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BAe to relaunch regional jet family with update of RJ85
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC British Aerospace expects to launch development of the re-engined Avro RJ-X programme with the RJ-85 as a result of stronger market interest in the smallest version of the regional jet family. Two unbuilt RJ airframes have been allocated to the development programme, aircraft serial numbers ...
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SA Airlink rethinks Swazi operation
Operations BY Airlink Swaziland, the new venture between SA Airlink and the Swazi Government, may have to be reconsidered, says SA Airlink chief executive Rodger Foster. "The five-week-old operation has been fraught with political resistance from groups in Swaziland who want the government to operate the service," he says. ...
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Uzbekistan takes first 757-200
Uzbekistan Airways has received the first of two Boeing 757-200s for international scheduled services. The 184-seat aircraft, which includes a 26-seat business-class cabin, will be used on services from Uzbekistan to points in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. The new 757-200 joins two 767-300ERs, three Airbus A310s, three Avro ...
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Boeing and Northrop Grumman have combined forces to bring construction of the 747 into the 21st century Guy Norris/SEATTLELate next month a 747-400 destined for Japan Airlines (JAL) will roll out of Boeing's Everett manufacturing site in Washington. On the outside it will look just like any other -400, but ...
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Gold delivery
Gold Air has taken delivery of a refurbished British Aerospace HS-125-800, which will join the company's 14-strong charter aircraft fleet. This includes one BAe HS125-700 and two Cessna Citation SIIs. "As there is a limited number of mid-size business aircraft available for charter in the UK, interest from the industry ...
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Parachute deployment cuts short first flight of Helios
NASA and AeroVironment, makers of the huge and unconventional Helios flying wing, are investigating the inadvertent deployment of the flight termination system parachute. It brought to a premature end a successful first flight of Helios at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, California, on 8 September. The 75.3m (247ft)-span ...
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P&WC begins work on PW127 variant
Pratt & Whitney Canada has begun work on a turboshaft version of its PW127 turboprop, initially to power the Mil Mi-38 helicopter to be developed by Mil, Kazan and Eurocopter. There is no other turboshaft in the PW127T/S' class, says P&WC vice-president, marketing and international business, Joe Torchetti. The ...
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Philippines eyes New Zealand A-4s
Peter Le Franchi/CANBERRA The New Zealand Ministry of Defence has put its 19 McDonnell Douglas A-4 Skyhawks up for sale, with the Philippines confirmed as one of the nations being targeted as a buyer. Philippine president Joseph Estrada and Philippine air force chief of air staff Gen Wilfredo Florendo are ...
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Sweden pressed over funding next phase of X-31 programme
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Germany and the USA are pressing Sweden to decide on whether it will fund its share of the planned second phase of the tri-national X-31 experimental aircraft programme. Spain, meanwhile, is interested in joining the project to provide Spanish engine manufacturer ITP with a platform to ...
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Light Defender deal signed
Israel Military Industries (IMI) and Lockheed Martin have signed a deal to develop jointly the Light Defender stand-off weapon. The move follows the collapse of talks between Boeing and IMI earlier this year (Flight International, 26 May-1 June). Lockheed Martin has significant offset commitments to Israeli defence companies related ...
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MiG-21-93 hits target with Vympel missile
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW A prototype MAPO/Sokol MiG-21-93 upgrade has shot down an aerial target with a beyond-visual-range Vympel RVV-AE missile (R-77/AA-12 Adder). The active radar-guided RVV-AE and Phazotron Kopyo (Spear) lightweight multimode radar are key elements of the MiG-21-93 upgrade being developed for Indian air force aircraft. A subsonic target ...
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T-6As await NFTC go-ahead
Raytheon Aircraft has yet to receive a licence to export the 24 T-6A turboprop trainers ordered for the Bombardier-run NATO Flying Training in Canada (NFTC) programme. The US company still hopes to begin deliveries before year-end. The US Government is concerned about ownership of the aircraft and what will ...
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Aerolineas ready for October merger
Aerolineas Argentinas is to merge with Austral Lineas Aereas by 1 October, the final move in preparing the pair's parent company Interinvest for sale. The merged airline will operate under Aerolineas' code, with a new livery to be unveiled in December. Following a review conducted by international consultancy Arthur ...
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Ontario court sets Air Canada Onex date
Ontario's Superior Court has timetabled a hearing for 22 September on the Onex investment group's planned hostile take-over of Air Canada. Onex, which aims to merge Air Canada with troubled Canadian Airlines, will ask the courts to force the flag carrier to hold a shareholders' vote on its bid ...
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Kiwi and Community slide as Pan Am perks up
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Kiwi International Airlines has moved closer to extinction, with bankruptcy trustee Charles Stanziale requesting US court permission to liquidate the few remaining assets of the carrier. Chapter 7 liquidation is expected to be approved this month. Newark, New Jersey-based Kiwi ceased operating on 24 March and ...
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Jet acquisition
Jet Aviation has signed a letter of intent to acquire privately owned Jet East, a fixed-base operator (FBO) at Dallas Love Field, Texas. The transaction is expected to close this month, when Jet East, a Bombardier Learjet and Cessna Citation service centre, will join three other US Jet Aviation FBOs. ...
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Pegasus Aviation has leased 15 ex-British Airways Boeing 737-200s to Argentinian flag carrier Aerolineas Argentinas. Fortis Prop Jet, the turboprop remarketing division of Fortis Aviation Group, has completed the sale and delivery to International Airline Support Group of two Embraer EMB-120 Brasilias for Bank America Leasing and Capital Group of ...
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Nepal suffers second fatal crash
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Nepalese domestic carrier Necon Air has suffered a fresh blow to its safety record with the crash of a British Aerospace 748 turboprop at Kathmandu, killing all 10 passengers and five crew on board. The accident occurred on approach to Tribhuvan International Airport on 5 September. ...
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British Midland turns to Manchester for US routes
British Midland (BM) has filed applications for an additional six transatlantic routes from Manchester, in the north of England. BM's move comes as it is increasingly frustrated by the lack of progress in UK-US talks on a new air services agreement, which has prevented it from launching services from London ...
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Swissair files against IFE firms
Swissair has filed a legal complaint against in-flight entertainment (IFE) system manufacturer Interactive Flight Technologies (IFT) relating to the crash of a Boeing MD-11 last September off the Canadian coast. The carrier says that, while there are "no new findings" on the cause of the accident to flight SR111, ...