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Flight tests
Russia's new Soyuz 2 booster, the Rus, will begin flight tests in 1997, according to the Military Space Forces. The Rus incorporates a new third-stage engine and upgraded avionics and flight- control systems which will also be incorporated on the Molniya booster. Source: Flight International
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New satellite
Mabuhay Phillipine Satellite Corporation has raised $225 million to build, launch and operate a second communications satellite, the Mabuhay 2. A manufacturer for the project has not yet been selected, although Space Sytems Loral is already building the first satellite, which is scheduled to be launched by a Chinese Long ...
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Ansett
Ansett has appointed Capt. Trevor Jensen, to take up a newly created position as general manager operations. He will head its flight operations, general operations, safety, and security. The move is the latest in a series of changes following recommendations of the Bureau of Air Safety Investigation's report on a ...
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Cathay Pacific
Martin Cubbon has been appointed general manager for corporate finance at Cathay Pacific Airways. He is now finance manager at Swire Pacific. He succeeds Kenny Tang, who will become chief operating officer at Air Hong Kong, which is 75% owned by Cathay. Source: Flight International
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Singapore Air
Moses Lee Kim Poo, permanent secretary (Ministry of Labour) has been appointed an additional director to the Singapore Airlines board. Source: Flight International
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Chinese spares
CFM International has opened a spares service centre at Beijing Capital Airport in co-operation with China Aviation Supplies. The 500m2 centre will provide line maintenance for more than 350 CFM56-3 power plants in service with 19 Chinese carriers. It will initially stock 600 parts, increasing to 1,500 line items with ...
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Lufthansa maintains
SAS has awarded an engine maintenance and overhaul contract to Germany's Lufthansa Technik (LHT). The contract, which was signed on 22 November, covers the International Aero Engines V2500-D5 engine, which powers SAS' McDonnell Douglas MD-90 fleet. Source: Flight International
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IL-76 hits mountain
A Russian air force Ilyushin Il-76T, carrying out a commercial cargo flight, crashed into a mountain in the Krasnoyarsk region of Siberia on 27 November, killing all eight crew and 21 passengers on board. The aircraft had just taken off from Abakan airport, at 20:00 local time, carrying some 30t ...
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Atlantic GPS
United Express regional carrier Atlantic Coast Airlines is to equip its entire fleet of 29 Jetstream 32s and 28 Jetstream 41s with AlliedSignal VHF-datalink/flight-management/global-positioning systems (GPS) beginning in December, with installation to be completed by early 1997. Source: Flight International
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United in Mexico
United Airlines and Mexicana Airlines have announced a code-sharing agreement to begin on 1 May, 1997, pending Government approvals. The deal covers flights between 13 US and 10 Mexican cities. Source: Flight International
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Thai test
Thai air-traffic-control agency AeroThai has bought three ARINC/Magellan CNS-12 global-positioning/data-link units with which to demonstrate integration of automatic dependent-surveillance and radar data for air-traffic management. Two units have been installed in a Cessna 337 for the trials later this month. Source: Flight International
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European wet-lease
World Airways has signed an $18 million wet-lease contract to operate one of its McDonnell Douglas MD-11s for an unnamed European carrier for a minimum of 400h a month from June 1997 to February 1998. Source: Flight International
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EMB-145 delay
US Federal Aviation Administration certification of the Brazilian Embraer EMB-145 has slipped from its original schedule of early November, until this month. Continental Airlines, however, will take its first four aircraft as scheduled during December. Source: Flight International
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Airline competition
The US Department of Transportation can break down persistent barriers in the US airline industry, says the US General Accounting Office (GAO), by taking away slots from established carriers at congested airports and distributing them through a lottery system to new entrants. The GAO also recommends that the US Federal ...
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Orient star
Orient Express Air has acquired an ex-Cathay Pacific Lockheed L-1011 TriStar 1, for operation on charters to Europe. The aircraft joins the Bangkok-based airline's fleet of two Boeing 727-200s, which it operates on domestic services in Thailand. Source: Flight International
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Financial review
Coopers & Lybrand has received a $900,000 contract from the US Federal Aviation Administration to assess the aviation agency's financial requirements through to 2002. The study will also consider the capital needs of airports nationwide. The independent assessment was required by US Congress after FAA estimates came up well short ...
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KLM share sale?
Dutch national carrier KLM confirms that it is holding "exploratory talks" with the Netherlands Government over the sale of part of the state's 38.2% stake in the group. Although KLM is struggling to contain costs, which has put pressure on its share price, the group points to the underlying strength ...
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UK Tiald upgrade
The UK Ministry of Defence is considering ordering an upgrade of the Royal Air Force's 40 Thermal Imaging Airborne Laser Designator (TIALD) pods with GEC-Marconi Avionics' Vector Imaging Tracker System (VITS) 1000. The MoD says that a contract could be placed during the first half of next year. GEC-Marconi says ...