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Air France turns in 'best-ever' figures
Air France performed "better than at any time in its history" during the first six months of its current financial year, says president Jean-Cyril Spinetta. Its 52.3% increase in net income, compared to the previous year, to Fr2.03 billion ($313 million), left its main European competitors standing. Operating income ...
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Aviacor invests to launch An-140 production
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW Russian manufacturing plant Aviacor will invest $20 million next year to underwrite the launch of series production of Antonov An-140 twin-turboprop. The 50-seat design has been conceived as a new generation regional airliner to replace the large fleet of ageing Antonov An-24s in service with Russia's ...
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Commissioner urges action over inefficient ATS
The need for action to rectify European air traffic services (ATS) inefficiency has been highlighted by European Commission (EC) transport commissioner Loyola de Palacio. She has issued a communication just before Europe's transport ministers gather for their biennial policymaking meeting in Brussels on 9 December. A "high level working party" ...
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GB ready for A320 expansion
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON British Airways franchise airline GB Airways is gearing up for expansion under new leadership, aiming to benefit from the UK flag carrier's short-haul restructuring. The independent, based at London Gatwick, will take delivery of the first of at least 10 Airbus A320 family aircraft in May. ...
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Revamped Guyana plans to expand international flights
Recently relaunched Guyana Airways 2000 plans to lease a second Airbus A300-600R to expand international services to South America and the Caribbean. It has also opened collaborative talks with Virgin Atlantic to connect with Europe. GA 2000 chief executive Anthony Mekdeci claims the airline has taken back 60% of ...
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Hungary rapped over air traffic control safety risk
Safety in the Hungarian air traffic control system is being "jeopardised" by continuing instability in the civil aviation authority and the service provider, the LRI. "They have a growing potential safety problem", says an industry source. Hungary is geographically at the centre of some of the busiest air routes ...
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A320 wet lease boosts Libyan
Andrew Chuter/TRIPOLI Libyan Arab Airlines is taking a significant step towards rebuilding its route structure with the scheduled arrival on 10 December of two Airbus A320s at its base in Tripoli. The wet-leased aircraft being provided by Irish airline TransAer are due to be pressed into service almost immediately. Libyan ...
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Malaysia Airlines considering overhaul of its regional fleet
Andrzej Jeziorski/TOKYO Malaysia Airlines is finalising its long-term fleet plans, which include a study of its options for the replacement of its regional fleet. Malaysia Airlines (MAS) chairman Tajudin Ramli says that the airline is studying its fleet programme up to 2007-2010, covering both domestic and international requirements. He says ...
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Midway starts to boost its Eastern US network
Midway Airlines plans to bolster frequencies, capacity and reduce seat kilometre costs on its eastern US network with the delivery this month of the first of 17 Boeing 737-700s. It will also receive further smaller, 50-seat, Bombardier Canadair Regional Jets (CRJs) next year. The carrier, based in Raleigh/ Durham, ...
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That's entertainment
The in-flight entertainment (IFE) industry is experiencing a mini order bonanza this month if the deals by Virgin, United Airlines and an unnamed carrier are anything to go by. But a closer look at the deals and the airlines' reason for them say more about the recent troubled history ...
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Black Hawk tests show airbag safety
Airbag technology has been successfully demonstrated on a Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during tests by the US Army. The Simula cockpit air bag system (CABS) supplemental restraint is designed to prevent fatal and serious injuries during survivable crashes. US Army test pilots maintained control during flight and ...
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Australian Army sets missile priorities for firepower plan
Peter La Franchi/ADELAIDE The Australian Army is exploring the acquisition of shore-based anti-ship missiles (ASMs) as part of evolving plans for its future firepower architecture. The move highlights an army push to regain control of Joint Project 117 for a new generation surface-to-air missile. The plans may also include ...
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RAF changes Strike Command
The UK Royal Air Force is restructuring Strike Command - which controls its front line assets - to reflect changes introduced as part of the 1998 Strategic Defence Review (SDR). A key to the SDR is the creation of combined-service entities, including the Joint Helicopter Command, Joint Force 2000 and ...
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AIDC pins hopes on F-5 upgrade
Andrzej Jeziorski/LANGKAWI Taiwan's Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC) aims to fly its prototype upgraded Northrop F-5E Tiger in July, in anticipation of a 40-aircraft upgrade contract from the Republic of China Air Force (RoCAF). Albert Wu, deputy director of AIDC's military aircraft division, says the RoCAF is, for ...
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Malaysia focuses on aerospace development
Andrzej Jeziorski/LANGKAWI Malaysian aerospace companies have signed a string of co-operative contracts as the economically recovering country pushes to develop its aerospace industry. Component manufacturing contracts and a Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules upgrade deal were signed at Malaysia's Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition (LIMA 99), which took place from ...
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The inside story
Improved software has added a new dimension to Dassault's Falcon Jet Completion Center Paul Seidenman/SAN FRANCISCODassault has completed the installation of the latest version of a state-of-the-art digital design system at its Falcon Jet Completion Center at the Little Rock National Airport in Arkansas. The system, CATIA R, was originally ...
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Fan finale
Turbofan engines for the Millennium are bigger and better than ever Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Flight International's final turbofan directory of the 20th century reveals the broadest power range and most capable set of engines in the industry's history. Topping the list are the mighty Boeing ...
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Pakistan launcher
Pakistan is developing a satellite launch vehicle and plans to test it in "two to three years". Its second indigenously built satellite - the 70kg (150lb) BADR-B - will be sent into orbit by a Ukrainian-Russian Zenit booster next year. The BADR-A was launched by China in 1990. Source: Flight ...
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Kistler struggles
Kistler Aerospace, which plans to develop the reusable K-1 satellite launch vehicle, is considering issuing debt or equity to help raise the $400 million it still needs to develop the technology. Kistler has received $500 million from 400 shareholders and investors, including Northrop Grumman, which is to build the K-1's ...
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Soho rescue
The European Space Agency's SOHO solar observing spacecraft is back on track after going into "safe mode" for unknown reasons on 28 November. The spacecraft is still not in the right position, but efforts continue to re-establish the correct attitude. The SOHO may have been hit by a high-energy particle, ...