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Clinton offers transatlantic link with BVRAAM
Stewart Penney/LONDON US President Bill Clinton has written to UK Prime Minister Tony Blair offering to link future US long-range air-to-air missile development with the UK's Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile (BVRAAM) programme. Clinton's move comes shortly after France joined the pan-European Matra BAe Dynamics-led Meteor team which is competing ...
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China threat gets Taiwan F-16s flying again
The Taiwanese air force has resumed flying its Lockheed Martin F-16A/B block 20 fleet after grounding the aircraft for 52 days after two crashes. The F-16A/B is Taiwan's most potent frontline fighter alongside the Dassault Mirage 2000-5 but was grounded despite the heightened threat of military action as a ...
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Israel close to JSF sign-up
Arie Egozi/TEL AVIV Israel has moved a step closer to formally joining the US-led Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) programme with the submission of a letter of request for access for specific information on a paid basis. At the same time Lockheed Martin has selected Kaiser Electronics and Israeli ...
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Oneworld proposes one frequent flier plan
Chris Jasper/LONDON The American Airlines/British Airways-led oneworld airline alliance has developed a plan that could see the merger of member carriers' frequent flier programmes (FFPs) under a standalone company. Oneworld airlines have set up a project group to explore FFP options under the codename "Monaco". BA director of alliances ...
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American top
Flight International's Top 50 Airlines survey has revealed that American Airlines parent AMR remains the world's biggest airline group, with a turnover of more than $19 billion in 1998. Delta Airlines flew the most passengers - 105 million - and United Airlines is number one in terms of traffic, with ...
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Ryanair disputes landing charges
Irish airports operator Aer Rianta is to take legal action against low-cost carrier Ryanair in a bid to recover alleged unpaid landing fees at Dublin . The issue was placed before arbitrators at Ireland's Department of Public Enterprise, which - Aer Rianta says - concluded that Ir£500,000 ($690,000) was ...
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Four Tactical UAVs in US Army shoot-out
The US Army has narrowed the field of players in its $325 million Tactical Unmanned Air Vehicle (TUAV) competition from seven to four. They will participate in a fly-off later this year. The AAI Shadow 200, Alliant Techsystems Outrider, General Atomics Prowler II and S-TEC STM-5B Sentry will take ...
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UK buys ex-German air force Alpha Jets
A shortfall in the number of available British Aerospace Hawks and an ageing fleet of test aircraft has forced the UK Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA) to buy 12 ex-German air force Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jets. These will be used at test centres in the UK. Thailand is concluding a ...
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SAAF marshals change
South Africa is extending the life of it C-130s by another 20 years, with programme completion planned for 2002 Hugh Field/CAMBRIDGE Marshall Aerospace of the UK is nearing completion of systems trials of the South African Air force's newly-upgraded C-130s. Marshall's programme has been carried out under contract to Armscor, ...
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Colour change for Caledonian
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Flying Colours will begin absorbing its sister charter carrier Caledonian Airways in November, with the two airlines to officially become one next summer. A rebranding of the entire Thomas Cook travel group, which owns Flying Colours, is expected to be revealed early next month. The merger ...
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FAA moves to ease air traffic delays
The US Federal Aviation Administration is implementing air traffic control (ATC) operational changes designed to quickly ease the ATC gridlock that has led to worsening delays in the USA this summer. FAA Administrator Jane Garvey hopes the short-term "practical steps" will appease US airlines which have become increasingly vocal ...
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Smart card paves way for trouble-free travel
Passengers holding a multifunction smart card which operates as a passport, visa, and biometric identity tag "could enjoy a truly hassle-free experience from check-in to final clearance at destination", predicts International Air Transport Association (IATA) director general Pierre Jeanniot, speaking at the Aerovision 2000 Symposium in Vancouver, Canada. Effective ...
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737 shortage puts brakes on MetroJet subsidiary
US Airways has decided to slow the growth rate of its low-cost MetroJet operation until after next summer because of a shortage of Boeing 737-200s. MetroJet operates 41 118-seat 737-200s and serves 23 cities with 230 daily departures. By October, the airline will add two 737s, and serve 24 ...
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Marketplace
Fairchild Aerospace has delivered the first two 328JETs to launch customer Skyway Airlines. Skyway has five aircraft on firm order with 10 options. It will put the 32-seat regional jet into revenue service following completion of pilot training in San Antonio, Texas. Continental Airlines has revised its fleet retirement plan, ...
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FAA orders insulation to be replaced on 700 aircraft
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Thermal insulation on all McDonnell Douglas DC-10s and Boeing MD-80s, MD-90s and MD-11s must be replaced within four years, the US Federal Aviation Administration has ordered. The regulation has been under consideration for more than a year, but has become mandatory just as the Transportation ...
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Wings pilots unite
The pilots unions of the planned Wings Alliance carriers, Northwest Airlines, Alitalia, Continental Airlines and KLM, have drawn up a legal framework for a joint organisation to be called the Wings Pilots' Coalition (WPC). The intention is to look after the interests of the 15,000 pilots employed by the four ...
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Millennium decision
Decisions on levels of traffic that major routes into Asia should support on 31 December and 1 January will be made this month, says the International Civil Aviation Organisation's Thailand-based Asian regional manager John Richardson. He denies that any cuts would be as severe as those forecast by Japanese reports, ...
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FAA revises pilot rest rules after MD-80 incident
Revised rules on rest periods for commercial pilots should be ready for review by the end of this year or early next, with the US Federal Aviation Administration drafting new regulations. The latest attempt to update rest requirements for commercial transport pilots follows years of unsuccessful attempts to reach ...
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Routes
Delta Connection carrier Trans States Airlines will introduce regional jet services between Boston and Philadelphia on 15 September with four daily Embraer RJ-145 flights, increasing to eight on 15 November. Jersey European Airways (JEA) will begin codesharing with Irish carrier CityJet on services between Dublin and London City from 1 ...
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Integrity plans single-engined derivative of BN Trislander
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS New Zealand-based Integrity Aircraft is in discussion with Britten-Norman (BN) about the development of a single-engined, turboprop-powered derivative of its BN-2A Mk 3 Trislander, powered by an AlliedSignal TPE331. Integrity Aircraft says it has been issued with a manufacturing licence by BN to enable it to ...