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Traffic boom boosts European airports figures
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON EUROPE'S AIRPORTS have emerged showing the world's strongest passenger-growth over the first half of the year, giving further confirmation of the traffic boom now taking place in the region. Passenger throughput for European airports grew by 7.8%, according to the latest figures from the ...
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Crossair allows public play on flight simulators
SWISS REGIONAL airline Crossair has joined the growing list of airlines offering simulator- training time to the general public. The airline says that it is experiencing very strong demand from people wishing to fly either its Saab 340B or Saab 2000 full- flight simulators at between SFr500 ($417) ...
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EVA opts for six MD-90s
TAIWAN-BASED carrier EVA Air has confirmed plans to buy six McDonnell Douglas MD-90s with the signing of a letter of intent by airline president, Frank Hsu, at the hand-over ceremony of its sixth MD-11. The contract, when confirmed will include options, for an additional six aircraft: four to ...
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Israviation looks to Gulf marketplace
ST-50 MANUFACTURER Israviation hopes, that the Gulf States could develop into an important market, for the light executive aircraft being developed in Israel. The optimism follows the 2 September flight of the ST-50 prototype for presentation to King Hussein of Jordan. The king, an enthusiastic pilot, is believed ...
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Visions of splendour
The Air Cruiser concept itself may not become the airliner of the future, but Ogle Design hopes that many of its ideas will be aboard. TOM KAREN of Ogle Design has a mission - to make air travel more enjoyable for the mass of ordinary travelers. "If you ...
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Two-way trade
Lufthansa and South African Airways are doubling their joint cargo services between Frankfurt, Nairobi and Johannesburg from two to four flights a week, operating Boeing 747 freighters. The additional services are the first active steps taken, following the signing of a memorandum of understanding, between the two carriers for strategic ...
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AAR wins cargo-system work on 747s and DC-10s
Conversion specialist AAR Advanced Structures has received contracts for cargo-system modifications to convert both Boeing 747s and McDonnell Douglas DC-10s to full-freighter configuration. GATX/Airlog has contracted the Livonia, Michigan based company to supply kits to convert two Boeing 747-200s, from combi to full-freighter configuration. The aircraft will be ...
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VASP expands its fleet
BRAZILIAN AIRLINE VASP is to acquire ten Boeing 737-300s and a third new McDonnell Douglas MD-11 in a bid to become a major international airline. The Sao Paulo-based carrier will take delivery of two MD-11s later this year and the third, which it will lease from KLM, early next year. ...
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US Navy plans to modify Osprey V-22 radar design
THE US NAVY has directed the development of specific terrain-following/terrain-avoidance radar-design changes and related modifications needed to create the CV-22 special-operations variant of the Bell Boeing MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft. A contract to be awarded in 1996 will pay for the conversion of one engineering and manufacturing development ...
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ANZ posts record year and promises more to come
AIR NEW ZEALAND (ANZ) has turned in record profits for its latest financial year, despite the effects of Japan's Kobe earthquake and the grounding of ten Boeing 737-200s in February because of fan-blade failures (for which the carrier is seeking compensation). ANZ raised net profits by more than ...
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BMA extends its Euro network as Paris competition intensifies
BRITISH MIDLAND IS TO expand its European network in October, continuing its strategy of joining battle on Europe's busiest routes. The UK's second-largest scheduled carrier will serve Zurich and Prague from London Heathrow from 29 October, and reveals that passenger traffic grew by 13% during the first half of the ...
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Japan plans thrust-vectoring engine trials
JAPAN'S TECHNICAL Research and Development Institute (TRDI) plans to equip its future fighter demonstrator engine with a thrust vectoring nozzle and has already begun ordering long lead components for the power plant. The TRDI is evaluating either equipping the XF3-400 engine with two-directional thrust deflection paddles or the ...
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Japan's MITI raises request for state aerospace funding
JAPAN'S POWERFUL Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) is asking for a rise of nearly 8.6% in state aerospace funding for 1996 to help support the country's collaborative programmes. MITI's request asks for nearly '12 billion ($120 million), against '10.8 billion allocated for the current year. Much ...
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United 777s: heavy but happy
Guy Norris/Los Angeles UNITED AIRLINES admits that its first Boeing 777s is overweight, but is still satisfied with the aircraft's performance. New 16G crash-worthy seating is the largest single contributor to the higher-than-expected operating empty weight (OEW) of the initial aircraft, says the carrier. In United's ...
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Cathay moves its simulators Australia
CATHAY PACIFIC Airways is to relocate most of its flight- simulator capability from Hong Kong to an Australian site yet to be decided. The move follows an A$15 million ($11.2 million) concession from the Australian Government against tax which would have been due on the company's five simulators. The first ...
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FedEx may buy United DC-10s
FEDEX, THE US-based overnight-cargo specialist, is believed to be negotiating the purchase of United Airlines' (UAL) fleet of McDonnell Douglas DC-10s. FedEx already operates 35 DC-10s (22 -30s and 13 -10s), and in addition plans to run a fleet of 34 MD-11s by the end of 1998. ...
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Fokker submits its bail-out plan to Dutch Government
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH FOKKER HAS delivered a stark warning to the Dutch Government that the company will be left facing a crisis unless the state shareholder approves a major injection of cash. The warning came as Fokker handed over a new business plan to Dutch economics minister ...
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TWA to drop regional
TRANS WORLD Airlines (TWA) regional subsidiary Trans World Express (TWE) is to cease operations on 6 November. Its services will be taken over by independent carrier Trans States Airlines. TWE employees will be laid off and its fleet of 11 leased ATR 42s disposed of, along with the airline's maintenance ...
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Technology-transfer key to regional-jet deal
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE CHINA'S AND South Korea's selection, of a Western partner to help develop a new 100-seat regional jet, will be determined by the level of foreign technology transfer. According to South Korean aerospace sources, local industry access to new technology will be the key ...