines face FDR upgrade task
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES US AIRLINES will be ordered to undertake major upgrades of flight-data recorders (FDRs) on more than 4,000 aircraft by the end of 1997 if the Federal Aviation Administration mandates a new recommendation from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). Upgrades on 739 ...
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Marshall wins second order for TriStar freighter work
MARSHALL AEROSPACE of the UK is to convert three Lockheed L-1011-200 TriStars to freighters for International Air Leases (IAL), and the company has also negotiated additional options. The deal is the second major TriStar freight-conversion contract for Marshall, which again beat rival Lockheed Aeronautical Services (LAS) for the ...
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Transavia 737 Order
Dutch independent carrier Transavia Airlines is about to place an order for Boeing's new 737-700/800 family. The airline now operates four 737-200s and eight 737-300s, alongside three Boeing 757s. Source: Flight International
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Norway takes Dash 8 for calibration duties
THE NORWEGIAN CIVIL AVIATION Administration has taken delivery of this Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8-100 for navigation calibration duties. The aircraft is fitted with a calibration suite developed by the NCAA, together with Normarc of Oslo. Source: Flight International
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The dangers of an SRA approach
Sir - I know little of the Boeing 737 accident at Coventry Airport on 21 December 1994, accident, but alarm bells rang in my mind when I read that a surveillance radar approach (SRA) was used. At Hamburg in 1991, I flew such an approach in instrument ...
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Mesa places big Dash 8 order
MESA AIR IS to buy 25 Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8-200s with 25 options in a deal, which launches the model in the US market. The -200 version is tailored for "hot-and-high" requirements and will be used by Mesa's Mountain West Airlines division - a Denver-based United Express ...
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Jetstream wins Air Atlantic
BRITISH AEROSPACE'S Jetstream Aircraft division has sold ten Jetstream 41s to Air Atlantic - launching its latest product in Canada. Jetstream says that the deal is worth about $70 million and first delivery is due in March, with four more following in the second quarter of the year ...
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In and Out Club
Greek flag carrier Olympic Airways has appointed Prof. Rigas Doganis as its chairman and chief executive. Doganis is head of the department of air transport in the College of Aeronautics at Cranfield University in the UK. Embraer has appointed Juarez de Siqueira Britto Wanderley as president, following Ozires Silva's resignation. ...
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Arctic cold thaws A340/777 relations
THE ICY RELATIONS BETWEEN Airbus and Boeing thawed a little recently when the Boeing 777 and Airbus A340 came face-to-face for the first time, at Fairbanks Airport in Alaska. The Pratt & Whitney PW4084-powered 777, in United Airlines colours, was undergoing cold-soak and cold-weather flight-testing, while its European rival was ...
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Picking up the pieces
The impact of a major accident on an airline's traffic and revenues is often short lived but limiting the damage to the carrier's public image is a delicate exercise. Sara Guild examines the lessons learned by a selection of carriers. There is a true tale in aviation's not so ...
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Japan's economy set for expansion
The initial reaction of the financial markets and analysts to major natural disasters, particularly when they occur in developed societies, is nearly always wrong. This was true of the Los Angeles earthquake in January 1994, and even more so of the recent disaster in Kobe. The immediate impact on the ...
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Rough and tough on top
Two of Asia's more prominent airline chiefs have discovered just how tough it is at the top. Garuda Indonesia's president Wage Mulyono and outspoken Philippine Airlines chairman Carlos Dominguez have both been ousted in the wake of boardroom infighting, disagreement over future directions and poor financial performances by their airlines. ...