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China plans to strengthen its 'active defence' capability
Alan Dron The head of China's air force talked yesterday of his service's move away from a purely defensive posture in a speech which is likely to be studied carefully in foreign ministries around the Asia-Pacific region and beyond. Lt Gen Liu Shunyao, commander of the People's Liberation ...
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Delta prefers cincinnati to portland for China link
Delta Air Lines has modified its request for US government approval to begin service on the Portland-Beijing-Shanghai route and says it now wants to operate services three days a week from Cincinnati to Beijing with continuing service to Shanghai instead. In an application to the US Department of Transportation ...
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Quality in the sky
Geoff Thomas What today's air display lacks in quantity it looks likely to make up for in quality. Lasting for 90min between 12.30 and 14.00, the display features three major international aerobatic teams as well as the added bonus of some fast jet crowd-pleasers for good measure. ...
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US chief to visit asia
US Department of Transportation (DoT) officials are touring leading centres across Asia-Pacific to promote their transportation policies, emphasising aviation "as a driving force for economic development." US Secretary of Trans-portation Rodney Slater will lead the delegation, which is visiting Beijing, Hong Kong, Singapore and Tokyo for five days from ...
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Strong demand buoys Dubai show organisers
Dubai airshow organisers are using Asian Aerospace 2000 to give feedback to their exhibitors - and to sell space for next year's show. Dubai 2001 has received its strongest global industry support in the Dubai airshow's 11-year history with almost 60% of the available space reserved some 22 months ...
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JSF TO dominate fighter/ attack aircraft market
Alan Dron The long-term future in the fighter/attack aircraft market belongs to the United States, providing the Joint Strike Fighter project (JSF) goes ahead, predicts a report issued at Asian Aerospace today. Europe's military aircraft manufacturers will enjoy an upturn over the coming decade, but if the JSF ...
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Asian sales likely to go ahead
The Teal report breaks down its predictions for fighter sales over the coming decade into regional markets. In Asia, it notes that not every country was affected by the financial crisis of recent years. Taiwan and Singapore, in particular, were largely unscathed. The report predicts Taiwan will buy ...
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AA 2000 to open x-files?
What are the chances of Asian Aerospace turning into an X-rated show? Asia-Pacific holds the key to the next major aircraft programmes planned by Airbus Industrie and Boeing. The European airframer is carrying out market testing for its planned 550-seat A3XX all-new aircraft and expects the region to account for ...
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Sighs of the matter
As we all know... size isn't everything. Largest, greatest, biggest, sexiest, longest... the world of hyperbole and exaggerated adjectives is fraught with pitfalls. So when Jimmy Lau, managing director of Asian Aerospace, claimed that his show was now acclaimed as "...the second most important aerospace event worldwide", the sound ...
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Cathay splashes out on travellers' spa
The slogan "Arrive in Better Shape" was for many years the marketing catch phrase of Cathay Pacific Airways before it switched to the politically more astute sales banner "The Heart of Asia." This Hong Kong flag carrier's former motto would appear to be alive and kicking today, with ...
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No better centre for fine wining and dining
Moving the official opening ceremony to an off-site downtown location at Suntec City on the eve of the event brings together a congregation of exhibitors at the heart of the city. The show organisers wined and dined their guests at the official cocktail reception after the opening ceremony last ...
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Standard Aero wins contract with Swedes
Standard Aero, the world's largest independent gas turbine engine and accessory overhaul company, has won a five-year contract to repair the Swedish air force's Hamilton Sundstrand 54H60 propellers. Speaking at the show, Standard Aero's executive director Lee Beaumont says: "The expertise we've developed in propeller repair techniques has been ...
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Sydney move under fire
Australia's government has slammed Sydney Airports for backing calls to move the operations of regional airlines at the city to nearby Bankstown airport. John Anderson, Australia's minister for transport and regional services, has attacked Sydney Airports, which operates the Kingsford Smith International Airport, for exceeding its authority in seeking to ...
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Honeywell plans to grow business in Asia
Honeywell is talking to customers at the show about what they want from the new Honeywell/AlliedSignal partnership. Honeywell's Singapore Repair and Overhaul centre has been in operation since 1978 and is a focal point for customer support throughout Asia and the Pacific. It handles APUs, propulsion engines, components ...
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Everything but actually building aircraft: Singapore technologies
Despite the regional economic difficulties, Singapore Technologies (ST) still returned a good performance last year. At Asian Aerospace 2000, the company's focus is firmly on engineering. It has some great new products, and ambitious plans. Singapore Technologies Engineering chief operating officer Tan Pheng Hock reveals all. Q. The regional ...
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Studies back claims for RJX regional status
Alan Dron Several airline board meetings over the coming month may yield order announcements for the Avro RJX regional airliner, and BAE Systems reports greater-than-anticipated interest in remaining production examples of its current RJ model. First metal was cut on the initial RJX-85 and RJX-100 in January. Nose ...
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Rolls-Royce know-how on display
Spearheading Rolls-Royce's defence products at Asian Aerospace 2000 are the EJ200, the Adour and T800 engines. Rated at 20,000lb (89kN) thrust with reheat, the Eurojet EJ200 powers the Eurofighter Typhoon. It has been designed with the potential of a 15% thrust increase with little development cost. Flight-testing is ...
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Australia's Roulettes are straight aces
Geoff Thomas When the Royal Australian Air Force's aerobatic team, the Roulettes, performs its series of crowd-thrilling aerial manoeuvres in the skies over Changi this week, flying in the 'Roulette Six' position will be the world's first and only female military aerobatic pilot-29-year-old Joanne Mein. Flying Swiss-designed, but ...
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Implementation of pacific rvsm set for this week
Reduced vertical separation minima (RVSM) will be implemented in Pacific oceanic airspace on 24 February as part of a longstanding plan to enhance airspace capacity. Under the plan, vertical separation will be reduced to 1,000ft (300m) from 2,000ft between flight levels 290 and 390 for aircraft approved for RVSM ...
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Why leasing makes sense as market gets back on its feet
Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (SALE) has seen phenomenal growth since its establishment in 1993. The Singapore-based aircraft operating lessor, the shareholders of which include Boullioun Aviation Services, Singapore Airlines and two investment arms of the Singapore government, today has a portfolio of 26 aircraft. With 32 more on firm order, ...