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USAF threatens JSF over F-22 funding
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC US Air Force chief of staff Gen Michael Ryan says the service will have to re-examine its requirement for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) if Congress eliminates funding required to begin production of the Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 Raptor. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Ryan ...
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CityBird prepares for 747Fs
Herman de Wulf/BRUSSELS CityBird is finalising its planned order for Boeing 747-400 freighters, as it introduces its first Airbus A300 freighters. Brussels-based CityBird last year revealed plans to set up a cargo operation, placing orders for two whitetail General Electric CF6-powered A300-600 freighters originally destined for Kuwait Airways. ...
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Continental Express prepares for 200 jets as turboprops go
Paul Lewis/SAO JOSE DOS CAMPOS Continental Express plans to double the size of its regional jet fleet to 200 aircraft as the carrier begins to accelerate the disposal of turboprops and transition to an all-jet operation. "We think we're about half-way there in terms of placing our firm orders with ...
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Marketplace
International Aircraft Investors is acquiring an Airbus A320 leased to Caledonian Airways until April 2002, a Boeing 737-400 leased to GB Airways until April 2001 and a Boeing 757 leased to Canada 3000 until May 2002. GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) has purchased three Rolls-Royce Trent 890-powered Boeing 777-200ERs ...
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Southern aims for September restart
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Start-up cargo carrier Southern Air hopes to begin Boeing 747 freighter operations in September, using routes and assets acquired from bankrupt Southern Air Transport (SAT). The Columbus, Ohio-based company plans to offer aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance (ACMI) wet-lease services initially, using an 18-year-old General ...
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Pilots 'need real-time weather data' in cockpit
Real-time weather information is needed in the cockpit to deal with conditions such as those that played a role in the 2 June crash of an American Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-82 in Little Rock, Arkansas, says the US Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA). ALPA's Paul McCarthy told a Congressional ...
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'Merger of equals' claim for Aerospatiale Matra and Dasa
Jens Flottau/MUNICH DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (Dasa) and Aerospatiale Matra are reportedly in the advanced stages of talks on a merger. DaimlerChrysler chairman Juergen Schrempp and Jean-Luc Lagardère, head of Aerospatiale Matra's supervisory board, have agreed on a "merger of equals", according to German weekly magazine Der Spiegel. The publication says ...
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BVRAAM fight sparks ramjet threat debate
Stewart Penney/LONDON The UK's beyond visual range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) competition is turning into a dogfight between the ramjet-powered Matra BAe Dynamics Meteor and Raytheon's dual-pulse rocket motor-equipped Extended Range Air-to-Air Missile (ERAAM), say team sources. The BVRAAM is intended primarily to give Eurofighters air superiority over Sukhoi Su-27 ...
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Kosovo proves need for pilots
Stewart Penney/THE HAGUEThe Kosovo conflict proved the continued need for a man in the cockpit and the need for the highest possible level of technology, regardless of the sophistication of the threat, according to Lt Gen Ben Droste, commander of the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF). A man in ...
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JDAM tested with smaller munitions
Boeing and the US Air Force have tested the Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) kit on a 227kg (500lb) Mk82 bomb in a manufacturer-funded development and flight test programme. The weapon is a candidate for a future US miniaturised munition and for foreign military sales. The weapon was launched ...
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P&W compensates S Korea for fighter crashes
Pratt & Whitney has agreed to compensate the Republic of Korea Air Force (RoKAF) for two engine-related Lockheed Martin F-16C losses during 1997. Both crashes were attributed to problems with the aircraft's single P&WF100-229 turbofan. The first accident was caused by an engine failure over Yosu on 6 August, ...
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New Zealand navy will purchase Maverick-equipped SH-2G
New Zealand is to buy a fifth Kaman SH-2G helicopter in a NZ$43 million ($23 million) deal. A further NZ$20 million is being allocated to purchase additional Raytheon AGM-65 Maverick missiles, spares and support equipment. New Zealand ordered four SH-2Gs in 1997, with an option on two during the production ...
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ETOPS refusal wrecks Airtours A330 introduction
The introduction of the Airbus A330-200 by charter airline Airtours International has been severely disrupted after the UK Civil Aviation Authority unexpectedly refused to clear it to operate its new twinjets on 180min extended range twin engined operations (ETOPS) flights. UK-based Airtours introduced two 360-seat Rolls-Royce Trent 772B-powered A330-200s ...
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Airports
The Dutch Government has postponed imposition of a curfew at Rotterdam Zestienhoven Airport planned for 5 August until 1 November. Dutch charter airline Transavia had threatened legal action. The government says the aim is to reduce aircraft noise around the airport. Barbados has begun a $70 million renovation of Bridgetown's ...
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GE plans crucial fan test for growth CF6
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES General Electric is preparing for vital fan blade containment tests early next year that will pave the way for freezing technology input in its proposed growth version of the CF6, the -80G2. The hybrid wide chord fan is key to increasing the thrust of the CF6 family ...
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Chautauqua tackles cost and pilot problems
US Airways Express operator Chautauqua Airlines is moving to overcome spiralling costs and pilot defections, while trying to mould operations around partner US Airways' requirements. The operator's new chief executive Bryan Bedford says "the last year has not been very good for Chautauqua-escalating costs and high pilot attrition are ...
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Embraer steps up production of RJ-135/145 and picks partners
Paul Lewis/SAO JOSE DOS CAMPOS Embraer plans to increase production of its RJ-135/145 to 16 aircraft a month to keep pace with a record order backlog and continue to compete for new business. Meanwhile, it has finalised the selection of partners and suppliers for the new ERJ-170/190 regional jet. ...
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Drinking alleged before Fiji crash
A Fiji Air pilot had been drinking alcohol less than 4h before his Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante crashed, the pilot's brother has alleged on Australian television. The accident happened on a flight from Fiji's capital, Suva, to Nadi, the island's international airport, on 24 July. Wreckage disposition, however, appears to support ...
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Routes
US freight forwarder BAX Global has launched twice-weekly all-cargo charter services between its Toledo, Ohio, hub and Sao Paulo, Brazil, using an Atlas Air Boeing 747-200 operated in partnership with Aerofloral, a Florida-based company specialising in transporting flowers between the USA and South America. BAX also offers northbound services from ...
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Airbus offers synagogue in the sky
Airbus Industrie is offering a "sky synagogue" to Israeli airline El Al in a bid to win the campaign to supply the carrier with a fleet of long-haul widebodies. Airbus is offering a mix of A330/A340s and has proposed using its underfloor cargo hold unit to accommodate the synagogue, which ...