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Thailand poll jeopardisesair force's fighter plans
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE THE ROYAL THAI Air Force's (RTAF) plans to purchase new fighter aircraft are under threat with the election of a new coalition civilian Government, and a possible shake-up of Thailand's military leadership. Thailand's main opposition party, Chart Thai, defeated the Democrat Government of ...
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Canadian Airlines launches restructuring effort
CANADIAN AIRLINES has launched a fresh restructuring programme, designed to counter weak passenger traffic and the capacity expansion of its rival Air Canada. The carrier is talking to unions to try to achieve productivity gains of C$125 million ($90 million) through a mix of job cuts, salary savings ...
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GEC-Marconi counts cost of over-runs on key contracts
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON GEC-MARCONI HAS been forced to put aside "substantial provisions" to cover cost overruns on some of its major contracts. The surprise announcement is potentially embarrassing for a group which prides itself on tight financial management. Revealing results for its 1994/5 financial year, GEC ...
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Eurofighter MoU signed
ALL FOUR PARTNER nations in the Eurofighter 2000 collaborative combat-aircraft project were expected to have signed a critical memorandum of understanding (MoU) by 7 July. Italy signed MoU 4, covering the implications and cost of "reorienting" and delaying the EF2000 programme by two years, on 6 July. Germany ...
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Matra stealth missile unveiled
Douglas Barrie/LONDON Gilbert Sedbon/PARIS MATRA HAS BEGUN design and development work on a stealthy next-generation hypersonic attack missile, with wind tunnel models of the design having already been tested. The ramjet-powered missile has a highly chinned fore-section, with the nose section blending into a ...
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Belgium comes up with wrong number on Sabena sale offer
Herman de Wulf/BRUSSELS BELGIAN JOURNALISTS, keen to find out the latest in the tense political negotiations over the sale of Sabena, have been flocking to a small rural grocery in the heart of Belgium's peaceful countryside. The bizarre incident started with a fax from the ...
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KA-32s head for South Korea
THE SOUTH KOREAN MARITIME Police has taken delivery of two Kamov KA-32s. The helicopters - a KA-32T pictured - and a KA-32A were shipped out from Ufa in the Ural region of Russia on board a Volga-Dnepr Airlines An-124 in June. Several Kamov helicopters are already in operation with various ...
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BWIA includes five EMB-145s in upgrade book
David Learmount/LONDON BWIA INTERNATIONAL Airways has ordered five Embraer EMB-145 regional jets and placed options on five more. The Trinidad-based carrier's president, Ed Wegel, also says that he is talking to Boeing about the 777 as an ultimate replacement for three 767-300ERs which it is leasing alongside ...
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SBAC faces writ over Farnborough
The organiser of the Farnborough air show is facing a £6 million ($9.5 million) law suit after deciding to switch suppliers for the air show's semi-permanent exhibition buildings. London-based Black & Edgington Hire (B&E), long-time supplier of the show's chalets and exhibition halls, is suing the Society of ...
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Fokker in capital crisis as losses rise mount
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON DAIMLER-BENZ Aerospace (DASA) and the Dutch Government are in talks over a fresh bail out package for Fokker, which has admitted that it is on course for record losses this year. The Dutch manufacturer warns that losses over the first half of 1995 ...
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Boeing tests 777 fatigue solution
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES BOEING IS FLIGHT-testing a strengthened aerodynamic fairing on the Rolls-Royce Trent 800-powered 777 after the discovery of fatigue cracks following its first flight on 26 May. It is also determining whether the problem could affect General Electric and Pratt & Whitney-powered versions. ...
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Ace Satellite Deal
Lockheed Martin has signed a $650 million contract to build a mobile-telephone communications network for the Asia Cellular Satellite System (ACES) to be operated by companies from Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand. Source: Flight International
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American to replace Omega with FMS/GPS
AMERICAN AIRLINES plans to buy flight-management/global-positioning systems (FMS/GPS) to replace Omega navigation systems in up to 400 Boeing 727s and McDonnell Douglas MD-80s and DC-10s. A selection is planned by September. American is the first major airline to plan a fleet-wide GPS retrofit programme. Rockwell-Collins, which plans to ...
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USN wants jammer in Bosnian F-18s
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA THE US NAVY IS seeking approval to install the cancelled ITT/Westinghouse ALQ-165 airborne self-protection jammer (ASPJ) in 12 US Marine Corps McDonnell Douglas F-18s in operation over Bosnia. The move follows the shooting down on 2 June of a US Air Force Lockheed Martin F-16 ...
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Rowe Joins BEA
Brian Rowe, chairman emeritus of General Electric Aircraft Engines, has been elected to the board of BE Aerospace, the Florida-based aircraft interior specialist. Rowe is also a board director of UK-based Aerostructures Hamble, Colorado-based cargo airline Atlas Air, the Fifth Third Bank of Ohio and Stewart and Stevenson Services, an ...
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French firms face fight over defence cuts
FRANCE'S DEFENCE aerospace industry is bracing itself for a bruising battle with the new government over what may amount to swingeing cuts in defence expenditure over the next five years. Programmes in the firing line include the multi-national Future Large Aircraft, the NH90 military utility helicopter, the M5 ...
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Trouble in store?
Any organisation, which opposes the introduction of a new safety measure, is storing up potential trouble for itself, especially if its opposition is successful. On those grounds alone, the regional airlines and their supporters, which are opposing the application of large-airliner safety standards, to ten- to 19-seat turboprops are playing ...
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KLM Orders Boeings
KLM is expanding its fleet with two more Boeing 747-400 Combis (total 13) and three 767-300ERs, starting in 1996. These aircraft are additional to those covered by the June 1994 contract signed with International Lease Finance (ILFC) for seven 767-300ERs, the first of which will be delivered during July. All ...
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Survival techniques
The past few years have been tough, but fixed-base operators in the USA are optimistic about the future. Karen Walker/ATLANTA SOMETHING OF A revolution is happening in the fixed-base operator (FBO) industry, the highway-service system of general aviation (GA) in North America. Across the USA, ...
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Taking over
As the US military moves out of the Philippines, so FedEx moves in. Paul Lewis/SUBIC BAY WHEN THE US NAVY pulled out of the Subic Bay naval base in the Philippines in November 1992, the local Olongapo City authorities inherited an $8 billion military base ...