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Milan transfer gets the green light
European transport commissioner Loyola de Palacio has given the go-ahead for the stepped transfer of services from Milan Linate Airport to the city's new Malpensa hub. The transfer is to be completed by 15 January, with only Milan-Rome shuttle flights remaining at Linate. The forced move is conditional, however, ...
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Nationwide's long-haul plans are scuppered by licence rejection
Hilka Birns/CAPE TOWN Plans by South African regional carrier Nationwide to launch long-haul services have been frustrated by the South African civil aviation authority's rejection of its application for a temporary international air transport licence. Nationwide planned to launch a weekly service, with Virgin Atlantic, between Cape Town ...
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Routes
United Airlines will begin daily services between Los Angeles and Paris Charles de Gaulle next April using Boeing 777s. Sabena is introducing daily services from Brussels to Washington this month using Airbus A330-300s The airline has also upgraded its flights between London City Airport to Brussels, replacing de Havilland Dash ...
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Sobelair management and pilots face fraud charges
Herman De Wulf/BRUSSELS The former chief executive, members of the management and pilots of Sabena's charter airline Sobelair face charges of forgery and fraud following a five-year investigation by the country's authorities. Retired former chief executive Pierre Jonnart, 27 Sobelair captains and management members face charges of falsifying flight ...
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Workshop
UK spares specialist Airinmar has signed a two-year agreement with British Aerospace Asset Management, to support its fleet of more than 240 BAe 146/RJs, ATPs and Jetstreams. Airinmar will manage the exchange, test, overhaul and repair of parts removed from BAe Asset Management's aircraft undergoing maintenance and refurbishment between leases. ...
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Arkia eyes Nigeria bid
Arkia, Israel's largest privately owned airline, is planning to bid for a stake in Nigeria Airways when the state-owned carrier is partially privatised. "We are operating in Nigeria and it is our intention to be there when the government offers the shares of the national carrier," says Arkia executive ...
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BMW surrenders BMW R-R majority stake
Andrew Doyle/MUNICHBMW is surrendering its majority stake in loss-making aero engine maker BMW Rolls-Royce (BMW R-R) in a deal which will see joint venture partner Rolls-Royce take full control. The German automotive group will in turn increase its holding in the UK powerplant giant to 10%. R-R says it plans ...
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Europe's Allianz is tipped to acquire Fairchild Aerospace
European insurance and financial services giant Allianz has emerged as a potential buyer of regional jet manufacturer Fairchild Aerospace, which has headquarters in the USA. Allianz will not comment on any possible bid for the 56% share of Fairchild held by chairman Carl Albert, but industry sources say the ...
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Mergers
United Technologies is to acquire composite components overhaul specialist Cade Industries for $129 million and engine parts supplier Dallas Aerospace for $57 million. Both companies will become part of UTC's Pratt & Whitney Engine Services unit. Dallas Aerospace is owned by the parent company of Fairchild Fasteners. Derlan Industries is ...
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Pilot scope clauses 'threaten' regionals
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Intractable "scope clauses", increasing overcapacity, low returns and high development costs could soon hit the booming regional airline business, suppliers are warned. Failure to ease constraints on operations by pilot scope clause agreements with US majors is seen as the biggest threat to growth, with American Eagle ...
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Contracts
United Industrial subsidiary ACL Technologies is to build a Lockheed Martin F-16 component overhaul depot near Cairo, Egypt. The $28 million centre will handle electrical, fuel, hydraulics, pneumatics, oxygen and landing gear systems. Raytheon has received a $16 million US foreign military sales contract to provide AGM-65 Mavericks trainers and ...
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Eurofighter sales team gets going
Eurofighter International will hold its first board meeting in Turin, Italy, on 4 November. The London-based company is taking over sales and marketing for the Typhoon from the partner companies - Alenia, British Aerospace, CASA and DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (Dasa). Cesare Gianni, chief executive of Lockheed Martin Alenia Tactical Transport ...
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F-22 test milestones completed
Lockheed Martin and Boeing have completed all F-22 test milestones originally established for this year. These include engine runs of the third development aircraft. Updated software has been delivered for the Boeing 757 avionics flying testbed. The milestones had been established as prerequisites for a US Department of Defense decision ...
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USAF selects upgrade team for Stratotankers
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC The US Air Force has selected a Rockwell Collins/Raytheon Systems team to upgrade more than 500 Boeing KC-135 Stratotankers to meet global air traffic management (GATM) requirements. At the same time, the USAF has slowed down the $4.2 billion avionics modernisation programme (AMP) for 510 Lockheed ...
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Italian air force upgrades approved
The Italian Parliament has approved upgrades for the air force's Aermacchi MB339 advanced trainers, Alenia/Aermacchi/Embraer AMX fighter-bombers and Boeing 707 tankers. A mid-life update of the MB339 fleet will start by year-end and will last for five years. The L110 billion ($62 million) update will allow the Italian air force ...
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USAF's smarter bombs get longer legs
Ramon Lopez/EGLIN AFB The US Air Force is expected to back development and procurement of a more precise, smaller, longer-range Boeing Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM). It will also push ahead with buying Raytheon GBU-15 glide bombs and Paveway III laser-guided bombs enhanced with global positioning system (GPS) guidance. ...
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Portugal signs for Eurocopter EC635
The Portuguese army has signed a c35 million ($37.4 million) contract with Eurocopter for nine EC635s, the military version of the EC135. The EC635s will be used for medical evacuation, fire support "and to help civilian populations in emergency situations", says Eurocopter. The contract is part of a broader ...
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IAI warns Raytheon on Phalcon pricing
Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI)has told Raytheon, its airborne early warning (AEW) programmes partner, that a high price on its proposal for Turkey could mean an end to their teaming agreement. An IAI/Raytheon team was one of the losers in the Australian Wedgetail AEW competition, won by Boeing offering 737-700s ...
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Connecting East Africa
Kenya Airways has shown how to succeed, but its East African regional rivals are struggling Michael Wakabi/KAMPALA A shareholders' meeting on 26 November could pose ominous implications for the East African air industry. The stockholders control African Joint Air Services Agreement (AJAS), the holding company behind SA Alliance, the ...
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Star target
NATO is well on the way to having its own version of the USA's Joint STARS Paul Lewis/MELBOURNE, FLORIDA After years of deliberation, NATO has embarked on a programme that could see the alliance field its own version of the US Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) by ...