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Sabre rattling
TOM GILL LONDON Sabre is moving ahead with its bid to be the leading single-source supplier of IT services to the airline industry. Completely out-of-control is how John "Bo" Boedecker describes the state of the information technology budgets of some its prospective client airlines. According to Boedecker, Sabre's president, worldwide ...
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Spinning a Web
KAREN WALKER WASHINGTON DC A smart and easy-to-use web site may become an airline's most powerful tool for retaining control over the customer. But most carriers have a lot of work ahead of them before their sites meet passenger expectations. Airline managers might want to try an experiment: log on ...
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Power to the people
Turbines, although easier to operate and more efficient than pistons, have traditionally been too expensive for the grass-roots pilot. But not for much longer NASA administrator Dan Goldin has a vision of "Hertz Renta-Jet" counters at airports all over the USA and, later, around the world. Freeing wide tracts of ...
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Cause and effect
The aircraft ghosts in to land, the loudest sound being the squeal of tyres on touchdown. Engine noise, so long the bane of aircraft and airport developers alike, has been banished to the history books. What is more, the only significant emission from this generation of powerplants is completely ...
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Germany shapes engine of the future
Germany is easing the way forward for its aero-engine companies to design cleaner, quieter, more efficient powerplants over the next decade Germany's Engine 3E (E3E) programme was launched to ensure that the country's aeroengine companies, BMW Rolls-Royce (now R-R GmbH) and MTU, are prepared for the demands that will ...
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Study claims NTSB is 'stretched to limit'
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is "stretched to the limit", says a study published by independent consultancy Rand. Rand was referring particularly to a shortage of personnel. NTSB chairman Jim Hall has accused the US Office of Management and Budget of risking "the safety of the American people" ...
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USAF launches uprated weather satellite
The US Air Force launched a Titan II booster from Vandenberg AFB, California, on 12 December, carrying a Defense Meteorological Satellite Programme (DMSP) Block 5D3 satellite into orbit. The satellite is the first of a new generation of Lockheed Martin-built craft with larger sensors, more power, longer battery life ...
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First Hughes 702 will be largest in orbit
Hughes Space and Communications' first HS-702 satellite was due to be launched on 21 December aboard an Ariane 4. The HS-702, which will be PanAmSat's Galaxy XI satellite, will be the largest commercial communications satellite deployed in orbit - equipped with 64 transponders (40 Ku-band and 24 C-band) and ...
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Indian rocket engine test scheduled
India will take a major step towards a fully autonomous space programme next month with the 1,200s static test-firing of a fully indigenous 7.5t (73.5kN)-thrust cryogenic engine designed to be used on later versions of the country's Geostationary Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV). The first GSLV missions will use a ...
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IAI adds power to Shavit launcher
Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) is developing a more powerful version of its Shavit launcher to carry new Israeli intelligence satellites and to compete in the international launcher market. The current Shavit launcher was first used in 1988 to put the Offeq-1 satellite into orbit. The Offeq-3 now in orbit ...
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'Real estate in space' for ISS
Spacehab and Russia's Energia plan to build the first privatised commercial module for the International Space Station (ISS). Called Enterprise, the module will be used for commercial microgravity experiments and to host a studio for television and Internet broadcasts. The latter is expected to be in conjunction with an established ...
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Custom eyes TriStar conversions
Custom Air Transport is confident it can find customers to allow 10 of the 16 Lockheed L-1011 TriStar 200s it acquired from Saudi Arabian Airlines to be converted into either commercial freighters or military tankers. Custom Air believes it could place some aircraft with passenger airlines. The Fort Lauderdale-based ...
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EC plans next step in US hushkitting row
The European Council of Ministers has approved further European Commission (EC) efforts to head off draconian US measures to block Europe's get-tough policy on hushkits. The council says the EC can continue negotiating, but only on condition that Washington "makes real overtures to negotiation and renounces all retaliatory measures against ...
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Marketplace
Air Seychelles has signed a 10-year lease deal with ILFC for a General Electric CF6-80C2-powered Boeing 767-300ER, for delivery in April 2001. Swiss charter carrier Edelweiss Air has agreed to lease a new Airbus A330-200 from CIT Group from the fourth quarter of 2000. The Rolls-Royce Trent 772B-powered A330-200 is ...
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Forecasts for 2000 - Safety
Global pressures will force airlines to improve David Learmount/LONDON During 1999, new global forces for aviation safety kicked in for the first time in the form of sanctions. Where carrots failed, the stick was applied, and Korean Air felt the effect. Powerful global safety forces have recently come into ...
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Lynton receives EC155
Lynton Aviation has taken delivery of the first corporate-configured Eurocopter EC155 twin-engined helicopter for a private customer. The aircraft, an enhanced version of the AS365 Dauphin, will be completed at Lynton's base at Blackbushe Airport, UK. Orders for the EC155 stand at more than 20. Source: Flight International
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Belgian air force acquires Falcon 900
The Belgian air force will take a second Dassault Falcon 900 business jet this month. The aircraft will be deployed by 15 Wing's No 21 (VIP) squadron at Melsbroek airbase in Brussels. The Falcon 900s were chosen to standardise the fleet and keep the spares inventory to a minimum. ...