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Qantas disposes of Air New Zealand stake
Qantas has severed its last links with Air New Zealand, selling its 19.4% stake in the carrier. Under the terms of the long-delayed trans-Tasman single- aviation market, the move now clears the way for unrestricted Qantas entry into New Zealand domestic operations and for increased competition on international routes. ...
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STAe profits as civil overhaul rates increase
Singapore Technologies Aerospace (STAe) has bounced back into profits with a better-than-expected year-end result, boosted by an up-turn in commercial business and stronger earnings from associate companies. The Singapore company made a net profit of S$27.8 million ($19 million) in 1996, turning around a loss of more than ...
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TWA sees losses soar
News that a Saudi Prince has taken a 5%stake in Trans World Airlines (TWA)did little to lift the gloom surrounding the struggling airline's heavy losses posted for 1996. Prince al-Waleed bin Talal, a member of the Saudi royal family, picked up the stake for $14 million and helped ...
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US Air Force considers broad re-engineing
BOEING AND ROLLS-Royce/Allison Engine could win a major US Air Force contract to re-engine not only the Boeing B-52H bomber, but other aircraft derived from the Boeing 707. A final decision on whether to re-engine the B-52H fleet is pending as a Congressional committee looking at the issue ...
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US Army seeks more RAH-66 funding
ADDITIONAL FUNDING is being sought to avoid a six-month hiatus in flight testing of the Boeing/Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche scout/attack helicopter. The first prototype is due to be grounded from April to September 1998, because of a lack of cash. The US Army is seeking an extra $40 million ...
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Pentagon delays Super Hornet production decision
US DEFENCE secretary William Cohen has agreed to delay the low-rate initial production (LRIP) decision on the McDonnell Douglas F-18E/F programme, due on 28 March. The postponement comes at the urging of the US General Accounting Office, which felt that an LRIP decision should not be made until ...
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There is still a need for flight engineer
Sir - The absence from the cockpit of the flight engineer has once more been placed in question by the story "Airbus fits switch guards after A340 hydraulic incident" (Flight International, 12-18 February, P16). This incident took place in a reputable aircraft, belonging to a reputable airline, with an all-pilot ...
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Westland discusses helicopter upgrade options with Egypt
GKN Westland is taking part in preliminary negotiations with Egypt over an upgrade of the country's Commando MkI and MkII transport helicopters, along with its Sea King Mk47 anti-submarine warfare/anti-surface-warfare helicopters. The discussions are the first formal contacts between Egypt and Westland since the resolution of prolonged legal ...
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UAE discusses Hawk purchase with BAe
The United Arab Emirates is discussing with British Aerospace the purchase of a possible 12 Hawk 63 advanced jet trainers to supplement the 23 Hawks it has already purchased. The UAEis likely to buy additional Dassault Mirage 2000s soon, as well as a multi-role/strike aircraft, and an additional ...
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Lockheed Martin looks east with KC-130J
Lockheed Martin is developing a hybrid boom/ probe-and-drogue variant of its KC-130J Hercules II, aimed at Middle Eastern states with mixed fighter fleets. Egypt and Saudi Arabia are thought to be the most likely near-term customers, although the United Arab Emirates could emerge as a prospect in the ...
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Saudi FLIR
The Royal Saudi Naval Force has signed an agreement with US company FLIR Systems for the supply of up to 80 AAQ-22 SAFIRE forward- looking infra-red thermal-imaging systems for its Eurocopter Super Puma helicopters and for naval patrol craft. The foreign-military-sales contract is initially worth $700,000, although if the Saudi ...
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Aerospatiale/Denel deal
Aerospatiale of France and SouthAfrica's Denel are expanding their co-operative agreement with a deal signed during the IDEX show between Yves Michot, Aerospatiale chairman, and Johan Alberts, Denel chief executive. Possible areas of collaboration include tactical missiles, helicopters and aircraft. Source: Flight International
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BAe offers Gripen to Oman to replace Jaguar
British Aerospace is proposing the Swedish Saab JAS39 Gripen to Oman as a replacement for its Sepecat Jaguar combat aircraft, while Lockheed Martin is understood to be offering secondhand and new-build F-16s. The Omani air force is conducting a study into its future combat-aircraft strategy, including consideration of ...
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Kentron flight tests new laser-designator pod
Kentron of South Africa is working on an aircraft laser-designator pod. A test version is already undergoing preliminary flying trials. The pod, which is fitted with a forward-looking infra-red sensor and laser designator, is designated the KZ2, and draws on company technology initially developed for reconnaissance and target-location ...
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Apache warner
Egypt wants to acquire a laser detector for its McDonnell Douglas AH-64A Apache attack helicopters, for protection against threats such as laser-beam-riding surface-to-air missiles. It is believed to be looking for systems for up to 38 helicopters. The most likely purchase is for the Hughes AVR-2A(V). Kuwait and the United ...
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US carriers hunt for new twin families
CONTINENTAL Airlines is negotiating with Boeing and Airbus Industrie over the purchase of 40 long-range commercial aircraft worth as much as $2.5 billion, says the airline. Continental expects to decide within two months whether to buy the Boeing 767-400 or 777, or, instead, purchase the Airbus A330-200. The ...
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Delta signs up with Boeing for exclusive fleet-renewal deal
Delta Air Lines has agreed an exclusive 20-year fleet-acquisition plan with Boeing, covering the potential purchase of up to 644 aircraft, and launching the stretched 767-400 as part of the initial order phase. The deal includes 106 firm orders, 124 options and 414 "rolling options". Despite "fierce competition" ...
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Global goes quiet
Both BMW Rolls-Royce BR710 engines were inadvertently shut down in flight during testing of Bombardier's second Global Express prototype. The engines were restarted from the AlliedSignal RE200 auxiliary power unit. One BR710 had been shut down for relight tests when the crew accidentally attempted to relight the operating engine, causing ...
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First flight for NH90 second prototype
Eurocopter France has carried out the maiden flight of the second prototype NH Industries NH90 multi-national transport helicopter. It is the first of the five planned prototypes to be fitted with a fly-by-wire flight-control system - although that was inhibited on the initial flight, to ensure that other ...
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-plans IHAS avionics safety development
AlliedSignal Aerospace is discussing with airlines and aircraft manufacturers its plan to develop a so-called integrated hazard-avoidance system (IHAS). The IHAS would combine safety-related avionics systems, such as ground-proximity warning system, traffic-alert and collision-avoidance system and windshear detection, in a single box, with the aim of providing a ...