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Global delivery
Bombardier has delivered the first Global Express long-range business jet from its Montreal completion centre. Service entry is about a year later than planned and seven months later than expected when the aircraft received Canadian certification last July. European Joint Aviation Authorities certification was awarded in May. Bombardier is claiming ...
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Ageing airliner census 1999
Time marches on for the world's ageing jet and turboprop airliners Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON The average age of the Western world's fleet of airliners that qualify for this year's census is 25 years. Some individual aircraft types have been subject to more intense scrutiny after recent events or incidents, as ...
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Sound solutions
BFGoodrich's campaign to quieten Boeing 727s is making rapid progress Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Spending serious money to extend the life of an airliner is tough, but spending more to re-engine it is harder. Despite the apparent economic headwind, BFGoodrich's Super 27 Boeing 727 re-engining programme is rapidly gaining momentum and ...
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French navy contract
The French ministry of defence has signed a contract with Sogitec and Thomson Training & Simulation to supply the French navy with two tactical trainers for the Dassault Rafale M carrierborne combat aircraft. Source: Flight International
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Proton failure puts question mark over ISS Zvezda launch
Tim Furniss/LONDON The failure of a domestic Russian launch of a four-stage Proton booster on 5 July has grounded International Launch Services (ILS) and casts doubts on a punctual launch of the International Space Station (ISS) Zvezda service module in November. The US-Russian ILS Atlas fleet is already ...
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Arianespace signs Ellipso deal
Julian Moxon/PARIS Arianespace has signed a unique partnership agreement with satellite telecommunications provider Ellipso, which involves the launch of a constellation of 20 satellites aboard the Ariane 5 and an investment in the system by the launch company. The memorandum of agreement, which covers four launches from early 2002, ...
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Rosetta goes on as NASA retires
The European Space Agency (ESA) has completed the final design of its Rosetta orbiter and is preparing the spacecraft for a comet landing in 2012. NASA recently cancelled its Champollion comet lander project because of budget cuts. Europe "has seized the opportunity the USA always misses", said ESA director ...
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SpaceDev and Lockheed Martin probe low-cost services scheme
SpaceDev and Lockheed Martin have joined forces to investigate the development and marketing of low-cost access to orbit for small payloads. The delivery service will be based on the Lockheed Athena booster and SpaceDev's standardised MiniSIL spacecraft buses. Two SpaceDev craft would fly on the Athena, carrying science and ...
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Starsem gathers new contracts
Globalstar has awarded a contract to Starsem to carry four more satellites on a Soyuz launch in 2001. This follows three launches of four Globalstars each this year. Another three previously contracted Globalstar launches are due later this year. The Aerospatiale-Matra/Arianespace/Samara/Russian SpaceAgency owned Starsem also has contracts for two ...
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Arianespace receives 1,000th Viking engine
Snecma's rocket engine division has delivered its 1,000th Viking rocket engine to Arianespace. It produces three types of Viking for Ariane 4s. Four Viking 5Cs are used to power the first stage and a single Viking 4 propels the second stage, while the Ariane 42L, 44LP and 44L are ...
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Telkom delivery
Lockheed Martin has shipped Indonesia's Telkom 1 communications satellite to Kourou for its delayed launch aboard Ariane 504. The A2100 satellite bus will have to wait until its sister payload, Worldspace's Asiastar, is ready. The 504 launch - the first fully commercial mission of an Ariane 5 by Arianespace - ...
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Malpensa row simmers on as airlines prepare fresh protests
Andy Nativi/GENOA The European Commission (EC) is renewing its interest in Italian moves to switch airline operations from Milan Linate Airport to the expanded airport at Malpensa, just as user airlines, led by Lufthansa, prepare to raise new objections to the plans. The airlines, which include British Airways ...
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Marketplace
Air Nostrum has bought three Fokker 50s off lease from Kenya Airways. The Spanish regional carrier has operated the aircraft on lease from Kenya for a year. Premiair has signed operating leases for three new Airbus A330-300s for delivery next summer. The Rolls-Royce Trent 772B-powered aircraft will be operated ...
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Kazakhstan begins A310 operations
Air Kazakhstan has introduced its first Western widebody, a 14-year old Airbus A310-300, recently delivered on lease. The Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7R4-powered ex-Swissair aircraft is operated from Almaty to European destinations. The airline operates over 50 aircraft including Ilyushin Il-86s, Tupolev Tu-134s, Tu-154s and two Boeing 737-200s. Source: Flight International
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SAirGroup warns Switzerland on proposed noise penalties
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH SAirGroup is warning that Swiss Government plans to increase aircraft noise penalties around Zurich and Geneva airports threaten its ability to compete effectively internationally. The government is proposing that the two airports be forced to pay up to SFr1 billion ($658 million) over five years to ...
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Hinduja 727 freighter accident leaves no clues
There are no clear causes for the 7 July crash of a Boeing 727-200Adv freighter that hit hilly terrain 5min after take-off from Kathmandhu, Nepal. The weather was good when the Hinduja Cargo Services aircraft departed at 19:46 local time, bound for New Delhi, India. There was no emergency call ...
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Fairchild 328JET receives European certification
The Fairchild Aerospace 328JET has gained European Joint Aviation Authorities certification, with US approval set to follow before the end of the month. The certification comes as the company moves closer to finalising a 110-aircraft contract from a US carrier, believed to be Atlantic Coast Airlines (ACA). The approval, ...
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Jet additions
Jet Aviation has added six business jets to its European charter fleet. The new customer-owned aircraft, which include three Bombardier Challenger 604s, two Dassault Falcon 2000s and a Cessna Citation X, will be based in Zurich, Switzerland. Source: Flight International
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Rural helicopter
Illinois, USA-based farm supplies chain Rural King has taken delivery of its first Eurocopter AS350BA AStar helicopter, to be used to transport company executives across its network of 17 shops. American Eurocopter has also signed a service contract with German company KID-Systeme for the supply and maintenance of cabin systems. ...
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Cessna inspections
The US Federal Aviation Administration has issued an airworthiness directive ordering 50h inspections beyond the 500h inspection period, of stainless-steel exhaust systems on about 9,500 turbocharged Cessna twins. Inspections are required until 2,200h, or engine removal for overhaul, whichever occurs first. Source: Flight International