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AA/BA unveil 'world' alliance
Andrew Chuter/LONDON American Airlines and British Airways have finalised the first stage of their global expansion plans with an alliance that pulls the two carriers together with Cathay Pacific, Qantas and Canadian Airlines International. The group, which has been put together under the working title of "World Alliance", ...
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P&W sets sights on Airbus next generation narrowbody family
Max Kingsley-Jones and Guy Norris/LONDON Pratt & Whitney is targeting launch of its PW8000 geared turbofan for a new generation Airbus Industrie narrowbody family, believed to be in the early planning stages in Toulouse. Sources at the US engine maker say the company believes that the step change ...
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EF2000 deal firms up first batch order
Eurofighter, Eurojet and the NATO Eurofighter and Tornado Management Agency have signed fixed-price agreements covering production of the first batch of 148 EF2000 fighters and 363 engines. The so-called "Supplement 2" agreements have translated the maximum prices defined in the production contracts signed in January into fixed-price firm orders, ...
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Russian airlines hit as financial crisis bites deep
Paul Duffy/MOSCOW Russia's civil aviation industry has begun to suffer serious losses, including bankruptcies and lease cancellations, as a result of the economic and political turmoil which has hit the country in the last month. Transaero is to return two of its three McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30s to lessor ...
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Airbus flies laminar flow fin
Airbus Industrie has begun flight testing its A320 development aircraft, equipped with a newly developed vertical tailfin, which incorporates laminar flow technology to reduce air friction and significantly reduce fuel consumption. The leading edge of the tailfin is covered with thousands of tiny perforations, and contains an air pump ...
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Tecnomatix covers Airbus with CAPE software
Tecnomatix Technologies has won a £1.5 million ($2.5 million) order from European Airbus partners Aerospatiale, British Aerospace Airbus and Daimler-Benz to supply computer-aided production engineering (CAPE) tools. The Israeli company claims the deal is the largest programme of CAPE implementation in the aerospace industry to date. The order covers ...
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American IFE
American Airlines has selected Rockwell Collins' Total Entertainment System as the in-flight entertainment (IFE) system for its new Boeing 777 fleet, with deliveries beginning in early 1999. The airline has also selected the US avionics manufacturer as the supplier of video monitor systems for 75 new Boeing 737-800s and 12 ...
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El Op HUD heads for air transport and business aviation
Israeli military head-up display (HUD) manufacturer El Op is to move into the transport and corporate aviation markets. The company is to use HUD technology which has helped it secure contracts for upgrading US Air Force Northrop T-38s, the Turkish air force's McDonnell Douglas F-4s and Romanian air force ...
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Boeing JSF is ahead of schedule
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES The first bulkhead has been attached to the keel in final assembly of the Boeing X-32A Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) concept demonstrator at Palmdale, California. The company says that final assembly is running two months ahead of schedule. The X-32A and X-32B JSF demonstrators are ...
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Eutelsat gets busy
TWO Eutelsat spacecraft are to be launched within a week from 5 October. The European satellite communications organisation's Matra Marconi-built Hot Bird 5 will be carried on an ILS International Launch Services Atlas 2A from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Alcatel-built Eutelsat W2 will be launched on an Ariane 4 from ...
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France may join UK's Skynet
France is considering joining the UK's Skynet 5 military communications satellite programme, rather than continuing working with Germany in the Trimilsatcom project, from which the UK pulled out last month. Armand Carlier, chairman and chief executive of Matra Marconi Space (MMS), which leads one of the teams bidding for ...
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NASA looks at X-38 and VentureStar mixture
NASA and Lockheed Martin are studying the use of the X-38 International Space Station (ISS) crew return vehicle with the proposed VentureStar single-stage-to-orbit spaceplane. The work, which is at a conceptual stage, is aimed at providing an alternative to the Space Shuttle as an ISS transporter. The X-38, a ...
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Sea Launch programme may carry dummy
Tim Furniss/LONDON Failure of a Russian/ Ukrainian Zenit 2 booster during launch on 10 September, with the loss of 12 Globalstar mobile communications satellites, may force Boeing to carry a dummy payload rather than a commercial satellite on its first flight of the Sea Launch booster. The launcher is ...
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Routes
-Aer Lingus is to launch services from Dublin to Los Angeles via Shannon in June 1999, using an Airbus A330-200. -Singapore Airlines will suspend indefinitely services to Sendai, Japan, and Cairns, Australia, from 1 October. -Emirates Airlines is to provide South African Airlines with Johannesburg-Dubai services through an extension of ...
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Lucas in control
Lucas Aerospace has been selected by Airbus for contracts to supply the trimmable horizontal-stabiliser actuator and rudder servo control actuator for the primary flight controls and the slat system for the secondary flight controls for the Airbus A340-500/600.The company is also to supply thrust reverser actuation for the aircraft. The ...
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Standard Controls
Hamilton Standard has been selected to supply upgraded full authority digital engine control units for the US Air Force Rockwell B-1B's General Electric F101 engines (a total of 450 units) and the Northrop Grumman B-2's GE F118 engines (120 units). The Windsor Locks, Connecticut-based company also supplies environmental and other ...
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Finavitec deliveries
The first rear fuselage for the Embraer ERJ-135/145 range to be produced by Finavitec of Finland has been delivered to Sonaca of Belgium, which has been manufacturing the sections since 1994. The work is being undertaken under subcontract from the Belgian company. Finavitec will deliver its first centre fuselage in ...
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PAL losses
Philippine Airlines' (PAL) losses quadrupled to 2.2 billion pesos ($50.2 million) in the first three months of the year ending June, compared to the 1997 first quarter. A 22-day pilot strike, foreign exchange losses and higher interest charges all contributed to the loss. The airline says it will shortly unveil ...
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Engine venture
Woodward Governor and Lockheed Martin Control Systems have formed a joint venture to develop , build and support aero-engine control systems. The company, called AESYS, is already developing an actuation control system for an unnamed large turbofan engine. Source: Flight International
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In a Jam
Raytheon Systems' high speed anti-radar missile (HARM) has been modified to attack air defence radars and jammers on the battlefield. The Block V development contract was awarded in 1995. The continued evolution of the HARM is made possible by software changes which can be added in the field to AGM-88C ...