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French Learjet 60
Bombardier has sold its first Learjet 60 in France, for use as an executive jet and air ambulance. The Canadian company, meanwhile, has sold its 75th Challenger 604 business jet. The 604 was approved in September 1995. Source: Flight International
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German 609
Aero-Dienst has become the first German customer for the Bell 609 civil tiltrotor, signing a purchase agreement for an aircraft to be used for charter services and medical transport. Bell now holds deposits on 67 609s. Source: Flight International
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ASRAAM hit
Matra BAe Dynamics has carried out a test engagement with its Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile (ASRAAM) using the imaging infrared seeker's aim point selection capability for the first time. The test resulted in the missile, fired from a Lockheed Martin F-16, successfully hitting the QF-4 target drone. The missile ...
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Noisy pilots face jail
Airline pilots whose aircraft infringe airport noise regulations in Israel will face $41,000 fines or six months in prison if a proposed law is approved. Put forward by the environment ministry, despite Civil Aviation Authority and pilot opposition, the law would double penalties for a second contravention. The International Federation ...
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Boeing warns of further delays to 717
Boeing has confirmed that first flight of the 717-200, to be rolled out at Long Beach on 10 June, will now take place in early September, some three months later than originally scheduled. The flight test delays are also expected to have knock-on effects to the planned delivery of ...
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Airline group slams EU satellite plans
The Association of European Airlines (AEA) has reacted angrily to European Union (EU)plans to push ahead with the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay System (EGNOS) despite vocal airline opposition on the grounds of the probable high user costs. In an angry letter dated 22 May, AEA president and Lufthansa chairman ...
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Mongolia and Laos crashes add to East Asian losses tally
East Asia, which has suffered a run of fatal air crashes during the last 18 months, has seen two more, with transport accidents in Mongolia and Laos leaving another 50 dead. MIAT-Mongolian Airlines has suffered its second loss of a Harbin Y-12 turboprop in less than 12 months. The ...
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AB Airlines expands with NG737s
AB Airlines has confirmed an order for six Next Generation 737-700s, for delivery at the rate of two a year between 2000 and 2002. The Stansted, UK-based airline, which listed a month ago on the London stock market, is initiating 737 operations with three ex-Jet Airways 737-300s on five year ...
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Boeing faces 'risk' on 737 production
Paul Lewis/SEATTLE Boeing admits that production of the Next Generation 737 is still the group's "biggest problem", but remains confident that it will still have delivered around 550 aircraft of all models by the end of the year. The company declines to comment on reports that continued problems ...
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Damage leads to checks for Concorde elevons
David Learmount/LONDON A British Airways Aerospatiale/British Aerospace Concorde elevon which sustained damage during supersonic flight has been sent to the UK Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA) for a strip-down and detailed inspection. BAe has been given an undamaged elevon for extensive non-destructive testing. BA says that examination ...
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Cathay rethinks 777-200 fleet
Paul Lewis/SEATTLE Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways plans to review the future use of its four Boeing 777-200s, following the introduction of the stretch -300 into service. The carrier is also disposing of an initial two surplus Boeing 747-200s to Virgin Atlantic Airways in an effort to rationalise types and ...
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Bombardier remains bullish on 70-seat turboprops
Bombardier flew the second de Havilland Dash 8-400 regional turboprop on 26 May from its plant in Downsview, Ontario. The aircraft is expected to join the first -400 at Bombardier's flight test centre in Wichita, Kansas, within a few weeks, according to the company. Despite having booked only 32 ...
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Ethiopian leases A340 for network expansion
Ethiopian Airlines is boosting its long haul fleet with the introduction of a leased Airbus Industrie A340-300 which it will use on its new transatlantic operations as well on existing services to Europe. The A340-300, which has been operated by Gulf Air since 1994, will be delivered at the ...
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Euralair signs up for Boeing 737-800s
Euralair is to boost its Boeing 737 fleet with the introduction of Next Generation 737-800s from later this year. The French charter airline, based at Paris Le Bourget Airport, has concluded a deal with an unnamed US leasing company for two Boeing 737-800s, for delivery in December 1998 and ...
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Unwanted Garuda MD-11s and A330s head for new homes
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Garuda Indonesia has reached agreement with Boeing to return six leased MD-11s, which in turn are being placed with Brazilian carriers Varig and VASP. Airbus Industrie is also assisting the Indonesian airline to find homes for six leased A330-300s. The Boeing tri-jets will be withdrawn from service within ...
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Marketplace
-TWA has contracted to lease three Pratt & Whitney PW2000-powered Boeing 757-200s from International Lease Finance (ILFC) for delivery in 1999 and 2000. -Air New Zealand has contracted to lease a new Boeing 747-400, powered by General Electric CF6-80C2 engines, from ILFC. The aircraft will be delivered on ten year ...
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Healthy 19-seaters
Raytheon is forecasting "healthy" sales of its Beech 1900D 19-seat regional turboprop over the next five years. The company foresees demand for around 50 new 19-seaters a year, and while acknowledging that there has been a shift away from 19-seat turboprops in the USA, a continuing strong export market is ...
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Taiwan safety
In the wake of a series of fatal accidents, Taiwan has now established a Flight Safety Commission modelled on the USA's National Transportation Safety Board. Source: Flight International
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Australia castigates Papua New Guinea
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS Air Niugini and Milne Bay Air (MBA) will lose their rights to operate to Australia unless safety oversight and regulatory irregularities are rapidly rectified, the Australian aviation minister Mark Vaile has warned his Papua New Guinea (PNG) counterpart. Making public a list of shortcomings identified in ...
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Routes
-Kenya Airways has signed a code-sharing deal with Alitalia on its twice-weekly Rome-Nairobi route, strengthening its ties with the KLM/Northwest alliance which now includes the Italian flag carrier. -The US Transportation Department has approved a codeshare alliance between American Airlines and the TACA Group of six Central American airlines, which ...