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Swissair pioneers data-handling with Honeywell
Swissair and Honeywell will later this year begin trials of new avionics designed to ease the flow of cockpit and cabin data on and off aircraft. Honeywell will fit its Total Aircraft Information System (TAIS) in a single Airbus A321 as part of a collaborative project called SkyLink to ...
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FAA wants to lead
TEXT: Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Despite intense domestic criticism of its lateness in getting to grips with the year 2000 computer problem, the US Federal Aviation Administration sees itself leading the world's aviation industry safely into the new century. Exactly what the USA will do to safeguard American travellers ...
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Boeing does not believe that Y2K problems will be as bad as first thought
Guy Norris/Seattle The year 2000 software nightmare scenario is like something from the 1951 science fiction classic The Day The Earth Stood Still in which an omnipotent alien paralyses the world by shutting down every electrically operated device for an hour. If Boeing is right, nothing like ...
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Eurocontrol
Julian Moxon/PARIS Bringing European air trafÞc control (ATC) computers up to year 2000 standard is taxing both the national service providers and the Brussels-based Eurocontrol organisation, which has responsibility for the Maastricht upper airspace region and for the central ßow management units (CFMUs) at Paris, France, and Brussels, Belgium. ...
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Airbus to cross finishing line
Max Kingsley-Jones/TOULOUSE Airbus Industrie set up a task force several years ago to examine the potential impact of the Y2K software problem on its aircraft. The consortium has concluded that there are only a few minor issues that will affect its products. It does, however, warn that it cannot ...
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Sabena A340 suffers as landing gear collapses
A Sabena Airbus A340-200 has been severely damaged in an incident which saw the aircraft's right main landing gear fail at the end of its landing run at Brussels Airport, Belgium, on 29 August. The damage is expected to take four months to repair, says the airline. Following the ...
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Delta/United alliance dies
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC The refusal of Delta Air Lines directors to give its pilots a voting seat on the board have scuttled plans for a wide ranging alliance with United Airlines. The strategic alliance proposal included a code-share which had to be approved by pilots' groups represented by the ...
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Qatar steps up expansion with plans for new long-haul aircraft
MaxKingsley-Jones/LONDON Qatar Airways is accelerating its fleet expansion, with discussions for the lease of up to six Airbus A330s as part of a plan to boost long-haul operations. The Doha-based airline recently concluded a deal to bolster its short-haul fleet with A320s, placing an order for up to 11 ...
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Air Atlantic closes down after Canadian kills agreement
Canadian regional carrier Air Atlantic will cease operations in October, following a decision by Canadian Airlines Inter- national (CAI) to end its long-standing agreement with its regional connector. The void will partly be filled by Inter-Canadian, another regional carrier recently sold by CAI to a group of Montreal investors. ...
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Strikes ground North American airlines
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Brian Dunn/MONTREAL The first week of strikes by pilots at Northwest Airlines and Air Canada have crippled the two carriers' operations. Estimates put the revenue losses in the two unconnected labour disputes at over $150 million by 5 September. Northwest was the first to be ...
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Workshop
-Hawker Pacific Aerospace's Sun Valley, California, unit will service and repair the landing gear of nine Canadian Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30s under a three-year contract. -Boeing is to invest $34 million in spare parts inventory to stock a new customer services centre, due to open in late 1999 at Amsterdam's ...
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Asian crisis bites hard into Chinese airlines
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Asian economic woes have finally begun to catch up with the Chinese air transport industry, with the country's two largest carriers China Southern Airlines and China Eastern Airlines sliding into the red in the first half of 1998 as the result of growing overcapacity and deteriorating yields. ...
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SAirLines buys into Italian charter airline Volare
SAirLines, the airline division of the Swiss SAir Group, has bought a 34% stake in Italian charter carrier Volare. The shareholding was acquired on 28 August as part of a capital increase by the Italian airline. The Swiss company says this will provide its own charter carrier Balair/CTA with greater ...
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Time's Up
Awareness of the year 2000 computer problem has reached that level in industrialised nations where any casual mention of the Millennium Bug is likely to elicit accusations of hype. That should worry those nations' airlines, as they fly daily into regions of the world where awareness of the date rollover ...
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Varig picks GE90-powered 777 in $2.9 million fleet expansion
Varig of Brazil has committed to a major fleet expansion, with orders and options for up to 39 Boeing 737s, 767s and 777s worth an estimated $2.9 billion. An announcement confirming the deal is expected at the show. The most significant element is the selection of four 777-200ERs, with ...
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Turboprop- and proud of it
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Cutaway Poster/Tim Hall Gentlemen prefer blondes and passengers prefer jets - two claims as hard to disprove as they are to prove. But Bombardier believes it can prove the latter claim to be inaccurate with its new 70/78-seat regional turboprop, the Q400, formerly the de Havilland Dash ...
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Powerful performer
Peter Gray/WEST PALM BEACH The latest incarnation of Sikorsky's S-76 is the first to meet in one airframe/engine combination the differing performance requirements of the helicopter's two traditional markets: utility and corporate. Previously, the US manufacturer built two variants of the aircraft: a long-range version for the cost-conscious utility ...
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Bankruptcy may arrest Japan's civil EH101
EH Industries has delivered the first EH101 to Japan, but the helicopter's entry into service with the Tokyo Metropolitan Police is facing delay as the result of the planned take-over of local trading house, Okura, which imported the helicopter. The General Electric CT7-6-powered helicopter has been delivered to Kawasaki ...
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Explorer range poised to make switch to Belgium's Heli Fly
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Heli Fly is close to completing negotiations with Boeing over the Belgian company's purchase of the twin-engined MD-902 Explorer product line. An announcement is imminent. Talks have been under way for several months and, although the Halen-based company will not disclose the reasons for the ...
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Groen wins new gyroplane order from China
Groen Brothers Aviation (GBA) says it has secured a further large order for its gyroplanes from Shanghai Energy and Chemicals (SECC) of China . The order is on top of an existing contract for 200 of the Utah-based company's Hawk III gyroplanes, and covers purchase options on further Hawk ...