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JT8D failures studied
The US National Transportation Safety Board is investigating an uncontained failure of a Pratt & Whitney JT8D engine which occurred to a Northwest Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-9 during take-off from Memphis on 24 April. The take-off was aborted safely. It is the latest of a series of incidents involving the ...
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Taiwan UPS
UPS has opened its $400 million Asian cargo hub at Taipei's Chiang Kai Shek International Airport. It is its third trans-shipment centre after Louisville in the USA and Cologne in Germany. The network links Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand. Source: Flight International
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Northwest cleared
The US Federal Aviation Administration has given the maintenance operations of Northwest Airlines a clean bill of health, following three inspections of its various maintenance centres. The move follows complaints from Japan's civil-aviation bureau of a high incidence of equipment failure and diversions by Northwest-operated aircraft which are operated from ...
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British Airways calls time on Paris check-in
A dispute between British Airways and Aeroports de Paris (ADP) over security surrounding Air Algerie operations at Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) Airport has resulted in the UK airline abandoning check-in of passengers baggage while the twice- daily flights from the North African nation are being checked in. Algeria has ...
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P&W discusses new engine with Airbus for A340-500/600
Pratt & Whitney is in "business discussions" with Airbus Industrie over a potential new turbofan for the A340-500/600, aimed at reaching a definitive "sole-source" agreement by the Paris air show. The new study engine, dubbed the PW4557, combines the 2.37m-diameter titanium fan and low-pressure spool of the 258kN ...
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Sabre goes Stage 3 with 737-800 lease
Sabre Airways will introduce two new Boeing 737-800s in 1998, as it begins to move its fleet from Stage 2 equipment. The London Gatwick-based independent charter airline has signed a seven-year lease agreement with International Lease Finance for two 189-seat 737-800s for delivery in April 1998, with options ...
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SilkAir selects Airbuses
SilkAir of Singapore has chosen the Airbus Industrie A319/A320 family as its new narrowbody passenger aircraft, replacing its fleet of Boeing 737-300s and Fokker 70 twinjets. The Singapore Airlines (SIA)-owned regional carrier opted for the A319/320 over the rival next-generation Boeing 737-600/700/ 800 series after three-months of evaluation ...
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Trent 700 suffers another in-flight shutdown
Rolls-Royce has again suffered an in-flight shutdown of a Trent 700 turbofan engine fitted to an Airbus Industrie A330 twinjet - the third such occurrence in less than six months. In the latest incident, on 6 May, the No 2 engine on a Cathay Pacific Airways A330 ran ...
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R-R considers scaled-down Trent 800 for new Boeings
Rolls-Royce is considering development of another scaled-down version the Trent 800 engine to power the recently launched stretched Boeing 767-400 and the proposed "simple stretch" 747-400 increased gross weight (IGW) aircraft. "We've the core opportunity to do a new engine for that in a timescale that will satisfy ...
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Tupolev confirms Iranian production talks
Tupolev is holding talks with Iranian officials over manufacturing its Tu-204 and Tu-334 twinjets in Iran, according to sources within the Russian aircraft-design bureau. According to Tupolev, however, suggestions by some Iranian officials that talks have been successfully concluded are premature. They say that negotiations are still in ...
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Passenger-violence measures upgraded
Rising incidences of airline passenger violence in the USA have resulted in the US Department of Transportation (DoT) expanding its experimental "interference with crew member programme". Special arrangements in force at Honolulu and Los Angeles have been extended to New York's Kennedy, LaGuardia and Newark airports. The programme ...
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US Airways cuts out loss-making routes
US AIRWAYS is eliminating unprofitable routes and grounding 22 aircraft in what could be the first step towards shrinking the nation's sixth-largest airline to a regional carrier. Stephen Wolf, the airline's chairman, has also warned that unless he has concessions from labour unions before 30 September, he will ...
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China Eastern beats its 1996 profits forecast
China Eastern Airlines managed to post better-than-forecast profits for 1996, providing some good news in the wake of its February listing on the Hong Kong and New York stock exchanges. In its prospectus for the flotation (the first by a Chinese carrier), China Eastern had warned that declining ...
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City Bird boss hunts for new investors
Belgian entrepreneur Victor Hasson is seeking new investors for the recently launched City Bird long-haul airline, to reduce the controlling 58%share held by his City Hotels group. Hasson launched the City Bird concept in 1996, after selling control of EuroBelgian Airlines (EBA), the low-fare European carrier now operating ...
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Ryanair to float
Low-cost Irish carrier Ryanair is preparing for a public flotation, with listings on Irish and US markets later in May. Founder Tony Ryan and his family cut their stake in the airline in 1996 to just under 62% as part of a major ownership restructuring, with 20% going to US ...
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P&W to buy Howmet aerofoil repair plants
Pratt &Whitney has made a further move to build up its engine-maintenance business by agreeing to buy Howmet's aerofoil-refurbishment plants. The deal is expected to be complete within two months, and the Howmet plants will be integrated into P&W's Eagle Services unit. P&W aims to grow its repair ...
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Lufthansa plans cargo alliance
Lufthansa Cargo is to follow its parent airline into a global alliance as part of the plan to return the now independent freight business to profit. The partnership could be set up this year, and will be similar to the forthcoming passenger alliance of Air Canada, Lufthansa, SAS, ...
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Malev boosts share sale
The Hungarian Government is to sell off another 39%of Malev as the privatisation of the flag carrier goes into its second phase. Alitalia, which acquired 30%of Malev in the initial privatisation four years ago, may also have to sell its stake. The sale to Alitalia, and of another ...
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Australian airport sales get under way
The first phase of Australia's airport privatisation has been completed, with buyers named for Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth airports. Management will effectively be put in the hands of Dutch, UK and US airport operators. The A$3.3 billion ($2.6 billion) sale, which was almost A$1 billion ahead of Australian ...
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Brazil and Canada battle over aircraft support
A trade dispute is building up between Brazil and Canada over the level of state support going to their rival regional-jet manufacturers, Embraer and Bombardier. The dispute began in June 1996 with allegations from Canada that sales finance being provided by Brazil's PROEXexport agency for the Embraer EMB-145 ...