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Unwanted Garuda MD-11s and A330s head for new homes
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Garuda Indonesia has reached agreement with Boeing to return six leased MD-11s, which in turn are being placed with Brazilian carriers Varig and VASP. Airbus Industrie is also assisting the Indonesian airline to find homes for six leased A330-300s. The Boeing tri-jets will be withdrawn from service within ...
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Marketplace
-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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Routes
-Kenya Airways has signed a code-sharing deal with Alitalia on its twice-weekly Rome-Nairobi route, strengthening its ties with the KLM/Northwest alliance which now includes the Italian flag carrier. -The US Transportation Department has approved a codeshare alliance between American Airlines and the TACA Group of six Central American airlines, which ...
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Rolls-Royce completes Trent 8104 design and waits for 777-X
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Rolls-Royce is expected to complete design work on the 454kN (102,000lb)-thrust Trent 8104 by the start of June and is still "on track" to run the first engine in December, despite the slowdown of the Boeing 777-200X/300X derivative programme for which the powerplant is being developed. ...
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Fairchild Dornier outlines financing plans for 728JET
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Fairchild Dornier says "up to $350 million" of the $850 million required to develop its 728Jet 70-seat regional jet "-is already on the table" from potential risk sharing partners and equipment suppliers. President Jim Robinson says risk-sharing suppliers of the wing, fuselage and empennage would ...
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Air France pilots unions use the World Cup as a political football
Julian Moxon/PARIS French pilots' unions are using football's World Cup contest to threaten a series of strikes against Air France, the official carrier for the event. Recent meetings with president Jean-Cyril Spinetta have failed to resolve the management demand for salary cuts of up to 15% in exchange for a ...
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Hyundai challenges for S Korea lead
Hyundai Space & Aircraft has formally opened its new Seosan aerospace manufacturing plant, in move that is being widely interpreted as a challenge for the leadership of South Korea's fragmented aviation industry. The South Korean conglomerate marked the opening of the 700,000m² (65,000ft²) plant with the completion of its ...
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Last Chance
It seems that the French Government is finally getting the message about privatising its aerospace industry. Aerospatiale management have been told to draw up proposals for a stock market listing and for good measure to prepare for a series of alliances. The merger with Dassault Aviation at last also appears ...
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Eurojet targets 1999 EJ200 approval
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH Eurojet is planning to certificate its EJ200 turbofan engine for the Eurofighter EF2000 by the end of November 1999, and is preparing for ground and flight testing of the engine's production version from March next year. The company says it will introduce the 03B version of ...
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Top of the props
Guy Norris/MONTREAL Later this month Pratt & Whitney Canada will receive Transport Canada certification for its PW150A turboprop. Flat-rated at 3,780kW (5,070shp) for take-off on Bombardier's de Havilland Dash 8Q Series 400, the engine has virtually double the power of any other member of the PW100 family from which it ...
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Airbus firms up second engine option for high-capacity A3XX
A second engine option is now officially available from Airbus Industrie on its planned A3XX high capacity airliner, with the firming up of plans to offer the General Electric/Pratt & Whitney Engine Alliance joint venture GP7000 on the aircraft. Airbus signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Engine ...
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France approves Aerospatiale sale
Julian Moxon/PARIS The French Government's moves to start the process of privatising Aerospatiale have received a cautious welcome from the European aerospace industry, with the prospect that it will remove a key barrier to consolidation. Aerospatiale president Yves Michot has been charged with developing proposals on the way ...
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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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American switches to Raisbeck for Stage 3 727 solution
American Airlines has decided against hushkitting its Boeing 727-200s and will instead switch to an aerodynamic modification developed by Raisbeck, which will enable the aircraft to meet Stage 3 noise limits. Jeffrey Lown, vice-president for the Raisbeck Commercial Air Group's Stage 3 system, says the company persuaded American away ...
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Dassault Electronique prepares to rival AlliedSignal's EGPWS
Ian Sheppard/LONDON Despite delaying certification of its ground collision avoidance system (GCAS) until September, Dassault Electronique is still confident that the system will head off AlliedSignal's market domination with the enhanced ground proximity warning system (EGPWS). The French company, now allied to Thomson-CSF, is flying the GCAS on ...
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Transparent ambition
Tim Furniss/LONDON Never forget, says Arianespace, "-we are not selling a launcher but a delivery service, every three to four weeks, whether we use Ariane 5 or Ariane 4". This "transparent service" philosophy was emphasised at the ILA Berlin air show in late May by Jean-Marie Luton, the launch ...
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Aircraft News
United Airlines has ordered 16 Boeing 777-200s, one 747-400 and six 767-300s. Deliveries are scheduled to commence in the first quarter of 1999 through 2002. KLM has ordered four 737-800s for delivery in 2000. Federal Express has confirmed an order for three MD-11 freighters, the first of which will ...
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As easy as AB
AB Airlines raised $14.7 million in the flotation of 35.6 per cent of its shares on the London Stock Exchange at the end of April. Cash will be used to fund aircraft orders, including six Boeing 737-700s, plus four on option, and for route development. Source: Airline Business
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American to bed US rival
Karen Walker Caution is the key word in the American Airlines and US Airways alliance proposal, but some wonder whether early tiptoeing might lead to a full merger further down the road. The two airlines describe their marketing alliance as 'broad and innovative', but provide few other details. By ...
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Boeing feels the pressure
Karen Walker With Boeing's troubles piling up, Airbus threats to become market share leader are no longer the war cries of the underdog. This year, Airbus is likely to take at least 50 per cent of the world market. As Boeing announces another depressing set of results - first ...