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PAL's rebuilding links it to Emirates
Philippine Airlines (PAL) is offering flights to Dubai for the first time in 15 months after signing a codeshare agreement with Emirates. The move comes as the airline seeks to expand its links with other carriers. From 1 September, PAL will offer seats on each of Emirates' thrice weekly ...
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AeroPeru goes into liquidation after final rescue efforts fail
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Final hopes of finding a new financial backer for AeroPeru have been extinguished as creditors rejected four last-ditch rescue proposals and initiated moves to liquidate the grounded national carrier. "The creditors met to consider four proposals, none of which were acceptable-The creditors were obliged to ...
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Routes
Virgin Express is launching daily services from Berlin to Rome Fiumicino and Brussels in November. Delta Air Lines will discontinue services to St Croix in the US Virgin Islands on 1 December to make more seats available to St Thomas passengers. Channel Islands-based Aurigny Air Services has applied to begin ...
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New deep penetrator warhead used in Operation Allied Force
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC A US weapon still under development and designed to attack deep underground bunkers containing command and control centres and weapons of mass destruction (WMD) was secretly and successfully deployed against Yugoslav targets in the Kosovo theatre of operations, according to US Air Force officials. ...
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Longbow offer brings Israel back to talks
The Israeli air force has reopened talks with Boeing over a possible purchase of AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopters. The move comes after Boeing agreed a 30% discount on the price. Earlier this year, Boeing proposed a deal to supply a squadron of AH-64Ds for $560 million. This price ...
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Taiwan's F-16s grounded again
Taiwan's air force has again grounded its Lockheed Martin F-16A/B fleet following a crash at Chiayi on 18 August. The F-16 fighter fleet only recently returned to flight status following a 52-day grounding after a series of crashes (Flight International, 18-24 August). According to the air force, an F-16 crashed ...
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Political scandal looms over Brazil's F-5 Tiger II upgrade
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Brazil's troubled Northrop F-5E/F Tiger II fighter upgrade programme is threatening to develop into a political scandal over alleged tendering irregularities and system non-compliance with air force requirements. Controversy over the selection of Elbit Systems and local prime contractor Embraer dates back to the scheduled submission ...
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CFMI discusses Il-76 re-engining as TECH56 shows gains
CFM International (CFMI) says it is close to agreement with Ilyushin and Tashkent manufacturing complex TAPO on the launch of an Il-76 re-engining programme after the emergence of a potential customer for at least five aircraft. Meanwhile, the engine manufacturer has found "significant" efficiency gains during initial full-scale tests ...
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Fairchild seeks partners to meet 728JET development costs
Jens Flottau/MUNICH US business aircraft manufacturers are among the targets of Fairchild Aerospace as it urgently seeks partners to help it secure additional funding to cover the $1 billion development costs of its new 728JET regional jet family. The company has indicated it is in talks with US ...
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South Africa may delay Gripen or Hawk order
South Africa is considering delaying a pending order for either Saab/British Aerospace Gripen fighters or BAe Hawk lead-in fighter trainers, as it struggles to fund a planned R30 billion ($4.9 billion) defence modernisation programme. The proposed R10.9 billion order for 28 Gripen fighters is the most expensive procurement contained ...
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KLM-Continental row hits Wings alliance
Chris Jasper/LONDON The planned launch of the so-called Wings alliance is in doubt after a disagreement between Dutch flag carrier KLM and Continental Airlines of the USA - two of the four major airlines that had been expected to launch the grouping this year. Sources close to the pair ...
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Strategic stretch
More than a long-range niche filler, Boeing's 767-400ER promises to bring new life to the entire big twin family Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Boeing's big twinjet strategy takes another important step forward on 26 August when the 767-400ER is officially rolled out of the company's Everett assembly site in ...
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Brazil denial
Brazil's four largest airlines have dismissed reports that they may merge into just two carriers. Varig, TAM, Transbrasil and VASP admit their presidents met in Sao Paulo this month, but say talks were only about co-operation. Source: Flight International
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Fifty up for GV
Gulfstream delivered the 50th Gulfstream V earlier this month to the manufacturer's own chairman and chief executive, Theodore Forstmann. Forstmann bought his first Gulfstream aircraft in 1984 before his firm, Forstmann Little & Co, bought the manufacturer in 1990. Source: Flight International
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Cycle engine
GenCorp Aerojet's contract with NASA to continue developing the Strutjet Rocket Based Combined Cycle engine has been extended to 2001. The propulsion system uses air-breathing and rocket engine technology in a single engine. Source: Flight International
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Chinese launch
China's state media has reported that the country plans to launch an orbital test of a crewless spacecraft by the end of the year and put a person into orbit in about 2005. A Space Shuttle-type vehicle is also planned, but its development will depend on a new Long March ...
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Asteroid target
NASA's Discovery programme spacecraft - the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) - is on course for a close encounter with the asteroid 433 Eros on 14 February, 2000, following a 2min burn of its hydrazine engine. NEAR will spend a year orbiting Eros and sending back data and images. Source: ...
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Space speed
The University of Washington in the USA has received a £500,000 grant from NASA to work on a new propulsion system called Mini-Magnetospheric Plasma Propulsion - M2P2 - which could enable a spacecraft to travel at 290,000km/h or 6.5 million km/day. Solar cells and solenoid coils would be used ...
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Rained off
A global positioning system satellite was damaged by rainwater on the pad at Cape Canaveral in May, causing $2.1 million worth of damage because a shroud was incorrectly erected over the satellite by technicians during the deluge and it collapsed under the weight of water. Source: Flight International
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MiG-31 upgrades
MAPO is to develop a prototype of an upgraded MiG-31 interceptor. Nickolay Nikitin, MAPO general director and general designer, says the decision to retrofit the upgrades to existing MiG-31s will be taken after a review of flight test results. Source: Flight International