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Next Generation 737 delivery encounters further delay
Delivery of the first Boeing Next Generation 737-700 to Southwest Airlines has been held up again, this time because of last-minute modifications to the lateral trim system. The first aircraft was originally due to be handed over to launch customer Southwest in October, but this slipped to late November ...
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Fairchild rolls out first 328JET
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH Fairchild Dornier has unveiled the first 328JET prototype at Oberpfaffenhoffen, and is to begin trials this month. The aircraft has been created by the conversion of the second Dornier 328 turboprop prototype. Its first flight is due on 20 January, weather permitting, says Fairchild Dornier president ...
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Marketplace
++ Mexicana has leased an ex-Sunways Boeing 757-200 from Sunrock Aircraft, along with an ex-SAS Boeing 767-300ER from GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS). The 757 was repossessed by Sunrock in September when the Swedish charter airline folded. Another ex-Sunways 757 has been leased to Britannia, by Tombo Aviation. ++ British ...
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MAS warns Boeing to raise 777X tempo
Paul Lewis/LANGKAWI Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has reiterated that it is still interested in launching the proposed ultra-long-haul Boeing 777-200X, but in the wake of the recent slowdown in the programme, the carrier is warning that there is a limit to its patience. In March, the Malaysian carrier signed ...
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Routes
++ US Airways is seeking US Department of Transportation (DoT) permission to start services to Amsterdam early in 1998 from Philadelphia International, where the airline is to build a $300 million terminal. ++ Northwest is seeking US DoT approval to codeshare with KLM on its Philadelphia-Amsterdam route, to begin on ...
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US decision will seal fate of EGNOS
Julian Moxon/PARIS A Eurocontrol system enabling European airspace users to take full advantage of the US global-positioning system (GPS) for sole-means navigation may be cancelled if the USA fails to go ahead with its own, equivalent, programme. The European geostationary navigation overlay system (EGNOS) is meant to give ...
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European reality
The sudden outbreak of enthusiasm among European Governments for a consolidation of their defence industries is as startling as it is welcome - but it is difficult to see what deep consideration of the real issues involved has led to their new stand. This magazine has been arguing for ...
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Wishing on a star
Guy Norris/Rio de Janeiro Varig is entering one of the most pivotal periods in its 70-year history. After successfully struggling to turn its fortunes around in 1996, the Brazilian flag carrier figuratively hitched its wagon to a star in 1997 when it joined the growing band of airline members ...
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Netherlands rotary club
Rene van Woezik/THE HAGUE IT MUST SEEM TO THE DUTCH that rental was enormously cheaper than acquisition, at least as far as the Royal Netherlands Air Force is concerned. Its 12 leased Boeing AH-64As cost the grand sum of $12: its 30 AH-64Ds, deliveries of which begin in April ...
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Latin sounds
Geoffrey Jones/SANTIAGO Chile's two major airlines, LAN Chile and Ladeco, have been working together formally for some two years, since LAN Chile took control of its struggling domestic contemporary in 1995. The take-over has helped both carriers, with Ladeco consolidating its domestic market position while LAN Chile has been ...
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Environmental pressure could force change-over to hydrogen fuel
Pressure on the aviation industry to bear its share of the planned reductions in greenhouse gas emissions could force it to switch to alternative fuels such as hydrogen, according to speakers at a London conference on aerospace propulsion. A report by Daimler-Benz Aerospace (Dasa) Airbus says the projected 1.5-2% ...
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TRW has to delay delivery of AXAF
The launch of NASA's third Great Observatory spacecraft, the Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF), aboard the Space Shuttle STS93/Columbia, scheduled for August 1998, will be postponed, possibly by "several months", because main contractor TRW has experienced delays in "assembly and testing". International Space Station Shuttle flights scheduled later in 1998 ...
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Airbus aids new A320 training in Singapore
Airbus Industrie is to assist Asia-Pacific Training & Simulation (APTS) to establish a new A320 simulator training capability in Singapore, in an effort to improve support for the growing number of regional operators of the aircraft. Singapore-based APTS has ordered a single A320 full-flight simulator from Reflectone, equipped with ...
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F-14 Tomcats will get more LANTIRN pods
The US Navy is purchasing an additional 25 Lockheed Martin Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared for Night (LANTIRN) pods for installation on its Grumman F-14 Tomcat strike fighters. The USN previously purchased 75 LANTIRN systems to give the F-14 a ground-attack capability, with a contract option for an ...
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Canada orders review of SAR bidding
The Canadian Government has refused to endorse the Department of National Defense's (DND) recommendation to procure the EH Industries EH101 Cormorant helicopter to meet its search-and-rescue (SAR) requirement. The EH101 came top in the DND's technical recommendation, but the Federal Cabinet is now demanding that the bid process be ...
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Bavarian bank acquires Aero Lloyd
A majority stake in German charter carrier Aero Lloyd is to go to the Bayerische Landesbank (BLB), the Bavarian bank originally called in to find new investors for the airline. BLB is negotiating to take 51% of the company, adding that investment in Germany's sizeable tourist market is a ...
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Deutsche BA complaint
Deutsche BA has protested to European Union free trade commissioner Karel van Miert about Lufthansa's ticket pricing policy on domestic German routes. Lufthansa is accused of subsidising price cuts on routes in an attempt to push Deutsche BA out of the market. Source: Flight International
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US Air Force cuts fixed wing FATE demonstrator plans
The US Air Force is reported to have scrapped plans to fund the Fixed Wing Vehicle demonstrator element of its Future Aircraft Technology Enhancement (FATE) programme. One of the key elements of the original FATE project was the manufacture of a single-engine demonstrator platform intended to examine technologies applicable ...
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B-1B crash
The fatal crash of a Rockwell International B-1B bomber in Montana on 19 September was caused by pilot error, says the US Air Force. The B-1B assigned to the 28th Bomb Wing at Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota, had been on a low-level defensive countermeasures and simulated bombing training mission. The ...
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Bombardier acquires
Bombardier Services has acquired the UK's Specialist Aviation Services, which incorporates Police Aviation Services and Medical Aviation Services, for an undisclosed sum. The company, which was established in 1984, claims to be the first commercial organisation in the UK which is dedicated to the provision of emergency support services. ...