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UK starts ATC work
Preliminary work on the most seriously delayed of the UK National Air Traffic Services' (NATS) major projects, the New Scottish Centre, has begun. "Preferred bidder" Sky Solutions, the Lockheed Martin-led consortium, has been cleared to go ahead with "project definition", to be complete by mid-September. The NSC will be operational ...
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Designer error
According to industry folklore, aircraft design was the product of engineers who cared passionately that their creations worked well, but did not give undue thought to those who would operate and maintain them. New equipment which brought operational advantage in some form tended to be accepted, not only for ...
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Malpensa malcontents seek EC U-turn
Andy Nativi/GENOA Nine airlines unhappy with a European Commission (EC) ruling forcing them to move all flights from Milan Linate Airport to the new Malpensa site are refusing to drop their complaint, and will lobby for a U-turn from incoming EC transport commissioner Loyola de Palacio. The carriers ...
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IFE revenues soar
The world in-flight entertainment (IFE) market generated revenues totalling $1.52 billion last year, a 19.8% increase on 1997 figures, says a report from analyst Frost & Sullivan. The report lists as major IFE revenue drivers increased airline profitability, fractional ownership programmes for business jets, high-price complete cabin interactive IFE ...
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Resignation puts a damper on Russian merger
Paul Duffy/MOSCOW The anticipated merger of Russian carriers Vnukovo Airlines and Sibir is in doubt following the resignation of Vladislav Filiov as general director at Vnukovo. The Sibir chief executive had been running both carriers in what was expected to be the prelude to a tie-up. Filiov spent six ...
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Cyprus record
Cyprus Airways group chairman Takis Kyriakides has described last year as a "record" after revealing pre-tax profits of C£10 million ($18 million), compared with a C£3.2 million loss in 1997. The flag carrier itself showed a C£5.3 million pre-tax gain. Source: Flight International
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Renaissance revives Silvaire
Dave Higdon/OSHKOSH Renaissance Aircraft expects to resurrect production in October of the classic Luscombe 8F Silvaire light aircraft. Maryland-based Renaissance will use international suppliers to keep the base price of the all-metal taildragger at $69,500, president John Deardon said during the Experimental Aircraft Association convention at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, ...
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June approval for Rans two-seater
After four years of development and test flying, the S-7C Courier is back on track at Kansas-based Rans, with certification of the $55,000 two-seat sportplane expected next June. The S-7 was designed more than a decade ago as a high-wing, tandem-seat, tailwheel kitplane. Rans has evolved the design for ...
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Cirrus looks into more powerful version of new SR20
Just weeks after delivering its first aircraft, Cirrus Design is looking at an uprated version of its newly certificated SR20. With two aircraft delivered and a backlog exceeding 330, Cirrus says it is looking at installing a 225kW (300hp) Teledyne Continental IO-550 in the four-seater. "We are beginning ...
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New finance plan drawn up to jump-start stalled Vantage jet
Dave Higdon/WICHITA VisionAire's stalled Vantage development programme will resume in six to eight weeks' time - if the company can raise the funds to begin work on a new prototype of the single-engined business jet, according to chairman Jim Rice. VisionAire reviewed the Vantage design late last year, following problems ...
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Bell to build tiltrotor training centre
Bell Helicopter Textron is to build a BA609 civil tiltrotor training and delivery centre at Alliance Airport, near its Fort Worth, Texas, headquarters. The new site will also be the headquarters for the Bell/Agusta Aerospace joint venture formed by the US and Italian companies to manufacture and market vertical-lift ...
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FAA lines up private weather data service
Two private sector service providers have been selected by the US Federal Aviation Administration to uplink weather and other data direct to the cockpits of business and general aviation aircraft. Under the FAA's Flight Information Services programme, Arnav Systems and NavRadio will build and operate competing datalink networks. These ...
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Alberta in Europe
Canadian aircraft manufacturer Alberta Aerospace will establish a European headquarters at Charleroi Gosselies Airport in Belgium at the end of the year. It will be responsible for sales and marketing of the single-engined Phoenix FanJet, formerly the Promavia Jet Squalus. The move follows the recent court decision to ratify the ...
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Israel thinks again on F-16A/B upgrades after big purchase
Arie Egozi/TEL AVIV Israel's recent decision to buy 50 Lockheed Martin F-16Is and take options on another 60 has led to the air force reconsidering an upgrade programme for its large fleet of F-16A/Bs (Flight International, 28 July-3 August). Sources in Israel's Ministry of Defence say that, although the ...
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Thailand wants F-16s and shrinks Alpha Jet plan
The Thai and US Governments are discussing a deal for 18 used Lockheed Martin F-16s. Thailand could clinch their purchase by next month. A $74.5 million deposit for cancelled Boeing F/A-18s could be used as part payment for the F-16s. Meanwhile, the Thai Government has cleared plans to buy ...
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Northrop Grumman expects $150 million for improved BAT
Northrop Grumman expects the imminent award of a contract from the US Army to develop an improved Brilliant Anti-Armour (BAT) submunition. The BAT will be optimised to find, attack and destroy stationary as well as moving targets, says William Forster, Northrop Grumman's vice-president of land combat systems. The 36-month ...
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Eurocontrol starts feasibility scheme on conflict avoidance
Julian Moxon/PARIS Eurocontrol has launched the feasibility phase of an eight-country Free Route Airspace Project (FRAP), to increase capacity and reduce potential conflicts in European airspace. Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden are co-operating in the programme, which comprises mainly simulation activities. The target for ...
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Gulfstream expands in Caribbean with codeshares
US Regional carrier Gulfstream International Airlines will begin Caribbean codeshare operations for Continental and United Airlines from its new San Juan, Puerto Rico, hub on 1 November. Miami, Florida-based Gulfstream will relocate 19-seat Raytheon Beech 1900C/Ds to San Juan for the new operation. Plans call for six aircraft to ...
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Routes
Hawaiian Airlines and Continental Airlines have begun codesharing on flights between the continental USA and Hawaii. The agreement puts Continental's code on 150 daily jet flights operated by Hawaiian throughout the islands. Continental Airlines has begun daily services between New York Newark and Tel Aviv. A Houston-Sao Paulo service will ...
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Air Greece expands
Air Greece is expanding operations following the introduction of two ex-Korean Air Fokker 100s. Based in Crete, the five-year-old privately owned airline also operates three ATR 72s. Its network has been expanded to include Cologne and Stuttgart. Source: Flight International