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Fleet addition
Wayfarer Aviation of White Plains, New York, has boosted its fleet of managed business aircraft by 12 this year, with the addition of two Dassault Falcon 900s and a Gulfstream IV, taking the total to 42 aircraft in North and South America. Wayfarer launched a fractional ownership programme earlier this ...
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Flight data plans
A US company developing a vehicle data recorder system for cars has announced plans to develop a version for use as a flight data recorder (FDR) in general aviation aircraft. Santa Barbara, California-based Diversified Auto Technology expects its general aviation FDR to be available in the first quarter of next ...
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Landmark sale
RotorWay International has sold its 400th Exec 162F kit helicopter. The aircraft will be delivered to a customer in Norway, where the Exec 162F is undergoing experimental category certification. Source: Flight International
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Emergency contract
Air Methods will provide emergency transportation services for the Regional West Medical Center in Scottsbluff, Nevada, under a five-year contract. Operations will start in September, using a Bell 407 helicopter. Source: Flight International
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RL50 engine aimed at future launchers
Pratt & Whitney is aiming its new RL50 upper-stage engine at future versions of the Boeing Delta IV and Lockheed Martin Atlas IV evolved expendable launch vehicles (EELVs) now under development. The 50,800-65,000lb (226-289kN)-thrust liquid hydrogen-fuelled engine is being developed privately and is expected to be available in 2003. ...
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Arianespace orders improved launchers: first mission in 2001
Arianespace has ordered another 20 Ariane 5s to meet projected customer mission requirements in 2001 and 2002. The new Ariane 5 order, dubbed P2, covers two batches of 10 launchers. The first to be delivered from this production batch is due for launch in late 2001, with subsequent deliveries ...
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South American deal
Aerolineas Argentinas and LanChile have signed a memorandum of understanding to market their domestic and international cargo businesses, for which they will form a jointly owned company. Source: Flight International
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Boeing selected in $1.3 billion Australian AEW&C contest
Peter La Franchi/CANBERRAAustralia has become the launch customer for Boeing's mid-sized airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) system under a A$2 billion-plus ($1.3 billion) selection announced on 21 July.Boeing will deliver the first of seven B737-700 aircraft, carrying Northrop Grumman's Multirole Electronically Scanned Array (MESA) radar, by 2004-2005.The award is ...
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Table: Airline Safety Review
Notes on tables Accident data comes from Flight International's own research and from Airclaims' World Airline Accident Summary (WAAS)*, a quarterly updated analytical record of accidents and incidents worldwide since 1945. The WAAS, a UK Civil Aviation Authority publication, benefits from Airclaims' exclusive information exchange with the CIS Interstate Aviation ...
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Safety surprises
A relatively safe first half of 1999 included some landmark events in airline flight safety David Learmount/LONDON An airline industry-feared rise in air transport accidents is not happening. A marked flight safety improvement has occurred in the first half of this year, compared with the same period last year, despite ...
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Engine rivals are urged to talk on A400M bid co-operation
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Airbus Military Company (AMC) has shelved the engine selection for its proposed A400M medium transport because of political pressure for the competing powerplant manufacturers to find a joint European solution. A decision between the Snecma/MTU M138 turboprop and the rival BMW Rolls-Royce BR700-TP had been set for late ...
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Civvy strip
Ed Reavis/FRANKFURT Two German airports regain economic ground lost when the US Air Force leftWith the end of the East-West confrontation and the following military drawdown, Germany's economy suffered major after-shocks from the closure of several major US military installations. Among those given up by the US Air ...
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Manufacturers wait
Airbus Industrie and Boeing cannot ignore the implications of doing business in euros, but both manufacturers are holding back on offering airlines wholesale opportunities to sign euro sales contracts. Sale executives at the companies confirm that airlines have approached them with requests to buy aircraft with Europe's single currency, ...
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Philippine fillip
Paul Phelan/CLARKAFB, PHILIPPINES A former US Air Force base could be the answer to traffic saturation at Manila airport Some airlines apologise in advance to their passengers for the bumpy rollout at Manila's Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). With insufficient space for a new runway, NAIA is ...
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American dream
Paul Seidenman/SAN FRANCISCO The new $585 million Austin-Bergstrom International Airport opened in May after four years of construction on the site of the old Bergstrom AFB, which closed in 1993. Thirteen kilometres (8 miles) south-east of Austin, the new commercial airport for Texas' capital replaces the 68-year-old Robert ...
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Taking on the dollar
Jack Sellsby/LONDON When the euro was introduced at the start of this year, it became a huge source of new currency financing almost overnight, although the airlines were not the quickest of the corporates to take advantage. But like any other industry on the lookout for fresh, plentiful finance ...
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Control freaks
It often takes a crisis to unite an industry and push participants into much-needed action. A crisis is exactly what Europe's air traffic control system is facing this summer, and Eurocontrol, Europe's air navigation organisation, freely admits it. The signs are already there. Last summer's system performance was poor, ...
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CFMI scoops second slot on A318
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC CFM International has secured a position as the second powerplant supplier on the new Airbus A318 after Air France selected the CFM56-5A/B over the Pratt & Whitney PW6000 launch engine. The French Government is believed to have stepped in with financial assistance to ensure a ...
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777 operators object to GE as sole supplier
A growing number of Boeing 777 operators are signalling displeasure over the selection of General Electric as the sole source powerplant supplier for the 777X, as potential launch customers receive offers of the ultra-long-range derivative. United Airlines has made its disapproval known by unveiling an order for more Pratt ...
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US Air Force fights for F-22 funding after Congress shock
The US Air Force has acted to justify its need for a stealthy air superiority fighter in the light of its Kosovo experience after being surprised by a Congressional move to delay the Lockheed Martin/ Boeing F-22 Raptor. A key Congressional subcommittee proposed that funds for the first six production ...