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Inmarsat claims lead in global satphones
INMARSAT P COMPANY has received $1.4 billion in investment commitments to implement the building of a global hand-held satellite-telephone system. The investment figure, which has been promised by 35 countries, exceeds the $1 billion target and represents the total projected equity requirements for the project at this stage, ...
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Restructure approved
SHAREHOLDERS of Canada's Fleet Aerospace have approved a major financial restructuring. Toronto-based Fleet, which makes parts for Bell Helicopter Textron, de Havilland and McDonnell Douglas, was in danger of defaulting on debt payments due early this year. Aerospace contractors, concerned about the company's ability to survive long-term, have ...
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Litton works on GLS for Airbus
LITTON IS WORKING with Airbus Industrie to certificate by December a worldwide non-precision-approach (NPA) capability, using the global-positioning system (GPS), on the A300/A310 and A330/A340. The capability is based on integration of Litton Aero Products' LTN-2001 GPS receiver and LTN-101 Flagship laser inertial-navigation system (INS). Litton says ...
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France offers Mirages to Philippine air force
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE FRANCE HAS offered to sell an undisclosed number of surplus Dassault Mirage F.1 fighters to the Philippine air force as replacements for its badly depleted fleet of Northrop F-5A/Bs. The ex-French air force aircraft form part of a larger package of defence-equipment sales ...
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Maintenance errors cripple A320
AN EXCALIBUR AIRLINES Airbus Industrie A320 was left with four of its five starboard spoilers disabled following a right-outboard-flap change carried out by British Airways maintenance at London Gatwick Airport, says a recent report by the UK Air Accident Investigation Branch. The pilots departed Gatwick on 26 August ...
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Martin says APALS order is near
MARTIN MARIETTA expects to announce a launch order in March for "significantly more than 100" Autonomous Precision Approach and Landing Systems (APALS) from an unnamed operator. The company is guaranteeing US certification of the radar-based APALS as equivalent to a Category III instrument-landing system (ILS) by the end ...
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TWA clarifies its Airbus A330 order
TRANS WORLD AIRLINES (TWA) has clarified plans for its outstanding order for Rolls-Royce Trent-powered Airbus A330s, which it had previously indicated would be cancelled under its planned financial restructuring (Flight International, 18-24 January, P8). The airline says, that the agreement for ten firm and ten option A330s remains ...
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Bargain carriers establish hubs away from bases
US LOW-COST CARRIERS, Midway and ValuJet Airlines, are establishing new hubs. Chicago-based Midway has reached agreement with American Airlines to lease gates at Raleigh-Durham International Airport, North Carolina, while Atlanta-based ValuJet has begun operations from Washington Dulles International Airport. Midway plans to shift most of its operations from ...
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Dornier expects 328-120 approval
DORNIER EXPECTS to receive Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) certification for its improved 328-120 regional turboprop in May and to deliver the first aircraft shortly afterwards to launch customer Formosa Airlines. The Dornier 328-120 is a further development of the recently certificated -110, offering improved runway performance. The ...
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Nagoya crash victims prepare to sue CAL
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE CRASH VICTIMS' relatives and survivors of the China Air Lines (CAL) Airbus Industrie A300-600 accident on 26 April, 1994, at Nagoya, Japan, say that they are to sue the carrier for pilot error. The action coincides with publication of the first draft of ...
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TEAM spirit returns to Aer Lingus staff
TEAM AER LINGUS reports that it is back in business and beginning to rebuild its third-party maintenance work, following the labour disputes which brought the Irish maintenance operation near to closure in 1994. As part of the 1994 Aer Lingus survival plan, the TEAM workforce had been ...
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Air France to prune fleet
Julian Moxon/PARIS AIR FRANCE is to cancel all its outstanding orders and options for Airbus and Boeing aircraft, and sell part of its existing fleet as part of the restructuring plan, introduced by its president, Christian Blanc. The programme, introduced in 1994, has already succeeded in reducing ...
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Crash cause may never be known
Ramon Lopez/PITTSBURGH THE CAUSE OF the 8 September, 1994, crash of a USAir Boeing 737-300 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is unlikely ever to be known for certain, according to US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators. The aircraft inverted and dived to earth from 6,000ft (1,800m), killing all ...
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Boeing warns over production cuts
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON BOEING EXPECTS airliner sales to fall again this year and warns that production rates may have to edge down further if some financially troubled US airlines fail to recover. The airlines have not been named by Boeing, but Continental Airlines has admitted that ...
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Fiinding the way
The only surprise in the regional-airliner tie-up between Aerospatiale, Alenia and British Aerospace is that it is happening. The tie-up does not represent the end of the restructuring of the European regional-airliner industry, but the beginning of a new route for which there are, as yet, no maps. By including ...
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Alitalia steps up pressure on pilots
ALITALIA IS understood to be preparing to wet-lease further Boeing 767s, unless its pilots agree to accept a package of concessions on wages and working practices. The Italian carrier has already leased two 767s, together with crews from Ansett Worldwide Air Services (AWAS) to fly on transatlantic routes. ...
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Regional rivals welcome ATR's alliance with BAe
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON EUROPE'S regional-aircraft manufacturers have given a broad welcome to the alliance between ATR and British Aerospace's Jetstream and Avro operations, but all acknowledge that the real battle for leadership will come when the issue of new-aircraft development arises over the next couple of years. ...
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Agreement will improve BAe's financial fortunes
WITH THE ATR alliance under its belt, British Aerospace believes that it is close to stemming the losses from its regional-aircraft operations, which brought the UK group close to collapse two years ago. The most immediate financial impact from the alliance will come from BAe's decision to close ...
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European duty-time argument is all about safety...
Sir - In response to the letters from R P Holubowicz (Flight International, 11-17 January and 25-31 January), the issue of European flight and duty-time regulation is about safety. European pilots believe that the proposed regulation is unsafe, and is supported by the aero-medical establishment in Europe and the USA. ...