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European free flight demonstrated in Berlin
Chris Yates/BERLIN The first live trial of the prototype Airborne Separation Assurance System (ASAS), jointly developed by the Eurocontrol Experimental Centre as part of the Free Route Experimental Encounter Resolution programme, and Carmenta of Sweden, has been successfully completed. Initial results were demonstrated at the Global Navcom 98 ...
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China Eastern disposes of Fokker 100 fleet
China's only Fokker 100 operator, China Eastern Airlines, is to dispose of its entire fleet. The airline's 10 aircraft are being acquired by major South American Fokker 100 operator TAM. The Sao Paulo, Brazil-based carrier will take four aircraft this year and six in 1999, boosting its Fokker 100 fleet ...
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Chinese A321 deliveries get under way with Sichuan Airlines
The first Airbus A321 has been delivered to a Chinese airline, with the aircraft's introduction by Sichuan Airlines. The International Aero Engines V2500-powered aircraft joins the Chengdu-based airline's Airbus fleet of three A320s leased from International Lease Finance, and will be joined by a second A321 and two A320s ...
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Syrian begins fleet renewal
Syrianair has started its fleet renewal programme with the introduction of its first Airbus A320. The airline ordered six International Aero Engines V2500-powered examples of the twinjet in July 1997 to replace its ageing short-haul fleet of Boeing 727s and Tupolev Tu-134/154s. All six aircraft are scheduled to be ...
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Sakha ATC update
Airsys-ATM has clinched a deal to modernise and equip the air traffic control (ATC) systems of the Sakha Republic (ex-Yakutia) in north-eastern Siberia, over which many trans-Siberian and planned cross-polar airways are routed. Under the contract, details of which have not been revealed, the joint venture between Thomson-CSF and Siemens ...
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JAL moves closer to BA via Cathay link
Cathay Pacific Airways and Japan Airlines (JAL) have signed a co-operation deal in a move that is widely seen as the latest step by the Japanese carrier to become a member of the American Airlines/British Airways-led oneworld alliance. The deal comes as Asian rival Singapore Airlines (SIA) moves closer to ...
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EC eyes tougher noise policy
Alan George/BRUSSELS A significant tightening of European emissions and noise controls is foreshadowed in a European Commission (EC) consultation paper, which is intended to help formulate a new environmental policy while incorporating the decisions of the United Nations Kyoto conference on climate change. The consultation paper, entitled Air ...
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Eurowings joins KLM and Northwest after signing alliance deal
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and German regional carrier Eurowings have signed a contract expanding their co-operation into a long-term partnership aimed at increasing the two airlines' German market share, and bringing Eurowings into the KLM/ Northwest alliance. The carriers already operate flights from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport to 15 German ...
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Government forces KAL to cut routes and start safety overhaul
Korean Air (KAL) has launched a rolling full-scale inspection of its 112-strong fleet. The action is part of a wider $114 million package of safety improvements announced in response to a punitive 15% cut in domestic services ordered by the government. The South Korean national carrier has been forced ...
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Marketplace
-British Airways low-fare division Go has taken delivery of a 737-300 on lease from Babcock & Brown Aircraft Management. The aircraft was previously operated by BA's French division, Air Liberté. -Lufthansa's recent order for 10 Airbus A340-300s includes options on an additional seven A340-300s. The airline also has 11 A340-600s ...
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US Airways renewal
US Airways has begun its short-haul fleet replacement programme with the handing over of the first of up to 400 A320 family aircraft on 16 October. The first aircraft, a CFM International CFM56-powered A319, is one of 124 firm orders placed by the airline for Airbus narrowbodies. Options are held ...
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Routes
Augsburg Airways is to operate two new services from 1 November as part of its franchise deal with Lufthansa. The airline will now from Hof to Bayreuth, and from Frankfurt to London City Airport. Air New Zealand and Air Canada have announced their implementation of a codeshare agreement on routes ...
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United prepares recession plan
Graham Warwick/CHICAGO United Airlines plans to use its remaining Boeing 727s and older 737s as a buffer against recession, as it draws up strategies to stay profitable during the next economic downturn. "We don't know when, but the recession will come," predicts senior vice-president planning Rono Dutta, adding: ...
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US Airways selects 'hybrid' PW4000 for A330
US Airways has become the first airline to select Pratt & Whitney's "hybrid" PW4000 turbofan. The US airline has ordered the 73,000lb-thrust (324kN) PW4173 to power some of the 30 Airbus A330-300s it has on order and option. The airline, which has firm orders for seven A330s and options ...
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Air Afrique takes privatised route to clear debts
Air Afrique is moving ahead with a privatisation plan from which the debt-ridden carrier hopes to emerge with 49% of the shares held privately, leaving the state owners of the Cote-d'Ivoire-based airline with the remainder. Ministers of the 11 former French colonies in West Africa, which own the bulk ...
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Boeing and Israel sign joint agreement
Boeing and Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) have signed a strategic agreement to pursue jointly future business opportunities. The two companies have co-operated on a range of pro- grammes over the past 30 years, but it is the first time that the relationship has been based on a formal agreement. ...
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South Korean trio start single-entity talks
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Three of South Korea's leading aerospace manufacturers have established a joint working committee and appointed teams of consultants to produce a business plan for the proposed new single corporate entity, which is tentatively named Korea Aerospace Industries. The three corporations concerned, Daewoo Heavy Industries, Hyundai Space ...
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Sweden's Nyge Aero expands with acquisition in Norway
Swedish flight services contractor Nyge Aero has acquired Norway's Norsk Flytjeneste to expand its electronic warfare (EW) training and target-towing businesses. Based at Sandefjord, Norsk Flytjeneste will operate with Nyge Aero Norden as the holding company, although its flight activities will be fully integrated with those of its new ...
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Counting chickens
Manufacturing mergers and corporate consolidations have been dominating the aerospace industry in the USA and, belatedly in Europe, for several years. The amalgamation of Lockheed and Martin Marietta, Boeing and McDonnell Douglas and the continuing debate about an Airbus Industrie single corporate entity had been observed from Asia with apparent ...
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Supersonic Raptor
The Lockheed Martin/ Boeing F-22 Raptor flew supersonically for the first time on 12 October, reaching Mach 1.1 on a 3h flight from Edwards AFB, California. Source: Flight International