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Ageing airliner census 1998
SUPERSONIC Aerospatiale/BAe (BAC) Concorde Of the 20 Concordes built, 14 were delivered to Air France and British Airways between 1975 and 1980, and 13 remain in service. The remaining six aircraft - two prototypes, two pre-production aircraft and two production aircraft - were used for testing and not ...
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-Air Europa has leased an ex-Carnival/Pan Am Boeing 737-400 from International Lease Finance (ILFC) for four years. The Spanish carrier leases two 737-300s and two 737-400s from ILFC. -KLM uk has extended the terms on five British Aerospace 146-300s on lease from BAe Asset Management - Jets, but is returning ...
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Datalink weather set for GA cockpits
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Weather graphics and other flight information could be widely datalinked to the cockpits of general aviation (GA) aircraft by year-end if a US Federal Aviation Administration initiative runs to schedule. The FAA believes the Flight Information Services (FIS) digital datalink will improve GA safety by ...
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China prepares to sign for more Boeing widebody orders
China Aviation Supplies (CASC) is negotiating an order for around 10 new widebody aircraft from Boeing, despite growing signs that some domestic carriers are experiencing indigestion trying to absorb the 50 Boeing aircraft ordered last October. The latest purchase under discussion is understood to include six 747-400 passenger and ...
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Big losses put MAS deliveries on hold
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Malaysia Airlines (MAS) is to delay delivery of nine Boeing 747-400s and 777-200s on order by up to 36 months and dispose of an extra four surplus 737s, in the wake of a larger than expected end of year net loss of M$260 million ($67.3 million). ...
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Mesa starts disposal of WestAir aircraft
International Airline Support Group (IASG) has agreed to help US regional Mesa Air Group dispose of 21 British Aerospace Jetstream 31s and 20 Embraer EMB-120 Brasilias. The aircraft are leased by Mesa subsidiary WestAir, which was wound up when its United Express codeshare contract expired on 31 May. Peter ...
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Korean finalises deal for 737-700/800s
Boeing has confirmed that Korean Air (KAL) will place a major order for Next Generation 737s during South Korean President Kim Dae Jung's visit to Washington DC in early June. The airline will announce an order for up to 27 737-700s and -800s on 9 June. The deal, as ...
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757-300 prepared for flight test
Guy Norris/SEATTLE The first Boeing 757-300 is being prepared for flight testing, provisionally scheduled to begin with a maiden flight on 1 July, following the roll-out ceremony at the company's Renton site on 31 May. Three 757-300s are due to take part in the test effort, which is ...
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-TWA has contracted to lease three Pratt & Whitney PW2000-powered Boeing 757-200s from International Lease Finance (ILFC) for delivery in 1999 and 2000. -Air New Zealand has contracted to lease a new Boeing 747-400, powered by General Electric CF6-80C2 engines, from ILFC. The aircraft will be delivered on ten year ...
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Dragonair forced to rethink expansion
Hong Kong's Dragonair is deferring delivery of its last of nine new Airbus A320 family aircraft and has shelved the planned launch of new services to Japan and South Korea because of the Asian economic downturn. The airline is undertaking a fleet roll-over with International Lease Finance (ILFC), with ...
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Boeing faces 'risk' on 737 production
Paul Lewis/SEATTLE Boeing admits that production of the Next Generation 737 is still the group's "biggest problem", but remains confident that it will still have delivered around 550 aircraft of all models by the end of the year. The company declines to comment on reports that continued problems ...
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Time to climb?
Karen Walker From the bottom of the pile, life offers a different perspective. While most US airlines have returned to profitability in the 1990s, the financial haemorrhage at Trans World Airlines has continued. So management was encouraged to note, after announcing 1998's first quarter results, that the words 'beleaguered' ...
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Reaching for the sky
Dave Higdon/HOUSTON After several false dawns, the much trumpeted renaissance of general aviation in the USA finally appears to have become reality in 1997 - with a hint of a continuing strengthening of the position in years to come, according to figures delivered by the Federal Aviation Administration during the ...
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-Augsburg Airways has placed orders for six additional Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8s, including two series 200s and four larger series 300s, and taken options on a further seven aircraft. The order represents the ratification and expansion of a deal originally reached in November 1997 for three aircraft. The options ...
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Boeing warns on China hopes
Paul Lewis/BEIJING Boeing is sounding a warning that earlier expectations of a large new order for aircraft from China in June could be affected by a marked slowdown in local airline traffic growth and the knock-on effects from Asia's wider economic difficulties. The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) ...
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Canada 3000 loses business to Royal
Canada 3000, the Toronto-based charter airline, has lost the business of major customer Signature Vacations, which will switch to rival Royal Aviation this year. Signature, the Toronto-based subsidiary of UK tour operator First Choice (Air 2000's parent), has been a major customer for Canada 3000 since the carrier was launched ...
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-British Airways has wet-leased a Boeing 737-300 from Air Atlanta Icelandic for its 1998 summer season. The aircraft is based at London Gatwick and will be operated on services to Gothenburg in Sweden. -Monarch Airlines is wet-leasing a Boeing MD-11 from World Airways for its 1998 summer season to operate ...
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Fast and furious
Dave Higdon/KANSAS CITY Breaking out into the sunshine and levelling off the new Mooney Bravo high-performance piston single just above the cloud at 6,000ft (1,830m) brought home graphically the speed we were making. Billowing cloud tops blurred past the windows at more than 200kt (110km/h) as we raced south ...
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Qantas confirms plans for three more 747-400s
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS Qantas has finalised its short term fleet plans, confirming it will acquire three Boeing 747-400s from Asian carriers "in the very near future", and ruling out acquiring any new type in the next three years. Chief executive James Strong says the purchase will be additional to ...
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AlliedSignal APU cleared for use on A320 family
AlliedSignal has received US Federal Aviation Administration approval to produce its 131-9(A) auxiliary power unit (APU) for the Airbus Industrie A320 family. Programme manager Lee Jacobs says that deliveries of the 131-9(A) are scheduled to begin in September. "We have firm orders for close to 50 aircraft and ...