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Fairchild considers new stretch of 928JET
Fairchild Aerospace is considering a stretch of the 928JET as its next addition to the 728JET family, rather than a smaller 55-65-seat version. It won about one-third of new regional-jet business last year, putting the company on a par with rivals Bombardier and Embraer. The proposed 1128JET would extend ...
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Ilyushin and MAPO to offer new regional
Ilyushin and MAPO MiG are to offer a new utility aircraft to Russia's airlines to replace the ageing Antonov An-2 biplane, which has been in service for more than 50 years. The Il-100 is a high winged, twin turboprop, designed to carry up to 1,500kg (3,300lb) of freight over ...
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P&W abandons work on PW4173 engine
Pratt & Whitney is understood to be suspending development of the growth PW4173 engine and is no longer offering the powerplant to airlines as an option to power the Airbus A330-300 after encountering technical delays and poor market demand. The engine is a 73,000lb-thrust (325kN) growth development of the ...
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American eyes aircraft for Asia
American Airlines is looking at its aircraft acquisition options to extend the range of its fleet to open planned new non-stop routes from Chicago and Dallas/Fort Worth to Asia. The US carrier has applied to the US Department of Transport to operate to Beijing and Shanghai under a revised ...
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Airbus slips delivery plan for A3XX
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Airbus Industrie is targeting October 2005 for first production delivery of the A3XX-100 if it can muster sufficient market support by mid-year for the consortium's supervisory board to commit to a simultaneous launch offer of passenger and cargo variants of the ultra-large aircraft. The October ...
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Air France/Delta to raid rival groups
Emma Kelly/PARIS and ATLANTA Air France and Delta Air Lines are identifying members of competing alliances to join their unnamed airline grouping, which they aim to unveil in the second quarter. The partners are tight-lipped on potential alliance members following disappointment over their public courting of British Midland ...
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Australia to benefit first as USA offers to change policy
Peter La Franchi/SYDNEY The USA is offering to lift restrictions on technology release to Australia as part of a Department of Defense (DoD) push to establish closer interoperability arrangements with key allies. The move comes at a time when a series of sales have been held up due to ...
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RNZAF faces weapons stocks and readiness headaches
Peter La Franchi/CANBERRA The New Zealand Ministry of Defence has warned the newly elected Labour/Alliance coalition government that the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) is in danger of failing to meet combat readiness targets. A shortfall in weapons stocks and reliability problems with the Douglas A-4 Skyhawk are the ...
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JSF EW selection
BAE Systems is to join the Litton/Lockheed Martin Sanders electronic warfare (EW)/countermeasures team for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) programme. BAE will support the engineering and manufacturing development phase of the EW programme. Source: Flight International
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F-22 bases
The US Air Force says Langley AFB, Virginia, is the preferred location for the first Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 Raptor operational wing. Alternatives include Eglin and Tyndall in Florida, Elmendorf, Alaska, and Mountain Home, Idaho. Langley is headquarters to Air Combat Command. Source: Flight International
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USA defends missile protection system
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Senior US defence officials have been questioned by their UK and Chinese counterparts on deployment of the National Missile Defense (NMD) system designed to offer US cities limited protection against ballistic missiles launched by "rogue states". US President Bill Clinton is to decide this year ...
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Poland leans towards used F-16s
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Poland is preparing to issue a formal tender for its 60-fighter requirement amid strong indications that the government favours an offer of used Lockheed Martin F-16s from the USA. Industry sources say Poland's finance ministry has informally agreed to allocate $1.5 billion for the purchase. The ...
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US Navy SLAM-ER scores direct hit
The US Navy has launched a Boeing Standoff Land Attack Missile-Expanded Response (SLAM-ER) with a live warhead at a decommissioned cruiser to validate missile guidance and warhead effectiveness against a warship. The SLAM-ER live-fire mission - conducted from a Boeing F/A-18 Hornet- will also help naval warship designers increase survivability ...
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Gripen-dispersed operations
The Swedish air force has for many years pursued a policy of dispersing operational flying from its main military airfields on to pre-prepared sections of highway. Each fighter base has a cluster of smaller airfields in the surrounding road network. Roads, however, will never be as long or wide as ...
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Interstate skyways
The USA wants to create a third tier of air transport using personal aircraft linking thousands of small airports Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Unveiled this week, US President Bill Clinton's 2001 budget includes the seed of a science fiction dream - that one day automated air taxis will whisk us from ...
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Iran ground collision follows Alaska and Kenya accidents
David Learmount/LONDON Kenya Airways, Alaska Airlines and Iran Air suffered accidents at the end of January, resulting in the deaths of more than 250 people. On 31 January at Tehran Airport, Iran, an empty Iran Air Airbus A300B2 under tow collided with an Iranian air force Lockheed Martin ...
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Kenya Airways takes first step towards all-Boeing fleet
Kenya Airways has finalised its long-term fleet renewal plans with a $750 million five-year programme that will see the airline move to an all-Boeing fleet. The decision to acquire a mix of Boeing 737-700s and 767-300ERs was taken two days before the loss of one of its four Airbus ...
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FAA issues MD-11 inspection ADs
The US Federal Aviation Administration is proposing to issue eight additional airworthiness directives (ADs) calling on the inspection of Boeing MD-11 electrical system wiring. The move follows the 1998 crash of a Swissair MD-11 near Halifax, Nova Scotia. An electrical fire is suspected. The FAA says that the ADs ...
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Marketplace
Air Alps Aviation of Innsbruck, Austria, has acquired an ex-PB Air Dornier 328-110 turboprop, in a deal arranged by Aircraft Leasing & Management. The deal boosts Air Alps' (which operates as KLM Alps) fleet of 328s to four. Safair of South Africa has placed two Boeing MD-82s with French carrier ...
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Routes
Swissair is withdrawing its six-times weekly scheduled service between Basle and New York Newark from 26 March, citing poor demand with an average load factor of less than 60%. The flights, operated using an Airbus A310 and codeshared with the Swiss flag carrier's regional subsidiary Crossair, were introduced a year ...