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ValuJet adds four more
DC-9s to fleet US LOW-FARE operator ValuJet Airlines has purchased four additional McDonnell Douglas (MDC) DC-9s. The total cost of the aircraft, including installation of hushkits and completion of ValuJet and federal-mandated modifications, is expected to be about $18 million. The previous operators were Alitalia and ...
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FAA seeks windshear-detector change software
THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration, is proposing that, new software be introduced for Honeywell-made airborne wind-shear detectors. The proposed airworthiness directive (AD), which follows a US National Transportation Safety Board recommendation, would require new software which eliminates delays in the warning systems of the Honeywell standard wind-shear-detection and ...
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Europe on course for TCAS by year 2000
Julian Moxon/PARIS Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC EUROCONTROL IS TO recommend mandatory introduction to Europe of an aircraft collision-avoidance system from the 2000, after a 26 June meeting of its committee of management. The move had been expected, and is supported by the European Joint Airworthiness ...
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Air France cash is approved
THE EUROPEAN Commission (EC) has authorised the next tranche of cash for the recapitalisation of Air France, but has expressed reservations about the speed with which the national flag carrier is restructuring. The first Fr10 billion ($2 billion) chunk of the Fr20 billion being given to the airline ...
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Lufthansa Expands
Lufthansa has extended its network in the CIS with the introduction of passenger and cargo flights to Baku, capital of Azerbaijan. Lufthansa and Lufthansa Cargo, have begun operating a joint twice weekly Airbus A320 service, from Frankfurt to Baku. Source: Flight International
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Nigeria heads orders for secondhand Dornier 228s
DAIMLER-BENZ Aerospace (DASA) has signed three separate contracts for the delivery of Dornier 228 twin-turboprops in civil and maritime-patrol roles. Thirteen used 228s in the 19-seat transport configuration are to be delivered to Aeronautical Industrial Engineering and Project Management in Kaduna, Nigeria. The sale brings the number of ...
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Indian navy considers Harrier options
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC THE INDIAN NAVY plans to decide by next February whether to procure either refurbished British Aerospace TAV-8As offered by the USA or rebuilt or new two-seat Harrier trainers from the UK. Driving the aircraft-replacement decision are believed to be serviceability issues as to ...
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Australia-Hong Kong row escalates
A MAJOR ROW between Hong Kong and Australia over Qantas' fifth-freedom rights beyond Hong Kong has moved to open confrontation, raising the prospect of a total ban on all flights between the two countries by their respective carriers. Hong Kong had imposed a limit of 50% of Hong ...
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Date set for Learjet 45 debut
BOMBARDIER PLANS to fly the first Learjet 45 business-jet on 22 September. The new date represents a substantial delay, but Learjet president Brian Barents says that a fifth aircraft will be added to the certification flight-test programme in order to meet the commitment to deliver the first eight ...
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Lockheed Martin pushes delta 'Falcon 2000' for US Air Force
LOCKHEED MARTIN Tactical Aircraft Systems is positioning itself to offer a re-winged F-16 "Falcon 2000" to the US Air Force if the Joint Advanced Strike Technology (JAST) programme is delayed or cancelled. "We are ready to start cutting metal on this aircraft," says programme manager John Bean, who ...
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Space Systems/Loral wins Asia-Pacific deals contracts
Tim Furniss/LONDON SPACE SYSTEMS/LORAL has been awarded contracts for two communications satellites: the ApStar 2R for Asia Pacific Satellite and a high-power spacecraft for Mabuhay Philippines Satellite. The Mabuhay satellite will be in competition with another planned national satellite system, the Agila, the contract for which ...
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Bombardier focuses on internal growth
CANADIAN AEROSPACE manufacturer Bombardier will rely on internally generated growth, rather than major acquisitions in the aerospace sector in the foreseeable future, according to company chairman and chief executive Laurent Baudouin. Figures released at Bombardier's annual meeting on 21 June in Montreal showed that, up to the 30 ...
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Embraer plans an August roll-out for the EMB-145
EMBRAER WILL roll out the prototype EMB-145 regional jet at its Sao Jose dos Campos plant on 18 August. All ground tests, are scheduled to be completed by late July, leading to a first flight in August according to the manufacturer. The 13-month, 1,100h, flight-test programme is to ...
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Dowty to share Dash 8-400 risk
DOWTY AEROSPACE Propellers has become a risk-sharing partner in the Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8-400 programme, having been selected to supply its six-bladed swept propeller for the regional airliner. First deliveries of the 4m all composite propeller, is scheduled for 1997. The UK company believes that the deal ...
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Two-target MiG-29 Fulcrum revealed
Douglas Barrie/LONDON MIKOYAN HAS SHOWN in the West for the first time an upgraded variant of its MiG-29 Fulcrum capable of simultaneously engaging two targets with the Vympel R-77 (AA-12 Adder) active air-to-air missile. A MiG-29SM capable of two-target engagement was on static display at ...
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EC moves nearer to open skies
Julian Moxon/PARIS EUROPEAN TRANSPORT ministers meeting in Luxembourg have signaled their tentative support to giving the European Union (EU) the power to negotiate open-skies deals on behalf of its members. The 15 EU states have asked the European Commission (EC) to fine-tune its preliminary open-skies ...
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Fokker reveals regional-twinjet configuration
FOKKER HAS revealed the configuration of the new 120-seat regional twinjet it is now studying with Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA), Aviation Industries of China and South Korea's Samsung. The Dutch manufacturer says that the aircraft would supplement the lower end of the Airbus family and the upper end of ...
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Transavia gains, misses targets
TRANSAVIA AIRLINES blames declining fares and rising costs outside its control for failing meet its profit targets in the year to 31 March. Net profits were Dfl23.5 million ($16.5 million), just 0.7% ahead of the 1993/4 figure and well below the 15% margin targeted by the airline. Transavia ...
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Awards Correction
Because of an error made during the compilation of our announcement of the winners of the International Aerospace Industry Awards (Flight International, 14-20 June) the names of the winner and one of the runners-up in the Environment category were transposed. The correct results of the competition, in this category, as ...
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Just a sideshow?
The recent Paris air show provided yet again, for its supporters, the disappointment of not seeing the Eurofighter displayed in its element - in the air. Eurofighter the organisation remains cool to the idea that the continued non-displaying of the aircraft is in any way harmful to its prospects. In ...