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FLIGHT NUMBER 4608 VOLUME 153 HEAD OFFICE Quadrant House. The Quadrant. Sutton, Surrey SM2 5AS. UK Telephone +44 (181) 652 3842. 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' Flight Iniecmsonjl Distributed by Marketforce Flight International is a weekly news magazine lor professionals working in all sectors of the aerospace industry worldwide, serving all branches of airframe systems, support equipment and component manufacture and all sectors of opera tion, including air transport, general aviation, defence, spaceflight and regulatory and other authorities /Sfc RF.ED fiS BUSINESS • Comment 3 • Headlines Boeing launches 717 regional jet.. 4 Athena 2 has successful debut Airbus pushes production skywards 5 American heads for IIUD decision Boeing defines 767-400 flightdeck 6 Tailplane discovery clue to Silk Air 737 crash • Air Transport BLFC wraps up $2 billion engine deals. 8 (lathay retrenches under threat of first-half loss SAA rethinks 777 purchase 9 J AS plans to scale hack domestic services Britannia rules Blue Scandinavia 12 Air .\ [adagascar sets sights on 767 to replace 747 New charters are launched in Italy 14 European Aviation buys BA 747-100s S Korean carriers withdraw services 16 P&W examines JT8D-200 combustor design • Defence Indonesian Flanker deal is in danger 18 Russia discusses Polish Su-39 production deal IAI/Kamov bid for Turkish job 19 L'SX studies sport rotorcraft for VTOL need USAF lists Firefly demands 20 Canada details EH 101 requirement 21 EH101 Cormorant will soon head for Canada • Business Insurers warn of bad 1997 losses.... 22 Swissair expects to be back in profit Olympic tackles management snags 23 Air France profits, but EC questions alliances • General Aviation Raytheon plans special King Air.... 24 (lessna approaches US certification for Excel • Spaceflight TRW ditches Odyssey to join ICO 26 Mors Surveyor wW bring back soil samples Kelly demonstrates tow-launch .... 27 • Industry 28 CONTENTS Features > o H K U > O o FLIGHT Ymm •••»"••• MfllMDENA^ The Hight International Maintenance Directory Part 1 covers third-party work on aircraft and engines in the Americas. 31 Private party 51 Russia presses on with Baikonur privatisation Market maintenace 52 AAR's aftermarket success examined Helibus gathers pace 54 Sikorsky's S-92 reaches the final stages If I 193 Helibus prototypes are nearly complete People 57 Letters. 58 • Uncle Roger is studying Alpine flying • Classified 59 The top international marketplace for aircraft, equipment, tuition and jobs. Flight International previews the talking points of Asian Aerospace '98, due to take place in Singapore from 24 February-1 March, and scene of the Flight International Aerospace Industry Awards. INFORMATION Y§PA ISSNM15-3710 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 14 - 20 January 1998
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