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IT Trends Survey
Kevin O'Toole GENEVA Joint industry research conducted by Airline Business and SITA attempts to establish how far the airline industry is keeping pace with the new wave of information technology and the dawn of the Internet age. Is the airline industry keeping step with information technology? Less than a decade ...
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Hubbing on time
Wendy Knorren Nichols FRANKFURT Martin Kunz VIENNA Punctuality, as all network planners know to their cost, can make or break the best laid hubbing strategy. Like an artist weaving a tapestry, it only takes one individual to pull a single loose thread for the whole work to unravel. Yet while ...
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Netting a bargain
Now in their third year, sales of discount fares via the Internet appear to be a rousing success for US carriers. Is this a glimpse of the future? American Airlines started it all three years ago. Other US majors were quick to follow. Now, Internet discount fares are beginning ...
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Special Report: Joint Airline Business - SITA Information Technology Survey
Special Report: Joint Airline Business - SITA Information Technology SurveySource: Airline Business
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Surveillance success
Operators and regulators came together earlier in July to evaluate a key technology for 'free flight' Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Watching the brown and purple tails descend on Wilmington, Ohio, on 10 July, an observer joked that "package wars" had broken out at Airborne Express' hub. In fact, aircraft from rival ...
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Finding a role
Russia's new launcher family is searching for a niche in the market Tim Furniss/LONDON A family of new Russian launchers called Angara could be competing in the commercial market by 2001. The Angaras, designed by Russia's Khrunichev State Space Research and Production Centre, will fly from a modified launch ...
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50 years ago...
As Airbus fine tunes its A3XX design, the world celebrates a half century of jet travel On Wednesday 27 July, 1949, the world's first jet airliner, the de Havilland (DH) 106 Comet, made its first flight from Hatfield airfield, just north of London. That historic half an hour trip marked ...
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Back to the future
Capacity is driving Airbus' future large airliner plans but cost will decide how and where it will be built Julian Moxon/TOULOUSEAirbus will know only after a six-month commercial marketing campaign that begins in January whether it has predicted correctly the demand for its A3XX. If enough airlines, with enough geographical ...
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Light and powerful
It may be slower than its competitors, but the power of Bell's 427 light twin turbine, simplicity of operation and overall comfort impressed Flight International's test pilot Peter Gray/MIRABEL Beginning with a clean sheet of paper, a list of desired design criteria and a rigid purchase price goal, Bell Helicopter ...
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Northrop wins missile interceptor deal
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Northrop Grumman's newly acquired Ryan Aeronautical Center in San Diego, California, is developing a prototype miniature air-launched cruise missile interceptor (MALI) under a $14.1 million contract from the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The MALI is a derivative of the MALD - a ...
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Philippines ponders F-5 buy
The Philippines air force is considering purchasing secondhand Northrop F-5s from Taiwan to boost its fighter strength. The country's president Joseph Estrada says any such purchase could not be done directly, to avoid damaging relations with mainland China. Instead, the procurement would have to go through an intermediary. "It ...
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Israelis settle for F-16I, despite new F-15I offer
Arie Egozi/TEL AVIV Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DCIsrael's air force has settled its long-running fighter competition by ordering 50 Lockheed Martin F-16Is for $2.5 billion, and taking options on up to a further 60. The announcement follows a last-ditch attempt by Boeing to clinch the contest, offering an F-15L version of its ...
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USA/UK join forces on Sender unmanned vehicle
The US Army is set to formalise its participation in the UK's Sender "unit level" tactical unmanned air vehicle (UAV). The Sender is one of two emerging British Army requirements for UAVs (Flight International, 14-20 July). With a 30km (16nm) range, it will be equipped with a surveillance and ...
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Brazil wins approval for P-3A/B Orions
The Brazilian Government has received US State Department authorisation for the acquisition of 12 maritime patrol Lockheed P-3A and P-3B Orions. Brazil's requirement dates back to 1994. The air force launched the PX programme to acquire a dedicated shore-based maritime patrol/anti-submarine warfare platform to replace carrier-compatible Grumman S-2Es and ...
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F-22 fights back with supercruise success
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES The US Air Force has warned Congress that failure to fund the Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 Raptor in the fiscal year 2000 defence budget will have a major impact on the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) project. Maj Gen Claude Bolton, USAF programme executive, fighter and bomber programmes, ...
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Italian defence and industry plan joint funding
Italy's defence and industry ministries are proposing a joint approach to the funding of key military aerospace programmes being undertaken by domestic industry. The move is aimed at meeting a defence requirement which cannot be achieved at current budget levels, while providing a boost to the Italian aerospace industry, says ...
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Laser weapon gets ready for action
The first attempt to shoot down rockets using a tactical laser weapon being developed by the USA and Israel is planned for early next year, says the US Army. The future of US defence contractor TRW's Tactical High Energy Laser (THEL) system substantially improved after the first test of ...
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Pan Pacific plans for Let L-420 flights to small US communities
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Pan Pacific Airways' plans to serve small communities in the north-western USA are back on track after the company agreed to acquire Czech-built Let L-420s. An aircraft arrived in mid-July to enable training to begin. Burlington, Washington-based Pan Pacific hopes to begin operations by year-end. Chairman and ...
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UPS share sale
United Parcel Service (UPS) is to sell 10% of its shares by the end of this year in what is likely to be one of the biggest initial public offerings ever, raising up to $3 billion. UPS, one of the largest privately held companies in the USA, and says the ...
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DHL poised to take British Airways 757s
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON British Airways is in final negotiations with express package specialist DHL for the sale of almost half of the UK airline's Boeing 757s, with a deal expected to be concluded in the coming months. The transaction, valued at around $500 million (including conversions), would give Boeing a launch ...