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Indian Fokkers refurbished in France
Societe Co-operative Aeronautique is refurbishing two Fokker F27s for new Indian carrier NEPC Airlines at its Dinard, Brittany base in northwest France. The company specialises in the overhaul and repair of Fokker and Fairchild types as well as that of older piston and jet airliners. ...
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Bedek wins contract to convert Tu-154s to VIP configuration
THE BEDEK DIVISION of Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) has been awarded a contract to convert Tupolev Tu-154M passenger aircraft into VIP configuration. Avia Star, the Russian manufacturer of the Tu-154M, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Israeli Company. The first Tu-154M will be flown to Israel ...
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MDC polls MD-11 freighter operators on smoke rules
McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) is canvassing MD-11 freight operators on proposed changes to the freighter configuration, which would meet new smoke-rules of the European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) and reduce maintenance costs. The alterations would allow loads of up to 79,450kg, while producing a net reduction (of around 130kg) ...
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Saab Aircraft celebrates major 340B order spree
SAAB AIRCRAFT has landed significant orders for its 340B Plus turboprop from two of the largest regional operators in the USA. In addition, the Swedish manufacturer has almost completed a deal to sell a large number of Saab 2000s to one of the carriers. The biggest single order ...
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Albatross Decision
Russian defence minister Pavel Grachev is to decide on the future of the Beriev A-40 Albatross anti-submarine-warfare aircraft following a visit to the design bureau in Taganrog on the Caspian Sea at the end of May. Trials of the aircraft are nearing completion. Source: Flight International
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DASA in talks over Korean 328 deal production
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH DAIMLER-BENZ Aerospace (DASA) and South Korea's Daewoo Heavy Industries are discussing South Korean assembly of the Dornier 328 33-seat turboprop. Senior executives at Daewoo say that the talks are focused on establishing a new production line at its aerospace division's Changwon factory. ...
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US Border Patrol will introduce LHTEC T800
THE LONG-AWAITED entry into service of the LHTEC T800 turbo-shaft is expected in July, when the US Border Patrol is scheduled to take delivery of its first re-engine Bell UH-1H Huey. LHTEC, a joint venture between Allison Engine and AlliedSignal Engines, revealed at the Paris air show that ...
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Boeing reveals more of JAST idea
BOEING HAS revealed more details of its Joint Advanced Technology Strike (JAST) concept, including new configuration studies unveiled at the Paris air show. The more striking external-design features of Boeing's compact JAST design include a sharply swept-back delta planform, an elevated cockpit, twin outward-canted vertical tails and ...
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First customer close for An-38
VOSTOK AIRLINES of Khabarovsk, Russia is expected to be named as the first customer, for the Antonov An-38 regional airliner. The 27-seat An-38 will be delivered to Vostok in October 1996. The twin-turboprop was developed by Ukraine's Antonov design bureau from the earlier An-28, but includes extensive Western-supplied ...
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Avensa chooses hushkit for 737s
VENEZUELAN CARRIER Avensa has ordered a newly certificated Boeing 737-100/200 Stage 3 hushkit developed by Florida-based AvAero which allows it to operate to much higher maximum gross take-off weights (MGTOW) without turbine nozzle modifications. AvAero has received a US Federal Aviation Administration supplemental type certificate allowing users of ...
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Dash 8 stretch launched
BOMBARDIER HAS launched the stretched de Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 regional turboprop, following an order for 12 aircraft from Great China Airlines of Taiwan. A formal announcement is expected at the show. The Taiwanese domestic carrier is understood to be one of several launch customers for the 70-seat ...
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Competition hots up for Air Macau deal
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE COMPETITION between Airbus Industrie and Boeing to place aircraft with start-up carrier Air Macau has intensified, with a final decision expected shortly from the airline's board of directors. Air Macau has an immediate requirement for four leased aircraft and wants to put the ...
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Cessna and AlliedSignal sign avionics deal for piston singles
CESSNA AIRCRAFT AND AlliedSignal have signed an exclusive agreement covering the supply of avionics for the new-build piston singles being planned by the Wichita-based manufacturer. Cessna will offer several different packages of equipment being supplied by AlliedSignal General Aviation Avionics. The avionics deal covers the 172 Skyhawk, the ...
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MDHS reveals Combat Explorer revealed
A COMBAT VERSION of the McDonnell Douglas Explorer commercial helicopter has been unveiled at the Paris air show. The aircraft could be available as early as 1997, says the company. "This is a reverse of the normal situation," says McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems (MDHS). "For the first time, ...
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Texas Instruments concludes talks with Shorts for CASOM bid
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS (TI) and Shorts Missile Systems have successfully completed talks to mount a joint bid for the UK Staff Requirement (Air) 1236 Conventionally Armed Stand-Off Missile (CASOM) programme. A formal announcement could be made before the end of the show. The CASOM bids are due at the ...
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EC sets open-skies schedule
Julian Moxon/BRUSSELS THE EUROPEAN Commission (EC) wants to achieve a full open-skies air-transport agreement with the USA within five years, and will ask European transport ministers at the end of this month for a mandate to carry out negotiations. In a 20-page draft proposal to ...
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GIVs offered to replace US forces' Rivet Joints
GULFSTREAM Aerospace, is proposing that the Pentagon replace its' aging fleet of Rivet Joint RC-135 electronic-intelligence-gathering aircraft, with militarised Gulf- stream IV-SP business jets. Although Rivet Joint RC-135s (specially configured Boeing 707s) performed well during Operation Desert Storm in 1991 in Iraq, they are expensive to operate, ...
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CASA helped into profit in 1994 by export deliveries
SPANISH AEROSPACE group CASA shows a sharp rise in profits for 1994, helped by 20 export deliveries for its turboprop patrol and transport aircraft. CASA ended the year showing net profits of Ptas3.4 billion ($28 million), virtually a threefold rise on its performance a year ago. The group, ...
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Code Share Approved
The US Department of Transportation has approved a code sharing deal, between American Airlines, American Eagle affiliate airlines and Canadian Airlines International. The authority began on 1 June. Source: Flight International
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Chinese airlines sign MDC deal
CHINA EASTERN and China Northern Airlines have signed a $700 million provisional agreement with McDonnell Douglas (MDC), increasing the number of Long Beach-built MD-90-30 TrunkLiners ordered to 20. Under a revised deal signed in 1994, China had intended ordering 14 MD-90s and six MD-82s from McDonnell Douglas' Long ...