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Air Algerie crash in UK kills five
AN AIR ALGERIE Boeing 737-200 freighter on approach to Coventry Airport in the UK on 21 December, 1994, crashed in woodland nearly 3km (1.6nm) short of runway 23, killing all five people on board. Shortly before impact with the ground at 09.50, the aircraft hit an electricity-cable pylon and clipped ...
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Practical fudging
The UK Government's decision late in 1994 both to buy Lockheed C-130Js for the Royal Air Force and to opt back into supporting the European Future Large Aircraft (FLA programme) might look like a typically British fudge. Surprisingly, in view of the UK's long record of fudge making, however, it ...
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Estonian Air faces crisis
NEAR-BANKRUPT carrier Estonian Air's board of directors has been sacked by transport minister Andi Meister and replaced with a new board. The carrier has made an operating profit of about 1 million Kroons ($80,000) over the past ten months, but this amount is far short of the earnings ...
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Simera secures freighter deal
SIMERA OF SOUTH Africa, has won its first contract to convert Airbus A300B4s into freighters, since signing a co-operation agreement with Deutsche Aerospace Airbus. The deal calls for it to convert four A300B4s for BankAmerica Leasing and Capital ready for service in 1996. The work will be carried ...
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Continental to retire A300s
CONTINENTAL AIRLINES is to retire its fleet of 21 Airbus A300s in a bid to reduce capacity to 10% below 1994 levels by 1 March. The airline had previously announced the grounding of four Boeing 727s and three Boeing 747s in a move to improve financial performance. The ...
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Delta orders 727 hushkits
DELTA AIR LINES has ordered 46 FedEx Stage 3 hushkits for its Boeing 727-200s and placed options on a further 52 shipsets. Deliveries will begin in late 1996. The US carrier has yet to announce its plans to hushkit Boeing 737-200s to meet Stage 3 noise limits. AvAero, ...
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ILFC orders more from Airbus
INTERNATIONAL Lease Finance (ILFC) has placed orders and options worth $1.5 billion for the Airbus A319/320/321 family. Deliveries are to begin in February 1996 and continue to the year 2000. The order brings Airbus Industries' firm-order total for the year to 110 aircraft, compared with Boeing's 111, the European consortium ...
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De-icing vehicle developed
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA ELBERTA INDUSTRIES has completed development of a mobile de-icing vehicle designed to be operated at an airport gate, at the end of a runway or remotely. The Elberta, Alabama based company has designed the Expeditor to meet new US Federal Aviation Administration rules, which ...
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China Airlines to take another two Airbus A300s
CHINA AIRLINES (CAL) of Taiwan is expected to place an order soon for two more Airbus Industrie A300-600Rs, as part of its ten-year fleet-renewal and expansion plan. A purchase agreement is expected early this month, according to a senior CAL source. The deal is understood to be worth ...
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Tanker conversions
Lockheed and Derco offer competing tanker/transport conversions for the C-130. The LASSC offering, is based on the existing KC-130 tanker, using two under-wing 1,150litre/min (300USgal/min) Cobham hose-and-drogue pods and a 13,650litres roll-on/roll-off cargo-compartment fuel tank. After modification of the aircraft, installation or removal of the refueling system can be accomplished ...
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Boeing starts work on UPS freight 767
BOEING WAS DUE to begin building the first 767 freighter on 6 January at its Everett assembly site, with work scheduled to start on the front spar of the wing. The cargo floor will also be "loaded" on to production jigs one week later. The aircraft will be ...
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JAST Avionics Agreement
The US Department of Defense has selected a team, led by Texas Instruments, to begin development of advanced avionics for the Joint Advanced Strike Technology (JAST) programme. Texas Instruments, along with Honeywell, Litton Amecom and TRW, received $2.5 million to analyse and define avionics systems for future JAST vehicles. The ...
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Airbus Finance
Newly formed Airbus Finance, of Paris, France, has appointed Francois Auque as chairman. He is also corporate vice-president for finance and economics at French manufacturer Aerospatiale, a position he will retain. Source: Flight International
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MAS Conversion
Malaysia Airlines (MAS) plans to bolster cargo capacity by converting two Boeing 747-200 passenger aircraft into freighters. The carrier expects a fivefold increase in cargo growth up to 1999. Source: Flight International
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GE
Herbert Depp has been named vice-president for marketing and sales at GE Aircraft Engines, of Evendale, Ohio. He was previously president of GE Capital Aviation Services, at Stamford, Connecticut, where he is replaced by James Johnson, formerly president of Pratt & Whitney's large commercial-engine business. Source: Flight International
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Offshore register
Airbus has become the first manufacturer to use Mauritius as an offshore registration point in a leasing deal on two A320s to Singapore-based carrier Region Air. The two aircraft will subsequently be wet-leased to China Airlines of Taiwan. Source: Airline Business
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Embraer sold
The process of privatising Embraer began in mid-December with the sale of 55.4 per cent valued at R$154.1 million ($182.4 million). Controlling interest was acquired by a consortium led by Brazilian investment bank Bozano Simonsen, with 45.44 per cent of the stock. Source: Airline Business
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AJAS takes off
Alliance Airways, the African Joint Air Services carrier, is to begin services on 1 March from its base in Entebbe, Uganda. The carrier will operate a leased SAA Boeing 747SP and Christo Roodt, an SAA executive, has been appointed managing director. The carrier, a joint venture between the Ugandan and ...