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Transbrasil aims to profit from radical restructure
BRAZILIAN CARRIER Transbrasil, which lost 7% of its domestic market in 1996, is planning a major shake-up to increase revenues and cut expenses. The airline, which is owned by its president and founder Omar Fontana, says that it is looking for partners to inject cash. The carrier plans ...
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Dragonair starts to assert its independence
Dragonair of Hong Kong has begun to signal its growing independence from former sister carrier Cathay Pacific Airways, by assuming control of more of its own operations and opening new routes into China. Mainland Chinese interests, led by China National Aviation (CNAC), assumed full majority control of Dragonair ...
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Volga-Dnepr considers propfan for An-124
Volga-Dnepr is considering re-engineing its seven Antonov An-124-100 Ruslan heavy freighters with Kuznetsov NK-93 ducted-propfan engines. Volga-Dnepr president Alexei Isaikin says that company technical specialists have visited engine- maker Dvigateli NK of Samara to evaluate the status of NK-93 development and the feasibility of the re-engineing programme. ...
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Kansai nears saturation after only three years
Japan's new Kansai International Airport is already near maximum capacity, less than three years after opening, but the construction of second runway and passenger terminal cannot be completed until 2007 at the earliest. The $13 billion airport, built 5km (3nm) offshore on reclaimed land in Osaka Bay, is ...
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Aurigny searches for successor to Trislander
Aurigny Air Services, the UK Channel Islands-based regional airline, is seeking bids for a replacement within the next few years for its ageing fleet of nine Pilatus Britten-Norman BN2A-III Trislanders. The airline wants a new, rugged, 19-passenger aircraft able to cruise at around 160kt (300km/h), offer a range ...
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Sextant courts China with AVIC proposal
France's biggest avionics manufacturer, Sextant Avionique, has made an unprecedented offer for an "across-the-board" alliance with Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) for local development and manufacture of avionics for civil aircraft and helicopters. The offer, which comes a month before French president Jacques Chirac visits China, parallels overtures ...
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Extended engagement
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has not awarded two 12-month Future Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (FMRAAM) risk reduction studies, as suggested in Flight International (30 April-6May). The MoD was working towards awarding two risk-reduction study contracts in March, but has delayed any decison. It is not known whether risk ...
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El Al fights plans for new regional airline
EL AL Israel Airlines is attempting to foil an Israeli Government decision to create a new regional airline which will operate scheduled flights to destinations in the Middle East. The decision to create the carrier, made more than two years ago, but not implemented, was revitalised recently by ...
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ARIA's Irish freedom
Aeroflot Russian International Airlines (ARIA) has been given limited fifth-freedom rights to carry passengers from Shannon to New York, adding to existing approval to carry passengers originating in Ireland and the USA on routes between Shannon and Washington DC, Miami, Florida, and Chicago, Illinois. ARIA can carry a maximum of ...
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Merpati Nusantara ATP crash kills 15 people
A British Aerospace ATP turboprop operated by Merpati Nusantara Airlines crashed on 17 April on the Indonesian island of Belitung, killing 15 of the 53 passengers and crew. It is the first major accident to the aircraft type in ten years of service. The aircraft (PK-MTX) was on ...
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Raytheon shelves plans for 1900D successor
RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT has shelved plans to develop a new regional airliner to supersede or supplement its Beech 1900D 19-seat turboprop. Chairman Art Wegner reveals that the company has studied a 30-seat regional jet, but decided "about a year ago" not to proceed with the project. He dismisses rumours ...
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Air China wins London approval
In a move considered by many as a sign of Beijing's growing hold on aviation in Hong Kong, a mainland Chinese airline has been allowed for the first time to launch a direct service between the UK colony and London. The inauguration of Air China's new Beijing-Hong Kong-London ...
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India insists on TCAS in wake of collision
India is to make it compulsory for aircraft being operated in its airspace to be equipped with a traffic-alert and collision-avoidance System (TCAS-II). Director-general of civil aviation, H S Khosla, says that the move is a result of the November 1996 mid-air collision over New Delhi between a ...
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KLM switches to Boeing for 747 SUD freighter-conversion work
KLM has signed a contract with Boeing for the freighter conversion of two 747-200 stretched-upper-deck (SUD) combi aircraft, having previously signed a commitment for Israel Aircraft Industries' (IAI) Bedek division to conduct the modification. KLM values the contract at DFl80 million ($42 million). The two 747-200 SUDs, which ...
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Brit Air agrees 100% franchise arrangement with Air France
French regional airline Brit Air has entered into a 100% franchise deal with Air France which effectively ends the carrier's commercial independence. President Xavier Leclerc stresses, however, that "-we will retain our financial and economic independence". Brit Air saw turnover increase from Fr650 million ($139 million) to Fr760 ...
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Qatar introduces Airbuses and new logo
Qatar Airways is operating its two recently delivered 231-seat Airbus A300-600Rs on its daily service between Doha, Qatar, and London Heathrow, replacing two Boeing 747-100SRs. The airline, which unveiled its new corporate identity with the introduction of the A300s, is operating the ex-Garuda Indonesia Airbuses on five-year leases from Ansett ...
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FAA tackles icing
The US Federal Aviation Ad-ministration has unveiled its in-flight aircraft-icing plan, calling for improved icing forecasting and detection, flight crew information and training, and certification regulations and procedures. Source: Flight International
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BM's Lufthansa link
British Midland (BM) and Lufthansa have finalised plans for codeshares on flights between London Heathrow and Cologne/ Bonn from 26 May, and plans to expand the link to other Germany-UK routes. BM says that introduction of the new routes "-is the first development of continuing discussions between British Midland and ...
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Atlantic signs
Atlantic Southeast Airlines has signed a contract with Bombardier for 30 Canadair Regional Jets, and 60 options. Source: Flight International
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CMS eyes Australian stand-off contest
CMS DEFENSE SYSTEMS has fit-checked its AFDS-T-powered submunitions dispenser on a Royal Australian Air Force General Dynamics F-111C, in preparation for a possible bid to meet Australia's Air 5398 requirement for a stand-off weapon. Fit checks have also been conducted by Texas Instruments, with its Joint Stand-Off ...