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Airbus focuses A3XX efforts on alliance groups
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Airbus Industrie predicts that the world's four main airline alliance groupings will absorb almost three quarters of all A3XX-sized aircraft delivered by 2020, with most going to just two - oneworld and Star Alliance. Moves by the major alliances to combine their networks and improve asset ...
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Germany in talks to re-enter EuroDASS
Germany's Euofighters look set to have the same defensive aids sub-systems as other production models Germany is negotiating to rejoin the Marconi Electronic Systems-led consortium developing the defensive aids sub-system (DASS) for the Eurofighter. It raises a question mark over plans to build a lower-cost equivalent for the German ...
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BA to reorganise with new divisions
British Airways (BA) is splitting its business into shorthaul and longhaul divisions and scrapping its geography-based structure in a move aimed at achieving greater regional focus, improving customer service and boosting revenues. Industry sources say the split will allow BA to pinpoint and tackle problems with its shorthaul services, ...
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Bell to decide on major facelift for 412
Bell expects to decide soon whether to launch an improved Model 412Plus helicopter in partnership with Agusta, while at the same time committing to a North American final assembly line for the all new Italian-led AB139 development. The Fort Worth-based company is considering a major design revamp of ...
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Ka-32 Certificated
Kamov has won Canadian type approval for the Ka-32A heavylift helicopter. Certification to the equivalent of USFAR 29 regulations allows Vancouver Island Helicopters to place its two aircraft on the Canadian register. They had been restricted to logging operations in British Columbia under a temporary permit. The Ka-32A-11BC includes modifications ...
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Heli-Flite plans for shared ownership launch in Texas
Heli-Flite is in discussions to link its planned helicopter fractional ownership programme with one of the major US-based business jet shared ownership schemes. The company plans to start operations in April in Texas, with two Bell 430s serving the area within a 450km (250nm) radius of Dallas/ Fort Worth. ...
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Manufacturers are on a high over sales prospects
Helicopter manufacturers are projecting increased deliveries this year, based on their order backlogs. Eurocopter has benefited from a strong US market, says president Patrick Gavin. The company delivered 216 commercial helicopters last year, up from 211 in 1997, and booked orders for 272. These include 32 upgraded versions of ...
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Boeing business move claims refuted
Dutch-owned MD Helicopters has reaffirmed its intention to keep the newly-acquired former Boeing commercial helicopter business based in the USA, despite claims to the contrary made by rival Bell. MD Helicopters chief executive Hank Schaeken says: "We will maintain the technical and industrial base in the USA. We decided ...
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Boeing to axe 'value-destroying' products
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Boeing plans to weed out, sell or cancel "value-destroying" programmes by the end of the year, under a new strategy aimed at increasing the company's profitability. The policy is based on the findings of a study which, for the first time, used the same metrics ...
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Fokker parts deal hit by legal action
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Fokker Services has launched legal action against the estate of bankrupt Fokker Aircraft in a row over new costs it claims have been imposed on its purchase of technical data and production equipment for JetLine wing parts. A subsidiary of Stork, Fokker Services agreed to buy ...
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Iberia will scrap Aviaco brand when pilots agree to merger
Max Kingsley-Jones/MADRID Iberia is planning to absorb its Aviaco domestic subsidiary at the earliest opportunity, but will not take any action until pilots at the two airlines resolve union issues. Details of the move emerged as the Spanish flag carrier revealed a 117.5% increase in net profit last ...
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Mergers
* Lufthansa subsidiary GlobeGround has agreed to buy US-based Hudson General in a move that should end a take-over battle for the airport services provider. The GlobeGround offer tops earlier bids from Ranger Aerospace, Ogden and a group of Hudson managers. GlobeGround - which already owns 49% of Hudson affiliate ...
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Sabena in the black as European traffic takes off
Herman De Wulf/BRUSSELS Belgian flag carrier Sabena attributes its first net profit in 40 years to sustained growth in Europe, with the airline's low exposure in Asia shielding it from the full impact of the economic downturn there. The airline made a net profit of BFr703 million ($20 ...
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UTC goes back to core values with purchase of Sundstrand
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC United Technologies (UTC) has agreed to buy fellow US manufacturer Sundstrand for $4.3 billion in a move that reinforces UTC's commitment to the aerospace sector as a core business. Sundstrand will merge with UTC's Hamilton Standard subsidiary to form one of the world's leading suppliers ...
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Air France's Wings talks 'well advanced'
Negotiations over Air France's possible membership of the so-called "Wings" alliance are said to be "well advanced" following formal talks with Alitalia and KLM in Paris. The two European members of the emerging alliance, together with Northwest Airlines and Continental Airlines of the USA, are eager to accelerate the ...
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hover bother
Folks attending the Helicopter Association International's Heli Expo show in Texas last week were generally upbeat about their industry, despite the negative effects on some sectors of the Asian economic downturn and low oil prices. Outside the doors of the Dallas convention centre, however, the view was less than ...
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Heli-Dyne enters naval helicopter market
Heli-Dyne Systems has entered the naval helicopter market with a version of the Bell 412 originally developed for the Ecuadorian navy. The Texas-based company has responded to requests for proposals from Brazil, Greece, Thailand and Turkey, and provided unsolicited proposals to countries including Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico and Singapore. Heli-Dyne general ...
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Denel continues Mokopa tests
Denel Kentron has completed the third series of test firings of its helicopter-launched Mokopa anti-armour missile, at the Overburg test range in South Africa. While the first two test series focused on missile aerodynamics and propulsion, the third tested the missile's flight controls along a pre-programmed flight path, says Denel. ...
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Helicopter operators face airspace restrictions
A major challenge facing helicopter operators in the next millennium will be maintaining the freedom to fly in unrestricted airspace, says Helicopter Association International president Roy Resavage. Speaking at the show, Resavage said that a proposed bill before Congress effectively would give US communities the power to control the ...
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Heli Expo hosts revamped S-55 Whisper Jet and S-61N Short
New versions of two older helicopters, Vertical Aviation Technologies' S-55QT Whisper Jet and Helipro International's Offshore S-61 Short, were displayed for the first time at the show. Certification of both conversions is imminent. Florida-based Vertical Aviation has completed flight testing of a five-blade rotor on its turbine conversion of ...