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Globespan buys Excalibur
UK CHARTER CARRIER Excalibur Airways has been sold to a Scottish long-haul tour-operator, Globespan, virtually completing the recent spate of vertical integration taking place within the industry. No price is given for the sale of the East Midlands-based airline, which was owned by its five directors, together with ...
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Indian centre
Switzerland's Jet Aviation has agreed to help India's Eastern Airways design, build, equip and operate a general-aviation centre in Calcutta, providing assistance with corporate-aircraft handling, management and maintenance, and charter and air-taxi operations. Source: Flight International
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Olympic air system tested
Karen Walker/ATLANTA A REQUEST FOR proposals (RFP) has been issued to US helicopter operators interested in bidding for a contract to provide a premium short-haul transportation service in Atlanta, Georgia, during the 1996 Olympic Games. The RFP follows the successful initial trial of the planned ...
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Middle East orders for Beech King Air
RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT has sold three Beech King Air twin-turboprops to Middle East customers. Two King Air 350s have been ordered by the United Arab Emirates' Amiri Flight, for delivery early in 1996. The aircraft will be configured for communication and VIP-transport duties, with eight-seat interiors. The Amiri Flight ...
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US manufacturers stay on top of orders league
In the third quarter of 1995, US aircraft manufacturers received net orders for 74 large commercial jet transports out of a total of 86 placed worldwide, according to the US Aerospace Industries Association (AIA). By comparison, US aircraft makers secured net orders for 79 aircraft out of a total of ...
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SOHO hitch
The launch of the European Space Agency's Solar Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), aboard a Lockheed Martin Atlas 2AS from Cape Canaveral on 23 November, was delayed by a fault in the launcher's booster-engine precision regulator, which will have to be removed and replaced. A new launch date was announced for early ...
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IAI to pick Galaxy fuselage maker before 1996
Ramon Lopez/NEW YORK ISRAEL AIRCRAFT Industries (IAI) is expected to select by the end of the year the new fuselage and empennage subcontractor for production versions of its Astra Galaxy Mach 0.85 wide body twin-engine business jet. The company held a bidder's conference in October, ...
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FAA issues an AD for GE CF6 turbofans
THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration has ordered repetitive ultrasonic and electro-magnetic testing of General Electric CF6 engine high-pressure compressor (HPC) spools (Flight International 25-31 October). The Airworthiness Directive (AD) guards against fatigue cracking caused by hard-alpha inclusions (titanium-alloy impurities caused during manufacture) and dwell-time fatigue, a type of ...
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Open skies hit Alitalia
Andrea Spinelli/GENOA ALITALIA IS FACING heavy competition on its prime domestic trunk route between Rome and Milan, following Milan-Linate Airport's award of additional slots to two new rival airlines. The Italian flag carrier's woes are compounded, by its perpetual fight for financial stability, made harder ...
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India's Jet Airways centres expansion on Calcutta hub
INDEPENDENT INDIAN operator Jet Airways is planning to establish Calcutta as its third hub as part of a continuing expansion programme. Chief executive Nikos Kardassis says that a clear upward trend in business travel between Bangalore and Calcutta, encouraged by West Bengal Government initiatives which have attracted large-scale ...
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JAL's rating dips below 'A' grade
JAPAN AIRLINES (JAL) has lost its A-grade long-term credit rating following concerns over the speed of the group's recovery and the weakness of its balance sheet. Standard & Poor's (S&P) rating agency warns that JAL's recovery is likely to be "more gradual than anticipated". It highlights the pending ...
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Harris/Concurrent seek synergies ahead of merger
CONCURRENT Computer and Harris Computer Systems, which are due to complete their merger in 1996, have formed technical teams to evaluate their competing real-time computers, with the aim of combining the best features of both in a joint next-generation product. The merger will create a company with the ...
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MAS chairman confirms big-twin plans
Paul Lewis/KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIA AIRLINES (MAS) chairman Tajudin Ramli has confirmed plans to order new long-range widebody aircraft, worth $4 billion, by the end of the year, although he appears to rule out a decision in time for the Malaysian air show in early December. ...
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CAE simulates updated P-3
CANADA'S CAE Electronics has been awarded a C$13.5 million ($10 million) contract to supply simulation systems for the Royal Australian Air Force's (RAAF) Lockheed Martin AP-3C Orion update programme. The contract is for three integrated subsystems (ISS) which simulate the AP-3C's updated mission systems, including electronic-surveillance, radar and ...
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SimuFlite adds Challenger 601
SIMUFLITE TRAINING International has put its first Bombardier Canadair Challenger 601-3A/3R simulator into service. The CAE-built device is SimuFlite's fifteenth business-jet simulator, but is its first to be approved to US Federal Aviation Administration Level D, as well as to international Level 2 training standards. Two ...
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Netherlands research simulator operational
THE NETHERLANDS National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) has inaugurated the National Simulation Facility (NSF), a research flight-simulator which initially simulates the Lockheed Martin F-16A fighter in mid-life-update (MLU) configuration. The Amsterdam-based NSF includes a 5m-diameter dome visual-display system mounted on a six-axis motion system. The dome is removable, to ...
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China approves foreign investment in Hainan
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE THE CHINESE Government has, for the first time, allowed a foreign investor to buy into a Chinese airline, with the approval of a 25% share sale in Hainan Airlines to American Aviation Investment, a fund led by US financier George Soros. According to ...
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Boeing barred from lead role in STARS
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON, DC THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration has barred Boeing from leading an industry consortium bidding for the $1 billion Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System (STARS) programme. Boeing, BDM and Oracle had teamed to compete for STARS, with Boeing selected as the prime contractor. The ...
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Brymon fleet decision imminent
BRYMON AIRWAYS is to decide on a major fleet re-equipment programme in early December, with proposals being considered from ATR and Bombardier. Mike Jones, the Plymouth-based British Airways subsidiary's managing director, says that, if Brymon decides to stay with Bombardier, it will replace three of its five de ...
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State aid boosts Air France performance
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON THE EFFECTS OF THE initial installments of state aid have begun to appear in the Air France results, with the carrier posting a modest pre-tax profit for the first half of it financial year. It warns that there will be redundancies to come, however. ...