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Alliance agreement
KLM Flight Crew Training Centre and Northwest Aero-space Training (NATCO) have signed an alliance agreement under which NATCO will market training on both organisations' simulators. Norway's Braathens is expected to join the network and talks are under way with other Northwest/KLM partners. Source: Flight International
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Continental upgrade
Continental Airlines has ordered two MaxVue Plus visual systems from CAE Electronics to upgrade its flight simulators. It already has MaxVue Plus-equipped Boeing 737-700 and 777-200 simulators on order. Source: Flight International
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Last men to Mir
Veteran cosmonaut Viktor Afanasyev is to command the Soyuz TM29, which will be launched on the final planned manned mission to the Mir space station next February. He will be joined by two commercial cosmonaut guests, one from France (probably Jean Pierre Haignere) and one from Slovakia. The main crew ...
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SOHO responds to ESA
Contact has been re-established with the European Space Agency (ESA) Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO). Signals sent to SOHO from NASA's Deep Space network in Canberra, Australia, on 4 August were answered by the spacecraft. It later responded to attempts to activate its onboard telemetry data system by sending a ...
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Northrop purchase
Northrop Grumman has agreed pay $55 million for the Inter-National Research Institute (INRI), a privately owned software developer, which specialises in tracking, command and control systems for the US military. INRI employs 500 and will bring sales of around $60 million to Northrop Grumman's growing information technology grouping. That business ...
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X-40A flies
The Boeing X-40A for the Space Manoeuver Test (SMT) vehicle technology demonstrator has made its first flight at Holloman AFB, New Mexico, gliding 9,000ft (3,000m) to earth after release from a Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter. The flight demonstrated the X-40A's navigation, guidance and control system, which activated autonomously upon ...
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UAL/Delta pilot talks
Pilots groups representing Delta Air Lines and United Airlines have begun negotiating the issues concerning their two airlines' proposed marketing alliance, which includes a code-share. The pact does not involve a merger, but must be approved by both pilot groups represented by the Air Line Pilots Association since their contracts ...
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SIA seconds pilots
Singapore Airlines will transfer two of its senior Airbus A340 and Boeing 747 management pilots to China Airlines (CAL) for two years, following recent signature of a strategic alliance by the two carriers. Pow Tuk-Kwan will serve as CAL's new vice-president of flight operations and Gui Wee-Kee as special assistant ...
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WAAS funding freeze
The US Senate Appropriations Committee has blocked further funding for the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS), and seeks Federal Aviation Administration reassurance that the WAAS is guaranteed as a sole means of navigation, that the signal continuity issues have been solved and that the cost-benefit ratio of the programme exceeds ...
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BAe wins Jaguar work
British Aerospace has won a contract worth more than £100 million ($163 million) from the Royal Air Force Logistics Command to upgrade Rolls-Royce Adour turbofans for the RAF's Sepecat Jaguar strike aircraft. The contract will provide the RAF with Mk106 standard engines, similar to those in the Indian air force ...
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Euro-ARINC wins American custom
THE US aeronautical communications provider ARINC has made further inroads into Europe, home ground for its rival SITA, signing American Airlines as a second customer for its European datalink network. ARINC's European network, which is based on VHF ground stations rather than satellite links, has now driven a firm ...
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Beluga ferries ISS components
An Airbus A300-600ST Beluga has been contracted to assist NASA with the transportation of components for the International Space Station (ISS). The Beluga, which is operated by the consortium's cargo airline division, Airbus Transport Inter- national, transported an 18,200kg (40,000lb) Mini Pressurized Logistic Module between Alenia Spazio's plant in Turin, ...
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Iberia concludes major A320 lease deal
International Lease Finance has confirmed details of a major leasing deal with Iberia, covering 16 A320 family aircraft. The Spanish flag carrier has signed for nine A319s and seven A320s, for delivery between May 1999 and September 2001, on five-year leases with extension options. The aircraft will be powered by ...
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Flight West launches international services
Australian regional carrier Flight West Airlines will start international services in October with eight weekly flights to Papua New Guinea (PNG) capital Port Moresby. The services, six from Cairns and another two from Townsville, will use a third Fokker F28 Mk4000 acquired by Flight West from Ansett Australia. Its ...
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FAA turns safety spotlight on 747 fuel pumps
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Boeing 747 fuel pumps are to be subjected to additional compulsory checks because excessive wear, which could cause arcing leading to fire, has been discovered. The US Federal Aviation Administration is taking a rigorous view of the issue in light of the July 1996 Trans ...
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IAI negotiates to set up Moscow maintenance centre
Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) is in negotiations with Russian airline Transaero to set up a maintenance centre at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport. The Bedek division of IAI has been maintaining Transaero's fleet of Boeing 757s and McDonnell Douglas DC-10s since 1993, with Bedek technicians performing line maintenance in Moscow. Heavy ...
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El Al attempts to block plans to open Israeli freight market
Arie Egozi/TEL AVIV El Al is trying to foil an Israeli Government plan to open up the country's air cargo market to another local carrier, claiming that the move would threaten its revenue as it prepares for privatisation. El Al is the only Israeli airline with a licence ...
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KAL asks for 747-400 deferrals
Paul Lewis/SEOUL Korean Air (KAL) is asking Boeing to defer delivery of three 747-400s in 1999 in return for maintaining next year's acceptance schedule for three 777s. Fellow cash-strapped South Korean carrier Asiana Airlines has also opened negotiations with the US manufacturer for the return of a $140 million deposit ...
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Russia puts civil airline safety oversight into military hands
Paul Duffy/MOSCOW Russia's military has been charged with taking overall control of civil aviation safety oversight and accident investigation in a new presidential decree. President Boris Yeltsin signed a decree on 10 August, transferring responsibility for the flight safety of Russia's civil airlines to the Ministry of Defence. ...
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Marketplace
-Malaysia Airlines has finalised a deal to sell two General Electric CF6-80C2-powered Boeing 747-400s to Qantas. The airline is still looking to dispose of three other 747s. -The El Al board of directors has now approved the purchase of two Pratt & Whitney PW4060-powered 767-200ERs from Air France, and the ...