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LanChile is to offer three nonstop flights a week between Los Angeles, California, and its base at Santiago, Chile, from 3 July, in addition to the daily Los Angeles service via Lima, Peru. It is also adding direct services to Buenos Aires, Argentina, with connections to Cordoba and Mendoza. Swedish ...
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Raytheon's STARS fails to shine in time for FAA programme
Problems with development of the Raytheon Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System (STARS) have forced the US Federal Aviation Administration to delay its deployment. It will acquire a rival air traffic control system instead for interim use at some heavily used airports in New York and Washington DC. STARS is ...
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Southwest gets more 737-300s
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Southwest Airlines is looking to expand its Boeing 737-300 fleet with secondhand acquisitions. This follows its conversion of more 737-700 options to firm orders. The extra capacity is needed for the airline's planned launch of 50 more US domestic services in the third quarter of this ...
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Franchise relationships boost expansion of regional market
Chris Jasper/LONDON The rapid expansion of the regional market in North America and Europe continued unabated last year, fuelled by US majors focusing on the consolidation of regional franchise relationships, and franchise expansion by their European counterparts. The US Regional Airlines Association (RAA) reports that passenger traffic increased ...
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Chinese airlines post big losses
Chris Jasper/LONDONChina Eastern Airlines has become the second of the country's big three operators to reveal disappointing financial results for last year. The Shanghai-based carrier reported a net loss of 632 million yuan ($76 million) for the year, compared with a profit of 332 million yuan in 1997. The result ...
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HAI plans civil business and revenues boost
Julian Moxon/ATHENS Hellenic Aerospace Industries (HAI) aims to double its revenues in the next five years by building up its civil business to the same level as that of its military activities. "We want to achieve an even split between the two," says HAI managing director George Goulios. ...
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Aer Lingus favours American/BA strategic alliance
Ireland's Aer Lingus has selected oneworld carriers American Airlines and British Airways as its preferred partners in a strategic alliance, ahead of a rival bid by Delta Air Lines. The Irish Government must now approve the state-owned airline's choice of allies, with sources suggesting that full membership of the ...
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Flight training
Raytheon Systems has won a Boeing contract for an operational flight trainer (OFT) and instrument flight trainer (IFT) for the US Navy's T-45C advanced jet trainer. These are the fourth OFT and third IFT for the digital-cockpit T-45C. Raytheon has delivered six OFTs and two IFTs for the original T-45A. ...
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Cubic range
The US Air Force has awarded Cubic Defense Systems a $28 million contract to upgrade the tethered air combat manoeuvring instrumentation (ACMI) range system in Taiwan. The contract includes 24 ACMI pods and six sets of display and debriefing equipment. The work, to support training in Northrop F-5s and Lockheed ...
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IDECM test
Lockheed Martin Sanders has completed successful initial airborne fast-deploy testing of the fibre-optic towed decoy for its Integrated Defensive Electronic Countermeasures (IDECM) system. Six mass model decoys were deployed from launch canisters pod-mounted on a Learjet and Saab Draken to check speed and stability of deployment. The IDECM is due ...
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PAL bail-out
Manila may back down on promises not to bail out debt-ridden Philippine Airlines, and provide some of the $200 million required to prevent the carrier's liquidation. Half the amount has been pledged by majority shareholder Lucio Tan, who has reportedly approached the state's pension fund for cash. Source: Flight International
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Remote control
AirWolf Filter has developed a low-cost, remotely mounted, oil filter system for Lycoming and Continental horizontally opposed engines, and for nine-cylinder Pratt & Whitney radials. According to the Ohio-based company, the system provides high filter efficiency and, because it is mounted on the fuselage firewall instead of on the powerplant, ...
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Private conversions
Two private Middle Eastern operators have chosen BFGoodrich's Super 27 re-engining kit for their Boeing 727-200s. The conversion involves replacing the number one and three Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7/9 powerplants with the higher bypass-ratio -200 series derivative. As well as Stage 3 compliance, BFGoodrich says that the Super 27 modification ...
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Japanese hope
Japan is to name its International Space Station laboratory module Kibo (hope). The first component of the Japanese Experiment Module will be carried on the Space Shuttle in 2001. Source: Flight International
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Athena Contract
The NASA contract with Lockheed Martin for the launch of the cancelled Clark earth observation satellite on an Athena 1 has been transferred to a new NASA payload - the Vegetation Canopy Lidar. The Athena 1 launch, scheduled for August next year, will be the first from the Alaska Aerospace ...
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Aerospatiale and BAe stride on
Chris Jasper/LONDON The evolution of British Aerospace and Aerospatiale from European giants into major global players has taken a further step, with BAe formalising its merger with Marconi Electronic Systems and the French company naming the management team that will take control following its tie-up with Matra Hautes Technologies. While ...
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All the rage
Prevention of 'air rage' incidents is better than cure, according to IATA David Learmount/LONDON The problem of disruptive passengers is so complex that the world's airlines are struggling to agree on remedies. There is consensus on one thing, however - prevention is better than cure. The International Air ...
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Sea views
Sea trials are on the horizon for VTOL unmanned air vehicles Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Expectations are rising that naval forces will soon be able to field vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) now that technical problems that have hampered development of sea-based UAVs show signs of being ...
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Workshop
TAT Group subsidiary LAB and French carrier Regional Airlines are to set up a jointly owned maintenance centre for regional aircraft based at Clermont-Ferrand Airport and line maintenance at 13 other airports. Initially, the centre will undertake maintenance of the Regional Airlines fleet. The fleet comprises British Aerospace, Embraer and ...
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FAA proposes to extend ETOPS
The US Federal Aviation Administration has proposed granting permission for a 15% increase in the maximum allowable extended-range twin-engined operations (ETOPS ) to 207min from the nearest diversion airport. The proposal follows a request from the US Air Transport Association (ATA). An FAA policy document calls for a 15% ...