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Korean Air incurs fresh penalties
Korean Air (KAL) has suffered a new round of government sanctions on its domestic operations following the release of findings from the investigation into the recent runway overrun of a KAL Boeing MD-83. The South Korean Government has forced KAL to cut frequencies on its Seoul-Pohang route from 35 ...
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Transeuropean flies Tu-204
Transeuropean Airlines introduced on 15 May the first of three Tupolev Tu-204s it has on order, serving Barcelona from Moscow. The Moscow Sheremetyevo-based charter carrier, which operates two Tupolev Tu-154s and three Ilyushin Il-86s, will take delivery of its second and third Perm PS-90A-powered Tu-204s later this year for operation ...
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Chinese aim to compensate for traffic slump with aircraft leases
Chinese airlines are responding to overcapacity and a slump in domestic traffic by offering aircraft for lease to other carriers. China Southern Airlines, based in Guangzhou, is to wet-lease two of its Boeing 777-200s to Biman Airlines of Bangladesh for carrying passengers on the hadj, starting in July. Chengdu-based ...
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US carriers keep close watch on American court case
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC American Airlines promises to mount a vigorous defence against US Department of Justice (DoJ) allegations that it practised predatory behaviour to drive out start-up airlines at its Dallas/Fort Worth hub (Flight International, 19-25 May). The civil lawsuit against American is the first to follow a ...
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JAA warns of fraught times ahead
Replacing the European Joint Aviation Authorities with its planned successor, the single European Aviation Safety Authority (EASA), over the next five years is going to be fraught with difficulties, according to JAA director-general Klaus Koplin. The JAA has completed its basic task, Koplin says, and its remaining job is to ...
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Pakistan International introduces first 747-300 with revised scheme
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has begun its fleet update programme with the introduction of the first of six Boeing 747-300s on lease from Cathay Pacific. The first aircraft, in a modified colour scheme, is being operated to London. The Rolls-Royce RB211-powered 747-300s, acquired under a lease-purchase contract, replace six Pratt ...
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Stabilised delays
Airspace restrictions imposed because of the Kosovo crisis are causing 30% of air traffic delays in Europe, according to Eurocontrol. The level of delays due to the airspace restrictions has fallen and stabilised over the last month. In the first two weeks of the conflict about 50% of air traffic ...
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Lufthansa ponders A319CJ for long-haul luxury service
David Learmount/TOULOUSE Lufthansa is considering using the Airbus A319CJ corporate aircraft to carry high yield passengers on scheduled long-haul services. The CJ is the corporate jet version of the 124-seat A319 short/ medium-range twinjet. This has a customised cabin and increased fuel capacity through the addition of auxiliary tanks ...
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UK will seek phased US open skies deal
The UK government has admitted it will seek a phased open skies agreement on services between the UK and USA when formal negotiations on a new bilateral treaty resume in mid-June. Following two days of informal talks in the UK, which ended on 20 May, the two sides say that ...
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US probes launches
The US launcher industry may be grounded for up to six months as President Bill Clinton has ordered Defense Secretary George Cohen to investigate recent launch failures of Lockheed Martin Titan IV, Athena and Boeing Delta III boosters. Six failures between July 1998 and May this year have cost over ...
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BAe/Dasa hold cargo aircraft merger talks
Andrew Doyle/DRESDEN Airbus Industrie partners Aerospatiale, British Aerospace and DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (Dasa) are in talks to form a joint venture to take over sales and marketing of their A300 and A310 cargo conversion and maintenance businesses. The move could be the first step towards the establishment of a "European ...
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Dynamic future awaits Gulfstream after purchase
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC The long-anticipated sale of US business jet giant Gulfstream has been announced, but the buyer is a surprise: General Dynamics (GD) has agreed to acquire the manufacturer in a one-for-one stock swap which values the company at $5.3 billion. GD was attracted by Gulfstream's strong ...
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US DoD orders JDAM production ramp-up
Ramon Lopez/EGLIN AFB The US Department of Defense has ordered Boeing to accelerate production of Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) kits for the US Air Force and navy because of a shortage created by its successful use in the air campaign over Yugoslavia, says Oscar Soler, JDAM programme manager. ...
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Space at premium as NATO builds air fleet
NATO plans to increase the number of aircraft taking part in Operation Allied Force to nearly 1,300 is driving the alliance to establish more bases in Hungary, while also shifting assets so that they are closer to the battlefield. NATO says that deployment of additional aircraft is a question of ...
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Kosovo notes
NATO drops 10 bombs on the Kosovo village of Korisa, possibly killing up to 100 ethnic Albanian refugees. US defence secretary William Cohen says there is a "very distinct possibility" that the refugees were being used as human shields to protect a Serbian police/army command post. Six days later ...
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Dynamic return
Watch out, Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics is getting back into the aircraft business. The company that dumbfounded the industry, when it spectacularly and lucratively dismembered itself in the early 1990s, is confounding observers by reassembling itself. GD's agreement to acquire business jet manufacturer Gulfstream has surprised most and puzzled ...
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Alertness training
The problem of fatigue is being tackled by a US company that is teaching corporate pilots how to stay awake on long trips Paul Seidenman/SAN FRANCISCOA scientific consulting firm that specialises in developing strategies to combat crew fatigue has come up with training programmes specifically for corporate aircraft flightcrews who ...
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Remote Agent controls Deep Space 1 New Millennium craft
Tim Furniss/LONDON NASA has pioneered the use of artificial intelligence as a primary means of controlling a spacecraft. The space agency's New Millennium programme flagship, Deep Space 1, has been placed under the full control of the craft's Remote Agent. The spacecraft, launched from Cape Canaveral on 24 October ...
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Russian delays 'cost $1.2 billion'
Contingency planning for Russia's participation in the International Space Station (ISS) will add $1.2 billion to the project's cost, says the US General Accounting Office (GAO). Delays in completing the Russian Service Module for the ISS have contributed to a two-year hold-up in the programme. In addition, NASA concedes ...
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US Q400 order on horizon as targets are bettered
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Bombardier and US regional carrier Horizon Air are negotiating a deal for at least 20 Dash 8 Q400 turboprops. An order from Horizon would represent a critical breakthrough in the North American market for the Canadian manufacturer. Although not confirmed by either party, ...