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Volga-Dnepr ponders new strategies
Chris Jasper/SHANNONOutsize cargo specialist Volga-Dnepr plans to launch scheduled freight services as part of a major expansion of its operations. The Russian carrier, which offers cargo charters with its Antonov An-124-100 freighters marketed through the UK's HeavyLift Cargo Airlines, may take four Ilyushin Il-96Ts freighters to launch the service, but ...
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Air Foyle ponders new strategies
Emma Kelly/LONDON UK freight specialist Air Foyle is evaluating 100-seat aircraft for the expansion of a passenger activities, following the loss of a TNT cargo contract next summer. The company is also finalising the re-organisation of Ireland's CityJet, in which it recently purchased a controlling stake. Air Foyle ...
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BAe set for merger shake-up
Chris Jasper/LONDON The future shape of British Aerospace is becoming apparent as the UK giant gears up for a restructuring of its management and corporate structure following approval of its merger with GEC's Marconi Electronic Systems. BAe hopes to announce details of the changes before the end of the ...
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S Africa's Nationwide poised to launch international expansion
Doug Birch/LONDON South African regional Nationwide is preparing to launch crossborder services, with an expansion of its network into neighbouring Namibia and Zimbabwe. Nationwide managing director Vernon Bricknell says that the airline aims to introduce services to Windhoek, Namibia and Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, with Livingstone and Ndola in Zambia following ...
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Joining the jet age
Turbofan power is giving the 328 regional airliner a new lease of life Andrew Doyle/OBERPFAFFENHOFENIt is an unconventional way of bringing a regional jet to the marketplace. Fairchild Aerospace has created a capable 30-seat aircraft by re-engining the Dornier 328 turboprop with turbofans. First deliveries of the 328JET were made ...
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Traffic figures stall Indian Airlines plans
State-owned Indian Airlines has shelved plans to lease four new Airbus A320s for domestic routes, because of worse-than-expected traffic figures. The carrier began its search in April for International Aero Engines V2500-powered aircraft to dry lease for three years from October. But traffic growth up to next March looks ...
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ACAS for Aeroflot
Aeroflot Russian International Airlines has selected AlliedSignal to supply airborne collision avoidance systems (ACAS) for eight Ilyushin Il-76 freighters to enable them to comply with new legalisation scheduled to take effect in Europe next January. Source: Flight International
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GE Harris signs Comair CRJs for datalink trial
US regional Comair has committed two Canadair Regional Jets (CRJs) to test a high-speed wireless datalink system developed by General Electric-Harris joint venture GE Harris Aviation Information Solutions. GE Harris Aviation's automated On, Off, On, In (OOOI) datalink will be installed on the first CRJ in mid-November. The second ...
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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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Digital giant
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 ...