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Russia considers export rule change
Russian customs authorities are looking to improve regulations concerning the temporary export of aircraft, to help alleviate problems suffered during offshore operations of Russian freighters. The effort to revise the regulations follows meetings between the authorities and the Russian chapter of the International Air Cargo Association. The Russian members ...
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New SA airline goes on safari
A new South African operator, On Safari, wants to start scheduled services to London in the UK from Hoedspruit (Northern Province) and Cape Town. Sources say On Safari is planning to use Boeing 767 twinjets. The applicant was to present its case to Pretoria's Air Service Licensing Council on ...
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ATC upgrade deal clears road to Scotland for Lockheed Martin
David Learmount/LONDON Lockheed Martin Air Traffic Management has won a significant UK National Air Traffic Services (NATS) contract. The deal virtually confirms that it will win the work to build and equip the new Scottish air traffic control centre. The $7 million contract provides a much-needed interim equipment ...
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Sukhoi prepares S-80 for first flight
The Sukhoi S-80 utility turboprop is being prepared for its first flight in late March, after funding was secured by Sukhoi. The KnAAPO production plant, based in Komsomolsk-on-Amur in eastern Siberia, is building five S-80s which are set to be completed this year and next year. Sukhoi chief designer ...
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Weather display system set for commercial flight tests
Guy Norris/DENVER A Honeywell-led team developing a strategic and tactical weather display system for the flightdeck is in talks with potential airline users and hopes to support the start of operational flight tests by the middle of the year. The Weather Information Network (WINN) is being developed under contract ...
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Workshop
Gemini Air Cargo has contracted Boeing Wichita and Israel Aircraft Industries to undertake freighter conversions of two leased ex-Varig McDonnell Douglas MD-11s. London Heathrow-based British Airways franchise operator British Mediterranean Airways has awarded Monarch Aircraft Engineering a four-year base maintenance contract for its three Airbus A320s. Overhaul specialist Triumph Air ...
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Boullioun eyes the big two
Boullioun Aviation Services and affiliate Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (SALE) are striving to place some of nearly 100 Airbus A320 family aircraft and Boeing Next Generation 737s ordered in the past 15 months as they aim to build on their new status as the world's third-largest aircraft lessor. "Looking ...
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Hamre departs
Deputy US defence secretary John Hamre is to step down on 31 March to become president and chief executive of the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Source: Flight International
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F-22 gun
Lockheed Martin has completed a successful fit check of the 20mm gun system in the F-22. The linear linkless ammunition handling system was installed in the mid-fuselage of the eighth development-test F-22 at Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems in Fort Worth, Texas. Source: Flight International
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Italian army renames
Italian army aviation (AVES) has changed its name to the Air Cavalry. The move comes as the Italian army more closely integrates its ground and aviation elements. New tactics and doctrine are being developed and tested, including trials of combined ground and Air Cavalry units in Kosovo. The headquarters at ...
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Traffic on the up
Preliminary International Civil Aviation Association results show traffic increased by 5% last year over 1998, and by 6% on international services, measured in tonne-kilometres. A 1998 slowdown saw traffic rise by 1%, with 1999's growth suggesting a move back towards the previous six years' 7% average. Source: Flight International
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Heico booms
Niche aerospace player Heico saw net income increase by 55% to $16.3 million in the year to 31 October 1999, with sales up 48% to $141 million. The Florida-based company says results were boosted by growth in its Flight Support division and in Electronics & Ground Support. Source: Flight International
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Globalstar sell-off
Embryonic telecoms provider Globalstar is to sell 7 million shares in a public offering aimed at accelerating its staged launch. The international consortium says it has enough cash to complete deployment of its global mobile telephony system. Globalstar is led by Loral Space and Communications of the USA. Source: Flight ...
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Dassault splits
Dassault Aviation has separated its civil and military operations into Dassault Falcon and Dassault Defense. Legally, the two will remain one entity, however, following shareholder Aerospatiale Matra's July veto of them becoming independent. Source: Flight International
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Standard contract
Scheduled helicopter airline Helijet Airways of Vancouver, Canada, has awarded Winnipeg-based Standard Aero of Canada a $1 million contract to overhaul 10 Rolls-Royce Allison 250 powerplants, which drive its Sikorsky S-76 helicopters. Source: Flight International
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Offshore contract
Bond Helicopters has clinched a C$4 million ($2.75 million) one-year contract from UK oil company ARCO. Bond will deploy a Sikorsky S-76 from its Great Yarmouth base to fly personnel to and from ARCO's oil fields in the southern North Sea. Source: Flight International
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Bell debut
Bell Helicopter Textron hopes to start deliveries of the Model 427 light turbine twin later this month at the Helicopter Association International show in Las Vegas. Deliveries are a year later than planned. The 427 received Canadian certification in November and Bell awaits US approval. Source: Flight International
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Maiden flight
Wilksch Airmotive's WAM-120 CITEC diesel engine had its maiden flight on 31 December powering a two-seat Europa kit plane. Wilksch says changes to the oil cooling system and additional instrumentation will be completed before testing resumes "in the near future". Source: Flight International
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Explorer order
The state police force of Baden-Wurttemberg, based in Stuttgart, Germany, has ordered three twin-engined MD Explorers, with an option on two. The first three aircraft will be handed over next year, while the optional machines could be delivered in 2002. Hanover police in Lower Saxony received three aircraft last year. ...
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Spacehab contract
Spacehab has been awarded a $4.2 million NASA contract to supply an Integrated Cargo Carrier and two Spacehab Oceaneering Space Systems Boxes - unpressurised tool boxes - for the Space Shuttle International Space Station assembly flight 7A.1 to be launched in 2001. Source: Flight International