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Sikorsky to fly on emergency medical missions in Mexico
Paul Derby Emergency medical missions in Mexico will receive a shot in the arm when Air Ambulance America takes delivery of four new Sikorsky S-76C+ helicopters. The organisation, which provides life-saving airborne aid to some of the most remote parts of the country, signed an agreement with Sikorsky this week. ...
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Entertaining Trimble
Trimble Avionics has signed an agreement with Avionics Innovations to distribute its AI-CD low cost in-flight entertainment system which is aimed primarily at general aviation users. The CD/FM/ AM system is modified for California-based Trimble's TrimLine, the standard avionics for the Cirrus SR20. Source: Flight International
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Extra expects approval for 330 aerobatic aircraft in March
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH German light aircraft manufacturer Extra Flugzeugbau expects to complete certification of work on its new Extra 330 aerobatic aircraft by the end of March. The aircraft, an upgraded version of the Extra 300, has a more powerful engine and "much better manoeuvrability" for competition flying, says ...
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Early launch in store for 428JET
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH THE Fairchild Dornier 428JET could be launched as early as the AsianAerospace show in Singapore which starts on 24 February, providing outstanding technical issues can be resolved in time, says the manufacturer. The aircraft is a 42- to 44-seat stretched version of the 328JET, with a ...
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Cathay dumps Airbus FANS
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Plans by Cathay Pacific Airways to equip its fleet of Airbus A340-300s with the Airbus interoperable modular future air navigation system (AIM-FANS) package have been scrapped in protest at the US Federal Aviation Administration's failure to modernise its oceanic air traffic control centres (ATCCs). The carrier ...
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European airlines continue to wage war on airport charges
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Europe's airlines are continuing their attack on airport charges, unveiling a study which highlights massive variations in costs within the region and suggests that European charging levels are two or three times higher than for their USor Asian counterparts. The issue re-ignited in 1997 when members ...
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Asiana steps up partner hunt
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Asiana Airlines is stepping up the search for a partner following South Korea's decision to lift the cap on airline foreign ownership to 49%. The carrier also raises the possibility of acting as a British Airways franchise partner in the Asia Pacific region. The South Korea ...
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Manufacturers issue fresh bids as SIA revives long haul plans
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Airbus Industrie and Boeing have submitted fresh proposals to Singapore Airlines (SIA) in response to a renewed impetus within the airline to move ahead with its ultra long haul requirement with either the A340-500 or 777-200X. The two rival manufacturers are understood to have made improved ...
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Brave new world
GLOOM-MONGERS aside, Asia's aerospace sector is strong enough to host Asian Aerospace '98, but this show does represent a watershed. It comes at a time when economic turbulence has spelled the end of many old assumptions about the shape of the aerospace world, and the position of the players in ...
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Coming on strongly
Paul Duffy/MOSCOW Certification begins this quarter for Kamov's much delayed new Ka-226, which had its first flight on 4 September, 1997. Unusually, it was not really a test flight but a demonstration for Russia's Minister of Emergency Situations, Sergei Shoigu, whose new Ministry has provided the funding to bring the ...
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Multimission craft
Julian Moxon/Marignane, FRANCECUTAWAY DRAWING/Giuseppe Picarella In bringing two new machines to the market in the space of two years, Eurocopter appears to have pulled off something of a coup. By any standards, the eight seat, twin engined EC135 and now the five seat EC120 Colibri single have both been very ...
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Industry launches safety initiative
Airlines, aerospace manufacturers and pilots have formed a coalition to help the airline industry and government regulators prioritise leading safety issues. The Commercial Aviation Safety Strategy Team (CASST), which includes the Air Transport Association, Aerospace Industries Association, Air Line Pilots Association, Airbus Industrie, Boeing, General Electric, Pratt & Whitney ...
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Air Methods equips
Air Methods of Colorado has received contracts from the UK's Police Aviation Services (PAS) and Papillon Grand Canyon Helicopters in the USA for multi-function interiors for installation in Boeing MD Explorers. Source: Flight International
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Airbus puts back entry into service of A3XX
Julian Moxon/PARIS Airbus Industrie is to delay the entry into service of its planned 555-seat A3XX by at least nine months, to the third quarter of 2004. The consortium claims that the delay is "minor" and says that the current economic chaos in key Asian markets is not responsible ...
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New stretch of 747 defined
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Boeing has revised its future 747 growth studies to include a 500-passenger stretch version with a larger wingspan, known as the -400Y Stretch, while dropping another long range variant dubbed the -400ERY. The company stresses that the only new version of the 747 being formally ...
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Japanese banking crisis reins in aircraft financing
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Japan's banks are predicting an extended reduction in their aircraft financing activity in the wake of the country's banking crisis and the demise of their favoured funding vehicle, the Japanese leveraged lease. Japanese banks have historically accounted for as much as 20-25% of the world's airliner ...
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Continental angers Delta chief executive
Delta Air Lines chief executive Leo Mullin has attacked the "complete misrepresentations" made by Continental Airlines officials on the carrier's failure to reach a merger agreement. Despite three weeks of secret bargaining, Continental eventually snubbed Delta and agreed to forge a strategic alliance with Northwest Airlines. Continental's chief executive ...
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Japan-USA aviation pact opens way to codeshares
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Andrew Mollet/TOKYO The aviation pact between Japan and the USA is expected to spur additional global airline alliances, with a key provision of the air services agreement allowing for codesharing for the first time in the lucrative Japanese-US market. Under the bilateral aviation pact ...
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BAe ponders RJ cockpit and engine changes
Kevin O'Toole/MANCHESTER British Aerospace Regional Aircraft is studying further developments for its Avro RJ family, including new avionics and engine options, with the intention of improving the aircraft's economics and keeping the programme up to date. Although the RJ is now effectively alone in the 85- to 100-seat regional ...