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US improvement continues in GA
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC THE HEALTH of the US general-aviation (GA) industry continues to improve. Aircraft makers shipped 445 aircraft, worth $1.3 billion, in the first six months of 1995, compared with only 406 aircraft, worth $973 million in the same period of 1994. The industry rebound, ...
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ARIA believes the worst is over
Paul Duffy/SHANNON AEROFLOT-RUSSIAN International Airlines (ARIA) could now be over the worst of the transition to market economics, suggests director general Vladimir Tikhonov, presenting the carrier's latest annual results. The 1994 figures show that ARIA's passenger volume fell for the fourth year in succession, edging ...
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Eurosky Goes East
EuroSky, Austria's newest airline, has received approval for scheduled services to Wroclaw in Poland and Kosice in Slovakia. Special introductory fare offers will be available during the European summer. The airline also plans to fly to Trieste, Italy, and to expand operations to more Central European destinations. Source: ...
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Asiana invites bids for fleet expansion
ASIANA OF SOUTH Korea is understood to have asked Airbus Industrie, Boeing and McDonnell Douglas to provide pricing for around 40 new narrow body and wide body aircraft for delivery from 1998/9 onwards. The airline has divided its projected future requirement between about 20 new 100- to 150-seat ...
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RAAF drops AMX-T from trainer contest
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE THE AMX International AMX-T has been dropped from the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) lead-in fighter-trainer competition, narrowing the selection to five contenders. Elimination of the AMX-T comes shortly before the release of a draft request for tenders (RFT). The tender document is ...
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FANS datalink component becomes operational
A PROTOTYPE OF the new oceanic-sector workstation - the controller's link to the Future Air Navigation System (FANS) - is now in operational testing at the US Federal Aviation Administration's Oakland, California, air-route traffic-control centre. The workstation, called the telecommunications processor, represents the first phase of the ...
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Taiwan carriers get ready for re-equipment
TAIWAN'S TWO major carriers EVA Air and China Airlines (CAL), are close to finalising orders for a total of up to 22 new 150-seat narrow bodies, as part of planned major re-equipment programmes. EVA is understood to be finalising the purchase of an initial six McDonnell Douglas (MDC) ...
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Japan/USA disagree on cargo agreement
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE THE JAPANESE and the US Governments have offered different interpretations of their recent air-cargo agreement, opening the door to possible further disputes in the future. According to Japanese transport minister Shizuka Kamei, the US Government has given a verbal undertaking to revise the ...
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China fires ballistic missiles
IN AN UNPRECEDENTED move, China fired a series of CSS-6/M-9 intermediate-range ballistic missiles out into the South China Sea at a 18.5km (10nm)-wide target area, 140km north of Taiwan. The week-long testing started 21 July, with the firing of two M-9s from Leping, in Jiangxi province, 480km away ...
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China is poised to receive its first A320
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE SICHUAN AIRLINES IS expected to take delivery of its first Airbus Industrie A320 by the end of July, following recent certification of the aircraft by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC). The airline still requires final approval from China's State Planning Commission to ...
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Self-Service Shuttle
In a further step in the move towards electronic ticketing, Shuttle by United has introduced self-service boarding machines at San Francisco International and Los Angeles International airports. The machines were developed with AT&T Global Information Solutions. Travelers with electronic tickets, use touch- screens to select their seats and the machine ...
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Qatar Airways to expand with 747s
QATAR AIRWAYS is raising the stakes in its competition with Dubai-based Emirates and the multi-national Gulf Air. According to Qatar chief executive Sheikh Hamad bin Ali bin Jaber al-Thani, the airline is acquiring two ex-All Nippon Airways 747-200s from Boeing to facilitate a large-scale expansion of its network which ...
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Czech air force struggles for funds
The Czech air force is struggling to maintain a credible operational capability while facing a serious lack of funding to purchase both fuel and spares. According to air force pilots, as few as three of the service's 36 Mil Mi-24 Hind combat-support helicopters can be flown at the ...
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AL-41 engine problems are over, says Lyulka Saturn
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW MIKOYAN'S FIFTH-generation fighter, the Article 1.42, has been fitted with Lyulka Saturn AL-41 next-generation engines, with the engine-design bureau claiming that previous engine problems have been overcome. Victor Chepkin, Lyulka Saturn president and chief executive, says that the AL-41s installed in the Mikoyan ...
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USA to clear AIM-120 for Thailand
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE THE US DEPARTMENT of Defense will clear the release of the Hughes AIM-120 advanced medium range air-to-air missile (AMRAAM) for Thailand by the end of this month, freeing a log jam which was threatening any procurement of US fighter aircraft. Asian and US ...
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Boeing/Lockheed show losses
THE COST of restructuring caught up with Boeing in the second quarter, sending the group to its first quarterly loss in decades. Merger costs have also left Lockheed Martin with a deficit for the quarter. Boeing ended the three months to June with a net loss of $231 ...
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Ryanair threatens Stansted move
INDEPENDENT Irish airline Ryanair, is threatening to transfer operations to London Stansted, as part of a protest over charges levied by Irish airports authority, Aer Rianta at Dublin Airport. Incoming Ryanair chairman Tony Ryan, the former boss of leasing giant GPA, has launched a campaign for a second ...
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NH90 delays create German Lynx need requirement
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH THE GERMAN NAVY has delayed and stretched out its procurement of the naval version of the EH Industries NH90 helicopter, creating a need for additional Westland Lynx purchases. The navy had planned to operate its 17 remaining Sea Lynx Mk 88s until 2003 ...
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Virgin to enter South Africa
Chris Yeats/MANCHESTER VIRGIN AIRWAYS is to enter the South African market in 1996, according to company boss Richard Branson. Speaking at the launch of Virgin's new scheduled service from Manchester to Orlando, Florida, he said: "We are 90% sure we'll be flying the route early next year." ...
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Turkey Cougar
Turkey is to buy 30 more Eurocopter AS.532 Cougar military-transport helicopters in addition to 20 ordered in 1992. The deal, worth around $370 million, is expected to be approved by the Turkish Government early in August. Source: Flight International