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MESAR moves
BAE Systems has moved its Multifunction Electronically Scanned Adaptive Radar (MESAR) 2 technology demonstrator from the Isle of Wight, UK, to the Benbecula range in the Hebrides islands, Scotland. MESAR2 will be used for trials against simulated ballistic missile threats, massed aircraft and in high jamming environments. Source: Flight International
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Bond EC135s
Bond Air Services has ordered five Eurocopter EC135 helicopters from UK distributor and completion centre McAlpine Helicopters. The instrument flight rules-equipped aircraft will be delivered over the next 12 months. Source: Flight International
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Joint orbits
Eutelsat and Loral Skynet will co-operate in pursuit of business opportunities "without risk of mutual interference" in the geostationary orbit arc between 12.5°W and 15°W. Source: Flight International
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Commercial ATV
The European Space Agency is studying modification and commercialisation of the Ariane 5-launched Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) for the International Space Station. Changes include making it a reusable tug and launch on a new reusable vehicle like the proposed Lockheed Martin VentureStar. Source: Flight International
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First 757-300 for Israel's Arkia poised to enter service.
Boeing is preparing to deliver the first 757-300 to the new model's second operator, Israeli charter airline Arkia. The stretched twinjet will enter service with the charter carrier next month, and will be used to expand its network and enable it to offer more international charter flights. Launch customer Condor ...
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Disaster Ditching
An Avisto Shorts 360-300 ditched in the sea on approach to Marsa el Brega, northern Libya, on 13 January. Loss of power in both engines had been reported by the Captain. As Flight International went to press, there were 19 survivors among the 41 people on board. The aircraft was ...
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Proteus grows with Flandre Air purchase
Proteus Airlines has completed its purchase of Flandre Air, creating one of France's largest independent airlines. The deal, revealed last October, makes Saint Etienne-based Proteus the 100% owner of family-owned Flandre Air, which has its headquarters at Lille, northern France. Twenty-three-year-old Flandre Air operates nine Embraer EMB-120 Brasilias ...
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AmTran examines 727 replacements
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC American Trans Air (AmTran) has purchased nine Saab 340Bs from American Eagle to re-equip its subsidiary feeder Chicago Express in the run-up to a larger decision on acquiring between 30 and 34 new narrowbody jets to replace its fleet of Boeing 727s. Chicago Express has ...
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Boeing studies 747 and 777 increases
Boeing is studying an increase in the production rate of its 747 because of buoyant freighter sales. There are strong signs of renewed sales to Asian airlines, which are recovering quickly from the recent depression in the region. The rate for the 777 is also expected to rise for similar ...
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Customs waiver clears Aeroflot 767-300ER lease deal
The Russian government has issued an official order to enable Aeroflot Russian International Airlines to avoid paying customs tariffs for the four leased Boeing 767-300ERs that it has been seeking to operate. The temporary waiver has been issued for seven years and applies to four 767s the airline is leasing ...
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First 757-300 for Israel's Arkia poised to enter service
Boeing is preparing to deliver the first 757-300 to the new model's second operator, Israeli charter airline Arkia. The stretched twinjet will enter service with the carrier next month, and will be used to expand its network and enable it to offer more international charter flights. Launch customer Condor introduced ...
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Report into Britannia 757 crash poses questions
A fast, high sink-rate, nosewheel-first touchdown in a storm started a sequence which led a Britannia Airways Boeing 757 to swerve off a runway at Girona, Spain, and break up, says the UK Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB). There were two serious injuries in the crash last September. After ...
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Damaged Crossair recorders go to Canada for analysis
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH The damaged flight data and cockpit voice recorders recovered from the wreckage of the Crossair Saab 340B which crashed shortly after take-off from Zurich on 10 January have been dispatched to the Transport Safety Board of Canada (TSB) for analysis. All 10 passengers and crew were ...
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Internet funds speed Delta retirements
Proceeds from the sale of stock in Internet ticket-auction company priceline.com will enable Delta Air Lines to accelerate the retirement of its Boeing MD-11s and MD-90s. The $711 million raised by selling some of Delta's stake in priceline.com will also allow the airline to repurchase up to $500 million of ...
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Impulse moves to lease Bavaria 717s
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Paul Phelan/CAIRNS Impulse Airlines is close to reaching a deal with Bavaria Leasing to take delivery of a pair of Boeing 717-200s as part of the Australian carrier's plans to launch interstate jet services. The Newcastle, New South Wales-based airline is expected to announce within the ...
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JAL boosts use of low-cost subsidiaries
Japan Airlines (JAL) plans to increase the use of its low-cost subsidiaries in the next fiscal year, which starts on 1 April, to deal with "the changing business environment more flexibly and rapidly". JAL says it will transfer four more Boeing 737-400s to domestic subsidiary JAL Express (JEX) up ...
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Raytheon delivers
Raytheon has delivered a Lockheed Martin P-3C partial aircrew co-ordination trainer to the US Navy, to train crews involved in anti-surface warfare operations. Under the Anti-Surface Warfare Improvement Programme, P-3s are being upgraded. Source: Flight International
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USMC tests MV-22
US Marine Corps pilots have flown a Bell Boeing MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor full-flight simulator developed by FlightSafety International. The flights took place ahead of an operational evaluation programme set for July at MCAS New River, North Carolina. The simulator features FlightSafety's improved ChromaView Plus visual system integrated with a SEOS ...
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Last year 'difficult' for Ariane despite launch successes
Julian Moxon/PARIS Arianespace had a "difficult year" in 1999, despite launching 80% of available satellites and succeeding with a "perfect" first commercial launch of the Ariane 5, says director-general Jean-Marie Luton. While it won 12 of the 14 contracts put out for tender, the achievement is "unrepresentative", says Luton, ...