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Mahalo Air ceases
Hawaiian regional Mahalo Air has ceased operations after it reportedly missed an insurance payment. It is understood that the airline will require some $1.5 million to relaunch services, and it is in negotiation with potential investors. Mahalo, which operated seven Aero International (Regional) ATR 42s, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy ...
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EU Approves Takeover
The European Commission has approved the proposed take-over of Air UK by KLM, saying that the acquisition would have hardly any influence on competition within Europe. KLM has owned 45% of Air UK shares since 1988 and is now cleared to acquire the rest. Source: Flight ...
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'Outsiders' cannot asses problems
Sir - I was shocked to read the letter from Mr Lunan (Flight International, 24-30 September, P61), which was full of confusing "buzz words". I do not agree with the contentious premise that an agency, outside the airline industry, can diagnose that industry's employment problems - or define ...
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Daewoo frames 747
Daewoo Heavy Industries has signed an agreement worth $100 million with Northrop Grumman to continue supplying fuselage frames for the upper deck of the Boeing 747-400 until 2006. The South Korean company has already delivered 500 shipsets, each containing 48 frames Source: Flight International
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Guided robots
Leica of Switzerland has introduced a rugged global-positioning-system unit for industrial robots. The MCS1000 is a 12-channel receiver using real-time kinematic processing to size millimetre-accuracy in three dimensions, claims Leica. Source: Flight International
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Cells see light
New dual-junction gallium-arsenide solar cells developed by Spectrolab of the USA have been used for the first time on the recently launched PamAmSat PAS-5 satellite, which has 15,000 cells generating 10kW of power, doubling the efficiency of silicon-based cells traditionally used for spacecraft solar panels. Source: ...
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Apache displays
APACHE DISPLAYS Boeing AH-64 Apache Longbow was flown for the first time on 12 September fitted with four-colour flat-panel multi-purpose displays (MPDs) developed by AlliedSignal Guidance and Control Systems of New Jersey. The test flight, at Mesa, Arizona, marked the start of an upgrade which will result in all ...
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United nears deal
United Airlines has reached a tentative agreement with its pilots' union allowing its United Express codeshare partners to operate regional jets. United pilots will vote on the deal by mid-November. United Express carriers Atlantic Coast Airlines and Mesa Air Group already have 50-seat Bombardier Canadair Regional Jets on order. ...
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Thomson delay
The French Government has delayed until mid-October its decision on the future of defence-electronics giant Thomson-CSF. Source: Flight International
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Australian sale
The Australian Government has put 15 smaller airports up for sale, after selling Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth airports for A$3.3 billion ($2.4 billion). Winning bidders for the airports, which include Adelaide, Canberra and Darwin, are expected to be announced in February 1998. The sales are expected to raise up to ...
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Cargolux 747-400Fs
Cargolux Airlines has placed firm orders for a further five Boeing 747-400F freighters, to replace its three -200Fs and adding to its existing fleet of four -400s. The first two aircraft are due for delivery in late 1998, replacing 747-200Fs. The carrier will have an all-747-400 fleet of ten aircraft ...
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Luxair Embraers
Embraer has received an order for four 50-passenger EMB-145 regional jets from Luxair of Luxembourg, which is planning to gradually phase out its Fokker 50 fleet. The first two aircraft are due to be delivered in August and September 1998, and it will receive the other EMB-145s in 1999 and ...
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UND expands fleet
University of North Dakota (UND) Aerospace has purchased five Piper Warrior IIIs for commercial instrument-flying training. The aircraft will be delivered to Grand Forks in January 1998, joining five new Diamond DA-20 Katana primary trainers. Two twin-engined, all-weather, trainers are due to be added to the UND fleet early in ...
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Eurocopter order
Eurocopter has received an order for an AS350-B3 from Italian operator Elilombardia. The Turboméca Arriel 2B- powered aircraft is scheduled for delivery in the second half of 1998. Launch customer Osterman Helicopter of Sweden will take delivery of the first two AS350-B3s in December. Source: Flight ...
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GAO hits Outrider
The US General Accounting Office (GAO) is urging the Department of Defense to delay low-rate initial production (LRIP) of the Alliant Techsystems Outrider unmanned air vehicle (UAV) until operational tests prove its effectiveness. The Congressional watchdog agency says that the US military should learn from past UAV efforts, such as ...
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Sukhoi
Sukhoi has flown its secret S-32 forward-swept-wing fighter aircraft. The test flight took place on 1 October from the Gromov Flight Research Institute at Zhukovsky, near Moscow. The S-32, or S-37 project as it may now be known, remains shrouded in secrecy, with Sukhoi unwilling to discuss the project. ...
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Approval for Next Generation 737 slips back to late October
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Certiffication of Boeing's Next Generation 737 has been delayed until later this month by late structural and control-system modifications, spare-parts shortages and continued evaluations by the European Joint Aviation Authorities. The company had hoped that the first member of the new family, the ...
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Boeing studies 777-200X 'sleeper' options
Guy Norris/SEATTLE Boeing has begun talks with potential 777-200X customers over lower-lobe options for its ultra-long-range derivative of the twinjet, with sleeping space for up to 40 passengers and crew. Boeing is now seriously examining the long-discussed possibility of passenger sleeping accommodation, needed mainly because of ...
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AirAsia maps out future openings for new widebodies
Malaysian start-up carrier AirAsia is planning to acquire two widebody aircraft in early 1998 to expand services within Asia and open up flights to the Middle East and Europe. The airline says that it has signed a letter of intent with an unidentified third-party broker to sublease two ...
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Confusion surrounds privatisation of Air Niugini
The privatisation of Papua New Guinea flag carrier Air Niugini has been thrown into confusion after the sacking of the airline's board by the country's new transport and civil-aviation minister, Philemon Embel. In a separate move, he has also turned down a request by Australian regional Flight West ...