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-Bombardier has confirmed the BWIA International Airways order for two new Dash 8Q-300s for delivery in mid-January 1999, plus options on another two. -Icelandair has converted two of its five options for Rolls-Royce RB211-powered Boeing 757-200s, for delivery in 2000 and 2003. -Danish charter airline Sterling European Airlines will ...
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Northwest eyes regional jets
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Northwest Airlines is expected to decide early next year whether to equip its Memphis, Tennessee-based Northwest Airlink subsidiary, Express Airlines I, with regional jets, according to industry sources. The matter was discussed at the US major's recent board meeting, but a decision was put off ...
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Routes
-Air Kilroe is to open direct flights from London Luton Airport to Galway in the west of Ireland on 23 November with 18-seat British Aerospace Jetstreams. -Canada 3000 is expanding its summer 1999 schedule to include two additional flights from Dublin to Toronto and and an extra weekly service from ...
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Shuttle America launches services
Regional start-up Shuttle America has begun operating at Bradley Airport, Windsor Locks, Connecticut. Three secondhand 50-seat Bombardier Dash 8-300 turboprops leased from the manufacturer are in operation and the fleet will grow to six aircraft by mid-January. Shuttle America holds lease options for 18 more Dash 8-300s. The ...
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Workshop
-Sogerma's maintenance group has begun a nine-week programme to carry out the five-year "C" checks on two of Sabena's Airbus A340-300s, which the company says will include structural ageing inspections that have never before been performed on the type. The contract also includes cabin refurbishment. -Lufthansa Technik has been contracted ...
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Antenna tie-up
Canadian Marconi has agreed a joint venture with AirTV to supply aeronautical television antenna systems for the aviation industry. The deal makes Canadian Marconi the exclusive supplier of antennas to AirTV. Aircraft equipped with the system would be able to receive live television pictures supplied by satellites to be put ...
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BFGoodrich takes control of Coltec Industries
BFGoodrich has taken over Coltec Industries in a $2.2 billion merger, creating a company with interests in aerospace, speciality chemicals and industrial products, with annual revenues of nearly $6 billion. It is the second major aerospace acquisition of the year for BFGoodrich. The deal is to be completed early ...
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Lawsuit fails to stop Northwest purchase of Continental stock
Northwest Airlines has completed its $311 million purchase of 51% of Continental Airlines' voting stock owned by David Bonderman's Air Partners investment house, despite anti-trust objections from the US Justice Department. The transaction will lead to a so-called "virtual merger" of the airlines, linking route networks through codesharing and ...
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Stork takes over Fokker's share of Belgium's SABCA
Engineering conglomerate Stork has taken over the 42.8% interest in Belgian aerospace company SABCA previously held by Fokker. SABCA is now owned 52.9% by Dassault Aviation, with Stork holding most of the remainder. The Dutch company also took over much of Fokker's operations after its March 1996 bankruptcy, ...
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Elusive goals
Affording to keep the peace around the world is becoming, for many air forces around the world, the most elusive of goals. Increasingly, costly commitments in terms of planning, wear and tear on equipment and impact on personnel continue to test allied coalition forces. Scaled back defence budgets simply serve ...
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Lyulka Saturn reveals 3-D vectoring nozzle
Russian engine manufacturer Lyulka Saturn has publicly revealed a three-dimensional thrust vectoring version of its AL-31 powerplant for the first time at the recent Air Show China 98 show (Flight International, 25 November-1 December). The new AL-31FP is fitted with an all-axis thrust vectoring nozzle. Lyulka Saturn says it is ...
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Germany still uncertain over FLA
The German defence ministry says it will continue to "examine every option" for the purchase of a future military transport aircraft, despite a report from DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (Dasa) rejecting the Antonov An-70 as the basis for the project. The ministry says industry replies to a request for proposals (RFP) ...
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Mixed fighter purchase finds favour with Israeli air force
Arie Egozi/TEL AVIV The Israeli Air force is leaning towards a split purchase of Boeing F-15Is and Lockheed Martin F-16s, according to sources close to the combat aircraft procurement process. A decision on whether to select either or both types is expected soon. Sources say that the service ...
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HARM upgrade
The US Navy has awarded Raytheon TI Systems a $26 million contract to develop and test a precision navigation upgrade retrofit kit for the HARM anti-radiation missile. The project results from an agreement reached between the USA, Germany and Italy. Parts of the work will be carried out in each ...
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RoboCopter 300
Northrop Grumman and Schweizer have teamed up to offer an unmanned derivative of the Schweizer 300 helicopter, known as the RoboCopter 300, in a contest to meet a US Navy VTOL UAV requirement. Source: Flight International
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USN to standardise on Sikorsky
The US Navy plans to buy as many as 250 navalised Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk utility helicopters, designated CH-60S, for vertical replenishment, search and rescue and other missions at a total cost of $3.2 billion. The USN has decided to reduce the diverse fleet of naval rotorcraft to the ...
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USAF F-117s in line for upgrade
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Lockheed Martin plans to upgrade the US Air Force's fleet of F-117A strike aircraft to a common low observable (LO) configuration which it says will dramatically reduce maintenance costs and improve operability. The Single Configuration Fleet improvement programme will begin in October 1999 when the ...
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Raytheon and Thomson-CSF win Swiss air defence order
Raytheon Systems and Thomson-CSF have signed a SFr393 million ($290 million)contract with the Swiss defence procurement agency to implement the second and third phases of the FLORAKO air defence system upgrade. The system replaces the FLORIDA, which was supplied in the 1960s by Hughes Aircraft, now a part of ...
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RAF Tornados to get improved HOTAS cockpit
Howard Gethin/LONDON The Royal Air Force is considering the introduction of hands on throttle and stick controls (HOTAS) for the Panavia Tornado GR4/4A strike aircraft as part of a rolling upgrade to extend the aircraft's service life until 2015. The Ministry of Defence has also stated a possible ...
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U-2s upgraded for 2020 and beyond
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Lockheed Martin Skunk Works is beginning work on a major cockpit upgrade of the U-2S reconnaisance aircraft as part of US Air Force plans to keep the aircraft operational to 2020 and beyond. The core of the cockpit upgrade will be large (150 x 200mm) ...