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$4.6 billion USAF engine support deal for GE and P&W
General Electric and Pratt & Whitney have won engine improvement contracts from the US Air Force worth more than $4.6 billion over the next 15 years. The US Defense Department describes the unusual arrangement as an "indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract", and says it reflects increasing USAF awareness that more resources ...
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Forecasts for 2000 - Aerospace
The shape of the industry is changing radically Chris Jasper/LONDON The face of aerospace manufacturing has been transformed over the past few years by rampant merger activity, but in 2000, the industry may at last be prepared to take a breather as companies concentrate on extracting value from the ...
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Forecasts for 2000 - Airlines
Global alliance-forming is nearing its endgame Chris Jasper/LONDON The dominant trend in the airline industry in 1999 was the continuing expansion of global alliances, taking place against a background of varying financial performance: the USA faring well, Asia beginning to recover from its slump, but Europe suffering a ...
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Forecasts for 2000 - Defence
Boeing and Lockheed Martin gird up for JSF fight Stewart Penney/LONDON Assuming funding difficulties do not kill the programme, or at least slow it to a snail's pace, the first flights of Boeing's X-32 and Lockheed Martin's X-35 will be the most significant events of 2000. The pair are ...
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John Taylor dies
Eminent aviation journalist John Taylor has died at the age of 77. He will be best remembered for his editorship of Jane's All the World's Aircraft between 1959 and 1989, when he elevated the yearbook to the status of an industry bible - particularly through his insight into Soviet industry ...
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Commercial launch success for Ariane 5
Tim Furniss/LONDON Arianespace's first Ariane 5 commercial flight placed the European Space Agency's (ESA) X-Ray Multi Mirror (XMM) space telescope into elliptical orbit after launch from Kourou, Guiana, on 10 December. The success of the fourth Ariane 5 flight buoyed commercial hopes for the booster after a chequered ...
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Atlanta becomes all-widebody and sets its sights on 767s
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Air Atlanta Icelandic is phasing out its narrowbodies and Lockheed L-1011 TriStar fleet and focusing on an all-widebody fleet of Boeing 747s and 767s. The Reykjavik, Iceland-based wet-lease specialist recently signed agreements to take five more 747s on lease, bringing its 747 fleet to 11 aircraft. ...
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Euro capacity plans sought for 8.33kHz success
Emma Kelly/LONDON Eurocontrol is urging member states affected by the implementation of 8.33kHz channel-spacing to provide details of their capacity plans for next summer to ensure the success of the programme and alleviate congestion in European airspace. The mandatory carriage of 8.33kHz-compatible airborne radio equipment came into effect above ...
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Routes
Virgin Atlantic has signed a codeshare agreement with Air India that will see the UK airline operating three frequencies a week between London Heathrow and New Delhi from next summer, using Boeing 747s. Virgin will take up Air India's unused frequency rights, and intends to double flights to six a ...
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BAE and EADS battle for Alenia
Andy Nativi/GENOABAE Systems and the European Aeronautic, Defense and Space company (EADS) are battling to recruit Alenia Aeronautica, the biggest element of Finmeccanica's Alenia Aerospazio subsidiary and one major European concern that is not yet tied to a strategic partnership. Discussions have taken place at industry and government level. BAE ...
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Airline investors finalise Iberia shareholding
Investors, including British Airways and American Airlines, have finalised accords for taking stakes in Iberia after agreeing a value for the airline with the Spanish Government, clearing the way for its privatisation. The deal, signed on 15 December, followed several months of negotiations between the core investors and state holding ...
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Japan Airlines sells 20% stake in DHL
Japan Airlines (JAL) has sold a 20% stake in DHL Worldwide Express as it aims to cut its long-term debt by ¥350 billion ($3.5 billion) by March 2002. The move paves the way for DHL to float 23% of its equity via an initial public offering in the next few ...
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BAE Systems and Lockheed Martin head KAI bids
Overseas candidates competing for a possible 30% stake in newly formed Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI) have submitted their bids, with the UK's BAE Systems and US giant Lockheed Martin - in partnership with Aerospatiale Matra - leading the way. The applications to become KAI's foreign direct investor were submitted ...
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737 support
Kellstrom Industries of the USA, France's Euralair Industries and Israel Aircraft Industries have launched a Boeing 737 maintenance joint venture targeted at European operators at Euralair's Paris facility. Source: Flight International
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High spirits
Australian low-cost start-up Spirit Airlines aims to start operations by June on the Melbourne-Sydney-Brisbane triangle with two Boeing 737-400s and plans to add Perth, Darwin, Townsville and Cairns services later. Source: Flight International
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EHUD success
Israel's BVR Systems has won a $43 million contract to supply its EHUD rangeless air combat manoeuvring instrumentation system to the South Korean air force. The deal includes pods and ground debriefing systems. EHUD is based around a differential global positioning system to give accurate aircraft positioning data. Source: Flight ...
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Call for GA statistics
General aviation (GA) has lost a useful tool for measuring safety performance and industry activity since the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) stopped publishing GA statistics in 1998, says the International Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (IAOPA). ICAO says most of its 185 member states do not file reliable GA ...
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PC-12 enforcement
The US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has taken delivery of a Pilatus PC-12 just two months after placing a contract for the 10-passenger single-turboprop utility aircraft. Pilatus expects the DEA to order more PC-12s to replace some of its 20 turboprops. Source: Flight International
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Biggin development
London's Biggin Hill Airport plans to develop its passenger terminal into a dedicated business and private aviation centre if it gets approval to develop a new £15 million ($24 million) terminal. The airport has a VIP terminal for executive aircraft, with a pilots' lounge, VIP lounge and conference and meeting ...
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Noisy module
The noise level on the Russian service module Zvezda, which will be launched next year, is reportedly going to be 74-16dB above the limit established by NASA and 1.5dB above the noise level of the Russian Zarya control module. Source: Flight International