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Israel rejects Beechcraft
THE ISRAELI air force has ruled out the Beechcraft MK-2 from its trainer procurement, despite its winning the US Joint Primary Aircraft Training System (JPATS) competition. The British Aerospace Hawk is now its preferred solution. A senior Israeli air force source says that the MK-2 turboprop trainer "...is ...
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Estonia inaugurates London Gatwick service
ESTONIAN AIR has started scheduled services between Estonian capital Tallinn and London. The arrival of the Boeing 737-500 at Gatwick Airport on 2 November marked the first-ever service between the two cities. Four flights a week are operating to London, two of them via Copenhagen. The Estonian national ...
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Fokker 70 jets in
Air France began Fokker 70 services at London City Airport on October 30, using the 79-seat twinjet to replace ATR 42s on flights to Paris Charles de Gaulle. City has been sold by construction group Mowlem to Irish entrepreneur Dermot Desmond for £14.5 million. Source: Flight International
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JAL orders stretched 777-300
JAPAN AIRLINES HAS ordered five stretched Boeing 777-300s in a deal worth $800 million. It already has ten 777-200s on order, with options for a further ten. The first -200 Model will enter service in the second quarter of 1996, with service entry for the stretched -300 planned for 1998. ...
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Eurofighter delay forces RAF to rethink upgrades
Douglas Barrie/LONDON THE FIRST Eurofighter 2000 will not enter front-line squadron service with the Royal Air Force until 2005-6, with the aircraft's introduction in the ground-attack role being delayed considerably beyond this date. Whitehall and industry sources confirm that the RAF's planning date for fielding an ...
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Aermacchi to lead trainer joint venture
Andrea Spinelli/GENOA THE LONG-RUNNING battle to create a single Italian trainer-manufacturer is close to being resolved, with Aermacchi and Finmeccanica involved in negotiations over setting up a new merged company. The rivalry between Aermacchi and Siai Marchetti, which is now within the Finmeccanica group, has long ...
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British Army accepts Shorts missile
THE BRITISH ARMY HAS formally accepted the Shorts Self Propelled High Velocity Missile System (SP HVM) into service. The Ministry of Defence has also placed a further £37 million order with Shorts for the Starstreak missiles used in the system. Shorts is also hoping to sell the Starstreak as the ...
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Canadian airlines fill capacity
CANADIAN AIRLINES' pilots have ratified a new three-year labour agreement which will save the carrier around C$41 million ($30 million) a year. Under the deal, the carrier's 1,200 pilots have accepted a 5% cut in pay in exchange for shares in the airline. The deal was ...
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Fokker 60 flies
FOKKER FLEW its Fokker 60 military utility transport for the first time on 2 November. The Royal Netherlands Air Force, the launch customer for the aircraft, will take delivery of two aircraft in May 1996, with a further two being delivered in June of that year. The Fokker 60 has ...
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CSA poised to update fleet
CSA, THE CZECH Republic's flag carrier, is planning to revamp its fleet with Western aircraft by the year 2002, according to Frantisek Slaby, vice-president for finance and planning. The carrier has several options under review, as it looks to phase out four Tupolev Tu-134s and three Tu-154s still ...
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Inadequate safeguards
THE CRASH OF A SMALL commuter airliner near Raleigh-Durham airport in the USA in 1994 has triggered one of the most important airline-safety debates ever. This is not over the safety of the Jetstream 31 (exonerated), or even over the abilities of the crew (blamed) - but over whether or ...
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BA 777 delivery hopes raised
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES CERTIFICATION testing of the General Electric GE90-powered Boeing 777 is expected to be completed around 7 November, boosting hopes that the delayed first delivery to British Airways could be made by 15 November. Boeing has been conducting virtual round-the-clock flight tests of WA077, ...
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Caribbean airlines make fleet plans
Graham Warwick/MIAMI NEWLY PRIVATISED Caribbean airlines Air Jamaica and BWIA International Airways are moving ahead with fleet replacements and acquisitions of local regional carriers. Progress was detailed at the SH&E/Airline Business conference on Latin American aviation in Miami, Florida, held on 2-3 November. Air Jamaica has ...
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Atlas conversion
Atlas Air of the USA has awarded Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering (HAECO) a contract to convert ten Boeing 747-200s to freighters over the next 24 months. The first aircraft, an ex-Alitalia -200 Combi, was delivered to HAECO on 1 November, for conversion to a full freighter. Source: Flight ...
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Strato 2C funding hinges on contract negotiations
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH THE GERMAN Aerospace Research Establishment (DLR) is negotiating a new contract with composite-aircraft manufacturer Burkhart Grob, which must be completed by mid-November to save the Strato 2C programme. Grob says that outstanding funding of DM46.74 million ($31 million) is being withheld by the German ...
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FAA independence plan faces veto
US TRANSPORTATION Secretary Federico Pena is to recommend that US President Clinton veto a measure that would take the US Federal Aviation Administration out of Department of Transportation control. The pending FAA Reform Bill before the House of Representatives would establish the FAA as an independent agency governed ...
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UK companies breached UN Iraqi Scud embargo
Alan George/LONDON A WEST LONDON trading firm run by an Iraqi-born Briton supplied Baghdad with 500 UK-made guidance systems for Scud missiles, worth about £6 million, an 18-month UK Customs investigation has established. The shipments were made over a three-year period ending in November 1991 - ...
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Israel fails FAA safety inspection
ISRAEL HAS FAILED an aviation-safety audit by US Federal Aviation Administration inspectors. The US agency is working with Israel to correct deficiencies. Israel's failure to meet International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) aviation-safety standards has earned it a conditional rating from the FAA - limiting operations to the USA ...
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BA's Marshall eases back into non-executive role
British Airways chairman Sir Colin Marshall is to hand over his executive responsibilities to the group's current managing director, Bob Ayling, on 1 January, 1996. Under the changes, Ayling becomes chief executive, and Marshall becomes non-executive chairman. Ayling is a solicitor who joined BA in 1985 as legal director. He ...
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Harrods buys Hunting FBO
HUNTING HAS announced the sale of its business-aviation unit, which runs fixed-base operations (FBOs) at London's Heathrow, Stansted and Luton airports, to the owners of the London department store Harrods. The operation, a joint venture with BP Oil, has been acquired for nearly £1 million by Harrods Holdings. ...