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International Lease Finance has announced orders for $1.74 billion worth of engines for its 126 Airbus and Boeings on order: $500 million with CFM International, $200 million with General Electric, $490 million with Pratt & Whitney and $550 million with International Aero Engines. The Rolls-Royce Trent 772B engine is ...
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BA/AA gives up on slots
American Airlines is hoping for a breakthrough in 1998 in its continued battle to win approval for an alliance with British Airways. But concessions will have to be made, particularly at Heathrow. Some 20 months after the proposal first surfaced, the level of frustration in Texas is nearing boiling ...
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African turf fight
Fanie Brand is a juggler. Not of clubs, swords or firetorches, but of airline concepts. At present the senior marketing manager of Uganda-based Alliance Air has no fewer than four concepts on his drawing board, with two due to launch in March. All are part of a complex matrix which, ...
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Help is at hand
Competition officials in Brussels celebrated November by resigning in disgust at the lack of resources available to them. These overseers in the Belgian capital couldn't even clear their desks; they didn't have any. Fortunately for supporters of airline competition in Europe, the departures were from Belgium's own fledgling anti-trust ...
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A matter of faith
By definition, a shock always originates where you least expect it. Early in 1997, as the global economic boom continued, the nature and timing of the next downturn were far from most people's minds. Then came economic turmoil in the region where experts least expected it - Asia. Now, Asia's ...
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Hidden baggage cause for concern
Americans and their baggage are not easily parted. For the average US airline passenger, travelling 'light' has little to do with restraint at the packing stage and much to do with how much he or she can haul past the flight attendant and hurl into an overhead bin. For maximum ...
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India fails to ink accords
Just when India's beleaguered airlines though it was safe to plan for the future, another government has fallen by the wayside and left the airlines wondering what fate holds in store for them next. Some four reports by special committees on domestic Indian Airlines, national flag Air India, aviation ...
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Love lost over airfield
In a David and Goliath-style battle, a legal war is raging in Washington D.C. over the future of Love Field Airport in Dallas, which could lead to new competition for American Airlines this year. Due to the Wright Amendment, a long-standing federal law designed to protect Dallas/Fort Worth International ...
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Low fares capture more Web sales
A handful of airlines, including America West, Delta, Southwest and Cathay Pacific, have begun to use the Internet to offer creative pricing initiatives -- above and beyond the Wednesday online fare specials first introduced by American with its Netsavers - both to promote their World Wide Web sites and to ...
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Holding the pieces together
The old adage, 'what goes up must come down' is frighteningly true most of the time, and whether the topic under discussion is the economy or the fortunes of the airline industry, there is no escaping its veracity. As the industry enters 1998, many managers will be wondering if ...
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SIA in Star tie-break
Singapore Airlines is expected to become the seventh member of the Star Alliance by the first quarter of 1998, but uncertainty hangs over the final Asian line-up of the largest alliance group. SIA took its first step on the Star trail at the end of November when it signed ...
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Honeywell Airbus
The consortium of Austrian Airlines, Sabena and Swissair has selected Honeywell avionics for 29 Airbus A330s on order and option. All have selected Honeywell's Pegasus flight-management system while Sabena and Swissair have ordered the company's ANSIR 2000 digital laser-gyro air-data/inertial-reference system. Source: Flight International
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Rockwell for American
American Airlines has selected Rockwell-Collins as the primary supplier of avionics for its new Boeing fleet, under a ten-year agreement valued at $200 million. Collins will supply multi-mode receivers, windshear-detection radars and collision-avoidance systems for 75 737s and 11 777s due for delivery beginning in 1998. Source: Flight ...
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Bogus parts kill
A New Zealand court has convicted aircraft parts trader James Gedson of the manslaughter of two helicopter pilots who died when their Robinson R22 crashed in October 1995 following tail-rotor failure. This is believed to be the world's first successful homicide prosecution for knowingly supplying "bogus parts". The failed rotor ...
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GE-P&W starts A3XX study
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Team members from the General Electric-Pratt & Whitney Engine Alliance began installation studies with Airbus Industrie on 18 December aimed at finalising a firm engine configuration for the A3XX by as early as the first quarter of 1998. "I would like to have a firm ...
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Cost cuts increase hopes for MD-95 production
Guy Norris/LONG BEACH Douglas Products division is optimistic that Boeing will clear continued develop- ment of derivatives and production of the MD-95 in January, after the development of a series of cost-saving initiatives by the manufacturer and its risk-sharing partners. Boeing is due to decide whether to proceed ...
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Sahara prepares for growth in spite of Government demise
Ian Sheppard/LONDON Sahara India Airlines (SIAL) aims to implement a comprehensive expansion plan in 1998 despite the delay caused by the fall of the Indian Government in November. The former Government had proposed new legislation which would have supported private domestic carriers . SIAL is preparing to place ...
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TAECO may grow Xiamen venture with engine overhaul
Taikoo Aircraft Engineering (TAECO) is discussing expansion of its Xiamen-based Chinese joint venture with the addition of an aero-engine maintenance capability. The proposal is in the "initial stages of discussion" with potential partners. The Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering (HAECO)-managed joint venture is conducting a market study, with emphasis on ...
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Eurocopter wins big German helicopter order
The German interior ministry has placed a DM220 million ($124 million) order for 22 new Eurocopter helicopters to modernise the border-guard fleet. The order includes 13 AS365 Dauphin N4s to satisfy a light transport helicopter (LTH) requirement, and nine more EC135s, with two options, to meet a requirement for ...
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747-400IGW gets go-ahead
Guy Norris/SEATTLE The Boeing board has given its civil-aircraft sales team authority to offer a growth version of the 747-400 with a maximum take-off weight of 413,140kg and a range of up to 14,245km (7,700nm). The decision is the first significant growth step for the aircraft since the ...