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BWIA takes first Airbus A321
BWIA INTERNATIONAL HAS TAKEN delivery of its first Airbus A321-100, on lease from International Lease Finance. The type entered service with BWIA on 13 July, on flights from Port of Spain, Trinidad, to New York Kennedy, via Antigua. BWIA, which will take a second A321 in October and has an ...
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ARIA looks to PW2000s to improve Il-96-300s
ILYUSHIN IS TO DEVELOP modifications to the Il-96-300 to allow Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines (ARIA) to re-engine its Il-96 fleet with Pratt & Whitney PW2037 turbofans, and improve reliability. A formal agreement on the design work, which was signed recently by ARIA's general director Marshal Evgeni ...
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Japan eyes attack helicopter
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE JAPANESE AEROSPACE companies are beginning to manoeuvre in anticipation of a Japan Ground Self-Defence Force (JGSDF) requirement for a new attack helicopter after 2000. A new advanced attack helicopter (AH-X) is needed eventually to replace the JGSDF's fleet of Bell AH-1S Cobras, licence-built ...
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USA and Japan settle on F-2 workshare
THE JAPANESE and US Governments have finally reached an agreement on workshare for production of the new Mitsubishi F-2A/B support fighter, with officials expected to sign an accord in Tokyo by the end of July. Director of the US Defence Security Assistance Agency (DSAA), Lt Gen Thomas Rhame, ...
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UK firms gain most as RAF wins order battle
Douglas Barrie/LONDON THE UK GOVERNMENT has headed off an embarrassing political and military confrontation with a last-minute decision to award three key Royal Air Force contracts, worth almost £4 billion, which were being blocked by the UK Treasury. British Aerospace is the prime beneficiary, winning ...
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Lucas is again free to bid forUS contracts
LUCAS AEROSPACE'S Geared Systems division (GSD) is again free to tender for US Government contracts, a reprieve which opens the way to a potential sale of the troublesome US unit by its UK parent. The threat of debarment from Government tenders was raised last year after a bitter ...
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Lockheed Martin leads profit roll from merged US defence industry
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON LOCKHEED MARTIN is well on course to achieve merger benefits of more than $2 billion by the turn of the century, and has already begun to integrate the Loral acquisitions into the group, according to chief executive Norman Augustine, leading an upbeat set of half-year reports ...
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Italy's Aermacchi prepares to take over Siai Marchetti
FINMECCANICA has finally agreed to sell its Siai Marchetti subsidiary to Aermacchi, in a move which will create a single Italian training-aircraft manufacturer. A contract is due to be signed by the end of the year. There have been previous attempts to reconcile the two rival jet-trainer manufacturers, ...
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Portuguese teaming
Canadian companies Bombardier Aerospace and Conair Aviation are providing fire-control services to the Portuguese Government, using a pair of Canadair CL-215 water-scooping aircraft. Bombardier is supplying the aircraft, while Conair is to operate and maintain the aircraft for four months. Conair is also providing pilots and engineers to train Portuguese ...
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Boeing 747-X flies by wire
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES BOEING HAS AGREED to airline demands to offer a full fly-by-wire (FBW) flight-control system and other advanced-technology features on its new 747-500X and -600X. The US manufacturer has also told its airline working group that, despite the move to FBW and other ...
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FAA averts Olympics aviation shutdown in terrorism alert
Karen Walker/ATLANTA A TOTAL BAN on aviation operations over the Olympic Games, in Atlanta, Georgia, has been narrowly averted by the US Federal Aviation Administration. The eleventh-hour White House decision to prohibit all non-Government aircraft from airspace over Olympic venues was prompted by heightened security concerns. ...
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Continental switches to 737-700/800s
CONTINENTAL Airlines has renegotiated its orders with Boeing, substituting 48 737-700/800s for 18 737-300/500s and 12 767s previously on firm order, and deferring delivery of five 777s by three years. The carrier has taken options on 15 additional 737-700/800s, and added options for eight 757s to its order for eight ...
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NTSB analyses 'sound' on TWA recorder
INVESTIGATORS ARE analysing a brief sound on the cockpit-voice-recorder (CVR) tape recovered from the wreckage of Trans World Airlines Flight 800, looking for clues as to why the Boeing 747-100 exploded soon after take-off from New York Kennedy on 17 July, killing all 230 on board. Initial ...
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Williams proposes JASSM/Darkstar advanced engine
WILLIAMS International hopes to outfit the Lockheed Martin/Boeing DarkStar high-altitude-endurance unmanned air vehicle (UAV) with a more powerful turbofan engine, and to replace Teledyne Continental as the powerplant vendor for the Joint Air-to-Surface Stand-off Missile (JASSM). The Walled Lake, Michigan, engine maker is suggesting the Tier III Minus ...
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Under oversight?
FIRST, THE FEDERAL Aviation Administration in the USA was the target: now it is the Civil Aviation Authority in the UK. Each has been accused of failing to maintain satisfactory oversight of airline maintenance operations. If they cannot satisfy the expectations of the travelling public and their legal representatives, are ...
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China takes first MD-90
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) has delivered the first of 11 MD-90 TrunkLiners to China Northern Airlines, marking the culmination of a four-year development effort. The delivery followed the long-delayed signing of a purchase agreement in Beijing on 17 July which had been threatened ...
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Industry opposes airline safety ranking
US AIRLINES ARE opposing a US Federal Aviation Administration proposal to rank airlines by safety. The concept is favoured by consumer groups and by some US lawmakers, who say that the US Transportation Department should go beyond ranking airline on-time performance only. The FAA is studying the issues ...
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Japan seeks Asian co-operation for low-cost regional-aircraft programme
JAPAN IS LOOKING at co-operating with other Asian countries to develop a small, low-cost regional aircraft, as a possible alternative to earlier plans to develop a larger 90- to 110-seat twinjet. The Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) says that it is seeking finance-ministry funding in ...
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Rockwell is to market Cyclone
ROCKWELL Space Systems is to provide worldwide marketing, sales and payload integration services for the NPO Yuzhnoye of Ukraine Cyclone launch vehicle. The Cyclone, developed from the SS-9 intercontinental ballistic missile, is capable of lifting an 1,360kg payload into low-, or medium- Earth orbit. The deal is " vital for ...
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British Midland fined
British Midland Airways has been fined £150,000 ($233,000) by a UK court after admitting "negligently endangering life", following an unprecedented criminal prosecution brought by the UK Civil Aviation Authority. The case relates to an incident in February 1995, when one of the airline's Boeing 737-400s made an emergency ...