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Pegasus undergoes hypersonic test
An Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL booster originating from Cape Canaveral, Florida, was launched from its Lockheed L-1011 mother ship over the Atlantic on 22 October, carrying Brazil's SCD-2 commercial satellite into low earth orbit. The XL was also equipped with a NASA aerodynamics experiment, the Wing Glove, which was ...
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Russia does it with mirrors for Progress docking
A Russian-built tanker has docked with the Mir space station, carrying a specially designed "mirror" for use in a navigation experiment. The Progress M40 docked with the Mir on 26 October, two days after its launch from Baikonur in Kazakhstan. The tanker delivered a cargo which included a unique ...
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ACI takes second stab at fee hike
US airports will launch another massive campaign - the second this year - to garner support for a $1 increase in the passenger facility charge (PFC). Smarting from the recent defeat of the PFC increase by an 11-8 vote in the Senate aviation subcommittee, directors of the Airports Council ...
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Air Canada rings up the costs of strike
Its pilot strike may push Air Canada temporarily into the red, but analysts differ over how much that will hurt the carrier's long-term strength. Air Canada's two-year settlement involved a 4% pay raise this year retroactive to April, a 5% raise next year plus stock options, pension enhancements and ...
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Deluge of troubles flood Peru
Peruvian aviation was never for the fainthearted, but its current turmoil is volatile even by Lima's standards. The chief executive of bankrupt local carrier Faucett Peru is the apparent victim of a behind-the-scenes power struggle even with his airline in receivership. A new law allowing foreign carriers to operate domestic ...
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FLEETS
Long commitment The world's fourth-largest regional airline, Comair, has signed a 10-year agreement with Bombardier to acquire 50 more CRJs, comprising 30 CRJ-200s and 20 CRJ-700s. The deal includes a further 115 options. Wayout west America West has taken delivery of two more Airbus A320s, ...
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Mesa unveils new look
As part of its uphill battle to regain its reputation and its financial feet, US regional Mesa Airlines unveiled a new livery in mid October, as well as a new corporate logo for the carrier's parent company, the Mesa Air Group. Jonathan Ornstein, who took over as president and ...
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ROUTES
Boston direct United Airlines is to open a direct service between Boston and London Heathrow from April 1999. Boston-London is the third-largest route to Europe. European expansion American Airlines is strengthening its European operation with the launch of services to Amsterdam and Frankfurt from Chicago ...
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Regional jets prompt runway campaigns
The regional jet phenomenon is prompting some small US airports to campaign for funds to extend their runways so that they do not find themselves left out in the cold. Managers at Salisbury-Wicomico County Regional Airport in Maryland are the latest to have grown nervous over their inability to ...
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End of the road for Southern
Having failed to find a rescuer, Southern Air Transport (SAT) ceased operations at the end of September. The US cargo carrier, which had operated for more than 50 years, was largely hampered by its fleet of Lockheed L-100 Hercules, which left it as an oddball in today's freighter market and ...
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China freezes new fleet orders
In response to China's worsening markets, Beijing will approve no more aircraft orders for China's airlines, says Liu Wanming, planning division chief for the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) Liu stresses that the CAAC's freeze does not affect existing orders, but several carriers are already trying to defer ...
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Jet convenience Ansett regional operator Kendell Airlines is to acquire 12 new 50-seat regional jets to upgrade its network in Eastern Australia. The new aircraft will be introduced from November 1999, but no decision has been made between the Bombardier Canadair CRJ-200 and Embraer RJ-145 models. ...
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Indian Airlines raises fares
Burdened with a depreciating rupee and rising operating costs, Indian Airlines has again hiked its fares, this time by just over 11%. The latest rise, which took effect at the start of October, is the tenth since 1990 and comes less than a year after the airline last announced a ...
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as sell-off row surfaces
India's mercurial foreign ownership rules are again causing controversy, with an apparent split between ministries over whether airline partners will be allowed to buy shares in either Air-India or Indian Airlines as they come up for privatisation. Civil aviation minister Ananth Kumar plans strict enforcement of the domestic aviation ...
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Japanese react to recession
Japan Airlines (JAL) and All Nippon Airways are both accelerating plans to restructure in response to falling yields. As the two carriers prepared to announce first-half results at the end of October, neither was expecting to hit previous forecasts. "Japan's recession is JAL's fundamental problem," says Isao Kaneko, the ...
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Nigeria back to London
Nigeria Airways is edging its way back onto the Lagos-London route, which it was forced to abandon 20 months ago after a safety row ignited between Nigeria and the UK. A deal has now been agreed with British Airways, under which the Nigerian flag carrier will partner BA on a ...
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PAL stumbles on way back
Philippine Airlines (PAL) resumed domestic services in October, but has put plans to restart international flights to Hong Kong, Tokyo, Los Angeles and San Francisco on hold. Requests from potential investors to hold off and so far inconclusive negotiations for the return of two Boeing 747-400s, seized when the airline ...
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SAA gets competitive
South African Airways (SAA), now under its new chief executive Coleman Andrews, has laid out plans to give British Airways much stronger competition on the lucrative London routes and may be seeking closer ties with Virgin Atlantic to help achieve its goal. SAA recently poached Virgin's general manager for ...
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Sun Air seeks a listing
A second South African carrier, Sun Air, is planning to seek a listing on the Johannesburg stock exchange. Comair, which operates under a franchise agreement with British Airways, listed in July and Sun Air now plans to follow suit in around 2000. Managing director Johan Borstlap says that he ...