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Egyptair Buys A340
Egyptair has become the 37th customer for the Airbus Industrie A330/A340 with an order for three A340s, and options on two more. The airline plans to use the aircraft to open up new routes, including from Cairo to Japan, the US West Coast, and Australia. Delivery of the first aircraft ...
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Chinese construction
Airbus Industrie and China Aircraft Supplies (CASC) have begun construction of a new joint-venture training and support centre at Beijing Capital Airport. The $50 million site is due to open in 1996. It will consist of a 8,200m2 (88,000ft2) training site equipped with two flight simulators, including an A320 device, ...
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Atlas adds 747
Colorado-based cargo airline Atlas Air has converted one of three Boeing 747 full-freighter modification options into a firm order and will take delivery of the former -200 Combi aircraft in November. The airline contracted for four 747 conversions with three options in 1994, and will receive its third converted aircraft ...
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UAV survey predicts doubling of market
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC NEARLY 8,000 unmanned air-vehicles (UAVs), worth $3.9 billion, will be produced worldwide between 1994 and 2003. The reconnaissance market is expected to double in size over the ten-year period, according to the Teal Group's UAV annual forecast. The forecast, released at the 1995 ...
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USAir wage plans hit trouble
USAIR'S GOAL of gaining $2.5 billion in wage concessions from employees over the next five years has had a setback, with 8,300 members of the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) voting to reject the concession package negotiated by the union's leaders. The AFA says that rank-and-file members turned ...
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Shrunk 777 'depends on Asia-Pacific liberalisation'
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE INTRODUCTION OF the planned -100X "shrink" version of the Boeing 777 will depend on a much greater liberalisation of air rights in the Asia-Pacific region, including the negotiation of new bilateral and overflight agreements, says a senior Boeing executive. Boeing expects the 777-100X to ...
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PW4168 A330 ETOPS
The Pratt & Whitney PW4168-powered version of the Airbus A330 has received 180min extended-range twinjet operations (ETOPS) approval, following 20,000 engine hours in revenue service. Source: Flight International
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Thinking big
THE 800-SEAT AIRLINER is, it appears, an idea whose time has not yet come. Boeing and the Airbus partners have put the concept on ice, at least for several months, because the airlines have not demonstrated enough enthusiasm to justify proceeding with it. In the short-term, that is probably the ...
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747X studies go on as VLCT plans are frozen
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES BOEING IS CONTINUING studies of 747 stretch designs, despite the suspension of joint studies with the Airbus partners of a very large commercial transport (VLCT) on the basis of insufficient market potential. The company is concentrating on two design options - the largest able to ...
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GE90 777 prepared for flying restart
THE FIRST General Electric GE90-powered Boeing 777 was expected to begin flying again around 17 July following the installation of new platform spacers in the engines. Both GE-powered aircraft were grounded for more than seven weeks by the discovery of a fan imbalance during ground-based birdstrike tests on ...
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FAA and airlines launch next-generation communications
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration has joined with industry to develop the Aeronautical Telecommunication Network (ATN) offering rapid and reliable information exchange, including air-traffic-control instructions and engine-performance data, among pilots, controllers and airline operations worldwide. The deal was struck between the FAA and ...
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Continental in leasing rethink
CONTINENTAL Airlines has renegotiated the leases on most of the 35 aircraft (mainly Airbus A300s) grounded in January in a move to cut capacity. The aircraft have been returned to lessors, but Continental will save $152 million in 1995 and 1996, eliminate substantial operating-lease payments after 1996, and defer certain ...
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UK will abandon LR Trigat project
THE UK MINISTRY of Defence has signalled its intent to abandon the collaborative Long Range (LR) Trigat anti-tank missile programme at the end of the development phase, and writing off the better part of some £220 million ($350 million). The future of the Long Range Trigat was intimately ...
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Cutting edge of training
The Diamond Katana provides a low-cost alternative to other two-seat trainers. Paul Phelan/SYDNEY AN UNUSUAL, but highly fuel-efficient, lightweight powerplant, all-composite construction, and an airframe design which clearly reveals its sailplane lineage, are among the distinctive features which set the Diamond DV20 Katana aside from more orthodox two-seat ...
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LOT adds 737
LOT Polish Airlines is to add another Boeing 737-400 to its fleet. The aircraft will be the eleventh 737 in LOT's fleet when it is delivered in 1996. Source: Flight International
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R-R solves RB.211-524H combustor problem
David Learmount/LONDON ROLLS-ROYCE HAS introduced modifications and additional inspection procedures to the RB.211-524H turbofan following an in-flight incident in which a core fairing just aft of the combustion chamber burned through. A UK Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) report of an incident involving a British Airways ...
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Euraviation nears base-station deals
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA EURAVIATION IS close to signing agreements with the first four base stations which will operate the single-turboprop ST-50 under its Time Sharing Consortium (TSC) programme. The Geneva, Switzerland-based company plans to have ten TSC stations in place by the time ST-50 deliveries begin in July 1996. ...
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Rationalisation bears fruit for South African Airways
Chris Yates/JOHANNESBURG A SERIES OF COST-reduction measures, including rationalisation of its European network and the closure of offices worldwide, should allow South African Airways (SAA) soon to report significantly improved financial results. "Our official results will be made known within the next two weeks, for the ...
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Kalitta sells off MGM Grand Air
CONRAD KALITTA HAS sold a majority interest in the former MGM Grand Air to charter operator Front Page Tours, which will operate the airline as Champion Air. Kalitta, which purchased the assets of MGM Grand Air from billionaire Kirk Kerkorian in December 1994, will retain a 20% stake in Los-Angeles-based ...
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Ecuatoriana sale
The Ecuadorian Government will sell 50.1% of flag carrier Ecuatoriana on 27 July through the local stock exchange. A further 24.9% will be sold through the stock exchange within 180 days of privatisation. The Government will keep a 25% stake in the airline, which is debt-free with assets of $15 ...