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In-profit Air Macau will expand
Air Macau claims to have made its first monthly profit since being launched a year ago, and is now planning further expansion of its regional services to China and Taiwan. According to Air Macau deputy chief executive officer, Carlos Pimentel, the start-up airline made its first profit in ...
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Malaysia Helicopters sells AIM and Airod
Malaysia Helicopters Services (MHS) has ended months of speculation by finally disposing of its controlling interests in Aerospace Industries of Malaysia (AIM) and its military aircraft maintenance company Airod. Local sewage company PJS Industries has paid MHSRgt33 million ($13 million) to acquire its 66.7% stake in AIM and ...
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China builds presence on 757
China's aerospace industry is further expanding its share of production of major sub-assemblies for Boeing aircraft. Chengdu Aircraft (CAC) is preparing to begin manufacturing 757 empennages from early-1997. The company is close to completing a new production site at its Chengdu plant, at which it will build the ...
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Cathay takes 'shark-skin' A340
Cathay Pacific has taken delivery of an Airbus A340-300 with 30% of its skin covered with so-called "shark-skin foils" or riblets. The in-service test follows experiments carried out by Airbus, in conjunction with US manufacturer 3M, using an A320 partially covered with the drag-reducing plastic film. "Performance results have been ...
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Air France agrees to take up to 20 777s
Air France will take more Boeing twins, but is moving up from 767 to 777 Julian Moxon/PARIS The French Government has approved Air France's decision to buy up to 20 Boeing 777s (including options), as part of its long-range-fleet renewal programme. The airline has placed orders ...
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AMJ BAe 146s are to be given satellite-navigation capability
British Aerospace Asset Management-Jets (AMJ) is developing a cockpit upgrade for early-build BAe146s, based around the introduction of an AlliedSignal satellite-based navigation system. The upgrade will allow operators of the BAe leasing unit's 146s, particularly in Europe and Australia, to cope with the progressive worldwide phase-out of the VLF Omega ...
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Jet Airways adds
Jet Airways of India will add a Boeing 737-500 to its fleet at the end of November, increasing its fleet of 737s to 12. Three more 737-400s will be introduced by May next year, enabling the airline to expand its route network and frequencies. Source: Flight ...
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DAS doubles DC-10s
Das Air will add a second McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 freighter in 1997, and has announced plans to increase its presence in the Gulf. The number of services from London to Dubai has been increased to three a week, and a direct flight has been added to Abu Dhabi. The UK-based ...
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Vanguard Variations
The Merchantman's origins lay with the 100- to 140-seat Vickers Vanguard of the early 1960s. The four-engined turboprop was first flown from the Vickers-Armstrongs factory at Brooklands on 20 January 1959, and entered service with British European Airways (BEA) in December 1960. Although very economical to operate, the design was ...
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Hunting new pastures
Max Kingsley-Jones/Coventry On 17 October, Hunting Cargo Airlines retired its remaining Vickers "VC9" Merchantman (Vanguard) freighter when the last operational example was flown to the Brooklands Museum in Surrey, south-west of London, for preservation. This marked the end of a 20-year association with the four-engined turboprop for the ...
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Fokker rescue plan put on hold
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE SAMSUNG'S PROPOSED rescue of Fokker has been put on hold until the South Korean Government and other other local aerospace manufacturers decide whether or not they should back the programme. The deal ran into a last-minute delay when Samsung sought South Korean Government approval ...
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Falcon rejuvenated
Graham Warwick/FORT WORTH and Guy Norris/EDWARDS AFB FIGHTER PILOTS use "check six" as slang for a look back to ensure that the enemy is not approaching from behind. It is also the motto of the Lockheed Martin F-16A/B mid-life update (MLU) programme - signifying a look back to ...
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LOT expands fleet as traffic and profits grow
Andrjez Jeziorski/WARSAW LOT Polish Airlines expects passenger numbers to top 2 million this year, following solid growth so far in 1996, and plans for further expansion of the network in the remainder of the year. The airline's fleet has also been growing, and now numbers four ...
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Collins
A demonstration flight in Rockwell-Collins' Sabreliner testbed, equipped with a prototype of its Pro Line 21 display for the Raytheon Premier I, illustrates the progress made since the system was launched a year ago. The first impression of the display is of solid colours and crisp symbols against a smooth ...
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ModiLuft grounded by Lufthansa action
INDIAN DOMESTIC carrier ModiLuft has been effectively grounded following court action by Lufthansa, which is trying to repossess lease-expired aircraft. The case is the latest in a series of disputes which have arisen between Western aircraft lessors and private Indian carriers which have allegedly failed to meet their financial obligations. ...
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FSF launches final assault on 'killer' CFIT accident rate
David Learmount/DUBAI THE FLIGHT SAFETY Foundation (FSF) is this week launching the final phase of its attack on the airline industry's worst killer-accident category, controlled flight into terrain (CFIT), insisting that it intends to halve the annual number of CFIT accidents by 1998. Over the last ...
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Boeing plans tail-strike safeguards for stretched 757
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Boeing is developing a series of design changes for the 757-300 to reduce the potentially greater risk of tail-strikes affecting the stretched aircraft. The -300 will be 7m longer than the current -200 production model and is almost exactly the same length as ...
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In-flight Trent 700 failure forces Cathay A330 back to Saigon
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Cathay Pacific Airways is investigating the involuntary in-flight shutdown on 11 November of a Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engine, which forced the crew of one of its Airbus A330-300s to return to Saigon shortly after take-off. The engine suffered a suspected internal gearbox failure as ...
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IPTN drops certification plans for PA2 prototype
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE I NDUSTRI Pesawat Nusantara Terbang (IPTN) has abandoned plans to use its second N250 regional prototype as an airworthiness-certification vehicle in a bid to avoid any further postponement of the aircraft's maiden flight. The Indonesian manufacturer had intended using prototype PA2 to begin certification, ...
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Engine success
Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise has signed a deal with International Aero Engines to order V2500 turbofans to power its fleet of Airbus Industrie A320/321 aircraft. The $330 million deal covers engines for eight A320s and four A321s and options for a further 12 aircraft. China Southern Airlines has also ordered ...