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JMSDF P-3 conversion
Japan's Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF) plans to convert five Kawasaki-built Lockheed P-3Cs into surveillance aircraft equipped with a side-looking image radar. Conversion of the UP-3Es is to begin in 1997. The JMSDF is disposing of around 20 of its 100 P-3Cs and modifying others for new missions. ...
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US firm tries to resurrect Turkish F-5 project
Guy Norris/SAN ANTONIO HOPES OF REVIVING the long-delayed Turkish Northrop Grumman F-5 upgrade programme have been renewed with the involvement of a US-based investment company bidding to fund and manage the stalled modernisation effort. Washington DC-based Triton Systems is soliciting immediate bids from all the major ...
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Lufthansa to establish Munich hub
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH LUFTHANSA IS planning to introduce intercontinental flights and broaden its European services from Munich, Germany's third-largest airport. The move will effectively turn the Bavarian capital into the airline's second hub after Frankfurt, says Lufthansa. The carrier cites Munich Airport's modern infrastructure, positive development forecasts ...
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Serb jet breaches NATO defences
A SERBIAN LEARJET succeeded in crossing NATO airspace from Belgrade to Belgium without clearance and landed at London Heathrow after two Belgian air force Lockheed F-16A Fighting Falcons scrambled by NATO air defence failed to intercept the aircraft. The incident happened on 28 October. The two F-16s were ...
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New York bound
Cathay Pacific Airways plans to launch its long-awaited service to New York from 1 July, 1996, following the recent signing of a new air-services agreement between Hong Kong and the USA. The service will operate five times a week via Vancouver, initially with a Boeing 747-400. The Hong Kong carrier ...
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JAL and ANA deliver an upbeat message
Japan Airlines (JAL) and All Nippon Airways (ANA) have given upbeat reports for the first half, reflecting signs of recovery in the Japanese economy. JAL's sales grew by a healthy 6.7% over the six months to September and the airline is forecasting that revenues for the full 1995/6 ...
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Saudi payment plan
Saudi Arabia has agreed a deferred-payment schedule for its $6 billion purchase of 61 Boeing and McDonnell Douglas airliners for flag carrier Saudia. The initial payment is just $10 million, followed by $67 million in 1997, with the remainder to be paid off over seven years. The deal will be ...
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Talon claws Korean deal from Hawk
SOUTH KOREA is on the brink of leasing Northrop Grumman T-38 Talon trainers rather than purchasing new-build British Aerospace Hawks, and will use the savings to launch the KTX-II light fighter/trainer-aircraft programme. The South Korean air force is understood to be negotiating an agreement, worth $100 million, to ...
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S Korea presses China on choice of Western partner
Paul Lewis/SEOUL SOUTH KOREA IS pushing to reach an agreement with China by mid-November on the selection of a Western partner to help develop the planned Airexpress AE-100 passenger jet. The Korean Commercial-Aircraft Development (KCDC) consortium and Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) are under pressure to ...
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Sudan considers Hind
An evaluation of the Mil Mi-24 Hind attack helicopter is now taking place in Sudan. In late October, a single aircraft was delivered from surplus stocks held by the Republic of Kyrgyztan. The helicopter was ferried to the Sudan together with a team of flight and technical instructors. ...
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Israel rejects Beechcraft
THE ISRAELI air force has ruled out the Beechcraft MK-2 from its trainer procurement, despite its winning the US Joint Primary Aircraft Training System (JPATS) competition. The British Aerospace Hawk is now its preferred solution. A senior Israeli air force source says that the MK-2 turboprop trainer "...is ...
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Estonia inaugurates London Gatwick service
ESTONIAN AIR has started scheduled services between Estonian capital Tallinn and London. The arrival of the Boeing 737-500 at Gatwick Airport on 2 November marked the first-ever service between the two cities. Four flights a week are operating to London, two of them via Copenhagen. The Estonian national ...
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Fokker 70 jets in
Air France began Fokker 70 services at London City Airport on October 30, using the 79-seat twinjet to replace ATR 42s on flights to Paris Charles de Gaulle. City has been sold by construction group Mowlem to Irish entrepreneur Dermot Desmond for £14.5 million. Source: Flight International
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JAL orders stretched 777-300
JAPAN AIRLINES HAS ordered five stretched Boeing 777-300s in a deal worth $800 million. It already has ten 777-200s on order, with options for a further ten. The first -200 Model will enter service in the second quarter of 1996, with service entry for the stretched -300 planned for 1998. ...
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Eurofighter delay forces RAF to rethink upgrades
Douglas Barrie/LONDON THE FIRST Eurofighter 2000 will not enter front-line squadron service with the Royal Air Force until 2005-6, with the aircraft's introduction in the ground-attack role being delayed considerably beyond this date. Whitehall and industry sources confirm that the RAF's planning date for fielding an ...
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Aermacchi to lead trainer joint venture
Andrea Spinelli/GENOA THE LONG-RUNNING battle to create a single Italian trainer-manufacturer is close to being resolved, with Aermacchi and Finmeccanica involved in negotiations over setting up a new merged company. The rivalry between Aermacchi and Siai Marchetti, which is now within the Finmeccanica group, has long ...
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British Army accepts Shorts missile
THE BRITISH ARMY HAS formally accepted the Shorts Self Propelled High Velocity Missile System (SP HVM) into service. The Ministry of Defence has also placed a further £37 million order with Shorts for the Starstreak missiles used in the system. Shorts is also hoping to sell the Starstreak as the ...
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Canadian airlines fill capacity
CANADIAN AIRLINES' pilots have ratified a new three-year labour agreement which will save the carrier around C$41 million ($30 million) a year. Under the deal, the carrier's 1,200 pilots have accepted a 5% cut in pay in exchange for shares in the airline. The deal was ...
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Fokker 60 flies
FOKKER FLEW its Fokker 60 military utility transport for the first time on 2 November. The Royal Netherlands Air Force, the launch customer for the aircraft, will take delivery of two aircraft in May 1996, with a further two being delivered in June of that year. The Fokker 60 has ...
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CSA poised to update fleet
CSA, THE CZECH Republic's flag carrier, is planning to revamp its fleet with Western aircraft by the year 2002, according to Frantisek Slaby, vice-president for finance and planning. The carrier has several options under review, as it looks to phase out four Tupolev Tu-134s and three Tu-154s still ...