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Loral bus
Space Systems Loral is to develop one of the world's most powerful commercial communications satellite buses. The first flight is scheduled for 2002. The modular spacecraft bus, called the 20.20, will offer multi-region and digital processing payloads for a range of applications, at "the lowest cost per transponder", says Loral. ...
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Kistler Delay
Plans to build a spaceport at Australia's Woomera launch base to conduct flights of the Kistler Aerospace K-1 satellite launcher haves been shelved because Kistler has not been able to generate the necessary private funding, most of which was expected to have come from the recession hit Asia region. Kistler ...
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Telephone approval
AirCell has received a waiver of approval from the US Federal Communications Commission, allowing operation of its airborne telephone system, which connects with ground-based cellular networks. The system is targeted at general aviation and airline markets by the Louisville, Colorado-based company. Source: Flight International
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Taiwan LANTIRN
Taiwan has awarded Lockheed Martin a $106 million contract for 20 Sharpshooter targeting pods and 20 Pathfinder navigation pods to equip its fighter aircraft in a US Air Force foreign military sales deal. The pods are to be integrated with Taiwan's Lockheed Martin F-16s by 2001. The systems are a ...
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JSOW award
The US Navy has awarded Raytheon a $134 million contract for full rate production of the AGM-154A Joint Stand Off Weapon (JSOW) and low rate initial production of the AGM-A54B. The deal includes provision for over $600 million of follow-on production options over the next three years. JSOW is a ...
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FAA sends US 727F operators $192 million bill
The US Federal Aviation Administration has finalised airworthiness directives (AD) which impose severe payload limits on Boeing 727s that were converted into freighters by third party maintenance organisations. The restrictions remain in effect until floor structures on 270 US-registered 727Fs are modified at an estimated cost of $192 million, ...
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737 rudder safety checks planned
The US Federal Aviation Administration plans to issue an airworthiness directive (AD) requiring mandatory inspections for potential valve cracks in some Boeing 737 rudder power control units (PCUs). The FAA has also issued a directive covering the Rolls-Royce Allison AE3007 affecting Embraer RJ-145s and Cessna Citation X business jets. ...
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Airbus forecasts lower sales for 1999 as demand dwindles
Julian Moxon/PARIS Airbus Industrie expects to achieve "significantly lower" sales during 1999, following its record breaking year of orders and deliveries, but insists it will continue the near-50% market share achieved in 1998 in all areas where it competes with Boeing. Commercial vice-president John Leahy declines to predict the ...
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Airports
-The French minister of transport has confirmed his intention to restrict flights from Paris' second airport, Orly, to those with a range of less than 5,000km (2,700nm). The move, which is expected to take effect in 2001, means that a few slots (2.5% of the total) will be released for ...
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Debonair takes first 737-300
Debonair's fleet has been expanded with the introduction of its first Boeing 737-300, on wet lease from AB Airlines. The 139-seater is being deployed on services from London Gatwick to Barcelona, replacing smaller British Aerospace 146s. The airline is aiming to add the 737 type to its certificate during 1999, ...
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Channel F27 crashes on approach
The Channel Express Fokker F27 Mk 600 freighter (G-CHNL) which crashed approaching the airport at Guernsey in the Channel Islands, appears to have hit the ground with a nose-up attitude and little forward speed. Both pilots were killed. The occurred at 17.10 on 12 January at the end of a ...
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CIT Group gears up to place large Airbus/Boeing orders
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC The CIT Group is set to announce an order for up to 50 Airbus and Boeing narrowbody and widebody aircraft, representing the US financing and leasing company's first major purchase of new passenger jets. CIT's planned order is understood to include 25 Airbus A320s and ...
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EVA opts out of plans for a stake in Myanmar
Taiwan-based EVA Airways has dropped plans to buy a 50% stake in Myanmar Airways International (MAI). Talks ran aground in December, according to EVA deputy senior vice-president Nieh Kuo Wei. "We studied the market and we did want to have co-operation with Myanmar, but after careful study, we still ...
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Marketplace
-US passenger/cargo charter airline Omni Air International has taken delivery of a McDonnell Douglas (MDC) DC-10-30 from Lufthansa, which is operated by charter subsidiary Condor. The aircraft will join Omni's fleet of two DC-10-10s and one -30, and a second ex-Condor DC-10-30 will arrive in June. -Boeing won orders from ...
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Prosecutors drop Nagoya criminal proceedings
Japanese public prosecutors have dropped efforts to indict China Airlines (CAL)and Airbus Industrie over an A300 crash at Nagoya, Japan, in 1994, which claimed 264 lives out of 272 on board, according to Airbus representatives in Japan. Three damages suits filed against both the airline and the manufacturer by ...
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JAL forms new links with oneworld partners
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Japan Airlines (JAL) has entered into a new partnership with British Airways and is deepening its ties with American Airlines in a move bringing it a step nearer to possible future membership of the oneworld alliance. JAL remains coy about its membership ambitions, ...
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PAL talks to resume as President steps in
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Philippine Airlines' (PAL) creditors have agreed to resume talks to rework the airline's rehabilitation plan, after overwhelmingly rejecting it in their initial analysis, according to the Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The announcement follows Philippine President Joseph Estrada signing an executive order making the SEC ...
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Routes
-KLM will begin operating between Amsterdam and Shanghai from 29 March, twice-weekly with a Boeing 747-400 Combi. -Northwest Airlines and Continental Airlines have begun codesharing on about 850 domestic and international flights to 95 destinations despite US Justice Department anti-trust objections. -Luxair will start a four times weekly direct scheduled ...
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Swissair's 747s could have been...
Swissair's 747s could have been heading for a change of role with Swisscargo Source: Flight International