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US Airways increases Airbus order
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC US Airways has confirmed orders for another 26 Airbus Industrie A320s and an additional three A330s as the carrier continues to expand its domestic and international services. The latest aircraft order tally released by Airbus shows unannounced orders for 26 CFM56-5-powered A320s and three Pratt & Whitney ...
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Lease approval
The Civil Aviation Administration of China has approved Cathay Pacific Airways' planned two-year lease of three Air China Airbus A340-300s. Cathay has signed the lease, with an announcement confirming the deal expected imminently. The aircraft are Air China's only three A340s, and will join Cathay's 11-strong fleet. The Hong Kong ...
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Israir schedule
Israir, the private Israeli charter airline, plans to become a scheduled carrier and has applied for the necessary permits. Israir operates two Boeing 737-700s for charter flights to Middle East and European destinations. It recently signed a co-operation agreement with national carrier El Al on charters. Source: Flight International
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Robinson landmark
Robinson Helicopters has delivered its 3,000th R22 single-engined, two-seat helicopter. Torrence, California-based Robinson delivered 129 new aircraft in the first half of the year - 73 four-seat R44s and 56 R22s. Source: Flight International
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Crisp performance
Smiths Industries of the UK has reported a 14% rise in aerospace sales to £529 million ($875 million) for the year ended 31 July, with aerospace profits up by 28% to £99 million - the third successive year of near-30% profit growth. The company says the improvement "largely resulted from ...
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Indian plan
India plans to launch its first geostationary satellite launch vehicle (GSLV) in January. The rocket will use a Russian cryogenic upper stage, but an Indian-developed cryogenic stage could be used as early as the second or third flight. India's first launch of its GSLV next year will place a test ...
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Shuttle contract
United Space Alliance (USA), the Boeing-Lockheed Martin company which operates the Space Shuttle for NASA, has been given responsibility for the assembly, test and refurbishment of the solid rocket boosters in an effort to consolidate Shuttle programme operations. The work had previously been conducted by USBI. USA is completing its ...
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Garuda arrival
The Lockheed Martin-built Garuda 1 Asia regional mobile telecommunications satellite, to be operated by Asia Cellular Satellite International, has arrived at the Baikonur Cosmodrome for its International Launch Services Proton launch later this year. Source: Flight International
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Intelsat deadline
Intelsat has announced that its target date for completing privatisation is April 2001. It intends to conduct an initial public offering a year later. Source: Flight International
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Payload increase
To meet the demand for the next generation of digital broadcasting and interactive services, Eutelsat will add four Ka-band transponders and seven Skyplex payloads to the 26 Ku-band transponders on its Hot Bird TM6. The TM6 will join the Hot Bird TM at 13°E in geostationary orbit in late 2001. ...
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Spysat agreement
Japan and the USA have reached a basic agreement on the provision of parts and technology by the USA for the development of four reconnaissance satellites which Japan plans to launch in 2002. The satellites will carry optical instruments and radars. A control centre and up to three tracking stations ...
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Pizza Proton
The Pizza Hut company will place a 10m (30ft)-wide logo on the side of the Proton booster that will launch the Zvezda module to the International Space Station (ISS), providing the Russian space programme with much needed funds. The Russian Space Agency, which has sold experiment time on its segment ...
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The cockpit
The L-159A's primary flight instrument and weapon aiming system is a Flight Visions FV-3000 head-up display (HUD). The 25° field of view HUD computer controls the integrated operation of navigation and fire control functions. Either side of and below the HUD are two AlliedSignal colour liquid crystal display multifunction displays ...
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Business first
Booming Western economies and increased prosperity has brought a leap in sales of business turbine aircraft Kate Sarsfield/LONDONThe world's business turbine fleet, notably in North America and Europe, has swelled to record levels during the past 12 months. Several factors have contributed to this, not least the burgeoning economies ...
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A league of its own
Raytheon Aircraft believes the Premier I sets a new standard for comfort and performance in entry-level business jets Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DCBusiness aviation is famously conservative, and buyers of Beech-branded products notoriously so. Not surprisingly, Raytheon's 1995 announcement that it was developing a composite-fuselage business aircraft was greeted with cries of ...
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Fractional surgery
Can the fractional ownership industry head off moves by traditionalists to impose stricter rules on its operation? Kate Sarsfield/LONDONThese are anxious times for the US fractional ownership community. Flourishing aircraft manufacturers and suppliers herald it as the saviour of the business aircraft industry, yet it has attracted the wrath of ...
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Millennium fever
Visitors to the NBAA's last convention of the millennium will see its biggest show yet and industry optimism to match Kate Sarsfield/LONDON The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) celebrates its final convention of the century (12-14 October) amid a climate of growing optimism. As business aircraft sales continue to escalate, ...
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Mitsubishi wins full MH2000 certification
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' (MHI) MH2000 twin-turboshaft helicopter was granted full type certification by the Japanese Ministry of Transport's Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB) on 24 September. Deliveries of the country's first indigenously produced helicopter have begun. The certificate upgrades the 650kW (875hp) Mitsubishi MG5-110 twin turboshaft-powered MH2000 from the limitations ...
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US company snaps up Zlin manufacturer
A majority interest in Czech manufacturer Moravan, producer of the Zlin aerobatic, agricultural and training aircraft, has been sold to US company SDC International. SDC has agreed to pay $16 million for 55% of Ostrokovice-based Moravan as the first step in its strategy to acquire manufacturers of industrial and ...