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Dassault first
The first of 38 Dassault Falcon 2000 business jets for Executive Jet's NetJets and NetJets Europe fractional ownership programmes is in completion, and will be delivered in January. Zimex Aviation is appointed a Falcon authorised service centre. Source: Flight International
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Socata's diesel range kicks off with petrol prototype
Andrzej Jeziorski/SEOUL Socata has begun construction of the first prototype of what will eventually become a range of diesel-engined aircraft. The French manufacturer hopes to fly its MS250 Morane light single at next year's Paris air show in June. The prototype of the four/five-seat Morane will have a ...
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Czechs finish agricultural spray for low-cost Zenair
Czech Aircraft Works has completed installation of a spray system on the Zenair CH701 light utility aircraft. The resulting CH701-AG, being offered at an introductory price of $48,500, can reduce the cost of aerial application by 75% over other agricultural aircraft, Zenair claims. The two-seat, all-metal CH701 is also available ...
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Lithuanian fleet boosted with Saab
Lithuanian Airlines is to boost its Saab turboprop fleet with the lease of two Saab 2000s from the manufacturer's leasing division. The two aircraft, which were previously operated by Deutsche BA and France's Regional Airlines, will arrive at the Lithuanian national carrier's Vilnius base this month, joining two Saab ...
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Gathering clouds threaten European open skies deals
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Julian Moxon/PARIS Any prospects of an immediate UK-US open skies agreement have disappeared, following the confirmation by British Airways that it is postponing its plans for a full-blown strategic alliance with American Airlines. Meanwhile, France is pressing ahead with implementing its bilateral aviation agreement with the ...
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France moves on Euro integration
Julian Moxon/PARIS Senior French Government and industry officials have given the clearest indication yet that France is moving to meet the conditions imposed by the UK and Germany to create an integrated European aerospace industry. Contacts between Aerospatiale, British Aerospace and DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (Dasa) have "intensified" during recent ...
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PIA ponders
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is considering the acquisition of three "white-tail" Boeing 747-400s as part of its evaluation of new long-haul types to replace its ageing 747-200s. Source: Flight International
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UK seeks to get on board US maritime UAV programme
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC The UK is seeking to join the US Department of Defense's vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned air vehicle (UAV) demonstration programme. The move is part of a restructuring of its role in the trilateral Maritime UAV (MUAV) project, which it is conducting with Germany and the ...
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Lufthansa holds China talks as SIA prepares to be a Star
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Lufthansa is in talks with three airlines in a bid to extend the Star Alliance into mainland China, according to Jürgen Weber, chairman and chief executive of the German airline. Early talks on a potential Chinese partnership are under way with Air China, China Eastern Airlines ...
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Eurocopter seeks partner for tiltrotor
Julian Moxon/PARIS Eurocopter is seeking to develop a 15/20-seat civil tilt-rotor and says that it is now looking for European partners to invest in the project. The Franco/German company says that while the eight/nine-seat Bell BA609 civil tiltrotor "presents no direct competition in the short term", there is a need ...
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UK's Beagle 2 Mars lander gets initial approval
The European Space Agency has approved the go-ahead for the Mars Express orbiter mission. The launch, scheduled for 2003, will include a UK-built lander if funds can be raised to develop the spacecraft. The lander, called the Beagle 2, would be the most high profile UK space project since ...
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Carriers unite for airframe standard
Several leading international airlines have agreed to study the possibility of standardising aircraft configurations to cut the costs associated with customisation. Introducing the initiative in Washington DC on 5 November, United Airlines chairman Gerald Greenwald said: "Standardisation can save airlines a lot of money." Customisation adds 3-4% to aircraft ...
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Ariane breaks launch record as rival Sea Launch falters
Tim Furniss/LONDON Three Ariane boosters were launched in a record 23 days when, on 28 October, an Ariane 44L carried the first European-manufactured satellite built for a US customer. At the same time the rival Boeing-led Sea Launch has lost two more satellites from its launch manifest. The ...
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NASA contract boosts Shavit
NASA has awarded Small Expendable Launch Vehicle Services (SELVS) contracts to Orbital Sciences (OSC) and Coleman Research for up to 16 flights from Cape Canaveral, Vandenberg and Wallops Island from 2000 to 2003 with a maximum potential value of each contract being $400 million. OSC's SELVS launches will ...
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Goresat goes ahead
US Vice President Al Gore's proposed satellite to send back - via the Internet - continuous views of the full sunlit disc of the earth, has been given the go-ahead by US space agency NASA. The Triana satellite, nicknamed the "GoreSat", will be deployed from the Space Shuttle in December ...
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Russia wants to transfer Mir research equipment
Yuri Semenov, the director of Russia's Energia corporation, says that up to 11t of unique research equipment should be transferred to the International Space Station from the Mir space station before it is de-orbited. The Space Shuttle would be best suited to the task, he says, although Progress tankers ...
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Orbital contract
Orbital Sciences has been awarded a five-year, $400 million, NASA contract to provide up to 16 Pegasus and Taurus launches of small scientific satellites under the Small Expendable Launch Vehicle Services programme. Source: Flight International
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728JET orders 'soon'
Fairchild Dornier confidently predicts that it will secure launch orders for its planned 70/78-seat 728JET by mid-1999. Fairchild Dornier senior vice-president, sales and marketing, Andrew Jampoler says: "We are still in discussions with Lufthansa CityLine and Crossair, and it is our expectation that these discussions will end with large orders ...
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US/UK bilateral
US Airways has asked the US Bill Clinton Administration to renounce the Bermuda II air services agreement between the USA and the UK in a move which is designed to speed up the pace of talks over an "open skies" aviation pact. Negotiations are at an impasse after meetings in ...
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Crisis aids Air New Zealand as it swoops for Garuda 737s
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDONAir New Zealand (ANZ) has taken advantage of the Asian crisis to conclude a deal with Boeing for the rapid delivery of six new 737-300s, which will allow it to accelerate the phase-out of its existing 737-200 ßeet. It is also believed to be in negotiations for additional 737s, ...