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Skyways buys up express route in Scandinavia
SAS and its regional associate, Skyways, in which it owns a 25% stake, are fighting back against Norwegian intruder Braathens in the Swedish market, with the purchase of two domestic carriers. Having nipped in the bud the ambitions of Gothenburg start-up CityAirline by taking it over before it was ...
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Solid succeeds Icelandair service
New Luxembourg airline Solid'air is to plug the gap which will be left by the planned withdrawal next January of Icelandair's long-standing operations out of the Grand Duchy. Solid'air is working towards a 12 December start, putting together a regular schedule to destinations in Florida and the Caribbean. ...
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Southern crosses out plans for Japan launch but stays afloat
Andrew Mollet/TOKYO Southern Cross has scrapped plans to launch a new airline in Japan, becoming the latest casualty in the country's attempt to open up domestic competition to start-up carriers. The airline was set up in August 1997 with joint investment by 32 major firms in Okinawa province. ...
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SIA closes in on Star status
Singapore Airlines (SIA) is about to take a step closer to becoming a full member of the Star Alliance by concluding a bilateral partnership with SAS, as part of a wider move by the group's five members to consolidate coverage of the Asia-Pacific region. Founding Star airline SAS is ...
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Virgin to grow single-aisle fleet
Günter Endres/LONDON Virgin Atlantic is to boost its Airbus A320 fleet in the next few months to accommodate the expansion of its European scheduled and charter flights. Initial expansion is expected later this year, with the opening of the London Heathrow-Moscow service, followed by the start of the new ...
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Universal wins US approval for UNS-1K system
Universal Avionics has received US Federal Aviation Administration supplemental type certification (STC) for its UNS-1K flight management system (FMS) on the Boeing 737-200. The FMS was certificated for a fleet of 737s operated by Lithuanian Airlines and is a significant breakthrough in efforts to establish the UNS-1K as the ...
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Flight Visions delivers head-up displays for X-35 demonstrator
Flight Visions has delivered the first head-up displays (HUDs) for Lockheed Martin's X-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) concept demonstrators. The first two of seven Night Hawk HUDs have been installed in integration laboratories. Flight test units will be delivered this month. Although it covers only HUDs for the concept ...
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'Intranet in the sky' is planned
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Two European airlines are leading the drive to link aircraft on the ground and in the air with the airline's "intranet" information technology systems. Lufthansa charter affiliate Condor and Swissair plan demonstrations of systems to allow Internet-style exchanges of information with aircraft using low-power datalinks ...
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Southern African airlines struggle to survive as profits plunge
By Hilka Birns/CAPE TOWN Dangerously low profit margins are threatening the future of airlines in Southern Africa as low yields from domestic services and excessive levies imposed by government-owned monopolies take their toll, according to the Airline Association of Southern Africa (AASA). Airlines in the region are reporting ...
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Finmeccanica first half losses slashed
Finmeccanica has slashed its losses in the first six months of the year and is hoping for further improvements during the remainder of 1998 as it lowers operating costs and undertakes heavy restructuring of its business. The Italian aerospace and defence giant reported a loss of L568 billion ($351 ...
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Boeing completes reshuffle
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Boeing has made sweeping changes to its management in the wake of the structural changes announced in early September providing for three new Commercial Airplane business units. Under newly appointed Boeing Commercial Airplane Group president Alan Mulally, the company is divided into three main units. ...
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Training trade
Europe's politicians might as well be asleep for all the knowledge they have of the problems facing the pilot training industry Politics should be kept separate from the serious business of administering flight safety. The European Joint Aviation Authorities, however, is about to be tempted by that consummately political ...
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South Africa gets ready to announce fighter trainer winner
South Africa is expected to announce the winning contractors for the first phase of an estimated R30 billion ($5 billion)-worth of arms purchases by the end of the month, according to Alec Erwin, South African trade and industry minister. South Africa plans to purchase a wide variety of armaments, ...
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Ramjet 'Exocet' nears approval
Julian Moxon/PARIS The definition contract for the anti-navire future (ANF) supersonic follow-on to the Exocet anti-ship missile is on schedule to be awarded at the end of this month, with the seeker element of the project to be opened to European competition, says weapons developer Aerospatiale. The ANF ...
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South Korea aims for ASRAAM missile again
South Korea is expected to submit shortly a second request to the US Air Force F-16 System Programme Office (SPO) for the release of integration data for the Matra BAe ASRAAM short-range air-to-air missile, after having earlier been refused the information. A South Korean request made in 1997 to the ...
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C-17 team studies Rolls-Royce engine option for UK contest
Boeing and British Aerospace, along with Rolls-Royce, are believed to be studying a potential RB211-535E4-powered C-17 as part of the US company's bid to supply up to 25 aircraft to the UK Royal Air Force. The C-17 is being offered for the second tranche of the RAF's Future Transport ...
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US Army saves the Outrider as Navy VTOL UAV
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC The US Department of Defense Joint Requirements Oversight Council has agreed to let the US Navy and the US Marine Corps switch to a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned air vehicle (UAV), while allowing the US Army to procure the Alliant Techsystems Outrider UAV. ...
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Lockheed Martin unveils full-size X-35 mock-up
Lockheed Martin has unveiled a full-scale mock-up of the X-35 design for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) project at the Fort Worth, Texas, plant. The unveiling follows a Final Design Review with government project managers in August at the Skunk Works in California, where the first real X-35 is under ...
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Oriental opening
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE The concept of business aviation in Asia has been for many years a bit of a misnomer. A combination of infrastructural shortcomings, official hostility and user ignorance conspired to constrain severely the development of the executive aircraft market. Despite recent economic difficulties, there are encouraging indications that this ...
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Jet-powered business
The buoyant mood of the business aviation industry is reflected in the 1998 Flight International Corporate Aircraft Census, which once again records a healthy increase in the worldwide turbine fleet. During the past 12 months, the world's aircraft itinerary has risen by around 8%, from 17,333 to 18,688. "Business aviation ...