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Power in the Pacific
Could the USA's ability to shape Asia-Pacific security be on the wane? Peter La Franchi/SYDNEY The future dominance of the USA in shaping security in the Asia-Pacific region cannot be taken for granted, the Australian Defence Organisation's most senior strategic planner has warned. How the USA maintains - ...
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Boeing's 777-300 reliability figures are the best for a widebody introduction
Boeing's 777-300 reliability figures are the best for a widebody introduction Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Boeing says its experience with the introduction of the 777-300 has been a case of "no news is good news". Mike Fleming, Boeing's 777 fleet support chief, says: "In terms of performance ...
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To the rescue
Hong Kong and Singapore take contrasting approaches to the search and rescue role Andrzej Jeziorski/HONG KONG and SINGAPORE Hong Kong and Singapore, both major Asian international business centres, are often compared. The cities are responsible for significant portions of airspace and busy sea lanes and each must be able to ...
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The great debate
China's air power strategy, Indonesia's air force development plans and how air wars will be fought this century are on the agenda at the MAPC The commander of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force, Lt Gen Liu Shunyau, will reveal his plans for the future of air power ...
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Bell 427 certification
Bell received US certification for the light twin-turbine Model 427 late last month, clearing the way for delivery of 80 helicopters the company has on order. In the meantime, Bell "is still looking at the 412, trying to decide what to upgrade and modernise", says Bell president John Murphy. Source: ...
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FAA snag sparked Premier revamp
Raytheon Aircraft says a "communication" problem with the US Federal Aviation Administration led to the need to redesign the flight control system on the Premier I business jet. The redesign late in the development programme will delay certification to the end of June (Flight International, 1-7 February). Premier I ...
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Sikorsky picks new avionics suite
Sikorsky has selected Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 equipment as the baseline avionics suite for its new S-92 medium helicopter. Sikorsky selected the avionics after dropping plans to develop a Honeywell-based cockpit. Late last month Canada's Cougar Helicopters signed a letter of intent to be the first launch customer for ...
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EVA deal boosts 777X launch prospects
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Taiwan-based EVA Airways has signed a letter of intent with Boeing for seven 777Xs, helping the programme towards its delayed full launch. EVA had opted for the rival ultra-long-range Airbus A340-500. Although Boeing declines to confirm the deal, EVA's commitment is believed to include four ...
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GAMA predicts healthy growth
US general aviation manufacturers delivered more than 2,500 aircraft last year, almost 14% more than in 1998. Similar or better growth is projected for this year, says the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA). The value of the aircraft shipped by GAMA member companies rose by over 35% last year, ...
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Airbus lines up huge MAS order
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Malaysia Airlines (MAS) is in the final stages of negotiations with Airbus Industrie on an order for up to 80 aircraft, including 18 A340-500/600 widebodies and up to 62 examples of the A320 family. Industry sources say the aircraft types have been agreed ...
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BA and KLM post third-quarter losses
Chris Jasper/LONDON Frits Njio/AMSTERDAM British Airways has announced third quarter results which suggest it is on the way to a big full year loss, although a rise in yields suggests its new premium passenger strategy is paying off. European rival KLM has posted even poorer figures, but unlike BA ...
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Boeing looks for simpler structure
Boeing is to simplify the structure of its Commercial Airplanes Group in an effort to build on last year's improved financial performance. Two of the group's three units - single-aisle and twin-aisle programmes - will be merged, with the Commercial Aviation Services (CAS) unit remaining untouched. The move is ...
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Japan suffers another launch failure
Japan's space programme has suffered another severe blow with the failure of an M-5 rocket launch and the loss of the Astro-E astronomical observation satellite on 10 January. The failure is being attributed to a first-stage nozzle malfunction, and comes three months after the ¥34.3 billion ($320 million) in-flight ...
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WAAS delayed as safety tests run into difficulties
Raytheon and US Federal Aviation Administration officials have held the first of a series of meetings to determine the impact of problems uncovered during acceptance testing of the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS). A 60-day stability test of the key satellite-based navigation system, intended to improve the accuracy, availability ...
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Ecuadorians stop
Ecuadorian carrier SAETA and domestic subsidiary SAN have ceased operations, reports Reed Aerospace on-line service Air Transport Intelligence. SAETA had returned a leased Airbus A320 used for flights to Miami as it sought to restructure, but failed to get US Federal Aviation Administration approval to resume service with a Boeing ...
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Russians attach strings to opening up Polar routes
Paul Lewis/Washington DC The Russian Federation has agreed to a limited opening of the new transpolar and transSiberian routes to scheduled traffic, but is making full and open access conditional upon receiving international assistance to modernise its air traffic management system. At a recent International Civil Aviation Organisation-chaired ...
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Routes
Channel Islands-based Aurigny will launch twice-daily services between Guernsey and Manchester in the UK next month, using a Saab 340. Air France and Italian start-up Gandalf Airlines have signed a codeshare agreement on the Bergamo-Paris route, which Gandalf will operate with its Fairchild 328JETs. The agreement could be expanded to ...
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SAS studies candidates for 70-seat regional jet order
Andrew Doyle/COPENHAGEN SAS expects to launch a competition early next year to select a 70-90-seat regional jet family. The carrier requires around 20 aircraft for use on long thin routes, mainly from Stockholm and Oslo. The Scandinavian carrier, which does not operate regional jets, plans to complete a ...
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Workshop
Britannia Airways has contracted Lufthansa Technik to provide component support for its planned five Boeing 737-800s, the first of which was delivered in mid-January. The contract runs for an initial five years. The new CASA-AISA Maintenance Centre has opened at Madrid Barajas Airport. Operators at the airport, such as Aeronova, ...
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Regional jets steal output lead
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON The booming regional market continued its climb skyward last year, as more airlines made the inevitable move to jets. The regional jet order backlog has increased by almost 50%, putting further pressure on the few turboprops still in production. Last year represented the cross-over point in ...