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German launches
Russia's state-owned Rosvoorouzhenie export company and Germany's OHB System have signed an agreement on the launch of German satellites by Russia from Plesetsk. Source: Flight International
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New attempt
A Lockheed Martin Athena booster will launch the second Ikonos commercial remote sensing satellite from Vandenberg AFB, California, on 3 September. The first Athena launch of an Ikonos for Lockheed Martin-led Space Imaging failed when electrical pins came loose. Source: Flight International
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Ready for work
Development problems overcome, the C-130J is being prepared for entry into service Michael Gerzanics/MARIETTAClaiming 50 world records over two days earlier this year was more than just a demonstration of the C-130J's superiority over previous Hercules; it was an effort by Lockheed Martin to demonstrate to the world that the ...
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Table: Top 50 Airlines
Click on links to view individual tables: TOP 1998 PROFIT-MAKERS …AND LOSS-MAKERS 1998 TOP 10 - SCHEDULED PASSENGER TRAFFIC 1998 TOP SCHEDULED CARGO CARRIERS 1998 TOP 10 - SCHEDULED PASSENGERS EUROPEAN AIRLINE SCHEDULED PASSENGER/FREIGHT STATISTICS 1998 NORTH AMERICAN AIRLINE SCHDULED PASSENGER/FREIGHT STATISTICS 1998 ASIAN ...
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Harsh financial lessons - Top 50 Airlines
After a largely successful 1998, today's going is much tougher for many major airlines Chris Jasper/LONDON The airline business has never been the world's quickest to learn the lessons of harsh financial experience. Unable to break free from a boom-bust cycle that can be traced back over several decades, ...
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Military Aircraft Directory Part 2
Front-line fighters and bombers continue to exploit leading-edge technologies and are becoming increasingly complex as more sophisticated systems and weapons are crammed into them Stewart Penney/LONDONAs recent events over the former Yugoslavia, Iraq and on the India-Pakistan border prove, combat aircraft are as necessary now as they have ever been. ...
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BAe/Dasa cargo aircraft merger anti-competitive
After reading the article "BAe/Dasa hold cargo aircraft merger talks" (Flight International, 26 May-1 June, P7), I found it imperative to respond from a customer perspective. DHL Airways is converting six Airbus A300B4s from passenger to freighter, using the British Aerospace conversion. We acquired the aircraft from Airbus Industrie and ...
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Deep Space 1 success
The Spectrum Astro-built Deep Space 1 (DS-1), the first of NASA's New Millennium programme spacecraft, flew to within 15km of the asteroid 9969 Braille on 29 July, returning images and science data. The DS-1's visible-light camera was incorrectly positioned during the flyby and could not detect the asteroid. The ...
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Japan completes HII-A booster static firing test
Japan's NASDA has performed the first static firing test of the SRB-A solid rocket booster for the new HII-A launcher. The booster fired for 102s and reached 223t thrust. The test was intended to prove the design of the thrust vector control system that steers the booster's nozzle. Two ...
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Embraer on WTO tightrope
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has upheld its decision that Brazil's Proex export support programme illegally subsidises Embraer regional jet sales. The WTO's appellate body also upheld a ruling that the Technology Partnerships Canada (TPC) fund illegally subsidised Bombardier's regional aircraft programmes - but the ...
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ICO has to rethink after rights failure
ICO Global Communications has been forced to come up with new financing proposals following the failure of its recent rights issue. ICO, which aims to launch global mobile satellite services late next year, hoped to raise up to $1 billion through last month's issue, but it was shelved after raising ...
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Double deal allows Alcatel to increase Thomson-CSF stake
Julian Moxon/PARIS Alcatel president Serge Tchuruk has struck a double deal with the French Government allowing the company to increase its stake in Thomson-CSF while reducing its interests in the Framatome nuclear power company. The move, which involves no cash, brings Alcatel's share in Thomson-CSF to around 25% and ...
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China's airlines take road to recovery with reduced losses
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE China's airlines have nearly halved their losses for the first half of this year compared with the same period in 1998, according to official reports. The state-controlled China Daily newspaper quotes Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) figures showing that its member airlines suffered losses of 820 ...
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South African majors told to improve or close
South Africa's four main domestic carriers must raise fares and cut capacity or face possible closure, the chairman of the Airlines Association of South Africa and chief executive of South African Airlink, Rodger Foster, has warned. Foster says a fares war that began last November means ticket prices in ...
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SAir Group secures French beachhead
The European Commission (EC) has approved the joint acquisition of French carrier AOM by SAirGroup and French holding company Marine-Wendel (which will have a 51% stake). The EC says the activities of AOM and other SAir carriers are "largely complementary", with most of the former's business limited to France, where ...
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Mergers
DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (Dasa) has bought a $12 million stake in US Spacehab in a move which makes it the largest shareholder with an 11% holding. Dasa says the deal will boost its involvement in the International Space Station and expand its transatlantic activities. UK engineering group Motherwell Bridge has purchased ...
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Single minded
Experienced Harrier test pilot John Farley evaluates control concepts being considered for STOVL variants of the JSF John Farley/DERA Boscombe Down Pilots from two Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) teams have been evaluating new pilot control concepts using a unique flying testbed. The trials are part of the UK's contribution to ...
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Weathering the storm
Taiwan's aerospace industry faces formidable hurdles on the road to privatisation Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE The current tensions between mainland China and Taiwan threaten to make life increasingly difficult for Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC), Taiwan's main aerospace manufacturer. AIDC does not publicly acknowledge that the situation is having any effect, ...
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Top of the form
Taiwan's top carriers, China Airlines and EVA Airways, have made strong financial recoveries this year Brent Hannon/TAIPEI China Airlines (CAL) is aggressively expanding and modernising its fleet - in the past two months it has ordered 13 Boeing 747-400 freighters and picked up an option on five Boeing ...
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Domestic strife
Despite strong load factors and an expected 20% growth in local air travel, Taiwan's domestic carriers are losing money Brent Hannon/TAIPEI Taiwan's air transport industry lost $246 million last year, according to the Taipei Airlines Association. A survey of the airlines, however, showed a smaller total loss, of ...