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Omani Hercules deal
Companies from around the world are competing for a maintenance contract for the Omani air force's Lockheed Martin C-130H Hercules. The bidders include Malaysia's Airod, Hellenic Aerospace Industries of Greece, the UK's Marshall Aerospace, and Singapore Technologies Aerospace (ST Aero). The competition is for a three-year contract involving three aircraft. ...
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South Africa's Denel reveals SAAF's Torgos long-range guided weapon
South African aerospace and defence company Denel has displayed its Torgos long-range stand-off precision guided munition for the first time. The weapon is one of a variety of South African weapons in development by Kentron to equip the South African Air Force's (SAAF) recently ordered Saab/British Aerospace Gripens. Denel's ...
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Ariane 4 notches another success
Arianespace has conducted its 49th consecutive successful launch of an Ariane 4. The Lockheed Martin-built GE-4 communications satellite was launched at only three months' notice by the European launch company on an Ariane 44LP on flight V123 on 13 November. Arianespace, meanwhile, has scheduled the first fully commercial Ariane ...
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Marketplace
DHL Worldwide Express is purchasing two Boeing 757-200 freighters for its European and African networks, from Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services (AWAS) in a deal worth over $60 million. The aircraft, one of which is already leased by DHL for its Dubai/Bahrain-Brussels services, will be delivered in January and March. DHL ...
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Raisbeck LEAPS on 727 slat deployment
Raisbeck Commercial Air Group has won approval for a stand-alone version of its leading edge aerodynamic performance system (LEAPS), which repositions the slats on the Boeing 727. The LEAPS modification shortens the travel of the leading-edge slats by about 60mm and provides performance and noise benefits, says Raisbeck. These ...
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Lessors raise regional jet interest as demand rises
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH The major leasing companies are stepping up talks with Bombardier, Embraer and Fairchild over potential large orders for regional jets as airline demand for 50- to 100-seat aircraft accelerates. Deutsche Bank-owned Boullioun Aviation Services is being tipped by industry sources as a likely front-runner with a ...
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Routes
British Airways is restructuring its Caribbean network from London Gatwick with a redeployment of flights operated under franchise by the paper airline Airline Management (AML) from March. AML services are operated by two-class Boeing 777s, with BA providing pilots and Flying Colours (to be renamed JMC Air) the cabin crew. ...
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Southern Air ready to go after DoT vote
Start-up cargo carrier Southern Air has won US Department of Transportation approval to begin operations, but will have to do so without routes from bankrupt Southern Air Transport (SAT). Services will begin next year. The Columbus, Ohio-based company plans to offer aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance (ACMI) wet-lease services ...
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Tatarstan supports Tu-214 lease scheme
Production of the Tupolev Tu-214 in the Russian republic of Tatarstan is gearing up, following agreements to support production and leasing of the 200-seat twinjet. Meanwhile, local carrier Sibir Airlines is finalising a lease deal for three examples. The Perm and Novosibirsk regions of Tatarstan have signed agreements to ...
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Aviation Sales moves to do deal with Malev's Aeroplex
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Aviation Sales of the USA is discussing a possible tie-up with Malev Hungarian Airlines' Aeroplex maintenance subsidiary, in line with plans to establish a major facility in Europe. The move may threaten a previously announced joint-venture agreement between Aeroplex and Lufthansa Technik (LHT) to overhaul Boeing 737s ...
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Canadian regionals may merge
Brian Dunn/MONTREAL A Toronto-based business group, Regional Airlines Holdings, aims to establish a new national airline by buying and merging the regional carriers of Air Canada and Canadian Airlines. The move would appear viable if the two majors themselves merge. Regional Airlines Holdings wants Ottawa to force Air Canada to ...
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Spain postpones Iberia privatisation
Spanish industry minister Josep Pique has delayed the privatisation of Iberia until the first quarter of next year, at the earliest, in the face of uncertainty in the international financial markets and a fall in the flag carrier's projected year-end profits. SEPI, the institution controlling Madrid's 53.9% stake in ...
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Mergers
Northrop Grumman has agreed to buy Oslo-based Navia Aviation, an instrument landing systems, digital voice switching systems and air traffic control systems supplier, for $35 million from Norway's Navia. The business will report to UK-based Park Air Electronics, a unit of Northrop Grumman's Electronic Sensors and Systems division. Cordant Technologies ...
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CH2000 moves
Aircraft Manufacturing & Development (AM&D), plans to transfer production of Zenair's Zenith CH2000 trainer to its new 2,400m2 (26,000ft2) factory in Eastman, Georgia, by year-end. AM&D manufactures, sells and markets the all-metal CH2000 single in the USA for Canadian kit maker Zenair. According to AM&D president Matheiu Heintz, "the move ...
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Kuwait buys
The Kuwaiti Ministry of the Interior has ordered two Eurocopter EC135 light twin helicopters to equip its air transport department. The manufacturer points out the EC135 is already in service with 16 police forces around the world, and that Kuwait's armed forces already operate Eurocopter aircraft. The EC135 has attracted ...
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Approval for Teledyne FADEC is on target
Teledyne Continental Motors' (TCM) first full authority digital engine control (FADEC) system for piston engines is scheduled for certification by the end of the year. First deliveries of the $4,000 retrofit kits are planned for January. The single-lever FADEC controls ignition and fuel timing, and adjusts the fuel-air mixture ...
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Vulcan delivers Observer to Italian police force
VulcanAir has delivered its first Partenavia P68 Observer 2 to the Italian State Police, around 18 months after the Casoria, Naples-based company acquired fellow Italian company Aerocosmos, former owner of the P68 type certificate. The Observer 2 piston twin, an upgraded version of the standard Observer model, offers a ...
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Maintenance tie-up
Air Zealand and Ansett Australia have formed a maintenance company, merging the carriers' respective Auckland and Melbourne-based facilities. The joint venture, dubbed Ansett Australia and Air New Zealand Engineering, will offer maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services, and is forecast to have an equity value of A$1 billion ($625 million). ...
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Board poised for A3XX decision
The Airbus Industrie supervisory board is to decide whether to authorise managing director Noel Forgeard to begin soliciting airline commitments for the A3XX at an extraordinary meeting planned for 8 December. If the consortium gets the green light, Forgeard will visit key target customers for the ultra-high capacity airliner ...
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Boeing claims 747-X will catch A3XX
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Boeing is claiming that its new stretched 747-400X design is capable of meeting and even beating the direct operating costs of the all-new Airbus A3XX. The startling assertion is based on revised performance estimates for the 747-400X, plus new, independent airline analysis of the latest A3XX proposals. ...