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SIA signs fourth 747-400 deal
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has completed a sale-and-lease-back agreement on a fourth Boeing 747-400, and local media reports say Hollywood film star Arnold Schwarzenegger is the buyer. The airline will not comment on any Schwarzenegger involvement in the deal. It will only say the agreement was signed with Legend International ...
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Far Eastern confirms 757/MD-83 orders
Taiwan's Far Eastern Air Transport has formally confirmed plans to purchase up to 10 Boeing 757-200s and two Boeing MD-83s. The Taipei-based airline says in a statement issued through Boeing that the aircraft will be used on new international services including those to China once a ban on direct ...
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HACTL reports new cargo-handling record
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals (HACTL) reports another monthly handling record, with throughput up strongly in October despite a downturn in the Hong Kong economy. HACTL managing director Anthony Charter says 163,781 tonnes of airfreight passed through the company's Kai Tak airport terminal in October, far above the previous ...
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Derco record
Derco Aerospace attributes a year of record growth and sales surpassing $100 million to the expansion of its aircraft platform product lines and the formation of a new subsidiary, Derco Aircraft Sales and Leasing. The US-based company says the new subsidiary will focus on the commercial aviation sector. ...
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No flying school
South Korea has issued a notice to airmen (NOTAM) that all flights to and from the country will be suspended for one hour on Wednesday while nation-wide school exams are being held. Source: Flight Daily News
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DSA for Egypt
Data Systems Analysts (DSA) has announced two new contracts totalling $4 million from the Egyptian Civil Aviation Authority (ECAA). The contract to deliver and install a local area network (LAN) for the Flight Safety Standards Sector is worth $2.7 million. The system will be housed in ...
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Delta seeks US-Peru route approval
Delta Air Lines has applied for US Department of Transportation (DOT) authority to operate to Peru, and plans to initiate Atlanta-Lima service within 90 days of receiving the necessary approvals. Additionally, Delta has requested that the DOT deny American Airlines permission to expand its operations beyond the limits ...
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Global Character
Need to charter an aircraft to any destination at any time of day or night? The boast of international aircharter broker Hunt and Palmer is that it will take just one telephone call to solve the problem. The company is at Dubai (Stand A982) for the first ...
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Despite big orders, Airbus says China share still small
Airbus Industrie expects to deliver about 20 aircraft per year to China in the coming years, averaging about 10% of total global deliveries. Airbus China president Rolf Rue says the manufacturer will have delivered 19 aircraft to China by the end of the year, out of total global deliveries ...
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Volvo standing tall
Swedish auto giant Volvo is trumpeting its success in the aviation industry at Stand A320. Volvo Aero was hailed as "Éan outstanding example of quality development in Sweden" when it received the 1996 Swedish Quality Award. While Volvo accepts it is a small player against the ...
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UK Government to blame for Airbus delay
The delay on the full launch of the Airbus A340-500/600 programme is not because of a shortage of orders, but because of the British government. The news came as Egyptair yesterday signed up for two A340-600s and took options on two more, with more orders from other carriers ...
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Virtually the real thing ?..and the show goes on
Mark Hannant Aerospace has jetted into cyberspace with the launch of Airshow Online. The 'virtual' trade show, featuring products, corporate exhibits, a press centre and even a flight line, is open for business any time, any place and designed to compliment the real-time life of an ...
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IPTN cracks US
The president of Indonesian state-owned aircraft manufacturer IPTN is claiming a potential order from a US carrier for at least 100 of the company's N250 twin-turboprop. Source: Flight Daily News
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Taxiway system gets the green light for airports
Daimler-Benz Aerospace is showing its new taxying guidance system at Dubai '97. It allows uninterrupted taxying which reduces fuel consumption, pollution, pilot workload and engine noise. The pilot is guided by green centreline lighting and instructions to 'follow the green'. The end of the assigned way is ...
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'No frills' airline to serve Europe
British Airways (BA) has confirmed that it is to launch a "low fare, no frills" airline for operations to Europe. It will start flying early next year. The carrier, operating Boeing 737-300s, will be based at London Stansted airport and "Éwill operate as a separate business with its own ...
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Kit is planely the pride of UAE college students
Geoff Thomas Sitting on the flight line among the exotic machinery from the world's major aircraft manufacturers is a small, white-painted, monoplane. With a wingspan of 8.3m (27ft), the high-winged all-metal aircraft, powered by a 48kW (64shp) Rotax 582 with a twin-bladed propeller, is called a ...
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Countdown begins for Columbia launch
NASA has begun the countdown for the launch of the US space shuttle Columbia on a 16-day research mission that will feature the first spacewalk by a Japanese. The Columbia's six astronauts arrived at the Kennedy Space Center yesterday, shortly after the countdown began for the planned blastoff ...
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Port authority Rings the Bell For air-sea links
Dubai's entrepot heritage has been built up on a maritime tradition, and wooden dhows are still a functional feature of the Creek, which cuts a swathe through the centre of the city. So the appearance at the show of the Dubai Ports Authority is not really a surprise, ...
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Those creature comforts that make travel a real pleasure
Attention to detail is the key to comfortable business or first-class travel, as any senior executive will attest. One of the companies that can help meet a business travellers' expectations has its wares on show at Dubai '97. Glorient Trading (Stand A452), from its base in Hong ...
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Iranians to assemble Antonovs
Up to 100 Antonov An-140 aircraft could be built under licence in Iran, Oleg Bogdanov, deputy general designer of the Antonov Design Bureau, said at the show yesterday. The Iran deal would see final assembly of the 52-seat An-140 carried out at a plant in Isfahan. Production at both ...