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Heading West
Ukraine is trying to win over Western Europe with an improved An-70 Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Scheduled to appear at Paris, the Antonov An-70 is competing for the European common medium transport aircraft requirement, for which it is now known as the An-7X. The German Government tasked DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (Dasa) with ...
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Regional ramp up
Paul Lewis/SAN ANTONIO/TORONTO/WASHINGTON DC The regional aviation industry is in a state of transition. Airlines have bade farewell to major manufacturers such as Fokker, Jetstream and Saab, together with an increasing number of their turboprop aircraft. They have been replaced by Bombardier, Embraer and Fairchild, offering a range of new, ...
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Dispute threatens A318 start
Julian Moxon/PARIS Production start-up of the recently launched 107-seat Airbus Industrie A318 is being threatened by a dispute over workshares in the programme. The argument centres on Aerospatiale's complaint that it is paying more into A318 development than its 37.9% share in the Airbus Industrie consortium. An ...
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S Korea's KAISAT-4 will carry Australian payload
South Korea's KAISAT-4 microsatellite, scheduled for launch in 2002, will carry an Australian-developed communications package. This is part of a new two-nation agreement intended to explore common payload applications for remote sensing and space-based rural area communications. The payload is a derivative of a combined UHF, S band and ...
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Flightlease orders charter 767s
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH SAirGroup has taken a step towards standardising the fleets of its charter airline affiliates on the Boeing 767-300ER after leasing subsidiary Flightlease placed an order for up to eight of the twinjets. The aircraft will be operated by Balair CTA, Sobelair, LTU and Air Europe, part of the ...
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UPS boosts II Morrow
United Parcel Service (UPS) has committed new financial and management resources to its II Morrow subsidiary and changed the name of the Salem, Oregon-based company to UPS Aviation Technologies. The former II Morrow's Apollo brand avionics line has been expanded to a full-product system that includes new navigations/communications, a ...
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Cathay pilots start to disrupt services as pay talks collapse
Andrzej Jeziorski/HONG KONG Cathay Pacific Airways pilots have begun to disrupt scheduled services after the collapse of pay talks between airline management and unions. Three flights were cancelled on 28 May, when "a higher than average" number of pilots called in sick. Although airline management says it does ...
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Kawasaki partners on civil tiltrotor
Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) has signed an agreement with Aerostructures of Nashville, Tennessee, to manufacture components for the Bell Agusta BA 609 civil tiltrotor aircraft. Aerostructures is responsible for the aircraft's fuselage development. KHI says it will develop the cabin doors and fuselage tailcone under subcontract. KHI is the first ...
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Early warning
Electronically scanned radar promises anti-ballistic missile solutions Stewart Penney/LONDON Proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their delivery vehicles has forced the topic of ballistic missile defence (BMD) to the forefront of military research, development and requirements. So it is perhaps timely that British Aerospace Land & Sea Systems is ...
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Israel, France and USA join for training
Israel's BVR Systems has teamed with Sextant Avionique of France and Flight Visions of the USA to offer the Advanced Training Avionics Suite (ATAS). The system allows pilots to train on fighter-type avionics while flying low-cost trainers. Sextant is offering ATAS on the MiG-AT trainer. The French company provides ...
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Shuttle war gathers pace
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC The air war over Washington DC has escalated with US Airways announcing plans to introduce new Airbus A320s. The move comes as it expands its lucrative shuttle operation in competition with Delta Air Lines and United Airlines. US Airways will replace 12 Boeing 727-200s operated ...
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Low-cost work
Wicat Systems, with Faros, Airbus and Aerospatiale, has introduced a maintenance training device (MTD), which is being offered as a low-cost alternative to simulators used for Airbus A320 cockpit-based maintenance procedures training. Derived from Wicat's flight management system trainers, the MTD uses full-flight simulator software. Source: Flight International
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Revolution ahead
Fairchild Aerospace believes the regional jet industry is poised at the "beginning of a revolution" that will be even more dramatic over the next 10 years than in recent times. Carl Albert, Fairchild Aerospace chairman and chief executive, believes the revolution will come in the 50-plus seat sector, where ...
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European safety moves ahead
Alan George BRUSSELS Brussels hopes that formal talks about the establishment of a European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) can be started with non-European Union (EU) states by the end of the year and that the new body can be inaugurated in 2001 or 2002. Well-placed officials in Brussels say ...
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The king of low-cost: Herb Kelleher of Southwest Airlines
When it comes to making work seem like play, Herb Kelleher is a master. But don't be fooled by the broad smiles and open-neck shirt. Behind the casual demeanour lies a management style that is Disney-esque in its attention to detail. Southwest Airlines employees expect to have fun under this ...
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American lawsuit sends warning out to industry
Karen Walker WASHINGTON DC The US Department of Justice's (DoJ) decision to file a predatory behaviour lawsuit against American Airlines has sent shock waves through the US industry and is being seen as the latest symptom of a pro-competition fever that has taken hold in Washington DC. Although legal ...
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Anti-trust and open skies head south
David Knibb SEATTLE The alliance between LanChile and American Airlines is about to become the first in South America to gain US antitrust immunity. It also could mark the start of an open skies regime between Chile and the USA that has languished pending this approval. The US Department ...
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Lufthansa's global authority
Peter Bennett FRANKFURT Lufthansa would like to see airline alliances and competition subject to a global authority German flag carrier Lufthansa has called for a global licensing authority with the ability to rule on airline alliances and competitive structures. "The European Union [EU] is investigating all transatlantic alliances ...
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US first quarter causes concern
US first quarter results are perhaps the clearest indication so far that the current cycle's downturn might be just around the corner. While there is no need yet for tears, overall revenues are flat compared with the 1998 first quarter and net results are down. The sobering effect on overall ...
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KAL reshuffle disappoints
Nicholas Ionides ATI/SINGAPORE Troubles continue to pile up for KAL, with criticism from the country's president adding to its woes April and May are two months that Korean Air (KAL) may want to forget. Hurt by a 15 April Boeing MD-11 freighter crash in Shanghai - its fourth hull ...