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Catching African bugs
Age is beautiful for many African airports, which have avoided the biggest problems in becoming Y2K compliant Michael Wakabi/KAMPALA Africa is never short of contradictions. In the run-up to the year 2000, the very things that made some African airports the laughing stock of yesteryear are the reason that ...
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NTSB urges BK117 airworthiness bulletin
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has called on the Federal Aviation Administration to issue an airworthiness directive mandating a two-year-old service bulletin issued for the Eurocopter BK 117. The NTSB believes the service bulletin, issued in 1997 recommending the installation of a hook-type latch, would prevent access ...
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CarinaStar to take more Beeches
CarinaStar Shares, a fledgling fractional-ownership company dealing in top-of-the-range piston aircraft, plans to take its second pair of new Raytheon Beechcrafts in December. Operations at the Hilton Head Island, South Carolina-based company started earlier this year with a Beech Baron B-58. Six months later a Jaguar Edition A36 Bonanza ...
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Bombardier cuts metal for first Continental airframe
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON Bombardier has cut the first metal for its super-midsize Continental twin-engined jet, passing the first production milestone in the development of its all-new business jet "ahead of schedule". The event, marked by the machining of an "uplock fitting for the nose landing gear", also finalised the completion of ...
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Extra earns approval
Extra Flugzeugbau was planning to receive instrument flight rules (IFR) certification for its Extra 400 touring aircraft on 20 November from the German civil aviation authority, the LBA. The German manufacturer, which began production of its DM1.4 million ($745,000), six-seat piston single late last year from its Huenxe, Düsseldorf ...
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Jet buys Gulfstreams for charter
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Jet Aviation has invested $100 million in a fleet of business jets for a dedicated charter operation, aiming to bridge the gap between charter management and fractional ownership. The aviation services company has placed five refurbished Gulfstreams into service in the USA - two GIIs ...
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Swedes to follow merger recipe
Chris Jasper/LONDON Swedish companies Saab and Celsius are to merge, creating a major Nordic player that will rank as one Europe's leading aerospace and defence manufacturers. The deal will see military aircraft and civil aerostructures specialist Saab buy Celsius for SKr5 billion ($600 million) cash, and seems to have been ...
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Delta success
Boeing has won a contract from Loral Space and Communications for up to 30 commercial satellite launches using the new Delta IV fleet. Loral has confirmed that Boeing has won the contract, but has not specified the number of launches that will be involved. The Delta IV, in development, has ...
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Airod eyes Mi-17 work
Malaysian aircraft maintenance and modification company Airod plans to import Russian aircraft manufacturing technology. The move could lead to the manufacture in Malaysia of Mil Mi-17 helicopters, as well as the later development of indigenous aircraft types, says Airod. Talks on the subject took place during recent visits to ...
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UAE closes on Alpha Jet purchase
The German Government is close to a deal to sell 32 reconditioned Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jets to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to meet air force training requirements. Although talks are at an advanced stage, progress is believed to have slowed recently in the face of opposition from Germany's Green ...
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African Connexion gives Ayres first sale
Ayres has made its first sale of the Ayres 7000,formerly the Czech-built Let L-610, with an order for two from Burundi, Africa-based regional City Connexion. The $17 million deal was signed at the show by Airline Partners, based in Lugano, Switzerland, which is the exclusive worldwide agent for the Ayres ...
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Boeing hints at new models
Boeing Business Jets (BBJ) is considering following up its launch of the BBJ and BBJ2 derivatives of the Next Generation 737 with new models. Steven Hill, Boeing's vice-president customer services, says other models should follow the first two product launches as the market requires. While not elaborating on what BBJ ...
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Bombardier orders top $200m
Bombardier revealed a series of business jet orders at the show, with a value totalling $200 million. The largest single order came from Bombardier sales agent ExecuJet Aviation Group of Switzerland, which ordered 12 Bombardier business aircraft, comprising five Learjet 45s, two Learjet 60s, four Continentals and one Canadair Special ...
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Emirates eyes 120-seater for new regional network
Emirates will shortly start talks with Airbus and Boeing to acquire 120-seat aircraft to launch a network of regional services from its Dubai hub. The carrier is also studying airline alliances, to allow it to decide whether to join a grouping, says Emirates chairman Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum. ...
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Fairchild lands Lebanese Envoy 7 deal
Fairchild Aerospace has won its first sale in the Middle East of the Envoy 7 business jet. The US company announced at the show that the Safadi Holding Group of Beirut, Lebanon, has signed a letter of intent to buy a single corporate version of the 728JET 70-seat regional airliner. ...
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Air Gulf Falcon will launch next month
Air Gulf Falcon is to launch charter operations with nine Boeing 747s next month and is evaluating narrowbody types for expansion next year. The company is to be launched by the Sharjah, United Arab Emirates-based Falcon Air group, which includes Falcon Air Leasing and Falcon Aircraft Maintenance Centre. Air ...
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737 safety probe prompts tests
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Boeing is modifying a 30-year-old ex-United Airlines 737-200 for ground and flight tests of the rudder system as part of a US Federal Aviation Administration-led safety evaluation. The 737 is being leased from Indiana-based Purdue University, which acquired the aircraft after United Airlines retired it in 1997. ...
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NetJets Middle East adds Hawkers
National Air Services (NAS) has signed a $170 million order for 14 Raytheon Hawker 800XPs, taking the NetJets Middle East aircraft portfolio and orderbook to $760 million. Jeddah, Saudi Arabia-based NAS, which operates Executive Jet' s NetJets fractional ownership programme in the Middle East, Turkey and Cyprus, will take ...
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Qatar spares
Components remarketer Avatar Alliance and Qatar Airways have signed an exclusive aircraft spares consignments agreement. Under the terms of the deal, Avatar will exclusively manage sales of Qatar Airways' excess parts inventory from its Atlanta, Georgia, and Amsterdam, Netherlands, bases. Source: Flight International
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Repair overhaul
Kuwait Airways has renewed its Airbus landing gear repair and overhaul contract with Messier Services. The $8 million contract covers Kuwait's fleet of Airbus A300-600s, A310-300s, A320s and A340s. The work will be carried out at Messier's Molsheim plant in France. Messier Services Asia has also won a six-year $5 ...