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Martin says APALS order is near
MARTIN MARIETTA expects to announce a launch order in March for "significantly more than 100" Autonomous Precision Approach and Landing Systems (APALS) from an unnamed operator. The company is guaranteeing US certification of the radar-based APALS as equivalent to a Category III instrument-landing system (ILS) by the end ...
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Samsung purchase plan alarms KAL and Asiana
SOUTH KOREAN industrial conglomerate Samsung is seeking to purchase two long-range wide-body passenger aircraft, ostensibly for company use, but raising the fears of Korean Air (KAL) and Asiana that it intends to establish a rival third national carrier. Samsung is understood to be discussing the purchase of ...
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TWA clarifies its Airbus A330 order
TRANS WORLD AIRLINES (TWA) has clarified plans for its outstanding order for Rolls-Royce Trent-powered Airbus A330s, which it had previously indicated would be cancelled under its planned financial restructuring (Flight International, 18-24 January, P8). The airline says, that the agreement for ten firm and ten option A330s remains ...
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Bargain carriers establish hubs away from bases
US LOW-COST CARRIERS, Midway and ValuJet Airlines, are establishing new hubs. Chicago-based Midway has reached agreement with American Airlines to lease gates at Raleigh-Durham International Airport, North Carolina, while Atlanta-based ValuJet has begun operations from Washington Dulles International Airport. Midway plans to shift most of its operations from ...
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Dornier expects 328-120 approval
DORNIER EXPECTS to receive Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) certification for its improved 328-120 regional turboprop in May and to deliver the first aircraft shortly afterwards to launch customer Formosa Airlines. The Dornier 328-120 is a further development of the recently certificated -110, offering improved runway performance. The ...
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Nagoya crash victims prepare to sue CAL
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE CRASH VICTIMS' relatives and survivors of the China Air Lines (CAL) Airbus Industrie A300-600 accident on 26 April, 1994, at Nagoya, Japan, say that they are to sue the carrier for pilot error. The action coincides with publication of the first draft of ...
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TEAM spirit returns to Aer Lingus staff
TEAM AER LINGUS reports that it is back in business and beginning to rebuild its third-party maintenance work, following the labour disputes which brought the Irish maintenance operation near to closure in 1994. As part of the 1994 Aer Lingus survival plan, the TEAM workforce had been ...
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UK ministers will make decision on Phoenix UAV
THE FUTURE of the troubled GEC-Marconi Phoenix unmanned-air-vehicle programme will be determined at ministerial level. Submission of a critical report into the six-year-late project is expected in the next few months. The Phoenix reconnaissance and targeting system is under review, with several options being considered, including procuring an ...
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Apstar 2 satellite lost in Long March explosion
Tim Furniss/LONDON THE APSTAR 2 communications satellite was destroyed on 26 January when a Long March 2E rocket exploded 51s after launch from Xichang, China. The spacecraft loss was a record for the local insurance industry - Pacific Insurance of Shanghai had insured Apstar 2 for $160 ...
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Air France to prune fleet
Julian Moxon/PARIS AIR FRANCE is to cancel all its outstanding orders and options for Airbus and Boeing aircraft, and sell part of its existing fleet as part of the restructuring plan, introduced by its president, Christian Blanc. The programme, introduced in 1994, has already succeeded in reducing ...
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SAS and Baltic International seal Latvian airline deal
SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINE System (SAS) and Baltic International USA (BIUSA) are to press ahead with their joint-venture airline in Latvia. BIUSA says, that the pair are immediately forming a joint-venture company, as the first step in setting up a carrier, which is expected to start operations in the second ...
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Crash cause may never be known
Ramon Lopez/PITTSBURGH THE CAUSE OF the 8 September, 1994, crash of a USAir Boeing 737-300 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is unlikely ever to be known for certain, according to US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators. The aircraft inverted and dived to earth from 6,000ft (1,800m), killing all ...
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Boeing warns over production cuts
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON BOEING EXPECTS airliner sales to fall again this year and warns that production rates may have to edge down further if some financially troubled US airlines fail to recover. The airlines have not been named by Boeing, but Continental Airlines has admitted that ...
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Fiinding the way
The only surprise in the regional-airliner tie-up between Aerospatiale, Alenia and British Aerospace is that it is happening. The tie-up does not represent the end of the restructuring of the European regional-airliner industry, but the beginning of a new route for which there are, as yet, no maps. By including ...
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Surprise HAI debut for MD 630N
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES McDONNELL DOUGLAS Helicopter Systems (MDHS) has surprised the rotary world by unveiling a flying prototype of the MD 630N, a stretched version of the MD 520N, at the Heli-Expo '95 exposition in Las Vegas, Nevada. The seven- to eight-seat helicopter has been ...
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Alitalia steps up pressure on pilots
ALITALIA IS understood to be preparing to wet-lease further Boeing 767s, unless its pilots agree to accept a package of concessions on wages and working practices. The Italian carrier has already leased two 767s, together with crews from Ansett Worldwide Air Services (AWAS) to fly on transatlantic routes. ...
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Dutch delay helicopter choice again
THE NETHERLANDS Government has delayed for a second time the selection of an attack helicopter to meet a NGL1.5 billion ($875 million) requirement for 32 aircraft for the army. Cabinet officials say that the choice could now be put off until March. The leading contenders for the deal ...
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Regional rivals welcome ATR's alliance with BAe
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON EUROPE'S regional-aircraft manufacturers have given a broad welcome to the alliance between ATR and British Aerospace's Jetstream and Avro operations, but all acknowledge that the real battle for leadership will come when the issue of new-aircraft development arises over the next couple of years. ...
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Socata discusses light- aircraft tie-up with Grob
Julian Moxon/PARIS FRENCH general-aviation manufacturer Socata is talking to its German counterpart Grob about a possible alliance. "Our product lines are very complementary," says Socata president, Jean-Marc de Raffin. The Le Bourget, Paris-based Aerospatiale subsidiary says that it is also talking to Italy's Piaggio, and ...