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Malaysia profits remain steady
Malaysia Airlines (MAS) just managed to hold profits steady over the first half of its 1996/7 financial year, but the group promises to emerge "stronger and leaner" in 1997 as restructuring continues. The group's net profit over the six months to the end of September dipped slightly ...
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Northrop Grumman sues the Pentagon
Northrop Grumman has filed a $750 million lawsuit against the US Department of Defense, seeking to recover losses it incurred on the AGM-137 Tri-Service Standoff Attack Missile (TSSAM) programme which the US Air Force cancelled in 1995. The company says that the US Government violated its own procurement ...
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Growing ambitions
Emirates has achieved a phenomenal rate of growth during its first ten years, achieving profit in all but its second year. Paul Phelan/Dubai Since its inception in 1985, Dubai-based Emirates Airlines has, on average, doubled in size every three and half years and made a profit in all ...
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Coming of age
The Orient Airline Association, after years of relative silence, has now found its voice. Oriental airlines are finding strength in unity Paul Lewis/BRISBANE The Orient Airline Association (OAA) has been in existence for some 40 years, but only in the past 24 months has it ...
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New Meyers develops four-seater
M300 flight-testing is scheduled to begin in early 1997 New Meyers Aircraft has begun development of a four-seat light aircraft, with certification flight-testing scheduled to begin in the first quarter of 1997. The new M300 is planned to enter production alongside the company's two-seat SP20, an updated version of ...
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Airbus welcomes in Alenia
Julian Moxon/Paris Airbus Industrie and Italy's Alenia/Finmeccanica have agreed to form a company to lead European participation in the AirExpress AE-100 regional aircraft, to be built under a joint venture with China and Singapore. The Italian group is also being invited to "draw nearer" to Airbus through ...
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DoD AIM-9X decision will launch US missile sector restructuring
Even closer links could develop between the MDC F-18 and Hughes' AMRAAM Douglas Barrie/LONDON An imminent decision from the US Department of Defense (DoD) over a Sidewinder short-range air-to-air missile replacement presages a radical shake-up of the US missile-manufacturing industry. The decision, due ...
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Hughes exports trainer devices
Hughes Training (HTI) has secured the first international customers for its unit training device (UTD), developed to provide squadron-level training for USAir Force Lockheed Martin F-16 pilots. Jordan has ordered an F-16A UTD, South Korea has committed to six F-16 devices, and Bahrain is to buy an F-16C UTD. ...
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Fairchild Dornier may move 328 wing to HAL
Fairchild Dornier and Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) are in negotiation to move wing production for the 328 turboprop from Germany to India. The Indian company has also been earmarked to build the aircraft's fuselage shell, now fabricated by Daewoo in South Korea. In a separate move, ...
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Reforming Liberte
TAT president Marc Rochet prepares to lead British Airways' challenge in France. Julian Moxon/PARIS By the beginning of 1997, Marc Rochet, president since August of British Airways French subsidiary TAT, is likely to find himself president of the largest privately owned airline grouping in France. He is ...
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Airbus and Boeing vie to modernise Indian Airlines
State-owned Indian Airlines has take the first step towards a massive overhaul of its fleet by informing manufacturers in late November that it is to replace its ageing fleet of Boeing 737-200 and A300B2/B4s. The 15 737s are operated by the recently created Indian Airlines subsidiary, Alliance ...
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A Whimper, Not a Bang
There is no doubt, even among French commentators, that the privatisation of Thomson SA has been bungled, leaving the restructuring of the European aerospace industry little further than the launch pad. The latest failure to agree will undoubtedly prove to be a temporary setback, but it still means that, as ...
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Iranian Antonovs
Antonov is reported to have signed an agreement which will see assembly of the Antonov An-140 50-seat twin turboprop regional airliner in Iran begin in March 1998. The agreement calls for the Iranians to assemble 12 An-140s a year, for both the civil and military markets, at a site now ...
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Dragonair A330
Hong Kong's fast-growing regional carrier Dragonair is planning to acquire a sixth Airbus A330-300 for delivery in 1998. The airline is negotiating with Airbus to convert an A330 option already held by its sister carrier Cathay Pacific Airways. Source: Flight International
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Croatia to replace 737S
Croatia Airlines is in negotiation for the acquisition of up to six Airbus A319s, to replace its fleet of Boeing 737-200s, in a deal valued at around $200 million. Negotiations on the final conditions of the sale are understood still to be in progress, but, if confirmed, it would signal ...
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VPK MAPO offers Flogger upgrade
VPK MAPO is offering the Indian air force an upgrade for its fleet of Mikoyan MiG-27 Flogger strike aircraft, with an aircraft in attendence at the Bagalore air show, as well as proposing to upgrade its MiG-29 Fulcrum As to MiG-29SM standard. The Flogger would receive new cockpit avionics while ...
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Chinese spares
CFM International has opened a spares service centre at Beijing Capital Airport in co-operation with China Aviation Supplies. The 500m2 centre will provide line maintenance for more than 350 CFM56-3 power plants in service with 19 Chinese carriers. It will initially stock 600 parts, increasing to 1,500 line items with ...
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Lufthansa maintains
SAS has awarded an engine maintenance and overhaul contract to Germany's Lufthansa Technik (LHT). The contract, which was signed on 22 November, covers the International Aero Engines V2500-D5 engine, which powers SAS' McDonnell Douglas MD-90 fleet. Source: Flight International
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EMB-145 delay
US Federal Aviation Administration certification of the Brazilian Embraer EMB-145 has slipped from its original schedule of early November, until this month. Continental Airlines, however, will take its first four aircraft as scheduled during December. Source: Flight International
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Delta Drops MDC
Delta has decided not to short-list McDonnell Douglas as a candidate to supply up to 27 widebodied aircraft, which will partially replace its fleet of 50 Lockheed TriStars. The choice now lies between Airbus Industrie and Boeing, with the A330/ A340 and Boeing 777 and a new version of the ...