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Low-cost work
Wicat Systems, with Faros, Airbus and Aerospatiale, has introduced a maintenance training device (MTD), which is being offered as a low-cost alternative to simulators used for Airbus A320 cockpit-based maintenance procedures training. Derived from Wicat's flight management system trainers, the MTD uses full-flight simulator software. Source: Flight International
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EC rebuff forces KLM to drop bid for total Martinair control
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has dropped plans to acquire the 50% holding in Dutch operator Martinair that it does not already own. The news comes after KLM failed to reach agreement with the European Commission (EC) over the conditions required to let the deal go ahead. In the face ...
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Bombardier loses Canadair Regional Jet partner
Bombardier has lost one of its key risk-sharing partners on the Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) Series 700 programme, although the company concerned will continue as a subcontractor. Vancouver-based Avcorp Industries says increased non-recurring costs on its contract to design and develop the horizontal and vertical stabilisers for the stretched ...
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Precision Castpartsleaves Scaled Composites on tenterhooks
Precision Castparts (PCC) says that it has yet to decide whether to keep Wyman-Gordon's Scaled Composites subsidiary once its acquisition of the forgings specialist is complete. Senior PCC executives visited the Burt Rutan-run prototyping operation at the end of May. PCC, which produces structural and airfoil castings for gas ...
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Poland and Bulgaria prepare to privatise national carriers
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Plans by Poland and Bulgaria to sell off major stakes in their state-owned flag carriers are gathering pace. A strategic partner is being sought for LOT Polish Airlines, while Balkan Bulgarian Airlines is set to get a new majority shareholder. The Polish Government is preparing to ...
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Vnukovo acts to stem losses
Vnukovo Airlines, Russia's second-largest airline in terms of passenger numbers, has changed its general director and several of its senior management following several years of heavy losses. The new general director is Vladimir Roubtsov. He was a senior official in the Soviet Ministry of Civil Aviation and was with ...
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Routes
The USA has signed an open-skies agreement with the Gulf state of Bahrain and hopes to extend the agreement to the other three states that have shareholdings in Gulf Air. Discussions have begun with Oman, while an outline agreement was reached with the United Arab Emirates in April. There have ...
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Syrianair thinks over 747SP role as new A320 fleet expands
Syrianair is considering the launch of new long-haul routes for its two Boeing 747SPs, as new Airbus A320s replace them on many services. The Damascus-based carrier has operated the 23-year-old, 320-seat 747s since they were delivered new in 1976. The airline ordered six 150-seat A320s in 1997 to update ...
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Chicago Express finalises fleet expansion plans
Chicago Express is poised to decide on its fleet expansion strategy as the US regional airline moves to bolster its position at Chicago Midway Airport. The wholly owned subsidiary of American Trans Air's (ATA) parent AmTran Holdings uses its fleet of nine leased British Aerospace Jetstream 31s on feeder ...
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Aurigny introduces first Saab 340
Aurigny Air Services has introduced the first of two Saab 340As for its new services to London Stansted and Amsterdam. The Channel Islands-based carrier will launch flights from Guernsey to Stansted on 4 June, while flights to Amsterdam will begin in July when the second Saab will have been delivered. ...
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L'Aeropostale plans express cargo network
French company L'Aeropostale is discussing opening a new European express freight network in an alliance with subsidiaries of its two shareholders, La Poste and Air France. The firm is about to embark on a major expansion of its capacity, replacing its two Boeing 727s with three cargo-configured Airbus A300B4s ...
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Airports
Bologna's Guglielmo Marconi Airport is to spend L380 billion ($207 million) expanding its capacity. A series of projects running up to 2006 will start next year, with the airport lengthening the main runway. Work to follow includes completion of a new terminal, additional taxiways and a bigger ramp. Last year ...
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China Airlines awaits approval to wrap up 747-400F contract
Brent Hannon/TAIPEI China Airlines (CAL) is preparing to conclude a deal with Boeing for 12 747-400 freighters, but is awaiting Taiwanese Government approval before it finalises the order. "We will replace our whole freighter fleet with the one aircraft type," says the airline, adding that fleet commonality is ...
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US authorities diverge on safety priorities
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has published a list of safety policy priorities which differs dramatically from one which was recently released by the US Federal Aviation Administration. The NTSB's "most wanted list" also includes priority recommendations for other transport modes, but the aviation demands include: ...
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Western Express expands Fokker F27 freighter fleet
Western Express Airlines (West-Ex) has boosted its Fokker F27 freighter fleet with the acquisition of a Mk400 from Farnair Europe. The aircraft joins two F27s and a Fairchild Metro. It will enable the Vancouver-based Canadian cargo carrier to expand the route network it operates for Canadian express packages specialist Purolator ...
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Marketplace
Airbus Industrie received its first firm contract for the new 107-seat A318 in April, when an undisclosed customer placed orders for 57 A320 family aircraft, including 30 A318s, 14 A319s, three A320s and 10 A321s. COPA Airlines of Panama has taken delivery of the first of 12 Boeing 737-700s it ...
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Shuttle war gathers pace
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC The air war over Washington DC has escalated with US Airways announcing plans to introduce new Airbus A320s. The move comes as it expands its lucrative shuttle operation in competition with Delta Air Lines and United Airlines. US Airways will replace 12 Boeing 727-200s operated ...
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Titan IVB avoids hat-trick of failures
Lockheed Martin launched a Titan IVB booster, with no upper stage, carrying an unidentified National Reconnaissance Office satellite, from Vandenberg AFB, California, on 22 May. The success of the venture breaks a sequence of two failed Titan IVB launches carrying inertial upper stages and Centaur upper stages in April. ...
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Pressure builds for single-engine change
David Learmount/LONDON Ten Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) countries, plus Canada and the USA, have submitted proposals to the JAA in favour of reducing restrictions on single-engine turboprop commercial operations. Only the UK has filed against the proposals. The Joint Aviation Requirements Operations (JAR Ops) on the subject will ...
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Elta radar pod cleared for F-16
Elta's EL/M-2060P synthetic aperture radar (SAR) pod for fighters has been certificated for use on the Lockheed Martin F-16. An unnamed air force has signed a contract for the radar and it has been offered for a Royal Air Force requirement to equip Panavia Tornados and Eurofighters. Built into a ...