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British Midland to face JAR action
IMPLEMENTATION OF the European Joint Aviation Regulations (JARs) has led to criminal charges being brought against British Midland Airlines by the UK Civil Aviation Authority following a maintenance error in 1995. JARs make companies, rather than individuals, responsible for errors. The BMA mistake caused the emergency diversion and ...
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British Mediterranean wins CAA decision
THE UK CIVIL Aviation Authority has overturned a British Airways application for additional frequencies on British Mediterranean's (BMA's) core London-Beirut service, should more slots become available under the bilateral agreement between the UK and Lebanon. Of the seven weekly frequencies allocated to the two airlines in 1994, five ...
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Eurocopter picks Turkey for cost trimming
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH EUROCOPTER HAS awarded a structures-manufacturing contract to Turkey's Tusas Aerospace Industries (TAI) in a new move to shift elements of its production to low cost suppliers. Ankara-based TAI, which also produces components for Airtech CN-235s and assembles Turkish air force Lockheed Martin F-16s, is ...
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Global Express assembly begins
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA ASSEMBLY OF THE first Global Express long-range business jet has begun at Bombardier's partner companies. The forward fuselage, produced by Shorts in the UK, has been joined to Canadair's cockpit section at the Canadian company's Montreal plant, while preliminary mating of the wing and centre fuselage has taken ...
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Gulfstream prepares for second GV first flight
GULFSTREAM IS preparing a second Gulfstream V long-range business jet for its first flight in early February. The first GV, aircraft 501, has been flown for some 50h since its first flight on 28 November, 1995, reaching 48,000ft (14,600m) at Mach 0.8 and M0.85 at 45,000ft (43,700m). Flying ...
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Learjet 45 reaches Mach 0.81
LEARJET HAS demonstrated the Learjet 45's Mach 0.81 maximum cruise speed during more than 60h of testing accomplished since the business jet's first flight on 7 October, 1995. The second Learjet 45 is now being prepared for flight, and three more aircraft are in final assembly. All five aircraft will ...
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Jetstar STC
Arizona-based Garrett Aviation Services has received supplemental type certification to bring AlliedSignal TFE731-powered Lockheed Martin Jetstars and Jetstar IIs into compliance with US Federal Aviation Regulations Part 36 Stage 3 noise rules. Source: Flight International
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Parker buys Abex
PARKER HANNIFIN has acquired Abex/NWL for $193 million, in a move designed to complete the group's offering of hydraulic systems to the aircraft industry. Abex/NWL will become a part of Parker Hannifin's aerospace systems and controls subsidiary Parker Bertea Aerospace, bringing with it new lines in pumps, servo ...
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Hadj helps tower...
Tower Air has wet-leased eight additional Boeing 747s to transport Muslim pilgrims to Mecca in Saudi Arabia during the 1996 Hadj pilgrimage, which runs from mid-March to late May. Source: Flight International
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STAe agrees funds for maintenance arm
SINGAPORE Technologies Aerospace (STAe) has gone ahead with the recapitalisation of its loss-making maintenance company ST Aviation Services (SASCO), after reaching agreement with partner shareholders Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Japan Airlines (JAL). Under the restructuring plan, STAe has converted a S$20 million ($14 million) loan into preference shares ...
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Korean Air sale
Korean Air is to sell three McDonnell Douglas (MDC) DC-10-30s and its three remaining Boeing 727-200ADVs, as part of its fleet modernisation. The 727s will be phased out by April and replaced by three MDC MD-83/82s. The DC-10s were withdrawn from service in October and replaced by Airbus A300-600s. Korean ...
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USAF begins JDAM drop tests
THE US AIR FORCE has begun separation tests of the tri-service Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) from a Rockwell B-1B bomber at Edwards AFB, California. The first three McDonnell-Douglas (MDC)-built JDAMs, modified Mk84 1,000kg blast-fragmentation bombs fitted with global-positioning-system (GPS) receivers, inertial-navigation systems and guidance fins, were dropped ...
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Britannia boosts cargo business
BRITANNIA AIRWAYS, the world's largest holiday-passenger charter airline, is attempting to boost its revenues with an aggressive entry into the cargo business, taking advantage of the belly-hold capacity of its Boeing 767 and 757 fleet. The airline believes that there is a vast unexplored market from the Mediterranean ...
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SEP sizes up Messier-Bugatti purchase
FRENCH ROCKET-engine manufacturer SEP is angling to take over the Messier-Bugatti carbon-brakes business, its sister company within the Snecma group. SEP president Roger Vignelles says that he wants to take over the brakes business to reinforce non-space business while his company prepares for a fall in revenues from ...
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Taiwan looks for foreign training
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE TAIWAN IS seeking access to foreign military bases and training ranges for its air force, to overcome the problem of increasingly restricted airspace. According to local reports, Taiwan has approached several countries, including Australia, the Philippines and the USA. The move will almost certainly meet with opposition from ...
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. . . as Zaire looks for new carrier
ZAIRE IS SETTING up a new national carrier in which Belgian airline Sabena has agreed to take a 49.5% stake. The Zaire Government will hold the majority 50.5% of shares, in what is being called "new" Air Zaire. South African and Swiss money is also understood to be ...
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Laser pod paves way for AMX/Tornado LGB role
THE ITALIAN AIR force has deployed for the first time Panavia Tornados modified to carry Thomson-CSF CLDP laser designators and Texas Instruments Paveway II laser-guided bombs (LGBs). The air force is also carrying the Paveway IIs on its AMX attack aircraft. Six Tornado interdictor-strike aircraft were modified initially ...
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Europe gives go-ahead for Lufthansa/SAS tie-up
Julian Moxon/PARIS THE EUROPEAN Commission (EC) has given its approval to the alliance between Lufthansa and Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS), but is demanding that each yield certain routes to their competitors, and abandon existing marketing agreements with other airlines. Lufthansa chairman Jurgen Weber calls the outcome ...
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Air France sneaks profit
Gilbert Sedbon/PARIS AIR FRANCE HAS turned in a modest profit for the first half of its 1995/6 financial year, but with the carrier's weakest traffic months still to come and the fall-out of French industrial unrest in December, the airline expects further heavy losses for the full year. ...
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Meridiana pioneers regional satcoms
ITALIAN REGIONAL carrier Meridiana is to fit its fleet of British Aerospace BAe 146-200s with passenger satellite-telephones. The move is the first satellite communication (satcom) installation on the 146 and the first significant passenger-satcom made available by a regional carrier, according to In-Flight Entertainment, the Flight International newsletter. ...