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Italy/Russia agree on Yak-130
Aermacchi is pressing ahead with plans for certification by 2003 of a fully "Westernised" version of the Yakovlev Yak-130 advanced/lead-in fighter trainer (left), following the signing of an intergovernmental agreement between Italy and Russia.The deal should ensure that sufficient funding is available to complete development of the aircraft, known ...
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South Africa may trim shopping list
Jonathan Rosenthal/JOHANNESBURG The South African Government may drop one or more of six major aviation and naval weapon purchase programmes from its R30 billion ($4.9 billion) arms procurement package, announced last October, because of fiscal constraints. Defence ministry chief negotiator Jayendra Naidoo, who is heading talks with preferred suppliers, ...
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Boeing awaits go-ahead for extended range Globemaster
Boeing expects formal US Department of Defense approval this week to fit an extended range tank (ERT)to the C-17 Globemaster. The revised aircraft configuration could be delivered to the UK Royal Air Force (RAF) to meet its Short Term Strategic Airlift (STSA) requirement. The ERT boosts fuel capacity by ...
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Striker helmet in ejection test
Marconi Electronic Systems has tested its Striker helmet during a high speed ejection of a mannequin from a McDonnell Douglas F-4J Phantom flying at 600kt (1,100km/h). Striker encompasses Marconi helmet technologies such as day/night vision systems and off-boresight targeting. Normally, ejection tests are from ground sleds, but an air test ...
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Eurocontrol legal power looms
Julian Moxon/PARIS Eurocontrol wants to introduce a tougher enforcement mechanism for new air traffic management (ATM) procedures and suggests using the European Union (EU) legislative system to give it the power it needs. The move results partly from confusion among member states over the introduction last year of ...
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Two airlines target Las Vegas for new services
Two US airlines have launched new scheduled services, with an "underserved" Las Vegas, Nevada, market set firmly in their sights. Start-up National Airlines began flights from its Las Vegas hub to Los Angeles and Chicago Midway on 27 May. Five days later, charter carrier Sun Country Airlines ventured into ...
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Workshop
Nordam has announced orders for 26 shipsets of Stage 3 hushkits for the Boeing 737-200 - six for US lessor C-S Aviation Services; five for aircraft leased by Vanguard Airlines from Unicapital Air Group (three) and GECAS (two); four for US lessor Triton Aviation, two to be installed on aircraft ...
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Loganair takes two Saab 340Bs
Scottish regional carrier Loganair is upgrading its fleet with two ex-Mesaba Airlines Saab 340Bs from the manufacturer's leasing division. The airline, which operates services under franchise for British Airways, will use the two 33-seaters to replace Shorts 360s on services between the Scottish mainland and the Shetland and Orkney Islands. ...
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Mexicans prepare for fleet rejigs
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Aeromexico and Mexicana hope to finalise plans for a common replacement narrowbody jet by August, after the Mexican Government indicated it would permit both carriers to remain under Cintra ownership. The state-run Cintra holding company wants to amalgamate the two airlines' long-running refleeting evaluation and analysis ...
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Canadian subsidies dispute delays BRJ-X funds
Canada's dispute with Brazil over subsidies for regional aircraft has delayed talks with Bombardier on government funding support to develop the proposed BRJ-X 90/110-seat regional airliner. The Canadian Government is appealing against a World Trade Organisation (WTO) ruling that its Technology Partnerships Canada (TPC) programme constitutes an export subsidy. ...
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Routes
Northwest Airlines Cargo will introduce its ninth Boeing 747-200 freighter on 1 September on transpacific services, enabling the carrier to upgrade services from Chicago and New York from shared capacity on a single freighter to full aircraft capacity. The Australian Government has agreed to allow Emirates to introduce an additional ...
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AlliedSignal-Honeywell deal tops supplier merger trend
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Emma Kelly/LONDON The agreement by AlliedSignal and Honeywell to merge after a long on-off affair is testament to the growing urgency to consolidate the supplier industry following massive mergers among US aerospace and defence prime contractors. The move is also in line with a trend ...
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CSA checks out its options on alliances
Andrew Doyle/PRAGUE CSA Czech Airlines is bucking the east European trend and holding back from joining a major alliance, preferring to develop codeshares to evaluate potential partners. While other flag carriers in the region - Hungary's Malév, LOT Polish Airlines, Tarom of Romania and Balkan Bulgarian - are in advanced ...
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Tanzania may pull out of Ugandan carrier
The Tanzanian Government may be preparing to pull out of Uganda-based carrier SA-Alliance Air in response to the latter's growing links with South African Airways (SAA) and ahead of the privatisation of flag carrier Air Tanzania (ATC). Transport minister Ernest Nyanda is to "review" Tanzania's future involvement with the ...
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Russia's Vnukovo and Sibir take merger road
Vnukovo Airlines, Russia's biggest domestic carrier, may be on course for a merger with Sibir - one of the country's few thriving airlines - following the appointment of Sibir chief executive Viacheslav Filiov as general director of the larger carrier. Filiov succeeds Vladimir Rubstov, who was appointed to the ...
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Mergers
Shareholders in US Airways Express carrier CCAIR have approved its merger with Mesa Air, of which it will become a wholly-owned subsidiary. Heroux has increased its involvement in Bombardier's Canadair Regional Jet programme by acquiring fellow Canadian aerostructures companies Metro Machining and Les Industries CAT. Turboméca is to acquire the ...
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Embraer aims for more from military
Chris Jasper/SAO JOSE DOS CAMPOS Embraer hopes to increase the share of turnover contributed by the military side of its business to 30% within five years, although it says a long-term aim of achieving a 50:50 split between defence and commercial activities is unlikely due to the runaway success ...
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PAL gets cash and meets creditors
Philippine Airlines (PAL) is meeting creditors to restructure about $1 billion of debt following its eleventh-hour success in securing a $200 million cash injection to stay alive. Meetings are being held with European export credit agencies (ECAs) - which are owed 55% of the airline's $2.2 billion debts and ...
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Low fuel prices mask grim year for European carriers
Europe's carriers made a consolidated profit of around $2 billion in 1998, the Association of European Airlines (AEA) has estimated, although it says that around half that sum "was a windfall from historically low fuel prices". The AEA's 27 members saw a 7.5% increase in passenger kilometres, but seat kilometre ...
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Crossair starts ERJ-170/190 family rolling
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Embraer has launched its new family of 70/108-seat regional jets with a commitment from Crossair for up to 160 aircraft. The deal, involving about 60 firm orders, covers 70-seat ERJ-170s and 108-seat ERJ-190-200s for delivery from late 2002. The Swiss regional carrier has orders and options ...