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Austrian orders two A340-300s
AUSTRIAN AIRLINES has placed a Sch3.22 billion ($320 million) order for two high-capacity Airbus A340-300s, for delivery in 1997 and 1999. The new aircraft, to be configured for 297 passengers in a two-class layout, will be used to supplement or replace the existing A340-200s on routes to Johannesburg, ...
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Production MD 600N lifts off
THE FIRST production model of the MD 600N helicopter had its maiden flight at the McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems (MDHS) Mesa plant in Arizona on 15 December. MDHS experimental test pilot Chan Morse flew the MD 600N for 30min, reaching a top speed of around 100kt (185km/h) in ...
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Air Atlantique extends engine life
AIR ATLANTIQUE has applied to the UK Civil Aviation Authority for an almost 60% extension of the time between overhauls (TBO) on the Teledyne Continental GTSIO-520 piston engines powering its Cessna 404 Titans. The first of four tear down inspections required by the CAA, has revealed no problems ...
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Kaman prepares Japan's first K-MAX
KAMAN AEROSPACE plans to ship the first K-MAX external-lift helicopter for Japan by the end of this month. The aircraft has been sold by Japanese K-MAX distributor KBK to Japan Royal Helicopters and is expected to enter service on power-line projects following Japanese certification. Bloomfield, Connecticut-based Kaman, meanwhile, ...
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X-33 partner to be selected in July
NASA WILL SELECT its industry partner for the X-33 single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO), technology-demonstrator in July, and plans to begin initial flight tests in early 1999. The vehicle could lead to the development of a replacement for the Space Shuttle. A draft co-operative agreement notice for the design, fabrication and ...
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Hughes signs for ten Zenit sea launches
Tim Furniss/LONDON HUGHES SPACE and Communications (HSCI) has signed for at least ten launches on the new Sea Launch commercial-satellite delivery system being developed and marketed by an international consortium led by Boeing. The Sea Launch will use the Ukraine's Zenit 2 booster, upgraded with a Russian ...
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SAA and Lufthansa to co-operate
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH LUFTHANSA AND South African Airlines (SAA) have put signatures to a co-operation agreement, now scheduled to come in to force from 1 April. The agreement, signed by Lufthansa's chairman Jurgen Weber and his SAA counterpart Mike Myburgh on 15 December, follows a memorandum of ...
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Hubble finds new black hole
ASTRONOMERS USING the Hubble Space Telescope have detected a black hole sucking material from a 200 light-year-wide spiral-shaped disc of dust close to a host galaxy, NGC 4261, 45 million light years away from Earth in the constellation of Virgo. "These new Hubble observations have moved us beyond ...
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MMS wins WorldStar work
MATRA MARCONI Space (MMS) is to build three Eurostar-model spacecraft for Alcatel Espace, the prime contractor for the WorldStar multi-media satellite system. Alcatel will build the communications payloads for the satellites (the AfriStar 1, AsiaStar 1 and CaribStar 1). Alcatel will also build the communications payload and the telemetry, tracking ...
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Apache funding secured
The US Army has awarded a $279.6 million contract to McDonnell Douglas (MDC) covering the remanufacture of the first 18 AH-64D Longbow Apache attack helicopters. The contract paves the way for first deliveries to begin in March 1997, and marks the start of negotiations with the US Army for a ...
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Hamilton Standard signs with Russian firm
HAMILTON STANDARD has signed a joint venture with Nauka, a Russian designer and manufacturer of environmental-control systems (ECS). The joint company, announced in Moscow at the end of November, is already set up for Westernised production of ECS units. The venture employs 35 workers, but there are plans ...
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Atlas record
Lockheed Martin launched its record 12th Atlas vehicle of 1995 on 15 December, carrying the Hughes Galaxy 3R into geostationary transfer orbit from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Atlas 2A was the 11th deep space launch of the year - matching Arianespace's 1995 launch rate. The 12th operation was a polar-orbital ...
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Condor adds more travel agencies
CONDOR FLUGDIENST, Lufthansa's charter subsidiary, is to add to its growing portfolio of interests in tour operators, with a decision to take stakes in two more travel agencies. Condor will acquire all of Dusseldorf-based Fischer Reisen in 1996, and is taking a 10% stake in Hamburg-based Oger Tours, ...
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New talks for Thailand
Many Washington aviation officials believe Federico Peña's November tour of Asia was more show than substance, with Peña signing agreements already negotiated. However, one development has been a long time in coming. Thailand renounced its US bilateral in 1990, the result of what Bangkok felt was an overabundance ...
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Aircraft news
SAS is to buy six more B737-600s worth an estimated $210 million, adding to its existing order for 35. South African Airways is to acquire seven B777-200s and two B747-400s. Amsterdam-based carrier Transavia has ordered eight B737-800s, with options on an additional 12. Gulf ...
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Suppliers
EDS is to assume responsibility for Rolls-Royce Aerospace Group's information technology in a $900 million deal. America West Airlines and Reno Air have introduced EDS' electronic ticketing system. Rolls-Royce and Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company have a formed an engine overhaul joint venture, Hong Kong Aero Engine Services. ...
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Appointments
Henrik Arle, EVP staff/finance, is taking on the responsibilities of general international relations, following the retirement of Oiva Rejasammal. The marketing aspects become the responsibility of EVP marketing Leif Lundstrom. Air New Zealand has appointed Annabel Cotton manager investor relations, and John H Blair company secretary and corporate ...
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Finance
Atlas Air has completed a $100 million public offering to finance three of the 10 Boeing 747-200s which Haeco is converting to freighters. Atlas Air operates 10 B747 freighters on behalf of British Airways, China Airlines, Emirates, KLM, Lufthansa and Varig. Hong Kong's Provisional Airport Authority has signed ...
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High hopes
The latest Philippines startup was due to start operations in mid-December. Air Philippines president Ramoncito Abad says his airline will start flying leased B737-200s and YS-11s from Subic Bay on domestic routes, and already has plans to fly regional routes. Source: Airline Business
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FedEx blocks
FedEx has held up a routine US approval of applications by Taiwan's China Airlines and EVA Airways for cargo flights to the US. FedEx is objecting because Taipei/Chiang Kai Shek officials have delayed plans to set up its second Asian hub there. Source: Airline Business