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Rockwell Collins switches on inflight picture
Rockwell Collins has marked its entry in to the business aircraft inflight cabin systems industry, with the installation of its Airborne Satellite television unit on a Gulfstream V business jet. Collins provides the steerable direct broadcast satellite antenna and receiver decoders, while DirectTTV provides the satellite and content package. ...
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UK's Britten-Norman snaps up Romaero
The Romanian Government has sold it largest aircraft manufacturer, Romaero, to UK's Britten-Norman, for a reported $80.5m as part of its long-term policy to dispose of its state-owned assets. The sales were enforced following the breakdown of the former Communist regime in the 1989, but have gained momentum in the ...
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China may use Mir for docking
Tim Furniss/LONDON China Aerospace is considering using Russia's Mir space station as a docking base for its planned first manned spacecraft. Two Chinese astronauts, flying on an uprated Long March 2E booster, will be aboard the spacecraft - based on Russian Soyuz technology - for a launch, possibly at ...
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Israel plans to spy with Eros civilian satellites
Israel is to use three civilian satellites to improve its spy satellite capability. Under a deal signed in late January the Israeli Ministry of Defence will use earth remote observation satellites to be launched by a company known as West Indian Space - a Cayman Islands-registered concern jointly owned by ...
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Airlines face lawsuits for pesticide spraying
Airlines are facing new complaints, union trouble and possible lawsuits over pesticide spraying on aircraft. In the USA, two major lawsuits filed by flight attendants in Louisiana and California against pesticide manufacturers claim that many crew members are suffering chronic illness and multiple chemical sensitivity from long term exposure ...
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Southwest bites the Big Apple
It is the news that other US carriers hoped never to hear. Southwest Airlines is about to take a bite out of the Big Apple and begin operating from New York. Analysts and rival airlines have speculated about the possibility for years, but Southwest has deliberately avoided the New ...
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Japanese rejig overseas strategies
Most Asian airlines have concentrated on costs to survive the region's doldrums, but Japan's airlines, facing new low cost domestic rivals, are looking at both international costs and revenues in an effort to boost profits. Japan Airlines (JAL) and All Nippon Airways (ANA) have both taken the bold step ...
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Rescuers ride into PAL
Just as it looked as if it was all over for Philippine Airlines (PAL), a troop of white knights have emerged in the form of former Cathay Pacific Airways executives who have taken up senior management positions in Manila. The four high-level executives started working at PAL in mid-January ...
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SAS withdraws from Hong Kong
In deciding to withdraw from Hong Kong as of March, Scandinavian carrier SAS is pointing fingers at both Chek Lap Kok's airport charges and Cathay Pacific's dominance. SAS is not content to blame its retreat entirely on poor traffic, although it admits that has been "terrible" over the past ...
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BM bullish on Moscow
British Midland hopes to start up its London Heathrow-Moscow route before the beginning of its summer schedule, despite Virgin Atlantic Airways' appeal against the UK Civil Aviation Authority's decision to award the route to British Midland. A British Midland spokesman says that until the appeal is heard in February, ...
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Express yourself
As Delta Express heads for its third year of operation, not all industry observers share the group's optimism for this experiment in setting up a low-fares, airline-within-an-airline. Passengers on Delta Express aircraft wave dollar notes in the air when they see the flight attendant coming down the aisle. Having ...
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Hard day's flying
El Al is getting ready for a mid-year privatisation. Even without the right to fly on the Sabbath, the airline reckons that it is one of the most efficient in the world. When running an airline that can fly only five days a week, you could be forgiven for ...
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Are there dangers in duopoly?
As Airbus again draws closer to Boeing, are there risks from an airliner duopoly? Whatever else the Airbus and Boeing year-end figures may have revealed, there is one fact that remains inescapable. The market for large civil aircraft is now a straight fight between two fairly evenly matched manufacturers. Conventional ...
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Euro: business as usual
Following the introduction of Europe's new currency, the question being asked in the travel industry circles is what impact the euro will have on prices. There are immediate benefits of the euro, such as the elimination of exchange rate risk, but what about fares? Travel agents, tour operators and ...
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Prevention is better than cure
The increase in disruptive airline passengers - the perpetrators of 'air rage' - is a warning sign that flying is becoming more stressful. Even its most ardent supporters would have to admit that airline travel is not always the most soothing of experiences. The advertised image is of the ...
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Extra costs
The European Space Agency, which is investing more than $500 million to build the Automatic Transfer Vehicle (ATV) for the International Space Station, will have to pay Russia $25 million for modifications to the Service Module to allow it to accommodate the ATV, plus an extra $3 million "docking fee" ...
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V-22 trial
A Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey tiltrotor development aircraft has embarked on the amphibious assault ship the USS Saipan to begin sea trials. The V-22 will be used for ship interface tests, launch and recovery, deck and elevator handling, hangar stowage and routine maintenance. Source: Flight International
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EA-6B buy
The US Naval Air Systems Command is to order six additional Northrop Grumman EA-6B Block 89A modification kits as part of a continuing programme to upgrade its ßeet of Block 82 standard Prowlers. The kits include new electronic flight information displays and navigation, communication and electronic warfare suites. Source: ...
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More space for Mir
Russian prime minister Yevgeny Primakov has signed a decree allowing the Mir space station to remain in orbit for a further three years. The station was to have been de-orbited in June, to allow the cash-starved Russians to concentrate on their obligations to the International Space Station (ISS). NASA will ...
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New British Airways pilots' deal throws doubt on virtual airline
The future of British Airways' London Gatwick-based "virtual airline" Airline Management (AML) is looking doubtful as BA pilots prepare to vote on a new employment deal. AML was set up by Flying Colours boss Errol Cossey in association with BA to function as its low-cost long haul division. It ...