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Uganda eyes foreign cash
Tom Gill Uganda Airlines is set to go private, with the sale of a controlling stake slated for mid-year. Six airlines have expressed interest in a yet to be determined majority stake in wholly government-owned Uganda Airlines, according to Michael Opagi, director of the Ugandan government's privatisation unit. The ...
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Caught in the loop
Lois Jones There's no denying it - from movies to massacres, from hamburgers to heart disease cures, from diets to democracy, the United States leads the way while the rest of the world is inclined to follow. So what happens now that this 'Land of the free' has suddenly ...
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Airline News
EVA Air is due to launch three times weekly flights from Kaohsiung to Ho Chi Minh City and Los Angeles from 11 June. In addition, the Taiwanese carrier is due to start three times weekly flights between Paris and Taipei via Dubai and three times weekly flights between Vienna and ...
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Commander approval
Commander Aircraft has received US Federal Aviation Administration certification of a flight into known icing (TKS) system for its single-engined 114B and 114TC trainers. According to Commander, the system is designed to "-provide complete protection for the aircraft" by emitting de-icing fluid through the leading edges of the wings and ...
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Live TV
Airshow has won five orders for its live television system, to be installed on two Citation X, two Falcon 900s and a Challenger 604. The DirectTV system service, received by the passenger in flight via direct broadcast satellite, is already in service on three separate business jets. Source: Flight ...
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CN-415 assembly
Bombardier Aerospace has selected North Bay, Ontario, for the final assembly of its CN-415 amphibious firefighting aircraft, which will begin in November. This will allow the company to prepare its Dorval Montreal plant for the new Canadair CRJ-700 regional jet. Source: Flight International
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Accord order
Russia's Sokol has received an order for two Accord-201 amphibious aircraft from diamond mining company Almazy Rossii-Sakha (Alrosa). The twin-engined aircraft, due for delivery in December 1998 and August 1999, respectively, will be used to conduct geomagnetic surveys and geological exploration. Source: Flight International
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A319CJ for Zimbabwe
Unconfirmed reports suggest that Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe may acquire an Airbus A319 corporate jet (CJ) to replace his British Aerospace 146-200. Mugabe is said to be dissatisfied with range of the 146-200 and other aircraft which have been chartered for long-range operations. Airbus Industrie declines to comment. Source: ...
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Warhead team
Lockheed Martin and National Forge Company have teamed to build the BLU-116B Advanced Unitary Penetrator (AUP) penetration weapon. National Forge will manufacture the AUP main warhead body for Lockheed Martin, which received a contract to developed the AUP as an upgrade to the 900kg BLU-109 warhead. The new weapon can ...
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US missiles sale
The US Department of Defense intends to sell Turkey 30 Boeing Harpoon anti-ship missiles, plus related equipment worth about $43 million. Greece is being offered 160 AGM-114KBF and 88 AGM-114K1 Hellfire II anti-tank missiles worth $24 million, while South Korea is to pay around $19 million for 500 Raytheon TOW ...
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Banner increase
Fairchild plans to increase its stake in rotables distributor Banner Aerospace to 81%, from 67%, with a stock for shares offer valued at $50 million. In February, Banner sold its hardware distribution business to AlliedSignal. Source: Flight International
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Avionics purchase
AlliedSignal has acquired privately held UK company Skyforce Avionics, which manufactures hand-held and panel-mounted moving map displays for general aviation aircraft. Skyforce had 1997 sales of $2 million. Source: Flight International
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Latin link-up
Continental Airlines plans to buy a 49% stake in COPA and begin code-sharing with the Panamanian carrier. The deal will require the exclusion of COPA, part of the TACA Group, from the pending American Airlines/ TACA alliance, which would bar group airlines from entering marketing agreements with other carriers. The ...
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Asiana sell off
Up to 30% of South Korean carrier Asiana is to be sold by the Kumho Group. The parent company, which is undergoing a major restructuring of its industrial operations, says that negotiations are already under way with a UK carrier, almost certainly British Airways. Source: Flight International
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Cargo L-610
Czech manufacturer Let, soon to be acquired by Ayres of the USA, has begun design work on a cargo version of the L-610G regional turboprop. Ayres sees a market for the aircraft in Europe as an express-package feeder, with FedEx a target customer. Ayres says the 40-seat L-610G will be ...
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Airport Team
Lufthansa and Munich Airport have signed a joint memorandum of understanding to finance and operate the planned second terminal at Munich's Franz-Josef Strauss Airport. The partners plan to form a joint venture company to take responsibility for operations in the new terminal. Source: Flight International
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DoT task force
The US Department of Transportation (DoT) is establishing a task force to study the effect of airport practices on airline competition and to examine how passenger facility charges and long-term gate leases can affect the marketplace. It hopes to lay out the full scope of the task force by the ...
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An-24 resumption
A fleet of 20 Russian air force Antonov An-124 freighters, grounded last December following the fatal crash of an aircraft at Irkutsk, resumed flying on 15 May. The air force reveals that since 1987, 34% of incidents involving military operated An-124s have been caused by engine failure. Only about half ...
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Boeing breaks 4,000 sales mark for 737s
Sales of the Boeing 737 have passed through the 4,000 mark as a result of top-up deals from various Next Generation 737 customers. American Airlines has concluded a deal for 25 more 737-800s, bringing its total 737 orders to 100. The newly ordered aircraft will arrive between January 2000 ...
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Air One and Swissair move closer to alliance
Marco Messalla/ROME Swissair and Italian independent Air One expect to finalise details of a strategic alliance by the end of May in a move which is expected to see the Swiss flag carrier take a share in the airline. The Italian carrier was created in 1995 in a ...