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GEC/Honeywell will supply RAF Jaguar helmet-mounted system
GEC and Honeywell have been awarded a contract by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) to provide a helmet-mounted sighting system for the Royal Air Force's Sepecat Jaguar GR1B strike aircraft. Under the initial contract, 12 helmet-mounted sights (HMS) will be procured. They will be a fully qualified ...
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Algerian restructure
Air Algerie is to be restructured as part of a wider Algerian Government drive to improve the efficiency of state-owned companies. The airline will focus on its core business of passenger and freight transport, while other activities could be transferred to subsidiaries. These include chartering services for oil companies, catering, ...
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Philippine Airlines takes first A340-300
Philippine Airlines has taken delivery of its first Airbus A340-300, as part of its fleet-renewal programme. This will see 24 Airbus aircraft delivered to the carrier over the next 20 months, including four A340-300s, eightA330-300s and 12 A320s. The A340-300s, which join a fleet of four smaller -200s which have ...
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Middle Eastern Airbus
Middle East Airlines (MEA) has become the first operator in the region to fly the Airbus A321, following the hand-over of the first of two aircraft leased from International Lease Finance. The International Aero Engines V2500- powered, 169-seat aircraft will be joined by the second A321 later this month. MEA ...
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Comair rejects EMB-145s for more Regional Jets
DELTA CONNECTION carrier Comair has increased its order for Bombardier Canadair Regional Jets (CRJs), after evaluating Brazilian manufacturer Embraer's rival EMB-145. The airline has placed firm and conditional orders for 30 of the 50-seat CRJs, and taken options on a further 45 aircraft, some of which could be ...
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Dragonair/Cathay gear up as A330 services return
Cathay Pacific Airways and Dragonair planned to have all 15 of their Airbus A330-300s back in service by 7 June, after completing gearbox modifications to the twinjet's Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engines. R-R and Cathay had completed 25h of ground and flight testing of the Hispano-Suiza modification package on ...
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FAA concern over military GPS control resurfaces
RENEWED US Federal Aviation Administration concern about military control of the global-positioning system (GPS) navigational-satellite constellation has been made public just as the GPS is to become the USA's primary means of civil-aviation navigation. The FAA's disquiet is revealed in a letter to the US Air Force from ...
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New Hungarian ATC centre will run civil and military airspace
Hungary expects to be the first former Warsaw Pact country - and one of the first in Europe - to achieve totally integrated civil/military airspace when it opens its new Budapest air-traffic-control (ATC) centre on 1 September. The Mathias centre, near Budapest's Ferihegy Airport, is designed to accommodate ...
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Mesaba expands under new Airlink contract
USREGIONAL MESABA Airlines has signed a new agreement with Northwest Airlines extending its operations to include all Northwest Airlink codeshare flights from Minneapolis/St Paul, Minnesota. Mesaba will take over from Express Airlines I on 1 August. Express will continue to operate as Northwest Airlink from Memphis, Tennessee. The ...
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NASA aims to cut drag with control-surface research
NASA has begun test flights of an adaptive control-surface experiment which it hopes could lead to drag reductions of up to 3% for commercial aircraft, worth roughly $140 million a year in reduced fuel savings. The tests are taking place on the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar operated by Orbital ...
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FAA fine for ARCA
Aerovias Colombianas (ARCA) is to be fined $68,000 for ignoring a US Federal Aviation Administration airworthiness directive (AD). The airline was operating US-registered aircraft and was thus required to comply with FAA ADs. Colombian authorities suspended the airline's operating certificate on 24 January, and it remains grounded. Inspections found that ...
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1900D flap setting
Skyway Airlines, a Midwest Express Connection operator, has become the first airline to modify its Beech 1900Ds with a new, 17 degree flap setting, which increases stability during approach, reduces control problems caused by tailplane icing, increases single-engine safety margins and improves crosswind performance. Source: Flight International
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Bashkortostan A320s
A new airline is reportedly being formed by the Government of CIS republic Bashkortostan, which will operate leased Airbus A319s and A320s. A special-purpose company, Bashaeroinvest, has been established to arrange funding. Source: Flight International
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Indian purchase
Indian Airlines has now received board approval to move forward with the purchase of six 50-seat regional aircraft, with financing expected to be provided through long-term bank loans. The carrier has short-listed the Saab 2000, AI(R) ATR 42-500 and the Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8. Source: ...
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Virgin delays A340
Virgin Atlantic has declined to accept delivery of the second of two ex-development, 1992-built, Airbus A340-300s as the aircraft was leaking fuel. The problem, which is understood to have resulted from it having been stored with the tanks dry, is being worked on by British Aerospace at Toulouse. ...
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P&W solves A330 engine problem
Pratt & Whitney is retrofitting all PW4164 and PW4168 turbofans powering the Airbus A330 with a redesigned blade platform after tests revealed the potential for high N1 (low-pressure-spool rpm) rotor imbalance and the loss of the fan-containment system in the event of a fan blade detaching - a risk with ...
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Leases set for Tu-204
Sirocco Aerospace International plans to announce its first lease commitments for the Rolls-Royce RB.211-535E4-powered Tupolev Tu-204-120, following the certification of the engine/airframe combination by the Russian Air Registry, and the first delivery later this month. Sirocco was officially launched in Moscow in December 1996 by Egypt's Kato Group ...
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Swissair closes on MD-10 conversion work
Swissair's SR Technics maintenance subsidiary has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with McDonnell Douglas (MDC) to fit up to 25 DC-10-10s with an advanced, Honeywell-designed, two-crew flightdeck under Phase II of the FedEx MD-10 programme. MDC confirms that the MoU has been agreed, but adds that "-it ...
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UK carriers close on A300F contracts
SEVERAL UK-based cargo airlines are confirming plans to begin operating Airbus A300 freighters, as DHL works towards the introduction of the widebody on its intra-European network. Heavylift Cargo Airlines is understood to have concluded a deal with C-S Aviation Services for two British Aerospace Aviation Services (BAeAS)-converted A300B4 ...
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Vietnam nears decision on long-haul fleet
Vietnam Airlines expects to make a decision on a new long-range passenger aircraft before the end of the year, but says that its final type selection will be largely contingent on the availability of either US or European export-credit financing. The airline has narrowed its choice down to ...