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China's airlines take road to recovery with reduced losses
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE China's airlines have nearly halved their losses for the first half of this year compared with the same period in 1998, according to official reports. The state-controlled China Daily newspaper quotes Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) figures showing that its member airlines suffered losses of 820 ...
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South African majors told to improve or close
South Africa's four main domestic carriers must raise fares and cut capacity or face possible closure, the chairman of the Airlines Association of South Africa and chief executive of South African Airlink, Rodger Foster, has warned. Foster says a fares war that began last November means ticket prices in ...
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SAir Group secures French beachhead
The European Commission (EC) has approved the joint acquisition of French carrier AOM by SAirGroup and French holding company Marine-Wendel (which will have a 51% stake). The EC says the activities of AOM and other SAir carriers are "largely complementary", with most of the former's business limited to France, where ...
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Mergers
DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (Dasa) has bought a $12 million stake in US Spacehab in a move which makes it the largest shareholder with an 11% holding. Dasa says the deal will boost its involvement in the International Space Station and expand its transatlantic activities. UK engineering group Motherwell Bridge has purchased ...
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Single minded
Experienced Harrier test pilot John Farley evaluates control concepts being considered for STOVL variants of the JSF John Farley/DERA Boscombe Down Pilots from two Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) teams have been evaluating new pilot control concepts using a unique flying testbed. The trials are part of the UK's contribution to ...
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Weathering the storm
Taiwan's aerospace industry faces formidable hurdles on the road to privatisation Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE The current tensions between mainland China and Taiwan threaten to make life increasingly difficult for Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC), Taiwan's main aerospace manufacturer. AIDC does not publicly acknowledge that the situation is having any effect, ...
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Taiwan's top carriers, China Airlines and EVA Airways, have made strong financial recoveries this year Brent Hannon/TAIPEI China Airlines (CAL) is aggressively expanding and modernising its fleet - in the past two months it has ordered 13 Boeing 747-400 freighters and picked up an option on five Boeing ...
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Domestic strife
Despite strong load factors and an expected 20% growth in local air travel, Taiwan's domestic carriers are losing money Brent Hannon/TAIPEI Taiwan's air transport industry lost $246 million last year, according to the Taipei Airlines Association. A survey of the airlines, however, showed a smaller total loss, of ...
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fleets of taiwan's six major carriers
China Airlines 12 x Airbus A300-600R 4 x Airbus A300B4 13 x Boeing 747-400 1 x Boeing 747-200 11 x Boeing 747-200F 2 x Boeing 747-SP 10 x Boeing 737-800 5 x Boeing MD-11 One 747-400 and two 737-800s to be delivered this year. EVA Airways 5 x Boeing 747-400 ...
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The show goes on
As mainland China blusters and threatens, Taiwan stages its fifth Taipei Aerospace show, playing down its traditional defence slantAndrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Despite the continuing tense political situation between Taiwan and neighbouring mainland China across the Taiwan Strait, the Taipei Aerospace Technology Exhibition 99 (TATE99) has drawn increasing representation from Taiwan's own ...
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Stealthy investigation
Australia's request for stealth data for its Wedgetail AEW project has triggered a USA investigation into possible technology leaks Peter La Franchi/CANBERRA Graham Warwick and Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DCAn Australian request to US defence companies for data relating to stealth technology as part of their bids to secure a major ...
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'Virtual cockpit' teams picked
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC NASA has selected six industry teams for its Synthetic Vision programme to develop "virtual-reality" cockpit displays that improve safety in low visibility operations. Synthetic Vision will combine satellite navigation with terrain databases and three-dimensional displays to show the aircraft's flightpath in relation to traffic, weather, terrain, ...
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Engine data relay to give early warning
Data Systems & Solutions will begin a real-time engine health monitoring programme for German charter airline Condor as its 13 Rolls-Royce RB211-powered Boeing 757-300s enter service in the next several months. Information will be transmitted during flight to Data Systems & Solutions' engine health centre at Derby, UK. After ...
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Collins plans 'smart' radio for US Air Force
Rockwell Collins is to demonstrate a software-programmable radio to the USAir Force. It is being offered as a solution for a USAF requirement to equip fighters to operate in the future civil communication, navigation, surveillance/air traffic management (CNS/ATM) system. The demonstration, planned for mid-2000, will involve Collins' miniature modular ...
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Helicopter health system to be tested
Operational testing of a helicopter health monitoring system is scheduled to begin shortly aboard a Sikorsky CH-53E at the US Navy's flight test centre at Patuxent River, Maryland. The helicopter has been fitted with a BFGoodrich (BFG) Integrated Mechanical Diagnostics Health and Usage Monitoring System (HUMS) for development and ...
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NASA maps out plans for Space Shuttle evolution
NASA has outlined a three-pronged Space Shuttle development roadmap. It will result in significant upgrades in the near term, a competition for a second generation spacecraft in 2005, and an ongoing aerospace technology effort for a third and fourth generation reusable launch vehicle to 2020 and beyond. "We will ...
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Ames team looks at glideback booster
A NASA Ames team is studying a novel means of retrieving the Space Shuttle's solid rocket boosters (SRBs). It would use an oblique wing to enable the boosters to glide back autonomously to Kennedy Space Center for a controlled landing rather than splash down into the ocean for recovery. ...
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Russian, US booster faults isolated
Tim Furniss/LONDON The failure of the first Proton M booster last month, was caused by a fire in the turbopump of the second stage engine. The fire was started by a stray particle of aluminium, says Russia's Khrunichev. At T+277s, the fire started in the Voronezh-built No 3 ...
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UK's Beagle 2 wins go-ahead
The UK's 60kg (130lb) Beagle 2 Mars lander, which will fly piggyback on the European Space Agency's Mars Express spacecraft in 2003, has been approved by the UK Government. The project, which will cost up to $40 million, will be paid for by industry and commercial sponsors, with the ...
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Zarya ISS module made US crew ill
Crewmembers of Space Shuttle Discovery/STS96, which docked with the International Space Station (ISS) in May, suffered headaches, irritated eyes, nausea and vomiting inside the Russian Zarya control module, possibly caused by the build-up of excess carbon dioxide. The symptoms, which subsided when the crew returned to the Shuttle orbiter ...