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UK poised for NATS part privatisation
Partial privatisation of the UK's National Air Traffic Services (NATS) will be announced this week, according to sources close to the move. As Flight International went to press, details of the privatisation plan were expected to be confirmed by Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott in parliament on 27 July, ...
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Mergers
Northrop Grumman has bought Ryan Aeronautical - a manufacturer of target drones and unmanned air vehicles - from Allegheny Teledyne for $140 million. The business will move its base to San Diego, California, and will be used to develop Northrop's unmanned technology programmes. Allegheny Teledyne has also completed the sale ...
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Airbus expects Asian order bonanza after recovery
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPOREAirbus Industrie is predicting that Asia's airlines will order 4,300 passenger aircraft worth $450 billion over the next two decades as the Far East renews its economic growth. Adam Brown, Airbus vice-president, forecasting and strategic planning, says signs of recovery in the Asia-Pacific market will appear by the second ...
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Rybinsk Motors steps up production volumes
Russian engine manufacturer Rybinsk Motors has reported a 17.1% increase in production volumes for the first six months of this year, compared with the same period last year - although the aero-engine component of its work dropped by 3.7%. While the manufacturer's turnover for the half-year doubled to 1.3 ...
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BA CityFlyer takeover approved
Chris Jasper/LONDONBritish Airways has won UK Government approval for a £75 million ($117 million) takeover of its franchise carrier CityFlyer Express. The planned purchase had been referred to trade secretary Stephen Byers amid claims that it was anti-competitive in terms of its likely impact on control of slots at London ...
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SIA plans spending spree on shares
Singapore Airlines (SIA) is planning to spend up to S$1 billion ($586 million) on a share buy-back that may signal a departure from the carrier's strategy of directing its capital reserves towards airline purchases. Cash-rich SIA has in the past year pursued stakes in China Airlines, South African Airways, Thai ...
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Jetphone hangs up on airline market
Emma Kelly/LONDON In-flight telephone service provider Jetphone will cease operations on 31 December following a lack of demand by airline passengers for in-flight telephony. Jetphone is in discussions with its airline customers on service cessation, which will leave Europe without a terrestrial flight telecommunication system (TFTS) service provider following ...
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Skyshare names franchisees for US fractional programme
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON SkyShare International has announced the first franchisees for its US fractional ownership programme. Little Rock, Arkansas-based SkyShare describes the scheme as "the first national programme for locally managed fractional aircraft". The programme is aimed at fixed-base operators, aircraft management companies and charter operators that want to enter ...
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Singaporean purchase
Singapore is planning to equip its combat helicopters with the Rafael Spike and NT-D anti-tank missiles. The Singapore army has purchased the Spike and the air force is evaluating both missiles. The fibre-optic-guided Spike has a range of 4km (2.5 miles). The NT-D is a larger version of the Spike, ...
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Novair nears A330-200 lease deal to replace TriStars
Swedish charter airline Novair is finalising a deal with International Lease Finance for two Airbus A330-200s to replace its Lockheed L-1011 TriStars. The airline, a wholly owned subsidiary of Scandinavia's third largest tour operator, Apollo, has been negotiating for a new long- haul aircraft for several months as it ...
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Lockheed Martin pins hopes of recovery on aeronautics
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Lockheed Martin is counting on improvements in its aeronautics sector to boost its ailing financial performance. Chief financial officer Phil Duke says the C-130J is expected to be "very slightly profitable" by year-end, after the programme was re-baselined in June. This involved the company taking a ...
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GV reaches landmark as business rivalry hots up
Gulfstream Aerospace will deliver its 50th GV in August, as the growth in ultra-long range business aircraft accelerates, with rival products being fielded. Bombardier delivered the first Global Express in early July and the first Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) is expected to emerge from the completion centre in August. Gulfstream, ...
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Japan medical
MD Helicopters has delivered an air medical Explorer to Japanese distributor Tomen Aerospace for use by Aero Asahi, which will operate the helicopter for a hospital as part of a government-supported trial. Air Methods provided the interior for the helicopter. Colorado-based Air Methods believes the trial, the first air medical ...
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Alberta gets Phoenix FanJet go-ahead
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON Alberta Aerospace (AAC) has been given the green light by a Belgian court to proceed with certification of the Phoenix FanJet. This follows a protracted battle with former investors in bankrupt manufacturer Promavia over the rights to the single-engined aircraft, formerly known as the Promavia Jet Squalus. ...
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Licensing unchanged despite Kennedy crash
US authorities appear to have no intention of changing the rules about the weather and light conditions in which private pilots without instrument ratings (IR) may fly, despite the crash last week of John F Kennedy Jr's Piper Saratoga II. The investigation into what caused the accident will centre ...
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Canada Diamond sold
General aviation aircraft manufacturer Diamond Aircraft has been sold to Australian businessman Peter Chambers for an undisclosed sum. London, Ontario-based Diamond, which designs and builds the DA20 Katana range of two-seat single-engined light aircraft, has focused in recent years on the training market. Observers, however, believe that the ...
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Cirrus hands over first four-seat SR20
Cirrus Design delivered the first single-engined SR20 on 20 July, while the second aircraft handover is imminent. Duluth, Minnesota-based Cirrus has clocked up more than 320 orders for the $179,400, four-seat 160kt (300km/h) aircraft, which is fitted with an airframe parachute system as standard. Cirrus plans to deliver 100 Teledyne ...
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Experimental engines
After-market and engine-overhaul specialists Superior Air Parts and Mattituck Aviation are combining to produce a line of four-cylinder aircraft engines for experimental aircraft. Components for the 110-185kW (150-250hp) engines will be supplied by engine part supplier Superior and shipped to Mattituck's New York site for assembly. Source: Flight International
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US Marines look at Litening for Harriers
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC The US Marine Corps will decide whether to equip its Boeing AV-8B Harrier IIs with the Rafael Litening targeting and navigation pod by the end of July at the conclusion of demonstration trials. USMC planning had called for the initial funding of a pod acquisition to equip ...
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Pentagon will test GPS jamming safeguard
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC The US military is to begin flight tests this year of a device designed to overcome attempts to jam global positioning systems (GPS) over a battlefield, say officials involved in the research and development programme. The project is part of the US Air Force's extensive ...