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FS-X Taxi Test
Mitsubishi's prototype FS-X support fighter underwent its first high-speed taxi test on 12 September. During the 20min test at Mitsubishi's Komaki South plant in Nagoya, the Japanese aircraft reached a speed of 30kt (55km/h). The FS-X prototype is expected to have its first flight around 19 September. Source: ...
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Japan budgets for fewer aircraft
THE JAPAN DEFENCE Agency (JDA) is requesting '365 billion ($375 million) in the fiscal-year 1996 defence budget to purchase 65 military aircraft and helicopters - 20 fewer than it had originally planned. Its final budget submission totals '4.86 trillion, an increase of 2.9% over 1995. The request contains ...
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Macau manoeuvres
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has become the second international carrier after Malaysia Airlines to announce plans to fly to Macau's new airport. SIA will launch a twice-weekly service from 1 December. Its regional subsidiary, SilkAir, is to inaugurate a new twice-weekly service between Singapore and Vientiane in Laos, from 3 November, ...
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Zaire offers Sabena stake in new airline
Herman De Wulf/BRUSSELS THE ZAIRE Government has offered Sabena a 51% stake in a new airline being formed to take over from defunct Air Zaire. The proposal was formulated during a visit by a Sabena delegation to the Zaire capital Kinshasa. The proposal does not ...
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Challengair expands
Belgian wet-lease specialist ChallengAir has added a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 freighter to its fleet of two passenger-DC-10s. The aircraft, formerly operated by Russian carrier Avkom, has been acquired from CIT Leasing. It will be used on cargo charters between Europe and South America. Challengair's two passenger-DC-10-30s are on long-term wet-lease ...
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El Al plans Stansted-Newark service
ISRAELI FLAG CARRIER El Al is replacing its one-way summer flights from London Stansted to Newark, New Jersey, introduced for technical reasons, with three scheduled return flights a week, to be flown with a Boeing 757. An additional weekend service will be operated between Stansted and Tel Aviv. ...
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BMA asks for EC help in Swiss row
BRITISH MIDLAND (BMA) has asked the European Commission (EC) to protest to the Swiss Government over its refusal to allow Swiss passengers to purchase BMA's new low-fare tickets in Switzerland. Because Switzerland is not a member of the European Union (EU), the EC is virtually powerless to ...
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Ansett plans for two-pilot 767s
ANSETT AUSTRALIA plans to re-convert five of its six Boeing 767-200s to standard two-pilot-crew configuration, phasing out flight engineers on the type. The sixth 767, acquired from Monarch in 1994, and another about to enter the fleet, already have standard configuration. The carrier has had to conduct "differences ...
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Justice Department will umpire MDC/Pentagon costs squabble
THE US DEPARTMENT of Justice has taken over a "whistleblower" lawsuit, which alleges that McDonnell Douglas (MDC) routinely mischarged labour costs on US Department of Defense aircraft contracts. MDC says that the charges "...are totally without merit". The suit was filed in 1993 by a sacked MDC employee. ...
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Qualification tests begin on Aero L-159 powerplant
ALLIEDSIGNAL/ITEC is to begin qualification tests in Phoenix on its F124-GA-100 power plant for the proposed Czech Aero Vodochody L-159 light-attack aircraft by October. The tests which are to be completed in October, are required by the Czech military for qualification of the engine, before the first flight ...
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New MEA chairman maps out route to efficiency
THE NEW CHAIRMAN of Middle East Airlines (MEA), Khaled Salaam, has lost no time in outlining the steps necessary to pull the airline out of its financial difficulties and modernise an aging 14-strong fleet. Salaam, as well as signaling his intention of initiating a cost-cutting programme to make ...
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MAS chief barters orders for slots
MALAYSIA AIRLINES (MAS) chairman Tajudin Ramli has threatened to stop any further purchases of Airbus Industrie aircraft unless France grants the carrier additional landing rights in Paris. The Malaysian flag carrier wants to increase its services between Kuala Lumpur and Paris from twice a week to twice daily. ...
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Orient makes expansion plans
RELAUNCHED THAI domestic carrier Orient Express Air (OEA) plans to acquire additional wide body aircraft and extend its services to Asian and European destinations. According to a senior airline source, OEA is negotiating to purchase three ex-British Airways Lockheed L-1011 TriStars. The aircraft are intended for use on ...
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Alta launches with Beech 1900Cs
SANTIAGO, CHILE-BASED REGIONAL CARRIER Alta Airlines has begun operations with 19-seat Beech 1900Cs acquired from Raytheon Aircraft. Eight aircraft are to be in service by the end of September, and the airline has seven more on option. The aircraft are convertible to all-cargo configuration. Source: Flight International
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Westinghouse attacks IAI 'unfair competition'
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA WESTINGHOUSE Norden Systems has accused Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) of unfair competition, after the Israeli company switched radar suppliers for the Turkish McDonnell Douglas F-4 upgrade programme, from Norden to its own subsidiary, Elta. Westinghouse alleges that IAI misled the Turkish air force as ...
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ESG's FLA vision
Munich-based systems and software company ESG has completed a second round of flight-tests on an experimental enhanced-vision system which allows pilots to navigate in poor visibility. The latest round of tests was carried out on a Dornier 128, belonging to Braunschweig Technical University, which was fitted with the experimental system ...
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AlliedSignal studies ESAS stepping stone
Guy Norris/WICHITA ALLIEDSIGNAL IS studying an integrated safety system for airliners which would combine into a single unit individually packaged systems such as the ground-proximity warning system (GPWS), Mode S transponder, weather radar and the traffic-alert and collision-avoidance system (TCAS). The safety-system concept, although "still in the very earliest stages", ...
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Elbit poised to provide Huzar avionics
ISRAELI AVIONICS specialist Elbit is negotiating with Polish helicopter manufacturer PZL-Swidnik to provide avionics for the W-3W Huzar combat-support helicopter. The Huzar is viewed as the favourite to meet a yet-to-be-released Polish army tender for a light-transport/combat-support helicopter. No contract has been signed between Elbit ...
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Chirac lobbies for Eurocopter in Spain
FRENCH PRESIDENT Jacques Chirac has intervened in the competition between Eurocopter and Sikorsky to meet a Spanish army transport-helicopter requirement by writing to his Spanish counterpart, prime minister Felipe Gonzalez, urging him to opt for the Eurocopter AS.532 UL Cougar, rather than the rival Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk. ...
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Swissair sacrifices jobs in bid for profit
SWISSAIR IS TO shed 1,600 jobs over the next 18 months in an effort to pull its flight operations back into profit. The Swiss carrier says it also plans to renegotiate pilot contracts. The airline hopes that the majority of the job losses, which represent around 10% ...