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Globemaster stretch fails to find favour with US Air Force
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES THE US Air Force favours the "baseline" McDonnell Douglas (MDC) C-17 Globemaster III rather than a stretched derivative as its new-build option to replace the Lockheed Martin C-5A/B Galaxy, according to the US manufacturer. MDC claims that the USAF is interested in using ...
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European regionals grow
Julian Moxon/HANOVER The European Regional Airlines Association (ERA) has good cause to celebrate. In the year since its last annual meeting, the industry has seen strong passenger growth and the beginnings of the long-awaited shake-out among the aircraft manufacturers. The disappearance of Fokker, the sale of ...
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Indonesian firms plan nine new communications satellites
Companies in Indonesia are planning to build up to nine new telecommunications satellites. The Indonesian schemes are part of a recent explosion of interest in space ventures in the Asia Pacific and other fast developing regions of the world. PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom) is to assess bids from ...
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German industry confronts Eurofighter 'catastrophe'
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH THE GERMAN Aerospace Industries Association (BDLI) is warning of "catastrophic consequences" if Germany does not commit to Eurofighter series production this year. In an attack on recent defence-budget cuts, BDLI defence technology forum chairman Werner Heinzmann - who is also president of Daimler-Benz Aerospace's ...
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FAA faces TCAS 4 decision
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC The future of the US Federal Aviation Administration's work on the next-generation traffic-alert and collision- avoidance system (TCAS) hangs in the balance as agency officials prepare to present FAA administrator David Hinson with their findings on research into the TCAS 4. Terminating the ...
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American edges to regional goal
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA American Airlines and its pilots union have tentatively agreed a complex formula governing the introduction of regional jets by commuter arm AMR Eagle. The agreement foresees the acquisition of up to 218 45- to 70-seat regional jets by 2009, but limits AMR Eagle to a maximum ...
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Missile concerns spike Huzar avionics decision
Andrzej Jeziorski/WARSAW DOUBTS OVER the Israeli NT-D anti-tank missile have blocked an expected Polish Council of Ministers' decision on an avionics integrator for the PZL-Swidnik W-3W Huzar combat support helicopter. The Polish Council of Ministers' Defence Affairs Committee was to make a recommendation to the prime ...
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Slots of value
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION (EC) is keen to overhaul the slot-allocation system at Europe's airports by creating a "market" in which some slots could be traded for money. It is right to be looking for an overhaul but, if it believes that airline services should exist as much for the customer ...
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Taxing times ahead
Finally, business is getting better for fixed-base operators, but there are new threats to their survival. Karen Walker/ATLANTA If prizes were to be handed out to those industries which have seemed most without hope in recent years, then the fixed-base-operator (FBO) business would probably walk away with ...
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Sturdy Beech
Raytheon's Beech MkII trainer won the 712-aircraft JPATS competition. Flight International flew it to find out why. Raytheon AIRCRAFT joined forces with Pilatus in 1990 when it identified Pilatus' PC-9 trainer as a viable candidate for the $7 billion US Joint Primary Aircraft Training System (JPATS) competition. This contest ...
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SBAC
David Marshall has been named director-general of the Society of British Aerospace Companies (SBAC), of London, UK. Marshall, who formerly worked for UK aerospace company Rolls-Royce and became a fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society in 1994, replaces Sir Barry Duxbury, who has retired through ill-health. Source: Flight ...
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Lockheed Martin considers a floatplane version of Hercules
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA LOCKHEED MARTIN is studying a floatplane version of the C-130J Hercules 2 transport and says that there is significant interest in the concept from US Navy special-forces. The scheme involves a removable catamaran hull attached to the underside of an otherwise unmodified C-130J. Conversion ...
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Air Liberte wins reprieve in effort to stay airborne
Julian Moxon/PARIS AIR LIBERTE has been given six months to implement a survival plan or face bankruptcy. The independent airline is credited with leading the battle to open up the French air market, and was also recently voted the country's most popular carrier The concession was ...
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Comparative values on noise
Sir - While I agree wholeheartedly with the need for an up-to-date transport policy, your statements on noise and limits contained in the Comment article "Sound of silence" (Flight International, 18-24 September) need to be challenged. Any reduction achieved in noise levels is to be welcomed, but whether a 3dBA ...
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Airline news
British Airways is adding Barcelona, Helsinki, Lisbon and Glasgow to its London/ Gatwick network. GB Airways will operate on behalf of BA from Gatwick to Faro, Malaga and Oporto. BA is also extending its non-smoking trials from January 1997 to cover 90 per cent of its system-wide seats, ...
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Appointments
Singapore Airlines has appointed managing director Dr Cheong Choong Kong as deputy chairman and chief executive officer. Edmund Cheng, Lim Chee Onn and Tjong Yik Min are to join SIA's board, while Lim Chin Beng and Ngiam Tong Dow are to retire from the board. Air France's director ...
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Suppliers
Dallas Airmotive is expanding in Europe with the acquisition of the engine services division of Anglo American Airmotive. The newly formed alliance between GE Aircraft Engines and Pratt & Whitney is to develop the first member of its GP7000 family of engines, the GP7176, for the proposed B747-500X/-600X ...
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Brussels liable
Iata has filed its intercarrier liability agreement with the European Commission. By mid-August 58 airlines had signed up to the accord, but Iata aims to have 100 airlines by the November target date for the accord to go into effect. Source: Airline Business
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Swiss chefs
Swissair has taken a 51 per cent stake in a new catering logistics company, Airlogo, and plans to coordinate activities with those of its catering subsidiary Gate Gourmet. The other shareholders are Swiss forwarders Kühne & Nagel and the German on-board service products supplier Günter. Source: ...