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New Tokyo International Airport, which owns and operates Tokyo's Narita Airport, has applied for Ministry of Transport approval to construct a second runway by November 2001. Construction is expected to begin later this year. The proposed runway would be 2,180m (7,200ft) long, rather than the 2,500m previously planned. The airport ...
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Air Dolomiti focuses on regional jets after Lufthansa share deal
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Air Dolomiti is evaluating several regional jet types to supplement its fleet of ATR 42s and expects to make a selection "in the near future". The move follows the announcement that Lufthansa is to take a 26% stake in the Italian regional. The Trieste-based airline, which operates ...
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Channel-spacing gets green light
The implementation of 8.33kHz channel-spacing in the core area of Europe will go ahead as planned next month, Eurocontrol nations and the user community decided on 22 September. The go-ahead comes as the International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers' Associations (IFATCA) warns that the programme poses "very serious safety risks". ...
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Mystery DC-9 crash document opened up
A 4,500 page investigation into an airline crash in 1980 has been sent to the US and French governments by the Italian foreign ministry. US and French air force aircraft were close by when the Itavia McDonnell Douglas DC-9-10 suddenly plunged into the Tyrrhenian Sea. The document indicts four Italian ...
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Taca launches domestic service
Taca Peru will launch domestic services, using two Airbus A319s, on 1 October. The airline, formally known as TransAm, will be Peru's second carrier to start operations after the demise of Aeroperu. International flights will begin in November. The airline, 49% owned by the El Salvador-based Grupo TACA ...
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Routes
United Airlines and Spanair have agreed to a codeshare deal covering Spanair flights from Washington to Madrid, and from Madrid to three other cities in Spain. The agreement will begin at the end of October, and gives the Spanish airline a link with a second Star member after Lufthansa. British ...
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Boeing details revised growth 777 schedule
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Boeing has unveiled a detailed revised timetable for development of the growth 777-200X and -300X, calling for delivery of the first General Electric GE90-115B-powered aircraft within 44 months of formal launch. The schedule is based on a formal launch for the programme by the end ...
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SIGINT P-3 joins East Timor force
A US Navy EP-3C Orion has joined the International Force in East Timor (INTERFET) to provide support for the monitoring of Indonesian Defence Force and pro-Jakarta militia communications, according to US defence officials in Australia. The aircraft has been operating out of Royal Australian Air Force bases in northern ...
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Precision shell
The UK Defence Evaluation and Research Agency and Rockwell Collins have completed a two-year development and test programme of a global positioning system receiver contained in a 155mm artillery shell. The Low Cost Course Correction Module (LCCCM) programme demonstrated the ability of a GPS system to acquire and track ...
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USCG intercepts drug-run boats with armed Explorer
The US Coast Guard is using armed MD Helicopters Explorers to intercept high-speed drug-smuggling boats in international waters, marking the use of the rotorcraft as a gunship for the first time. The previously secret USCG project, dubbed Operation New Frontier, began in March and has led to the capture of ...
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Technical problems put back US Navy CL-327 sea trials
US Navy-sponsored sea trials of Bombardier Services' co-axial rotor CL-327 Guardian vertical take-off and landing unmanned air vehicle (VTOL UAV) have been delayed by at least a month because of technical problems, say USN project officials. The decision to postpone the shipborne flight operations coincides with Bombardier Services' withdrawal ...
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Raytheon seeks UK tanker team
Raytheon is negotiating with British Aerospace to create a single team offering Airbus aircraft for the UK Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft (FSTA) requirement. BAe is a partner in Airbus Industrie and Raytheon has an exclusive deal with the four-nation consortium to use its aircraft as platforms for airborne early ...
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USAF settles on 'waverider' scramjet missile
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC The US military has settled on development of a scramjet-powered "waverider" vehicle as its candidate for an inexpensive hypersonic stand-off missile, according to US Air Force Lt Col Walt Price, the Affordable Rapid Response Missile (ARRM) programme manager. Development of a Mach 6.5tactical missile employing ...
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US Marines get message with Cypher II
Sikorsky Aircraft has received $5.5 million from the US Congress to build two Cypher II unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) with ground control stations, for testing by the US Marine Corps. The contract includes options for another 10 of the all-composite vertical take-off and landing UAV rotorcraft. Dubbed Dragon Warrior by ...
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Austrian defection leaves Qualiflyer seeking new ties
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Swissair is claiming that its faltering alliance remains intact, despite the spectacular defection of core Qualiflyer Group member Austrian Airlines to the rival Star Alliance camp. Austrian and its partially-owned associates Lauda Air and Tyrolean Airways will assume full Star membership in the second quarter of next year. ...
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Hong Kong to climb down over airport fees
Hong Kong's Airport Authority (AA) is cutting landing and parking fees at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) by 15% from 1 January in response to criticism over high charges at the new Chek Lap Kok airport, which opened last year. The AA says the move should "increase the competitive ...
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Fighter buy re-ignites BAe-Denel talks
British Aerospace (BAe)is preparing to resume talks with South Africa over its planned acquisition of an equity stake in state-owned defence company Denel. The move follows Pretoria's decision to purchase up to 28 Saab/BAe Gripen fighters and 24 Hawk trainers. BAe reveals that the signing of the defence contract, ...
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Olympic runs up a profit despite slump
Troubled Greek flag-carrier Olympic Airways saw turnover fall by 2% last year compared with 1997, although it was able to report a net profit of Dr1.66 billion ($5.3 million) for the period, thanks to a Dr12 billion gain from a write-back of previous provisions. The airline also suffered an ...
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Crossing the line
New Piper Aircraft has moved firmly into business aviation territory with its single-turboprop Meridian Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Next July, five years after it emerged from bankruptcy, New Piper Aircraft plans to deliver the first Malibu Meridian. This single-turboprop business aircraft symbolises the resurgence of a firm that was driven into ...
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The China syndrome
The People's Republic is overflowing with airlines, but in the wake of the Asian crisis, few are turning a profit Chris Jasper/LONDON Though Beijing, in the form of the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), has been talking up the prospect of consolidation within the country's airline industry for some ...