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UPS to Manila
UPS Airlines has launched a new service to Manila in the Philippines, using a McDonnell Douglas (MDC) DC-8 freighter. The service will be operated five times a week from UPS' Taipei cargo hub to Manila, en route to Singapore. The parcels-carrier's main competitor, FedEx, is to extend its Asian cargo ...
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Sextant success
French avionics manufacturer Sextant Avionique will supply the secondary integrated flight-control system, stall-protection system and electronic integrated standby instruments for the Bombardier CRJ-700 regional jet. Source: Flight International
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Singapore Airlines outlines initial 777 plans
Singapore Airlines (SIA) plans to use its initial Boeing 777-200 twinjets, due for delivery this year, to increase capacity on Airbus A310 routes and to add flight frequencies on services which are now operated with larger Boeing 747s. The first aircraft is scheduled to be handed over by Boeing in ...
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BA boss backs TAT director despite strikes
The chairman of British Airways, Robert Ayling, has entered the fray over the strike action of BA's French subsidiaries TAT European Airlines and Air Liberté, now entering its second week without resolution. Speaking during a visit to Paris on 17 April, Ayling said that the two debt-plagued airlines, ...
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Austrian Airlines looks at Tyrolean take-over
Austrian Airlines may double its stake in Innsbruck-based regional carrier Tyrolean Airways to 85.7%. The flag carrier says, however, that it has had no confirmation of local press reports suggesting that businessman Gernot Langes-Swarovski, who holds 42.85%of Tyrolean, plans to sell his shares. Austrian holds a ...
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workshop...
++ Florida-based AeroCorp has won heavy maintenance work for 30 Boeing 727s from two airlines. American Trans Air has agreed a 20 aircraft "nose-to-tail" deal worth $15 million covering maintenance of its 727s for 1997 and 1998. Sun Country has signed a similar agreement, worth more than $5 million, covering ...
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Aer Lingus gears up to offer strategic alliance proposals
Aer Lingus confirms that it will present proposals to its state owners by the end of the year on a strategic alliance, but the Irish flag carrier stresses that no decisions have yet been made on whether that would include an equity stake. As part of a broad ...
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Chek Lap Kok fees create conflict
CONTROVERSY IS mounting over the level of user charges proposed for Hong Kong's new Chek Lap Kok (CLK) Airport, with airlines and the tourism lobby arguing that the rise in fees would damage competitiveness. The concerns surfaced in the Hong Kong Legislature's 1997/8 budget debate, with concerns voiced ...
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Dasa improves but continues with loss
Daimler-Benz Aerospace (Dasa) stayed in the red during 1996, ending the year with an operating loss of DM196 million ($114 million) after a poor performance from the military-aircraft and missiles businesses. The result continues the improvement made after 1995, when charges from the withdrawal from the Fokker regional ...
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Embraer reduces losses and expects return to profitability
Embraer believes that it is on course to return to profits this year, after showing its first gains for six years in the final two quarters of 1996. The Brazilian aircraft manufacturer, privatised two years ago, still ended 1996 with losses of $40 million, but that marked a ...
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Government fall stirs Indian civil-aviation confusion
India's civil-aviation policy has again been thrown into doubt following the fall of the country's United Front Government, which came only weeks after a ruling that foreign airlines would have to sell any shares held in Indian domestic carriers. India's acting aviation minister, C M Ibrahim, passed the ...
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Buoyant Lucas
Buoyant airliner deliveries and a strong spares market showed through in rising sales and profits at Lucas Aerospace, as the Lucas Varity group presented its first set of annual results after 1996's merger. The aerospace division saw sales grow 8% to £510 million ($829 million) in the new financial year ...
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Undue influence?
MOST MANUFACTURERS must dream of having exclusive supply deals with prestige customers. Most prestige customers probably do not dream of such deals - and they certainly should not. In the long term, these agreements (while undoubtedly attractive for both sides in the short term) could be seriously damaging to the ...
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Cost concerns could cut down ASTOR numbers
Cost concerns could force the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) to reduce the number of Airborne Stand-off Radar (ASTOR) aircraft which it plans to procure. A final decision on the £750-800 million ($1.2-1.3 billion) ASTOR procurement was expected early this year, but this has now been delayed until ...
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Rans engineers more speed from S-16
USKITPLANE manufacturer Rans has launched its first foray into the market for high-performance amateur-built aircraft. The S-16 Shekari is a side-by-side two-seater from a company better known for producing aircraft more suited for "low-and-slow" flying. The 60kW (80hp) Rotax 912 is producing speeds of 135kt (225km/h), says Randy ...
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Ballistic drop-tests SR20 parachute
BALLISTIC RECOVERY Systems has completed the first successful high-gross-weight drop tests of its new parachute recovery-system for the Cirrus Design SR20 all-composite, single-engined four-seater aircraft. The drop test from a Fairchild C-123 transport aircraft evaluated the system at 1,600kg, 300kg above the SR20's maximum gross-weight. Drops from 1,000ft ...
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USA launches drive for GA pilot-recruitment
THE US GENERAL-aviation (GA) industry has launched a nationwide television-advertising campaign intended to increase the number of people entering pilot training. The "stop dreaming, start flying" campaign is funded by more than 100 US aviation companies through the GA Team 2000 coalition, which has the goal of increasing student starts ...
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Airbus sets deadline for engine decision on A340-500/600
Airbus Industrie is targeting the end of April for a final decision on a new engine for the A340-500/600 growth derivatives, clearing the way for the programme to be officially launched at the Paris air show in June. The European consortium is in talks with Rolls-Royce and Pratt ...
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Gap widens between Airbus and AVIC on A318/AE100 direction
Clear differences have begun to emerge between Airbus Industrie and Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) over the longer-term direction of the proposed A318/AE100 programme, with the European consortium pressing for the development of a smaller, rather than larger, aircraft. Negotiators from Airbus subsidiary joint venture, Airbus Industrie Asia ...
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Aeroflot plans to create a regional-hub network
Aeroflot-Russian International Airlines is considering setting up a series of regional hubs in an attempt to break the dominance of Sheremetyevo Airport at Moscow in its network. The widening of its domestic-flights network in Russia and the CIS are two major factors in Aeroflot's strategy to improve efficiency. ...