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New Trent 700 failure
The fifth inflight shutdown - the third within in a two-week period - of a Rolls-Royce Trent 700 occurred to a Dragonair A330-300 en route from Malaysia to Hong Kong on 23 May. The aircraft was diverted to Subic Bay in the Philippines. "From first reports, we have no reason ...
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The pros and cons of retiring at 65
Sir - The US Federal Aviation Administration has tried to increase the retirement age for US airline captains from 60 to 65, but its efforts were rejected by the self-interest of the US Airline Pilots Association (ALPA), which cannot be truly representative of experienced US pilots' views, as a high ...
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All change
The final countdown has begun to tick over Chinese rule over Hong Kong. With the clock ticking away, senior airline executives in the colony have been engaged in a last-minute game of musical chairs, before the Union Jack is hauled down on 30 June. The end-of-year departure of ...
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Consortium bids to link Schiphol with Belgian airports
An Irish-Dutch consortium has offered to form an alliance with the Belgian Government to operate the airports of Amsterdam, Brussels and Charleroi as a single entity. The consortium involves Amsterdam Schiphol of the Netherlands and Aer Rianta of Ireland - each with a 50% share. The ...
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Kai Tak engine strike
A Nippon Cargo Airlines Boeing 747-200 was damaged when its No 1 engine hit the ground during a 17 May attempted landing at Hong Kong's Kai Tak Airport. After the captain had elected to go-around, the aircraft returned for a safe landing 17min later, according to Kai Tak air traffic ...
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ARIA claims selecting Western aircraft was 'mistake'
Aeroflot-Russian International Airlines (ARIA) made a "mistake" in attempting to base its fleet around Western-built aircraft, says Valery Okulov, the airline's general director. "In the past, we thought we could work on the basis of Western aircraft, but we now know that was a mistake. We cannot base ...
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British Midland plans a foray into third-party maintenance market
British Midland is planning a major expansion into the third-party maintenance market, with the formation of British Midland Engineering, a new subsidiary company based at East Midlands Airport in the UK. The airline is also setting up a separate ground-handling company to expand its services in this area. ...
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Boeing increases rates - again
BOEING IS TO raise production to 43 airliners a month by mid-1998 - the sixth rate increase announced over the past 14 months - citing its 1,389-aircraft firm-order backlog and the signing of long-term exclusive agreements with American Airlines and Delta Air Lines. Continental Airlines reportedly has agreed an exclusive ...
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FAA grounds Great Lakes Aviation
GREAT LAKES Aviation suspended flights on 16 May in the face of a US Federal Aviation Administration-imposed shutdown because of alleged deficiencies with maintenance operations. The action forced codeshare partners United Airlines and Midway Airlines to accommodate stranded passengers. Great Lakes served 82 cities in 21 US states ...
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Will A3XX ever get off the ground?
Sir - M Newman, writing about the Airbus Industrie A3XX (Letters, Flight International, 2-8 April, P96), asks: "Will political chicanery and commercial advantage preclude [its] worldwide adoption?" Urging us to "-remember Concorde", he also asks: "-how many of these aircraft were expected to be sold worldwide?" ...
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Leisurely delivery schedule speeded up by Leisure
Leisure International Airways is to accelerate the delivery of its fleet of four Airbus A321-200s. The charter airline, owned by the Unijet travel group, received the first aircraft in May and started commercial services on 12 May. The original plan was to introduce the aircraft at the rate of one ...
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Premier enters Malaysian regional market with 146s
The latest in a long line of new Malaysian start-up carriers, Premier Air, plans to launch charter services in September, equipped with two British Aerospace 146 regional jets. Premier general manager Selva Kumar says that the privately backed airline has already been granted an air-operator's certificate by the ...
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SIA results hit by high costs and strong dollar
Rising costs and a strong Singapore dollar which weakened passenger yields undermined Singapore Airlines' (SIA) financial performance for the year ending 31 March. The lacklustre results included only a marginal profit rise of 0.6% and an increase in net profit to $1.032 billion ($714 million) from a revenue of $7.22 ...
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B/E Aerospace addition
All B/EAerospace seat-manufacturing plants are now qualified to produce 16g-certifiated airliner seats, giving the Wellington, Florida-based company a 16g-seat capacity of over 200,000 passenger placements a year. Source: Flight International
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19-seat market remains 'alive and well'
British Aerospace, Fairchild Dornier, Raytheon Aircraft and several regional airlines have rallied to the defence of the 19-seater market, a sector branded by US analysts as "dead or dying". Raytheon predicts a steady world market for its Beech 1900D which Mike Scheidt, vice-president for airline sales, predicts will ...
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Boeing considers extending 777 fatigue testing
Boeing will decide in the next few weeks whether further fatigue testing of its 777 is required, before "tearing down" the full-scale fatigue specimen for analysis, but it is already applying test results to aircraft manufacture. Planned tests simulating 120,000 flight cycles ended in March. Boeing says that ...
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Air France adds India to global alliance
Air France has extended its growing network of global alliances by signing a new commercial accord with Air India. Further Air France deals are in the pipeline, including a probable agreement with a Chinese carrier, resulting from the visit to China by Air France president Christian Blanc and ...
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Embraer introduces long-range EMB-145
EMBRAER has launched development of a long-range version of the EMB-145 regional jet. The 50-seat aircraft will have a range of 3,000km (1,600nm), compared with 2,400km for the current EMB-145, and is to become available in April 1998. The Brazilian manufacturer says that it has no customers yet ...
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Star Alliance triggers 'hypocrisy' charge from American Airlines
Lufthansa says that it is already in talks with further Asian potential partner carriers to extend its newly unveiled "Star Alliance" with partners Air Canada, SAS, Thai Airways International and United Airlines. Brazilian carrier Varig also joined in the signing ceremonies, held in Frankfurt on 14 May, agreeing ...
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FAA hopes new deals will boost Central American safety
Safety oversight in Central American countries is to be boosted by the US Federal Aviation Administration as part of open-skies deals signed on 9 May. Agreements were signed with Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. Panama had earlier signed an open-skies agreement with the USA, and ...