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Namibia school study
Nambia's Directorate of Civil Aviation and Dornier International Logistics are conducting a feasibility study into creating an aviation-training school at Keetmanshoop. Source: Flight International
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Boeing finances 172S
Boeing Capital, formerly McDonnell Douglas Finance, is providing lease financing to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University for 61 Cessna 172 trainers being delivered over three years. Deliveries began in September 1997 under a 12-year deal covering the acquisition of almost 300 Cessna single-engine aircraft. Source: Flight International
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Travel Air expands
Raytheon plans to add up to 24 aircraft to its Travel Air fractional-ownership programme in 1998: six Beech King Air B200s, 12 Beechjet 400As and six Hawker 800XPs. By the end of 1997, the fleet consisted of four King Airs, five Beechjets and four Hawkers. Source: Flight International
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Excel ramps up
Cessna plans to produce 20 Citation Excel business jets in 1998, increasing to 60 in 1999, against a backlog of some 200 orders. Deliveries are to begin in April. Source: Flight International
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IPTN service centre
Allison Engine has named Indonesia's IPTN as an approved authorised maintenance centre for the Model 250 turboshaft engine used in commercial and light military helicopters. Source: Flight International
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APR-48A order
Lockheed Martin Federal Systems has won a $94 million contract from the US Army to manufacture 222 radar-frequency interferometer (RFI) systems for integration on the Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopter. The RFI, which is designated the APR-48A, is a passive, all-weather radar detection system. The RFI would be used ...
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Boeing upgrade
Boeing Australia has won a A$300 million ($194) contract for a complete modernisation of the Australian Defence Force's high-frequency (HF) communications system. The work will include upgrades to the HF communications systems in air force and naval aircraft . The Australian Communications System division of Boeing, as prime contractor, will ...
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Popeye junior
The Turkish air force may emerge as the launch customer for the Rafael Popeye 2 stand-off missile, a lighter version of the television/ infra-red-guided weapon. The air force is interested in the Popeye 2 for its Lockheed Martin F-16s. Source: Flight International
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Fifth SU-27IB flies
The fifth Sukhoi Su-27IB fighter-bomber variant of the basic Su-27 Flanker has been flown from Sukhoi's Novosibirsk production site. The Su-27IB(Su-34) programme remains one of the few Russian air force combat-aircraft projects still receiving state funding. The Su-27IB is earmarked to replace the Su-24 Fencer in the strike role. Source: ...
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Pacific purchase
Airwork New Zealand has acquired Sydney-based Pacific Turbine, formerly the engine division of BTR-owned Hawker de Havilland. The unpublicised sale of the overhaul facilities, completed on 20 November, creates Australasia's largest independently owned aviation gas turbine engine overhaul centre. BTR, which is selling its entire aviation interests, has also sold ...
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JT8D-200 gives new life to 707
Pratt & Whitney has signed an agreement with the Seven Q Seven group to certificate the JT8D-200 turbofan for re-engined Boeing 707s and, possibly, KC-135 military variants. The "7Q7" programme could potentially involve the re-engineing of up to 500 in-service 707-320s and KC-135s with the 98kN (22,000lb)-thrust JT8D-219, says ...
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Airbus firms up A3XX freighter
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Airbus is firming up its plans for combi and all-freight derivatives of its proposed A3XX airliner, as it works towards a launch decision by early 1999. As envisaged, both cargo versions of the baseline 560-seat, A3XX-100 will feature a main-deck 3.43 x 2.54m cargo door in ...
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Aerolitoral plans more Saab 340s
Graham Warwick/GUADALAJARA Mexican regional Aerolitoral plans to acquire up to 25 Saab 340s and is drawing up plans to acquire 50-seaters, possibly regional jets. The Monterrey-based carrier operates 27 19-seat Fairchild Dornier Metro III/23s. The first of an initial six 33-seat Saab 340Bs entered service in December and another five ...
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Air Malta aims to finalise fleet revamp in 1998
Air Malta hopes to move forward with its aircraft re-equipment plans by the end of 1998, as it ponders a switch to a one-manufacturer fleet. The airline operates a mixed fleet of seven aircraft, including two Boeing 737-200s, three 737-300s and two Airbus A320s. Four Aero International (Regional) RJ70s acquired ...
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British Airways and LOT Polish plan a strategic alliance
British Airways and LOT Polish Airlines have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to begin negotiating a strategic alliance. BA's prime aim is to develop its Central European network, but LOT says that there is the option of extending the deal in future to include other alliance partners. BA's prospective ...
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BMW Rolls-Royce renegotiates BR715 deal on Boeing regional
Andrzej Jeziorski/DAHLEWITZ BMW Rolls-Royce (BMW R-R) has switched from being a risk-sharing partner in the Boeing 717-200 programme by renegotiating the contract it had originally agreed with McDonnell Douglas (MDC)on the former MD-95. The engine manufacturer is no longer a risk-sharing partner, says BMW R-R managing director Klaus Nittinger, having ...
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Hong Kong faces Chek Lap Kok money troubles
The Hong Kong Airport Authority (HKAA) is having to address a projected two-month shortfall in operating revenue, following the Government's decision to delay until 6 July the opening of the territory's new international airport at Chek Lap Kok. Hong Kong International Airport will actually be ready at the end ...
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EasyJet targets Air Holland as a way in to mainland Europe
EasyJet is seeking to establish a hub in mainland Europe by acquiring the Schiphol, Amsterdam-based charter airline Air Holland. EasyJet has been looking to establish a Dutch hub and already serves Amsterdam from its Luton base and its secondary hub in Liverpool. The airline also operates a weekend service ...
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FedEx accepts TCAS 2 and awaits ADS solution
Federal Express has accepted the need to equip its fleet of jet-powered freighters with the traffic-alert and collision-avoidance system (TCAS 2) to meet pending international regulations, but is still backing the US Cargo Airlines Association (CAA) effort to develop an automatic dependent surveillance - broadcast (ADS-B)-based system. The airline, ...
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Mesa ceases United's west coast feed
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC US regional Mesa Air Group is to sell or close down its Fresno, California-based WestAir Commuter division, which operates as United Express, after it failed to reach agreement with United Airlines to renew the codesharing agreement. The Westair agreement expires on 31 May and United ...