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Cambodian coup hits Royal Air Cambodge
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE The military coup and collapse of Cambodia's fragile coalition Government has cast doubt on the future of Royal Air Cambodge (RAC), the country's joint-venture airline with Malaysia Helicopter Services (MHS). RAC's two Malaysia Airlines (MAS)-owned Boeing 737-400s have been grounded in Kuala Lumpur in ...
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FAA orders flight data-recorder upgrades
COMMERCIAL passenger aircraft being operated in the USA must be retrofitted with enhanced flight-data recorders (FDRs) within four years, according to a new ruling from the US Federal Aviation Administration. The FAA rule change, which was finalised this month, was urged by the US National Transportation Safety Board ...
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Marketplace
++ An Aero International (Regional) ATR 42-320 operated by CityFlyer Express is being offered for lease by Fortis Aviation, on behalf of AIRCOM, from the end of 1997. ++ British Midland has now signed a firm contract with Airbus Industrie for eight A320/A321s, and will take an additional 12 on ...
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DC-8 training faulted
Flight-simulator fidelity in reproducing aircraft stall characteristics may have to be improved, if the US Federal Aviation Administration accepts National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recommendations emerging from its investigation of December 1996 fatal crash on an Airborne Express McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63 in Virginia. The aircraft crashed when the ...
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Pro operations
The new Detroit City Airport-based low-fare airline, Pro Air, has begun operations with its fleet of two new 146-seat Boeing 737-400s. The airline is initially operating to Baltimore, Washington and Indianapolis, and plans to add New York Newark and Milwaukee to its routes. Source: Flight International
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Engine failure marks the end for Orient
Orient Avia, the independent Russian airline, has ceased operations following an engine failure on its last serviceable Ilyushin Il-62 on 10 July. The airline primarily operated services from Moscow to Vladivostok and Petroparlovsk in Kamchatka. At its peak, Orient operated three Il-62s, an Ilyushin Il-86 and a Tupolev ...
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Russia certificates Rolls-Royce RB.211-powered Tupolev Tu-204
The Rolls-Royce RB.211-powered Tupolev Tu-204 airliner has become the first Russian/Western joint-venture jet-powered-aircraft programme to be certificated in the CIS. The Tu-204-120, which is powered by the RB.211-535E4, was approved by the Aviation Register of the Interstate Aviation Committee on 16 July, clearing the way for deliveries to ...
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Sahara India initiates fleet expansion for regional work
Sahara India Airlines has embarked on an $82 million expansion of its fleet, moving the airline into regional turboprop and helicopter operations. The carrier will initiate the programme by acquiring two more leased Boeing 737-400s, plus up to five 50-seat turboprops. The first of the new ...
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Pegasus is on track for Saudi Arabian debut
Flight tests of Honeywell's Pegasus advanced flight- management system (FMS) on a McDonnell Douglas (MDC) MD-90 are "-progressing well and are on schedule" for first delivery to Saudi Arabian Airlines in November, says Honeywell. US Federal Aviation Administration certification of the FMS is expected in October, representing the ...
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Schiphol curfew angers airlines
Herman De Wulf/BRUSSELS Dutch charter airlines Martinair and Transavia are threatening legal action if a proposed night curfew goes ahead at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport from 1 August. The airport authority is seeking Government approval for a plan under which all operations between 23.00 and 06.00 would ...
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Tupolev prepares Tu-144LL for next round of flight testing
THE TUPOLEV Tu-144LL supersonic flying laboratory is being prepared for the next portion of its flight-test programme, now that an initial series of eight flights, three of them supersonic, has been completed. The tests are part of a joint US-Russian programme being undertaken from Zhukovsky, near Moscow. In ...
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Final bid for lufthansa
Seven German, Dutch, Swiss and US banks have presented bids to handle the sale of the German Government's remaining stake in national carrier Lufthansa. After the airline's partial privatisation and a rights issue, in which the Government did not participate, the state share in Lufthansa has been diluted from over ...
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New French Government calls off Thomson-CSF privatisation
Julian Moxon/PARIS Kevin O'Toole/London French prime minister Lionel Jospin has formally announced that the privatisation of defence-electronics giant Thomson-CSF, begun by the previous right-wing government, is to be halted, but has hinted that a sale may still go ahead provided that the state retains a decisive controlling interest ...
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Toyota expands aviation interests with purchase
TOYOTAMOTOR is to take control of Aero Asahi, Japan's largest commercial helicopter operator, agreeing to buy a 76% stake from the Seibu department store for ´17 billion ($150 million). Tokyo-based Aero Asahi operates 88 helicopters and 12 fixed-wing aircraft. The fleet includes some 35 Bell 206s, as well ...
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War in the air
IT IS A TRUTH THAT the people who start wars are very rarely the people who end up winning them. That should be remembered by the European Union (EU) politicians and officials who seem determined to start a trade war with the USA over the proposed merger of Boeing and ...
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MDC to demonstrate technology for 'agile AMRAAM'
McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) is to demonstrate flight-control technology for an advanced beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile with the high agility required for close-in combat. The dual-range missile concept combines the capabilities of the Hughes AIM-120 advanced medium-range air-to-air missile (AMRAAM) and short-range Hughes AIM-9X in a single airframe. To flight-test ...
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Funding struggle hits Eurofighter missile
Douglas Barrie/LONDON Andrea Spinelli/GENOA Potential partner nations in the UK's beyond-visual- range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) programme intended for the Eurofighter EF2000 are haggling with the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) over funding of the £10 million ($17 million) risk-reduction studies by competing teams. Sources close to ...
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Australia analyses F-111G compatibility with F-111Cs
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has begun a project-definition study in preparation for Project Air 5404, its General Dynamics F-111G optimisation programme to maximise the benefits obtained from the RAAF's recent acquisition of 15 F-111Gs from the US Air Force. The F-111Gs, which ...
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PZL will test upgraded Iryda in August
Polish aircraft manufacturer PZL-Mielec has Ìnished construction of the Ìrst operational-standard M-96 upgraded Iryda jet trainer. Flight tests begin in August. A test aircraft in the earlier M-93 aerodynamic conÌguration has been ßying with Sextant Avionique's Topßight avionics suite since late April, according to Iryda chief designer Marek ...
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Lockheed Martin and Samsung conclude agreement on KTX-2
LOCKHEEDMARTIN has agreed a deal with Samsung Aerospace on joint development of the KTX-2dvanced-trainer/light-combat aircraft. The US company says, however, that it will be "touch and go" to sign contracts and secure US export licences by the 1 October date set by the South Korean Government for formal ...