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South African Airways has begun a weekly service between Cape Town and Frankfurt, as well as between Johannesburg and Dar es Salaam. The service will use Alliance's B747SP. Emirates has launched twice weekly services from Abu Dhabi to Beirut originating from its base in Dubai. Transaero ...
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TransBrazil ditches 777
TRANSBRASIL HAS cancelled its order for three Boeing 777s. The Brazilian carrier informed Boeing of its decision just days before the Paris air show, held during June, but the US manufacturer has yet to announce the move officially. Transbrasil ordered the aircraft in 1993, originally for delivery starting ...
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Russian regrets?
The initial enthusiasm for East-West joint projects appears to be waning. Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW AT THE END OF THE 1980s, political and economical changes in the Soviet Union opened the way for a series of co-operative agreements between Western and Soviet aerospace companies. Now, five years ...
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Garuda rethinks Airbus/ Boeing airliner orders
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE GARUDA INDONESIA is renegotiating orders for 24 Airbus Industrie and Boeing aircraft in a move to reduce capital expenditure and prepare for eventual privatisation. The airline is understood to have reached a tentative agreement with Airbus to convert orders for six Airbus A330s ...
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Testing resumes on GE90 777
THE GENERAL ELECTRIC GE90-powered Boeing 777 test aircraft resumed certification flight-testing on 20 July, following formal US Federal Aviation Administration approval of the new engine hardware and software modifications. The aircraft was grounded after a bird-strike test on 30 May revealed design problems with the platform spacers between ...
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Air Canada orders A340-8000
AIRBUS INDUSTRIE HAS secured an initial order from Air Canada for two of its planned ultra-long-range A340-8000s and stepped up efforts to secure additional launch orders from the Asia-Pacific market. Air Canada's purchase by itself is not sufficient to launch the 232-seat -8000 derivative formally. According to airline ...
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Egyptair Buys A340
Egyptair has become the 37th customer for the Airbus Industrie A330/A340 with an order for three A340s, and options on two more. The airline plans to use the aircraft to open up new routes, including from Cairo to Japan, the US West Coast, and Australia. Delivery of the first aircraft ...
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Atlas adds 747
Colorado-based cargo airline Atlas Air has converted one of three Boeing 747 full-freighter modification options into a firm order and will take delivery of the former -200 Combi aircraft in November. The airline contracted for four 747 conversions with three options in 1994, and will receive its third converted aircraft ...
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KrasAir takes DC-10 for US-Russia flights
KRASAIR, THE Krasnoyarsk-based Russian airline, has taken delivery of the first of two McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30s. It will become the first Russian operator to fly a US-registered aircraft into the USA when it begins operating the tri-jet from Moscow to Los Angeles and New York later in 1995. ...
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Shrunk 777 'depends on Asia-Pacific liberalisation'
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE INTRODUCTION OF the planned -100X "shrink" version of the Boeing 777 will depend on a much greater liberalisation of air rights in the Asia-Pacific region, including the negotiation of new bilateral and overflight agreements, says a senior Boeing executive. Boeing expects the 777-100X to ...
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FAA and airlines launch next-generation communications
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration has joined with industry to develop the Aeronautical Telecommunication Network (ATN) offering rapid and reliable information exchange, including air-traffic-control instructions and engine-performance data, among pilots, controllers and airline operations worldwide. The deal was struck between the FAA and ...
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Euraviation nears base-station deals
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA EURAVIATION IS close to signing agreements with the first four base stations which will operate the single-turboprop ST-50 under its Time Sharing Consortium (TSC) programme. The Geneva, Switzerland-based company plans to have ten TSC stations in place by the time ST-50 deliveries begin in July 1996. ...
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Rationalisation bears fruit for South African Airways
Chris Yates/JOHANNESBURG A SERIES OF COST-reduction measures, including rationalisation of its European network and the closure of offices worldwide, should allow South African Airways (SAA) soon to report significantly improved financial results. "Our official results will be made known within the next two weeks, for the ...
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JADC targets YS-X development
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE JAPAN AIRCRAFT Development (JADC) expects to launch full-scale development of its proposed 90- to 110-seat YS-X twinjet by the end of the 1996 fiscal year. According to JADC senior managing director Shinya Kobayakawa, work will need to begin by late 1996 or early 1997 ...
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Embraer signs marketing deal with PZL
EMBRAER HAS signed a co-operation agreement with Polish manufacturer PZL-Warssawa-Okecie. Details are still being worked out, but the memorandum of understanding covers marketing of PZL general-aviation aircraft in Brazil and the sale of Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia regional airliners to Poland. Under the agreement, Embraer's light-aircraft subsidiary Neiva will ...
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Boeing cuts narrowbody rates as recovery lags
BOEING'S DECISION TO make further cuts in production rates for its 737 and 757 narrow bodies is being seen as a temporary measure until an anticipated recovery in 1997. The company says that 737 production will be reduced from seven to five a month in April 1996, ...
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Bea In Doldrums
Sales and profits continue to slip at BE Aerospace, but there are signs that cabin-equipment orders are picking up, says chairman, Amin Khoury. In the group's first quarter to the end of May, sales were down by 3%, to less than $56 million, and net profits were little more than ...
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BA urges restraint on open-skies deal
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON British Airways chairman Sir Colin Marshall has called on US transportation secretary Federico Pena to resist pressure to force the pace on a UK-US open-skies agreement in the current round of bilateral negotiations. He also cautions against rushing European moves towards an open-skies policy. ...
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BWIA includes five EMB-145s in upgrade book
David Learmount/LONDON BWIA INTERNATIONAL Airways has ordered five Embraer EMB-145 regional jets and placed options on five more. The Trinidad-based carrier's president, Ed Wegel, also says that he is talking to Boeing about the 777 as an ultimate replacement for three 767-300ERs which it is leasing alongside ...
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Boeing tests 777 fatigue solution
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES BOEING IS FLIGHT-testing a strengthened aerodynamic fairing on the Rolls-Royce Trent 800-powered 777 after the discovery of fatigue cracks following its first flight on 26 May. It is also determining whether the problem could affect General Electric and Pratt & Whitney-powered versions. ...