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ATN confusion mars FANS
CONFUSION OVER the cost, time scale and benefits of the aeronautical telecommunications network (ATN) which will be at the heart of the full-up FANS system is causing concern as the system may be usurped in the near term by the less capable systems based on the 622 standard. ...
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Lufthansa fares cuts upset Deutsche BA
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH DEUTSCHE BA IS considering complaining to the European Commission over Lufthansa's decision to slash fares on domestic routes. The move comes after the German flag carrier announced that it is replacing its low-priced Express concept with a new domestic service, introducing a fares ...
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Laker to cross the Atlantic again
SIR FREDDIE LAKER is to re-enter the transatlantic airline business in a venture backed by Texas oil millionaire Oscar Wyatt. The UK businessman plans to launch Laker Airways on routes from Florida to the UK before the end of this year. Laker has yet to ...
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Damaged RAF Tornados centrepiece of upgrade plan
THE ROYAL Air Force is considering using Tornado F3s, damaged in a modification programme by private contractor Airwork, as the basis of an upgrade programme to fill the gap left by the late entry into service of the four-nation Eurofighter. Some 16 of the damaged aircraft are ...
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Uncommon sense
IT MAKES FOR GREAT copy, but does it really make sense for two great business-jet manufacturers to distract attendees with an old-fashioned slinging match at their industry's most important annual event? The Gulfstream V and the Bombardier Global Express, when they enter service, will be far more ...
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BA 777 delivery date uncertain
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Kevin O'Toole/LONDON THE SCHEDULE FOR delivery, of the first General Electric GE90-powered Boeing 777 to British Airways, continues to hang in the balance, with the engine undergoing a new series of icing tests in the USA and facing the possibility of further hurdles being ...
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Malfunctions delay Ariane 5
Tim Furniss/LONDON THE EUROPEAN SPACE Agency (ESA) and French space agency CNES say that the maiden flight of the Ariane 5 has been delayed from January, to "late April 1996". The latest delay puts the launcher a year behind its original schedule. The Ariane 501 ...
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Corporate war flares up over business jets
Graham Warwick/LAS VEGAS RIVALRY BETWEEN Bombardier and Gulfstream for the long-range business-jet market erupted into open warfare at the US National Business Aircraft Association (NBAA) convention in Las Vegas on 26-28 September, with the companies trading claims in advertisements and briefings. Gulfstream, provoked by unfavourable ...
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B-1 flight envelope restricted after flare strike
THE US AIR FORCE has restricted the peacetime flight envelope for the firing of countermeasure flares from the Rockwell B-1B bomber, because of tail strikes. In one case described at the Society of Experimental Test Pilots meeting in California on 28 September, the flare impacted the vertical ...
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Cargo, for cargo's sake
When aviation officials from the US and Japan sit down to negotiate the air services agreement between the two countries at the end of September, it will be the first time that the US negotiates cargo service rights as a stand-alone issue. More than anything, this is the ...
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Aircraft news
Dutch airline Transavia has ordered eight new Boeing 737-800s, with an option for another 12. Egyptair has ordered three Boeing 737-200s as part of its fleet modernisation programme. SAS has placed orders for two additional MD-90s and will take delivery of its first six in the second half ...
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Appointments
Abacus Distribution Systems has appointed Seiji Fukatsu as its new chairman. He is also president and chief executive officer of All Nippon Airways. John Watson has been appointed city manager, Philadelphia, for United Airlines. He was previously general manager sales, UK and Europe. European ground handling ...
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Airports
The CAAC is seeking foreign cooperation to develop 32 airports over the next five years, in particular funds for four new airports serving Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Haikou and Guilin. The reconstruction of Siauliai's Zokniai Airport has started after US$4.5 million was made available by the Lithuanian government. ...
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Suppliers
Air Asia Company and McDonnell Douglas Corporation have signed a licence agreement under which AAC becomes the maintenance centre for McDonnell Douglas aircraft operators in Taiwan. GE Engine Services has been awarded a £380 million contract by Southwest Airlines to maintain the engines of its B737-700 fleet. ...
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Shannon boost
Struggling Irish third party maintenance provider Shannon Aerospace is to receive a I£24 million ($38 million) capital injection, of which I£12 million will come from the Irish government over the next two years following European Commission approval. The other half comes from lessor GPA, which recently sold its 30 per ...
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Regionals grow
Taiwan's TransAsia Airlines and Indonesia's Bouraq Airlines will join the growing club of secondary Asian carriers serving regional routes. Both launch Taipei-Surabaya flights in early October. TransAsia is also a contender for Taipei-Macau, while Bouraq has received Jakarta's nod for five regional destinations. Source: Airline Business
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Exim cuts
Eximbank has lowered its fee for large aircraft guarantee transactions from 4 to 3 per cent in an effort to make US export credit more competitive with European credit agency-backed transactions. In recent years, the ECAs have adopted a more commercial approach with their support and extended export credit cover ...
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Irish sale
Aer Lingus has sold its Copthorne hotel chain to the Singapore-based CDL Hotels International for I£220 million ($349.5 million). The sale was part of the business plan approved by Brussels in clearing the carrier's state aid application in December 1993. Source: Airline Business
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Ecuatoriana back
Ecuatoriana was privatised at the end of August with a consortium led by Vasp buying a 50.1 per cent stake for $10.5 million up front, plus a promise to invest $64 million in cash and other resources over the next five years. The latter figure includes $21 million in subsidies ...
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Claims down
The world's major airlines incurred hull and liability losses totalling $158 million in the first seven months of 1995. This represents a drop of 81 per cent over the same period last year, according to Willis Corroon Aerospace. The world's major airlines incurred hull and liability losses totalling ...