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Canadian Airlines has started codesharing with British Airways on the latter's routes from London to Brussels, Belgium and Stockholm, Sweden. Qantas and Western Samoa-based Polynesian Airlines have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop a "commercial relationship" which will include codesharing. UK cargo carrier Channel Express is launching a weekly ...
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American faces anti-trust suit
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC The US Government is to take American Airlines to court over alleged predatory behaviour at its Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, hub. The US Department of Justice (DoJ) charges that American repeatedly sought to drive start-up airlines out of D/FW by adding flights and cutting fares, then reducing service ...
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British Midland applies for bilateral exemption
British Midland (BM) has applied to the US Department of Transportation (DoT) for an exemption from the UK/US air services agreement to allow it to launch transatlantic services in late March 2000. The UK airline is initially seeking approval for the London Heathrow-New York Kennedy route. To introduce the ...
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USA establishes advisory flight data committee
The US Federal Aviation Administration, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and aviation safety experts are forming the Future Flight Data Committee to identify new technologies for flight data collection. Formation of the advisory group follows the FAA's decision to require upgraded flight data recorders on newer Boeing 737s a ...
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NTSB tells FAA to speed up ground proximity schedule
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is urging the Federal Aviation Administration to accelerate the schedule for installation of enhanced ground proximity warning systems (EGPWS) in all turbine-powered aircraft with six or more seats. The NTSB wants aircraft not required to be equipped with GPWS to be fitted ...
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Alitalia shops for regional jet
Alitalia is examining options for a major regional jet acquisition. The carrier plans to introduce aircraft in the 50-seat and 80/100-seat category for its Alitalia Express operations and it is considering placing an order for Boeing 747-400s to improve its long-haul fleet compatibility with partner KLM. The Bombardier Canadair Regional ...
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Pan Am owner aims for scheduled start
Guilford Transportation Industries, which operates Pan American World Airways as a charter carrier, appears ready to start scheduled airline service through the acquisition of two financially troubled US airlines. Miami-based Pan Am was acquired in a federal bankruptcy court by Guilford, a regional rail concern, last June. In March, ...
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Spain opens C295 account
The Spanish Government has opened the orderbook for the CASA C295 military transport with a deal for nine aircraft. "We have started marketing the aircraft worldwide as a natural complement to the smaller CN235 and C212," says CASA. It adds that there are "excellent prospects" for sales of around 20 ...
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Boeing and Sikorsky seek extra cash to keep Comanche flying
Boeing and Sikorsky are seeking an additional $108 million in US Congressional funding for theRAH-66 Comanche programme to continue flying the second prototype next year. The start of engineering and manufacturing development has been advanced by 19 months, to next year, but more money is needed in the transition from ...
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Funds sought to modernise UH-60
The US Army wants initial funding next year to start a two-step avionics and powerplant modernisation programme for its Sikorsky UH-60A/L Black Hawk utility helicopters. A Black Hawk modernisation programme calls for up to 613 UH-60As to be upgraded to UH-60L+, starting in 2002. Another 357 will be modernised ...
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Suite tests
Flight tests will begin this year of the ITT Industries ALQ-211 suite of integrated RF countermeasures (SIRFC). Two self-protection suites have been delivered to the US Army for ground tests. Operational test and evaluation and production will begin in 2000. The army is to fit SIRFC to Boeing AH-64D Longbow ...
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Ayres lets Czech Republic for FedEx Loadmaster production
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC FedEx has converted options on 25 additional Ayres Loadmaster freighters to firm orders. Ayres will produce the turboprop-powered aircraft, for the airline's European operation at Let in the Czech Republic, says president Fred Ayres. The package carrier already holds orders for 50 Loadmasters to be ...
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Europa introduces glider wing kit
Europa Aircraft has developed a variant of its Europa XS single-engined all-composite kit plane. Dubbed the Europa Motor Glider, the aircraft has two carbon fibre wings spanning 13m (42ft) and a new laminar flow aerofoil section. The standard aircraft version can be changed in 5min to the motor glider version. ...
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NTSB urges action
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has recommended that Cessna develop an inspection procedure for identifying cracks in the main retractable landing gear systems of Cessna 172RGs and 182RGs, following a non-fatal incident involving an American East Airways four-seat 172RG last August. The NTSB urges the Federal Aviation Administration ...
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Fairchild lines up Envoy 3 for June certification
Fairchild Aerospace has completed a prototype of its Envoy 3 business aircraft, which it plans to display at the Paris air show in June. A Fairchild Dornier 328 regional turboprop has been fitted with a 12-passenger executive interior to demonstrate the cabin environment in the Envoy 3 corporate version ...
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Regional TCAS
Honeywell has announced a string of new regional customers for its TCAS 2000 traffic alert and collision avoidance system. They include a deal with KLM-UK to fit the system, plus antennas, into five ATR-72s. An order from Crossair to fit TCAS 2000 to 29 Saab 2000 and 12 Saab 340Bs ...
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An oversight
Jurisdiction in airline safety matters is a mess if the experiences of British Airways, the UK Civil Aviation Authority and Malaysia Airlines are anything to go by. The present "system" for overseeing the safety standards of an airline once it leaves its country of registration is, just not working. Which ...
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Regional revolution
Carl Albert, chief executive of Fairchild Aerospace calls it a revolution, a description delegates at the Regional Airline Association meeting in Arizona would have been hard pressed to disagree with. The revolution in question was the switch to regional jets, and not just 50 and 70-seaters, but 30, 40 and ...
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Romanian Opher
The Romanian air force has selected the Elbit Opher autonomous terminal guidance system to turn unguided bombs into smart munitions. The Opher comprises a vane-stabilised passive imaging infrared or laser seeker , an image processor capable of autonomous target acquisition, a pneumatic canard actuator and a fixed, or foldable, tail. ...
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No bull
Taurus Systems has completed a series of test runs of the 1,500lb thrust (6.67kN) Williams turbojet destined for its KEPD 350 modular stand-off missile. The weapon is being developed for German air force Tornados and Eurofighters and is being offered to other NATO countries, although the UK and Italy have ...