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AeroPeru's hopes crash
AeroPeru entered bankruptcy in August, putting an end to remote hopes of a rescue deal for Peru's flag carrier. The decision by creditors to reject any last-minute bids for AeroPeru did not surprise observers, who believed that an earlier failed attempt by Continental Airlines to invest in the Peruvian ...
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Management teams
Carriers in need of change are looking to new boardroom teams for results. Analysis is by Michael Bell, who leads the Global Aviation Practice for senior-executive search firm Spencer Stuart The past few months have brought into focus a new form of leadership at troubled carriers around the world: management ...
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Punctuality hits new lows
When the Association of European Airlines (AEA) issued its punctuality report for the first quarter of the year, it warned that delays in 1999 were shaping up to be worse even than the infamous summer of 1989 when European delays last hit a peak. The prediction was on target. ...
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Reading the signs
Major carriers appear to be signalling their intent to rein back on excess capacity. Chris Tarry at Commerzbank looks at the signs and the possible influence of alliances in the equation. It does not take a degree in rocket science to realise just how testing this year has already been ...
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Passenger seat restraint
Kevin O'Toole Continuing fall-out from Asia's economic crisis reverberated around markets last year as is clear from the latest passenger airline rankings. But it is concerns over falling yields rather than traffic that are now taking centre stage. Last year posed something of a test of resolve for airline ...
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US Airways Express seeks up to 400 small regional jets
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC US Airways Express has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for up to 100 small regional jets and options for up to 300 larger aircraft for its subsidiary and affiliate regional operators. The RFP specifies a firm requirement for an initial 100 regional jets seating ...
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Skunk Works: responding to changing times
Things are no longer black and white for the Skunk Works. The still-secretive Lockheed Martin unit is having to adjust to the reality that much of its future business opportunities are in the commercial, and not the classified, arena. Not that the two worlds are so vastly different - both ...
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In the works
Tailless fighters, reusable space vehicles, blended wing body transports and hypersonic strike missiles are just some of the technologies on the drawing board at Boeing's Phantom Works Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Boeing's Phantom Works appears increasingly aptly named as it becomes a "virtual" organisation linking the aerospace giant's advanced development centres. ...
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Taiwan institute redesigns ARL-1 as 19-seat utility aircraft
Andrzej Jeziorski/TAIPEI Taiwan's Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology (CSIST)has redesigned the five-year-old ARL-1 twin turboprop aircraft concept as a 19-seat utility after seeing the results of market research. The ARL-1 began life as a six- to nine-seat concept designed by the Aeronautical Research Laboratory of the former ...
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Ground effect Sky Wing certificated
Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) is studying the development of medium and large wing-in-ground effect aircraft after receiving initial Chinese domestic certification for the DXF-100 Sky Wing - a 15-passenger amphibious aircraft developed in Jingmen, Hubei province. The first DXF-100, developed by an AVIC research institute, carried passengers on ...
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Arianespace keeps commercial lead
Tim Furniss/LONDON Arianespace is maintaining its lead in the commercial launcher market with contracts to launch three more satellites, bringing to 43 the number of satellites on its orderbook, worth $3.5 billion. The contracts push Arianespace's satellite launch orders past 200 since it was created in 1980. The ...
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Cassini has close encounter with earth
The NASA Cassini spacecraft flew 1,171km (730 miles) over the South Pacific Ocean on 17 August, picking up 5.5km/s of speed in the third of four planned fly-bys to place the craft en route to its rendezvous with Saturn in July 2004. Two Venus fly-bys have been completed and a ...
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First Grobs arrive for RAF training
German light aircraft manufacturer Grob has handed over the first four of 99 G-115E trainers to Bombardier Services, for air experience and elementary instruction for the UK Royal Air Force. Bombardier was selected in July last year to provide the RAF with 500h a year of light aircraft flying services.Source: ...
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JASSM test succeeds
Lockheed Martin successfully tested its AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Stand-off Missile (JASSM) on 12 August. The unpowered flight followed an unsuccessful trial in April, when an electrical problem caused the JASSM to plummet to earth without deploying its wings and tail. The stealth missile was dropped from 15,000ft (4,600m). Its ...
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US missile defence delayed again
The US Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO) has postponed for the second time the initial National Missile Defense (NMD) programme intercept test, saying it needs more preparation. Northrop Grumman launch tests of the canister that will contain the interceptor have been successful, however. In April, it was decided to ...
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Rafael to help build missile plant for Singapore
Israeli weapons specialist Rafael will help Singapore build a missile assembly plant as part of a deal to sell the country its Spike and NT-Danti-tank missiles. The Singapore army has selected the Spike while the air force is evaluating both missiles for use with its combat helicopters, including recently ...
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UAV suppliers line up for Sender
The UK Ministry of Defence has received responses from 36 companies interested in taking part in the assessment phase of its Sender unit-level, tactical unmanned air vehicle (UAV) requirement. The Sender will provide tactical reconnaissance and target acquisition at ranges up to 50km (90nm). The MoD expects to issue ...
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Thailand moves on with purchase of SeaSprite
Andrzej Jeziorski/TAIPEI Kaman Aerospace is expecting an initial contract from Thailand in the fourth quarter of this year to upgrade two ex-US Navy SH-2F SeaSprites to SH-2G standard, as the first stage of an eight-helicopter programme. "We know the money's in the budget - we just delivered the ...
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USN approves SLAM-ER
Boeing is set for a contract to build 30 AGM-84H SLAM-ER stand- off missiles worth $270 million, following US Navy approval of low-rate initial production. This follows a USN review of an operational test and evaluation report after recent tests. More trials will be completed by January, with a full-rate ...
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Cape Canaveral set to transform USAF pad
Cape Canaveral's US Air Force Pad 41 will be destroyed on 12 September to begin its transformation into the new commercial Lockheed Martin Atlas V launch pad. Pad 41 began service with a Titan 3C launch in December 1965. During more than 30 years of service, it dispatched Titan ...