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Merger Mania
The Top 100 aerospace ranking, compiled by Flight International and leading industry experts IPG Consulting, shows an industry in the grip of consolidation. But how long will merger-mania hold sway - and what comes next? Chris Jasper/LONDON The aerospace industry, conventional wisdom would have it, is in less than ...
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Good practice
A new training system allows US fighter pilots to observe their own combat training sorties DeeDee Doke/RAF LAKENHEATH A new combat training system that allows fighter pilots to sharpen their skills without ground monitoring stations is in action at its first US Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) duty station. This ...
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Shell gets 328JET in Nigeria
Fairchild Aerospace has delivered a 328JET to Shell Petroleum Development of Nigeria. The 32-seat Pratt & Whitney Canada PW306B-powered regional jet has joined two 328 turboprops used by Shell to transport personnel within Nigeria. The company is expected eventually to replace the turboprops with jets.Source: Flight International
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New EC commissioner backs Eurocontrol to run airspace
Julian Moxon/PARIS The new European Commission (EC) Transport Commissioner Loyola de Palacio has come out strongly in favour of a transfer of airspace sovereignty to Eurocontrol as a way of solving the growing air traffic control (ATC) crisis in Europe. In a statement to the European Parliament on 30 ...
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El Al nears decision on widebody fleet
Israeli flag carrier El Al is entering final negotiations with Boeing and Airbus on its medium-sized widebody requirement and is expected to make a selection by the end of September. Boeing proposes three 777-200ERs, plus options on two additional aircraft, which could be 767s, 777s or 747-400s. Sources close ...
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Airbus flies towards FANS approval
Airbus is expecting certification of its FANS-A (future air navigation system) avionics next spring following extensive in-flight trials of the system and the first tests in an operational environment. The system, developed for the A330/A340, supports satellite communications (satcoms), datalink communications and automatic dependent surveillance (ADS). The first operational trial ...
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Mini QAR to slash installation costs
Avionica plans to start production by the end of the year of a quick access recorder (QAR) which, it says, will dramatically cut the unit size and installation costs in civil aircraft. The Miami, USA-based manufacturer says that it expects to soon announce the mini QAR's first customer - a ...
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F-15 excess costs Boeing $225m
Boeing is to take a $225 million charge against third-quarter earnings because of excess inventory on the F-15 fighter programme. The hit is in addition to a previously announced charge of $45 million for F-15 inventory. The company had procured long-lead items in anticipation of export orders for up ...
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Bombardier to sell UK arm
Stewart Penney/LONDON Bombardier is to sell its Bombardier Services UK company which provides flying training and maintenance services to armed forces in the UK and the Middle East. The decision comes shortly after the company received the first four of 99 Grob G115 trainers to fulfil a UK contract to ...
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Airbus SCE plans get stuck as Dasa/CASA near merger terms
Julian Moxon/PARISWith Europe's four Airbus companies due to present plans for the conversion of the consortium into a single company to their respective governments before the end of this month, Flight International has learned that the partners - soon-to-merge DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (Dasa) and CASA apart - have yet to hold ...
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CityBird cargo flight forces Sabena action
Belgian carrier CityBird began wet-lease cargo operations for Lignes Aeriennes Congolaises (LAC), the national carrier of the Democratic Republic of Congo, on 30 July with the delivery of the first of two A300-600 freighters originally destined for Kuwait Airways. Belgian flag-carrier Sabena is planning to sell all shares in CityBird ...
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ICO rings for Chapter 11 bankruptcy option
ICO Global Communications followed mobile satellite communications company Iridium into Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on 27 August. ICO has raised $3.1 billion for its 12-satellite venture, but needs another $1.6 billion to launch services in the fourth quarter of next year. Following the failure of its recent rights issue ...
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Mergers
Thomson-CSF subsidiary Sextant has become the sole owner of in-flight entertainment provider Sextant In-Flight Systems after acquiring the 49% of shares held by B/E Aerospace. Sextant took an initial 51% stake when the joint venture was created in January. The European Commission's review of the proposed AlliedSignal-Honeywell merger has entered ...
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Engine under Buenos Aires crash spotlight
David Learmount/LONDON Initial information on the Argentine Boeing 737-200 fatal accident on 31 August indicates that take-off was abandoned following a mechanical failure in the No 1 engine. Witness and survivor statements supporting this view have yet to be confirmed by official sources, although the captain survived and the ...
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Police label SilkAir investigation as 'suicide cum murder'
The Singapore Police Force has classified its investigation into the crash of the SilkAir Boeing 737-300 in Sumatra on 19 December 1997 as "suicide cum murder". The police stress that the label has been adopted "solely to assist us in our investigation. It is not an indication of our ...
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BA shakes up top team
British Airways has announced major changes to its top management. The airline is to restructure into six business units, which together with the chief executive's office will form a new Management Team, replacing the former Executive Team. Deutsche BA chief executive Carl Michel heads a new Commercial unit, integrating all ...
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R-R grapples with European Trent overhaul strategy
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Rolls-Royce (R-R) has failed to reach agreement with SAirGroup maintenance unit SR Technics over the structure of their proposed Trent engine overhaul joint venture, despite a year of talks on the scheme. Lufthansa Technik, having pondered participation in the venture, is no longer involved in the discussions. ...
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NATO rejig brings more power to southern Europe command
DeeDee Doke/AVIANO AB A reorganisation of NATO's regional commands begun on 1 September will give allied air forces in the alliance's southern flank "a more responsive airpower command and control capability", says US Air Force Lt Gen Michael Short, commander of NATO's Airsouth. The phased changes will close ...
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Lack of orders may close AGM-130 line
The US Air Force is improving its Boeing AGM-130-powered stand-off weapon successfully used during Operation Allied Force, but has no plans to replace the examples used against Yugoslav forces, according to Frank Robbins, head of USAF precision strike weapons. He says enough AGM-130s are in the production process to satisfy ...
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Boeing and Northrop set up F/A-18 centre
Boeing and Northrop Grumman have taken further advantage of US military base closures to establish a joint F/A-18 Hornet modification and overhaul operation at the US Navy's soon to be vacated Cecil Field naval air station in Florida. The two companies are among a number of tenants to have ...