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Boeing confirms 767-400ERX stretch but raises 747-X doubts
Boeing HAS confirmed that the stretched 767-400ERX is on course to be launched this year, but raises further doubts about the timetable for a go-ahead on the proposed stretched 747. Ron Woodard, president of the Boeing Commercial Airplane Group, says that the main board gave its formal approval ...
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STAe will expand leasing business
Singapore Technologies Aerospace (STAe) plans to acquire a leasing fleet of up to 20 aircraft over the next five years as part of a wider effort to expand the commercial side of its business. STAe, together with its parent holding company Singapore Technologies, has already established a joint-venture ...
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Bombardier beats Embraer to ASA deal
Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) has followed its fellow Delta Connection carriers Comair and Skywest with the selection of the Canadair Regional Jet for its regional-jet needs, after a competition which also involved the Embraer EMB-145 (Flight International, 8-14 January, P10). The Atlanta, Georgia-based regional says that it will ...
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Sabena revives study of off-shore contracts
Sabena has confirmed that it has resurrected cost-saving plans to employ flying personnel on out-of-country contracts. The proposal, which is still under study, would see pilots and cabin crew continue to be based in Brussels, but paid in Switzerland, probably via Sabena's partner Swissair, with the transaction made through a ...
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Uzbek confirms RJ buy
Uzbekistan Airways has confirmed its order with Aero International (Regional) for three Avro RJ85s (Flight International, 18-31 December, 1996). They will be delivered in 1997 for regional, domestic and international routes. Source: Flight International
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Flying down to Rio
BRAZIL'S REGIONAL AIRLINES, simulated by deregulation and an anti-inflation plan which has boosted the economy, have enjoyed staggering growth in the last two years, with some doubling their revenues. They have also taken advantage of a loophole in legislation to compete, at least indirectly, with Varig, VASP and Transbrasil, which, ...
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Outside control
There is nothing new in the perception of inadequacy in African and Third-World air-traffic control (ATC) - merely in the articulation of that perception. The major international bodies (the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) have long known not only about the problems, but ...
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Air 21 ceases services
US start-up Air 21, based in Fresno, California, has ceased all scheduled services through to 15 January, and is due to file for bankruptcy. The airline's chairman, Mark Morro, had stepped down in December as discussions (which subsequently failed) were being held with Pacific Southwest Airlines on a possible take-over. ...
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NATSwill introduce North Atlantic ATN
The UK's National Air Traffic Services (NATS) is pushing on with the implementation of the aeronautical telecommunications network (ATN), clearing the way for the debut of the Future Air Navigation System (FANS) on North Atlantic routes. An upgrade of the Oceanic Control Centre at Prestwick, Scotland, being planned ...
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Boeing offers airlines 767-400ERX stretch
BOEING IS NOW formally offering the stretched 767-400ERX to airlines. Authority to offer was given at the beginning of January, and the company expects a formal launch early this year, leading to a first flight in 1999 and certification and first delivery in 2000 (Flight International, 18-31 December, 1996, P5). ...
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Blanc attacks French Government
The president of Air France, Christian Blanc, has launched an unprecedented attack on the French Government for its "counter-productive and defensive" attitude to air-transport liberalisation. In an interview with the Paris-based political club "Fondation Saint-Simon", Blanc accuses the Government of pursuing a "totally catastrophic" air-transport policy over the ...
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The last challenge
It has long been accepted that certain world regions provide a disproportionate number of the global air-transport industry's serious accidents. These events influence public perception of air-transport safety and, if they are serious accidents, that perception does not take much account of where they happen. Even if they do occur ...
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Australia considers making GPWS compulsory
Australia's Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) has begun industry consultation on proposed new standards for the installation of ground-proximity-warning systems (GPWS) on Australian commercial aircraft. The move to adopt the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) approved standards follows a coroner's re- commendation after the crash of a third-level ...
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Boeing boosts 737 production to match previous all-time high
Production of the Boeing 737 is set to emulate the previously highest-ever rate of 21 aircraft a month by the end of this year, with Boeing having announced a further boost in production of the twinjet. The monthly rate is set to reach the new peak during the ...
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Caravans make Costa Rican journeys
SANSA, the domestic regional-airline division of Costa Rica's LACSA Airlines, has taken delivery of its first four Cessna Grand Caravans. The four aircraft will replace some of the older turboprops in SANSA's fleet. According to the chief executive of LACSA's parent company, El Salvador-based TACA Group, Federico Bloch, the Caravans ...
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FSI's Boeing 777 receives Level C approval
FLIGHTSAFETY International's (FSI) first Boeing 777 full-flight simulator has received Level C training approval. The FSI-built simulator is now in service at the company's Seattle training centre. A second 777 full-flight simulator is now being built by FSI's Simulation Systems division for delivery to Malaysian Airlines in the second quarter ...
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What's on
Russian Aerospace '97 20-22 May, Moscow. Organised by Flight International and Aviaexport. Contact: Kim Daniels, First Conferences, 85 Clerkenwell Road, London EC1R 5AR, UK; tel: +44 (171) 404 7722; fax: +44 (171) 404 7733; email: confdesk@firstconf.com RAeS Events January: D F McIntyre Lecture: Prestwick Airport Reborn 13 January; Gordon ...
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Other mid-air collisions
Sir - In the article "Collision raises doubts on ATC routeings" (Flight International, 20-26 November, P8), you say: "The last time a mid-air collision between commercial airliners occurred was 11 August, 1979." I would point out that, in April 1984, a mid-air collision occurred between two Votec Embraer ...
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ValuJet stalled
In late December the US Federal Aviation Administration denied ValuJet Airlines permission to resume service between Atlanta and Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, and West Palm Beach and Fort Meyers, Florida, and add more aircraft. Under a consent agreement, ValuJet is required to seek authority from the aviation agency to expand beyond ...
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USAir wears Wolf clothing
In a move described as 'vintage Wolf', USAir will this year become US Airways, accompanied by a complete facelift. But below the cosmetic makeover, there are signs that the carrier's chairman is finally healing the longstanding rifts with labour. USAir chairman and CEO Stephen Wolf, who has master-minded ...