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People power
People power comes to Paris with the appearance of Direct Personnel at Hall 4/E11. The company specialises in the supply of aviation personnel to airlines and airline maintenance companies. From captains and first officers to avionics engineers, Direct Personnel has supplied staff on short- and long-term contracts to companies ...
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Reusable parts eyed in Ariane 5 successor studies
Even before the first commercial Ariane 5 booster has been launched this summer on flight 504, the European Space Agency (ESA) is looking towards its replacement by a new vehicle in 2015. The development of the new reusable or partly reusable launcher will begin in 2007, after a ...
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ESA plans mission to retrieve Mars sample
Tim Furniss The European Space Agency (ESA) and the French space agency (CNES) are part of an international effort to return samples of the Martian surface to Earth in 2008. The Mars bid will begin in 2003 with the launch of a Delta III booster which will despatch ...
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Fear of failure makes launch industry nervous
Tim Furniss Satellites failing in space. Spacecraft problems delaying launches. Launch failures. This has been the story of the past year - and the nightmare may not be over. What has gone wrong? Today, we depend on satellites to such an extent that it can directly affect us. ...
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Derlan offloads seating business to ERDA
US seating specialist ERDA has bought the seating division of diversified engineering group Derlan Industries of Santa Ana, California. The deal is the latest in a series of divestments by Derlan which has been working with banking advisors on ways to maximise shareholder value. Terms of the ...
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ANA converts 777 orders to long-range -200ERs
Japan's All Nippon Airways (ANA) has converted an order for a single Boeing 777-200 and three 777-300s to four longer-range 777-200ERs as part of its newly unveiled restructuring plan. ANA spokeswoman Kate Opekar says from Tokyo that the first of the new aircraft will be delivered in October ...
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United 747-400 attendant hurt in accident
Improper operation of the galley elevator on a United Airlines Boeing 747-400 caused serious injury to a flight attendant on a Singapore-Tokyo Narita flight on 9 June, and caused the captain to divert the aircraft to Hong Kong. An initial US Federal Aviation Administration report of the incident says ...
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Cathay Pacific reveals pilot pay agreement details
Cathay Pacific Airways has revealed details of the revised pay agreement that its senior pilots have accepted, as negotiated between the company and its aircrew union, the Hong Kong Aircrew Officers Association (AOA). Of the more than 700 A-scale - senior - pilots that responded to the offer, a ...
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MAJORs take first steps for Asian LINK
Aerospatiale Matra and Lockheed Martin have signed a memorandum of agreement to pursue a joint investment in the new Korean Aircraft Industries (KAI). This is the first step towards possible greater co-operation between the US defence and aerospace giant and Airbus Industrie. The agreement follows the South ...
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ILFC takes A318s in new mega-order
Mike Martin International Lease Finance (ILFC) has ordered 30 of Airbus Industrie's latest aircraft, the A318 - part of a 60-aircraft deal for A320 family aircraft, it was announced at the show yesterday. It was also announced that AirLanka has ordered three more A330-200s. The list price ...
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Landmark delivery for Eurocopter EC135
Paul Derby Eurocopter's EC135 twin-engined helicopter programme reached a landmark at Paris yesterday. The manufacturer delivered the 100th EC135 to the helicopter unit of the Bavarian police force at the show and says that confirmed sales now stand at 160. The force has now received eight of the ...
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AlliedSignal, Belgians in AS900 development
AlliedSignal and Techspace Aero Herstal of Belgium are to begin a long-term risk-sharing partnership on the AS900 engine programme. Signed at the show, the arrangement covers the entire AS900 engine family programme from development and production through to overhaul and maintenance services. The development and production side ...
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Embraer invades Bombardier territory
Graham Warwick Embraer has won a customer for its 50-seat regional jet in rival Bombardier's home town. Montreal-based InterCanadian, the largest independent regional airline in Canada, has ordered six firm and six option ERJ-145s in a deal worth $230 million. It is the Brazilian manufacturer's first regional ...
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'no easy rides' - eurofighter
Alan Dron Eurofighter yesterday bluntly warned that any suppliers to the EF2000 fighter project will be dropped if they fail to deliver their parts of the programme. Speaking at the show, deputy managing director Luis Muñoz says: "Suppliers have a critical role to play. We are demanding that ...
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Stealth Gulfstream? Ask the Skunk Works
Graham Warwick The supersonic business jet being studied by Gulfstream and Lockheed Martin could incorporate stealth technology. Lockheed Martin's famed Skunk Works believes it has found a way to reduce sonic booms - a major hurdle to overland supersonic flight. The two US manufacturers are studying the ...
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Opher bomb deployed in Kosovo
Italian air force AMX pilots have used the Israeli made Opher imaging infra-red guided bombs in action for the first time over Kosovo, according to the weapon's makers Elbit Systems. Serb air defence sites were destroyed in the first attack in mid-April, Dan Israeli, the company's guided munitions ...
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Certification for ERJ 135
Embraer's 37-seat ERJ-135 - the smallest of its regional jet family - has gained its Brazilian certification this week. US Federal Aviation Administration certification is expected to follow by July and European certification in October. The ERJ-135 is taking part in the show's flight and static displays and a ...
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Phantom Works tackles advanced commercial design
Boeing's Phantom Works, which started life in secrecy as part of fighter builder McDonnell Douglas, has begun to get involved in advanced development work for Boeing's commercial airliner group. The Phantom Works is now a "virtual" operation, headquartered in St Louis, but with outposts at all of Boeing's major ...
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Agusta attack helicopter attracts strong interest
Paul Derby A flurry of activity surrounds Agusta's A129 attack helicopter as the aircraft is shown at Paris. With the Scorpion configuration already in the running for three of the world's most lucrative helicopter contests, the Italian army's A129s are also set to undergo a major upgrade to ...
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Extra for FedEx
Boeing is to supply passenger-to-freight modification services for 19 additional MD-11s for FedEx, it was announced at the show yesterday. Boeing Airplane Services will supply new parts and airplane-specific engineering needed to convert the MD-11 passenger airplanes into freighter. Boeing is currently under a separate contract to modify 11 ...