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Air Wisconsin chases Mountain Air Express
Air Wisconsin, which operates as United Express, wants US bankruptcy court permission to acquire Mountain Air Express of Denver, Colorado. The terms of the offer are not disclosed by Air Wisconsin, but the reported sale price is $1.5 million. Air Wisconsin has ordered six Fairchild Dornier 328s to increase ...
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Fokker closes on launch orders for F28RE
Fokker Services is hoping to convert, by the end of April, letters of intent held for its F28RE re-engineing programme to firm contracts, to enable full scale development to be launched. The company had been aiming for a launch during the course of last year and selected the Rolls-Royce ...
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KLM may rationalise long haul fleet
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Airbus Industrie and Boeing are vying to provide KLM with up to 30 long haul aircraft to enable the Netherlands flag carrier to standardise its widebodied fleet and to reduce the number of types in operation. Any deal could also involve aircraft for its strategic partner, Alitalia. Although ...
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Routes
-US carrier Midwest Express has signed a codesharing agreement with regional airline American Eagle providing connecting service at Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, and Los Angeles, California. Midwest, meanwhile, will add five McDonnell Douglas DC-9s to its fleet this year, bringing the total to 29. -Trans World Airlines will feed Delta Air ...
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Airbus closes in on $4 billion Latin deal
Airbus is close to finalising its long awaited $4 billion order for up to 120 single aisle aircraft from a group of Latin American airlines, following the confirmation by TACA of El Salvador that an order is planned. TACA says that it is finalising an order for 30 A319s, ...
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UPS closes on widebody freighter selection
UPS is expecting to finalise its choice of widebody aircraft to replace its fleet of Douglas DC-8-70 freighters by the end of March, to enable the first to enter service in 1999. The Louisville, Kentucky-based freight carrier revealed in October 1997 that it was examining various aircraft to replace a ...
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Belgium's VLM gears up to enter millennium with Fokker 70 fleet
Herman De Wulf/ANTWERPIN a bid to boost services and spread its business, Belgian regional airline VLM, of Antwerp is seeking to move up to a jet-powered fleet with the acquisition of Fokker 70s by 2000. The carrier has a fleet of four Fokker 50 turboprops, and new managing director Christian ...
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UK CAA will not revise requirements
The UK CAA will not revise requirements governing the location of key electronic equipment in airliners after completing a review in response to recommendations made by the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB). The AAIB recommendations followed its investigation into an incident involving a British Airways Boeing 737 which experienced ...
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Debonair slams BA over budget airline subsidies
Mark Hannant Michael Harrington, deputy chief executive of no-frills British operator Debonair, yesterday maintained the airline's war of words with British Airways during his visit to Asian Aerospace '98. Days ago, chairman and chief executive Franco Mancassola slammed BA for "-abusing" its "immense financial power" by cross-subsidising its new ...
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FAA nod for advanced GPS-based landings
Geoff Thomas The world's first satellite landing systems (SLS) using differential global positioning system (DGPS) technology have received commissioning approval from the FAA. The Honeywell/Pelorus SLS-2000 systems are situated at Minneapolis-St Paul and Newark international airports in the USA, and the commissioning of the ground stations opens the door to ...
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B/E Aerospace to supply all US Airways' new-buy seating
Sarah Lazenby B/E Aerospace is supplying all seating for US Airways' new Airbus 319/320/321 fleet in a deal worth $27 million for the first 124 aircraft. This could rise to $85 million if the airline exercises its option for a further 276 aircraft to complete its narrowbody fleet ...
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Dispute over
B/E Aerospace has settled its long-running dispute with the US government over export sales to Iran Air during 1992 and 1995. The dispute centred on whether seats were delivered to the airline's French refurbishment contractor before a formal export licence was issued by the US Department of Commerce (DOC). ...
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Revamped Saab inks supply contract with Aerospatiale
Mark Hannant Saab's transition from civil airframe maker to subcontracting partner has received a substantial boost with the award of a $75-million contract by Aerospatiale. The Swedish company's Collaborative Programs business unit will supply an integrated structural floor assembly for the newly launched Airbus A340-500/600. Although they ...
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Embraer chalks up new orders in US
Karen Walker Embraer announced yesterday that it has clocked up new orders for 20 EMB-120 Brasilia turboprops and nine RJ145 regional jets. The Brazilian company says it is also on track to roll out its 37-seater regional jet earlier than expected. Mauricio Botelho, Embraer's president and chief executive officer, ...
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Boeing convinced Asia-Pacific will rebound quickly
Industry observers "will be amazed at how quickly things will turn around in Asia"Larry S Dickenson, Boeing Commercial Airplane Group's senior vice-president, Asia/PacificAndrew Mollet Industry observers "-will be amazed at how quickly things will turn around in Asia." So says Larry S Dickenson, Boeing Commercial Airplane Group's senior vice-president, ...
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Embraer uses show to push for first rj145 sales in asia
Karen Walker New to Asian Aerospace, and on the eve of a demonstration tour across Australia, is the Embraer RJ145 regional jet. Brazilian manufacturer Embraer is planning to make "more aggressive inroads" into the Asian market and is using the show as a springboard for that campaign. ...
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Face the Facts with... Colin Green
The recent turmoil in Asia's economies and the fight to eradicate the so-called Millennium Bug were among the topics covered by Colin Green, managing director, Rolls-Royce Aerospace Group, when he talked with Alan Dron. Q:Do you see Asia's current economic problems as a six-month blip, or are its effects likely ...
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Rockwell Collins enters entertainment business
The name has changed, but the faces are familiar: The former Hughes-Avicom inflight entertainment manufacturer is appearing at an airshow for the first time under its new owner, Rockwell Collins. Since completing its acquisition of Hughes-Avicom in December, Rockwell Collins has already scored a major coup. Huge Ken McNamara, vice-president ...
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IAE chief backs Asia-Pacific 'bounce-back' factor
Mark Hannant Barry Eccleston, president and chief executive officer of International Aero Engines (IAE), has arrived at Asian Aerospace '98 with a bullish message of faith in the Asia-Pacific region. He claims the effect of the region's financial problems on IAE's business has been minimal and that the ...
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American Eagle confirms CRJ-700
American Eagle has signed a firm contract with Bombardier for up to 50 Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) Series 700s, worth $1.4 billion. The contract is for 25 firm orders and 25 options, and confirms a commitment announced in June 1997 at the Paris air show. Deliveries will begin in early ...