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United Airbus boost
United Airlines has signed up for 30 more Airbus A320 family aircraft. The purchase, worth more than $1.33 billion, will boost its order for the single aisle models to 111. The new deal includes 20 A320s and 10 A319s for delivery in 2000 (seven A320s) and 2001 (13 A320s and ...
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R-R studies -535 derivative
Ian Sheppard/LONDON Rolls-Royce (R-R) is studying the development of a major RB.211-535 derivative which it believes could offer an 8% reduction in specific fuel consumption (SFC) by incorporating the core being developed for the new Trent 500. The -535 is available on the Boeing 757 and Tupolev Tu-204. ...
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Routes
-The US Transportation Department has allowed seven weekly flights each to American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and Continental Airlines for US-Tokyo services following the new US-Japan bilateral agreement. American will inaugurate its Chicago-Tokyo Narita service on 1 May, Delta is to start its new daily Atlanta-Tokyo service on 3 June, ...
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Indonesian gloom forces Sempati Air to retrench
Sempati Air Transport has axed all international routes, laid off nearly 60% of its staff and reduced its fleet to just five Boeing 737-200s as Indonesia's deepening economic crisis threatens many of the country's smaller carriers with bankruptcy. Privately owned Sempati cut around 1,000 of its 1,700-strong workforce from ...
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UPS develops people carrying package for charter companies
UPS aims to double the number of weekend charter passengers it carried last year under contract to US cruise lines, tour operators and professional sports organisations. The carrier, better known for transporting parcels than people, is conducting charter flights with five Boeing 727-100 freighters, modified to accept a quick ...
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European airline trio shows profit turnaround
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON After eight years of wavering finances, punctuated by some spectacular losses, Alitalia's turnaround has begun to take shape with a solid profits performance in 1997. The news comes as part of a series of better results for European airlines, including Swissair and Sabena. Alitalia, which a ...
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Reno pins hopes on new boss
Reno Air has become the latest of the US low fares airlines to undergo a management shake-up, appointing a new chief executive to help steer the struggling carrier back to profits. The Reno board says that it decided that the carrier "would benefit from a change in leadership", especially ...
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Cause for concern
As the third Ariane 5 is prepared for launch, there is anxiety about the programme Tim Furniss/LONDON Such is the state of the Ariane 5 programme that the third test flight of the European launcher in July will create as much tension as the first. The launcher's maiden flight ended ...
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Maiden flight of Ae 270 scheduled for mid-1999
Taiwan's Aerospace Industrial Development (AIDC) and Czech partner Aero Vodochody will begin assembling the first prototype Ae 270 single turboprop utility aircraft by the middle of the year in readiness for a maiden flight in 1999. According to AIDC business manager Paul Yang, the Taichung-based manufacturer has already begun ...
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Final Lycoming AD limits inspections
The US Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) is claiming victory after the Federal Aviation Administration issued a revised airworthiness directive (AD) limiting the impact of crankshaft inspections on Textron Lycoming piston engines. AOPA says that "80% of Lycoming owners will not be affected" by the final rule - ...
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VisionAire completes first Vantage flight tests
VisionAire is to relocate flight testing of its Vantage single engined business jet to its St Louis, Missouri, headquarters in April after the completion of envelope expansion flights at Scaled Composites in Mojave, California. Almost 200h have been accumulated on the proof-of-concept (PoC) aircraft since its first flight in November ...
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Brazilian navy negotiates for Kuwaiti A-4 Skyhawks for carrier
Brazil is negotiating to purchase 23 McDonnell Douglas A-4 Skyhawks from Kuwait to equip its aircraft carrier, the Minas Gerias. The A-4s will be owned by the Brazilian navy, which was given permission late last year to operate fixed wing aircraft. The navy was previously only allowed to fly ...
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Korean Air links with GE Capital to set up deal for 737-800s
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Korean Air (KAL) has reached an initial agreement with General Electric Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) and Boeing to begin rolling over its narrowbodied jet fleet with new Boeing 737-800s as part of a wider $640 million move to revive the cash-strapped carrier. The South Korean national ...
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Thailandfaces $130 million F/A-18C/D penalty
Paul Lewis/BANGKOK The USA has warned Thailand that it faces a $130 million cancellation charge if it fails to purchase the eight Boeing F/A-18C/Ds it has on order. The US Government informed the Thai air force of the total cancellation penalty charge at the beginning of March. The ...
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Canadian firms court Airbus for A3XX contracts
Brian Dunn/Montreal A delegation of some 25 Canadian aerospace companies are due to meet with Airbus Industrie officials in Toulouse this month in a bid to supply parts for the proposed A3XX aircraft. "Canada's industrial partnership with Airbus is not great," says Pete Boag, director of operations at the Aerospace ...
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NATCO markets KLM simulator capacity
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Northwest Airlines and KLM have expanded their alliance to include marketing of training on the Netherlands carrier's flight simulator fleet through Northwest Aerospace Training (NATCO). The agreement provides third-party customers with access to a total of 32 simulators and flight training devices owned by NATCO and ...
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A340-500/600 work
Saab has won a $75 million contract to supply integrated structural floor assemblies for the new Airbus A340-500/600, the Swedish manufacturer's first contract with Airbus. Meanwhile, Hispano-Suiza Aerostructures has selected Messier-Bugatti to supply the thrust reverser actuation system for the the aircraft's Rolls-Royce Trent 500 engines, and R-R has picked ...
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AEA in delays row with Eurocontrol
European air traffic control (ATC) organisation Eurocontrol has hit back at claims by the Association of European Airlines (AEA) that ATC strategies have failed, causing delays to rise to a "critical level". Eurocontrol says that the AEA's criticisms are "inaccurate, misleading and unsubstantiated". It claims the implication that Eurocontrol ...
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Aerospatiale boss deflects criticism
Aerospatiale president Yves Michot has defended the company in the face of growing criticism by its European partners that its state-owned status is holding up the region's industry consolidation process. "We have achieved a huge internal restructuring programme, which opens opportunities everywhere," he says. While there is still no ...
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Air France nears decision on replacement for 737-200
Julian Moxon/PARIS Air France expects to decide between the Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 families to replace its 737-200s by the end of June. A deal for up to 30 aircraft is expected. According to fleet planning director Pierre Vellay, the airline is undertaking a five-year, Fr40 billion ...