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Polar TCAS
Polar Air Cargo has followed FedEx's example and decided voluntarily to fit its fleet with the TCASII traffic alert and collision avoidance system. Source: Flight Daily News
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Midland 747 offer
British Midland (BM) is considering an offer from an undisclosed Asian airline to take some Boeing 747s on short term wet lease, reports Flight International's sister, on-line service Air Transport Intelligence. BM is also considering offers from Airbus and awaits a bid from Boeing for 767-300ER/400ERs. Source: Flight International
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KLM Boosts 737-800s
KLM has doubled its Boeing 737-800 order to eight. The airline, which has also taken four options, will receive its first -800 in February 1999. Source: Flight International
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Air Niugini nears collapse after Qantas is ignored
Papua New Guinea (PNG) flag carrier Air Niugini continues to edge closer to complete collapse, with the Government apparently setting aside salvage proposals put forward by Qantas. The airline was temporarily rescued from insolvency on 13 March when PNG Prime Minister Bill Skate compelled the country's main bank, PNGBC, ...
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Air New Zealand adds first 737-300
Air New Zealand has introduced the first of three Boeing 737-300s acquired on operating lease, mainly for trans-Tasman services from Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. The first aircraft, leased from GE Capital Aviation Services, began flights at the end of March. It is painted in a "millennium" scheme, incorporating the colours ...
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SIA wants more time to study 777-200X long haul proposal
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Singapore Airlines (SIA) has again postponed a decision on purchase of a new ultra long haul aircraft. The airline wants more time to evaluate a Pratt & Whitney PW4000-powered Boeing 777-200X engine/airframe proposal. US carrier Tower Air, meanwhile, looks likely to be the next airline to ...
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Overnight parcel carriers face noisy opposition
Herman De Wulf/Brussels Express parcel carriers, which fly the bulk of their operations at night, are facing growing opposition in Europe on environmental grounds. The latest development is the rejection by a Bavarian court of an appeal by DHL International against a ban on night operations at Nuremberg Airport, which ...
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Routes
++ Continental Airlines and VASP of Brazil will codeshare on flights between the USA and Brazil from mid-1998, pending Government approvals. ++ SAS Cargo is to introduce a DHL-owned McDonnell Douglas DC-8-70 freighter between New York and Gothenburg, Sweden, and will share an Antonov An-26 between Copenhagen and the ...
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Eagle achieves record sale with sports trainer
Australian light aircraft manufacturer Eagle Aircraft has signed its biggest fleet order yet, with the sale of seven of its all-composite tandem-wing Eagle 180 sports trainers to the Civil Aviation Academy (CAA) of Victoria, which already operates three of the two-seat aircraft. The new order, which brings the value of ...
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Shares programme extends eastwards
A group of Middle Eastern investors has agreed to purchase 12 Gulfstream IV-SP business jets, worth $335 million, for a fractional ownership programme in the region. The scheme, announced last November at the Dubai air show, will be managed by Executive Jet International (EJI) as an extension of its Gulfstream ...
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Mercury glass
Award of a contract to Boeing to upgrade US Navy E-6 Mercury command and control aircraft with a "glass" cockpit, based on that in the Next Generation 737, has been held up by a protest from Raytheon. Boeing hopes that a similar upgrade of US and allied E-3 Sentrys will ...
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Prowler prowls on
Northrop Grumman has won a US Navy competition to upgrade the EA-6BProwler electronic warfare aircraft to keep it in service until 2015. The Increased Capability-III upgrade, including a reactive jamming system to counter frequency-agile radars and new colour displays, is to become operational in 2004. Source: Flight International
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Sema support
Lockheed Martin has teamed with France's Sema Group to design the logistic support for its Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) proposal. The US company says Sema provides access to European experience and expertise in logistics support and information systems, which, it hopes, will strengthen its JSF bid. Source: Flight International
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UK apache runs
Ground runs of a GKN Westland WAH-64 attack helicopter fitted with the Rolls-Royce Turboméca RTM-322 were carried out for the first time on 6 April. The aircraft is scheduled to fly by mid-year. Source: Flight International
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AVPK director
Mikhail Pogosyan has been appointed general director of AVPK Sukhoi, replacing Alexei Fedorov. Acting prime minister Sergey Kirienko confirmed the changes last month. Pogosyan's main task will be to prepare the transition of AVPK Sukhoi from a unitary state enterprise into a joint-stock holding company. The holding will include the ...
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Russian air force revives efforts to find fifth generation fighter
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW Despite parlous finances, the Russian air force is renewing its efforts to procure a fifth generation fighter. Air force test pilots are evaluating the Sukhoi S-37 and funding is being provided for the MIGMAPO 1.42 prototype. Lt Gen Yuriy Klishin, deputy commander in chief for acquisition, ...
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Varyag sale renews Chinese carrier concerns
Fears that China is seeking to acquire an aircraft carrier have been rekindled by Ukraine's sale of the incomplete former Soviet navy carrier Varyag to a Chinese-linked trading company based in Macau. The 302m-long hull was sold in March to a Macau shell company, Chong Lot Tourist and Amusement ...
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Greyhound variant chases USN slot
Northrop Grumman is studying a turbofan re-engined derivative of the C-2 Greyhound as a potential low cost candidate for the US Navy's Common Support Aircraft requirement to replace carrier-based C-2 onboard delivery, E-2 early warning and S-3 maritime patrol, electronic surveillance and tanker aircraft. The Greyhound 21 could be operational ...
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C-27J emerges as possible AEW platform
Lockheed Martin has looked at the feasibility of installing Ericsson's Erieye airborne early warning (AEW) radar on the upgraded C-27J transport, under development with Alenia. A version of the C-27J could be offered as a smaller alternative to the AEW variant of Lockheed Martin's C-130J Hercules 2. The C-130J ...
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Bell strikes at S America
Graham Warwick/SANTIAGO Bell has begun marketing a variant of the AH-1W SuperCobra attack helicopter configured for reconnaissance and armed escort. The "multi-mission" MH-1W is aimed principally at Latin America, where there is growing demand for armed helicopters to support anti-drug and counter-insurgency operations. The US manufacturer argues that the MH-1W ...