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VLCT study identifies 1,000-strong market
Guy Norris/SEATTLE EARLY RESULTS of the study into the very-large commercial transport (VLCT) being run by Boeing and the Airbus partners, indicate a possible market for up to 500 aircraft of more than 500 seats by the year 2010. As many as 1,000 could be needed by ...
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Bede hands over BD-10 manufacture to Peregrine
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA BEDE JET has licensed the rights to certificate, manufacture and market its BD-10 single-turbojet general-aviation aircraft to Peregrine Flight International, the Nevada-based company formed to help buyers of the BD-10 kitplane build their aircraft. Kit shipments have been halted while Peregrine studies the ...
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FAA to look at cockpit design
THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration, is beginning a yearlong study, of modern airliner cockpit-design following concerns raised by recent accidents. It says that, in the light of "several [unspecified] accidents", it is creating a team "...to evaluate current-generation transport-category airplane-cockpit design". The review is to focus ...
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SIA signs deal for new A340 fleet
SINGAPORE AIRLINES (SIA) has signed a contract confirming its previously announced order for ten Airbus Industrie A340-300E long-haul passenger aircraft and 20 options. SIA announced in June 1994 its intention to buy up to 30 A340s, worth a total of $5.4 billion (Flight International, 29 June-5 July 1994). ...
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Heathrow hopes for 80 million passengers
LONDON HEATHROW airport is gearing up for a 60% passenger-traffic increase as its owner BAA fires the first shots in the political war for clearance to build a fifth terminal (T5). The public inquiry into the case for T5 starts in May. If BAA's case is defeated, ...
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Dornier 328s to Star in Texas
TEXAS-BASED regional carrier Lone Star Airlines has ordered four Dornier 328s and taken options on a further four of the 30-seat high-speed turboprops. The first aircraft will enter service in January, replacing the 19-seat Fairchild Metros, used on routes from Dallas/Forth Worth, to Chihuahua and cities in Mexico. ...
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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 ...