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Airtran to move
AirTran Airlines is to shift its corporate headquarters from Atlanta, Georgia, to Orlando, Florida, early in 1998, while maintaining other airline operations at Atlanta's Hartsfield International Airport. The move is subject to completion of the pending merger between ValuJet Airlines and AirTran Airways, expected by the end of this month, ...
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MAPO Mig-AT2 flies
The second prototype MIG MAPO MiG-AT advanced trainer joined the flight test programme in late October. The aircraft is designated MiG-AT2 and has modified avionics with more Russian-produced components. The MiG-AT2 is described as trainer/attack aircraft and can carry weapons. MAPO maintains that up to ten MiG-AT aircraft will be ...
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CMC in NovAtel link
Canadian Marconi (CMC) and NovAtel have joined forces to develop a new generation of global-positioning-system receivers for airborne and ground use. CMC will use NovAtel technology. in high-performance GPS receivers for applications including precision approach and collision avoidance. Source: Flight International
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S-92 Hoist
Lucas Aerospace is to supply the rescue hoist for Sikorsky's S-92 helicopter. The design will allow a rescue mission to continue (should the cable need to be cut) by retrieving the cable end from inside the hoist housing and attaching a quick-splice hook. Source: Flight International
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NMF wing panels
NMF Canada has announced a $2.7 million expansion of its Mirabel plant, following a $12 million wing panel production contract from Israel Aircraft Industries. It is adding a second paint booth, a shot-peening area and new wing and structures machining equipment, partly financed by a $660,000 loan from Québec's Aerospace ...
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Sira CCD study
Sira Elecro-Optics has been awarded a contract by the UK Defence and Evaluation Research Agency to evaluate the use of p-type as opposed to the usual n-type semiconductors for storing charge in charge-coupled devices (CCDs) for space applications. In theory, p-type doping should harden the crystal lattice to radiation (proton) ...
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Software revolution leads assault on year 2000
Artificial-intelligence "software assistants" aimed at preventing computers from crashing at the turn of the century have been developed by US company Software Revolution, easing the task of reprogramming and testing millions of lines of suspect code in the time left until 2000. The Revolution 2000 suite developed by ...
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FAA orders skin-panel inspection for old 737s
As part of its continuing ageing-aircraft initiative, the US Federal Aviation Administration has ordered new inspections or modifications of fuselage skin-panel lap joints on 33 US-registered Boeing 737-100/200s with more than 60,000 flights. A further 34 737s owned by foreign airlines are affected by the airworthiness directive (AD), ...
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AB Airlines takes AIM for expansion funds
AB Airlines is planning a listing on London's Alternative Investment Market (AIM) early in 1998 to fund an expansion of its network and fleet renewal. The Stansted, UK-based airline is negotiating the acquisition of four new Boeing 737-300s, configured with two-class cabins, in January 1998 to replace its ...
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Spinetta selects Lyon location for Air France's second hub
New Air France president Jean-Cyril Spinetta has chosen Lyon Airport, in the south of France, as the national airline's second hub, after Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport. In his first public statement since being confirmed in the job at the end of October, Spinetta says that Lyon is ...
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BA nears low-fares decision and re-equips regional unit
British Airways is expected to finalise plans before the end of the year to launch a European low-fare operation at London Stansted, using Boeing 737-300s. At the same time, the airline has begun an interim replacement of its BA Regional 737-200s. Earlier this year, BA commissioned the UK-based ...
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Finnair takes first Boeing
Finnair has introduced the first new Boeing airliner to join its fleet. The 757-200 entered service on 24 October, the first of four such aircraft to be delivered to the airline by early 1998. They will be flown in 219-seat configurations on tourist flights to the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean, ...
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Brazil looks for airport infrastructure investors
Brazil's state-owned airports company, Infraero, is looking for foreign investors prepared to back a massive modernisation programme for the country's airport network. The programme, valued at $2.9 billion over the next three years, covers five major new airport developments at Fortaleza, in the north east of Brazil; Porto ...
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Europe considers new cabin-crew standards
Cabin-crew basic training standards may be unified across Europe, with staff issued with certificates of "professional competence", if a proposed new directive is approved within the European Union (EU). The new concept, being mooted within the European Parliament, would require states to approve training organisations, their courses and ...
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Taiwan Airlines signs first order for shortfield Dornier 328
Fairchild Dornier claims to have secured an Asian launch customer for two improved short-field performance 328-130 turboprops, scheduled for delivery in early 1998. Although neither the manufacturer nor the airline will officially confirm it, the launch customer for the new variant is believed to be Taiwan Airlines. Sources ...
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Airbus and Finavitec study co-operation
Airbus has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Finnish company Finavitec to explore co-perative opportunities in industrial activities. The aim is "to associate progressively" Finavitec with the consortium's development and manufacturing system, says Airbus. Finavitec and Airbus have also signed an MoU defining the participation of Finavitec ...
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US flight-operations data rule imminent
The US Federal Aviation Administration will soon issue a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) designed to "encourage the voluntary implementation" of flight operations quality assurance (FOQA) programmes among US airlines. FAA Administrator Jane Garvey says that the FOQA data will not be used for punitive enforcement purposes and ...
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Milan switch upsets airlines
Nine major European airlines have complained to the European Commission over Italian Government demands that all services on routes carrying fewer than 2 million passengers a year be transferred from Milan Linate airport to Milan/Malpensa 2000, starting from October 1998. Air France, British Airways, Iberia, KLM, Lufthansa, Olympic, ...
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KLM plans regional changes
KLM will finalise plans by the end of the year to re-organise its regional-airline partners under one umbrella operation. Details of the initiative, which is being led by Air UK at London Stansted, are still being thrashed out, but in one option a single identity could be adopted. ...