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F-2 talks reach impasse
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE NEGOTIATIONS between the Japanese and US Governments on production workshare for the Mitsubishi F-2A/B support fighter are in danger of stalling, threatening to delay delivery of the first aircraft. For production to start on time, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) needs to be agreed ...
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Transavia profits fall as tourism slumps
DUTCH CHARTER carrier Transavia Airlines reports a steep slide in profits for its last financial year, blaming the slump on a stagnant Dutch holiday market and a resultant dip in yields. President Peter Legro, announcing the results at the airline's base in Schiphol Airport, reported that operating profits ...
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AEA slams European ATC performance
Herman de Wulf/BRUSSELS KARL-HEINZ Neumeister, secretary-general of the Association of European Airlines (AEA) has led an attack on Europe's "increasing" flight delays, "lousy" air-traffic control (ATC) and "scandalous" route charges. He complains that European airlines are being saddled with unnecessary costs, putting them at a disadvantage ...
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Japan's carriers make gains
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Kevin O'Toole/LONDON GROWING international traffic has helped Japan Airlines (JAL) return to profitability for the first time in five years and has further strengthened the recovery at All Nippon Airways (ANA) JAL bounced back into the black for the first time since 1990, with ...
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Israel plans fighter-replacement contest
THE ISRAELI AIR FORCE plans to launch a competition within the next 12 months to select a fighter to replace its remaining McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantoms and Lockheed Martin F-16A/Bs. The replacement aircraft, due to enter service early in the first decade of the next century, will replace ...
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Japanese give an ultimatum for US bilateral talks
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE JAPAN HAS GIVEN THE US Government until 27 July to respond to its formal demand for talks to begin on a new passenger bilateral air-service agreement, or face possible retaliatory measures. The Japanese transport ministry delivered the ultimatum to the US embassy in Tokyo, ...
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Japanese make joint approach to Boeing for 747-X workshare
FIVE OF JAPAN'S principal aerospace manufacturers have joined forces to approach Boeing for a share in developing the proposed growth 747-500/600X. The companies are Japan's three "heavy industries" - Fuji, Kawasaki and Mitsubishi - together with ShinMaywa Industries and the smaller Japan Aircraft Manufacturing, or Nippi. Boeing is ...
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R-R reveals Adour boost
Guy Norris/DERBY ROLLS-ROYCE has unveiled improvements to the US Navy's McDonnell Douglas (MDC) T-45A Adour powerplant, as the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) nears a final choice of engine for its $1 billion lead-in fighter-trainer contract. The initiative follows the discovery of cracks and other evidence ...
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UPS passengers
United Parcel Service (UPS) is to go ahead with plans to modify five Boeing 727-100 freighters so that they can be used for weekend passenger charter flights, starting as early as 26 December (Flight International, 15-21 May, P12). The aircraft will seat 113 passengers when configured for charter use. ...
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Ex-Braniff men jailed
Two ex-Braniff International executives have received jail sentences for their part in the US air carrier's collapse in July 1992 which stranded 20,000 passengers and left unpaid debts of $14 million. Former president Scot Spencer and chairman Jeffrey Chodorow were found guilty of offences including impeding federal investigators. ...
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Transatlantic 767 suffers EFIS failure
THE CREW OF A Martinair Holland Boeing 767-300ER faced blank flight-instrument displays as it approached the US coast on a flight from Amsterdam, Netherlands, to Orlando, Florida, on 28 May. The flight was diverted to Boston and continued with electro-mechanical standby instruments, according to a US National Transportation Safety Board ...
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Improved Iberia drops privatisation hint
IBERIA FOLLOWED its announcement of a much-improved financial performance for 1995, with the suggestion that it is now moving in the right direction for eventual privatisation. The Spanish flag carrier managed to raise its operating profit to Ptas25 billion ($196 million), its best performance for seven years and ...
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X-33 partnership splits up
BOEING HAS SEVERED its partnership with McDonnell Douglas on the NASA X-33 single-stage-to-orbit re-useable launch vehicle (RLV) just as the space agency is ready to select one of three contestants for continued research-and-development efforts. By 1 July, NASA is due to pick only one industry team to design, ...
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SALE ties up A320 order
SINGAPORE AIRCRAFT Leasing Enterprise (SALE) is finalising an order for ten Airbus Industrie A320s, to add to its recently purchased start-up fleet of Boeing 777s. SALE, a joint venture between Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Boullion Aviation, is understood to be negotiating to take the aircraft from 1998. It ...
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Dufour departs from Snecma
Gilbert Sedbon/PARIS SNECMA CHAIRMAN Bernard Dufour has left the group after a series of public run-ins with the French Government, including disagreement over plans to privatise the engine maker, and a deterioration in Snecma's valuable relationship with General Electric. Since taking the helm at Snecma in ...
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FLA fate hangs in the balance
Douglas Barrie/LONDON THE FATE OF the European Future Large Aircraft (FLA) programme will be determined shortly, with a final French decision on a funding compromise due to be made in the middle of June. French defence minister Charles Millon and Aerospatiale chairman Louis Gallois are understood ...
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Compulsory choice
THERE CAN BE FEW THINGS in business so difficult as the rationalisation and consolidation of an industry which does not want it - regardless of how badly it is needed. It is worse still, if the Government which owns the industry needs that reconstruction even more desperately than the companies ...
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Guided ASRAAM launch
British Aerospace has successfully carried out the first guided firing of its Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile (ASRAAM), meeting all the test objectives. The launch was carried out using a Lockheed Martin F-16 flown from Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. The ASRAAM was fired on 29 April. ...
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Tupolev reveals cryoplane proposals
RUSSIAN MANUFACTURER TUPOLEV HAS REVEALED new cryoplane concepts on which it is working as part of its joint activities with Germany's Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA) in the field of cryogenic fuels. Shown are two proposals for a natural gas-powered Tu-130 LNG convertible cargo/passenger design. The first, known as the "duplane" (above, ...
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France and Portugal disagree over sanctions-busting
FRANCE AND PORTUGAL have become embroiled in a diplomatic row in the wake of allegations of French sanctions-busting by supplying helicopters and defence equipment to South Africa between 1989 and 1993. Political sources in Lisbon claim that the French authorities, which allegedly were aware of the illicit sales ...