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Untenable situation
Western national carriers British Airways, KLM of the Netherlands and Germany's Lufthansa have recently begun direct flights to Azerbaijan capital Baku, in anticipation of an oil boom which is expected to increase passenger and cargo traffic to the region. Bina International Airport in Baku, however, is dogged by ...
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Invincible ideas?
The last attempt by the UK's Royal Navy to launch a new class of purpose-built aircraft carriers floundered amid an inter-service battle in the late 1960s. The senior service is trying again and, with the help of industry, is attempting to persuade a cost-conscious Ministry of Defence (MoD) that a ...
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Civil warfare
Italy's airline industry is at a crossroads. Long dominated by flag carrier Alitalia, the country's air-transport industry is still coming to terms with the 1995 liberalisation of the domestic market. Despite the dramatic events of the last year or so, most agree that there is still plenty of room for ...
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Taiwanese/Czechs link on AE-270
Taiwan's Aerospace Industrial Development (AIDC) and Aero Vodochody of the Czech Republic have signed a $60 million joint-venture agreement to co-produce a ten-seat turboprop aircraft, the AE-270. Each will take a 50% stake. AIDC president Wang Shih-sen and Aero Vodochody chief executive Adam Stranak signed the agreement on ...
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Boeing increases production as business-jet sales exceed plans
BOEING is stepping up planned production of its 737-based business jet, from six a year to two a month, based on customer response to the aircraft since it was launched in July 1996. "We plan to deliver over 40 aircraft in the first couple of years," says Larry Clarkson, president ...
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Cessna Aircraft cuts back 1997 production targets for singles
Cessna Aircraft has almost halved its 1997 single-engined-aircraft production plans - but the company remains optimistic that sales in 1998 and beyond will reach their targets. Instead of delivering about 1,000 aircraft this year (made up by $150 million-worth of new 172R Skyhawks and 182S Skylanes), the Wichita-based ...
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Cirrus nears test SR20 completion
Cirrus Design has nearly completed construction of its C-1, the test aircraft which will be used to win US Federal Aviation Administration certification of the new SR20 four-seat piston single. The C-1's first flight is expected in mid-year, says the company, reflecting a six-month delay from earlier plans ...
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Dassault studies business-jet production boost
Improving sales of Dassault Aviation business jets may force the manufacturer to increase production rates, says its director general, civil aircraft, Jean-François Georges. Dassault's Merignac plant, near Bordeaux, is producing five aircraft a month, around one-third of which are the new Falcon 2000, says Georges. "The market is ...
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Europe's business-aviation fleet increases by 10%
THE EUROPEAN business-aviation fleet grew by 10% during 1996, with 2,051 aircraft registered, against 1,857 logged in the previous year. The increase came mainly in France (115 more aircraft), the UK (32), Sweden (nine) and Turkey (16), according to the European Business Aviation Association (EBAA), which held its ...
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Learjet breaks new ground at Wichita
Learjet and its parent, Bombardier, have started another multi-million-dollar expansion, this time with a new 6,500m2 (70,000ft2) paint and completion centre at Wichita. "By the time this facility is complete in early November, it will be able to handle 130 aircraft a year," says Learjet president Mac Beatson. ...
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MTR bids to power new Chinese helicopter with MTR390
MTU Turbomeca Rolls-Royce (MTR) is proposing its MTR390 powerplant for a new 5-5.5t helicopter concept now being studied at Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing (HAMC) in China. Although few details are available, Aviation Industries of China confirms that such a concept is under discussion, but stresses that no go-ahead has ...
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East Asia buys S-76Cs
Macau-based helicopter operator East Asia Airlines has signed a contract for three 12-passenger Sikorsky S-76C helicopters for delivery late this year, replacing three eight-seat Bell 222s. The airline flew more than 40,000 passengers on its shuttle between Hong Kong and Macau during 1996. Source: Flight International
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Tyrolean gets UNS-1C
Austrian-based Tyrolean Airways is to retrofit 17 de Havilland Dash 8-300s with the Universal Avionics Systems UNS-1C global-positioning flight-management system. Three will be fitted with the system in Canada, while the balance will be retrofitted at Tyrolean's Innsbruck base by DAC International and Navair. Source: Flight ...
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World boss leaves
World Airways has terminated the contract of its president and chief executive, Charles Pollard. He had planned to leave the US charter carrier when his contract expired this year. "The board desired to make a transition now to a complete an executive team that has a long-term commitment to our ...
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Lockheed Martin and Bovis win contract
Lockheed Martin and UK-based Bovis Construction have been named preferred bidders for the contract to provide the new Scottish Air Traffic Control Centre (SCATCC) located at Prestwick. Scheduled to become operational in 2001/2, the SCATCC will replace the existing Prestwick centre, which controls Scottish airspace and oceanic regions ...
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SIA ponders A340-500 and 777-200X
Singapore Airlines (SIA) says that it will need at least ten new ultra-long-range aircraft to open fresh routes and frequencies to the USA, after the recent signing of an open-skies bilateral air agreement between the two countries. The airline is looking at the proposed Boeing 777-200X and rival ...
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SilkAir narrows choice to 737 and A320 families
SilkAir of Singapore has narrowed its choice of new narrowbody passenger-aircraft to the Boeing 737 and Airbus Industrie A320 families. It is now expected to make a final selection early in April. Following a board meeting by SilkAir's parent company, Singapore Airlines, it has been decided to drop ...
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BAe may move Raytheon work from Chester to Prestwick
British Aerospace is close to concluding a study on whether to relocate Raytheon Hawker subcontract work from its Chester plant to Prestwick in Scotland. BAe's Airbus division manufactures the wing and fuselage of the Hawker 800 business jet under a subcontract which was part of the deal to ...
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Ministers support fuel-tax change
Dutch and Belgian transport ministers have spoken out in favour of abolishing the European airline industry's exemption from fuel taxes. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has responded quickly, saying that such a tax would do nothing to help the environment, as its supporters argue. At a meeting ...
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Jeanniot warns against over-expansion
Pierre Jeanniot, director general of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has issued a stern warning to airlines to think twice before expanding their fleets. The warning follows evidence from IATA that international airlines last year failed to repeat their record profits performance of 1995. The net result ...