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Mitsubishi seeks CRJ-X share
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE MITSUBISHI HEAVY Industries (MHI) is discussing taking a significant risk-sharing stake in the development of Bombardier's proposed Canadair CRJ-X stretch Regional Jet. Japanese sources say that MHI is being "strongly encouraged" to join the programme by an offer of funding from Japan's Ministry ...
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Biting into false alarms
Despite modern diagnostics, "no fault found" is frequently the mechanics' verdict after avionics fault alerts. Terence Hardeman/SINGAPORE FAULT INDICATIONS on avionics line-replaceable units (LRUs) are costing airlines millions of dollars, and engineering executives around the world have called for action by component manufacturers to combat ...
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Airbus partners scale up combined R&D for A3XX
Andrew Doyle/LONDON AIRBUS INDUSTRIE IS pushing for an unprecedented level of co-operation between its partners and suppliers during the research-and-development (R&D) phase of the proposed A3XX ultra-high-capacity airliner. The new approach, under the so-called "3E Plan", is seen as crucial to the consortium's efforts to keep the aircraft's ...
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Learjet modifies 45 tests
LEARJET HAS SHIFTED flutter testing of the Learjet 45 business jet to the second prototype, to avoid grounding the first aircraft. The move has delayed the first flight of the Learjet 45-002, but has allowed flight-testing of aircraft -001 to continue, the company says. Wichita, Kansas-based Learjet ...
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Airports grow again
Airports report continued strong passenger growth for 1995. Kevin O'Toole/LONDON THE WORLD'S MAJOR airports have reported a fourth successive year of strong passenger growth for 1995, although the rate of expansion now appears to be slowing. Preliminary figures from the Airports Council International ...
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Cathay profits leap
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE CATHAY PACIFIC Airways beat market expectations with a 25% leap in profits for 1995, boosted by higher revenue and improved cost efficiency, but also helped by an accounting change. The Hong Kong carrier turned in a net profit of just under HK$3 billion ...
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Singapore studies tanker options
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE SINGAPORE IS considering an offer from the US Air Force to sell it up to four surplus Boeing KC-135s, as a more cost-effective solution to its requirement for a boom-equipped aerial-refueling tanker. A Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) team is understood recently ...
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MEA makes progress - at last
Gunter Endres/LONDON MIDDLE EAST AIRLINES' (MEA) increasingly desperate quest, for a large capital injection to fund a fleet update, appears to be nearing an end, after an extraordinary shareholders meeting approved the move. The recommendation is expected to be ratified, at a General Assembly, called for 17 April. ...
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NASA-sponsored experimental Tu-144 in Moscow roll-out
A MODIFIED TUPOLEV Tu-144 supersonic transport which will serve as the platform for a six-month, high-speed experimental research programme was expected to be rolled-out at Zhukovsky airfield near Moscow, Russia, on 17 March, signaling the start of a co-operative US-Russian flight-test programme. The aircraft, Tu-144LL, will carry NASA-sponsored ...
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Rolls-Royce joins GE-Allison JAST team
Guy Norris/Los Angeles ROLLS-ROYCE HAS formally signed an agreement giving it full participation in the joint General Electric/Allison development of a cruise engine and lift engine for the Joint Advanced Strike Technology (JAST) aircraft programme. GE says, that the long expected agreement with R-R, makes ...
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State-owned Bosnian carrier plans April start
AIR BOSNIA, THE STATE-owned Bosnian start-up carrier which plans to begin operations in April, is seeking an airline partner to help it lease in a small fleet of passenger and cargo aircraft. The airline, set up in 1994 but still awaiting the re-opening of Sarajevo's airport, says that it is ...
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Ansett prepares for ANZ with executive shake-up
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS ANSETT HAS CLEARED the decks for the imminent Air New Zealand (ANZ) buy-in, with managing director Graeme McMahon and two of his senior managers departing in favour of a new ten-member executive structure at the Australian airline. News Limited chief and executive chairman of Ansett Holdings, Ken Cowley, ...
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LOT on fast track
LOT POLISH AIRLINES, virtually trebled profits in 1995, helped by soaring traffic figures - especially on its fast-growing domestic network. The Polish carrier ended the year with net profits of Pzl6 million ($2 million), as passenger numbers rose by 16%, to 1.8 million. Flights to Central ...
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Saab scoops large Mesaba order
SAAB AIRCRAFT HAS beaten Daimler-Benz Aerospace to a major order from US regional Mesaba Airlines. The Northwest Airlink carrier is acquiring up to 72 34-seat Saab 340s, in preference to the Dornier 328, to replace its existing fleet of 26 Fairchild Metro IIIs and 25 de Havilland Canada Dash 8-100s. ...
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MDC outlines five-year plan
Guy Norris/LOS ANGFELES McDONNELL DOUGLAS is studying the launch of three new products over the next 18 months, including a stretched MD-95 and two re-winged variants of the MD-11. Douglas Aircraft vice-president and general manager John Feren says that future milestones already include delivery of ...
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Boeing rethinks its 777-100X
BOEING IS REVISING its options for the proposed 777-100X after admitting that interest in the extra-long-range market appears to be "dormant." The company is now studying a "short body 777-100X for all ranges," as a way of encouraging airlines to use the entire family of 777s and maximising ...
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US missile-defence plans attacked
THE US DEPARTMENT of Defense's revamped ballistic-missile-defence programme needs $2.8 billion in fiscal year 1997 spending, including $1.8 billion for Theater Missile Defense research and development (R&D). The spending plan is under attack, however, by US law-makers, who oppose the decision to cut $2 billion from the Lockheed ...
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Door accident delays 777 appearance
DISPLAY OF THE Boeing 777 at FIDAE '96, as part of a Latin American sales tour, was delayed when the forward passenger-door was torn off by an air bridge at Bogota, Colombia, on 8 March. The jetway fell, ripping the open door from its hinges. The door is ...
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Brazil considers fighter to replace its Mirages
BRAZIL IS STUDYING concepts for a new fighter, dubbed the FX, initially to replace Dassault Mirages now operated by its air force. Procurement is planned to begin around the year 2000, with deliveries beginning around 2005, and Brazil wants an off-the-shelf aircraft, which it can adapt to meet its requirements. ...
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Cali 757 crash speeds American EGPWS trials
Bernie Fitzsimmons/LONDON AMERICAN AIRLINES plans to join British Airways and United Airlines in trials of AlliedSignal's enhanced ground-proximity warning system (EGPWS), which the manufacturer plans to start delivering by the third quarter of this year (Flight International, 21-27 February). American has already decided to test ...