All aerospace news – Page 1810
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Air ambulance training
Norway's state-run air ambulance service, Statens Luftambulanse, has signed a contract with the SAS Flight Academy for the training of around 120 ambulance helicopter pilots. It will provide training for Norwegian air ambulance operators Airlift, Norsk Luftambulanse and Lufttransport. Source: Flight International
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New launches
Arianespace launched an Ariane 42P booster from Kourou on 2 April, carrying India's Insat 2E communications satellite into geostationary transfer orbit. It was the 44th successful consecutive flight of an Ariane 4. Arianespace has 38 satellites and one constellation launch on its orderbook and a further 11 flights planned for ...
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EH101 joins the Tokyo Metropolitan Police
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police (TMP) force has taken delivery of an Agusta/GKN Westland EH101. The medium-lift, multirole helicopter, which is fitted to carry 30 passengers in a standard central aisle cabin configuration, replaces a Kawasaki KV-107. The EH101, which has a rear ramp, will be used to patrol ...
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Eurocontrol monitors Europe's ACAS progress
Emma Kelly/LONDON Eurocontrol is sending questionnaires to all users of European airspace to determine operators' ability to meet Europe's airborne collision avoidance system (ACAS II) mandate, which takes effect from 1 January, 2000. The European ACAS mandate calls for all civil fixed-wing turbine-engined aircraft with a maximum take-off ...
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Ansett Australia ponders fleet rationalisation
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS Ansett Australia is aiming to define its fleet development plan by the end of this year. It will decide on a new widebody type to serve domestic trunk and Asian routes and on the rationalisation of the carrier's domestic narrowbody fleet. Executive chairman Rod Eddington says: ...
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BMW R-R offers new BR700 for ERJ family
Guy Norris/MUNICH Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC BMW Rolls-Royce is proposing a new version of the BR700 turbofan to power Embraer's planned family of 70/90-seat regional jets, the ERJ-170 and -190, as the Brazilian manufacturer seeks bids from suppliers for systems and structures. Potential risk-sharing partners are expected to submit bids this ...
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Cathay extends deadline in pilots' pay dispute
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Cathay Pacific Airways pilots have until 30 April to respond to an offer of stock options in exchange for a pay cut. The Hong Kong Air Crew Officers' Association (AOA)has welcomed the extension of the deadline, from 6 April to 30 April. Cathay initially tried to ...
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Legend Airlines plans lift-off before 2000
Completion of terminal construction at Dallas Love Field and finalisation of the US Federal Aviation Administration's Part 121 operating certificate process is expected to allow Legend Airlines to initiate services from the Texas airport in September. Plans to begin interstate business-class operations using 56-seat McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30s may be ...
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Marketplace
Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services (AWAS) has taken delivery of the first of five Next Generation 737-700s it has on order, which has been placed with an undisclosed customer in Asia. AWAS is understood recently to have cancelled at least three of its Next Generation 737 orders. TWA ...
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BA all business
British Airways may adopt an all-business class configurations on certain peak time services in Europe, as part of its strategy to concentrate on higher-yield passengers. A fleet revamp is already reducing the ratio of economy seats in relation to the first and business class cabins. Source: Flight International
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Workshop
Pemco has won a contract from Continental for heavy maintenance checks on Boeing 727s, McDonnell Douglas DC-9s and MD-80s.It has also been picked by Las Vegas start-up National Airlines for Boeing 757-200 maintenance. ++ Finmeccanica subsidiary Aeronavali has signed an agreement with Federal Express to maintain six DC-10-10s at ...
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European regionals unite for US travel pass programme
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Chris Jasper/LONDON A group of 15 second tier and regional European airlines is to press ahead with a radical plan aimed at maximising their exposure in the USA through an innovative travel pass scheme. The programme, run by Los Angeles-based Europe by Air, is modelled ...
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Mergers
Aircraft and engine resale and lease specialist Kellstrom Industries has agreed to buy Certified Aircraft Parts, an aftermarket supplier to the Lockheed Martin C-130/L-100, for $16 million. Both companies are based in Florida. BFGoodrich has acquired Ohio-based Advanced MicroMachines (AMMI), a developer of micro-electromechanical systems integrating electrical ...
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Lockheed Martin optimistic about F-22 flight-test delays
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Lockheed Martin believes that it can reduce F-22 flight-test delays caused by manufacturing problems to "a few weeks", despite wing deliveries from Boeing being several months behind schedule. Problems with the large titanium "side-of-body" castings which attach the wing to the fuselage have been solved, ...
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Sikorsky advances S-92 utility
Paul Lewis/STRATFORD Sikorsky is bringing forward the planned military utility version of the S-92 Helibus, including study of marinised applications for the medium-size helicopter. The company seeks international market support for a mid-year production go-ahead. The S-92 was intended primarily as a 19-seat civil helicopter, to be followed ...
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Little relief in taxing times
Jack Sellsby/LONDON Tax law changes have put paid to cheap deals Until the final quarter of last year, potential aircraft purchasers could take advantage of major rivalry in the aircraft finance markets between finance houses and banks in different jurisdictions offering airlines attractive tax-based finance structures. These made financing aircraft ...
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Premium bond
Bond Helicopters has secured a £10 million ($17 million) three-year contract to supply joint offshore support to UK-based oil and gas companies BHP Petroleum and Hydro Carbon Resources. The Aberdeen, Scotland, UK-based operator will deploy two Eurocopter SA365Ns to transport personnel to and from the oil rigs operating off the ...
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Portuguese flag carrier to join SAirGroup stable
TAP Air Portugal will become the latest European carrier to come under the partial ownership of SAir Group if plans for the Swiss company to acquire a 20% stake in the Portuguese state-owned flag-carrier are approved by the European Commission. SAir Group says it hopes to complete the purchase ...
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Sea Launch set for first commercial launch
Tim Furniss/LONDON The first commercial lift-off from Sea Launch offshore platform Odyssey is scheduled for August following the maiden flight of a Zenit 3SL from the floating launch site. The booster placed a demonstration payload into geostationary-transfer orbit on 28 March. The commercial Zenit 3SL booster will carry a Hughes ...
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Making a mark
Max Kingsley-Jones/DOHA Qatar Airways has restructured from a low-cost operator to a high-quality international carrier The Qatar government recognised that action was needed to ensure that its capital, Doha, was not isolated as the country's economy grew during the early 1990s. While the nation's shared flag carrier, Gulf ...