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-Air Mauritius has launched a weekly flight from Mauritius to the Mozambique capital Maputo with a Boeing 767-200ER. The same-day return leg flies via Harare, replacing the airline's non-stop flights between Mauritius and the Zimbabwean capital. Lagos is added to the African network on 3 December with two weekly 767 ...
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Workshop
-Volvo Aero Engine Services is to undertake a $250 million contract for Continental Airlines to maintain 160 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-200 engines fitted to its MD-80 fleet. The deal runs for five years. ++ British Airways Engineering has been awarded a five-year contract to undertake maintenance on Boeing 767s operated ...
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US association predicts record profits for 1999
Major US airlines are expected to earn record profits this year and surpass them in 1999, predicts David Swierenga, chief economist for the US Air Transport Association (ATA). He says ATA's member airlines will post $5.4 billion in net profits in 1998 and record as much as $6.5 billion ...
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Pressure mounts for Uganda Airlines
Chris Yates/LONDON Doubts are rising over whether Uganda Airlines will survive to see its eventual planned privatisation. The airline, which operates a single leased Boeing 737-500, is being propped up by a government subsidy as it attempts to stave off creditors seeking payment for mounting unpaid debts. The situation has ...
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Virtual reality
The European Commission's proposal of a "virtual NASA" to coordinate aeronautical research across Europe is a welcome move in a market where such research is vulnerable to local-market politics. Until recently, Euro-pean governments have proved tardy, however, in encouraging their aerospace industries to cooperate. But the question remains: will they ...
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Piaggio renamed in final takeover by Turkish holding company
Turkish state holding company Tsuhav has finally taken full control of troubled Italian aerospace company Piaggio, nearly six months after the company entered the race to buy the beleaguered manufacturer, now called Piaggio Aero Industries. Tsuhav, which co-ordinates Turkey's aerospace activities, now holds a 51% stake, while 44% has ...
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Aerolineas selects A340 for revamp
Aerolineas Argentinas will begin to introduce a fleet of up to 12 Airbus A340s next March, after signing a memorandum of understanding with Airbus Industrie. The airline has concluded a deal for four 225-seat A340-200s and two larger 264-seat A340-300s. The A340-200s are believed to be ex-Philippines or ex-Air ...
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Airtours aims to extend Europe links
Corsair, the French charter airline, looks set to become the next European airline to join the fast-growing Airtours group as its parent company, Nouvelles Frontieres, may be taken over by the UK tour operator. Airtours and its UK rival Thomson, which runs Britannia Airways, have been progressively expanding throughout ...
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Continental deal revives 767-200ER
Continental Airlines has signed a deal with Boeing for 10 new 767-200ERs to boost its long-haul fleet. The order signals a revival of the smaller 767 variant which has been out of production for airline customers since 1994. Delivery of the 176-seaters will begin in 2000 with the first ...
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China's Hubei develops passenger ekranoplan
China's Hubei Research Institute has designed a 15-seat passenger-carrying ekranoplan designated the DXF-100, which is now undergoing trials on Taihu lake in Jiangsu province. The craft is believed to be the first ekranoplan to be constructed in China. Work on the design of the craft has previously been the preserve ...
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EC proposes 'virtual NASA' for research
Julian Moxon/BRUSSELS The European Commission is considering a new approach to aeronautics research in Europe aimed at streamlining the acquisition of technologies and improving co-ordination of research activity. Herbert Allgeier, chairman of the aeronautics task force at the EC's DG12 research directorate, says the idea is to create ...
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South Africa looks to BAe to acquire Denel stake
Jonathan Rosenthal/JOHANNESBURG South Africa is to partially privatise Denel, the state-owned defence group, by the middle of next year, according to public enterprises minister Stella Sigcau. The government has begun looking for an equity partner for Denel's aerospace division, and Sigcau says British Aerospace would be the first company it ...
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One small step
Aerospatiale, British Aerospace, CASA, DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (Dasa), Finmeccanica/Alenia and Saab, the six companies expected to form the basis of a single European aerospace and defence company say they have reached a "wide measure of agreement" on its formation. Source: Flight International
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American races to Reno Air
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC American Airlines has acquired Reno Air in a deal worth $124 million. The acquisition is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 1999, after which the airlines will begin integrating the route networks and work forces. American, the second-largest airline in the USA, plans to ...
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Zarya kick-starts space station programme
The International Space Station (ISS) programme officially got off the ground on 20 November when Russia's Zarya control module (pictured) was launched successfully into orbit aboard a Proton booster from Baikonur. Zarya will await the launch of STS 88/Endeavour on 3 December, carrying the US Node 1, Unity, to become ...
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Major players bid for VTOL UAV programme
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC The planned acquisition of a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned air vehicle (UAV) by the US Navy and Marine Corps has drawn interest from a dozen competitors, including Bell Helicopter Textron, Science Applications International (SAIC), and a team led by Schweizer Aircraft. A joint ...
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ATR keeps up Chinese production hopes
Franco-Italian regional aircraft consortium ATR is to extend a 1997 memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Aviation Industries of China (AVIC), keeping open the possibility of establishing an ATR 72-500 production line in China. Xian Aircraft (XAC) has been producing the aircraft's fuselage section 16 since last year. With a ...
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Bidders line up for FC-1 Super 7 avionics
Chengdu Aircraft Industrial Group (CAC) plans to select an international risk-sharing partner to supply the radar and avionics for its planned FC-1 fly-by-wire fighter aircraft early next year. The three leading bids for the contract are from European companies, according to the China National Aero-Technology Import and Export Corporation (CATIC). ...
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China reveals 'secret' 20-year-old fighter bomber
Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) has unveiled the FBC-1 Flying Leopard fighter-bomber, an export version of the JH-7 twin-seat strike aircraft. The Leopard programme dates back to the mid-1970s. The FBC-1 Flying Leopard fighter bomber had its maiden flight in 1989, but has remained in obscurity since. It was flown ...
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Russia holds talks on Su-30 transfer technology
Sino-Russian talks are under way for a possible procurement of over 50 Sukhoi Su-30 multirole fighters by China, along with the transfer of Su-30MKproduction technology. According to Russian aerospace trade company Aviaexport "-Moscow will simply have no other way out than to transfer the technology" because China insists it ...