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FAA may hike startup cost
These are expensive times for startup carriers in the US. The Federal Aviation Administration has added to existing financial concerns, created by the drying up of capital and public mistrust, with proposals that would raise the cost of government scrutiny. The FAA remains stung by criticism of its ...
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Kamel launch
Egypt's Kato Group has emerged as the launch customer for the Rolls-Royce-powered Tu-204 with an order for 200 aircraft. Kato chairman Ibrahim Kamel plans to start a leasing company for the aircraft targeted at carriers in the CIS and Middle East. The aircraft is scheduled to be certificated in January ...
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Mars setback
US President Bill Clinton introduced a new space policy on 19 September, which sees as economically unrealistic any hopes of launching a manned flight to Mars in the next 20 years. Instead, Clinton has confirmed NASA's policy of continuing with plans for robotic exploration of the Red Planet. The policy ...
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Hughes purchase
Hughes Electronics is to take a 71.1% stake in Panamsat. The deal, worth $3 billion, creates the world's second-largest satellite network, after the Government-owned Intelsat. Panamsat shareholders will retain the remaining 28.5% stake. Source: Flight International
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Delta acquires
Delta Air Lines is acquiring four Pratt & Whitney PW2037-powered Boeing 757s from International Lease Finance to replace 737s transferred to the Delta Express low-fare operation. Source: Flight International
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Regional growth
Russia is trying to interest South Korea in the purchase of weapons including Sukhoi Su-35 fighters and Almaz S-300 surface-to-air missile system. A Russian military delegation visited Seoul recently to discuss a memorandum of understanding on arms procurement. The Su-37 prototype is due to appear at the Seoul air show ...
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JSTARS approved
The US Department of Defense has approved full-scale production of the Northrop Grumman E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS). Northrop Grumman can expect to provide the US Air Force with 20 E-8Cs. Source: Flight International
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Navigator approval
The Honeywell/Trimble HT9100 GNSS navigation management system has received Technical Standard Order approval from the US Federal Aviation Administration. The unit has also received supplemental type certification on an American Airlines Boeing 727-200. The global-positioning-system-based navigation device has been ordered by American Airlines and American Trans Air. ...
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Alaska hushkits
Alaska Airlines has ordered eight Nordam low-gross-weight (LGW) 18-lobe mixer Boeing 737-200 hushkit shipsets for delivery beginning in the first half of 1997. Source: Flight International
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WestJet suspends
WestJet Airlines, the Calgary-based airline which launched discount services in February, has had to suspend operations because of alleged violations of federal safety regulations. The Canadian Transport Department issued a notice of suspension after finding serious deficiencies in the airline's maintenance procedures and record keeping. WestJet has 15 days to ...
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Tornado upgrade
The German Ministry of Defense has awarded a $4 million development contract to Litton's LITEF division in Freiburg, Germany, to upgrade German air force Tornados with the LN-100G-based laser gyro GPINS (global-positioning inertial-navigation system). Laboratory integration work will begin in mid-1997, with flight tests due in 1998, and full-scale production ...
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Improved VLF
Rockwell has won a $38 million development contract to modify miniature receive terminals (MRTs) and secure communications systems which are used on US Air Force Boeing E-4B and US Navy E-6B airborne command aircraft. The MRTs will provide them with an enhanced high-data rate very-low-frequency (VLF) mode and a supportable ...
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Surgical mission
Sikorsky has selected Canadian Marconi's mission-management system for the US Army's UH-60Q medical-evacuation helicopter, with a contract to equip three advanced-development aircraft, with an option for a fourth, a first production option for 87 helicopters, and an eventual requirement for 379 aircraft, converted from UH-60A Black Hawk transport helicopters. ...
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Stop start
The maiden satellite launch from Russia's new cosmodrome in Svobodny, in the eastern Amur region, planned for 28 September, has been cancelled by US customer, WorldView. The remote-sensing satellite company, which planned to launch a satellite of the same name, pulled out because of concerns over the reliability of the ...
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More missions
France will pay Russia to fly two more missions aboard the Mir 1 space station, including a four-month visit in 1999 to gain operational experience for its participation in the European Space Agency's share of the International Space Station. Source: Flight International
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Flightcraft adds
Portland, Oregon-based operator Flightcraft has added a Raytheon King Air C90A and B200 to its aircraft-management and charter fleet, which now consists of 31 aircraft. Source: Flight International
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Chinese certification
Hainan Airlines has taken delivery of a new Learjet 60 business jet, to be used for charter work inside China, alongside a used Learjet 55. The Learjet 60 is the first new business jet to be certificated in China for operation by the private sector, the manufacturer says. ...
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Czech-mate
Prague-based Czech Aerospace has been appointed to sell Cessna Citation business jets in the Czech and Slovak Republics. Cessna believes that there is a significant market in the Czech Republic, where the economy is growing and most firms are now in private hands. There is now only one Citation III ...
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Greenwich LOT
Greenwich Caledonian has signed a ten-year $70 million contract to overhaul General Electric CF6-80C2 and CFM CFM56 engines for LOT Polish Airlines. Source: Flight International
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Dornier provides first-class support
Sir - One could get the impression that everything is wrong with Fairchild/Dornier product support from reading the article "Horizon Dash 8 order signals end for Dorniers" (Flight International, 4-10 September, P5). As the launch customer of the Dornier 328, we feel that this should be corrected. Apart ...