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Spain postpones Iberia privatisation
Spanish industry minister Josep Pique has delayed the privatisation of Iberia until the first quarter of next year, at the earliest, in the face of uncertainty in the international financial markets and a fall in the flag carrier's projected year-end profits. SEPI, the institution controlling Madrid's 53.9% stake in ...
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Mergers
Northrop Grumman has agreed to buy Oslo-based Navia Aviation, an instrument landing systems, digital voice switching systems and air traffic control systems supplier, for $35 million from Norway's Navia. The business will report to UK-based Park Air Electronics, a unit of Northrop Grumman's Electronic Sensors and Systems division. Cordant Technologies ...
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CH2000 moves
Aircraft Manufacturing & Development (AM&D), plans to transfer production of Zenair's Zenith CH2000 trainer to its new 2,400m2 (26,000ft2) factory in Eastman, Georgia, by year-end. AM&D manufactures, sells and markets the all-metal CH2000 single in the USA for Canadian kit maker Zenair. According to AM&D president Matheiu Heintz, "the move ...
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Kuwait buys
The Kuwaiti Ministry of the Interior has ordered two Eurocopter EC135 light twin helicopters to equip its air transport department. The manufacturer points out the EC135 is already in service with 16 police forces around the world, and that Kuwait's armed forces already operate Eurocopter aircraft. The EC135 has attracted ...
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Approval for Teledyne FADEC is on target
Teledyne Continental Motors' (TCM) first full authority digital engine control (FADEC) system for piston engines is scheduled for certification by the end of the year. First deliveries of the $4,000 retrofit kits are planned for January. The single-lever FADEC controls ignition and fuel timing, and adjusts the fuel-air mixture ...
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Vulcan delivers Observer to Italian police force
VulcanAir has delivered its first Partenavia P68 Observer 2 to the Italian State Police, around 18 months after the Casoria, Naples-based company acquired fellow Italian company Aerocosmos, former owner of the P68 type certificate. The Observer 2 piston twin, an upgraded version of the standard Observer model, offers a ...
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Maintenance tie-up
Air Zealand and Ansett Australia have formed a maintenance company, merging the carriers' respective Auckland and Melbourne-based facilities. The joint venture, dubbed Ansett Australia and Air New Zealand Engineering, will offer maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services, and is forecast to have an equity value of A$1 billion ($625 million). ...
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Board poised for A3XX decision
The Airbus Industrie supervisory board is to decide whether to authorise managing director Noel Forgeard to begin soliciting airline commitments for the A3XX at an extraordinary meeting planned for 8 December. If the consortium gets the green light, Forgeard will visit key target customers for the ultra-high capacity airliner ...
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Boeing claims 747-X will catch A3XX
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Boeing is claiming that its new stretched 747-400X design is capable of meeting and even beating the direct operating costs of the all-new Airbus A3XX. The startling assertion is based on revised performance estimates for the 747-400X, plus new, independent airline analysis of the latest A3XX proposals. ...
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Leasing companies drop 767-400ER commitments after poor demand
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Leasing companies General Electric Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) and International Lease Finance (ILFC) have dropped their combined orders for seven Boeing 767-400ERs after failing to find sufficient market interest in the stretched twins. ILFC says it has switched its four remaining -400ER commitments for ...
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DASA reveals EADS structure
Julian Moxon/PARIS Chris Jasper/LONDON DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (Dasa) has unveiled the proposed organisational structure of the new European Aeronautics, Defense and Space (EADS) company to be formed through the merger of Aerospatiale Matra and Dasa. But the plan could face opposition from British Aerospace, which is concerned about its impact on ...
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Acquisition complete
SAirGroup has completed its purchases of substantial minority stakes in Polish flag carrier LOT and South African Airways (SAA). It will hold 37.6% of Warsaw-based LOT, which becomes a full member of the Qualiflyer Group on 1 January, 2000, and 20% of SAA. Qualiflyer Group carriers and SAA will carry ...
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Greece is offered Eurofighter assembly
Greece has been offered final assembly of the Eurofighter Typhoon as part of the industrial package being proposed for the 60-90 aircraft deal. Athens became the first export customer for the Typhoon when it selected the fighter earlier this year. Negotiations to complete the deal are expected to be ...
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UK plans partial ATC sell-off
David Learmount/LONDONUK air traffic control (ATC) is on course for partial privatisation by the middle of next year, with the government last week announcing plans to put a bill transforming the National Air Traffic Services (NATS) into a "public private partnership" before parliament during the 1999/2000 session. As the government ...
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Guesstimation
Accident investigation is in danger of getting a bad name. The three US authorities - the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) - associated with the EgyptAir flight 990 investigation deserve some understanding given the ferocity of the media ...
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Aerostar teams with Dasa on MiG-29
Andrzej Jeziorski/DUBAI Romanian upgrade specialist Aerostar has teamed with Germany's Daimler- Chrysler Aerospace (Dasa) to offer its MiG-29 Sniper upgrade to the Romanian air force. Aerostar's established Israeli partner Elbit is also involved, supplying a similar avionics package to that found in Aerostar's MiG-21 Lancer upgrade. "This upgrade will give ...
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AIDC begins design of IDF trainer
Taiwanese manufacturer Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC) has begun preliminary design work on a "downgraded", advanced jet trainer version of its Ching-Kuo Indigenous Defence Fighter (IDF). The programme, known as Derivative IDF, involves removing the cannon to make room for 770kg (1,700lb) of extra fuel, and modifying the belly ...
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Australia confirms multi-stage fighter purchase
Peter La Franchi/CANBERRA The Australian Department of Defence has confirmed that it intends to use a multi-stage purchase programme to replace Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) F/A-18 and F-111 fighters, with an initial acquisition of new aircraft planned to go to tender as early as 2005. The multi-stage strategy, ...
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RAAF update
Boeing Australia is to upgrade the Royal Australian Air Force's (RAAF) Boeing F/A-18A/Bs. Contract details are expected to be finalised early next year, with the first aircraft to be inducted into the programme next October. The first phase will include new mission computers, an ARC-210 communications suite, global positioning system, ...
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Raytheon wins US Army's tactical trainer contest
Raytheon has won the US army's long-delayed Aviation Combined Arms Tactical Trainer (AVCATT) competition - a follow-on to the Close Combat Tactical Trainer (CCTT) programme awarded to Lockheed Martin several years ago. AVCATT and CCTT come under the army's Combined Arms Tactical Trainer programme, which merges manned simulators with ...