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AI(R) signs turboprop-leasing agreement
Aero International (Regional)has taken the first step towards establishing an aircraft-financing arm, signing an initial agreement with the Newcourt Credit Group to set up a turboprop-leasing operation. Under a memorandum of understanding signed at the Paris air show on 18 June, AI(R)will work with US finance house Newcourt ...
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Air Dolomiti reports first-ever profit
Marco Messalla/ROME Air Dolomiti has posted its first profits since start-up, setting up the north Italian regional carrier for its forthcoming share issue and for the expected order of three regional jets. The airline, which was founded in 1990, turned in an operating profit of L15 ...
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China Southern sets its sights on New York stock exchange
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE China Southern Airlines has filed an application to list on the New York stock exchange, following a similar float by China Eastern Airlines earlier in the year and Hainan Airlines' more recent successful public offering on the Shanghai bourse. The Guangzhou-based carrier plans to ...
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Coltec seats AMI
Coltec Industries has completed the acquisition of AMIIndustries, a manufacturer of cockpit and flight-attendant seats for Airbus and Boeing aircraft, based in Colorado Springs, Colorado. AMI expects revenues approaching $30 million in 1997. Source: Flight International
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Tunis Air plans growth as profits rise
Tunis Air produced a major improvement in net profits for 1996 and is heading for another good result this year on the back of forecasts of rapidly rising passenger numbers. The airline has also revealed plans to expand and replace a large part of its fleet. The Tunisian ...
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Myanmar and Israel discuss F-7M upgrade
Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) is in negotiations with Israel over the upgrading of its three squadrons of Chengdu F-7M fighters. Elbit is proposing to upgrade the 36 Myanmar aircraft along broadly similar lines to its update of the Romanian air force's Mikoyan MiG-21 Fishbeds, dubbed the MiG-21MFLancer. ...
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Ageing-airliner census 1997
The world's ageing fleet continues to expand as new roles are found for the older airliners Max Kingsley-Jonesand Ian Sheppard/LONDON The World's fleet of ageing airliners continues to grow, while the manufacturers are boosting the production of potential new replacements to new record- breaking levels. This year's ...
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Ageing aircraft
Supersonic Aerospatiale/BAe (BAC) Concorde Thirteen of the 14 Concordes delivered to British Airways and Air France between 1975 and 1980 remain in service. Twenty Concordes were built, including two prototypes, two pre-production aircraft and two production aircraft which were not delivered. One of the seven Concordes ...
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Quiet life
Re-engineing and hushkitting activity is intensifying along with noise legislation Andrew Doyle/LONDON Technology WHICH allows ageing airliners to meet the latest noise regulations coming into force in Europe and the USA is big business. It is an industry attracting a growing number of participants ...
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Socata works on Morane designs
Socata is developing two light aircraft powered by the new MR series of turbocharged diesel engines under development by Renault Sport. The Morane MS180 is a four/five-seat fixed-gear aircraft equipped with the MR180 engine driving a constant-speed propeller, giving it a maximum speed of 135kt (250km/h). The MS250 ...
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German Government prepares to go ahead with the Eurofighter
In the run-up to the German Government's 1998 decision over the national budget on 11 July, cabinet ministers in Bonn appear ready to give the go-ahead for procurement of the Eurofighter EF2000. Sources in Bonn confirm press-agency reports that the Government is prepared to give the programme the ...
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USGovernment allows Raytheon to take over Texas Instruments unit
RAYTHEON'S$3 billion acquisition of Texas Instruments' (TI) defence business has been approved by the US Government, but the firm must sell the TI unit which makes components for advanced airborne radars. The unit produces monolithic microwave integrated-circuits (MMICs), key elements of active-array radars such as the Northrop Grumman ...
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Debate shifts to Europe on Boeing merger
US FEDERAL TRADE Commission (FTC) approval of Boeing's $14 billion acquisition of McDonnell Douglas (MDC) leaves European Commission (EC) endorsement as the only major remaining barrier to the giant aerospace-industry merger. By a 4-1 vote on 1 July, the FTC blessed Boeing's acquisition of MDC, saying that it ...
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Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman agree to join forces
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC TWODAYS AFTER the US Government approved Boeing's merger with McDonnell Douglas (MDC), Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman announced that they, too, are to merge. The "new" Lockheed Martin will have annual sales of $37 billion, less than Boeing/MDC's $48 billion, but it will remain the ...
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Swanwick ATC centre is faced with more delays
Alan George/LONDON The UK's key new air-traffic-control (ATC) centre at Swanwick in southern England is facing further serious delays which could result in the New En Route Centre (NERC) not becoming operational until late 1999. The £350 million ($570 million) centre being built by US contractor ...
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Boeing seating proposal for new 737 satisfies JAA
David Learmount/LONDONGuy Norris/Los Angeles Boeing is in line to win the battle for European approval of Next Generation 737 high-density seating without meeting the formal Joint Aviation Requirements (JAR) specification for emergency-exit configuration. The European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) is satisfied with Boeing's latest proposal and ...
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Asain maintenance
The 1997 Maintenance Directory for Asia, Africa and Australasia (Flight International, 28 May-3 June) wrongly combines the entries for Hong Kong Aero Engine Services (HAESL) and Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering (HAECO). The organisations would like to emphasise that HAESL took on the engine-overhaul activities of HAECO as a separate corporate ...
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Boeing chooses new wingtips for stretched 767-400
BOEING HAS SELECTED a new wingtip design for the stretched 767-400 which saves more than 1,000kg over the winglets previously planned. The raked tips reduce wingspan from just over 55m (180ft) to around 52m, yet reduce drag sufficiently to enable the -400 to achieve its 10,500km (5,700nm) range. ...
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AI(R) and TTS open Bangkok training centre
Aero International (Regional) (AI(R)) and Thomson Training & Simulation (TTS) have opened a new ATR flight-simulator centre in Bangkok, in a move to improve support for the growing number of regional carriers operating ATR 42/72 turboprop aircraft. The Asian ATR Training Centre (AATC) opening follows certification by the ...
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Europe: US victim or partner in aerospace industry?
Sir - The editorial "Europe 0, USA 1" was correct to spell out the global complexities of the world aerospace industry today. The joint British Aerospace/ Lockheed Martin venture on the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) may well represent the future. This does not mean, however, the end of ...