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SIA Overrun
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has replaced the nose landing gear of one of its Airbus A310-300s after a runway overrun at Kuching International Airport in Malaysia on 29 January. The aircraft landed in heavy rain, coming to a stop on soft ground about 20m (65ft) past the end of the runway. ...
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Start-up SolAir signs for 328/728JETs
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Italian start-up SolAir has become the second announced airline customer for the Fairchild Aerospace 728JET, with a letter of intent for two aircraft, plus two 34-seat 328JETs. The Naples-based carrier plans to begin operations with the two 328JETs from next January, serving Barcelona, Paris, Tirana and ...
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Taiwan and Philippines resume links
Air links between Taiwan and the Philippines are to resume, following the signing of an agreement on 28 January. It ends a bitter dispute that grounded scheduled flights for four months. China Airlines (CAL) will resume a full 24 flights a week service on 16 February, while EVA Air ...
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Virgin picks Brisbane as new airline HQ
Brisbane has been selected over Melbourne for low-cost start-up Virgin Australia's A$200 million ($133 million) operational, reservations and administrative headquarters. Virgin chairman Richard Branson says Melbourne lost because of a dispute over terminal space and the design and costs of a proposed A$7 million common-user terminal, which would be ...
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Boeing seeks NASA input as it unveils anti-vortex system
Guy Norris/SEATTLE Boeing is pressing NASA to join it in a research effort to flight test the company's newly patented anti-wake vortex system, which it claims could increase runway capacity by up to 20%. Revealing details of the invention for the first time, Boeing aerodynamics engineering chief Robert Kelley-Wickemeyer ...
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Payment suspension
Canadian Airlines suspended C$135 million ($92 million) in payments to creditors on 2 February, the same day that new owner Air Canada reported operating profits of C$503 million for the year ended 31 December, against C$359 million in 1998. Creditors are owed close to C$3.5 billion. Source: Flight International
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Turkish Bribes arrest
General manager of the Turkish Civil Aviation Authority Sermet Unel has been arrested on a charge of taking bribes from airlines. He was video recorded by police apparently receiving money from Turkish airline Air Rose, which had warned the authorities in advance of Unel's alleged $50,000 demand, according to Reed ...
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Civilian T-43 ops
The US Air Force has contracted to EG&G Technical Services responsibility for flying the 10 Boeing T-43s (737-200s) of its 562nd Flying Training Squadron. The seven-year contract will save $1 million. Source: Flight International
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CVN77 integrator
Newport News Shipbuilding has selected Lockheed Martin Naval Electronics &Surveillance Systems as warfare systems integrator for CVN77, the US Navy's next aircraft carrier. CVN77 is due to enter fleet service in 2008. Source: Flight International
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Cessna inspection
Operators of Cessna 300/400-series turbocharged twins must visually inspect exhaust systems every 50h, conduct a pressure check every 100h and perform other inspections under an airworthiness directive issued by the US Federal Aviation Administration. Source: Flight International
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Helicopter training
Helicopter Adventures of the USA has signed a training agreement with the Hellenic Police Department of Greece. Training of eight police officers on specialised infrared equipment will span three months, starting in March. The Hellenic Police force operates three Eurocopter BO105s and plans to add two new generation EC135s this ...
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NEAR near
NASA's Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous NEAR spacecraft is approaching the asteroid Eros for the second time. The first rendezvous attempt was thwarted by a spacecraft fault in December 1998. It is hoped that the NEAR will be in orbit around Eros on 14 February. The craft is sending back images ...
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Uzbekistan plan
Uzbekistan plans to launch a 700-800kg (1,540-1,760lb)-class communications satellite into geostationary orbit. It will provide services to the state and to the rest of Asia. A satellite builder has not been designated. Israeli, Russian and US companies are in contention for the contract. Source: Flight International
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Cassini tested
Many of the science instruments aboard the Cassini spacecraft en route to Saturn in 2004 have been calibrated and tested during a 1.5 million kilometres flyby of the asteroid Masrusky. Cassini was launched in October 1997 aboard a Titan 4B en route to Saturn via flybys of Venus and the ...
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Future developments
Although the Gripen has been in service for only a short time, development of the aircraft and its operational systems continues. As well as wishing to keep it abreast of the latest technology improvements, there are two other drivers. The first is to make the Gripen and its equipment NATO-compatible; ...
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SSTL wins RapidEye
RapidEye of Germany has signed the UK's Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) as prime contractor and spacecraft platform supplier for the $100 million RapidEye constellation of four Earth observation minisatellites for launch in 2002. RapidEye is a satellite-based geographical information service firm aiming primarily at the agricultural and cartographic sectors. Source: ...
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In the hot seat
Flight International's test pilot is the only person to have flown all three of Europe's fourth-generation fighters, the Eurofighter, Dassault Rafale and now, the Saab Gripen Chris Yeo/Linköping The problems confronting a fighter design team are broadly the same, whatever their nationality. The best solutions to maximise aerodynamic performance while ...
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A new commission
Six months ago a new team of Commissioners took over in Brussels, and against many expectations there appear to be signs of change for the better. Not least, the transport directorate and industry are finding common cause. It may be perilously early to say so, but the reorganised European ...
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Virgin deal raises doubts over SIA's role within Star
DAVID KNIBB SEATTLE Sir Richard Branson, newly knighted in the UK's millennial honours list, calls the deal between his Virgin Atlantic group and Singapore Airlines (SIA) a "marriage made in heaven", but Star alliance members in Australasia are having heartburn over its implications. The codeshare access that SIA gains ...
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US-UK mini deal threatens to sideline cargo
PETER CONWAY LONDON The latest in the seemingly unending round of open skies talks between the USA and UK in Washington on 4-5 January failed to produce the widely predicted "mini deal" over access to London Heathrow. But most observers still expect some kind of interim compromise to emerge when ...