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Czech Republic gets answers to fighter RFI
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH The Czech Government is evaluating the responses to its request for information (RFI) on Western fighter aircraft ahead of the expected release of a formal request for proposals (RFP) next year. The country, which joined NATO earlier this year, requires up to 36 aircraft to replace its ...
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Australia watches East Timor with JORN
Peter La Franchi/MELBOURNEThe Australian Department of Defence (DoD) has demonstrated the ability of the Jindalee Operational Radar Network (JORN) to monitor aircraft movements over East Timor, with surveillance of the INTERFET air bridge undertaken as part of initial capability verification trials. The Australian DoD reveals that the JORN BackScatter Sounder, ...
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Sony Trans Com sell-off near
Emma Kelly/SALT LAKE CITYAn unidentified avionics manufacturer, widely believed to be AlliedSignal, is conducting a due diligence review of Sony Trans Com with a view to buying the in-flight entertainment (IFE) supplier from Sony. Sony Trans Com declines to confirm the identity of the suitor, saying only that the company ...
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Rockwell to join audio/video/on-demand club from next year
Rockwell Collins Passenger Systems will test audio/video/on-demand (A/VOD) capability on its Total Entertainment System (TES) with an unidentified airline in the first quarter of next year. Rockwell is the last of the major in-flight entertainment (IFE) hardware suppliers to offer A/VOD functionality, which provides passengers with control over their ...
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SkyTeam forced to shelve Spanish transport plan
German passenger and freight carrier SkyTeam has been forced at the last minute to shelve plans to acquire a CASA CN235 turboprop transport because the aircraft the Spanish manufacturer planned to supply does not comply with European Joint Airworthiness Requirements. The airline has instead concluded a deal with BAC ...
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Routes
Virginia-based Raytheon Beech 1900 operator Colgan Air is to drop its marketing pact with Continental Airlines to enable it to become a US Airways Express carrier in December. The new partnership adds six new cities to the US Airways route system, while expanding service at others. CityBird and the Congolese ...
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European low cost carriers fold as competition hots up
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Increasing competition between Europe's low fare airlines has forced two more independent carriers to cease operations. One-year-old Norwegian scheduled airline Color Air has been shut down by its parent company after failing to show signs of turning around its mounting losses, while the UK's ...
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Swissair crash: IFE system installation prompts FAA ban
The in-flight entertainment network (IFEN) system in the crashed Swissair flight 111 Boeing MD-11 was installed without consideration for the aircraft's electrical system design concept, an extensive examination by the US Federal Aviation Administration has revealed. Following the study, the FAA has issued an airworthiness directive (AD) designed "to prevent ...
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Embraer ties up risk sharing agreements
Julian Moxon/PARIS Embraer has concluded agreements with risk sharing partners for the ERJ-170 and ERJ-190 regional jets, in addition to those with General Electric and Honeywell that cover engines and avionics, respectively. The company has also held an advisory board meeting with 20 airlines and risk sharing partners to ...
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Northrop leads Lockheed Martin queue
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Northrop Grumman is the leading candidate to acquire some of the eight non-core businesses that Lockheed Martin plans to sell as part of a major restructuring intended to improve its financial and operational performance. Analysts expect Northrop Grumman to lead US bidders for the businesses, ...
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Finmeccanica gets cash boost
Andy Nativi/GENOA The Italian Government is to provide state-owned holding company Finmeccanica with a massive cash boost. It comes ahead of an expected agreement with British Aerospace over the future of its jointly owned Alenia Marconi Systems (AMS) operation in the wake of the UK company's acquisition of GEC ...
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Saab/BAe support investor's swoop for Walter
AndrewDoyle/MUNICH US investor Robert Fessler and Ryanair founder Tony Ryan are in final negotiations with the Czech Government to buy 94% of the troubled aero engine builder Walter. A deal is expected to be signed with a Czech company set up by the two men. The bid is ...
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DHL completes British Airways 757 deal
Max Kingsley Jones/LONDON DHL has concluded its long- running negotiations with Boeing and British Airways for the acquisition of a massive fleet of converted Boeing 757 freighters, and will take the first of 44 aircraft in mid-2001. An announcement was expected on 5 October. Discussions between DHL, BA ...
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Korean merger goes ahead without a plan
The long-awaited merger of three South Korean aerospace companies has finally gone ahead, with no approved business plan. The union of Daewoo Heavy Industries (DHI), Hyundai Space and Aircraft and Samsung Aerospace into Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI) was formalised on 1 October. The companies agreed last September to ...
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Outflanked
Bombardier has blinked in the increasingly hostile battle for dominance of the regional aircraft market in the 21st century. For the first time since the Canadian company revolutionised regional air transport with the original 50-seat Canadair Regional Jet in 1992, it has lost the initiative and is in danger of ...
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Shape up
Boeing is re-writing the rule book on contractor-supplier relationships and, in doing so, is threatening to start a tidal wave of far-reaching changes that could affect the aerospace industry at large. The US manufacturer dropped the rock into the supplier pool late last month when it announced radical revisions in ...
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Boeing shakes up supplier network
Guy Norris/SEATTLEBoeing has revealed radical plans to forge partnerships with its suppliers, as well as to eliminate others, as part of wide-ranging initiatives to improve overall profitability, reducing costs and cutting cycle times. The revamp forms a vital element of Boeing's plans to boost its commercial aircraft operating margin to ...
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Fairchild closes on stake sale
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Julian Moxon/PARISNew York investment house Clayton, Dubilier & Rice is close to acquiring a controlling stake in Fairchild Aerospace, which has been seeking a cash injection to underwrite continued development of the 728JET series and 428JET regional aircraft. Clayton, Dubilier & Rice will not confirm or deny ...
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Embraer goes head to head with 428JET
Embraer has launched another version of its rear-engined regional jet range, the 44-seat ERJ-140, squeezing the new offering between the 37-seat ERJ-135 and 50-seat ERJ-145. In a related move that reflects strong anticipated demand for the 40-seat regional jet category, Fairchild Aerospace has selected Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) to ...
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Rockwell seeks $28 million damages from Hughes
Rockwell Collins has filed a lawsuit against Hughes Electronics for breach of contract over Rockwell's purchase of the former Hughes-Avicom International. The manufacturer is seeking damages of at least $28 million plus interest. Rockwell bought Hughes' in-flight entertainment division in late 1997 to form Rockwell Collins Passenger Systems. ...