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Japanese aircrew strike grinds into its second week
The strike by pilots and flight engineers over salary cuts at All Nippon Airways (ANA)is moving into its second week with no sign of an end to what is an almost unprecedented level of industrial action for Japan. By 17 April, the twelfth day, the number of cancelled international flights ...
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AMR's Crandall is set for May retirement
Robert Crandall, the combative airline chief of AMR/American Airlines, has announced his retirement after 25 years with the carrier. Crandall hands over control of American on 20 May to Donald Carty, who was named company president three years ago. Crandall joined American in 1973 as senior vice-president for finance, ...
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JAT signs deal for eight A319s
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH JAT Yugoslav Airlines has signed a preliminary agreement for eight Airbus A319s in anticipation of the end of trade embargoes with the rump of Yugoslavia. JATsays that contracts will be signed only when the embargoes are lifted, but anticipates delivery of the first two aircraft in ...
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New UK oceanic ATC centre faces major delays
Ian Sheppard/LONDON THE UK National Air Traffic Services (NATS) faces another embarrassing delay in upgrading its ageing infrastructure, with warnings that it will have to extend the deadline on completing a new oceanic air traffic control centre within only months of work starting. Design work on the centre, ...
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GKN opens Agusta merger talks
Douglas Barrie/LONDON Last minute attempts by French interests to court Italian helicopter manufacturer Agusta have fallen on deaf ears, with owner Finmeccanica throwing its lot in with longstanding partner GKN Westland. GKN and state owned Finmeccanica announced on 16 May that a merger of their respective helicopter subsidiaries is ...
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Virgin group and Sabre Airways discuss link-up at Gatwick
Speculation is growing that the Virgin group is close to a deal with UK charter carrier Sabre Airways to form the basis of Virgin Sun, a new European holiday airline venture. Details of the new airline, being set up by Virgin Holidays, are expected to be unveiled at the ...
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First EOS launch suffers a six month setback
The launch of the first satellite in the Earth Observing System (EOS), the centrepiece of NASA's Mission to Planet Earth programme, has been delayed by at least six months after the discovery of a series of ground control software faults. Faults in the EOS Data and Information System (EOSDIS) ...
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LEO data messaging services boosted
Orbital Science's Orbital Communications has been granted permission by the US Government's Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to increase the number of its planned operational systems of Orbcomm data messaging satellites from 36 to 48. Twelve Orbcomm satellites have so far been launched, 10 aboard OSC Pegasus boosters and two ...
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Censored
Voice communications between the crew of Russia's space station and ground control will no longer be relayed live to the media during critical operations such as spacewalks. Mission directors have been increasingly frustrated by inaccurate and hyped stories about operational problems on the Mir, particularly the coverage of the collision ...
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March satellite launch log
MARCH SATELLITE LAUNCH LOG No Date Spacecraft Type Launcher* Country* Launch site* 15 15 Mar Progress M38 Tanker Soyuz U/3 Russia 3 Baikonur 3 ...
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Motorola completes third Iridium launch in 13 days
Tim Furniss/LONDON Russia's Proton K booster returned to operational service on 6 April, launching seven Motorola Iridium worldwide hand-held telephone mobile communications satellites into low Earth orbit from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Proton launch follows flights by a Chinese Long March 2C/SD on 26 March, carrying ...
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Columbia crew practise escape routine
Three of the seven crewmembers of the STS 90/Columbia Neurolab Spacelab mission due to be launched on a 14 day-plus medical intensive research flight on 16 April practise an emergency escape from the top of the launch pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. In an emergency during the ...
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Nissan makes plans for small launcher
Nissan is planning to introduce a small commercial solid propellant satellite launcher as early as 2001, with a booster developed from two current Japanese programmes. It would be the first private Japanese attempt to enter the commercial launcher market. No government funding is envisaged for the project, which will cost ...
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Mount cook sale
Air New Zealand has sold the general aviation operations of its Mount Cook Group subsidiary to Tourism Holdings. The tour operator will take over Mount Cook's fleet of general aviationaircraft and helicopters, used for ski and scenic flights. The Group is retaining ownership of its regional and charter operations Mount ...
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Quiet raytheon
Raytheon Aircraft is to install Ultra Electronics' UltraQuiet active noise control system as standard in Beech King Air 350s, under an agreement with Elliott Aviation, which offers the system for retrofit. Raytheon says the loudspeaker-based system will reduce cabin noise to under 80dB(A). Source: Flight International
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Ultrasport weighs in at 270kg
Ultralight American Sportscopters (NZ)in NewZealand has has unveiled its new Ultrasport 496. The US-designed helicopter has an all-composite fuselage, giving an empty weight of just 270kg. It also features a parachute, which can support the lightweight airframe and two occupants. A flight test programme will start this month, with plans ...
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Improved King Airs
The US Army has equipped 125 Raytheon C-12s (military King Air 200s) with Raisbeck Engineering's ram air recovery system and dual aft body strakes, to reduce engine foreign object damage. The changes also increase torque and improve stability, while reducing aft fuselage fatigue. Source: Flight International
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Vulcan Air resurrects Partenavia P.68 line
Italian Aircraft manufacturer Air Samanta is to start a new general aviation production line following its acquisition of Aerocosmos, which holds the type certificate for the twin-engined Partenavia P.68/P.68TC. The acquisition, priced at L1.4 billion ($780,000), also includes the former production plant in Milan and aircraft spares. Vulcan, which ...
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EBAA presses for ICAO change
Kate Sarsfield/Brussels The European Business Aircraft Association (EBAA) is pushing for corporate aviation to be included by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO)as part of the air transport sector, in an attempt to raise the status of business flying and aid the fight for greater airport access. The ...
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Delayed UK en route centre is set for clearance
David Learmount/LONDON Lockheed Martin is expected to gain clearance this week to hand over operating software for the UK's long-delayed new en route air traffic control centre (NERC) at Swanwick, near Southampton. This would enable a speedy contract completion for the Scottish Air Traffic Control Centre (SCATCC), says ...