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US low-cost carrier Vanguard Airlines has exercised purchase options on two of six Boeing 737-200Advs covered by a letter of intent signed with US Airways Leasing & Sales last November. Algeria's Khalifa Airways has signed a letter of intent with Sabena for the lease of the airline's two Airbus A340-200s, ...
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NTSB looks to Europe
Runway incursion incidents and collisions happen less often in Europe than in the USA, US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) chairman Jim Hall has told the House Appropriations transportation subcommittee. Source: Flight International
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On Safari shelves schedule after investor fall-out
New South African operator On Safari Airlines has shelved plans for scheduled services between London and South Africa, after a fall-out between potential investors. The airline had planned to operate daily flights between Cape Town, Hoedspruit (near the Kruger National Park) and London Heathrow using two Boeing 767-300ERs acquired ...
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Routes
Palestinian Airlines has initiated services between Gaza and Larnaca and will add Rome and Istanbul to its network this year. French train operator SNCF and United Airlines have added eight new destinations to the Paris Charles de Gaulle-Lyon route. From the end of March, Angers, Le Mans, Rennes, Poitiers, Tours, ...
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Qantas joins the chase for stake in Air New Zealand
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS Qantas has entered the bidding for Air New Zealand (ANZ) in a move that has thrown the make-up of the Australasian air transport system into doubt, but which could result in Singapore Airlines (SIA) reversing the failure of its bid for Ansett Australia. Meanwhile, Ansett New Zealand ...
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Skunk Works to be restructured
Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works is being restructured as part of the streamlining of the US giant's aeronautics business. The Palmdale, California, site will no longer be a separate entity, becoming the advanced development organisation within the single Lockheed Martin Aeronautics company formed in January. Skunk Works' roles of concept ...
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SAA pulls out of Ugandan talks
Michael Wakabi/KAMPALA South African Airways (SAA) has scrapped plans to buy 49% of Uganda Airlines, claiming that delays in the latter's privatisation have affected its value. SAA executive vice-president William Meaney says his airline took the decision after commercial realities in Uganda changed markedly during nearly a year of ...
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KLM and UTC to expand alliance
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Netherlands flag carrier KLM and United Technologies (UTC) are discussing a major expansion of their nascent maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) alliance, likely to lead to the creation of a joint venture between the Netherlands airline and the US company's Pratt &Whitney unit. The move appears to ...
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E-Questions
The early aerospace e-commerce pioneers are convinced that online business is set to transform the aerospace industry and if they don't have a dotcom they don't stand a chance of effectively competing in the billion-dollar aerospace industry of the future. But once the excitement surrounding this new way of doing ...
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Australia explores lasers to solve air defence problem
Peter La Franchi/CANBERRA The Australian Defence Force is to explore the acquisition of a tactical laser as a "leap-ahead" solution for its longstanding Project 117 ground-based air-defence system requirement. The project is to be delayed by at least three more years, however, with acquisition funding approvals moved to 2004 ...
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Bangladesh air force to get updated C-130s
Lockheed Martin is to upgrade four ex-US Air Force C-130Bs for the Bangladesh air force. The first will be delivered in September, and the $15 million turnkey deal includes in-country support of the aircraft for at least the first two years of operations. The C-130s are undergoing major overhaul ...
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China develops two unmanned vehicles
Aviation Industries China has developed two unmanned air vehicles (UAV) which appear to share a platform. Both feature a bullet-shaped fuselage with a low mounted swept wing. One design appears to be equipped for reconnaissance while the other has a pod above the fuselage, probably for electronic warfare or ...
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Contracts
The French DGA has awarded Thomson-CSF Comsys a €38 million ($36.9 million)contract for battlefield identification friend or foe systems to be fitted to vehicles with an air defence capability. Malaysia Airlines has won a Ringgit 64 million ($16.8 million) deal to train 370 Royal Malaysian Air Force engineers, according to ...
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Dasa carries out icing trials on Eurofighter DA1
DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (Dasa) has performed an initial series of in-flight icing tests using prototype Eurofighter DA1 as part of efforts to certificate the aircraft for operation under instrument flight rules conditions. During the first flight, the Eurofighter trailed 75m (245ft) behind a Dornier 228 spray aircraft at an altitude ...
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GE/P&W team for US Army helicopter engine development
General Electric and Pratt & Whitney have linked to compete for a US programme to develop a new engine for growth versions of the Boeing Apache and Sikorsky Black Hawk and Seahawk helicopters. The companies have signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a business venture to pursue the ...
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Tomahawk refusal sparks Israeli plans
Israel is to hasten the development of long-range missiles - with cruise capability - as a result of the US refusal to sell Raytheon Tomahawk cruise missiles to the Israeli Defence Forces. Israel had asked Washington to approve the sale of the Tomahawks. It is not clear which version ...
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JSF contest nears final phase
The CLIMATIC final stage of the US Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) competition is to begin on 15 April, with the release of a request for information (RFI) to the Boeing and Lockheed Martin teams. The RFI is expected to outline a new acquisition strategy. A US Department of Defense ...
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Italian trainer upgrade completes flight tests
Aermacchi is completing flight testing of a mid-life update (MLU) for the Italian air force's MB339A advanced trainers. The Italian manufacturer intends to certificate the retrofit package early next year. Aermacchi's MLU aims to increase the structural life of the aircraft as well as introduce new equipment. The air force ...
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NATO invites Turkey to its NATAR party
Turkey has been asked to join the NATO Advanced Technology Radar (NATAR) programme to develop an airborne ground surveillance system. A NATAR project office was formally established in Brussels in February, staffed by representatives from Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Norway and the USA. The project office briefed a Turkish defence ...
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First flight
Sikorsky has flown the first S-70 Black Hawk equipped with a new Rockwell Collins cockpit. The helicopter is the first of 58 for the Turkish armed forces. The cockpit features four multifunction displays and dual flight management systems. Turkish search-and-rescue variants will be equipped with a forward-looking infrared sensor. Source: ...