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1900D flap setting
Skyway Airlines, a Midwest Express Connection operator, has become the first airline to modify its Beech 1900Ds with a new, 17 degree flap setting, which increases stability during approach, reduces control problems caused by tailplane icing, increases single-engine safety margins and improves crosswind performance. Source: Flight International
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Bashkortostan A320s
A new airline is reportedly being formed by the Government of CIS republic Bashkortostan, which will operate leased Airbus A319s and A320s. A special-purpose company, Bashaeroinvest, has been established to arrange funding. Source: Flight International
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Indian purchase
Indian Airlines has now received board approval to move forward with the purchase of six 50-seat regional aircraft, with financing expected to be provided through long-term bank loans. The carrier has short-listed the Saab 2000, AI(R) ATR 42-500 and the Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8. Source: ...
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Virgin delays A340
Virgin Atlantic has declined to accept delivery of the second of two ex-development, 1992-built, Airbus A340-300s as the aircraft was leaking fuel. The problem, which is understood to have resulted from it having been stored with the tanks dry, is being worked on by British Aerospace at Toulouse. ...
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P&W solves A330 engine problem
Pratt & Whitney is retrofitting all PW4164 and PW4168 turbofans powering the Airbus A330 with a redesigned blade platform after tests revealed the potential for high N1 (low-pressure-spool rpm) rotor imbalance and the loss of the fan-containment system in the event of a fan blade detaching - a risk with ...
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Leases set for Tu-204
Sirocco Aerospace International plans to announce its first lease commitments for the Rolls-Royce RB.211-535E4-powered Tupolev Tu-204-120, following the certification of the engine/airframe combination by the Russian Air Registry, and the first delivery later this month. Sirocco was officially launched in Moscow in December 1996 by Egypt's Kato Group ...
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Swissair closes on MD-10 conversion work
Swissair's SR Technics maintenance subsidiary has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with McDonnell Douglas (MDC) to fit up to 25 DC-10-10s with an advanced, Honeywell-designed, two-crew flightdeck under Phase II of the FedEx MD-10 programme. MDC confirms that the MoU has been agreed, but adds that "-it ...
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UK carriers close on A300F contracts
SEVERAL UK-based cargo airlines are confirming plans to begin operating Airbus A300 freighters, as DHL works towards the introduction of the widebody on its intra-European network. Heavylift Cargo Airlines is understood to have concluded a deal with C-S Aviation Services for two British Aerospace Aviation Services (BAeAS)-converted A300B4 ...
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Vietnam nears decision on long-haul fleet
Vietnam Airlines expects to make a decision on a new long-range passenger aircraft before the end of the year, but says that its final type selection will be largely contingent on the availability of either US or European export-credit financing. The airline has narrowed its choice down to ...
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ARIA posts profits after year of growth
Aeroflot-Russian International Airlines(ARIA) has posted a positive set of 1996 results, showing a strong growth in passenger numbers and a boom in cargo traffic. ARIA revealed an overall net profit of 124.5 billion roubles ($22 million) for 1996, and the results would have been better but for an ...
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CAE eyes military boom
CAE president John Caldwell says that the group is preparing to take a leading position in Europe's military-simulator sector as sales boom over the next five years, and will also consider re-entering the USA once an exclusion agreement signed with Hughes Electronics expires. Europe's military-simulator market is expected ...
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El Al sell-off hinges on Sabbath flying
An Israeli Government committee has recommended the full privatisation of national carrier El Al, although the politically sensitive issue of flying on the Jewish Sabbath, which has dogged previous attempts at a sale, has yet to be resolved. The inter-departmental committee proposes the flotation of all the airline's ...
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Fokker's SABCA share to be sold
Receivers at FOKKER Aircraft have decided to put the bankrupt company's 48.8%share in Belgian aerospace manufacturer SABCA up for sale. It is not yet clear whether the shares will be floated on the stock market or placed directly with an investor. SABCA says that there are "several" prospective ...
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Japanese majors look to improve on a poor 1996
Japan's major airlines have revealed disappointing financial performances in 1996/7, as higher fuel charges and a weak yen eroded operating profits, but the carriers are optimistic that there will be improvements this year. Japan Airlines (JAL) swung back into the red with an overall net loss of ´9.2 ...
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CityLine record
Lufthansa CityLine carried more than 3 million passengers for the first time during 1996, helped by the growth of its fleet which is now exclusively built around regional jets. Although the regional carrier saw sales grow by more than 20%to above DM1 billion ($590 million) in 1996, the company's pre-tax ...
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Indian separation
Indian Airlines chairman P C Sen is studying proposals to spin off the domestic carrier's engineering services into a stand-alone business with its own identity and accounts. Sen has cited the lead set elsewhere in Asia by Singapore Airlines and Gulf Air, which have successfully turned their engineering departments into ...
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Japanese airline finanical performance -...
Japanese airline finanical performance - 1996/7 Sales (´bn)Operating marginNet profit/loss (´bn)Forecasts 1997/8 (´ bn) 1996/7change1996/71995/61996/71995/6SaleschangeNet profit Japan Airlines1,1957.1%0.4%1.4%(9.2)0.51,2444.1%0.0 All Nippon Airways8874.9%2.0%3.2%3.9 3.19335.1%3.9 Japan Air System3197.1%-0.1%-0.1%0.2 0.13416.9%0.4 Japanese airline operating statistics - 1996/7 Total passengersInternationalDomesticCargo tonnes (million)change(million) change(million)change(000)change Japan Airlines30,1984.8%11,4216.4%18,7773.9%8285.4% All Nippon Airways39,7205.6%2,67416.6%37,0464.9%5026.6% Source: Flight International
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Power shortage
According to current folklore, engine makers don't actually make any money out of building engines: they give them away, and then hope they will recoup the cost out of spares and maintenance in years to come. The engine makers, at least in public, will reject that as a wild exaggeration, ...
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Raytheon begins material build-up for new missile
Raytheon has begun purchasing long-lead material for production of enhanced fibre-optic-guided missiles (EFOGMs) destined for the US Army. The US aerospace firm was recently awarded $5.1 million of a $35 million contract to begin making 256 EFOGMs. The weapon, which will equip one company by the year 2000, ...
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IAI upgrades Harpy
The MBT weapons division of Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) has unveiled an upgraded variant of its Harpy anti-radar attack unmanned air vehicle. The improved model has a greater range and loiter capability and improved accuracy. South Korea and India have purchased the Harpy, and other countries are evaluating the air ...