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Bidders line up for competition to upgrade Brazil's F-5 fleet
Bids for Brazil's Northrop F-5 upgrade programme were submitted on 23 March. Embraer will act as prime contractor and system integrator for the structural and avionics upgrade programme, and will evaluate the bids, but the selection will be made by the Brazilian air force. Other aviation procurement programmes are also ...
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Enaer aims to revive Pillan trainer production
Chilean aircraft manufacturer Enaer hopes to put its Pillan trainer back in production following the sale of used aircraft to El Salvador and Guatemala. Enaer is co-operating with two Russian companies on development of an improved aircraft, the Pillan 2000. The recent sales involve T-35 Pillans previously operated by ...
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Airbus/Boeing vie for Mexico
Airbus Industrie and Boeing are competing for an order from Aeromexico and Mexicana for up to 100 narrowbody aircraft. The order will be placed by Mexico's CINTRA Group, which owns both carriers. A decision is expected "before June", says Airbus. The deal does not include aircraft for AeroPeru, which is ...
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HMOSP trial
The Chilean air force is testing a Boeing MD-530 helicopter equipped with the Israel Aircraft Industries helicopter multimission optronic stabilised payload (HMOSP). The system tested by the Chileans, which gives the helicopter day/ night observation and targeting capabilities, was interfaced with a datalink that transfers the images to a ground ...
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CN-235 order
Air Venezuela has ordered three CN-235 regional turboprops from IPTN for delivery this month. The Caracas-based regional airline is the South American launch customer for IPTN's N-250, with eight aircraft on order. Source: Flight International
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UK launch scheduled
The UK Defence Evaluation and Research Agency's 100kg Space Technology Research Vehicles (STRV 1C and D) will be launched into geostationary transfer orbit by Arianespace in 1999 using the Ariane 5 Structure for Auxiliary Payloads system. Each STRV will weigh 100kg and each one will be equipped with 25 research ...
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Hughes wins three more contracts to build PanAmSat satellites
Hughes Space and Communications has received contracts to build the PanAmSat PAS 6B satellite and two spacecraft for the American Mobile Radio Corporation (AMRC). The PAS 6B is a rapid replacement for the Space Systems-Loral-built PAS 6 which has suffered electrical failures in orbit. PanAmSat has also expressed technical ...
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Arianespace launches Spot 4
Andrzej Jeziorski/KOUROU Arianespace successfully launched the Spot 4 Earth observation satellite for the French Space Agency (CNES) on 23 March after three days of delays. The hold-up was caused by a single bent connector pin on communications equipment. The 2,755kg satellite, built by prime contractor Matra Marconi Space, ...
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Three European space projects win UK funding
Three European space programmes have received a $36 million investment from the UK Government, with pledges that the country will now develop a closer relationship with the European Space Agency (ESA). John Battle, the UK's science, engineering and industry minister, says that the latest investment aims to help "position ...
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MAPO MIG to close for five months
MAPO MIG's Moscow factory has closed for at least five months from 1 April because of a lack of orders. The closure comes at a time of rising controversy over the future of the group. The shutdown of the plant was ordered by the general director of the VPK ...
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Russia rules against Ukraine bombers
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Boeing has toned down its optimism over the future of the MD-11 and warns that more problems with Next Generation 737 manufacturing might produce additional delivery delays, making a third consecutive quarterly charge a possibility. There are signs that more lay-offs could follow. Production problems ...
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Continental drift in Brazil
Delta Air Lines is boosting its Latin American presence with a deal to buy 35 per cent of AeroPeru, frustrating rival Continental, which seemed ahead in the race for a stake. Delta's current ties with Aeromexico, and its plans to expand those ties into a broader alliance, probably tipped ...
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Stampede to market
As more airports move into the private sector, airlines are hoping for better service and investment yet worrying about higher prices. Tom Gill reports. Airport privatisation is gathering pace, and although private investment and the introduction of commercial airport expertise appears to be good news for airlines, it is ...
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Fight in the wild AmWest
America West's flight attendants have rejected an initial pay offer and are back at the negotiating table in a fighting mood. An overwhelming 90 per cent of the America West chapter of the Association of Flight Attendants have rejected a tentative agreement. The main sticking point is pay, says ...
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Asia's fireless dragons
Traditionally cosy and secure, nestling in the world's highest growth region, can Asian airlines find the panic button now that the bad times are here? For some the bottle is always half empty, to others it's half full. But to proclaim the virtues of a bottle with just the ...
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Focus on Phoenix
America West's ups and downs have made Wall Street nervous, but new revenue management skills, a concentration on Phoenix, and codeshares with Continental and Northwest should allow its healthier performance to continue. Karen Walker reports from Phoenix You can only envy the residents of Phoenix, Arizona. Not only do they ...
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Awas seeks new owners
Abu Dhabi lessor Oasis International, backed by a New Zealand bank, is poised to take over Australian lessor Ansett Worldwide Aviation Service. At the end of February, Ad Scheepbouwer, TNT's chief executive officer, was expecting a sale announcement 'in the next couple of weeks'. Oasis International Leasing, and ...
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BM gets itchy US feet
After a 15 year break, British Midland is planning a comeback on the North Atlantic, with a request for route licences to the US. The airline wants to fly from London/Heathrow to Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Houston, Miami, Los Angeles, New York, Seattle and Washington DC. The application ...
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Virgin flirts with US rules
Richard Branson, chairman of Virgin Atlantic, is calling for the US to open itself up to cabotage, saying he would open an airline there 'tomorrow.' Branson has briefed US congressmen on his wish to see the rules changed so foreign carriers can operate domestic services in the US. 'We ...
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First EMU wave gains momentum
The march towards European Monetary Union now looks unstoppable. By early May the eleven countries which will join the first wave of monetary union on 1 January 1999 will have locked exchange rates and most of Europe will effectively be part of what will become a Deutsche mark bloc. ...