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Swedes order three Sikorsky S-76C+ helicopters
HELIKOPTER SERVICE has ordered three twin-turbine Sikorsky Aircraft S-76C+ civil helicopters to upgrade services between Copenhagen International and the Swedish cities of Helsingborg and Malmo. The first two upgraded S-76s will be delivered to the Swedish company next March. Deliveries of the uprated Turbomeca Arriel 2S1-powered S-76C+ began ...
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A3XX will 'seat 1,000'
SEATING FOR more than 1,000 passengers will be possible aboard growth versions of the Airbus Industrie A3XX, according to Jurgen Thomas, senior vice-president for the consortium's Large Aircraft division. Thomas says that, when it enters service in 2003, the A3XX will be the "world's largest airliner, and the ...
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Space Systems Loral plans five H2 launches for Japan
Tim Furniss/LONDON SPACE SYSTEMS/Loral is negotiating a $370 million deal with Japan's Rocket Systems for five flights between 2000 and 2005 on the new, uprated, H2A satellite launcher. The Japanese company already has a $910 million deal under negotiation with Hughes Space and Communications for ten launches, ...
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USAF tests AGM-154B JSOW
THE US AIR FORCE has carried out a guided test launch of the AGM-154B Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) from a Lockheed Martin F-16D. The first guided test, flown from Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, was carried out at the end of July. The AGM-154B warhead consists of six BLU-108. ...
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Atlantis is rolled onto Kennedy pad for next Mir mission
THE US SPACE Shuttle Atlantis has been rolled out to Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, for a second time, equipped with a new set of solid-rocket boosters. The Shuttle is scheduled to fly the delayed STS79 mission on 12 September (Flight International, 24-30 July). The fourth ...
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Hughes will build fifth Mexican satellite for 1998 launch
HUGHES SPACE and Communications continues its role as sole builder of Mexico's communications satellites by winning the contract to build the Morelos 3, which will be launched in 1998. The company built the Morelos 1 and 2, launched in 1995, and two Solidaridad craft placed in orbit in 1993 and ...
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Straight and true, Israel's Arrow struck 'ballistic' target
INITIAL ANALYSIS of the first Israeli-developed Arrow 2 anti-tactical ballistic-missile test indicates that the vehicle hit a target which simulated the behaviour of a ballistic missile. Senior programme sources confirm that all indications are that "-metal hit metal" when the interceptor destroyed the target over the Mediterranean. The homing sensors ...
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FLA critical report looms
Douglas Barrie/TOULOUSE THE FATE OF the European Future Large Aircraft (FLA) could be sealed later this month when a French Government committee submits its report on funding its air force's military air- transport requirement. The committee was set up earlier this year in the wake of the French Government's decision ...
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Fokker Elmo starts China venture
Andrew Doyle/LONDON FOKKER ELMO has set up a joint venture with two Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) subsidiaries, with the aim of manufacturing electrical-wire harnesses for AVIC's planned AE-100 regional jets and other new types. Called Lang Fang Fokker, the new company is 60%-owned by Fokker Elmo, part of the ...
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Lufthansa plans to cut fleet as first-half profits fall
Andrzej Jeziorski/HAMBURG LUFTHANSA IS TO STEP up cost-cutting measures and reduce its fleet, in an effort to combat an unforeseen stagnation in traffic growth which has left the German group with a significant drop in profits for the first half of the year. Pre-tax profits amounted to DM119 million ($80 ...
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Premium performance
McDonnell Douglas boss Harry Stonecipher wants to expand the company, but without altering the formula which has made it a profitable defence contractor. Graham Warwick/ST LOUIS THE PRICE is not yet right for McDonnell Douglas (MDC) president Harry Stonecipher. While MDC has yet to participate in the consolidation frenzy which ...
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Manx takes over BA's 'loss-making' Scottish services
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON BRITISH AIRWAYS is to withdraw from its loss-making network of services in the Scottish "Highlands and Islands", and the operations taken over by its franchise affiliate Manx Airlines. The network, which is now served by BA's fleet of British Aerospace ATPs, includes services ...
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Resignation hits Air France Europe
Julian Moxon/PARIS THE DIRECTOR-general of Air France domestic carrier Air France Europe (formerly Air Inter), Jean-Pierre Courcol, has resigned after a year in the job. He becomes the fourth president to leave the post in five years. Courcol was appointed by Air France president Christian Blanc ...
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Spanish regional aims for November start-up
A NEW SPANISH regional airline, Canarias Regional Air, is targeting November to start low-fare services on routes within the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands and mainland Spain. The carrier, which is based in Tenerife, in the Canary Islands, will have operating bases in Madrid, Palma da Majorca and ...
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Boeing faces delay in plans to launch its longer-range 777X
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES BOEING'S PLANS to launch an ultra-long range version of the 777 for service entry by May 1999 are expected to be delayed by airline uncertainty over the derivative choice, and the emergence of new offerings from Airbus and McDonnell Douglas (MDC). Boeing announced ...
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IAI cracks military market with Astra
ISRAEL AIRCRAFT Industries (IAI) has broken into the military market with its Astra SPX corporate jet with an initial $21 million contract from the US Air Force to supply two aircraft. The total potential value of the contract is $47 million if an option for two extra aircraft ...
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Boeing counters A3XX-200 with new 747-700X proposal
Andrew Doyle/LONDON and Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES BOEING PLANS to tackle Airbus Industrie's proposed ultra-high-capacity A3XX-200 head-on with a radical development of its next-generation 747, designated the -700X. In a move seen as an attempt to pre-empt efforts by Airbus to persuade potential customers to wait ...
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Horizon Dash 8 order signals end for Dorniers
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES HORIZON AIR of Seattle, Washington, has placed orders and options, worth potentially more than $750 million, for up to 70 de Havilland Dash 8-200/300 turboprops. The huge deal, which includes firm orders for 25 Dash 8s, spells the end of Horizon's Fairchild Dornier 328 ...
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Saeaga plans for major expansion
THE MALAYSIAN OWNER of Saeaga Airlines has unveiled plans to acquire larger jet-powered aircraft and expand the ten-month-old domestic carrier internationally. According to Malaysian tycoon and Saeaga chairman Ting Pek Khiing, the airline plans to order ten Boeing 737-700s. "We will be signing a deal with Boeing next ...
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Rohr relaunches Valsan 727 re-engineing programme
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES ROHR, THE CALIFORNIA-based nacelle manufacturer, has launched the "Super 27" Boeing 727 re-engineing programme which lapsed with the failure of the Valsan 727RE "Quiet 727" effort. The company, supported by Pratt & Whitney, will offer to re-engine predominantly late-production 727-200 Advanced models ...