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Weak demand forces Air Hong Kong to cut fleet
CARGO CARRIER Air Hong Kong has cut its fleet from three to two Boeing 747 freighters as it continues to suffer from poor demand and heavy financial losses. The 747-100F is to be returned early to leasing company GE Capital Aviation, as the carrier is able only to ...
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New camera for the Hubble
A NEW $30 MILLION CAMERA, to be built by Ball Aerospace, will be installed on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) during the third Space Shuttle servicing mission in November 1999. Called the Hubble Advanced Camera for Exploration (HACE), the unit's capabilities will be a major enhancement to the HST's present ...
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UK still wants to privatise air traffic control
THE UK CIVIL Aviation Authority is encouraging the Government to press ahead with the privatisation of the nation's National Air Traffic Services, despite the collapse of the first attempt in 1994. CAA chiefs say that the air-traffic-control system has a £100 million-a-year investment requirement, largely for modernisation, which ...
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Wheel Deal
AlliedSignal Aerospace has signed a letter of intent with China Southern Airlines to establish a joint venture in Shanghai to repair and overhaul aircraft wheels and brakes. Operations will begin in late 1995. Source: Flight International
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No worries for Astra operators
Sir - In the article "Astra owners face disc work" (Flight International, 30 November-6 December, P17), it was reported that US Federal Aviation Administration Airworthiness Directive (AD) 94-23-05, had been issued against AlliedSignal TFE731 engines installed on Israel Aircraft Industries Astras. In reporting the technical facts of the ...
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Harmonisation is a complex task
Sir - On the subject of flight-time limitations, the European Regional Airlines Association would like to clarify two points. Harmonisation through the Joint Aviation Rules (JAR) system is concerned with safety. There should be no place for any linkage between this and discussions between an individual, or his/her ...
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High Noon
El Al has suspended services to Russia after its security staff in Moscow and St Petersburg were ordered to surrender their weapons after four years of undisturbed operation. The Israeli Government has threatened to block Aeroflot and Transaero flights to Israel if the security arrangements are not restored by 10 ...
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Woomera's Hope
Australia's Woomera Rocket Range may be used as the landing site for Japan's unmanned Hope space plane, says the National Space and Development Agency. Officials from the Japanese agency had earlier completed an agreement to use the range as the recovery site for the Japanese-German-Russian Express re-entry research capsule, starting ...
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MIG training
Some 23 Royal Malaysian Air Force pilots have begun a four-and-a-half month Mikoyan MiG-29 training course at Russia's Krasnodar military pilots and technicians school. The pilots will accumulate 25 flight hours. An additional seven Malaysian officers, are now being trained at the Zhukovsky Military Engineering Academy, in Moscow. ...
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INDIAN MiG Update
India has selected a Sextant inertial-navigation system (INS) and a Sopelem cockpit video recorder for use in its Mikoyan-led MiG-21 upgrade programme. Competitors for the INS were Sagem and Honeywell, while Vinten lost out in the video-recorder contest. It is believed that India has given local industry until June to ...
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Cambodian MiG Upgrade
Israel Aircraft Industries is to upgrade 15 Mikoyan MiG-21s of the Cambodian air force. The $80 million deal is expected to be signed soon. The Israeli package will include a new mission computer, cockpit avionics and a radar-warning system. Source: Flight International
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Long-Lead Longbow
Martin Marietta and Westinghouse have received $31 million from the US Army for long-lead production items for 15 Longbow fire-control radar. Options to the contract total an additional $10 million. The team is developing the millimetre-wave fire-control radar and fire-and-forget radar-guided Hellfire missile for use on the McDonnell Douglas Helicopter ...
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MD-82 For Korean Air
Korean Air has ordered another McDonnell Douglas MD-82, for delivery in December 1995. The airline already operates eight Pratt & Whitney PW8D-217-powered MD-82s and has two more of the 155-seat twinjet on order for delivery in July 1995. Source: Flight International
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ATC Start-Up
Mexico City's air-traffic-control (ATC) centre has been inaugurated. The Thomson-CSF-supplied Eurocat 2000 system is part of a major contract awarded in 1993, under which a further four centres are scheduled to be opened in the next 18 months. The Mexico City system will receive and process data from eight radar, ...
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Eastwest Service
Germany's newest carrier, Erfurt-based Eastwest Airlines, has begun a five-times-weekly direct service from Berlin Tempelhof to Rotterdam. From 9 January, the airline is operating a Dornier 328 turbo-prop service from Monday to Friday - the only direct air link between the two cities. Source: ...
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Fedex MD-11 Lease
Express-parcel carrier FedEx has agreed to lease two additional General Electric CF6-80C2-powered McDonnell Douglas MD-11F freighters for delivery in late 1995, bringing its MD-11 fleet to 15 aircraft. Source: Flight International
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Sabena Alliance
The Belgian Government has made clear that it intends to retain a majority holding in Sabena, even if an alliance is put in place with Swissair. The public Government statement follows reports in Switzerland that up to 75% of the carrier could be on offer. An agreement is still needed ...
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Airlanka Profit
Airlanka has revealed that it made a record Rps248 million ($5 million) net profit for the financial year ending March 1994, almost doubling Rps128 million for the previous year. This was achieved in part by a 5% drop in costs. Source: Flight International
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TWA Leases
Trans World Airlines has renegotiated leases with GE Capital and McDonnell Douglas covering 78 of its fleet of about 140 leased aircraft. The airline expects to save about $65 million as a result of delaying lease payments as part of a restructuring to reduce its debt by $800 million, down ...
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FlightSafety
Donnie Nunn has been named manager of FlightSafety's centre in San Antonio, Texas. He was formerly director of training at the company's LaGuardia centre. Roger Wilcox is appointed director of pilot training at the Tucson Learning Center in Arizona. He has been a FlightSafety Learjet instructor for ten years. Dan ...