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Phillipines talks
The Philippines has cancelled talks with Singapore on a proposed new open-skies bilateral air-services agreement, following protests by its flag carrier. Philippine Airlines claims that civil aeronautics board member Victor Limlingan is unsuitable to chair the talks because of "serious legal questions" over his previous dealings with Singapore. ...
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Malaysian delay
The Malaysian Government is postponing the opening of Kuala Lumpur's new international airport at Sepang by up to three months, says the country's transport minister Ling Liong Sik. The $3.4 billion airport had been scheduled to open at on 1 January, but more time is needed to complete support facilities. ...
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Exportable IDF
Taiwan's Aerospace Industrial Development says that it is seeking US Government approval to offer a proposed advanced trainer variant - the Ching Kuo Indigenous Defence Fighter (IDF) - for export. It is keen to secure follow-on orders for the aircraft after the 130 ordered by the Taiwan air force. ...
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BVRAAM study
A Hughes-led team has been awarded a £5 million (£8.2 million) project definition and risk-reduction study contract by the UK Ministry of Defence as part of its Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile (BVRAAM) project to replace the British Aerospace Skyflash. A study is also expected to be awarded to Matra ...
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777 options exercised
Emirates has exercised two of seven options it holds for the Boeing 777-200IGW, powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 892 engines, bringing the airline's 777 fleet to nine. Source: Flight International
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Latest programmimg from WTN
Worldwide Television News (WTN) will be offering airlines a range of new programming at this year's World Airline Entertainment Association (WAEA). All of WTN's programming follows a magazine-style format made up of feature segments. Each half-hour programme can be played as a stand-alone feature. WTN's Global View, which is a ...
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Tu-334 production
Russia and Ukraine are finalising a deal to set up a final- assembly line for the Tupolev Tu-334 at Isfahan, Iran. The country has already selected the Antonov An-140 turboprop for local production and is in the process of introducing 12 Tupolev Tu-154Ms which are being delivered from Aviacor in ...
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Mir crew returns
Russia's Soyuz TM25 cosmonauts Vasily Tsiblyev and Alexander Lazutkin landed safely in Kazakhstan on 15 August after their troubled 184-day shift aboard the Mir 1 space station (Flight International, 6-12 August, P40). The Mir's new resident cosmonauts, the TM26's Anatoli Solovyov and Pavel Vonogradov, are scheduled to make ...
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Resignations
Raytheon Aircraft president Roy Norris has resigned. Chairman and chief executive Art Wegner has assumed the post of president. Gulfstream Aerospace president Fred Breidenbach has also resigned and been replaced by former Boeing Everett division general manager James Johnson. Source: Flight International
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P&WC buys out Klimov's stake in Russian venture
Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) has acquired 100% of its joint venture with Russian engine manufacturer Klimov and formed a wholly-owned new subsidiary, P&W-Rus. The deal will be unveiled at the MAKS '97 air show in Moscow, 19-24 August. Assets and employees of the P&W Klimov joint venture, ...
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Pierson successor
Speculation over a successor for Airbus managing director Jean Pierson has mounted, with press speculation that former head of Daimler-Benz Aerospace (Dasa)Harmut Mehdorn could be set for the post. Previously the job has gone to a French executive. Airbus dismisses the rumours as "pure speculation" but admits that Pierson's contract ...
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Sikorsky plays S-92 card in Canadian competition
SIkorsky is offering the S-92 as an option in its bid to supply Canada with 15 search-and-rescue (SAR) helicopters. Sikorsky's main bid is based on a version of the UH-60 Black Hawk called the Maplehawk, but it has also offered to lease the helicopters to Canada until the S-92 is ...
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Flight International television
Flight International, has signed an agreement with Aviation Television & Communications (AT&C) to run live closed-circuit television services, beginning at the forthcoming Dubai '97 and Asian Aerospace '98 air shows. The service at both shows will bring news, features and live flying-display coverage to all chalets and to public areas. ...
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Sirocco lines up buyers for R-R-powered Tu-204
Paul Duffy/MOSCOW Sirocco Aerospace International, the subsidiary of Egypt's Kato Aromatic set up to market the Rolls-Royce RB.211-powered Tupolev Tu-204-120, has signed deals with two launch customers involving 15 aircraft. The agreements will be formally announced at the MAKS '97 air show being held in Moscow during 19-24 ...
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Taiwan's carriers close on widebody orders
Paul Lewis/TAIPEI Taiwan's two rival national carriers China Airlines (CAL) and EVA Airways are showing renewed interest in new ultra-long-haul aircraft, in response to the recent provisional launch of the Airbus Industrie A340-500/600 and a proposed open-skies agreement with the USA. Competition between Boeing and Airbus ...
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Cost overruns hit Merlin
UK Government spending watchdog, the National Audit Office (NAO), is raising concerns that the GKN Westland/ Agusta EH101 Merlin military helicopter faces further delays and additional price hikes. Its Major Projects Report 1996 reveals that the Merlin programme is "-likely to cost over £650 million [$1 billion] more ...
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Aerospatiale leads the way in composite wingboxes
Aerospatiale's Saint-Martin-du-Touch design bureau expects to complete a research programme by the end of this year into next-generation composite design for commercial aircraft. The French company claims to be leading the world with its composite-wingbox development, while it concedes that the USA's Boeing is leading in developing composite ...
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USA taps automotive composites research
A composites manufacturing process developed for the automotive industry is to be adapted for aerospace use under a two-year, $7.2 million, US Air Force contract awarded to the National Center for Composite Systems Technology (NCCST). Based in Kettering, Ohio, the NCCST will lead the pilot project to adapt ...
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Delta takes lead
Delta Air Lines has started to retrofit fire suppressors and smoke detectors in the cargo holds of its Boeing 737s, and plans to fit its entire narrowbody fleet with the safety devices. The US Federal Aviation Administration has given notice of proposed rulemaking indicating that such installations will be required ...
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Europeans unite on ozone layer
Herman De Wulf/Brussels The European Commission (EC), Airbus Industrie and five European airlines have restarted the MOSAIC scientific programme, initially launched in 1995 to measure ozone depletion in the upper atmosphere. It is estimated that air transportation is responsible for 2-3% of all air pollution and, ...