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Strela plan
Russia is to build a launch pad at its far eastern Svobodny base to launch 1,700kg (3,750lb) satellites into low earth orbit aboard modified SS-19 Stiletto boosters called Strelas. The launches will cost $10 million each. Source: Flight International
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Mars fleet
NASA has awarded the San Diego-based SpaceDev privately operated commercial space exploration company a research contract to study the possible use of a fleet of small spacecraft in Mars orbit. The craft could provide communications and navigation services for future unmanned Mars spacecraft. The SpaceDev craft would use a common ...
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Indian launch
India will launch its first deidicated ocean monitoring satellite, Oceansat1, aboard a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle in the second half of April. The spacecraft will carry an ocean colour monitor and multifrequency scanning microwave radiometer. A "fully fledged" ocean satellite, Oceansat 2, will be launched in 2002, reports India's Department ...
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Skynet 4 delayed
The Ariane 44L launch of the UK's Skynet 4E military communications satellite and the Arabsat 3A communications spacecraft has been delayed from 3 February to 26 February. A new set of six servoactuators is needed as a precaution, because defects were found in a factory test of a unit similar ...
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Welsh heliport
Veritair Helicopters has joined forces with the local authority to build a new heliport in the Welsh capital, Cardiff. The heliport is designed to attract scheduled services in an attempt to promote use of the helicopter "-as a method of future inner city travel". Source: Flight International
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Airshow for BBJ
Garrett Aviation Services has selected Airshow's integrated cabin management system for the four Boeing Business Jets (BBJ) that it has under contract. The systems, which include audio and video equipment, custom plated switch panels, touchscreen control systems and amplifiers, will be installed at Garrett's Jet Center completion centre in Van ...
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Triumph chases
US engineering group Triumph has snapped up Chase Aerospace for an undisclosed sum. Hampshire, UK-based Chase, renamed Triumph Air Repair (Europe), will offer aircraft engine overhaul and repair services throughout the region. Source: Flight International
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First A319CJ
Airbus delivered its first A319CJ widebodied business jet on 31 December, 1998, to a private Middle East-based customer. The green aircraft is being outfitted at Jet Aviation's completion centre in Basle, Switzerland. The second A319CJ is scheduled for delivery to an unnamed customer in mid-1999. To date, the international consortium ...
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Radar success
Israeli electronic warfare systems manufacturer Elisra will supply radar warning receivers to the Royal Australian Air Force, for Lock- heed Martin C-130s. The initial contract is worth $12 million. Australian defence electronics company Tenix will be prime contractor. Source: Flight International
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EGNOS accord
The European Space Agency has signed bilateral agreements with air traffic service and air traffic management providers of eight countries on introduction of the European geostationary navigation overlay system (EGNOS) - the European complement to the US global positioning system. The agreements, with France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland ...
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Lockheed Martin down
Lockheed Martin has reported net profits of $1 billion for 1998, 23% down on the $1.3 billion of 1997. Turnover stood at $26.26 billion, down from $28.07 billion. The US aerospace giant suffered even sharper falls in the last quarter, with net profits down 66% to $125 million, compared with ...
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Easyjet to float
UK low-cost carrier easyJet is planning to float on the London stock exchange and New York's Nasdaq market in early 2000. A minority stake in the newly profitable London Luton-based airline will be released, with chairman Stelios Haji-Ioannou and his family retaining most stock. EasyJet is also dropping a complaint ...
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New Greek airline signs for Avros
A Greek air taxi company has set up an airline division to take advantage of the country's recently deregulated air transport market. Aegean Aviation will launch operations in June with British Aerospace Avro RJs. Based in Athens, 11-year-old Aegean Aviation operates Learjet business jets, but has signed a $100 ...
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Japanese start-up plans for expansion
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Japanese domestic start-up Hokkaido International Airlines, operating as Air Do, plans to boost its capital base by more than 40% as it explores possibilities for expansion. It is also in talks with Japan's other recent arrival in the domestic market, Skymark Airlines, about co-operation. Air Do, ...
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BWIA restructuring sees regional spin-off
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON BWIA International Airways is poised to undergo a major restructuring, including the setting up of a regional division. The restructuring, which was expected to receive board approval as Flight International closed for press, will see the airline divided into four separate profit centres covering international operations, ...
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CAL set to decide on merger
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE China Airlines (CAL) is poised to announce a decision on the proposed merger of its two subsidiary carriers, Formosa Airlines and Mandarin Airlines. The CAL board is to meet early this month to consider implementing the merger by August, instead of the planned June deadline. The ...
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Floating airport trials to begin
A consortium of 17 Japanese steel manufacturers and shipbuilders is to start trials next year off the coast of Japan of a technology which could lead to the creation of a floating airport. Mega Float Technology Research Association will complete and test the construction of an off-shore aircraft landing ...
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Marketplace
-US Leasing company Wexford Management has reportedly cut back its Embraer ERJ-145 orders to 10 aircraft and scrapped a letter of intent for another 20 of the smaller ERJ-135s, plus 20 options. The remaining 50-seat aircraft will be placed with its subsidiary US Airways Express Chautauqua Airlines. -Japan Airlines is ...
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Fiji's Cook bilateral
The Fiji Government has approved the signature by its civil aviation minister of a new air service agreement with the nearby Cook Islands. The draft document allows Fiji's Air Pacific to serve Auckland and the USA via Raratonga and Tahiti. The move follows Air Pacific's recent announcement of a wide-ranging ...
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Alliance makes its presence felt
The oneworld airline alliance shows its colours starting 1 February, when the five member carriers presented a united passenger service front and the branding is made widely visible for the first time. American Airlines, British Airways, Canadian Airlines, Cathay Pacific and Qantas are launching fully integrated frequent flier programmes ...