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Andean satellite
The Andesat consortium, comprising Venezuela, Columbia, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru and Alcatel Spacecom, will launch the first of a series of Alcatel Espace-built Simon Bolivar communications satellites in 2001. The project will cost $500 million. Source: Flight International
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New plant
Mitsubishi Electric has entered the world league in full-scale satellite manufacturing and testing with the completion of a new six-floor 23m (75ft)-high, 2,483m² (26,700ft²) plant at Kamakura. Incorporating full scale design, manufacturing and testing facilities under one roof, it includes a space vacuum chamber. Source: Flight International
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Impulse plans float to fund regional jets
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS Impulse Airlines aims to expand into regional jets and is to fund its growth with a share flotation, following its severing of links with Ansett Australia last month. Impulse, based in Newcastle, New South Wales, operates feeder and hub-bypass services. It is preparing to raise funds ...
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SriLankan Airlines receives its first Trent 772-powered Airbuses
SriLankan Airlines has taken delivery of the first of nine Rolls-Royce Trent 772-powered Airbus A330-200s, as the airline moves towards becoming an all A330/A340 operator. The remaining aircraft are due between now and December next year, replacing the airline's four Lockheed L-1011 TriStars. SriLankan, which is part owned by Dubai's ...
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Airbus wraps up Chinese package
A package of orders for 28 Airbus aircraft for Chinese carriers was announced by French president Jacques Chirac in late October, while hosting a visit by China's president Jiang Zemin. Although Chirac revealed that the deal includes eight A340-500/600s, 10 A318s and 10 A319s, details such as the identity ...
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City Bird suspends Kinshasa service
City Bird has suspended its weekly services between Brussels and Congolese capital Kinshasa after local authorities levied a $1 million landing charge at the airport. There have also apparently been threats that City Bird's Boeing 767-300ER may be blown up or seized if it lands at Kinshasa. City Bird ...
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El Al compromises with A330/777 deal
Arie Egozi/TEL AVIV Airbus Industrie is set to conclude its first sale to El Al following the Israeli national airline's decision to split its medium-capacity fleet replacement order between the European consortium and Boeing. El Al is to acquire a mix of aircraft and has ordered three Boeing ...
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Eurocontrol steps up air traffic enforcement
Eurocontrol is stepping up its activities to implement a European notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) process. The air navigation organisation is working towards introducing formal contractual arrangements with air traffic management (ATM) service providers after proposals from Eurocontrol's council were approved last month. A European NPRM, which would allow ...
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Eurowings discusses RJ-X launch order
Jens Flottau/DORTMUND Eurowings is in negotiations with British Aerospace to become launch customer for its updated Avro RJ-X model, with which it would replace its ageing BAe 146s. The airline is discussing an order for up to six examples. The RJ-X is BAe's planned, re-engined, AlliedSignal AS977-powered development ...
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Namibia boosts cargo with 747 Combi
Air Namibia has taken delivery of the General Electric CF6-80C2-powered Boeing 747-400 Combi ordered earlier this year. The Namibian flag carrier will use the aircraft to replace its 747SP, providing increased cargo capacity to enable it to "serve the transport requirements of the Namibian fishing industry", says the airline. The ...
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Kalahari Express services up and away
Namibian regional carrier Kalahari Express began operations on 31 October from its Windhoek base. The Air Namibia subsidiary has acquired two ex-Ansett Australia F28 Mk3000s, with the second to be delivered by the end of the year. The initial network includes services to Cape Town and Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. ...
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Competition puts pressure on LIAT to restructure
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC LIAT is facing growing pressure to restructure its business due to the impending entry of Eastern Caribbean Express into a market overcrowded with financially struggling regional carriers. St Lucia-based Eastern Caribbean plans to make its debut early next year, backed by Air Jamaica. The carrier, ...
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Milan transfer gets the green light
European transport commissioner Loyola de Palacio has given the go-ahead for the stepped transfer of services from Milan Linate Airport to the city's new Malpensa hub. The transfer is to be completed by 15 January, with only Milan-Rome shuttle flights remaining at Linate. The forced move is conditional, however, ...
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Nationwide's long-haul plans are scuppered by licence rejection
Hilka Birns/CAPE TOWN Plans by South African regional carrier Nationwide to launch long-haul services have been frustrated by the South African civil aviation authority's rejection of its application for a temporary international air transport licence. Nationwide planned to launch a weekly service, with Virgin Atlantic, between Cape Town ...
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Routes
United Airlines will begin daily services between Los Angeles and Paris Charles de Gaulle next April using Boeing 777s. Sabena is introducing daily services from Brussels to Washington this month using Airbus A330-300s The airline has also upgraded its flights between London City Airport to Brussels, replacing de Havilland Dash ...
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Sobelair management and pilots face fraud charges
Herman De Wulf/BRUSSELS The former chief executive, members of the management and pilots of Sabena's charter airline Sobelair face charges of forgery and fraud following a five-year investigation by the country's authorities. Retired former chief executive Pierre Jonnart, 27 Sobelair captains and management members face charges of falsifying flight ...
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Workshop
UK spares specialist Airinmar has signed a two-year agreement with British Aerospace Asset Management, to support its fleet of more than 240 BAe 146/RJs, ATPs and Jetstreams. Airinmar will manage the exchange, test, overhaul and repair of parts removed from BAe Asset Management's aircraft undergoing maintenance and refurbishment between leases. ...
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Arkia eyes Nigeria bid
Arkia, Israel's largest privately owned airline, is planning to bid for a stake in Nigeria Airways when the state-owned carrier is partially privatised. "We are operating in Nigeria and it is our intention to be there when the government offers the shares of the national carrier," says Arkia executive ...
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BMW surrenders BMW R-R majority stake
Andrew Doyle/MUNICHBMW is surrendering its majority stake in loss-making aero engine maker BMW Rolls-Royce (BMW R-R) in a deal which will see joint venture partner Rolls-Royce take full control. The German automotive group will in turn increase its holding in the UK powerplant giant to 10%. R-R says it plans ...
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Europe's Allianz is tipped to acquire Fairchild Aerospace
European insurance and financial services giant Allianz has emerged as a potential buyer of regional jet manufacturer Fairchild Aerospace, which has headquarters in the USA. Allianz will not comment on any possible bid for the 56% share of Fairchild held by chairman Carl Albert, but industry sources say the ...