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Hong Kong tackles long haul rostering
The Hong Kong Civil Aviation Department (CAD) is planning pioneering new rules on maximum permissible flight hours and minimum stand down periods, which will require Cathay Pacific Airways to overhaul crew rostering for long haul flights. Cathay has until 30 November to submit its response to the CAD 371 ...
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KLM uk goes on the offensive
KLM uk has struck back at Stansted-based rival Go by revealing the first phase of a revamp of operations at its London hub. The airline says it aims to tackle the low-fare division of British Airways head on, with an increase in frequencies to Edinburgh, Scotland, to seven services a ...
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Level busts in the UK bust the record books
Level busts in the UK have reached record levels in the first few months of this year, according to a report by the UK Civil Aviation Authority safety regulation group (SRG). The study also revealed that level busts, the term for incidents where aircraft climb or descend through the ...
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EC views Malpensa transfer as anti-competitive
The European Commission's (EC) transport directorate has ruled against Italy's plan to transfer the majority of airlines now operating at Milan Linate to the new hub at Malpensa. Transport commissioner Neil Kinnock says the Italian transport ministry decree forcing airlines with routes on which fewer than 2 million passengers ...
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Raytheon remarkets 1900Ds to help out Mesa
Raytheon Aircraft has agreed to remarket 15 Beech 1900D turboprops operated by cash-strapped Mesa Air Group. The airline will receive an immediate $5 million payment for the aircraft. Raytheon will also reduce the terms of the purchase of the last of the aircraft acquired by Mesa. Raytheon is putting ...
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Pilot unions unite
The Alliance Coalition, a grouping of pilot unions, was formed on 26 August to represent the interests of around 24,000 pilots possibly affected by the proposed British Airways/American Airlines alliance. This will include sharing collective bargaining agreements and development of a global strategy. Employees of 11 airlines are represented: Aerolineas ...
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Tu-204-100 progresses
The Russian Aviaregister has removed restrictions on passenger operations of the PS-90A-powered Tupolev Tu-204-100, and completed tests on the Rolls-Royce RB211 Tu-204-120 and -120C freighter. Source: Flight International
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SAA chief urges government protection
Hilka Birns/CAPE TOWN South African Airways (SAA) chief executive Coleman Andrews has urged Pretoria to cut jet fuel prices and use regulatory powers to defend SAA on international routes while it reorganises its fleet and network. Andrews told a parliamentary committee that SAA could save up to R80 ...
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Workshop
-Pemco World Air Services will maintain three Boeing MD-11s operated by World Airways. Two of the aircraft will be maintained at the company's Dothan, Alabama facility, while work on the third will be accomplished at the company's new maintenance site in Victorville, California. World is the launch customer for the ...
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Northrop Grumman reorganises after failure of merger
Northrop Grumman is moving to cut costs and reorganise in the wake of the failed merger with Lockheed Martin. The aim is to slash annual operating costs by $300 million, partly through a realignment of operating units. While the company is planning a large number of redundancies, these are ...
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Asia crisis misses Lufthansa and SAirGroup
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH The Asian economic crisis has failed to dent the performance of two of Europe's flag carriers, with Germany's Lufthansa Group and Swissair owner SAir Group showing big increases in pre-tax profits for the first six months of 1998. The Lufthansa Group's pre-tax profits on ordinary activities ...
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Kitty Hawk cuts it fine in bid to acquire Southern Air Transport
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Kitty Hawk has revealed plans to purchase Southern Air Transport (SAT) after merger negotiations unexpectedly broke off between financially ailing SAT and Fine Air. Dallas, Texas-based Kitty Hawk, a charter passenger and cargo carrier which recently acquired American International Airways and other Kalitta companies, agreed ...
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Sporty Games
So British Airways has at last placed an order with Airbus Industrie, some 30 years after the European consortium was conceived with the primary aim of building an aircraft for BA's predecessor, British European Airways (BEA). The fiercely fought battle between Airbus and Boeing for this much prized order ...
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Missile requirement
The Australian Department of Defence has unveiled revised plans for its proposed acquisition of a new medium-range surface-to-air missile system under the renamed Joint Project 117. The project, formerly Land 117, is the subject of a market survey process aimed at providing guidance on costs and system capabilities before funding ...
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UK urged to wait on deep strike system choice
UK industry has urged the Ministry of Defence to postpone its selection of platforms for the Royal Air Force's Future Offensive Aircraft System (FOAS) to take advantage of the latest technologies and to benefit from European industrial co-operation. The MoD is expected to decide in March 2000 whether to ...
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First multi-role MiG-31BM prototype goes on show
Howard Gethin/LONDON MAPO has revealed the first prototype MiG-31BM defence-suppression-capable variant of the MiG-31 interceptor. The aircraft is based on the MiG-31B interceptor in service with the Russian air force. The Russian company is already offering the type for export, possibly to China and India, there being little ...
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Lockheed Martin works on cockpit
Lockheed Martin is to develop a common cockpit for the US Navy's upgraded Sikorsky SH-60Rs and new CH-60s, using commercial technology, after abandoning its initial upgrade approach as too expensive. The company has won a $61 million contract to equip two SH-60R prototypes for flight testing in late 1999, to ...
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Israel and USA to work
The Israeli air force and the US air force are to jointly develop an aircrew helmet that will give warning of incipient g-induced loss of consciousness. A prototype of the special helmet has been developed by the air force with funding from the Israeli Ministry of Defence. The prototype ...
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Japan lines up ramjet-powered ASM launch
The Japan Defence Agency (JDA) is planning to launch initial development of a new integrated ramjet-powered supersonic air-to-surface missile (ASM) as a successor to the Mitsubishi Type 93 ASM-2. Tentatively designated the ASM-3, the new missile will be powered by a combined-cycle rocket motor during launch and acceleration, and ...
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Japan looks at Eagle engine swap
The Japan Air Self-Defence Force (JASDF) is considering an industry proposal to re-engine its Boeing/Mitsubishi F-15J/DJ Eagles with the General Electric F110-129 turbofan powerplant, as part of a planned forthcoming upgrade of the fighter. Mitusbishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has been conducting initial design work for an F-15 upgrade since ...