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E-3 upgrade deal
The US Air Force is to equip its E-3 AWACS test aircraft with commercial computer workstations and a phased array communications antenna under a co-operative research and development agreement with Boeing. Source: Flight International
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Turret for ANG C-26S
The US Air National Guard is to equip ten to 15 Fairchild C-26Bs with an infra-red/ television/laser-rangefinder turret, supplied by Wescam subsidiary Versatron under a contract worth $5.5 million. Source: Flight International
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Tracor expands EA-6B
Tracor Aerospace has received a US Navy contract, potentially worth $91 million, to produce Band 9/10 transmitters to increase the frequency coverage of the Grumman EA-6B's ALQ-99 jamming system. Source: Flight International
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Algerian UAV deal
South Africa's Denel has delivered a Seeker reconnaissance unmanned air vehicle (UAV) system to Algeria, in a deal worth R20 million ($4 million). Source: Flight International
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V-22 delivered
The last of four production-representative Bell Boeing V-22s has been delivered to the US Navy's Patuxent River, Maryland, test centre, for avionics testing and operational evaluation. Source: Flight International
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E-767s ready to go
The first two of four Boeing E-767 AWACS aircraft will be handed over to the Japan Air Self-Defence Force on 11 March, following completion of acceptance testing. The final two aircraft will be delivered in early 1999. Source: Flight International
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European record
The 26 airlines forming the Association of European Airlines (AEA) carried 162.7 million passengers on scheduled international flights in 1997, compared to 147.9 million in 1996. Intra-European traffic recorded the highest growth, at 10.2%, closely followed by the North Atlantic, which saw a 9.7% rise. Passenger load factors were up ...
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DSR hand-over
The US Federal Aviation Administration accepted the first Lockheed Martin display-replacement system (DSR) at the Seattle Air Route Traffic Control Centre in January. The Seattle system is the first of 20 DSRs to be installed under an $898 million contract awarded in 1995 and is scheduled to become operational in ...
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Color Air Norway
Norwegian Ferry operator Color Line is to launch Color Air, a new low-cost domestic carrier to be based at Oslo's new airport at Gardermoen. Five leased aircraft, either Boeing 737s or McDonnell Douglas MD-80s, will be operated to Alesund, Tr¿ndheim, Bergen and Stavanger. Source: Flight International
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BA orders EGPWS
British Airways has signed a deal to equip its entire fleet with AlliedSignal's enhanced ground-proximity warning system (EGPWS). BA signed the contract in December 1997, having found no problems with a unit tested on a Boeing 747. Source: Flight International
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Italians object to new ban on night flights
Italian airlines and airports have objected to a Government decision to re-activate a 1995 law banning non-military night flights at all national airports except Rome Fumicino and Milan Malpensa. The law comes into effect on 26 July, and imposes a total ban on flights between 23:00 and 06:00, as ...
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Utilicraft negotiates first Freight Feeder orders
American Utilicraft (AUC) says that it is negotiating a 50-aircraft launch order for its FF-1080-200 Freight Feeder with an unnamed US air cargo operator. Funding for the programme is tied to securing a launch customer for the twin-turboprop aircraft, says AUC president John DuPont. "We are in pretty strong ...
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Seizure hits Air Nauru
Air Nauru, Nauru's Government owned airline, was still negotiating this month to recover its Boeing 737-400, seized under a court order obtained by Philippine Airlines (PAL) on January 26. The carrier had owed about $1 million to PAL, although PAL had provided an interest free schedule of repayments of about ...
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Qantas ponders proposal for Papua's Air Niugini
Senior Qantas executives visited Papua New Guinea (PNG) capital Port Moresby in early February to study a PNG Government proposal for the Australian carrier to take control of Air Niugini under a management contract, in an attempt to ward off the collapse of the airline. The review follows an ...
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Malaysia offers its unwanted 777s to Brazilian carrier VASP
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Malaysia Airlines (MAS) is offering its unwanted Boeing 777-200 delivery positions to Brazilian carrier VASP, following the collapse of similar talks with Delta Air Lines. At the same time, Thai Airways International says that it is looking to defer some of its later deliveries. The Malaysian ...
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Egypt's Lotus is ready to blossom
New Egyptian charter airline Lotus Air is preparing to launch services with its first Airbus A320, following maintenance on the aircraft carried out by Gulf Aircraft Maintenance (GAMCO) in Dubai. The A320, which was previously operated by Onur Air, is being leased from International Lease Finance, and will be ...
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GE prepares engine for CRJ-700
General Electric plans to run the CF34-8C1 engine for the first time this month, following assembly at its Lynn plant of the initial powerplant destined for Bombardier's Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ)-700. The first engine-to-test stage marks the start of an intensive test phase, with 15 full engines due to ...
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Cebu DC-9 probe focuses on CFIT
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Investigation of the fatal Cebu Pacific Air McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 crash in the southern Philippines on 2 February is focusing on the possibility of a controlled flight into terrain (CFIT). The aircraft hit a mountain during descent for its approach into Cagayan de Oro Airport. Philippine president Fidel ...
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Continental angers Delta chief executive
Delta Air Lines chief executive Leo Mullin has attacked the "complete misrepresentations" made by Continental Airlines officials on the carrier's failure to reach a merger agreement. Despite three weeks of secret bargaining, Continental eventually snubbed Delta and agreed to forge a strategic alliance with Northwest Airlines. Continental's chief executive ...
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Eurocontrol and FAA step towards common ATN
Eurocontrol and the US Federal Aviation Administration are to work together to create procedures for the introduction of the aeronautical telecommunications network(ATN). Eurocontrol and ATN Systems (ATNSI), the US group backed by the FAA, have agreed to develop a common American-European reference aeronautical telecommunication network (CAERAF). ATNSI, owned ...