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British Midland to face JAR action
IMPLEMENTATION OF the European Joint Aviation Regulations (JARs) has led to criminal charges being brought against British Midland Airlines by the UK Civil Aviation Authority following a maintenance error in 1995. JARs make companies, rather than individuals, responsible for errors. The BMA mistake caused the emergency diversion and ...
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Global Express assembly begins
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA ASSEMBLY OF THE first Global Express long-range business jet has begun at Bombardier's partner companies. The forward fuselage, produced by Shorts in the UK, has been joined to Canadair's cockpit section at the Canadian company's Montreal plant, while preliminary mating of the wing and centre fuselage has taken ...
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Jetstar STC
Arizona-based Garrett Aviation Services has received supplemental type certification to bring AlliedSignal TFE731-powered Lockheed Martin Jetstars and Jetstar IIs into compliance with US Federal Aviation Regulations Part 36 Stage 3 noise rules. Source: Flight International
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Parker buys Abex
PARKER HANNIFIN has acquired Abex/NWL for $193 million, in a move designed to complete the group's offering of hydraulic systems to the aircraft industry. Abex/NWL will become a part of Parker Hannifin's aerospace systems and controls subsidiary Parker Bertea Aerospace, bringing with it new lines in pumps, servo ...
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STAe agrees funds for maintenance arm
SINGAPORE Technologies Aerospace (STAe) has gone ahead with the recapitalisation of its loss-making maintenance company ST Aviation Services (SASCO), after reaching agreement with partner shareholders Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Japan Airlines (JAL). Under the restructuring plan, STAe has converted a S$20 million ($14 million) loan into preference shares ...
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Britannia boosts cargo business
BRITANNIA AIRWAYS, the world's largest holiday-passenger charter airline, is attempting to boost its revenues with an aggressive entry into the cargo business, taking advantage of the belly-hold capacity of its Boeing 767 and 757 fleet. The airline believes that there is a vast unexplored market from the Mediterranean ...
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SEP sizes up Messier-Bugatti purchase
FRENCH ROCKET-engine manufacturer SEP is angling to take over the Messier-Bugatti carbon-brakes business, its sister company within the Snecma group. SEP president Roger Vignelles says that he wants to take over the brakes business to reinforce non-space business while his company prepares for a fall in revenues from ...
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Taiwan looks for foreign training
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE TAIWAN IS seeking access to foreign military bases and training ranges for its air force, to overcome the problem of increasingly restricted airspace. According to local reports, Taiwan has approached several countries, including Australia, the Philippines and the USA. The move will almost certainly meet with opposition from ...
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Meridiana pioneers regional satcoms
ITALIAN REGIONAL carrier Meridiana is to fit its fleet of British Aerospace BAe 146-200s with passenger satellite-telephones. The move is the first satellite communication (satcom) installation on the 146 and the first significant passenger-satcom made available by a regional carrier, according to In-Flight Entertainment, the Flight International newsletter. ...
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Invest or die
GIFAS equipment president Jean-Robert Martin warns that the industry's unique R&D needs must be met. Julian Moxon/PARIS JEAN-ROBERT MARTIN has a stark message for anyone following the fortunes of the French equipment industry. "If we do not maintain our investment in research and development, we cannot survive," he ...
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Evergreen flies all-GPS 747
EVERGREEN International Airlines has replaced the inertial-navigation system (INS) in a Boeing 747-100 freighter with a triple global-positioning system (GPS) installation, the first INS replacement by GPS in a 747. The installation of three Trimble TNL-8100 GPS navigation systems in the 747 was certificated by avionics-engineering firm Canard ...
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Lone Star launches APALS map-based landing system
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA US REGIONAL LONE Star Airlines is the launch customer for Lockheed Martin's autonomous precision-approach and landing system (APALS). The Fort Worth, Texas-based airline has signed a memorandum of understanding to equip its four Dornier 328 regional turboprops with the system, which uses the aircraft's radar to ...
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Garuda finalises MD-11 lease deal
GARUDA INDONESIA has finalised a deal with McDonnell Douglas (MDC) to lease three new MD-11 tri-jets, to replace three similar early-build aircraft owned by General Electric Capital Services (GECAS). MDC is expected to deliver the three General Electric CF6-80C2-powered aircraft at the end of 1996 on a long-term ...
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Dufour casts doubts over Snecma GE90 commitment
SNECMA CHAIRMAN Bernard Dufour has again raised severe doubts over his company's ability to fund its share of development on any future growth variants of the General Electric GE90. Dufour says that, while Snecma is still committed to its 25.5% participation in the current GE90, it would not ...
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MDC covers losses on MD-11
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) has put aside a $1.8 billion charge to cover its losses on MD-11 sales, leaving a question mark over the future of the faltering programme. The move follows dwindling orders for the tri-jet, for which there was a backlog of only ...
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JAA reform crucial, claims Euro chief
David Learmount/LONDON THE HEAD OF the European Commission's (EC's) air-safety unit has delivered a stinging attack on the status of the European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA), claiming that the body's regulations do not have any force in European Union (EU) law. The EC view effectively dooms ...
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Regional-jet makers ponder tough BA requirement
THE FIVE AIRCRAFT manufacturers invited by British Airways to bid for a $1 billion order for up to 60 regional jets have been left facing some difficult decisions over how best to meet the UK flag carrier's requirements on delivery schedules and aircraft mix. None of the contenders ...
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Government recommendation raises Grob Strato 2C fears
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH GERMAN RESEARCH and technology minister Jurgen Ruttgers has recommended that the Grob Strato 2C high-altitude research-aircraft programme be cancelled. The minister is believed to have handed a report to the country's parliamentary budget committee advising that the Government refuse further support for the aircraft. ...
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European FAA?
ONE OF THE GREAT ADVANTAGES of belonging to an international club like the European Union (EU) is the harmonisation of rules on matters such as aircraft safety and certification. Right? Wrong - or partly wrong. The problem is that the EU and some of its neighbours do have a common ...
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Boeing 757 operators are advised of engine problem
Gunter Endres/LONDON BOEING HAS warned operators of 757s about several engine-rundown incidents on aircraft powered by Rolls-Royce RB.211-535E4 s. About half of the 700 aircraft operated by some 60 airlines across the world are involved, but the indications are that only older examples are affected. According ...