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Fractional stake
Bell has bought a fractional stake in Heliflite Shares' Bell 430 programme. The Fort Worth-based company has ordered up to 10 430s and plans to be the first to establish a helicopter fractional ownership programme in Texas, from June. Source: Flight International
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KAL acknowledges damning safety report
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE David Learmount/LONDON The existence of a damning report of dangerous Boeing 747 operations has been acknowledged by Korean Air (KAL), which has suffered 11 serious accidents since 1990. KAL, however, insists that the report was not part of the safety audit being carried out by Delta ...
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Continental and Boeing perform Y2K flights
Continental Airlines has staged the first flight in a simulated year 2000 (Y2K) environment to test aircraft communication addressing and reporting system (ACARS) compatibility. Boeing, meanwhile, is close to concluding its own flight testing of Y2K modified flight management systems (FMS) and inertial navigation systems (INS). The Continental ...
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THY 737 Crashes
A THY Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-400 (TC-JEP) crashed on 7 April without an emergency call from the pilots, within 9min of take-off from Adana, southern Turkey. The two pilots and four cabin crew on board were killed. The aircraft was on a night positioning flight to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to ...
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United polar route launch awaits Russian go-ahead
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC United Airlines hopes to be the first international carrier to launch a non-stop scheduled commercial service between New Delhi and Chicago, via central Russia and the Polar region. The service will start from late October, provided that Moscow gives it the go-ahead. The North American carrier ...
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Sweden's Novair plans long haul fleet revamp
Swedish charter airline Novair is phasing out its fleet of Lockheed L-1011 TriStar 500s, as it prepares to update its long haul fleet with Boeing 767 twinjets. The wholly owned subsidiary of Apollo, Scandinavia's third largest tour operator, has appointed UK remarketing agent Cabot Aviation to find buyers for ...
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Marketplace
Further to last week's report, the three Airbus A320s being acquired by Airtours International German associate Fly FTI are being leased from Japanese Lessor Orix. The Munich-based charter airline is also leasing a Boeing 737. Fortis Aviation has placed two 11-year-old ex-Philippine Airlines Shorts 360-300s on two-year leases with German ...
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Routes
Aeroflot Russian International Airlines will introduce a new route from Yerevan, Armenia, to Los Angeles via Moscow this summer under the recently signed co-operation agreement with Armenian Airlines. Aeroflot is expanding its short-haul network, with new direct flights from Moscow to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and Krasnoyarsk. At the same time, the airline ...
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Creditors oppose Philippine Airlines rescue plan
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Philippine Airlines' (PAL) critical rehabilitation plan, aimed at saving the troubled carrier from collapse, is meeting with opposition from its unsecured creditors. The plan must be approved by the Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) by 15 April, but Chase Manhattan International Finance has urged the body ...
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Mergers
Boeing is planning to sell its Information Services subsidiary, a provider of information and systems integration services to the US Government. The Seattle giant says it expects to announce a buyer for the Virginia-based business later this quarter. Sweden's Saab group is to acquire Nyge Aero, a military and commercial ...
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Boeing pledges to enforce get tough policy on loss-makers
Peter La Franchi/SYDNEY Chris Jasper/LONDON Boeing chief executive Phil Condit has warned that 'value-destroying' programmes identified as lost causes will either be "shut down" or sold off. Confirming Boeing's commitment to a zero-tolerance approach to loss-making operations, introduced by new chief financial officer (CFO) Debby Hopkins, Condit says ...
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Japanese domestic price war intensifies
The price war gripping the Japanese domestic market is poised to turn more vicious with the launch of new routes operated by start-up carrier Skymark Airlines. Japan Airlines (JAL) and All Nippon Airways (ANA) have announced fresh price cuts ahead of the commencement of Skymark services from Osaka to ...
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ANA Austrian stake
Austrian investors Bank Austria and SKWB Schoellerbank have acquired the 9% stake in Austrian Airlines previously held by All Nippon Airways (ANA), taking their stakes to ASch160 million ($12.5 million) and ASch74 million, respectively. Following the deal, the pair now have a 21.2% share in the flag carrier, with Austrian ...
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Australia seeks jammer pod for F-111
Peter La Franchi/CANBERRA The Royal Australian Air Force is to equip its F-111 strike bombers with a podded electronic countermeasures jammer to enhance aircraft self-protection. Intended for operational service, by mid-2001, the RAAF plans to select a system before the end of next year, with the tender calling for ...
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EJ200 engine proposed for AMX
Guy Norris/MUNICH AMX International is studying the re-engining of the AMX combat aircraft with a non-afterburning version of the Eurojet EJ200. A decision is expected as early as June and, if sanctioned, could lead to the development of a flight demonstration aircraft in 2000. AMX International, an Italian-Brazilian joint ...
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Lockheed Martin favours German cannon for JSF
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Lockheed Martin, which is competing against Boeing for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), has baselined Germany's Mauser 27mm cannon for its bid, but is also considering the General Dynamics GAU-12 25mm three-barrel Gatling gun, with either weapon to be mounted in the aircraft's weapons bay. ...
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First Zulu Huey assembly begins
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC The US Marine Corps' Bell AH-1Z/UH-1Y helicopter upgrade programme is picking up momentum with assembly of the first prototype airframe beginning this month. Twelve months of drive system bench testing will follow, starting in May. To date, 85% of drawings have been released and design ...
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Spain tests thrust vectoring nozzle
Industria de Turbo Propulsores (ITP) of Spain has completed the ground phase of its thrust vectoring nozzle test programme, which was resumed in October after the nozzle was shown at the Farnborough air show. The nozzle has been installed on a Eurojet EJ200 engine, and has been run in ...
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US Marine Corps tests modified V-22 flight control system
The US Marine Corps plans to begin test flying a Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey equipped with modified flight control software, designed to rectify lateral control problems discovered during recent sea trials. The Corps claims that a software fix is in hand for the tiltrotor's automatic jettison system. Programme engineers are ...
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US Navy is considering upgrade options for 'Future Hawkeye'
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC The US Navy is evaluating a range of sensor and avionic enhancements to further extend the Northrop Grumman E-2C Hawkeye's operational life, as plans for a replacement Common Support Aircraft (CSA) remain stalled. "Future Hawkeye" is a follow-on package of proposed improvements to the latest Hawkeye ...