News from FlightGlobal – Page 2517
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Sound of silence
THE UK GOVERNMENT has decided that the absolute noise limits for airliners leaving London's three major airports should be reduced by up to 3dBA. This action, it says, will reduce noise for airport neighbours at little cost to the airlines - "only" 12% of departures of the heaviest-laden Boeing 747s ...
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Power games
Andrew Doyle/LONDON THE TWO MANUFACTURERS which will offer engines for Boeing's 747-500X/600X derivatives laid their cards on the table at Farnborough, and highlighted the radical differences between two powerplants which could end up being remarkably similar in terms of performance. General Electric and Pratt & Whitney ...
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Emery
Scot Dunsmore, has been appointed Emery's Worldwide general manager, for Birmingham UK, by the Redwood City, California-based freight carrier. He was previously sales manager at Birmingham. Robert Bongaerts (right) is named logistics manager for Europe, based initially at Maastricht, Netherlands. He was formerly operations director for Europe at UPS Worldwide ...
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Behind the screens
Karen Walker/ATLANTA NEW TECHNOLOGIES are bringing new ways of entertaining and informing passengers while they fly, as well as helping them to use their time productively. The resulting changes in services, which might routinely be offered to passengers in the near future, could have most impact ...
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Asiana wants additional power for 777-300 fleet
GENERAL ELECTRIC and Rolls-Royce are being pressed by Asiana Airlines to commit to development of higher-thrust engines to power Boeing 777-300s. The South Korean carrier has specified that it wants a 430kN (98,000lb)-thrust engine to power its planned fleet of aircraft. The yet-to-be-selected engine is needed by early ...
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Lufthansa takes MD-11s, USAir talks -95s
Guy Norris/FARNBOROUGH McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) is in final negotiations with USAir for a huge MD-95 twinjet order, thought to include more than 50 aircraft on firm order and 50 on option. News of the USAir talks comes hot on the heels of the sale of up to ...
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Highly rated
Is cross-crew qualification delivering its promises? David Learmount/LONDONPaul Phelan/CAIRNS AS AIRLINES AND regulators start to gain experience with cross-crew qualification (CCQ) training and mixed-fleet flying (MFF), its potential is becoming clearer. Cathay Pacific Airways, with its unique Airbus Industrie A330/A340 MFF operation, now has 55 complete ...
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The Cathay experience
CATHAY PACIFIC Airways has been operating mixed-fleet flying with its new Airbus Industrie A330/A340s since August 1995. This is a pioneering departure, in that it requires crews to be simultaneously qualified, on aircraft with two and four engines, a combination, which has never before been an industry-accepted practice for line ...
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Japanese/US bilateral talks falter
Japan's Minister of Transport has written to his US Department of Transportation (DoT) counterpart warning against the imposition of traffic sanctions, following the collapse in the recent round of air services talks. In a letter sent to US transportation secretary Frederico Pena, Japan's minister, Yoshiyuki Kamei, states that ...
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BAe's asset management effort reaps return with more deals
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON BRITISH AEROSPACE says that its aggressive drive to limit losses from the group's extensive turboprop leasebook is beginning to produce results, with a series of new deals including the first sales of Jetstream J31s. BAe Asset Management Turboprops (AMT) announced plans to step up ...
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Pricing row forces Virgin Express to delay new Geneva service
VIRGIN EXPRESS has been forced to postpone "until further notice" its new scheduled service to Geneva, following the Swiss authorities' objections to the company's low-fare policy. The Brussels-based carrier was to have begun services on 2 September. The proposed Virgin Express aimed to set fares at around half ...
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A coming of age
The powerful Trent 800 is carving out a big slice of the engine market for Rolls-Royce. Guy Norris/LOS A little over a year from now the world's longest jet airliner is due to fly from Everett, Washington. Powering the first flight of the Boeing 777-300 will be Rolls-Royce ...
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Air New Zealand poised to take a 50% stake in Ansett airline group
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS AIR NEW ZEALAND (ANZ) has finally concluded an agreement to take over TNT's 50% stake in the Ansett airline group, ending a round of negotiations which has dragged on for nearly 12 months. ANZ will pay A$325 million ($257 million) for the stake, ...
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ATN team to be led by AlliedSignal project
ATN SYSTEMS, the industry consortium created to develop the Aeronautical Telecommunication Network (ATN), has picked an AlliedSignal-led team to develop the network "router". The team will provide the avionics and ground system equipment needed to support routing and operation of data communications services over the ATN. Working ...
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Australia's Qantas and Japan Airlines reach agreement on codesharing
QANTAS AND JAPAN Air Lines (JAL) have negotiated a memorandum of understanding on a codesharing deal which will allow both carriers to rationalise services on tourism routes between Tokyo, Cairns and Brisbane, following a flattening of the Japanese market. Under the arrangement, Qantas will operate direct Boeing 747 ...
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BA optimistic on open-skies
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON British Airways chief executive Bob Ayling is hopeful that the US/UK open-skies negotiations will be back on track by the end of September, despite the breakdown in the latest round of talks. Doubts were raised over the state of relations between the two sides ...
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...while signalling caution on a new Japanese alliance deal
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS British Airways has signalled that the signing up of an alliance partner in the Asia-Pacific region will take a back seat as the airline first attempts to see through its tie-up with American Airlines. Chief executive Bob Ayling told a meeting of Australia's National ...
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British Airways expects 777 ETOPS in October
Guy Norris/FARNBOROUGH BRITISH AIRWAYS is expected to be cleared for inaugural transatlantic services with the General Electric GE90-powered Boeing 777 in October, pending final approval by the European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA). The engine/airframe completed extended-range twinjet operations (ETOPS) testing on 31 July, and US Federal ...
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BA to phase out its ageing 747-100s
British Airways says that the recent order/reconfirmation of 14 Boeing 747-400s will enable the ageing fleet of 15 747-100s to be phased out over the next four years. "These aircraft have more than earned their investment", says chief executive Bob Ayling. BA has not yet decided on the destiny of ...
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Pakistan bilateral
The USA and Pakistan have tentatively agreed a new bilateral aviation accord that will greatly expand services between the two nations. Pending final approval, the two governments have already begun to open up access. US carriers, which were previously restricted to Karachi, now have free access to destinations and to ...