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Cargo sale
Cargolux has sold its Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7J-powered Boeing 747-200 Freighter (LX-DCV) to Atlas Air. The aircraft, which had been on lease to Atlas, has been leased back by Cargolux for four months, to cover for seasonal demand. Meanwhile, the Luxembourg-based carrier is seeking to accelerate the delivery of its ...
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Turboprop test
Pratt & Whitney Canada's new PW150 turboprop engine has had its first test-cell run, 12 months after the programme was launched. The engine, a growth derivative of the PW100, is aimed at the 50- to 80-seat turboprop market, and has been selected to power the Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8-400. ...
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Frontier leases
Frontier Airlines is to lease a new Boeing 737-300 from International Lease Finance. The aircraft will be delivered to the Denver-based carrier in April 1997. Source: Flight International
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Falkland first
Scheduled flights between the UK and the Falkland Islands are available for the first time, following a marketing agreement between British Airways and Chilean carrier Aerovias DAP. The deal links one of BA's three weekly London-Santiago services with Aerovias flights operating from Santiago to the Falkland Islands, via Punta Arenas. ...
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JAL confirmation
JAL has confirmed its selection of the Pratt & Whitney PW4090 to power the five Boeing 777-300s which it ordered in December 1995. Deliveries of the aircraft will begin in 1998. The PW4000 powers the airline's already-ordered ten 777-200s. Source: Flight International
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Bangladesh first
Biman Bangladesh Airlines took delivery of the first of two new Airbus A310-300s on 15 June. The 221-seat, Pratt and Whitney PW4000-powered, aircraft will be flown on regional routes from Dhakar. The second A310 will be delivered in August. . Source: Flight ...
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Finnair last
Finnair's 21-year association with the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 ended on 14 June, when its last aircraft (OH-LHA) was ferried from Helsinki on delivery to Air Libert, in France. Source: Flight International
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Regional expansion
Comair has placed orders for five more Canadair Regional Jets, increasing the carrier's total orders for the aircraft to 50. All will be delivered by mid-1997. Source: Flight International
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Cambodian build-up
The Cambodian Government plans to build a $500 million airport at Siem Reap, in the north west of the country. The airport is needed to service the nearby Angkor Wat temple tourist attraction Source: Flight International
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Meridiana light
Meridiana is considering the creation of a "no frills" subsidiary to tackle increasing competition in the low cost sector. The Italian regional operator based in Sardinia will transfer staff from its existing operation to the new operation. The airline is discussing a 15% increase in productivity with no wage increase. ...
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Jetstream setback
Atlantic Coast Airlines has reached agreement with Aero International (Regional) (AI(R)) to convert nine outstanding Jetstream 41 orders to options, without penalty. The move comes as a result of "-the availability [now] of used J41 aircraft and more favourable financing alternatives", says the airline. Atlantic Coast operates as a United ...
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Rolls-Hong Kong
Rolls-Royce has signed a contract with Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering (HAECO) to establish its previously announced 50/50 joint venture Hong Kong Aero Engine Services (HAESL). The engine overhaul company is scheduled to open in January 1997, with the completion of a 580kN (130,000lb) test cell now being built at Tseung ...
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French tie-up
French independent airlines Air Libert, and AOM have agreed on a codesharing deal which is seen as the initial phase of a merger, forming France's biggest independent carrier. The agreement, due to be signed on 24 June, will bring to an end rivalry on hotly contested domestic routes within France, ...
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Alfa tests growth GE T700
GROUND TESTING of General Electric's growth T700/CT7 is under way at revenue-sharing partner Alfa Romeo Avio in Naples, Italy. The 1,850kW (2,500shp)-class turboshaft has already exceeded 2,000kW in testing, says Lou Bevilacqua, general manager of GE's turboprop/turboshaft department. The growth T700 combines the core of GE's CT7-9 turboprop ...
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Rising sun
An awareness of concerted safety action dawns in the Far East and Asia/Pacific. Paul Phelan/JAKARTA OPERATORS IN ASIA/PACIFIC regions, are having to monitor carefully, the stresses on almost every aspect of air safety, caused by the rapid growth of airlines and air traffic in the region. ...
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Turkish triumph
After its first profit in nine years, Turkish Airlines is ready for global expansion. Gunter Endres/ISTANBUL ATTILA _ELEBI, president and chief executive of Turkish Airlines (THY), may have the imposing stature of his conquering namesake, but there the comparison ends. His demeanour is one of gentleness and he ...
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Emirates inaugura
Having taken delivery of its first Boeing 777-200 on 5 June, Emirates operated its inaugural service with the type to London Heathrow on 24 June. The Rolls-Royce Trent-powered-aircraft will be used on the airline's services to Europe and Australia. Source: Flight International
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Talon contest
New avionics will mean that the Northrop T-38 will have a service life spanning six decades. Tony Gill/WASHINGTON DC AFTER PAINSTAKING preparation, the US Air Force is in the final stages of selecting a contractor to upgrade its Northrop T-38 Talon supersonic trainers. Six teams are ...
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Six teams compete
OF THE NINE original contenders for the T-38 avionics-upgrade programme, six remain. Lockheed Martin elected not to bid, later re-entering the competition by acquiring Loral, while teams led by Harris and Singapore Technologies Aerospace, were eliminated from contention by the USAF. The six remaining are: Chrysler Technologies ...
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Hearts and minds
Enforcing peace in the former Yugoslavia has become the largest UK military-helicopter operation since the Gulf War. Tim Ripley/BOSNIA IN THE SIX MONTHS since NATO's Implementation Force (IFOR), took over from the United Nations, the task of keeping peace in Bosnia, it has successfully overseen ...