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Two years old and still growing
Nicolas Ionides SYDNEY Star Alliances has added two new partner airlines, but as it met to celebrate its second birthday, it is still in search of its full identity. Seated side by side at an informal press briefing in a Sydney hotel, Jürgen Weber and Gerald Greenwald admit ...
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Counting the costs of war
Peter Bennett VIENNA NATO's Yugoslav bombing campaign is taking its toll on central European air services Europe's airlines are counting the costs of the Kosovo conflict as the effects of cancelled routes, extra flying time and a drop in transit passenger numbers kick in. Austrian Airlines says in ...
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Skymark retreats on price
David Knibb BRISBANE Japan's newest airline has upset its bigger rivals with its policy of fare discounts, but after eight months has bowed to pressure and is to raise ticket prices For eight months Skymark Airlines, Japan's first new airline in 35 years, kept the domestic market in turmoil ...
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Opening Arab skies
Tom Gill JEDDAH Unity among Arab airlines is being tested over proposals for a single aviation market in the region as they struggle against a weak economic background. With the Middle East peace dividend yet to materialise, weak oil prices , a continuing UN economic embargo on Iraq and ...
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Towards unsettled skies
The economic crisis in Latin America is making the region's carriers focus on capitalisation and potential consolidation. Report from the annual meeting of airline chief executives in Miami. Latin American carriers, shaken by liberalisation, open skies agreements and the continuing encroachment of US airlines into their territories, must come to ...
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Boeing's small adventure
The 717 appears well suited to high frequency, short haul operations Michael Gerzanics/LONG BEACHBoeing's 717 is poised to be the newest aircraft to enter the much anticipated 100-seat airliner market. With joint US and European certification due in September, Boeing hopes to capture the lion's share of a projected 2,600-aircraft ...
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War on the ground
Maintaining the aircraft taking part in air attacks against Yugoslavia is a battle in itself DeeDee Doke/LONDON As NATO's air campaign over Yugoslavia approaches its tenth week, the US Air Force is battling behind the lines with a multi-headed foe: maintenance. "Flying hours have surged by over four ...
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Brazil's new teeth
With the roll-out of the Embraer EMB-145SA and ALX on 28 May, the Brazilian air force is preparing to add two long-awaited aircraft to its fleet Jackson Flores jr/SAO JOSE DOS CAMPOS The addition of the EMB-145 surveillance platform and the ALX light strike aircraft will give the Brazilian air ...
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As good as it gets?
General aviation safety may not get much better without help David Learmount/LONDON General aviation safety is either improving slowly or has reached a point where further significant improvement is unlikely, say the national agencies which track GA safety with any accuracy. The 1998 corporate aviation accidents list shows 70 accidents, ...
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H-2A second stage engine set to power Japan's MT-SAT
Andrzej Jeziorski/PARIS Rocket System (RSC) of Japan will confirm the performance of the second-stage engine of its modified H-2A launch vehicle in an H-2 flight scheduled for the third quarter of this year. According to RSC executive vice-president Hiroshi Imamura, the LE-5B engine is being installed into the ...
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Pegasus places satellites in orbit
An Orbital Sciences (OSC) Pegasus booster was air-launched over the Pacific on 18 May, placing Terriers and Mublcom satellites into low earth orbit. The OSC-built 48kg Mublcom is a US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency/US Army Communications Electronics Command spacecraft designed to demonstrate to combat forces and civil users ...
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Beal chases private project
Andrzej Jeziorski/PARIS Beal Aerospace Technologies is planning to become the first private company to develop, build and fly large launch vehicles in the same class as the European Ariane. The Dallas, Texas-based company is developing an expendable launch vehicle, the BA-2, which Beal Aerospace founder and president Andy Beal ...
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Cash problems deepen as Iridium misses target
Iridium, the worldwide mobile communications operator, is experiencing worsening financial problems. Even with 74 operational satellites in orbit, the Motorola-led company will fail to meet its new target of 27,000 subscribers by the end of May and is heading towards defaulting on $800 million in outstanding loans. Investors had given ...
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Starcraft Boosters seeks partners
Starcraft Boosters is looking for industrial partners to develop its StarBooster 200 concept for the early low-risk introduction of a reusable launch vehicle. Starcraft chairman and former Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin believes the technology for a single-stage-to-orbit launch vehicle is not ready. "I do not believe that a ...
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Japan private sector expansion needed
Japan needs to expand the private sector's role in the nation's space projects to help prevent space programme failures, says a government panel. The report, compiled by a policy subcommittee of the Space Activities Commission - Japan's top space policy-setting body - calls for easing the operational burden and ...
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Finmeccanica seeks capital
Andy Nativi/GENOA State-controlled Italian industrial giant Finmeccanica, parent of aerospace and defence businesses Alenia, Agusta and FIAR, plans to raise L2,000-3,000 billion ($1.1-£1.7 billion) of new capital in a move that could reduce the stake held by state shareholder IRI to below 50%. In addition to furthering the ...
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Government will honour contracts says Embraer
Embraer says the Brazilian Government will honour all existing contracts even if the World Trade Organisation (WTO) upholds its ruling that Proex export financing support for regional jet sales constitutes an illegal subsidy. Hearings on Brazil's appeal against the decision have begun, with a final ruling expected by August. ...
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VisionAire redesign could give advantage to single-engined jet
Dave Higdon/WICHITA VisionAire's single engined Vantage will be heavier, longer and costlier, following an extensive six-month design review. The move compounds the Ames, Iowa-based firm's charge that the Vantage is a new jet for the 21st century, as certification and first deliveries have been pushed back by about 18 ...
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UK operator Brintel tests EH101 Heliliner
British International Helicopters (Brintel) has completed a week-long trial of the three-engined EH Industries EH101 Heliliner at its Penzance, Cornwall base. The evaluation forms part of the operator's long-term strategy to replace its two Sikorsky S-62Ns. "The trials were successful and the local community responded well, but we are ...
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Lockheed Martin team wins MEADS
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC A Lockheed Martin-led team has won a $300 million contract to start developing the Medium Extended Air Defence System (MEADS), a joint programme between Germany, Italy and the USA to field a highly mobile, medium-range battlefield air- defence system. The future of the $12 billion ...