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Air Europe A320s arrive for Alitalia challenge
Marco Messalla/ROME Italy's Air Europe has received the first two of five leased Airbus A320s for its new north-south domestic network in competition with Alitalia. One more A320 will be delivered in time for the 8 May start of scheduled services from Milan's Malpensa Airport to Catania and Palermo, ...
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Korean MD-11 crashed 'out of control'
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE David Learmount/LONDON The crew of the Korean Air (KAL) Boeing MD-11 freighter that crashed in China on 15 April appears to have lost control of the aircraft during climb-out from Shanghai. Evidence suggests a stall after the aircraft reached 4,600ft (1,400m), says a preliminary report from the ...
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Airlines move back to Libya
Alan George/BRUSSELS Airlines have moved quickly to resume flights to Libya after the suspension of UN aviation and other sanctions following the North African country's surrender of the Pan Am 747 Lockerbie bombing suspects. EgyptAir has started two flights a week from Cairo to Tripoli and two weekly round ...
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New MD-11 AD
The US Federal Aviation Administration has issued four extra emergency airworthiness directives (AD) aimed at preventing wire-related fires on the Boeing MD-11. Source: Flight International
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Late deliveries frustrate Arianespace
The trend of delays in the delivery of satellites, which caused scheduling difficulties for commercial launch companies last year, continues to frustrate Arianespace. The first Ariane 5 commercial mission - flight V-119/504 - will not be launched until at least late July because the AsiaStar prime satellite payload is ...
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Launch Services wins $24m West Indian contract
Russian commercial launch company Launch Services, which markets launches of the Cosmos 3M and Start 1 boosters, has been awarded a $24 million contract by the West Indian Space company to launch three Israeli-built satellites. The 300kg (660lb), high-resolution remote-sensing Eros satellites will be boosted into orbit by Start ...
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Kistler investment
Taiwan could invest $50 million in the Kistler K-1 low-cost re-usable satellite launcher in return for technology transfer. Kistler needs to raise another $200 million for the project and aims for a maiden test flight from Woomera, Australia, next year, a year later than planned. Source: Flight International
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Russia completes ISS Service Module
Tim Furniss/LONDON Russia's International Space Station (ISS) Service Module was rolled out at RSC Energia's factory in Moscow on 26 April for its shipment to the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The Module is most likely to be launched in November, almost two years behind schedule. Russia says it is aiming for ...
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WAEA aims for DVD specification
The World Airline Entertainment Association (WAEA) aims to have a final specification for digital versatile disk (DVD) by the end of the third quarter, paving the way for the technology to be introduced in flight. DVD is the latest consumer technology to have captured the imagination of the in-flight ...
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US Airways joins the P@ssport providers
Emma Kelly/LONDON Sony Trans Com has secured a third customer for its P@ssport interactive in-flight entertainment system, with US Airways ordering the equipment for an initial seven Airbus A330-300s. The P@ssport order could increase, as the carrier holds options on a further 30 A330s. The first A330, which will ...
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Vantage work set to resume
Dave Higdon/ST LOUISThe Vantage single-engined jet will be heavier and use a more powerful engine when VisionAire begins certification testing of the first production prototype towards the end of this year. The St Louis, Missouri-based company plans to resume development of the aircraft after a lengthy design review is published ...
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Lufthansa agrees to buy up to 120 Fairchild 728JETs
Andrew Doyle/FRANKFURT Fairchild Aerospace has secured a major breakthrough in its bid to develop the 728JET - Lufthansa's supervisory board has decided to approve the purchase of up to 120 of the regional airliners by its CityLine commuter subsidiary. The German flag carrier has signed a firm order for 60 ...
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Airbus presses on with A3XX as Boeing studies LAPD
Airbus Industrie is stepping up A3XX development work and has reaffirmed its commitment to a launch decision in early 2000. Meanwhile, Boeing continues to play down its Large Aircraft Project Development (LAPD) study efforts in favour of low-cost 747-400X alternatives. "The pace is picking up and Airbus and its ...
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CFMI lobbies Airbus on A318 powerplant
Julian Moxon/PARIS Guy Norris/LOS ANGELESCFM International is in talks with Airbus to try to get its CFM56-5A engine included as a powerplant for the newly launched Airbus Industrie A318. But the European consortium is sticking to its position that it is "offering only the Pratt &Whitney PW6000". Air France, Lufthansa, ...
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Greek fighter buy
Greece has split its interim fighter purchase. The Greek air force will buy at least 50 F-16 Block 50-pluses and 15 Mirage 2000-5MKIIs. It will also upgrade 10 older Mirage 2000s. Greece confirms its intention to join the Eurofighter programme and buy 60-90 aircraft. The government has started negotiations ...
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Hungary to open airfields to NATO aircraft
Hungary is to allow NATO aircraft to operate from its airfields for the first time. The country has been a member of NATO since mid-March and is the only member of the alliance to share a border with Yugoslavia. Nine airfields could become available for NATO aircraft, including Ferihegy ...
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EC bows to US pressure on hushkits
The European Commission (EC) has formally approved a ban on the European operation of aircraft fitted with hushkits, but in a last-minute concession to the USA has postponed the regulation's implementation by a year, until 1 May, 2000. As part of the compromise deal thrashed out in the past ...
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Iridium looks for avionics supplier as AlliedSignal quits
Emma Kelly/LONDON Iridium is in talks with avionics manufacturers following AlliedSignal's decision to drop its involvement in the new satellite system operator's aeronautical services for airlines. AlliedSignal is the sole supplier of avionics for Iridium's aeronautical services for the airline and general aviation markets. The manufacturer's single-channel Iridium ...
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More B-52Hs help NATO step up air strikes
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Ten more Boeing B-52H Stratofortress bombers are to be deployed to Europe to help meet NATO's request for 300 additional US aircraft in the Balkans conflict. Eight hundred US aircraft are involved in the five-week-old Operation Allied Force air campaign. Other nations are also expected ...
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Marconi expects in-flight TV to go global in 2002
Canadian Marconi (CMC) expects to have avionics equipment available for airlines to receive the global AirTV in-flight television service in the second quarter of 2002. The Canadian manufacturer, best known for its satellite communication antennas and flight management systems, is the exclusive antenna supplier to AirTV, which aims to ...