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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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Lufthansa achieves first-half profits as Weber hits out outsubsidies
LUFTHANSA CHAIRMAN Jurgen Weber has hit out at government subsidies, saying that European governments are "still ploughing DM10 million [$7.1 million] of taxpayers' money daily into their ailing airlines". Weber says that subsidised airlines are "...either expanding with more capacity than they can sell, or are too sluggish ...
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Japan/USA agree on air cargo deal
THE JAPANESE AND US Governments have reached a compromise agreement on air-cargo rights, clearing the way for FedEx to start its Subic Bay-based intra-Asian freight network. Under the agreement reached in Los Angeles, FedEx has been granted "beyond rights" to seven destinations in Asia. Nippon Cargo ...
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High-speed trains pose no threat to aircraft services
Sir - A recent report to the International Civil Aviation Organisation-CAEP, High-speed trains - competition and competitive power, written by Jan Veldhuis (Netherlands Civil Aviation Authority), Alf Schmitt (Germany) and myself, provides minimal support for the apprehensions put forward by "name withheld" and Haluk Taysi of Airbus (Flight International, Letters, ...
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Turbulence injures US airline passengers
AT LEAST 26 passengers and crew were injured when an American Airlines Airbus A300-600R hit clear-air turbulence (CAT) en route from Miami to San Juan, Puerto Rico, on 19 July. On 25 June, a Continental Airlines A300 en route to San Juan hit CAT, which injured 20 passengers and crew. ...
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Southwest Airlines makes plans for Florida expansion
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES plans to expand into Florida early in 1996. Share prices of airlines already serving the leisure-dominated Florida market fell sharply with the news of Southwest's first expansion eastward since it established a presence at Baltimore/Washington Airport in September 1993. Dallas, Texas-based Southwest will begin services to ...
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Sabena/Swissair tie-up gets EC approval
THE EUROPEAN Commission (EC) has given its blessing to the alliance between Swissair and Belgian flag carrier Sabena. Under the deal, Swissair will take a 49.5% stake in Sabena by 2005. The EC says that it is "satisfied" about guarantees that Sabena will remain under European Union ...
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Central European ATC centre closer
Julian Moxon/PARIS AGREEMENT HAS BEEN reached, on the first stages for a Maastricht style central European joint upper airspace air traffic control (ATC) centre, which if implemented, would significantly reduce congestion over the area. Wrangling continues over the location of the headquarters for the Central ...
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Licence to change
European pilot-training organisations at all levels will have to cope with a new set of standards. David Learmount/LONDON Most European pilots know that flight-crew licence requirements are changing to a European standard, but few could say when or describe the differences. Pilot-training organisations, on the other hand, ...
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Mexican Completion
GTE Airfone has completed construction of a ground-station network in Mexico for its Advanced Digital Airfone in-flight communications system. Airborne equipment has been installed in AeroMexico aircraft. GTE says that it is the first to provide communications coverage throughout North America. Source: Flight International
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Formosa orders Fokkers for fleet expansion
FORMOSA AIRLINES OF Taiwan has ordered two Fokker 100s and two additional Fokker 50 turboprops to expand its domestic fleet. The two Fokker 50s will be delivered in September and October, and the 109-seat twinjets in December and March 1995. The aircraft will be used on routes from Taipei to ...
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The next windshear?
ALMOST EVERY airline flight these days, at least over the USA, seems to entail an encounter with turbulence. This is usually akin to driving over cobblestones or, sometimes, potholes, but occasionally it is like driving off a cliff. On 19 July, an American Airlines Airbus A300 hit clear-air ...
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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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Vietnam expansion
Vietnam Airlines has launched two new twice-weekly services from Hanoi to Singapore and Seoul, following the delivery of its eighth leased Airbus A320. The rapidly growing carrier now operates 25 international routes, and has recently signed additional air-services agreements with Slovakia and Bahrain. Source: Flight International
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Jersey
George McKenzie has been appointed to the new position of Stansted route manager for Jersey European Airways, of the UK. He was formerly a station manager for Air UK. Marsall Barrand becomes retail sales manager. Andrea Hayes is appointed commercial accounts manager with responsibility for Ireland, the Isle of Man ...
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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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R-R solves RB.211-524H combustor problem
David Learmount/LONDON ROLLS-ROYCE HAS introduced modifications and additional inspection procedures to the RB.211-524H turbofan following an in-flight incident in which a core fairing just aft of the combustion chamber burned through. A UK Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) report of an incident involving a British Airways ...
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Mandarin 747-400 delivered
Mandarin Airlines has taken delivery of its first Boeing 747-400. The Taiwan-based carrier is to use the aircraft on international routes, including Taipei-Vancouver. The airline, which is wholly owned by China Airlines, already operates three 747SPs. Source: Flight International
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Door falls from American Eagle ATR 72
INVESTIGATORS ARE examining a cabin door which fell from an American Eagle ATR 72 shortly after take-off from Chicago O'Hare International airport on 10 July. A flight attendant sitting in the jump seat beside the door was saved by a passenger who grabbed her arm. Other passengers then ...
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747X studies go on as VLCT plans are frozen
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES BOEING IS CONTINUING studies of 747 stretch designs, despite the suspension of joint studies with the Airbus partners of a very large commercial transport (VLCT) on the basis of insufficient market potential. The company is concentrating on two design options - the largest able to ...