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Airship order boosts CargoLifter preparation
CargoLifter has ordered a Skyship 600B airship with which to begin preparations for its planned CL-160 large cargo airship operations. The contract is worth $6.4 million to Orlando, Florida-based Airship Operations and UK sister company Global Skyship Industries. The Skyship will be assembled and flight tested by Airship Operations ...
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X-33 deal in renegotiation talks
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC NASA and Lockheed Martin are renegotiating their co-operative agreement on the X-33 technology demonstrator and follow-on VentureStar reusable launch vehicle (RLV). The talks are a result of technical problems with the X-33 and the decision by NASA both to delay and open to competition its ...
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Boeing to detail 717X options
Boeing plans to meet airlines and "partners" in Rome next week to present options for potential future 717X regional jet derivatives as the market continues to push for smaller, rather than larger, family members. Although doubtful of achieving sufficiently low operating costs with the smaller derivatives, Boeing says it ...
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LMAAS secures breakthrough into commercial market
Lockheed Martin Aircraft Argentina (LMAAS) expects to begin maintenance work on its first Boeing 737-200 by the end of this month, a crucial step in the company's strategy to diversify into commercial repair and overhaul of airliners and civil engines. The second landmark is expected in late September, when ...
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UPS primes 90 aircraft for ADS-B implementation
Guy Norris/SALEM United Parcel Service (UPS) Airlines aims to have 90 aircraft provisioned for automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) by the end of 2000. It plans to equip all its 230 aircraft with operational systems by the end of 2002 - the deadline for installing collision avoidance systems in US heavy ...
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'Classic' winglet flight tests set
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Aviation Partners Boeing (APB) is to start flight tests of a winglet-equipped Boeing 747-200F in mid-May and flight tests of a similarly equipped 737-200 by July. The joint venture aims to offer blended winglets for retrofits to "Classic" 737 and 747 fleets. The leased 747 will be ...
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Workshop
Finova Capital has signed an agreement with London Stansted, UK-based engineering consultancy GAMIT to manage the US company's passenger to cargo conversions, base maintenance and engineering requirements worldwide. Lake Forest, California-based Aviation Distributors is to purchase for redistribution rotable parts valued at $51 million from KLM. The 6,400 line items ...
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Aeroflot and Volga-Dnepr plot new courses
Alexander Velovich and Paul Duffy/MOSCOW Aeroflot Russian International Airlines has launched a new corporate strategy with the introduction of its summer timetable. It incorporates the results of a 600-page report produced after a four-month study by US analysts McKinsey. The Russian carrier's new timetable features 450 scheduled weekly flights ...
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Bombardier aims to retain diversity in business boom
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DCBombardier is looking to shore up its non-aviation businesses in an effort to remain diversified in the face of the continued growth of its aerospace sector. Aerospace accounted for almost 60% of the Canadian company's revenues of C$13.6 billion ($9.3 billion) for the year ended 31 January, up ...
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El Al faces bleak future as plans to privatise slip down Israel's agenda
Arie Egozi/TEL AVIVIsrael has effectively suspended preparation for the privatisation of El Al, causing the flag carrier's president Joel Feldschu to warn that its entire future may be under threat. Feldschu says that while it remains under state control, El Al - which is banned from flying on the Jewish ...
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Eaglet on target for June swoop
EuroEnaer, the Chilean-Dutch joint venture company developing the Eaglet light aircraft, expects to begin delivering the first examples in early June, pending the successful completion of certification by the European Joint Aviation Authorities by June. EuroEnaer managing director Michael Van Tooren says: "We need another two months to get ...
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Students crash in new JAA exams
David Learmount/LONDON Failure is rife among European student pilots taking the new Joint Aviation Authorities written examinations for their commercial pilot licences. A European pilot training school says it normally expects 75-78% of its students to pass all the exams first time, but fewer than 50% have succeeded, even ...
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PrivatAir plans for expansion
Swiss business aircraft "airline" PrivatAir plans to expand its charter operations to the USA and Middle East. The move is part of the company's wider strategy to broaden its core business to include aircraft management, focusing on Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) size and above. PrivatAir commercial director James Hay says: ...
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Delta signs massive CRJ deal
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Delta Air Lines has signed a $10 billion, 500-aircraft, regional jet deal with Bombardier which will provide Delta Connection carriers with 40-, 44- and 50-seat versions of the Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) 200, and 70-seat CRJ700s. The yet-to-be launched 90-seat CRJ900 is not included. Delta ...
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JAL reveals 777X plans
Japan Airlines (JAL) is the first of the Boeing 777X launch customers to reveal its orders, confirming its long-expected deal for up to 10 aircraft. The Japanese flag carrier has placed firm orders for eight 777-300ERs and taken options on two more. Deliveries of the 300-seaters will take place ...
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Airbus targets Farnborough air show for launch of A330-100
Guy Norris/SANTIAGO Airbus Industrie hopes to launch its proposed mid-range A330-100 at the Farnborough air show in July, providing the basis of a twin-aisle replacement of the ageing A300-600 and A310. Revealing the plan at the FIDAE 2000 air show in Chile last week, Airbus senior vice-president, commercial, John ...
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Glowing endorsement
Saf-T-Glo has been selected to supply the cabin pathway lighting for the new Embraer RJ-170/190 family of regional jets. Programme interior partner CD Aerospace has awarded the Florida-based company a $1 million contract to supply lighting for the first 180 aircraft. Saf-T-Glo has also been selected by national carrier LanChile ...
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JSF contract landed
Messier-Dowty has selected Aircraft Braking Systems, Eaton Aerospace and a Parker Aerospace/Normalair Garrett joint venture to join its team developing landing gear for Boeing's Joint Strike Fighter contender. Their work will include contributions to actuation, nosewheel steering and brake systems. Source: Flight International
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A319CJ customer
Airbus has received an order for an A319 Corporate Jet from Saudi jewel manufacturer and retailer Mouawad National. The International Aero Engines V2527-powered twin will be handed over for interior completion in August. Source: Flight International
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EasyJet orders 17 more Boeings
EasyJet has ordered up to 47 Boeing 737-700s, including options and 17 firm orders, as it prepares to create a new hub at Amsterdam Schiphol by the end of the year. The London Luton-based low-cost airline is gearing up for a tripling of traffic to 15 million passengers annually ...