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NH90 has first flight
THE FIRST of five Eurocopter NH90 prototypes had a successful 40min maiden flight from the company's Marignane site near Marseilles, France on 18 December. The first aircraft, PT1, was flown by test pilots Philippe Boutry and Guy Dabadie, and is the first of three NH90 prototypes to be built by ...
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ValuJet offloads reservations
VALUJET AIRLINES has turned its reservations system over to outside contractors in a bid to retain its competitive edge and preserve "a low-cost, low-fare niche in the industry". Some 1,000 employees - about one-third of the airline's workforce - are to be offered jobs with the outside contractors, Amlease and ...
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UK and USA sign JAST MoU
Douglas Barrie/LONDON Graham Warwick/ATLANTA THE UK AND USA signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on 20 December committing the UK to take part in the four-year concept demonstration phase of the Joint Advanced Strike Technology (JAST) programme to develop a future strike fighter. Under the ...
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Daimler-Benz director found dead
EX-DAIMLER-BENZ finance director Gerhard Liener, who raised a storm in July with the publication of a fierce attack on the company's former president Edzard Reuter, has apparently committed suicide. Liener, 63, was found dead on 14 December at his home in Bad Wiessee, Bavaria. A suicide note was ...
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USAir predicts surprise profits for 1995
USAIR CHAIRMAN Seth Schofield says that the carrier's profits performance for 1995 is on course to exceed even the most optimistic of expectations among financial analysts. Speaking at a meeting of analysts in New York, Schofield confirmed that traffic figures have stayed strong throughout the fourth quarter of ...
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Cathay Pacific is warned on future
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE A MAJOR CHINESE shareholder in Cathay Pacific Airways has issued a blunt warning to the Hong Kong-based carrier that it faces competition after the colony is handed over to China in 1997. In an interview with Hong Kong's main English language newspaper, the ...
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Poland resurrects support for Iryda
AFTER STOPPING Polish defence ministry plans to buy about 40 secondhand Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jets from Germany, the Warsaw Government has redirected funds for the deal to support the PZL-Mielec Iryda jet trainer programme. According to PZL-Mielec, three new Irydas in the M-93K configuration, are now expected to be ...
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BAe drops helicopter bid
Douglas Barrie/LONDON BRITISH AEROSPACE has abandoned its bid for a £300 million ($460 million) UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) contract to establish and support a tri-service helicopter training school. BAe had intended to link with McAlpine in offering the MoD a mix of up to ...
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Czechs exchange Fulcrums for Sokols
THE CZECH Air force is swapping ten "mothballed" Mikoyan MiG-29 Fulcrum fighters for 11 Polish PZL-Swidnik W-3 Sokol helicopters. The barter arrangement, was approved by the Czech Government, on 13 December and deliveries of the MiG-29s to the Polish air force, were due to be completed by ...
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RAAF lists three trainers
AUSTRALIA HAS short-listed three bidders for the air force's lead-in fighter project (Air 5367). The three are Aermacchi, British Aerospace and McDonnell Douglas (MDC). The short-listed tenderers were announced on 15 December 1995. Proposals for the request for tender (RFT) are due on 14 March. The three ...
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747 assessment
China Airlines (CAL) may have to scrap a Boeing 747-200, which crashed while attempting a three-engine take-off from Manila Airport. The 13-year old aircraft, worth an estimated $40 million, is in a borderline condition. Repair work would require a complete replacement of its lower section 41 and, possibly, lower section ...
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French connections
Aerospatiale's Louis Gallois maps out a future to keep French industry on track. Julian Moxon/PARIS LOUIS GALLOIS has missed the train, and it is likely to be a blessing for the French aerospace industry. Only a last-minute change of heart by the French Government saw Gallois remain ...
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Pilot performance records may be disclosed in USA
THE WORK records of commercial pilots would be open to inspection under proposed US legislation designed to keep sub-standard pilots out of the cockpit. The new rules would permit the transfer of relevant pilot employment and training records between airlines. When a transfer of information is requested and ...
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CAL places 737-800 order
CHINA AIRLINES (CAL) of Taiwan, after considerable delay, has finally placed an order for six Boeing 737-800s, plus nine options, to meet its requirement for a new 150-seat passenger airliner. The aircraft will replace CAL's three early-build 737-200s and two wet-leased Airbus A320s due to be returned by ...
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Executive Airlines to fit GPS to ATRs
PUERTO RICO-based American Eagle carrier Executive Airlines is equipping its ten ATR 42s and 72s with global-positioning systems (GPS) to allow cost-saving direct routing. Executive has selected Universal Avionics' UNS-1M GPS-based navigation-management system for its aircraft. The airline's decision follows a six-month proof-of-concept programme, which demonstrated ...
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DHL expands its Panama presence
DHL WORLDWIDE Express is to invest $30 million over the next three years to expand its Latin American and Caribbean network. Initially, the fast-package carrier will upgrade its Panama hub with a new automated sorting system and introduce a Boeing 727-200F freighter service operated by new Panamanian carrier DHL Aero ...
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Bus company aims to start air service
BUS COMPANY Greyhound Lines of Canada is in "advanced discussions" with a Canadian operator interested in providing low-cost air services under the banner Greyhound Air. Calgary-based Greyhound says that the planned air service "...would be operated by a Canadian-controlled company unrelated to Greyhound and experienced in providing air ...
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Boeing optimistic about GE-powered 777s
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA BOEING delivered three General Electric GE90-powered 777s by the end of 1995, after GE's proposed increase of the fan-blade-tip clearances had been approved by the US Federal Aviation Administration (Flight International, 20 December, 1995-2 January, P4). Efforts continued to determine the cause of an engine ...
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DASA stands by ailing Fokker
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH DAIMLER-BENZ Aerospace (DASA) has confirmed it will continue to fund Fokker into the new year, in a move to counter growing fears that the manufacturer would be left to fend for itself unless a funding agreement was agreed with the Dutch Government before the year-end. ...
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Japan shelves plan to acquire tankers
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE JAPAN HAS temporarily dropped plans to acquire air-to-air refueling tankers under its KC-X requirement. It has also trimmed back on its planned purchase of new Mitsubishi FS-X support fighters, as part of the Government's newly approved five-year defence programme. The Japanese cabinet has ...