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Burbank Stage 3 hushkit for Boeing 707 nears approval
Burbank Aeronautical (BAC) has started the final flight tests of its BAC II Stage 3 hushkit, fitted to the Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B engines of a Boeing 707-300. Certification is expected in May. The hushkit has been shown to attenuate by 30dB the noise of a Stage 1 aircraft, and ...
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New terminal opens at Paris CDG
Aeroports de Paris (ADP) is embarking on a Fr15 billion ($2.45 billion) five year investment programme at Charles de Gaulle to raise capacity. The first half of the new terminal 2F opened in late March. The second half will be complete next year. Source: Flight International
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Cityjet and Business Air line up ex-Regional Saab 2000s
Saab is gaining two more European customers for its Saab 2000s, with the lease of second hand examples to Cityjet and Business Air. The source for the aircraft is Regional Airlines of France, which had a fleet of 11 2000s, all of which are leased from Saab Aircraft Credit, ...
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El Al discusses no frills spin-off
Arie Egozi/TEL AVIV El Al is studying the creation of a low fare joint venture airline which could help it reduce its operating restrictions on the Jewish Sabbath. The Israeli national carrier sees a niche for a low cost airline for operations on "no frills" flights to destinations ...
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Italy's Eurofly seeks 767s as it aims for long haul expansion
Marco Bonelli/ROME Italian charter airline Eurofly, controlled 45% by Alitalia, has revealed plans to introduce long haul services, beginning by the end of this year. The carrier is seeking at least two Boeing 767-300ERs, which could be purchased by Alitalia, in addition to the three leased 767s taken on ...
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IAE enters race for A319 100-seater
Airbus Industrie has widened the bidding in the contest to power its proposed A319M5 100-seater by inviting International Aero Engines (IAE) to enter a derated 89kN (20,000lb) version of the V2500. The V2520-A5 version is based on the 98kN V2522-A5 and the 107kN V2524-A5 now offered on the 124-seat A319-100. ...
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Airbus firms up Latin American order
Airbus Industrie has sealed its long awaited joint order for up to 179 A320-family aircraft with Latin American airlines LanChile, TACA and TAM. Included are a total of 90 firm orders and 89 options: 20 firm orders and 20 options from LanChile, and 32 firm orders with 32 options ...
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LOT prepares to make cargo expansion
Andrzej Jeziorski/WARSAW LOT Polish Airlines is planning to lease a freighter for the next winter season in a move towards expanding its cargo operation. The airline's cargo division says that it is looking for a long haul freighter with a payload of around 40t, such as a McDonnell ...
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Lufthansa says railways are 'unco-operative'
Lufthansa has accused German national railway company Deutsche Bahn of being unco-operative over plans to transfer substantial parts of the airline's domestic network to the railways in the year 2001. Representatives of the airline in talks with the rail company complain that Deutsche Bahn is refusing to make provisions ...
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Marketplace
-Tower Air will wet-lease two Boeing 747-100 freighters to Chilean cargo airline Fast Air Cargo for one year. Fast Air operates three McDonnell Douglas DC-8-73s on services within Latin America and to the USA. -Willis Lease Finance has committed to purchase 12 Boeing 747-100s and spare engines from United Airlines, ...
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Allied Avionics
AlliedSignal's enhanced ground proximity warning system and RDR-4B forward-looking windshear radar have been successfully flight tested on a Boeing 777. Source: Flight International
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PAL overrun adds to Pacific Rim troubles
David Learmount/LONDON A Philippine Airlines (PAL) Airbus Industrie A320 ploughed off the end of the runway at Bacolod, Philippines, on 22 March, killing three people on the ground. Large numbers of passengers and people living just outside the airport, where the aircraft came to a halt, were seriously injured, ...
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Safety concerns prompt ICAO to rethink pilot licence rules
David Learmount/FRANKFURT The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) is proposing to change fundamentally the basis on which pilot licences are issued. The move is a response to rising concerns over safety, said a senior executive of the organisation at a Flight International conference in Frankfurt. Future pilot licences ...
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Routes
-Crossair will operate Swissair services to Baku in Azerbaijan, Riga in Latvia, Samara in Russia and Tbilisi, Georgia from 1 May. Meanwhile, Crossair has added a weekday Basle-Malaga via Geneva service, and two flights a week to Gerona. -Gulf Air will introduce a twice-weekly service on 4 July alternating between ...
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Virgin Express brings back French flights
Virgin Express has re-introduced services between Nice and Brussels by reviving its French subsidiary. Air Provence Charter, which was a joint venture involving EBA Eurobelgian Airlines when Richard Branson took EBA over in 1996, will initiate the service using a French registered Boeing 737-300 under the name of Virgin ...
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EasyJet eases into second home in Switzerland
No-frills UK carrier easyJet has secured a 40% stake in charter operator TEA Switzerland from owner Airfinance. The London Luton-based airline intends to relaunch TEA as easyJet Switzerland as soon as it can exercise an option for a controlling stake. The move follows easyJet's failed attempt to acquire Air ...
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Cost cutting pays off as Gulf Air climbs back into profit
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Gulf Air edged back into profit during 1997 after a cost-cutting campaign overcame two years of financial crisis. The carrier's troubles began to unfold in 1995, when it recorded operating losses of $135 million, running up another deficit of $58 million in 1996. Ahmed Bin Saif Al Nehyan, ...
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Lockheed Martin and Justice Department head for court
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Lockheed Martin and the US Department of Justice (DoJ) are heading for a courtroom showdown over the defence giant's proposed merger with Northrop Grumman after failure to agree a massive programme of divestitures to satisfy competition concerns. Lockheed Martin says that it had offered to ...
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IAI in profit
Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) recorded its first profit in five years with 1997 figures which show net earnings of $24.3 million. The results are a significant turnaround from 1996 when losses amounted to $42 million. Sales in 1997 amounted to $1.691 billion, much of it in exports. Some $600 million ...
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Pan Am can carry on with charter flights
Pan American World Airways has been given a stay of execution by the bankruptcy courts and will continue to operate charter flights as the search goes on for a financial rescuer. The low cost airline terminated the lease of five Boeing 737-400s from International Lease Finance (ILFC) on 23 ...