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Augsburg eyes Dash 8-Q400
Andrew Doyle/TORONTO Lufthansa franchisee Augsburg hopes to secure deal for larger aircraft by April Augsburg Airways has entered negotiations with Bombardier Aerospace for five Dash 8-Q400 turboprops after selecting the type for its 70-seater requirement. Meanwhile, the fast-growing German regional has converted options into firm orders for ...
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SAS team shows gate-to-gate CNS/ATM
Emma Kelly/STOCKHOLM A team led by SAS and the Swedish civil aviation authority, Luftfartsverket (LFV), has demonstrated a gate-to-gate communications, navigation and surveillance/air traffic management (CNS/ATM) capability. In a demonstration carried out this month at Stockholm's Arlanda Airport, the airline performed gate-to-gate exchange of ...
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PIA talks to SIA on leasing 747-300s
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is negotiating with Singapore Airlines (SIA) on a possible leasing deal covering up to six Boeing 747-300s. The carrier says it is in advanced talks and wants to take the aircraft as early as March. The -300s would replace all but two of PIA's fleet ...
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Routes
Swissair is to suspend some flights to Hong Kong, citing high user charges at Chek Lap Kok Airport. The Swiss flag carrier's two weekly Boeing MD-11 Zurich-Mumbai, India-Hong Kong services are to stop operations from 24 March. Lauda Air, SAS, United Airlines and Varig have already reined in some Hong ...
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Ryanair launches routes and aims to double fleet
Caroline Mclaughlin/LONDON Ryanair expects to double its number of 737s within four years Ryanair, Europe's largest low fare airline, is to launch six new routes to destinations in three countries. The routes are part of an expansion plan which will see the airline double its fleet within ...
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Slump in Taiwanese passenger numbers could spark mergers
Brent Hannon/TAIPEI Taiwan's seven major airlines saw passenger numbers fall by more than 10% in 1998, compared with the previous year, making further consolidation within the ailing industry a strong possibility over the next 12 months. Passengers carried fell to 16.67 million - 10.4% down on 1997 figures ...
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UK E-3D 2000 upgrade to allow joint operations
The RAF wants better ESM for its E-3Ds The Royal Air Force is beginning an upgrade of the Boeing E-3D Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) fleet, dubbed E-3D 2000. The initial element will take shape in April when the first of the RAF's seven E-3Ds ...
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Lockheed chases F-16 orders
Paul Lewis/Fort Worth Lockheed Martin says it needs to secure further international sales of F-16s in addition to a planned US Air Force follow-on order, to bridge a shortfall in production beyond early 2001. The gap is set to widen as the United Arab Emirates (UAE) continues ...
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Boeing says no to St Louis F-22 line
Guy Norris/SEATTLE Boeing plans to test JSF avionics on a 737-200ADV testbed Boeing has opted to keep F-22 aft fuselage and wing assembly at Seattle rather than move it to St Louis, Missouri, to join the rest of its fighter family, pending the go-ahead of new production lots ...
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Italy begins development work on advanced satellite sensor
Andrea Nativi/GENOA The Italian Ministry of Defence and the local space agency have signed an agreement to develop jointly a new advanced synthetic aperture radar (SAR) sensor, dubbed SAR 2000, that could be used in a proposed military/civil earth observation satellite. The contract calls for the MoD ...
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Policing Europe
Kate Sarsfield/London Environmental and safety issues have led to a rise in sales of "new generation" twins, like the EC135 As Europe grapples with the political and cultural ramifications of unification, free market, single currency and open borders, a less savoury result of the dramatic changes under way requires a ...
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US Coast Guard charts Deepwater course
RamonLopez/WASHINGTON DC The impending retirement of Sikorsky Jayhawks and other aircraft has sparked the competition The US Coast Guard (USCG) is looking for new hardware to maintain its core humanitarian, law enforcement and military missions into the 21st century, both in coastal/inland waterways, and for missions out ...
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Fighting Firehawk
Peter Gray/Los Angeles Wildfires are a growing problem worldwide, as 1998 proved. Authorities usually use fixed wing tankers and light helicopters to fight fires, but the use of medium and heavylift helicopters has proved more cost effective, says Sikorsky. The US manufacturer has developed a firefighting version of ...
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China bans new aircraft orders
The Civil Aviation Administration of China has frozen airline capacity this year. New aircraft purchases are barred and about 40 aircraft are to be withdrawn from service. The official China Daily newspaper says the CAAC is trying to combat industry losses caused by overcapacity by imposing the ban. Wang ...
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Decibel count raised in US-EU hushkit battle
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC A transatlantic war of words over European Commission plans to place serious restrictions on hushkitted commercial aircraft operating in Western Europe has reached new levels following the European Parliament's endorsement of the legislation. The European Union's anti-noise rule is opposed by the Clinton Administration and ...
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NASA begins search for space lifeboat manufacturer
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES NASA expects to issue a request for proposals at the end of March for the design phase of the International Space Station emergency crew return vehicle (CRV) due to enter service in 2003. The CRV is similar to the X-24A lifting body, but would glide ...
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BAe selects AS907 for RJ-X update
British Aerospace (BAe) Regional Aircraft has selected the all-new AlliedSignal AS907 turbofan to power the upgraded Avro RJ-X regional jet it is studying, rejecting Pratt & Whitney Canada's PW308. An announcement was expected on 16 February. The UK manufacturer is thought to being planning to launch the RJ-X programme ...
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Mexicans eye narrowbody offers
Airbus Industrie and Boeing are in negotiation with Cintra, the holding company which manages Aeromexico and Mexicana, on a crucial fleet replacement contract that could prove vital for future campaigns throughout Latin America. The Mexican campaign, which centres on the immediate need for a replacement for Aeromexico's ageing McDonnell ...
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Kaman fired up over water bomber move
Kaman Aerospace is optimistic of a sales breakthrough in Latin America for its K-MAX helicopter after last year's disastrous wildfires persuaded the Mexican Government to step up funding for aerial firefighting. "We think the timing is right," said Kaman commercial aviation operations manager Steve Daniels at the show, where ...
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CAE snaps up SimuFlite order and gains Aer Lingus custom
Graham Warwick/Washington DC SimuFlite Training International has ordered four business jet simulators from CAE Electronics, as part of a major expansion announced last year. The Canadian manufacturer will supply two Cessna Citation and two Gulfstream full-flight simulators for delivery within the next two years to SimuFlite's expanded raining ...