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Comair aircraft
Comair Jet Express, the Cincinnati-based business aircraft charter and management division of Delta Connection airline subsidiary Comair, has added a Bombardier Challenger 604 and Learjet 60 to its four-strong fleet. Source: Flight International
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Leasing company places first GIV
Gulfstream GATX Leasing has placed its first aircraft, a Gulfstream IV-SP, into service on short-term lease with a North American company. The aircraft is the first of six ordered by the leasing company, an 85:15 joint venture between lessor GATX Capital and manufacturer Gulfstream Aerospace. Five GVs will be ...
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Kamov makes plans to beat Ka-226 backlog
Kamov plans to deliver "at least 14" Ka-226 twin-engined helicopters within two years to meet its growing order backlog. This year the Russian manufacturer's Orenburg-based Strela plant will build one prototype and five pre-production helicopters which will be shipped to the Kamov plant near Moscow in mid-2000. The first ...
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Forced landing
A New Piper Aircraft Meridian prototype landed on a public highway near the manufacturer's base in Vero Beach, Florida, on 7 January after suffering fuel starvation. The two crewmembers were unharmed. An auxiliary fuel tank, fitted to the second of four prototypes to measure usable fuel, is believed to have ...
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Avgas pollution may leave aircraft to costly to repair
The fuel systems of thousands of general aviation aircraft in Australia could be permanently damaged by corrosion and require replacement because of the ongoing aviation gas crisis there. There is also the possibility of further aircraft groundings following the discovery of contaminated aircraft outside the original exposed area. More ...
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Avanti delivery heralds recovery
Piaggio Aero Industries plans to deliver a P.180 Avanti twin-pusher business aircraft at the end of this month. The handover, to an unnamed customer, will mark the first sale of the turboprop since 1998, when the former Rinaldo Piaggio was renamed in the takeover by Turkey's Tushav group. Tushav owns ...
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Motorglider maker partners Platforms
Brazilian motorglider manufacturer Aeromot has signed an agreement with US company Platforms International to establish an airborne wireless communications system. Under its strategic partnership with Platforms' Brazilian subsidiary, Belo Horizonte-based Aeromot Group will become prime contractor for the company's aviation operations in Brazil. Platforms' Airborne Relay Communications (ARC) ...
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Regionals get new rival
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Former Fairchild Aerospace executive Earl Robinson has returned to the regional aircraft ring by unveiling an ambitious $660 million plan to develop a family of 55-110-seat jets to compete in an overcrowded market. Robinson is heading a start-up company called Alliance Aircraft and claims to ...
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Boeing bounces back with improved profit
Boeing has gone some way towards putting the problems of recent years behind it, bouncing back to financial form with a net profit of $2.31 billion for 1999, up 106% on the previous year. Turnover rose by 3% to $58 billion, while operating margins improved from 2.8% to 5.5%. ...
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CityFlyer in jet deal talks
CityFlyer Express is negotiating with BAE Systems to more than double its Avro RJ fleet, as it prepares for the possible transfer of routes from British Airways at London Gatwick. CityFlyer, a regional subsidiary of BA, is at the centre of a plan by its parent to restructure its ...
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Stable helicopter sales forecast
Continued development of new and improved derivative helicopters, combined with the need to replace ageing civil machines, is expected to ensure a static but stable level of rotary-wing aircraft sales, say two new market forecasts. Rolls-Royce projects sales of 5,400 turboshaft-powered helicopters over the next 10 years at a ...
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Australia drops EW project as prelude to defence cuts
Peter La Franchi/CANBERRA Australia has shelved its Project Echidna requirement for an integrated family of electronic warfare (EW) self-protection suites for Australian Defence Force aircraft. The move is included in a review of all defence acquisition projects worth more than A$50 million ($33.3 million). The review, established in mid-December ...
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Finalists named for Aerospace awards
The finalists have been selected for this year's Flight International Aerospace Industry Awards. The winners, chosen by a panel of aerospace industry experts, will be announced at this year's presentation and gala dinner at the Ritz-Carlton Singapore Hotel on 23 February during the Asian Aerospace show. Finalists in the ...
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Boeing rules out derivative powerplants for 747X family
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Boeing has firmly decided to offer only new-design engines on the proposed 747X family, rather than presenting a choice including derivatives of 747-400 turbofans. The decision is a boost to the General Electric-Pratt & Whitney Engine Alliance and to Rolls-Royce. Both are working on designs ...
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Bombardier claims delivery lead
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Bombardier believes it took the lead in business jet deliveries, in value terms, for the first time last year. The company delivered 173 corporate aircraft in 1999, up more than 70% on 1998. While most manufacturers will not report their 1999 deliveries until early February, ...
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Go stops
British Airways' low-cost carrier Go is to scrap services to Lyon and Zurich on 26 March. It is reviewing flights to Munich amid tough competition on its North European routes. The London Stansted-based airline says it may start some summer services early to absorb spare capacity, and claims new Mediterranean ...
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Tax cut fuels Jet's regional ambition
Julian Moxon/MUMBAI Jet Airways plans a major expansion of its regional fleet with the acquisition of additional ATR 72 turboprops and a fleet of 70-seat regional jets. Naresh Goyal, president of the fast growing private domestic airline, says a large number of regional aircraft will be required, and that ...
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Boeing gets going on first 737-900
Guy Norris/SEATTLE Boeing begins work in Wichita, Kansas, this week on the first 737-900, which it is developing to attack the Airbus A321-200 market. A total of 45 -900s are on firm order, including 10 for Alaska, 15 for Continental Airlines, four for KLM and 16 for Korean Air. ...
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Shuttle mission to put radar topography on the map
Tim Furniss/LONDON The launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour STS99 on the 11-day Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) has been set for 31 January. The launch might be delayed by the need to check and, if necessary, replace thermal protection system tiles on the elevons of the orbiter. If work ...
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MMS powers up for Intelsat satellite
Matra Marconi Space (MMS) has won a contract to build the largest and most powerful satellite to be operated by the Intelsat international communications organisation. The 5,000kg (11,000lb) Intelsat NI-Alpha will be located in geostationary orbit at 310°W longitude, and will provide services to the Americas with 36 C-band transponders. ...