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AirOne results
Italian airline AirOne has reported a turnover increase of 40% for the first nine months of this year, to L226.7 billion ($135 million) compared with the same period last year. The carrier has also recorded an operating profit for the first time in its three years of operation. The L5.8 ...
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Volvo expands
Volvo Aero has acquired a 66.6% holding in Norwegian engine repair and component manufacturer Norsk Jetmotor. The take-over of the Kongsberg-based company is still subject to Norwegian Government approval. Source: Flight International
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lITTON buys Denro
Litton Industries it to acquire Denro for $60 million. The deal is subject to US Government approval. Denro, The Washington, DC-based manufacturer of voice and data electronic switching equipment and data recorders for air traffic control had sales of $38 million last year and expected to see that figure rise ...
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General Atomics flies ELINT Predator
General Atomics has test flown a Predator unmanned air vehicle adapted to carry specialised Radio Frequency payloads for a wide range of applications, including electronic intelligence gathering (ELINT). The Predator carried a suite of antennas during the flight evaluation, including three mounted on each wing and a single antenna integrated ...
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Lantirn order
Lockheed Martin's electronics and missiles unit has won a $106 million contract to manufacture low altitude navigation target infrared for Night (LANTIRN) systems for the Lockheed Martin F-16. The work includes 20 Sharpshooter and 20 Pathfinder pods, and related containers, support equipment and spares. The system permits fighter pilots to ...
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X-32 Design Review
Boeing has completed the final design review of the X-32 concept demonstrator with the US Defense Department's Joint Strike Fighter programme office. Details of the airframe, propulsion, subsystems and support systems, as well as flight testing plans are being finalised, says Boeing, which is building two X-32s for the competition. ...
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Romania support
The Romanian air force has awarded Lockheed Martin Aircraft & Logistics Centers a $2.5 million contract to support its four C-130B transport aircraft. The package will comprise spares, component overhaul, technical service representatives and simulator training. Source: Flight International
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Swanwick cleared
An independent audit of the UK National Air Traffic Services' air traffic control centres at West Drayton and Swanwick has pronounced them safe. Conducted by the UK Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA) the audit was ordered by the parliamentary transport committee. The committee was concerned that postponements in opening ...
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747 operators face long-range limits
Boeing 747 operators are assessing the possible effects on their long-range schedules of a US Federal Aviation Administration emergency airworthiness directive which effectively cuts usable fuel. European airlines say that they are not planning extra fuel stops, but transpacific operators, including Cathay Pacific and Northwest Airlines, say they are ...
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Atlas launches 747 re-engining
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Boeing has launched an after-market re-engining programme for the Boeing 747, following a contract received from Atlas Air for the modification of two aircraft. The company has awarded Boeing a contract to re-engine two Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7J-powered 747-200Fs with the General Electric CF6-50E2. As ...
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Airbus warns A300-600 users after airborne reverse
Airbus has issued a service bulletin (SB) requiring A300-600 operators to de-activate thrust reversers after a Korean Air aircraft suffered reverser deployment after take-off. The A300s affected are those with Pratt & Whitney 4000 engines, for which P&W also makes the reversers. The event occurred shortly after take-off from ...
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Airports
-Augsburg Airport, near Munich, is to undergo a DM50 million ($31 million) upgrade. It will involve the introduction of a new passenger terminal, a runway extension to accommodate aircraft up to the size of the Airbus A319, and the installation of instrument landing systems at both ends. Work is due ...
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Veteran An-12 comes to UK
Ukrainian carrier Veteran Airlines has based an all-cargo Antonov An-12 in the UK to undertake ad hoc cargo charters. The four-engined turboprop, which has a payload of 17.5t, is based at Kent International Airport (Manston), where it is being offered for work by Skyline Aviation. Flights have already been undertaken ...
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Dash 7 crash
A de Havilland Canada Dash 7 crashed on a post-maintenance certificate of airworthiness test flight in Devon, in the UK, on 28 November. The small impact area associated with the burned-out wreckage of the aircraft was consistent with eyewitness reports of a near-vertical descent in a stalled condition. The aircraft, ...
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Delayed maintenance blamed for Nigerian 707 engine loss
Herman De Wulf/BRUSSELS Delayed C-check maintenance on a Nigerian Boeing 707-320C freighter is being linked to the loss of its No 3 engine over Southern Belgium on 14 October. Belgian accident investigators say that the IAT Cargo aircraft, which made an emergency landing at Ostend, should have had ...
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Kendell Saab 340 roll turns spotlight on icing
The Australian Bureau of Air Safety Investigation (BASI) is treating as "very serious" an incident in which a Kendell Airlines Saab 340 carrying 30 passengers stalled and rolled almost inverted in light icing conditions on 11 November, injuring a flight attendant. The Kendell flight was in a holding pattern, ...
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KLM reveals plans for cargo alliance
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON KLM has revealed a three-stage plan that will lead to the setting up of a standalone cargo airline early in the next decade in a joint venture with its alliance partners, Alitalia and Northwest Airlines. The plan is part of the recently finalised link between KLM ...
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Marketplace
-Boullioun Aviation Services has ordered three Boeing 737-300s, to increase its orderbook with the manufacturer to 63. The -300s will be delivered in the second half of 1999. -Varig has leased a Boeing 737-700 from GE Capital Aviation Services. -French charter airline Euralair will take delivery of the first of ...
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EGNOS work
DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (Dasa) subsidiary Dornier Satellitensysteme (DSS) will build the main earth stations that will form the heart of the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS). Under a DM78 million ($7.6 million) contract with the European Space Agency, DSS will provide four central processing facilities and six navigation land eastations ...
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Oneworld infrastructure begins to take shape
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Airline efforts to establish working arrangements for the recently unveiled oneworld alliance are intensifying, with the first meeting of chief executives from the five founding members and the proposed creation of a new common ground-handling operation in Europe. The heads of American Airlines, British Airways, ...