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Repairing the damage
Despite having its fleet scattered or destroyed during the Gulf War, Kuwait Airways has resumed successful operations. Alan George/LONDON AS KUWAIT AIRWAYS continues to expand its route network with new services to Chicago, Copenhagen and Malaga, using new Airbus Industrie and Boeing aircraft, it is hard ...
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Orenda aims at King Air re-engineing
THE FIRST FLIGHT of two aircraft types re-fitted with Orenda 600 piston engines made by Hawker Siddeley Canada will take place by the end of 1995, says Orenda. Orenda plans to deliver two development engines in November to Merlin Products, which will be working on a Beech King ...
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Ogling profits, not design
Sir - Good luck to Ogle Design ("Visions of splendour", Flight International, 13-19 September, P33). Whatever success it may achieve is likely to be pretty evanescent, given the greed of airlines and the penny-pinching attitude of so many passengers. Who can forget the fanfare which accompanied ...
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Latvian airlines plot new courses
THE NEW LATVIAN flag carrier, Air Baltic, started operations on 1 October, coinciding with the withdrawal of all scheduled-service licences from the Government-owned Latavio. Air Baltic, a joint-venture between the Latvian Government, Baltic International USA, Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) and Swedish and Danish investment funds (Flight International, 6-12 ...
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Air New Zealand to start Sydney-Bangkok service
AIR NEW ZEALAND (ANZ) is to begin once-weekly Boeing 767-300 flights between Sydney and Bangkok from 8 November, under rights awarded before the Australian Government's freeze earlier this year on the granting of additional fifth-freedom rights to the New Zealand carrier. The new service follows the carrier's entry ...
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Brazil's budget jet
Delivering on its promises for the EMB-145 regional jet is the first challenge for newly privatised Embraer. Graham Warwick/SAO JOSE DOS EMBRAER HAS YET to capitalise on the success of its EMB-120 Brasilia 30-seat regional airliner by bringing a second product to the market. Its first ...
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Lockheed Martin and AT&T enter high-power satellite market
Tim Furniss/LONDON LOCKHEED MARTIN and AT&T have joined Space Systems/Loral and Hughes in the bid to capture a newly emerging geostationary-orbit (GEO) satellite-communications market. The companies have filed applications to the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to launch and operate high-power, Ka-band satellite systems offering a ...
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Dee Howard tests next-generation thrust reverser
DEE HOWARD has completed preliminary actuation system testing and begun initial forward-thrust performance testing of its next-generation thrust reverser. The system includes a patented variable-geometry nozzle (VGN), which, according to Dee Howard, provides improved thrust performance during take-off and initial climb. The initial ground tests are being carried ...
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Qatar Airways plans share offer to raise new capital
QATAR AIRWAYS is the latest of the Gulf flag carriers to announce plans to raise new capital, with a share offering planned by the end of 1995. The offering, which aims to raise more than $100 million, will help to finance the airline's planned fleet expansion and fresh ...
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Computervision wins Lucas software deal
Andrew Doyle/PARIS LUCAS AEROSPACE plans to adopt Computervision's range of software tools as the basis for a common product-development platform across the company's operations worldwide. Bedford, Massachusetts-based Computervision says that Lucas is expected to deploy "over 200 user licences" of its electronic product-definition (EPD) software, which ...
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Long-range rivals compete
Gulfstream has an aircraft; Bombardier has major pieces of one - the long-range business-jet market enters a new phase. Graham Warwick/ATLANTA THE MAIDEN FLIGHT of the Gulfstream V is less than one month away; the first flight of the Bombardier Global Express is less than a ...
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USA may give F-16A/Bs to Poland
Douglas Barrie/LONDON POLAND MAY be given up to 30 Lockheed Martin F-16A/Bs, according to a proposal now under consideration by the US Government. The scheme, if approved, would set a precedent for F-16 sales throughout Eastern Europe. The "no-cost-lease" approach being pushed by Lockheed Martin would ...
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MAS seeks larger slice of maintenance market
MALAYSIA AIRLINES (MAS) is re-organising and expanding its capabilities in a bid to obtain a greater share of the worldwide third-party maintenance market. Central to the scheme is the establishment of a 220,000m2 (2.36 million ft2) engine-overhaul centre, known as Aircraft Engine Repair Operations (AERO). The plant, which ...
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Hunting Aviation sees recovery, but business-aircraft unit may go
HUNTING IS BELIEVED to be close to making an announcement over the sale of its UK business-aviation operation, which acts as a fixed-base operator (FBO) in the London area. Speculation over a possible sale was sparked off by comments from chief executive Ken Miller that the group's aviation ...
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Boeing plans commercial Chinook revival in China
BOEING IS negotiating with Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing (HAMC) to restart production of the 234 Commercial Chinook in China. According to local sources, Boeing has proposed establishing a full 234 production line in Harbin, northern China. The deal is understood to include providing plans for HAMC to build its ...
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Jordanian Air Force will receive ex-USAF F-16A/Bs
THE ROYAL JORDANIAN Air Force (RJAF) is to receive its first squadron of ex-US Air Force Lockheed Martin F-16A/B fighters within the next 12 months. An announcement by US President Bill Clinton covering the agreement was expected early in October, but was delayed. Despite this, sources say the ...
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Hexcel and Ciba Geigy finalise composites plan
HEXCEL AND CIBA Geigy have finalised plans to combine their composites operations, to create one of the aerospace industry's largest suppliers of honeycomb, pre-impregnated and fabric composites. The deal, which was first announced in the middle of the year (Flight International, 19-25 July), has now passed anti-trust hurdles ...
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Pakistan nears FC-1 avionics decision
COMPETING WESTERN manufacturers expect Pakistan to select radar, an avionics suite and a systems integrator before the end of the year for its planned FC-1 (MiG-21) fighter now being developed by Chengdu Aircraft. The FC-1 is a successor to the now-defunct Super 7 project, and it is intended ...
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HGS brings Horizon new benefits
US REGIONAL Horizon Air has begun "improved" Category I operations into Medford, Oregon, using Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8s equipped with the Flight Dynamics head-up guidance system (HGS). Operations to the fog-prone airport began after the US Federal Aviation Administration gave Horizon clearance to make the initial approach ...
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Deutsche BA negotiates to acquire more Saab 2000s
DEUTSCHE BA is negotiating to convert two of its five options for Saab 2000 turboprops into firm orders. The company expects to convert the other three options in 1996. The current talks on the exchange of two smaller Saab 340s for the Saab 2000s are expected to be ...