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Formosa orders Fokkers for fleet expansion
FORMOSA AIRLINES OF Taiwan has ordered two Fokker 100s and two additional Fokker 50 turboprops to expand its domestic fleet. The two Fokker 50s will be delivered in September and October, and the 109-seat twinjets in December and March 1995. The aircraft will be used on routes from Taipei to ...
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Garuda rethinks Airbus/ Boeing airliner orders
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE GARUDA INDONESIA is renegotiating orders for 24 Airbus Industrie and Boeing aircraft in a move to reduce capital expenditure and prepare for eventual privatisation. The airline is understood to have reached a tentative agreement with Airbus to convert orders for six Airbus A330s ...
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DASA/E-Systems bid for Atlantic upgrade
DAIMLER-BENZ Aerospace (DASA) and E-Systems are expected to submit rival bids for a navigation-systems upgrade for the German navy's Dassault Atlantic Mk1 maritime-patrol aircraft by the end of July. The upgrade is part of the navy's Nutzungsdauerverlangerungsprogramm (NDV), intended to keep the aircraft in service until 2010. Germany ...
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South Africa looks at MiG-AT for training
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW RUSSIAN AND South African defence officials have discussed the potential purchase of the MiG-AT advanced jet trainer and the Mikoyan MiG-29 Fulcrum combat aircraft for the South African Air Force (SAAF) during a visit to Moscow. Defence minister Joe Modise met his Russian counterpart, ...
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Swiss APG-73 Delivered
Hughes Aircraft's Radar and Communications Systems division has delivered the first APG-73 radar for the Swiss air force McDonnell Douglas (MDC) F-18. The radar has been shipped to MDC in St Louis, Missouri, where it will be fitted in the first of 36 aircraft for Switzerland. The first Swiss F-18 ...
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ATR 42-400 First Flight
The first flight of the latest version of the ATR 42, the -400, took place on 12 July. The aircraft flew for 3h 15min and, according to ATR, performed "flawlessly". The aircraft features up-rated Pratt & Whitney PW121A turboprops driving six-bladed Hamilton Standard propellers, and as a revised, acoustically treated ...
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The next windshear?
ALMOST EVERY airline flight these days, at least over the USA, seems to entail an encounter with turbulence. This is usually akin to driving over cobblestones or, sometimes, potholes, but occasionally it is like driving off a cliff. On 19 July, an American Airlines Airbus A300 hit clear-air ...
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Testing resumes on GE90 777
THE GENERAL ELECTRIC GE90-powered Boeing 777 test aircraft resumed certification flight-testing on 20 July, following formal US Federal Aviation Administration approval of the new engine hardware and software modifications. The aircraft was grounded after a bird-strike test on 30 May revealed design problems with the platform spacers between ...
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Turbulence injures US airline passengers
AT LEAST 26 passengers and crew were injured when an American Airlines Airbus A300-600R hit clear-air turbulence (CAT) en route from Miami to San Juan, Puerto Rico, on 19 July. On 25 June, a Continental Airlines A300 en route to San Juan hit CAT, which injured 20 passengers and crew. ...
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USN drops USMC AH-1W IWS programme
THE US NAVY HAS cancelled the US Marine Corps Integrated Weapon System (IWS) programme to upgrade the cockpits of its Bell AH-1W SuperCobra attack helicopters. The IWS has been dropped in favour of development of a four-blade rotor system for the AH-1W and the USMC's Bell UH-1N Huey ...
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Schweizer unveils Twin Condor for spy flights
Ramon Lopez/ELMIRA, NEW YORK SCHWEIZER AIRCRAFT hopes to cash in on a growing international market for low-cost long-distance surveillance aircraft such as the RU-38A Twin Condor, which the US aircraft maker revealed publicly for the first time on 20 July. The US Coast Guard, which ...
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Northwest 727s on brink of going north
NORTHWEST AIRLINES (NWA) is close to a decision to phase out its Boeing 727s. A senior manager says: "We will get rid of those [727s]. I think you will hear something soon." Officially, the airline claims that it has not finished a review of its 150-seat aircraft fleet, ...
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Lufthansa achieves first-half profits as Weber hits out outsubsidies
LUFTHANSA CHAIRMAN Jurgen Weber has hit out at government subsidies, saying that European governments are "still ploughing DM10 million [$7.1 million] of taxpayers' money daily into their ailing airlines". Weber says that subsidised airlines are "...either expanding with more capacity than they can sell, or are too sluggish ...
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ATA warning tempers industry optimism
THE US AIR TRANSPORT Association (ATA) is urging caution as airlines begin reporting improved second-quarter earnings. The ATA warns that the anticipated industry-wide $700 million quarterly profit is "a drop in the bucket" compared with the $13 billion in losses since 1990 and the $75 billion in capital ...
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Hughes will build Inmarsat P craft
HUGHES WILL build 12 satellites for the Inmarsat P global mobile-telephone system in a $1.3 billion deal agreed on 20 July. Terms of the agreement, which includes Hughes becoming a strategic partner in the Inmarsat P, will be completed later this year. The satellites, equipped with C-band and ...
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BAe/IAI link on Indian Sea Harrier upgrade
BRITISH AEROSPACE and Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) are negotiating a joint upgrade proposal for the Indian navy's BAe Sea Harrier FRS.51 - the first time that the two companies have considered collaboration. The firms are creating at least two upgrade options for India. The Indian navy is keen ...
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Air Canada orders A340-8000
AIRBUS INDUSTRIE HAS secured an initial order from Air Canada for two of its planned ultra-long-range A340-8000s and stepped up efforts to secure additional launch orders from the Asia-Pacific market. Air Canada's purchase by itself is not sufficient to launch the 232-seat -8000 derivative formally. According to airline ...
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Japan/USA agree on air cargo deal
THE JAPANESE AND US Governments have reached a compromise agreement on air-cargo rights, clearing the way for FedEx to start its Subic Bay-based intra-Asian freight network. Under the agreement reached in Los Angeles, FedEx has been granted "beyond rights" to seven destinations in Asia. Nippon Cargo ...
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ESA kick-start for Minisats
SSTL has been called in to work with the European Space Agency (ESA). In another effort to kick-start an affordable access to space for the smaller space customer, ESA has launched the Small Mission Opportunities initiative. ESA wants to see European industry establishing a consortium to build and ...
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