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New wave of airline alliances hits USA
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC American Airlines and US Airways have agreed to a marketing alliance which initially combines their frequent flier programmes, while United Airlines and Delta Air Lines have followed with confirmation that they are discussing a global alliance. The US Airways/American pact, which stops short of a ...
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EC steps up open skies battle as American/BA approval nears
Alan George/BRUSSELS Mounting controversy over the legality of bilateral open skies agreements between the USA and individual European Union member states is threatening a further twist to the American Airlines and British Airways alliance as approval nears. The European Commission (EC) is set to clear the partnership in ...
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FAA targets business aircraft EGPWS
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC The US Federal Aviation Administration plans to include business aircraft in new rules requiring installation of the enhanced ground-proximity warning system (EGPWS) in all turbine-powered aircraft with six or more passenger seats. Types as small as the Raytheon Beech King Air will be affected. The ...
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FAA to refund overflight fees
The US Federal Aviation Administration is to refund millions of dollars in overflight fees charged to foreign air carriers between October 1997 and the end of January after a Federal Appeal Court decision questioning the basis of the fees. The FAA says it will not appeal against the ruling ...
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RTCA wins debate on GPS risk evaluation
The US Federal Aviation Administration is to fund an assessment of the risk which is associated with using the global positioning system (GPS) as the sole means of navigation. A special committee, including representatives of the air transport and general aviation sectors, will report back to the FAA by ...
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South Korea and USA sign open skies deal
The US Government's push to reach open skies agreements with Asian countries has met with further success after South Korea agreed to a new bilateral air services pact with Washington. The two sides reached an accord on an open skies arrangement after two days of talks in Seoul. The ...
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SIA closes on A340-500 order, setting back rival 777 launch
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Airbus Industrie is closing on a major A340-500 sale to Singapore Airlines (SIA), which threatens to deliver a further blow to Boeing efforts to secure critical launch customers for the rival ultra long haul 777-200X derivative. According to airline sources, the Rolls-Royce Trent 500-powered A340-500 has ...
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NASA high altitude glider passes CDR
NASA's Apex high altitude flight experiment, a remotely piloted research glider designed to operate at altitudes above 70,000ft (21,350m), has passed its critical design review (CDR) and is on track for its first flight this year. The Apex project is part of NASA's Environmental Research Aircraft and Sensor Technology ...
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DERA completes Airbus wake vortex tests
The UK's Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA) has competed wake vortex studies for Airbus Industrie at Toulouse. The trials will help towards the design work for the proposed 600-seat A3XX. DERA used LIDAR (laser detection and ranging) to monitor and model wake vortices of aircraft. Source: Flight International
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Litton picked
Litton's LTN-101 Flagship global positioning/air data inertial reference unit has been selected by America West for installation in 34 Airbus narrowbody aircraft. Litton says that integrity monitoring built into the satellite-based system will allow it to be used as a sole means of navigation. Source: Flight International
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FAA warms to thermal testing
Ian Sheppard/LONDON The US Federal Aviation Administration is testing a new inspection technique which could allow rapid on-the-spot diagnosis of the integrity of aircraft skin panels in routine maintenance. Advanced dynamic thermography is a non-contact, non-destructive inspection method which involves heating composite panels by around 4°C, with an ...
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Sovereign promises
Julian Moxon/PARIS Kevin O'Toole/LONDON It would have been unrealistic to hope for too much from the meeting of Europe's defence ministers, hosted last week in Paris. In the end, there were some further encouraging noises over Europe's defence consolidation, but little to address the issues which have made its ...
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Sun'n'fun
Micco's SP20 was among the designs on show at the US Experimental Aircraft Association's Sun'n'Fun fly-in at Lakeland, Florida, on 19-25 April. The all-metal two-seater is scheduled to receive US certification in June, with production expected to start by year-end at the rate of one a week. Source: Flight ...
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International agency should oversee satellite positioning
The recent article on the proposed technical developments of the global positioning system (Flight International, 15-21 April, P27) fails to reassure non-US users that all the technical and political questions have been answered satisfactorily. It is implied that the USA will cease to degrade the signals available to civil users ...
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China eyes manned launch
Preparations are under way at China's Jiuquan launch base for an unmanned orbital test flight of a manned spacecraft aboard an uprated Long March (LM) 2E booster unveiled by the Chinese Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology. A three-crew flight could take place in 1999 to celebrate the 50th anniversary ...
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NASA Deep Space launch faces
Late delivery of spacecraft power electronics and an "ambitious" flight software development schedule has forced NASA to delay the launch of its first New Millennium programme spacecraft, the Deep Space 1. The delay, from July to October, will mean the scrapping of planned fly-bys of an asteroid, a comet ...
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New Kupon
Russia's Central Bank will order a second Kupon communications satellite from the Lavochkin company for launch in 1999. The cause of the failure of the first Kupon craft in orbit was related to faults in the "atomic standard in the onboard synchronising device". Lovochkin plans to develop a second generation ...
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Columbia crew is blamed for Spartan deployment failure
Tim Furniss/LONDON Blame for the botched deployment of a Spartan free flyer during last November's STS87/Columbia flight has been placed firmly at the door of the spacecraft's crew. Mission specialist Kalpana Chawla has come in for most blame, but the whole STS87 crew, led by commander Kevin Kregel, ...
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Italy leads ESA interest in Vega K development
Development of the proposed European Vega K low Earth orbit launcher will depend on industrial funding of around Ecu70 million ($77 million) as well as the ECU350 million funding requested from interested member states of the European Space Agency (ESA) led by France and Italy. The Italian space agency says ...
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Notice to pilots
Flight International is undertaking a worldwide survey of pilots' career progression including experience, training, remuneration package and ambitions. All respondents are guaranteed confidentiality as each reply will be de-identified by the market research company conducting the survey. The results will be published in a supplement to the 16-22 September issue ...