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The race is on to hit BA 777 delivery date
BOEING IS confident that it can deliver the first General Electric GE90-powered 777 to British Airways on schedule, on 28 September, despite the grounding of a flight-test aircraft for compressor-blade repairs. Certification flight-testing continues with the first GE90-powered 777, and ground runs have begun on the first production ...
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Boeing drops Japanese from regional-jet talks
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE BOEING HAS DROPPED Japan from its proposed partnership with China and South Korea to develop a new 100-seat passenger aircraft, in the face of intense competition from European manufacturers. Boeing is understood to have abandoned hopes of including Japanese industry in the programme, as ...
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MDC delays MD-95 engine selection
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE MCDONNELL Douglas (MDC) has not renewed its exclusivity agreement with BMW Rolls Royce, leaving the choice of power plant open for the yet-to-be launched MD-95 twinjet. The way is now open for the MTU/Pratt & Whitney Mid-Thrust Family Engine (MTFE). An agreement between MDC ...
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USAfrica returns
USAfrica plans to resume operations later this year, flying Boeing 747-200s or McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30s from New York Newark to South Africa via Dakar, Senegal. Launched in June 1994, flying McDonnell Douglas MD-11s from Washington Dulles, USAfrica suspended operations in February 1995 when it ran out of money. The company ...
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Computer-aided washing system
LUFTHANSA ENGINEERING and Operational Services (LEOS), of Frankfurt-Main Airport, Germany, will put the first production Skywash automated aircraft washing system into operation before the end of September. Lufthansa Technik subsidiary LEOS claims that the Skywash will slash the time taken to wash a Boeing 747 from 10h to just 3h. ...
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Avro emerges the winner in Sabena regional contest
SABENA HAS SELECTED the Avro RJ85 to replace its regional-jet fleet, in a 23-aircraft order, which marks another major coup for the UK manufacturer among Europe's flag carriers. The first four aircraft will be delivered at the end of the year, with the remainder arriving by the end ...
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CAE Electronics scores with new simulator sales
Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) has ordered a Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8 full-flight simulator with a 180°-wide MaxVue visual system from Canadian company CAE Electronics. It will be installed at the SAS Flight Academy in Stockholm, Sweden, in mid-1996, and will be the fourth CAE-built simulator purchased by SAS. ...
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KLM signs up Indian ally
Gunter Endres/LONDON KLM HAS AGREED the basis of a far-reaching commercial partnership with India's second- largest private airline, Jet Airways. An initial memorandum of understanding was signed on 29 August and executives from the two carriers will meet soon to flesh out the proposed co-operation and ...
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Southwest takes first 737 with production head-up system
BOEING HAS delivered the first 737 to be equipped with a Flight Dynamics Head-up Guidance System (HGS) on the production line. The 737-300 was handed over to Southwest Airlines, which has ordered 236 HGS under a $45 million contract. Around 60 of these have already been retrofitted by ...
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Tupolev unveils shrunk -204
ALONGSIDE ITS NEW Tu-334, Tupolev unveiled a shortened, trunk-route, version of its Tu-204 medium-range airliner - the Tu-234. Formerly known as the Tu-204-300, the Aviadvigatel PS-90A-powered prototype Tu-234 was rolled out at MosAero on 25 August. The new 160-seater has a fuselage 6m shorter than its 214-seat stable ...
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Tupolev rolls out Tu-334
TUPOLEV ROLLED out its newest medium-range airliner, the 102-seat twin-turbofan Tu-334, at the MosAero show on 26 August. Intended as a successor to the earlier Tu-134, the aircraft will be operated on routes of up to 3,000km (1,600nm), and will have a maximum take-off weight of 46t. ...
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Blanc revamps Air France
Gilbert Sedbon/PARIS Air France chairman Christian Blanc has carried out a radical shake-up of the group's top management, which includes the departure of managing director Rodolphe Frantz. Blanc, who has received strong backing from France's new centre-right Government, will now tighten his personal control of ...
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Two-crew Il-96 flightdeck near as Ilyushin studies twinjet
ILYUSHIN IS DUE to fly in December the first production-standard Il-96M, with a Western two-man cockpit and avionics suite from Rockwell's Collins Commercial Avionics. The Russian bureau is also giving a fresh push to plans for a twin-engined version of the aircraft, now dubbed the Il-98, which could ...
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Latvia signs for newcomer
THE LATVIAN Government has finally signed off plans to establish a new flag carrier, due to take over from the old Latavio airline at the start of 1996. The agreement to establish the as yet, unnamed new carrier, was officially signed at Riga on 29 August by Latvia's ...
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THAI Airways
Following the resignation of Amaret Sila-On as chairman and member of the board, Thai Airways International has elected director-general, Department of Aviation, Srisook Chandrangsu as replacement director and Air Chief Marshal M R Siripong Thongyai, first vice-chairman, as acting chairman until the next shareholders' annual general meeting in December. ...
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United Airlines
Jonathan Sumner has been appointed to the newly created position of regional manager for advertising and promotion - Latin America at United Airlines. Sumner moves to this position from United's offices in London, UK, where he was marketing manager for the UK. Source: Flight International
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Servisair
David Collier is joining European ground-handling company Servisair as managing director for overseas development. The appointment is effective from 1 October. Collier has been with American Airlines for the last six years, latterly as president, AMR Services, and vice-president, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Sabre Travel system. Source: ...
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Great Lakes starts
Great Lakes Aviation will begin services from Raleigh/ Durham to Myrtle Beach and Hilton Head, South Carolina, on 1 October as Midway Connection, using 19-seat Beech 1900s. Great Lakes will feed Midway Airlines, which has taken over operation of American Airlines' Raleigh/Durham hub. Source: Flight International
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FAA issues TriStar AD
An emergency airworthiness-directive (AD), requiring checks for cracks or breaks in Lockheed L-1011 TriStar aft pressure-bulkhead stringer fittings, was issued by the US Federal Aviation Administration on 29 August, after the sudden depressurisation of a Delta Air Lines L-1011-1 over the Pacific, en route Los Angeles to Hawaii on 23 ...
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Lifeline for USAfrica?
Just when World Airways thought it was safe to file for US-South Africa traffic rights held by bankrupt and grounded airline USAfrica, along came Continental Airlines. The Houston carrier has given the international startup with clipped wings a lease of life - if it can find the financing and convince ...