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United takes on rivals with US East Coast shuttle
United Airlines and regional affiliate Atlantic Coast Airlines (ACA) are combining to offer a Washington DC- New York shuttle service to compete with those operated by Delta Air Lines and US Airways. Hourly flights will operate to New York LaGuardia from Washington Dulles. The Delta and US Airways shuttle ...
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IPTN takes part in Boeing product development study
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Indonesian aerospace company IPTN has started work on an advanced product development (PD) study for Boeing, which is evaluating new, simpler, fuselage structures. "We have contracted them for some preliminary design studies for a different structural approach to how you do a fuselage," ...
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KAL Clarification
In the article "KAL faces new penalties after two new incidents", it was stated that Korean Air (KAL) "was banned last year from flying to Cheju" (Flight International, 24-30 March). The penalty imposed by the South Korean Government on KAL after a series of landing incidents in 1998 included a ...
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Legend Airlines plans lift-off before 2000
Completion of terminal construction at Dallas Love Field and finalisation of the US Federal Aviation Administration's Part 121 operating certificate process is expected to allow Legend Airlines to initiate services from the Texas airport in September. Plans to begin interstate business-class operations using 56-seat McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30s may be ...
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Malaysia Airlinesplans to sell aircraft in consolidation plan
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Malaysia Airlines (MAS)plans to sell three Boeing 747 Combis, one 737-300F freighter and five 737-500s under its fleet consolidation programme. According to MAS vice-president of asset management Razali Harun, the company wants to base passenger operations on 737-400s, 777-200s and Pratt & Whitney PW4000-powered Boeing 747-400s, ...
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Marketplace
Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services (AWAS) has taken delivery of the first of five Next Generation 737-700s it has on order, which has been placed with an undisclosed customer in Asia. AWAS is understood recently to have cancelled at least three of its Next Generation 737 orders. TWA ...
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BA all business
British Airways may adopt an all-business class configurations on certain peak time services in Europe, as part of its strategy to concentrate on higher-yield passengers. A fleet revamp is already reducing the ratio of economy seats in relation to the first and business class cabins. Source: Flight International
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Routes
British Airways is launching direct once-weekly services from London Gatwick to Havana, Cuba, i n April using Boeing 777s. From May, the airline's London-Baku service will continue on to Tashkent in Uzbekistan. Air Canada is launching daily services between Toronto and San Diego in June, and between ...
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Southwest plans for expansion of non-stop services
Southwest Airlines is to add non-stop services between 20 cities as it continues to take delivery of new Boeing 737-700 narrowbodies. The Dallas, Texas-based low fares carrier expects to take delivery of 29 Next Generation 737s this year, and retire its six oldest 737-200s, taking its fleet to 306 ...
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Workshop
Pemco has won a contract from Continental for heavy maintenance checks on Boeing 727s, McDonnell Douglas DC-9s and MD-80s.It has also been picked by Las Vegas start-up National Airlines for Boeing 757-200 maintenance. ++ Finmeccanica subsidiary Aeronavali has signed an agreement with Federal Express to maintain six DC-10-10s at ...
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ANA fears unexpectedly high loss
All Nippon Airways (ANA) admits it is heading for a higher-than-expected loss in its 1998-9 fiscal year, which ended on 31 March. The Japanese carrier says press reports that it will suffer a loss of around ´11 billion ($92 million) on sales of ´900 billion are "probably" close to ...
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Dasa sounds death knell for single European company
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Germany's DaimlerChrysler has declared that the European dream of creating a single aerospace and defence company out of the continent's disparate national manufacturers is dead. It says that its aerospace division (Dasa) will instead pursue a deal with Spain's CASA and a possible transatlantic tie-up. DaimlerChrysler ...
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Elta profits increase
Elta, the wholly owned electronic warfare subsidiary of Israel Aircraft Industries, has reported a pre-tax profit of $15 million for last year - up 83% on 1997. Sales totalled $348.3 million for the 12 months, against the previous year's $270.3 million. While the figures for the year were good, ...
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European regionals unite for US travel pass programme
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Chris Jasper/LONDON A group of 15 second tier and regional European airlines is to press ahead with a radical plan aimed at maximising their exposure in the USA through an innovative travel pass scheme. The programme, run by Los Angeles-based Europe by Air, is modelled ...
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Mergers
Aircraft and engine resale and lease specialist Kellstrom Industries has agreed to buy Certified Aircraft Parts, an aftermarket supplier to the Lockheed Martin C-130/L-100, for $16 million. Both companies are based in Florida. BFGoodrich has acquired Ohio-based Advanced MicroMachines (AMMI), a developer of micro-electromechanical systems integrating electrical ...
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James Goodwin is to replace Gerald Greenwald as chairman and chief executive of United Airlines parent UAL from July. Goodwin succeeds to the senior posts after six months as the US giant's president and chief operating officer, although he has held various positions with the airline in a career ...
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Smiths in US swoop
Merger-minded Smiths Industries of the UK has made its first purchase in what may be a series of acquisitions in 1999, with a $14.5 million swoop for US health and usage monitoring systems (HUMS) manufacturer Strategic Technology Systems (STSI). Completion of the purchase is subject to US regulatory approval, ...
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Conflict of cost
With air superiority at the heart of NATO's current - and future - military doctrine, the cost debate over the alliance's next generation strike fighter has become critical to say the least. The issue becomes all the more poignant as the world watches some of the most advanced air ...
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US forces to push forward AIM-9XL flight tests
The US Navy and US Air Force are planning an aggressive 34-month flight-test programme for the Raytheon AIM-9X Evolved Sidewinder air-to-air missile following its first firing. Funding is being sought at the same time for initial low rate production of 150 missiles. About 16 separation firings and more than ...
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Elisra and Lockheed Martin team on F-16
Israeli company Elisra and Lockheed Martin subsidiary Sanders are to co-operate in developing electronic warfare (EW) suites for new and upgraded F-16s. The deal was agreed in principle during a visit to Israel on 28 March by Micky Blackwell, president and chief executive of Lockheed Martin's aeronautics sector. ...