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Boeing wins $1.4 billion Ellipso deal
Tim Furniss/LONDON Mobile Communications Holdings has awarded a $1.4 billion contract to Boeing to design, fabricate and launch satellites in the Ellipso system to provide worldwide fixed, mobile and airborne communications from elliptical orbit. Boeing will also provide the ground segment infrastructure for the 16-satellite system in two ...
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Brazilian work-out
Max Kingsley-Jones/ISLE OF MAN Julian Moxon/NANTES Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Embraer spent a long time bringing its 50-seat RJ-145 to the marketplace. It was almost a full eight years from the original EMB-145 programme launch in June 1989 to service entry with launch customer Continental Express in April 1997, with the ...
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CFMI uses BOLD
CFM International (CFMI) claims to be the first engine manufacturer to use the Boeing On Line Data (BOLD) service. The GE/ Snecma joint venture will place on line later this year an engine manual, parts catalogue and service bulletins for the CFM56-7 engine. Source: Flight International
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Air Maroc first
Honeywell/Trimble has been awarded a supplementary type certificate for its HT9100 navigation management system for the Boeing 737 "classic" by the US Federal Aviation Administration. A Royal Air Maroc 737-200 was used for the certification of the system, which will allow such aircraft to operate using basic area navigation, allowing ...
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Aeroflot delivery
Aeroflot Russian International Airlines has taken the first of ten Boeing 737-400s it has on order. The Russian carrier is also due to get the first of two leased 777-200IGWs by the month end. Source: Flight International
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Airtours expands Airbus narrowbodied fleet
Airtours has introduced the first of two Airbus A321-200s which it will operate alongside its fleet of 10 smaller A320s on European charters from Manchester and Gatwick. The airline, which had a minor accident with its first A321 on the day of introduction (29 April) when it suffered a tyre ...
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HeavyLift takes A300 for Lufthansa
HeavyLift Cargo Airlines has taken delivery of its second Airbus A300B4 freighter on lease from C-S Aviation Services, and signed a contract with Lufthansa Cargo to operate the aircraft on European night-time freight flights. Both aircraft were converted by British Aerospace Aviation Services, and the first has been in ...
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British Regional gets ready for June flotation
British Regional Airlines (BRAL) is gearing up for a stock market listing by the end of June, in a move which managing director Terry Liddiard says will help it make a final break from its former sister airline British Midland as it develops its role as the largest British Airways ...
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Great Lakes takes over Mesa 1900Ds
US regional Great Lakes Aviation has agreed to take over at least 15 Raytheon Beech 1900Ds from Mesa Air Group to support expanded United Express operations from Denver International Airport in Colorado. The aircraft will be transferred to Great Lakes in a three way deal involving Raytheon Aircraft. Great ...
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L'Aéropostale expands
Julian Moxon/PARIS L'Aeropostale, the European cargo and passenger carrier owned jointly by Air France and the French postal system, is implementing a new three year strategic plan to boost its competitiveness and expand its business. The expansion will see the introduction of a small regional freighter and three ...
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Marketplace
-International Aero Engines (IAE) has confirmed that it has won a $2.3 billion engine order from TACA, LanChile and TAM Brazil to power the 88 aircraft under firm order and 87 on option for the Airbus A320 family. TACA has orders and options for 60 aircraft, LanChile for 40 and ...
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Rolls-Royce standardises on hybrid RB211 after entry success
Rolls-Royce is to discontinue production of older versions of its RB211-524G/H engine after successful service entry of the first of its new hybrid versions, the RB211-524HT, last month. The hybrid engine upon which Rolls-Royce will "standardise" has the same core as the Trent 700, the company's powerplant for the ...
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Siberia Airlines plans revamp
Siberia Airlines is undertaking a comprehensive review of its operations and is studying the eventual addition of new aircraft to replace its ageing Russian fleet. The airline operates seven Ilyushin Il-86 widebodies, along with 16 Tupolev Tu-154 narrowbodies (three of which are leased to Iran). Its nine Antonov turboprops ...
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Crashes lead to new Taiwanese watchdog agency
Taiwan is so worried about its air transport safety image that it has added a new watchdog agency to a lengthening list of political reactions to recent crashes. The Government controlled Central News Agency (CNA), says Taiwan is to have an organisation based on the USA's National Transportation Safety ...
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Transavia takes A310 to bridge 737 delays
Transavia, the Dutch all-Boeing operator, has been forced to wet-lease an Airbus A310-300 for five months because of continuing delays in the delivery of its new Boeing 737-800s. The airline had been planning to introduce the new 189-seat 737 at the beginning of its 1998 summer season in April, ...
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Alaska Paradise
Leasing company Air Alaska is stepping up its expansion in southern Florida with a deal to buy Paradise Island Airlines, which flies charter operations with four Bombardier de Havilland Dash 7s. In January Air Alaska acquired the Pan Am Air Bridge seaplane operation, which will take over services to Paradise ...
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Northrop Grumman eyes more Hawkeye sales
Northrop Grumman rolled out the first of two E-2C Hawkeye airborne early warning (AEW) command and control aircraft - destined for the French navy - on 28 April , with further French purchases expected. The first French E-2C flew in March and the second will be completed in the ...
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NASA and FAA get going on post-AGATE goals
Dave Higdon/HOUSTON NASA and the US Federal Aviation Administration have begun studying the next step in general aviation revitalisation, even before programmes to develop new aircraft and engine technologies have reached fruition. It already appears that infrastructure will be the focus of the next NASA/FAA effort after the ...
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Czech Government allows Ayres to have Let
US agricultural and cargo aircraft builder Ayres is set to purchase Czech manufacturer Let Kunovice after agreeing terms with the Government in Prague. A deal is due to be signed by the end of May. Ayres is expected to take a 93% stake in the Aero Holdings-owned company. Fred Ayres, ...
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New investor steps forward for Pan Am
Pan American World Airways has found a new investor prepared to rescue it from bankruptcy protection. US rail freight group Guilford Transportation Industries has outlined plans to buy the failed low-cost carrier for nearly $24 million. Pan Am, which filed for bankruptcy court protection on 26 February, says its ...