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RJ makers outline growth plans
Regional Jet manufacturers Embraer, Bombardier and Fairchild Aerospace are pressing on with planned larger 70- to 120-seat programmes, despite uncertainty over industry consolidations, mergers and scope clause limitations in the USA. Embraer plans to start a second phase of subsonic wind tunnel tests on the 70-seat ERJ-170 later this ...
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Routes
British Airways is launching a new three times daily route from London Gatwick to Hanover, operated by franchise partner CityFlyer Express. United Airlines is introducing 20 new daily nonstop flights to key Californian business destinations, including Santa Barbara, Medford, Reno, Palm Springs and San Diego, from its Los Angeles hub. ...
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Mexican crash kills 18
Investigators are searching for evidence in the crash of a TAESA McDonnell Douglas DC-9 on 9 November. The crash happened shortly after the aircraft left Uruapan airport in central Mexico. All 18 people on board, including five crew, were killed when the DC-9-31 (XA-TKN), operating TAESA flight 725, nose-dived into ...
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Workshop
Lease management provider C-S Aviation Services has entered into a five-year tripartite agreement with Air India and Aviation Sales Distribution to perform maintenance on its General Electric CF6-50C2 engines on an exclusive basis. The contract, worth $100 million, stipulates a five-year option to extend the agreement. Air India will perform ...
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British Midland deal helps boost Star's presence at Heathrow
Laura Hailstone/LONDON British Midland (BM) has confirmed its much-anticipated entry into the Star alliance. This follows Lufthansa's acquisition of a 20% stake from partner SAS for £91.4 million ($150 million). The deal, which will see SAS' shareholding reduced to 20%, gives Star more than a quarter of all movements ...
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US Eximbank drops its opposition to PAL plan
The US Export-Import Bank (Exim-bank) has abandoned its opposition to the rehabilitation plan for debt-ridden Philippine Airlines (PAL). The move effectively clears the last significant hurdle on PAL's route to recovery from near-bankruptcy this year. Eximbank had been petitioning the US bankruptcy court to withdraw protection from the carrier, ...
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Raytheon in revamp
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Raytheon has put into place a sweeping reorganisation of its defence and government electronics businesses as part of an effort to resolve recent financial problems. The changes come after Raytheon's disclosure last month that revenues and profits will be lower than expected this year and ...
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Belgian Government to decide on future of its stake in Sabena
Herman De Wulf/BRUSSELS Belgian transport Minister Isabelle Durant is pushing the government for a policy statement on whether it plans to sell its stake in national flag carrier Sabena. The new Belgian Government came to power in June but has yet to reach a conclusion about whether to hold ...
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French moves gives boost to Alcatel
Alcatel plans to take advantage of its "clear synergies" with Thomson-CSF, following agreement with the French Government on increasing its shareholding in the defence electronics giant. The move follows the completion of negotiations with the government which allow Alcatel to reduce its stake in state-owned nuclear power company Framatome ...
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Falling down
The boom-bust cycle of airliner production is raising its ugly head again in Seattle, but this time it's not the industry cycle that is ringing the alarm bells around Puget Sound. For although Boeing is set to slash rates by at least 20%, it cannot take solace in the fact ...
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Lost in space
The European Space Agency's (ESA) approval of the UK's Beagle 2 Mars Lander is great news for space exploration, especially for the UK space industry. The Open University-led Beagle 2 project could be the most high-profile British space mission ever, especially if it finds signs of past or present ...
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USA tries to block AEW sales to China
The USA is trying to block the sale of additional Israeli developed airborne early warning (AEW) systems to China. The move follows the arrival in Tel Aviv of the first Beriev A-50 to be fitted with the Elbit Phalcon phased-array radar for China. The USA is applying pressure on ...
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Israel to rely on Apaches
Israeli air force Boeing AH-64 Apache attack helicopters will protect northern Israel when the Israeli defence forces (IDF) withdraw from the security zone in southern Lebanon in July. The move comes as the Israeli air force has decided to acquire 12 AH-64DApache Longbow helicopters to bolster its fleet of ...
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USAF studies C-130J reduced price deal
Lockheed Martin's offer of lower prices in return for an accelerated US Air Force order for C-130Js is aimed at securing an economically viable production rate on which to base bids to overseas air forces. In return, the USAF will receive lower prices if the company wins overseas ...
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Australia looks afresh at cruise missile option
Peter La Franchi/CANBERRA The Australian Department of Defence is re-opening the domestic debate on the acquisition of cruise missiles in a paper looking at the affects of military technology developments on future procurement policy. A cruise missile option is included in a draft issues paper discussing the implications ...
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Bell drives stake through heart of Romanian deal
Bell Helicopter Textron has dropped plans to take over Romanian aerospace manufacturer IAR Brasov and set up an AH-1W SuperCobra licenses production line after failing to get a government response to its latest proposals. Bell presented its proposals to the Romanian Government in late June and was expecting to receive ...
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Teamings shrink tanker field
Teaming agreements have cut the number of responses to a UK Ministry of Defence request for outline proposals for the Royal Air Force Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft (FSTA) requirement. Potentially worth £9 billion, the FSTA deal will last for 20 years and be funded using a Private Finance Initiative. In ...
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Virgin threat
The Belgian transport ministry has threatened to take away Brussels-based Virgin Express' air operators certificate (AOC) if it fails to stabilise its management structure and address problems of alleged illegal operation of aircraft. The carrier has until 24 November to respond satisfactorily. The airline has gone through recent management changes. ...
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Northrop Grumman to acquire Navia Aviation for $35m: ATI
Northrop Grumman has agreed to acquire aviation systems supplier Navia Aviation, an operating unit of Norway's Navia ASA, for $35 million in cash. The US manufacturer says that Navia Aviation will operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary. It will report to Peterborough, UK-based Park Air Electronics, a unit of Northrop ...
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Lack of cable standards bedevils aircraft industry
Geoff Thomas/DUBAI The average single-aisle 150-seat aircraft contains more than 80km of cabling to help meet today's demands for 'touch of a button' cockpit information and user-friendly electronic features. This increase in cabling creates a new set of engineering challenges because 80km of cable weighs around 600kg. In ...