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Challenging Germany's Goliath
In three years, Deutsche BA has become the second-biggest German scheduled carrier. Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH Not quite three years since its launch, Deutsche BA is firmly established as Germany's second-biggest scheduled carrier, behind the formidable Lufthansa. It has achieved this by maintaining a steady ...
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Laos Agreement
Laos has signed an air-services agreement with the Singapore Government, opening the way for direct air links between the two South-East-Asian countries. The deal allows for a designated carrier from each country to operate up to three flights a week between Singapore and Vientiane. Source: Flight International
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Black-market purchases help development of Brazil's VLS
Tim Furniss/LONDON BRAZIL'S ATTEMPTS to develop its own small-satellite launcher have been aided by the black-market purchases of state-of-the-art micro-electronic technology from Russia and other countries, Brazil's aeronautics ministry has admitted. Development of the Veiculo Lancador de Satelites (VLS), scheduled originally for launch in 1985, has ...
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Strategy-split forces Reims president out
THE FUTURE OF French general-aviation manufacturer Reims Aviation has again been thrown into confusion by the sudden, apparently forced, resignation of company president Jean-Paul Pellissier. According to a communiqu, from the major shareholder in the Reims-based company, Compagnie Fran+aise Chaufour Investissements (CFCI), the board of directors decided on ...
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JetRanger replacement helps drive 407 market
PRODUCTION OF Bell Helicopter Textron's Model 407 light helicopter, launched in February, is sold out until mid-1997. The company has firm orders for 105 aircraft, with company demonstrators and other commitments taking the number of delivery positions accounted for to 140. Production at Bell's Canadian plant will ...
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Matra president attacks merger
MATRA-DEFENSE Espace president Noel Forgeard has attacked the intended merger of the Aerospatiale and Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA) satellite businesses for leaving his company out of the negotiations. He has also joined the growing chorus of protest over Aerospatiale ceding the lead in satellite manufacture to the German concern. ...
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Lockheed Martin to build new Asian satellite
LOCKHEED MARTIN is to negotiate a final contract for the development of a $650 million cellular-telephone communications-satellite network for the Asian Cellular Satellite System (ACSS). Launch of the first satellite, the Garuda 1, is scheduled for 1998 (Flight International, 22-28 February). The contract expected to be signed in ...
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First Image
The first experimental synthetic-aperture-radar image from the European Remote Sensing satellite has been acquired. Together with images acquired by the ERS 1 earlier, they are the first combined ERS 1/2 multi-temporal colour images. Source: Flight International
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Incident reporting
All airlines are subject to at least one level of compulsory incident reporting: this normally involves reporting to their national aviation authority those relatively serious events which result in physical harm to people, damage to equipment, or risk to safety. Less-serious incidents may be reported within an airline ...
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Boeing leans to enhanced 747 as NLA solution
DERIVATIVES OF the 747, and not a new design, are emerging as the leading options from Boeing's New Large Airplane (NLA) initiative. Meanwhile, studies of a Very Large Commercial Transport (VLCT) with the Airbus partners appear to be reaching a hiatus. President of Boeing Commercial Airplane Group Ron ...
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Korean Contract
Korean Air's Aerospace division has received a subcontract from Boeing to produce wing-flap support fairings for the new 737-700. Korean also produces components for Boeing 747s and 777s, and in 1994 signed a deal to build the nose section for the yet-to-be launched 100-seat McDonnell Douglas MD-95. Source: ...
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Northwest seeks deals to ease Asian worries
Paul Lewis/Tokyo NORTHWEST AIRLINES is working to strengthen its Japanese-based hub operation through new co-operation agreements with Asian carriers, as local criticism intensifies of US airline industry fifth-freedom rights in the region. The airline is looking to develop a strategic relationship with at least one ...
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Thai domestic start-up wins approval
The THAI OWNERS OF former Cambodian International Airlines have been granted permission to start domestic services in Thailand. The carrier, renamed Orient Express, has been given rights to operate up to 20 routes from Bangkok and Chiang Mai. The airline already owns a Boeing 737 and three Boeing ...
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Boeing progresses on halving cycle times
BOEING SAYS THAT it is making progress on its aggressive cost-cutting strategy, with which it aims to slash production-cycle time by half, and to hold aircraft-manufacturing costs to 1992 levels. Boeing Commercial Airplane Group president Ron Woodard says that the group is already close to bringing cycle times ...
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Carry on carrier?
Is there enough political support for the concept of the aircraft carrier to continue into the next century? Douglas Barrie/LONDON Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Next to acquiring an arsenal of nuclear weapons, the pursuit of an aircraft-carrier programme identifies a country's aspirations to project its political will beyond ...
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Japanese plan to build more F-15s
Paul Lewis /TOKYO JAPAN PLANS TO extend licence production of the McDonnell Douglas F-15 fighter to compensate for the anticipated reduction in procurement of the new Mitsubishi/Lockheed Martin FS-X. The Japan Defence Agency (JDA) is understood to be seeking initial funding in the fiscal year 1996 ...
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Raytheon plans fibre-optic controls within five years
Kieran Daly/LONDON RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT says that it will certificate fibre-optic engine and system controls by 1998 and incorporate them in a production aircraft before 2000. Company chairman and chief executive officer Art Wegner says that Raytheon believes that its system - named Control By Light ...
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JAST hover tests to start in June
LOCKHEED MARTIN will begin hover testing of its Joint Advanced Strike Technology (JAST) candidate in June at NASA Ames, California. Its JAST contender is now being re-assembled at NASA Ames before the start of engine and lift-fan tests. The aircraft is an 86%-scale version of ...
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Dollar collapse threatens Japanese aircraft ventures
Paul Lewis/TOKYO JAPAN'S AEROSPACE industry fears that the collapse of the US dollar against the yen is beginning to have an impact on profit margins and competitiveness, potentially threatening the future of civil and military aircraft ventures in Japan. The currency fluctuation, which has seen ...
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USA plans 'no-blame' incident reporting
David Learmount/LONDON AN AMERICAN AIRLINES aircrew "no-blame" voluntary reporting system is being studied for possible nationwide adoption in the USA. The US Air Transport Association (ATA) says that, if adopted, it would supplement the existing NASA-administered Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS). Safety specialists ...