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GE Capital expands commercial training
GE Capital is expanding its commercial flight training business under agreements with Thomson-CSF and Cathay Pacific Airways. Under a joint venture agreement, Thomson-CSF will transfer its Orbit training centre operations to GE Capital Aviation Training (GECAT), which also operates the former Raytheon/Hughes training centre at London Gatwick. GECAT ...
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Late boom lifts 1999 simulator figures
A flurry of orders in the final months of the year boosted commercial flight simulator sales for 1999 beyond 50 machines. Thomson Training & Simulation (TTS) ended the year with its largest order ever, from Saudi Arabian Airlines to build or upgrade nine full-flight simulators. The long-expected order included ...
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UK-designed diesel engine begins flight tests
Diesel Air flew its new lightweight all-aluminium 75kW (100hp) engine for the first time last month. The DAIR 100, the first in a series of general aviation diesel engines in the 75-450kW range to be offered by the UK company, flew for 1h 30min on a Luscombe 8A light ...
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USA approves vintage upgrade
Micco Aircraft (MAC) has received US certification for the SP20, an upgrade of the 1940s-vintage Meyers 145 all-metal two-seat light aircraft. Fort Pierce, Florida-based MAC, which is owned by the Seminole native American tribe, planned to deliver the first production SP20 on 15 January. MAC president DeWitt Beckett ...
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ANA and JAL pushed for 777X deal
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Boeing and General Electric have stepped up efforts to sign All Nippon Airways (ANA) and Japan Airlines (JAL) as launch customers for the Boeing 777X growth derivative as a trade-off against deferring nearer term 777-200/300 and 747-400 deliveries. The US partners are understood to have ...
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Airbus unveils details of A330 derivative
Julian Moxon/PARIS Airbus Industrie has revealed details of the A330-100 derivative it is offering airlines to replace the A310 and A300-600 medium-range airliners. Demand for a new aircraft in the 165-250-seat range is growing, and Airbus and Boeing are preparing solutions based around the A330-200 and 777 (Flight ...
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AMR eyes Aerolineas Argentinas shares in ownership argument
American Airlines parent AMR is bidding for Spanish holding company SEPI's majority stake in Aerolineas Argentinas as it strives to diffuse a row over ownership of the carrier. A source at American says AMR is heading a consortium of investors negotiating with SEPI and its sleeping partners, Merrill Lynch ...
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A brighter future
The Helicopter Association International's Heli-Expo exhibition promises better times ahead Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DCThe helicopter industry may reflect on the past year as a period of mixed fortunes, during which sales for some manufacturers have excelled. For others there is the hope that the Helicopter Association International's (HAI) Heli-Expo 2000, to ...
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AASI starts operator selection for Jetcruzer share scheme
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON Advanced Aerodynamics and Structures (AASI) plans to boost sales of its Jetcruzer 500 turboprop by establishing a network of aircraft operators offering fractional ownership of its six-seat pusher. "We are selecting suitable companies and we should have them in place before June when the aircraft is scheduled for ...
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Austria nears selection of medium-lift helicopter
Stewart Penney/LONDON Austria's ministry of Defence expects to select a medium-lift helicopter within the next month, but is no further forward with its fighter selection because of political delays after last October's elections. The MoD will decide between the Eurocopter AS532UC Cougar and the Sikorsky S-70 Black Hawk, ...
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FRA's NJS move will power plans for Asia expansion
Government flying services specialist FR Aviation of the UK hopes to expand into South-East Asia and Australasia through its A$62 million ($40.6 million) purchase of National Jet Systems (NJS). But it says it has no plans to divest itself of Adelaide-based NJS' civil operations. National Jets Italia, British Airways' planned ...
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Big two neck and neck
Airbus' sales put Boeing in the shade last year, as their order backlogs swung into equilibrium Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON The airliner order and production cycles reached significant points on the graph during 1999, with output peaking but global demand in descent. Airbus Industrie's order performance was its second best ever, ...
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Raytheon divests simulation business to fast-growing L-3
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Raytheon has agreed to sell its flight simulation business for $160 million to diversified electronics supplier L-3 Communications. The sale is part of a previously announced restructuring aimed at improving struggling US defence electronics giant Raytheon's financial performance. New York-based L-3 is also buying the Space ...
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R-R and AVIC sign collaboration deal
Rolls-Royce and Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) have signed a five-year agreement to collaborate in aero-engine research and development work. Joint projects will focus on high-pressure (HP), core engine and system integration technologies. The new contract extends the co-operation with AVIC begun by the former BMW R-R, now wholly ...
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Marketplace
Atlas Air has signed an aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance (ACMI) lease contract with China Southern Airlines for a Boeing 747 freighter which will begin later in the first quarter. Flight International's sister on-line news service Air Transport Intelligence reports that Krasnoyarsk Airlines' (Kras Air) plans to acquire up to ...
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ANA assists latest Japanese regional
All Nippon Airlines (ANA) will provide operational assistance to Japan's latest regional newcomer, Fair Inc, as Japan's aviation market continues to liberalise. The agreement comes as Japan's government prepares to drop restrictions on route entry and withdrawal and remove all ticket price controls at the start of February. "The ...
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Russia considers export rule change
Russian customs authorities are looking to improve regulations concerning the temporary export of aircraft, to help alleviate problems suffered during offshore operations of Russian freighters. The effort to revise the regulations follows meetings between the authorities and the Russian chapter of the International Air Cargo Association. The Russian members ...
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ATC upgrade deal clears road to Scotland for Lockheed Martin
David Learmount/LONDON Lockheed Martin Air Traffic Management has won a significant UK National Air Traffic Services (NATS) contract. The deal virtually confirms that it will win the work to build and equip the new Scottish air traffic control centre. The $7 million contract provides a much-needed interim equipment ...
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Workshop
Gemini Air Cargo has contracted Boeing Wichita and Israel Aircraft Industries to undertake freighter conversions of two leased ex-Varig McDonnell Douglas MD-11s. London Heathrow-based British Airways franchise operator British Mediterranean Airways has awarded Monarch Aircraft Engineering a four-year base maintenance contract for its three Airbus A320s. Overhaul specialist Triumph Air ...
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Boullioun eyes the big two
Boullioun Aviation Services and affiliate Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (SALE) are striving to place some of nearly 100 Airbus A320 family aircraft and Boeing Next Generation 737s ordered in the past 15 months as they aim to build on their new status as the world's third-largest aircraft lessor. "Looking ...