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Spain discusses
Spain and the USA agreed on 18 November to work towards liberalising air traffic between the two countries at a high-level meeting in Spain. No further meetings are scheduled and there is no target date for an open skies deal to come into effect, but the will to work towards ...
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Aero Peru crash prompts NTSB action
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC COVERS USED to protect aircraft static vents during maintenance should incorporate conspicuous warning flags, the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has recommended. This is a reaction to reports from the Peruvian authorities that an Aero Peru Boeing 757 crashed because its static ...
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Japan's Skymark will be launched in 1998
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE A Japanese business consortium has formally launched Skymark Airlines as the country's next planned carrier to compete for the world's second- largest domestic air-travel market. Skymark Airlines plans to take to the air early in 1998, equipped with three leased Boeing 767s. The start-up ...
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USAir seeks to cancel its Boeing orders
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Ramon Lopez/Washington DC As USAir seeks to cut its cost structure to enable its planned acquisition of a new Airbus narrowbody fleet, the airline is negotiating the cancellation of its existing orders with Boeing for up to 48 aircraft. USAir has told Boeing that ...
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Malaysia Helicopters sells AIM and Airod
Malaysia Helicopters Services (MHS) has ended months of speculation by finally disposing of its controlling interests in Aerospace Industries of Malaysia (AIM) and its military aircraft maintenance company Airod. Local sewage company PJS Industries has paid MHSRgt33 million ($13 million) to acquire its 66.7% stake in AIM and ...
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Alitalia to suffer record loss
It is not yet certain whether Avianova's turboprops will be transferred Alitalia is facing a record year-end loss says chief executive Domenico Cempella, but he forecasts that the airline will swing back into the black in 1997 as the recently approved state aid feeds through. Cempella ...
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Lockheed wraps up its plans for Loral
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Lockheed Martin has unveiled the final phase of its plans to consolidate the Loral defence businesses, targeting savings of $300 million a year once the restructuring is complete. The consolidation will include the closure of eight plants, eliminating 230,000m2 (2.5 million ft2) of work ...
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In-profit Air Macau will expand
Air Macau claims to have made its first monthly profit since being launched a year ago, and is now planning further expansion of its regional services to China and Taiwan. According to Air Macau deputy chief executive officer, Carlos Pimentel, the start-up airline made its first profit in ...
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Elbit demerges
Israeli defence electronics and technology group Elbit has won court approval for plans to split the company in two. Under the demerger the group will be split into Elbit Systems, which will focus on defence electronics and Elbit Medical Imaging to concentrate on medical technology. Source: Flight International
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A virtual threat
USAir orders up to 400 Airbuses; American Airlines takes 103 Boeings now, with up to 630 in total in the next 22 years; Continental, 90 Boeings; GECAS, 45 Airbuses; Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services, 25 Boeings- Is the air-transport industry showing robust and welcome signs of recovery, or unhealthy and unwelcome ...
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Germans to test Meteor ramjet
Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA) and its Bayern-Chemie joint venture with Thomson-CSF are planning to produce a working demonstrator of the German elements of the Meteor air-to-air missile by the end of 1997. The DM20 million programme is being funded by the German Federal Ministry of Defence (FMoD). According to ...
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E-8 JSTARS price tag soars by $350 million
The cost of the Northrop Grumman E-8 Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) project has risen by $350 million because of higher-than-expected modification and refurbishment costs. This is the single largest contributor to a $600 million rise in the cost of US Department of Defense (DoD) acquisition programmes. ...
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Indonesia is poised to buy GAF Nomads
Indonesia is to purchase the Australian Defence Force's 20 remaining GAF Nomad utility aircraft. It will also start to take delivery of five de Havilland DHC-5D Buffalo's from the United Arab Emirates. The Australian Army declared the Nomad unsuitable for its requirements when operational restrictions, including the barring ...
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Russians poised to begin Su-25TM radar-testing
The Sukhoi Su-25TM, is about to begin flight testing with the Kopyo podded radar Alexander Velovich/MoscowDouglas Barrie/London The Russian air force is about to begin flight tests of the radar-equipped Sukhoi Su-25TM from its Ahktubinsk flight-test centre, while pilot instructors at the Lipetsk combat-training centre ...
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IMU problem stops THAAD test flight
A problem with the US Army's Theater High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) weapon's inertial measurement unit (IMU) has forced a delay of the demonstration/validation test flight, due in mid-December, says the Army. The IMU anomaly was discovered during a detailed pre-flight review conducted by Lockheed Martin project officials. ...
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T minus 365 days
After long delays, the International Space Station is finally just one year away from its first assembly flight. Tim Furniss/LONDON After a tortuous political and financial gestation period, the International Space Station (ISS) is only one year away from reality. In November 1997, a Russian Proton booster will ...
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Business sense
European nations use Hughes' unit-level training devices The military-aircraft simulation industry worldwide continues to rely on international business as domestic programmes face yet more delays. Graham Warwick/ATLANTA International business continues to be vital to the military-aircraft simulation industry, as domestic programmes face further delays. ...
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On with the show
Annabel Wells/LONDON The 1997 Flight International aerospace trade-show calendar shows a continuation of the trend reported for the 1996 period (Show time '96, Flight International, 29 November-5 December, 1995, P42). Organisers still appear to be confident that the world recession is indeed abating, with a plethora of shows ...
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Air transport industry serves notice on 'dangerous' Africa
David Learmount/LONDON The world's two leading aviation agencies, have come out in support of an International Federation of Air Line Pilots' Association (IFALPA), claim that severely inadequate air-traffic control (ATC) in three-quarters of Africa's airspace, combined with massive increases in air traffic over the continent, pose a serious ...
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Collision inquiry grinds into action
NEITHER THE FLIGHT data recorder (FDR) nor cockpit-voice recorder (CVR) of either of the airliners which collided on 12 November near New Delhi, India has been downloaded because the Court of Inquiry has yet to convene. A decision on the arrangements for information downloading will be the Court's ...