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New subsidiary
A new Boeing subsidiary, Boeing Space Operations, has been established to offer services to government and commercial customers. The new company will also manage the Consolidated Space Operations Contract if it is selected by NASA. The decision, which is expected to be announced on 1 July, is aimed at consolidating ...
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Bombardier MSP
Bombardier has chosen AlliedSignal's Maintenance Service Plan (MSP) for its Business JetSolutions fractional ownership programme. Four Learjet 31As will be enrolled in the MSP immediately, says AlliedSignal, with more aircraft to be added as they are delivered later this year. AlliedSignal will also provide engine maintenance on all future Business ...
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Luscombe Spartan
Luscombe Aircraft's four-seat Spartan 185 is scheduled to make its first flight on 19 June at Altus, Oklahoma. The aircraft was originally built between 1935 and 1966 under the title Luscombe 11A, and about 3,000 are still in operation. To date, about $4 million has been invested in retooling for ...
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Hartzell Certification
Hartzell Propeller has received US approval for its three bladed propeller system for the Rockwell Commander 112 range of single engined light aircraft. The Top Prop is described by Rockwell as a 1.90m (75in), three bladed aluminium hub constant speed system. Source: Flight International
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CNAC profits
Hong Kong's newly listed China National Aviation (CNAC) has announced a net profit of HK$79.8 million ($10.3 million) for the year ending 31 December. The company, controlled by the Civil Aviation Administration of China, derived most of its earnings from its 43% stake in Hong Kong-based carrier Dragonair. Source: Flight ...
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AlliedSignal purchase
AlliedSignal has acquired from GKN a controlling interest in Normalair-Garrett in the UK. The deal gives the US company a 52% holding in the environmental control systems builder, with an option to buy the remaining shares from GKN after 31 December, 1999. AlliedSignal has held a 48% stake since 1967. ...
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CATS pushed back
Plans by Boeing Enterprises to buy a 42% stake in Israel's Rada, which produces the CATS test system, have hit delays with the completion of due diligence now postponed for a month until mid July. Source: Flight International
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Mongolian sackings
Mongolia's Government has sacked the president of its civil aviation authority, Gongoriin Gangaatar, and the president of Mongolian Airlines, Huvaahuugiin Alesandr, following the second fatal crash of a 19-seat Harbin Y-12 inside 12 months. The latest crash, in May, killed all 28 people on board. Source: Flight International
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MAS joins KLM alliance
KLM and Malaysian Airlines (MAS) have signed a co-operation agreement that extends the KLM-Northwest-Alitalia global alliance into the Asia-Pacific region. The deal will cover code sharing on services between Amsterdam and Kuala Lumpur from 1 July, while MAS' route structure will eventually be incorporated into the alliance's global network, says ...
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Kalahari Express
TransNamib, a Namibian state holding company, has taken a 51% stake in financially troubled carrier Kalahari Express Airlines for $584,000, while supplying $1.6 million to replace shareholder guarantees. Existing shareholders will divide up the remaining 49%. Source: Flight International
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Hunting sells cargo airline to complete aviation disposals
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON The UK's Hunting group has completed the last major piece in the year-long dismantling of its loss-making aviation division, with the sale of the Hunting Cargo Airlines business. It has gone to Belgian shipping group CMB, which bid jointly with South African freight carrier Safair. The ...
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Boeing plans new increased lifetime brakes for 767s
Boeing has completed tests of an improved carbon brake system for the 767, which is expected to increase brake life, produce smoother operation and be quieter than the existing unit. The improved system, developed by AlliedSignal Bendix, is a step beyond the advanced carbon brake system used on the 777, ...
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Third domestic could start up could be in Australia
Australia is to get a third domestic carrier for major trunk routes, if Australian Airlines Holdings' plans come to fruition. The company has revealed its intention to launch an airline connecting Adelaide, Brisbane, Cairns, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney. Chief executive Paul Orpwood says the plan is to acquire ...
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New Spanish charter airline flies A320s
Spanish tour operator Iberjet has formed a new charter airline from the assets of defunct carrier BCM Airlines. Iberworld is operating two International Aero Engines V2500-powered Airbus A320s on lease from UK charter airline Airworld/Orix Aircraft. They had been operated by BCM. Source: Flight International
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Air Canada expands as rival sells off regional
Canada's domestic market has been shaken up this week, with Air Canada expanding services in a deal with charter operator Voyageur Airways, and rival Canadian Airlines International selling its loss-making regional, Inter-Canadian, to a group of investors. The Air Canada move strengthens its position to serve small communities in ...
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Cargo was misloaded on Fine Air fatal crash DC-8, says the NTSB
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says the fatal crash of a Fine Air McDonnell Douglas DC-8 freighter at Miami International on 7 August last year was due to misloading of cargo that escaped the attention of the US all-cargo carrier and the Federal Aviation Administration. Investigators say ...
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Gill sets up Fokker 100s for Air France franchise
Gill Airways is close to completing a deal to take Fokker 100s to enable it to expand its franchise operations for Air France in 1999. The airline is looking to acquire either Fokker 100s or British Aerospace 146/Avro RJs, but says it has a clear preference for the Dutch twinjet. ...
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Europeans forge ahead with EGNOS, despite AEA fears
Julian Moxon/PARIS Europe is pressing ahead with the introduction of a high fidelity complement to the global navigation satellite system (GNSS) despite repeated accusations from the Association of European Airlines (AEA)that it "-fails to provide any operational benefits for users". Final negotiations are now under way with the ...
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BASC joins in MD-10 freighter conversion effort
The newly formed Boeing Aerospace Support Center (BASC) at the former Kelly US Air Force base in San Antonio, Texas, will begin undertaking McDonnell Douglas DC-10 freighter conversions later this year. The division has initially been contracted to convert a single DC-10-10 to freighter configuration as part of the ...
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Marketplace
-British World Airlines is planning to double its British Aerospace ATP fleet, and has signed a memorandum of understanding for two white-tail aircraft for delivery in mid-1998. -Sun-Air of Scandinavia has also placed an MoU with BAe Asset Management Turboprops for a third BAe ATP. -C-S Aviation Services has delivered ...