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More modules at LFT
Lufthansa Flight Training (LFT) is to provide more specialist training modules for Airbus crew training. These include extended range twin engine operations, Category III precision approaches, precision approaches with global positioning system satellite navigation and line oriented flight training and crew resource management. Source: Flight International
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New JetClub UK company
A new UK-based business aircraft management and charter company has been set up by International JetClub. The Farnborough, Hampshire-based firm, an affiliate of Switzerland's JetClub Zurich, says it manages a combined fleet of five aircraft. Source: Flight International
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Green completion
Midcoast Aviation has completed its first "green" Challenger 604 business jet under contract to Bombardier. The St Louis-based Sabreliner subsidiary is completing several aircraft for Bombardier because the manufacturer's completion facilities are full. Midcoast says it delivered the aircraft ahead of schedule. Source: Flight International
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Solar bug
Confirming earlier warnings that solar storms next year could be a worse problem for the space industry than the year 2000 bug, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says there could next year be electrical power outages, satellites going off course and cellular phone and pager disruptions as the ...
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Schedule change
Communications satellite operator PanAmSat has amended the launch schedule for its next five satellites. This follows satellite manufacturing delays, launch failures and in-orbit satellite malfunctions. There will be no launches this year, six are scheduled for next year and one in 2001, the US firm says. PanAmSat's Galaxy XI moves ...
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Chinese mission
Li Jianzhong, director of the Chinese Academy of Launch-Vehicle Technology, says that a manned launch is "under preparation". He indicates that it will follow not far behind an unmanned test flight of a new recoverable spacecraft, believed to be scheduled for 1 October. The launch will be made by an ...
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Heading West
Ukraine is trying to win over Western Europe with an improved An-70 Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Scheduled to appear at Paris, the Antonov An-70 is competing for the European common medium transport aircraft requirement, for which it is now known as the An-7X. The German Government tasked DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (Dasa) with ...
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ANA embarks on recovery plan with focus on business routes
Andrzej Jeziorski/TOKYO Japan's second biggest airline, All Nippon Airways (ANA), is launching a low-cost carrier, deferring aircraft orders and slashing its workforce by 10% after suffering its first operating loss since 1982. The new, unnamed, low-cost carrier will be established next year, and will focus on international operations from Osaka-Kansai ...
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Common currency
Europe's JAA is about to be replaced by a new European Aviation Safety Authority David Learmount/LONDON Imagine if an aircraft built in one European Union country had to go through separate certification tests in each EU nation. The result could be a different marque of aircraft for each country, dramatically ...
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Main chance
The expected exit of the US Air Force from Frankfurt opens options for the airport Ed Reavis/FRANKFURT State and local officials in Germany say they expect the US Air Force to vacate some of the world's prime airport territory within the next three to five years, opening a ...
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From Zeppelins to the Balkans
Rhein-Main AB was opened on 8 July, 1936, mainly for use as a port for zeppelins. During the Second World War, Rhein-Main was used to launch German air attacks on France and other points. A branch of the Auschwitz concentration camp was erected on the southern end of the base, ...
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Family power
IAE has come of age thanks to the growing success of its V2500 on the Airbus A320 family of aircraft Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Business is booming for International Aero Engines (IAE), which last month celebrated the 10th anniversary of entry into commercial service of the V2500. "It's an important milestone ...
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CAE to supply weapons trainer for USAF crews
CAE Electronics is to supply an eighth Lockheed C-5B weapon system trainer to FlightSafety Services, for training US Air Force crews. The contract is worth C$26.5 million ($18 million). The Level C-standard simulator will be delivered in early 2001. CAE supplied all seven C-5B trainers in service. FlightSafety ...
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Low-cost work
Wicat Systems, with Faros, Airbus and Aerospatiale, has introduced a maintenance training device (MTD), which is being offered as a low-cost alternative to simulators used for Airbus A320 cockpit-based maintenance procedures training. Derived from Wicat's flight management system trainers, the MTD uses full-flight simulator software. Source: Flight International
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EC rebuff forces KLM to drop bid for total Martinair control
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has dropped plans to acquire the 50% holding in Dutch operator Martinair that it does not already own. The news comes after KLM failed to reach agreement with the European Commission (EC) over the conditions required to let the deal go ahead. In the face ...
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Bombardier loses Canadair Regional Jet partner
Bombardier has lost one of its key risk-sharing partners on the Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) Series 700 programme, although the company concerned will continue as a subcontractor. Vancouver-based Avcorp Industries says increased non-recurring costs on its contract to design and develop the horizontal and vertical stabilisers for the stretched ...
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Precision Castpartsleaves Scaled Composites on tenterhooks
Precision Castparts (PCC) says that it has yet to decide whether to keep Wyman-Gordon's Scaled Composites subsidiary once its acquisition of the forgings specialist is complete. Senior PCC executives visited the Burt Rutan-run prototyping operation at the end of May. PCC, which produces structural and airfoil castings for gas ...
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Poland and Bulgaria prepare to privatise national carriers
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Plans by Poland and Bulgaria to sell off major stakes in their state-owned flag carriers are gathering pace. A strategic partner is being sought for LOT Polish Airlines, while Balkan Bulgarian Airlines is set to get a new majority shareholder. The Polish Government is preparing to ...
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Vnukovo acts to stem losses
Vnukovo Airlines, Russia's second-largest airline in terms of passenger numbers, has changed its general director and several of its senior management following several years of heavy losses. The new general director is Vladimir Roubtsov. He was a senior official in the Soviet Ministry of Civil Aviation and was with ...
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Routes
The USA has signed an open-skies agreement with the Gulf state of Bahrain and hopes to extend the agreement to the other three states that have shareholdings in Gulf Air. Discussions have begun with Oman, while an outline agreement was reached with the United Arab Emirates in April. There have ...