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PanAmSat continues its expansion plan
PanAmSat is continuing its expansion and satellite redeployment plan with the delivery of the third of seven new satellites to Kourou, French Guiana, for launch on an Ariane 4 in mid-April. Galaxy IVR, the third new satellite to be launched to serve the North American market in four months, ...
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Cosmonauts board Mir as USA raises money concerns
Tim Furniss/LONDON Russian cosmonauts Sergei Zaletin and Alexander Kaleri docked with the Mir space station on 6 April after their launch on a Soyuz TM spacecraft from Baikonur on 4 April. It is the first manned mission to the ageing station since it was abandoned in August 1999. ...
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Transnet leaves SA Alliance in crisis
Michael Wakabi/KAMPALA South African Airways' (SAA) parent, Transnet, has ceased funding SA Alliance, leading to a scramble to raise cash by the East African regional's other shareholders. Existing reserves were due to run out as Flight International went to press. Transnet's move is aimed at forcing Uganda and Tanzania ...
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Airod offering
Malaysian maintenance, repair and overhaul company Airod plans an initial public offering (IPO) on the Kuala Lumpur stock exchange by the end of September. Some Airod companies may be excluded to make the IPO more attractive, with others floated later. Airod was the first government organisation to be "corporatised", in ...
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Workshop
The Bedek division of Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) is negotiating the conversion of four more Boeing 767-200s from passenger to freight configuration for Airborne Express. The first of 11 ex-All Nippon Airways 767-200s included in the initial contract was delivered to the carrier on 3 April and two additional aircraft ...
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US-UK reach transatlantic deal
Chris Jasper/LONDON Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC The USA and UK have agreed a "mini-deal" allowing US Airways to begin London-Pittsburgh services and Virgin Atlantic Airways to retain flights to Chicago. Under the accord, the UK may also select a new US gateway to serve from London Gatwick, or a ...
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Routes
Lufthansa was the first European Union airline to re-introduce flights to Belgrade, on 26 March. It serves the city daily from Munich, and has been followed by Alitalia (from Milan and Rome), Olympic Airways (from Athens), and Austrian Airlines (from Vienna). Swissair returned four days earlier, on 22 March, with ...
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Plastic blades could improve the...
Plastic blades could improve the efficiency of engines and reduce weight Source: Flight International
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Germans test plastic-bladed rotor
German engine builder MTU and the Darmstadt Technical University are testing a turbofan compressor rotor fitted with carbonfibre-reinforced plastic blades under efforts to reduce the fuel consumption, weight and manufacturing costs of future aero-engines. The first test run was carried out using the university's transonic compressor test stand. DaimlerChrysler subsidiary ...
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Marketplace
Druk Air is the first customer for the BAE Systems Avro RJX, ordering two RJX-85s. Deliveries of the 82-seat aircraft will be in November 2001 and January 2002, replacing the Bhutan carrier's two BAe 146-100s. Tunisair has purchased two ex-Emirates Airbus A300-600Rs that had been traded back to the manufacturer. ...
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Crash pilot on manslaughter charge
The captain of an Ansett New Zealand Bombardier Dash 8, which crashed in June 1995, killing five people, is facing a manslaughter charge based partly on the use of cockpit voice recordings. The aircraft hit a ridge in poor weather on a non-precision approach to Palmerston North, New Zealand, ...
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Eurocontrol presents Link plan
Emma Kelly/LONDON Eurocontrol will present its council with the master plan and business case for Europe's Link 2000+ programme next month. This is the first stage of an approval process which could pave the way for deployment of operational mobile datalink services for air traffic control (ATC) and airline ...
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Two begin battle to direct Latin American navigation
Guy Norris/SANTIAGO Raytheon and Lockheed Martin's new Synchronetics company have begun what promises to be a fiercely competitive battle to provide Latin America with satellite-based en route navigation and precision approach capabilities (Flight International, 28 March-3 April). Both companies stress the low-cost appeal of the solution to the airlines, ...
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Karat expands fleet as it aims for bigger network and longer range
Paul Duffy/MOSCOW Western Russian regional carrier Karat Airlines is expanding its fleet and network. The Moscow Vnukovo-based airline recently added seven aircraft to its fleet of six Yakovlev Yak-42s and one Antonov An-24 - two Tupolev Tu-134s, a Tu-154, two Yakovlev Yak-40s and two An-24s. The Tupolevs will ...
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Number of airline fatalities fell in 1999
There were marginally fewer fatal airline accidents last year than in 1998, and far fewer fatalities, according to the International Civil Aviation Organisation's (ICAO) analysis of preliminary information. Among aircraft over 2,250kg (5,000lb) maximum take-off weight, ICAO recorded 20 scheduled air carrier fatal accidents in 1999 compared with the ...
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Freighter crash report criticises cargo safety
UK cargo operator Channel Express has been criticised for inadequate crew training and cargo loading supervision which led to a fatal crash on 12 January, 1999. The UK Air Accident Investigation Branch's (AAIB) report on the Fokker F27 freighter crash in Guernsey, Channel Islands, relates it to two similar ...
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Crossair closes on MD-80 replacement decision
Andrew Doyle/BASLE Crossair is negotiating an order for up to 30 single-aisled aircraft with Airbus and Boeing and expects to present a recommendation to its board for approval on 23 August. In the meantime, the Swiss regional has signed a letter of intent with General Electric Capital Aviation ...
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Profitable City Bird plans business class services
Herman De Wulf/BRUSSELS HAVINGMADE its first profit since it launched three years ago, City Bird has revealed a revamped cargo strategy and plans to set up an all-business class airline operation for long-range services. The Brussels-based low-cost airline operates long-haul scheduled, charter and wet-lease services with three Boeing MD-11s ...
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Legend gets airborne
US all-business class start-up Legend Airlines took to the air on 5 April, operating a non-stop service from Dallas Love Field to Washington Dulles with its 56-seat McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30. It marks the end of a three-year legal battle with the owners of Dallas/Fort Worth Airport and American Airlines that ...
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US bill opens door to new routes
US President Bill Clinton has signed into law the US Federal Aviation Administration $40 billion reauthorisation bill (AIR-21), prompting more US carriers to submit route applications to take advantage of the relaxation in access to Washington National, New York LaGuardia and Kennedy, and Chicago O'Hare airports. AIR-21 includes a ...