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All the sevens for EgyptAir
EgyptAir has recently taken delivery of its first Boeing 777-200IGW (increased gross weight). The aircraft, one of three Pratt & Whitney PW4000-powered 777-200s on order by the airline for delivery in 1997, is equipped with 319 seats in a three-class layout. A total of 62 777s has now been delivered, ...
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Chilean airline bought
Chilean transport company Tur Bus has purchased Avant Airlines for $6 million and plans to double its fleet to four aircraft, for use on Santiago-Concepcion flights. Source: Flight International
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NTSB wants 1900 CVRs improved
Beech 1900 regional-aircraft operators should be required to inspect and repair deficient cockpit-voice recorders, the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has recommended. Safety Board investigators say that they had trouble understanding crucial radio transmissions from the United Express Beech 1900 which collided with a Beech King Air ...
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NTSB worries about EMB-icing problems
More should be done to protect the Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia from icing, the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has told the US Federal Aviation Administration, recommending improved crew training and operational techniques. The NTSB agrees with the FAA's proposal to require the installation of ice-detection systems on ...
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Great Lakes rebuilds its route structure
GREAT LAKES Aviation has started to rebuild its route structure after its aircraft were grounded in a dispute with the US Federal Aviation Administration over maintenance procedures. The regional airline, which feeds traffic to United Airlines and Midway Airlines, began offering limited services from 23 May to five ...
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Africa faces the call to improve ATC
Measures to improve airport, air-traffic-control (ATC) and communications infrastructures in Africa have been agreed at an International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) meeting in Abija, Nigeria. ATC safety standards in Africa were recently condemned by organisations such as the International Federation of Air Line Pilots and the International Air ...
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Jordan calls for regional 'open-skies' deal in the Middle East
Governments and the major airlines in the Middle East should end their protectionist policies and allow an "open-skies" policy for regional carriers operating aircraft with 85 seats or fewer, according to Jordan's Prince Faisal bin Hussein. Speaking at a regional-airlines conference in Dubai in late May, Prince Faisal ...
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LanChile grows with 767-300ERs
LANCHILE has placed orders for three Boeing 767-300ERs, worth $300 million, and is drawing up a long-range plan to renew and expand its Boeing 737 fleet. The General Electric CF6-80C2-powered 767s, deliveries of which will be begin in April 1998, are the first to be purchased directly by ...
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Marketplace
++ US start-up carrier, Nashville-based Corporate Express Airlines, is to lease four more Jetstream 32s from British Aerospace Asset Management - Turboprops, bringing its total fleet to ten aircraft ++ Air Labrador, based in Goose Bay, Canada, has received its first Beech 1900D from Raytheon Aircraft. The airline holds options ...
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MDC advances crack checks on MD-90s
McDonnell Douglas (MDC) MD-90s will have to be checked for airframe fatigue cracking earlier than originally estimated, results from the fatigue-test airframe and other structural analysis have revealed. It will be years before the lead airframe in service reaches the newly designated 16,000-cycle point, when the first checks ...
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Eurowings says Lufthansa loyalty scheme is counter to German law
Eurowings has registered a complaint with the German Federal Monopolies Commission about Lufthansa's Miles and More frequent-flyer scheme. The German regional airline claims that the scheme violates German competition laws covering extras and discounts - although Eurowings admits that it believes these laws to be "outdated". ...
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AirTran links
Orlando, Florida-based Air-Tran Airways has signed a letter of intent to codeshare with Delta Connection carrier Comair, connecting 22 US cities served by AirTran with nine Florida destinations served by Comair. Source: Flight International
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Brunei open skies
Singapore and Brunei have signed an open-skies air-services agreement, lifting restrictions on frequency, routeings and capacity between the two countries. It replaces a 1985 agreement. Singapore Airlines operates to Brunei daily, while Royal Brunei Airlines operates to Singapore 17 times a week. Source: Flight International
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Palestine Airways prepares for 1 June start from Egypt
Palestine Airways, the new airline of the Palestinian authority, is due to start services on 1 June, although initially it will operate from an Egyptian airport. It will use two Fokker 50s donated by the Dutch Government - a further two have yet to be delivered. A new ...
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Workshop
++ Hunting Aviation Aircraft Engineering Centre at East Midlands Airport in the UK has become an approved maintenance centre for all models in the Boeing 727 series ++ Finnair's Technical division and Lufthansa Technik have signed a letter of intent on forming a strategic partnership in aircraft maintenance. As a ...
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Harbin signs CAG to complete Y-12s in Canada
CANADIAN AEROSPACE Group (CAG) has agreed to become the Western completion centre for China's Harbin Y-12 twin-turboprop 19-seat aircraft. A contract for two aircraft from an Alaskan operator is close to being finalised, says CAG, and the Ìrst airframe is almost complete at Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing. ...
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Boeing plans heavier 777-200IGW
Boeing plans to boost the maximum take-off weight (MTOW) of the 777-200IGW (increased gross-weight) variant by 7,000kg, allowing the aircraft's maximum range with 375 passengers to be stretched to about 14,000km (7,600nm). The jump to the new 294,200kg MTOW level was approved after the completion of structural tests ...
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Air France leaps into profit
Air France has posted its first profits since 1989, although the upbeat results from the mainline airline were tainted by deepening losses at its strike-hit sister company, domestic carrier Air France Europe. The profits at Air France mark a successful end to the three-year restructuring programme which was ...
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Deutsche BA losses leaked in report
A secret auditors' report detailing Deutsche BA's debts and losses has revealed that the company would have gone bankrupt last year, but for a cash bail-out from British Airways. The report, compiled by Ernst & Young, was leaked to the German press. It states that the five-year-old company's ...