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India's Indigenous P68
Taneja Aerospace and Aviation (TAAL), India's only private-aircraft manufacturer, says that it will soon be producing the P68 twin-piston-engined six-seat light aircraft indigenously. Only the engine and flight instruments will have to be imported. TAAL manufactures the P68 with technical support from Italy's Partenavia. Source: Flight International
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Low-cost carriers save passengers $6 billion
THE LAUNCH OF no-frills, low-fare, airlines has reduced the cost of flying for US travelers by $6 billion so far, says a new study by the US Department of Transportation. In cities where low-cost US carriers operate, the average cost of a one-way ticket has dropped by $54 ...
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Dassault flies Falcon 50EX for first time
THE FIRST DASSAULT Aviation Falcon 50EX was flown on 10 April at the Bordeaux-Merignac airfield, site of Dassault's final assembly factory. The extended-range version of the original aircraft includes up-rated AlliedSignal TFE 731-40 engines and new Rockwell Collins Pro-Line 4 avionics (as fitted to the new Falcon 2000). The avionics ...
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GV testing is on course despite engine snags
Graham Warwick/SAVANNAH FLIGHT TESTING of the Gulfstream V, long-range business jet, is exceeding expectations, despite a shortage of BMW Rolls-Royce BR710 engines. The manufacturer admits that flying has been slowed by a lack of spare engines, caused by development problems and flight-test incidents. Gulfstream has ...
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Profitable Dassault keeps quiet on Aerospatiale link
FEW CLUES HAVE emerged as to the state of Dassault Aviation's enforced merger talks with Aerospatiale from chairman Serge Dassault's unveiling of an increasingly healthy financial results for 1995 . Dassault refers only briefly to the negotiations with Aerospatiale, which have been more or less forced on his ...
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Ryanair negotiates to find new shareholder
IRISH LOW-FARE airline Ryanair is in discussions with a major airline, thought to be British Airways, for the sale of a 25% stake. An announcement is possible within a month. The move has taken observers by surprise, even though BA has been steadily building its franchise operations through ...
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EU tightens foreign safety
David Learmount/LONDON EUROPEAN UNION (EU) airports might be empowered to carry out safety checks on foreign airlines in the same way that EU ports already check ships under the port state-control system, says the European Commission (EC). The safety check is one of several proposals, ...
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Bhoja commuter network is close
PAKISTANI CARRIER Bhoja Air, is close to establishing the country's first commuter network, with negotiations to acquire three 50- to 60-seat turboprop aircraft about to be completed, says deputy managing director Syed Hasan. Bhoja Air proposes to base the aircraft in the Punjab and to develop much-needed air ...
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Edelweiss flowers at Luton
NEW SWISS AIRLINE Edelweiss Air has launched a scheduled low-fare service from Zurich to Luton, using two ex-Airtours McDonnell Douglas MD-83 twinjets. The service is part of a city-break package, which also includes Vienna, organised by minority strategic investor Kuoni Switzerland. The five flights a week are also timed to ...
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Hercules update
Airod plans to begin work on converting the first of two Royal Malaysian Air Force Lockheed Martin C-130H transports into in-flight refueling tankers by the end of April. Lockheed Martin is acting as an integrator for the KC-130 modification programme, which will take six months to complete for each aircraft. ...
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RMAF backs F-5 upgrade
THE ROYAL MALAYSIAN Air Force (RMAF) is giving support to an industry-led initiative to upgrade its Northrop Grumman F-5E/F as lead-in fighter trainers. The RMAF has carried out a cost study of the proposed F-5 revamp and forwarded its conclusions to the Malaysian Government, say senior air ...
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Denel switches focus to Rooivalk exports
DENEL IS CONFIDENT of securing its first export sales for the CSH-2 Rooivalk attack helicopter before the end of the year, following the South African Air Force's (SAAF) confirmation of a launch order for 12 machines. The company claims to be in serious discussions with five unidentified ...
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Malaysia staged its biennial Defence...
Malaysia staged its biennial Defence Services Asia show in Kuala Lumpur from 23-26 April. With the nation due to unveil its next five-year defence plan for 1996-2000, DSA 96 attracted 623 companies from 40 countries. Traditionally large national contingents from France, the Netherlands and the UK were joined by a ...
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Embraer wins savings from new labour deal
EMBRAER'S EMPLOYEES have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a new labour contract, which the Brazilian manufacturer says will improve manufacturing costs on the EMB-120 and the new EMB-145 50-seat regional jet. The agreement involves the loss of 350 administrative and support jobs, while production workers will take a ...
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MDC fights for F-18E/F as GAO calls for cancellation
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) has defended the F-18E/F Super Hornet after the leak of a US General Accounting Office (GAO) draft report, which has recommended that the aircraft programme be cancelled. Reports suggest that the Congressional watchdog, recommends buying upgraded F-18C/Ds, citing only "marginal ...
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Boeing advances weapons carriage
BOEING WILL ground-test an advanced weapons-carriage concept under a $2.5 million US Air Force technology-demonstration contract. The Weapons Carriage Technology programme "...will deliver advanced, multiple-purpose, weapon-suspension and release equipment", the USAF says. The technology is aimed at "...future multi-mission aircraft...that will carry a variety of current and advanced ...
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Thomson in Japan
Thomson-CSF's Ocean Master maritime-patrol radar has been selected by the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force for its upgrade of the Shinmeywa US-1 search-and-rescue amphibian. Developed with Deutsche Aerospace, it is the first non-US radar purchased by the Japanese armed forces, says Thomson. Source: Flight International
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'Tailless' F-15 will feed Joint Strike Fighter programme
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES PLANS ARE being drawn up to develop a "tailless" McDonnell Douglas F-15 supersonic research aircraft fitted with a thrust-vectoring system to provide data to the US/UK Joint Strike Fighter effort, other future combat-aircraft programmes and, possibly, the high-speed civil transport. Plans for ...
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FAA admits its mistake on funding for AGATE
Karen Walker/LAS VEGAS THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration says that its decision to drop funding from a programme aimed at rejuvenating general aviation (GA) was "a mistake", and that the money will be found after all. FAA administrator David Hinson told attendees at the US ...
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ValuJet purchase
ValuJet Airlines, has purchased four ex-Swissair McDonnell Douglas (MDC) MD-80s, scheduled for delivery by the end of 1997. The US low-cost carrier, meanwhile, has refused to accept delivery of an MDC DC-9-31, which has failed inspection standards for condition and records. The airline plans to sell or sub-lease its four ...