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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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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 ...
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Sabena boss seeks more work for less pay
Herman de Wulf/BRUSSELS A SCHEME UNVEILED by Sabena president Pierre Godfroid to get employees to work longer hours for less pay, to improve productivity, has met with an instant response. Cabin crew and pilots have announced they are going on strike on 20 October. Godfroid believes ...
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UPS receives first 767 Freighter
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE (UPS) TOOK delivery of its first Boeing 767-300 Freighter, powered by General Electric CF6-80C2s, on 12 October. Atlanta-based UPS became the first customer for the 767 Freighter in January 1993 when it placed orders and options for 60. The aircraft is capable of carrying a 60t maximum ...
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Boeing managers asked to finalise assembly
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES WITH NO END in sight to the strike at Boeing, managers are being drafted in to help complete work on aircraft due for delivery before the industrial action began on 5 October. Some 34,000 members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace ...
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India approves Lufthansa cargo joint venture
The Indian Government has agreed to a proposal from UK-based banking and finance specialist the Hinduja Group to found a new Indian-based cargo airline with German flag carrier Lufthansa. The new joint venture, provisionally called Lufthansa India, will be managed by Ashok Leyland, a Madras-based subsidiary of Hinduja. ...
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MDC turns down offers for helicopter division
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) has turned down at least two new bids for its helicopter business, despite it being unhappy at the management of the civil side of the company, according to Herbert Lanese, deputy president of McDonnell Douglas Aerospace. "We definitely could have ...
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Air China may order Boeing 777 and 747s
BOEING HAS high hopes that the forthcoming visit of Chinese President Jiang Zemin to the USA will clear the way for an Air China order for new 747-400 and 777s. Air China is understood to be ready to order ten Boeing 777s and five 747-400s. The 777s are ...
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Alitalia fails to reach break-even
Kevin O'Toole and Allan Winn/LONDON ALITALIA HAS admitted that it will fail to reach the promised break-even point this year, largely because of the industrial action from the pilots' union which has cost the airline L80 billion ($49 million) in cancelled flights. The Italian carrier has ...
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Snecma rejects idea of selling stake to GE
Gilbert Sedbon/PARIS SNECMA CHAIRMAN Bernard Dufour has dismissed the idea of General Electric taking a stake in the French group, if and when it comes up for privatisation. Previous comments from Snecma, under Dufour's predecessor Gerard Renon, had suggested that the group was open to ...
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Additional ATR 72s
British Airways Express franchise operator CityFlyer Express has ordered two additional ATR 72-200s. The first will be delivered in November, and the second in February 1996. The order brings CityFlyer's ATR fleet to four ATR 72s and six ATR 42. Source: Flight International
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DC-10 misses Frankfurt runway - by 300km
Herman de Wulf/BRUSSELS David Learmount/LONDON A NORTHWEST AIRLINES McDonnell Douglas DC-10-40 carrying 241 passengers from Detroit to Frankfurt missed its intended destination by 300km (160nm), landing at Brussels Airport by mistake on 5 September. The pilots of Flight 52 only realised their error when they ...
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USAir Express launches Magellan GPS/ACARS
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA USAIR EXPRESS HAS become the launch customer for Magellan Systems' CNS-12 communication/navigation/surveillance system. USAir has ordered systems to equip around 100 de Havilland Dash 8s and Dornier 328s operated by subsidiaries Allegheny, Jetstream International and Piedmont Airlines. Magellan says that it plans to ...
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Honeywell lands Moscow GPS order
HONEYWELL IS TO install a satellite-based landing-system at Moscow's Zhukovsky airfield for use by Russia's Department of Air Transportation to establish certification and operational procedures for precision approaches using the global-positioning system (GPS) and its Russian equivalent, GLONASS. The US company will supply its SLS-2000 differential-GPS (DGPS) ground ...
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Ayres considers Dual Pac power for new types
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES FRED AYRES, developer of the Ayres Turbo Thrush agricultural aircraft, is designing a series of new types - ranging from a fire fighting tanker to a utility freighter - using the Soloy Dual Pac with two Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6As as the power plant. ...
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Anglo-Tunisian venture to develop cargo trade
Gunter Endres/LONDON THE ANGLO-TUNISIAN all-cargo airline, North African Airlines (NAA), has received the first scheduled air-cargo licence in Tunisia. In partnership with the Tunisian Government, which has granted the airline important fiscal advantages, including waiving corporation tax for ten years, it has been charged with the ...
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Frontier lease
Frontier Airlines, the new Denver-based low-fare US entrant, is to lease two Boeing 737-300s from GE Capital Aviation Services. Frontier recently closed a public offering, which yielded sufficient financing to lease up to four Boeing 737-300s. The aircraft, which will go into service in November will join Frontier's present fleet ...