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    CSA optimistic on profit prediction

    1995-04-19T00:00:00Z

    Andrzej Jeziorski/PRAGUE CZECH AIRLINES (CSA), which had to be bailed out by its state owner in 1994, is forecasting that it should be back in profit by 1997. The airline believes that it is back on course for recovery after cutting net losses by around CKr1 ...

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    Cirrus confident in SR-20

    1995-04-19T00:00:00Z

    CIRRUS DESIGN SAYS that it is "very comfortable" with the performance of its new SR-20 light aircraft, following an initial flight just one week before its public debut at Sun'n Fun. President and designer Alan Klapmeier says that $2,500 deposits are being taken on the $130,000, all-composite, four-seater. ...

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    Comair looks to jets for savings

    1995-04-19T00:00:00Z

    DELTA CONNECTION carrier Comair says that its seat costs could fall by one-third if it purchases all 70 Canadair Regional Jets on order and option with Bombardier. The planned purchase, including 20 Regional Jets already in service, would total $1.1 billion, but Comair does not yet know how ...

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    Air India pessimistic on 1996 results

    1995-04-19T00:00:00Z

    Veena Singh/BOMBAY AIR INDIA EXPECTS to post a loss for the coming financial year after only narrowly staying in the black for 1994/5, according to bleak predictions from the airline's board. An initial estimate of the airline's performance for the year to the end of March ...

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    Aer Lingus is back in the black

    1995-04-19T00:00:00Z

    Kevin O'Toole/LONDON AER LINGUS IS BACK making profits after the crises of the past two years, which executive chairman Bernie Cahill admits brought the Irish flag-carrier close to collapse. The group has had to fight its way back from "the very edge of a precipice", says ...

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    Catching the battlebus

    1995-04-19T00:00:00Z

    The Future Large Aircraft (FLA) project is, according to all the assurances, going to be revolution among co-operative European military projects in that it is going to be run on commercial lines. The aircraft is to be built by Airbus Industrie, and workshares for the participating nations are to be ...

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    Aero Lloyd launches V2533 and A321-200

    1995-04-19T00:00:00Z

    GERMAN CHARTER operator Aero Lloyd is to acquire up to 22 Airbus narrowbodies in a deal which launches the extended range A321-200 variant and boosts International Aero Engines. The package consists of two A320s and four A321-200s purchased from Airbus (with options on four undefined models), together with ...

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    United overhauls fleet expansion

    1995-04-19T00:00:00Z

    UNITED AIRLINES IS revamping its fleet plan in a move which will reduce the rate at which capacity is added, but will bring down the average fleet age faster than expected. The carrier's latest five-year plan includes the replacement of 94 in-service aircraft with Boeing 777s and Airbus ...

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    Airbus develops infra-red water detector

    1995-04-12T00:00:00Z

    AIRBUS INDUSTRIE has developed a new infrared thermographic-inspection technique for detecting water ingress in composite-sandwich structures. The manufacturer says, that the procedure is proving so successful that it has been, recommended for use by all operators of Airbus aircraft. Infrared thermography is based on the principle that ...

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    Rotary FANS

    1995-04-12T00:00:00Z

    It is one of the ironies of the future air-navigation system (FANS) that, although it is aimed primarily at airline operations, the general-aviation (GA) community is so far its major user. One FANS element - satellite navigation - is already commonplace in fixed-wing GA in the form of the global-positioning ...

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    EH101 compensation for Unisys

    1995-04-12T00:00:00Z

    THE CANADIAN Government has agreed to pay C$166 million ($118 million) compensation to Unisys GSG Canada, one of the prime contractors on a Canadian purchase of EH Industries EH101 helicopters, 17 months after the project was cancelled by the incoming Liberal government. Scrapping the C$5.8 billion programme for ...

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    APIC presses ahead with APU proposed for MD-95

    1995-04-12T00:00:00Z

    AUXILIARY POWER International (APIC) has begun the risk-reduction demonstration phase of the APS 2100 auxiliary power unit (APU) selected by McDonnell Douglas (MDC) for the yet-to-be-launched MD-95. Initial risk-reduction activity is concentrated on noise tests of the Labinal/Sundstrand engine. The trials are taking place at Turbomeca's acoustic ...

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    Rivals capitalise on Air Inter strike woe

    1995-04-12T00:00:00Z

    AIRLINES, WHICH have been taking advantage of liberalisation, to compete with French domestic carrier Air Inter at Paris Orly Airport, are reaping the benefits of continuing strikes at the Air France subsidiary. Since January, AOM and Air Liberte have been operating flights to Marseilles and Toulouse respectively - ...

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    Workshare on FLA will be partners' choice

    1995-04-12T00:00:00Z

    INDUSTRY, NOT government, will be responsible for allocating work-share on the Future Large Aircraft (FLA) military transport project. According to a senior programme manager, the move marks a keynote change in the way collaborative European programmes are run. Aerospatiale military vice-president Philippe Picq says that the industrial partners ...

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    Thai fighter purchase tied to AMRAAM

    1995-04-12T00:00:00Z

    THAILAND HAS LINKED the purchase of any new US-built fighter aircraft to the supply of the Hughes AIM-120 AMRAAM active-radar-guided air-to-air missile, and is threatening to turn to other foreign manufacturers if necessary. The Thai air force has a requirement for a third squadron of front-line fighters to ...

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    Boeing drives 777 ahead but loses Gulf Air orders

    1995-04-12T00:00:00Z

    BOEING IS continuing its intensive effort to push the 777 into service on time after confirming that it has lost Gulf Air's order for six aircraft, with six options. The Bahrain-based carrier dropped its commitment to the General Electric GE90-powered aircraft after deciding that it would end ...

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    All sides reach agreement on latest offer for Piper

    1995-04-12T00:00:00Z

    THE LONG-RUNNING saga, over the sale of bankrupt Piper Aircraft, appears to be drawing to a close, with a deal now in place, which would see the light-aircraft manufacturer acquired for $95 million. Teledyne Industries, along with Investment Company Dimeling, Schreiber & Park (DS&P) have formed a new ...

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    Laminar-flow testing begins on Airbus A320

    1995-04-12T00:00:00Z

    DAIMLER-BENZ Aerospace (DASA) Airbus has begun flight tests of an Airbus A320 fitted with a hybrid laminar flow (HLF) fin. The tests are taking place in Toulouse, in co-operation with the German Aerospace Research Establishment (DLR) and the other Airbus partners. The programme aims to fly an aircraft ...

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    SIA and Tata want revised bids in aircraft contest

    1995-04-12T00:00:00Z

    SINGAPORE AIRLINES (SIA) and its Indian joint-venture partner Tata Industries have told airframe and engine manufactures to resubmit tenders for a 150-seat aircraft order. The contract is for up to 16 aircraft to equip a proposed start-up domestic airline. A decision had been expected by the end of ...

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    Vietnam Airlines to use Region Air A320

    1995-04-12T00:00:00Z

    REGION AIR OF Singapore is near to finalising a deal to lease its first Airbus Industrie A320 to Vietnam Airlines, as negotiations continue for the lease of a further eight narrow body aircraft. Vietnam Airlines is expected to take delivery of the aircraft - its eighth A320 - ...