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Hughes wants more cash for Canadian ATC work
CANADA'S DEPARTMENT of Transport and Hughes Aircraft of Canada are renegotiating the terms of a C$659 million ($488 million) programme to install an integrated air-traffic-control system across the country. Hughes' portion of the project is now valued at C$420 million. In documents filed with Transport Canada, however, Hughes ...
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BAe studies plan to re-engine RAF's fleet of Nimrod MR2s
BRITISH AEROSPACE is considering a plan to re-engine the Royal Air Force's fleet of BAe Nimrod MR2 maritime-patrol aircraft (MPA) with a variant of the BMW Rolls-Royce Series 700 turbofan engine in its bid to win the RAF's replacement-MPA contest. The company is due to submit its final ...
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Iberia finishes 1994 in profit
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON IBERIA ENDED 1994 with its first operating profit in five years, leaving the ailing Spanish carrier optimistic that it can deliver the promised turnaround over the next two years. The state-owned group, which is still awaiting European Commission (EC) approval for its rescue plan, ...
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707 noise deadline put back
THE UK GOVERNMENT has given a further extension to operators of Boeing 707s and McDonnell Douglas DC-8s seeking waivers under European noise regulations. From 1 April, 1995, all Chapter 2 aircraft more than 25 years old were due to have been banned from European Union countries, unless ...
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Belgian boost
BELGIAN FLAG CARRIER SABENA has taken short-term leases on three British Aerospace One-Elevens to provide increased summer capacity. This aircraft, a -500 model, is wet-leased from British World Airways; the other two aircraft will come from European Aviation. They will be used to boost frequencies on short-haul routes from Brussels ...
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New Fokker in New Mexico
FARMINGTON, NEW MEXICO-BASED Mesa Air has taken delivery of the first of two 78-seat Fokker 70s to be operated in the colours of America West Express. The Mesa Air Group, the USA's largest independent regional-airline group, will fly the aircraft in a single-class cabin layout from America West's Phoenix hub ...
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Latest Su-34 shows radome stretch
THE SECOND PROTOTYPE OF Sukhoi's Su-34 strike aircraft, pictured recently at Novosibisrsk, shows that a small plug has been inserted in the nose section just forward of the canopy. The plug may have been necessary to make space for the terrain-following radar. The dialectric nose-cone area on the aircraft is ...
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Russia applies to join the MTCR
RUSSIA IS NEGOTIATING to join the multi-national Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR). It could become a member as early as October. The MTCR is intended to stop the proliferation of ballistic- and cruise missile technologies applicable to what are described as weapons of mass destruction. MTCR ...
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Beleaguered Solitair plans share issue
SOLITAIR, THE SWEDISH-based aircraft leasing company, is planning a new share issue, and refinancing of loans in a bid to resolve a looming financial crisis. Shareholders are due to vote on the refinancing package on 29 May. Failure to approve the deal could result in almost immediate bankruptcy ...
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Boeing wins Chinese/Danish orders for 737s
BOEING HAS REVEALED orders for a total of nine 737s from Chinese and Danish carriers, together worth over $300 million. Shandong Airlines of China has ordered 737-300 passenger aircraft, worth a total of $120 million with spares and training. The Jinan-based carrier will take the first in December ...
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Air Inter strike continues
Julian Moxon/PARIS FRENCH PILOT unions are continuing to obstruct attempts to negotiate an end to the crippling series of strikes at Air Inter, which led, on 12 May, to the resignation of the president, Michel Bernard (Flight International, 15-23 May). Air France president Christian Blanc ...
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Eurofighter 2000 flies again
THE EUROFIGHTER 2000 test-flight programme resumed on 17 May, with a flight of the DA2 development aircraft from British Aerospace Warton. A Paris air show debut in June is in doubt after the programme's management agency raised contractual questions about its appearance. The DA2 took off from Warton ...
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Vietnam Acquires Su-27s
The Vietnamese air force has ordered a limited number of Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker air-superiority fighter aircraft. At least two, are already believed to have been delivered. The total order is thought not to exceed 20 aircraft. Details of the deal remain scant. Source: Flight International
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Cash shortage shackles Mikoyan fighter project
THE FUTURE of Mikoyan's next-generation air-superiority aircraft, Article 1.42, is being questioned as budget problems continue seriously to hamper the project. The first prototype of the aircraft still languishes in a hangar at the Zhukovsky flight-test research centre months after the completion of taxi trials and months ...
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Terminal Illness
"The new terminal will have a profound effect on the environment" Last week, a public inquiry began into the plans of the UK's major airport operator, BAA, to build a fifth passenger terminal at London Heathrow, the country's largest and most important airport. Some 300km (160 miles) ...
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R-R makes last-gasp bid for KAL contract
ROLLS-ROYCE HAS made a last-minute bid to secure a contract from Korean Air (KAL) to supply Trent 800 engines for eight Boeing 777s the airline has on order. KAL had swung toward the Pratt & Whitney PW4000 as the already extended decision deadline of 15 May approached. ...
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Boeing acts to solve 757/767 pylon cracks
Guy Noris/SEATTLE BOEING IS notifying operators of a fleet-wide structural strengthening programme for 757 and 767 engine mounts, following reports of cracking in strut boxes and fuse pins. The programme, which will affect more than 1,200 aircraft in service, will be explained to operators on ...
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GAO questions FAA over its GPS schedule
THE US GENERAL Accounting Office (GAO) is raising doubts over the Federal Aviation Administration's ability to meet its global-positioning-system (GPS) implementation schedule. The investigative arm of the US Congress has recommended that Transportation Secretary Federico Pena direct the FAA to come up with a comprehensive plan for augmenting ...
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UK/USA discuss Cobra link
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC THE UK AND US Governments are discussing a joint procurement programme covering the Bell AH-1 attack helicopter, in the run-up to a decision by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) on its attack-helicopter requirement. Flight International has obtained details of a 3 ...
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India Receives Mongols
The Indian air force has taken delivery of ten Russian Mikoyan MiG-21UM Mongol two-seat trainer aircraft. Early- model MiG-21Us and two-seat Hawker Hunters used for training, are expected to be phased out, over the next 18 months. India eventually intends to purchase either the British Aerospace Hawk or the Dassault/Dornier ...