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-A New Tahitian carrier, Air Tahiti Nui, will launch services to points on the US West Coast and Japan later this year with an ex-Air France Airbus A340-200 leased from Airbus Industrie Financial Services. -SAS Commuter has increased its firm orders for Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8-400 from 15 to ...
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Cathay flight breaks record and leads to series of polar trials
Polar flight trials conducted by four carriers between North America and Asia are scheduled to begin on 15 July following a record-breaking inaugural flight, dubbed Polar One, by Cathay Pacific Airways, non-stop from New York to Hong Kong. The Federal Aviation Authority of Russia has given permission for a ...
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A320 beats 737 in Qatar fight
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Qatar Airways has selected the Airbus A320 over the rival Next Generation Boeing 737 for its new short-haul fleet, and concluded a deal with Airbus for up to 11 aircraft. The Gulf airline is now turning its attention to the replacement of its A300s. The airline ...
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Routes
-United Airlines and Delta Air Lines are seeking permission to offer daily services to Brazil - Delta from New York's Kennedy Airport to Sao Paulo, and United from Los Angeles. A new bilateral agreement provides seven additional weekly frequencies from 1 October. -US Airways is seeking permission to add a ...
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Sextant wins Airbus displays contract
Airbus Industrie has awarded Sextant Avionique a contract to be sole supplier of flat-panel liquid crystal displays (LCD) for the new A340-500/600 and for all the production fly-by-wire Airbus types from mid-2000. The move comes in the face of requests from airlines to be allowed a choice of supplier, for ...
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Swissair goes ahead with Stansted response
Swissair plans to fly three times a day between Zurich and London's Stansted Airport from October using 126-seat Airbus A319s, countering the growing threat from UK no-frills carriers such as easyJet and Go. Stansted-based British Airways subsidiary Go has applied for slots to launch services to Geneva from October ...
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Transafrik increases Hercules fleet numbers with SAT deal
Shahe Ouzounian/LONDON Transafrik International, the Angola-based all-cargo charter operator, is undertaking a major fleet expansion with the acquisition of five Lockheed L-100-30 Commercial Hercules freighters from US operator Southern Air Transport (SAT). The aircraft, built between 1966 and 1968, will all be delivered to the airline's Luanda base ...
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Taiwan's U-Land links up with Air Philippines
Brent Hannon/TAIPEI Taiwan's U-Land Airlines has wet-leased the first two of three Boeing MD-82s to Air Philippines as the first step towards acquiring a 35% stake in the Philippine domestic carrier. Talks between the two airlines have been speeded up because of the Philippine Airlines (PAL) strike. Since ...
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B/E takes larger slice of general aviation cabin interiors market
B/E Aerospace is making further inroads into the general aviation aircraft interiors market, having agreed "in principle" to acquire Aerospace Lighting (ALC). The deal is expected to be finalised by the end of the month. This would be the third acquisition in as many months by the Florida-based commercial ...
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American given all-clear to acquire stake in Aerolineas
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC American Airlines has been cleared by the US Department of Justice (DoJ) to acquire an 8.5% stake in Aerolineas Argentinas and its regional affiliate Austral Lineas Aereas - but the US carrier will have to limit its role because of anti-trust concerns. Under the terms ...
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Aer Lingus renews hunt for an alliance as Team sale nears
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON With the sale of its loss-making maintenance arm now back on course, Irish flag carrier Aer Lingus is preparing to reactivate its search for a strategic alliance partner and could be heading for a partial privatisation. The airline's state owners asked Aer Lingus management to submit ...
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Kuwait Airways advances towards privatisation
A draft law for the privatisation of Kuwait Airways has been approved by its state owners backed by improving finances at the carrier. The Government draft still has to undergo a parliamentary debate in the Kuwaiti National Assembly, but airline chairman Ahmed al Meshari believes the airline could now be ...
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Heico buy stalls
Fast-growing US group Heico has encountered a problem with its biggest acquisition to date, and says it will not now be able to take overall control of the French ground equipment business Teleflex-Lionel-Dupontby the end of July. Source: Flight International
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CHC spin-off
Canada's CHC Helicopter has completed the spin-off of its maintenance business under the Vector Aerospace name, raising C$193 million ($131 million) from the initial sale of an 80% stake, with C$48 million to come if the new owners elect to buy out the rest. Meanwhile, CHC posted a net profit ...
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Lockheed Martin to develop targeting system for AH-1Z
Bell Helicopter Textron has selected Lockheed Martin to develop and produce an advanced target sight system (TSS) for the US Marine Corps upgraded AH-1Z attack helicopter. Lockheed Martin's Electronics & Missiles unit says work on the 54-month, $8 million engineering development and integration contract will begin this month. Lockheed ...
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Australia insists on deadline and raises CN235-330 partners ire
Aerospace Technical Services (ATS) has attacked the Australian Government's decision not to grant IPTN a tender extension, claiming that it was close to securing additional funding to complete the CN235-330 Phoenix development. According to ATS general manager Glenn Keys, two unidentified Australian companies had expressed willingness to invest in ...
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Spar C-130 upgrades stay on course for Canadian Forces
Graham Warwick/EDMONTON Spar Aviation Services will begin delivery of upgraded Lockheed Martin C-130s to the Canadian forces this month. The third of 32 aircraft in the CC-130 Avionics Upgrade Programme (AUP) - the first for an operational unit - will be delivered by the end of July. The ...
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DARPA awards communications contracts
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded multiple contracts for design, development and demonstration of an advanced airborne battlefield communications network. Raytheon Systems, TRW and Sanders, a unit of Lockheed Martin, have each won $1 million contracts to begin work on the so-called Airborne Communications Node (ACN) ...
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Aircraft recovery
The US Navy is developing advanced aircraft recovery systems to be used at austere airfields and the next-generation large-deck aircraft carrier. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Lakehurst, New Jersey, seeks industry bids for study, design and demonstration of technology for an advanced arrester gear, utilising linear electric motors ...
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UK to overhaul RAF tanker/transport capability
Douglas Barrie/LONDON The Royal Air Force's airlift and tanker capabilities are to be revamped as a result of the UK's Strategic Defence Review (SDR), which could see the Vickers VC10 and Lockheed L1011 Tristar replaced earlier than originally planned, and the Boeing C-17 Globemaster III enter RAFservice as a ...