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-Sabena inaugurated a new service between Brussels and Birmingham on 5 April, and will fly the route four times daily with an Avro RJ85. -Australia and the Solomon Islands have lifted capacity entitlements between Honiara and Australian gateways from three to five weekly services, shared between Solomon Airlines and Qantas. ...
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United wraps up with widebodies purchase
United Airlines has completed its latest round of airliner shopping, with a deal for 23 more Boeing widebodies, worth an estimated $3 billion. The deal, which follows an agreement concluded last month with Airbus for 30 more A320-family aircraft, is the third stage in a four part fleet growth ...
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Lockheed Martin/Northrop Grumman respond
Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman have issued an official response to the US Government's anti-trust complaints against their proposed merger, arguing that the deal is necessary if they are to compete with Boeing in military aircraft and Raytheon in defence electronics. The complaint was filed with the court on ...
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Hungary takes uprated L-39ZO
The Hungarian air force has been handed its first overhauled and upgraded Aero Vodochody L-39ZO Albatros trainer by Danubian Aircraft. The air force's longer-term hopes of reaching a part exchange deal with Vodochody to swap the aircraft for new-build L-39ZAs appear to have hit financing difficulties, however. The ...
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Lockheed wins JASSM battle
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Lockheed Martin can expect to earn more than $2 billion from the Joint Air-to-Surface Stand off Missile (JASSM) programme after winning the first battle against Boeing to provide an initial 2,400 of the cruise missiles to the US Air Force. The US Department of Defense awarded the ...
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Dee Howard sell-off looms
Andrea Spinelli/GENOA Alenia is considering the sale of part of its US maintenance business, Dee Howard, while the Italian group's Venice-based Aeronavali unit has received a huge order from a leasing company for converting McDonnell Douglas DC-10s into freighters. Maintenance represents around 65% of Dee Howard's annual $100 million sales. ...
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Gulf Air changes its orders to A330-200s
Gulf Air has revised its order for six Rolls-Royce Trent 700-powered Airbus A330s, with the aircraft now being taken as the smaller longer range -200 rather than the -300 originally specified. Deliveries are due to begin in April 1999 and continue to June 2001. Gulf Air will use the ...
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ICAO recommends plan to balances NOx and CO2 emissions
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC A modified plan to reduce harmful aero engine emissions has been recommended by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). ICAO's Committee of Aviation Environmental Protection (CAEP) has approved a plan which would cut emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) while encouraging development of more fuel-efficient engines ...
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Taiwan steps up safety audits
Brent Hannon/TAIPEI In an attempt to rebuild passenger confidence in Taiwan's air safety following a spate of accidents, the country's Civil Aeronautics Administration has announced stricter penalties, including severe fines and grounding, for airlines not in compliance with regulatory standards. Each of Taiwan's nine commercial airlines has been ...
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Bonn light SAM
The German parliamentary defence procurement approvals committee has cleared series production of the STN-Atlas Elektronik Light Anti-Aircraft System (LeFlaSys). The LeFlaSys is based around European-produced Raytheon Stinger infrared-guided short range surface-to-air missile (SAM), and is designed to provide anti-aircraft protection to crisis reaction forces and other airborne troop units. According ...
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Singaporean F-16D Block 52s reveal Israeli design heritage
Douglas Barrie/LONDON Singapore's latest batch of Lockheed Martin F-16D Block 52 aircraft is believed to be undergoing a modification by Israel, drawing on elements of the Israeli air force's own F-16D Brakeet (Thunderbolt) strike aircraft. The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) has 20 F-16D Block 52 aircraft on order. ...
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Orbital aspirations
Tim Furniss/LONDON The Chinese Academy of Space Technology (CAST) has announced plans for a national manned spaceflight (see box), an unmanned lunar explorer and radical improvements to space applications technology, thus enabling China to compete more effectively in the international marketplace. A space applications plan has been announced to ...
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Three nations study anti-radiation missile
Douglas Barrie/LONDON Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC The USA, Germany and Italy have begun to explore the joint development of a next-generation anti-radiation missile, with negotiations on a memorandum of agreement (MoA) expected to get under way within the next few months. The three countries are already collaborating on ...
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Korean wraps up 737 deal with Boeing/GECAS
Korean Air (KAL) has finalised a series of financially convoluted lease, loan and trade-in deals with Boeing and General Electric Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) for 35 Next Generation 737s. The agreements entail KAL rolling over its entire fleet of 26 Boeing MD-82/83 and Fokker 100 twinjets. In return, Boeing ...
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USN raises more backing for JSF prognostics
Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems (LMTAS) has received a further $6 million contract from the US Navy to continue work on the Air Vehicle Prognostics and Health Management (AVPHM) demonstration programme for its X-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) demonstrator. The original $6 million contract for AVPHM was awarded in ...
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Schreiner adds Belgium's EATC to portfolio
Schreiner Luchtvaart-Groep of the Netherlands, which owns Schreiner Airways, has acquired European Aviation Training (EATC) at Brussels Airport through its newly founded Simubel subsidiary. EATC has six flight simulators for the Airbus A310, Boeing 727-100, and 727-200, McDonnell Douglas DC-10 and MD-80 and Lockheed Martin C-130. EATC gains 85% ...
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DC-10s go as BA juggles its orders
The fleet of eight McDonnell Douglas DC-10s operated by British Airways (BA) from London Gatwick will be retired from service during 1999, following an order for eight more Boeing 757s and 777s. The airline has also confirmed plans to cancel orders for four 747-400s in favour of three additional ...
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B/EA acquires AMP
Airliner cabin systems specialist B/E Aerospace (B/EA) is to acquire leading business aircraft interior manufacturer Aircraft Modular Products (AMP), for $118 million. AMP, based in Miami, Florida, makes components for executive interiors in new and modified aircraft, including VIP-configured airliners. Source: Flight International
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Partners re-arrange KTX-II schedule after budget cuts
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Samsung Aerospace and partner Lockheed Martin are examining ways of re-arranging KTX-II development work and funding schedules, in the wake of the South Korean Government's decision to slash the programme's first year budget. The new administration of recently inaugurated President Kim Dae Jung has halved the ...
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FAA fuel tank explosion concerns now extended to 737s
Potential explosion danger from fuel vapour in Boeing 737 fuel tanks is to be addressed in a new US Federal Aviation Administration airworthiness directive (AD). The proposed AD, affecting 1,140 US-registered and about 1,600 other 737s, specifies all models from the -100 to the -500. It calls for protection ...