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Hartzell AD relief
Operators of 1950s-vintage aircraft affected by an airworthiness directive (AD) requiring inspection of Hartzell propeller hubs will be offered a replacement blade-retention system which the manufacturer plans to certificate by mid-1998. Reduced prices will be available until August 1999. Source: Flight International
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Foton lands
The unmanned descent module of the Russian Foton international microgravity research spacecraft, carrying several commercial payloads - including equipment from the European Space Agency - landed after a 14-day flight on 23 October. Source: Flight International
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Argentina Agreement
NASA has agreed to fly two Argentine Satelite de Aplicaciones (SAC) satellites, carrying a multi-spectral medium-resolution scanner and technology instruments respectively. The SAC-C - to be launched on a Delta booster - will be used primarily to monitor Argentina's forest inventory and study the environment. The SAC-A craft - to ...
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Second loss
Motorola has confirmed that a second Iridium global mobile-communications satellite has been lost in orbit, leaving 36 operational out of the constellation of 66 planned for September 1998. The Lockheed Martin craft suffered a loss of attitude control. Source: Flight International
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SLAM-ER test proves end-to-end performance
The first end-to-end test of Boeing's Standoff Land Attack Missile - Expanded Response (SLAM-ER) has been completed successfully. It was launched from a US Navy Boeing F/A-18 over 110km (60nm) from the target to test the new man-in-loop terminal-guidance system. Launched at 10,000ft (3,000m), the missile descended to ...
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Propelling changes
There can be few propulsion-development efforts as focused, or as consistent, as the US Integrated High Performance Turbine Engine Technology (IHPTET) programme. Tasked with essentially "doubling propulsion capability" (ie, improving all major performance and maintenance measures by a factor of two) by the start of the 21st century, this vast ...
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Lufthansa CityLine/Bombardier negotiate for CRJ-700 purchase
Lufthansa CityLine is in negotiations with Bombardier over a "double-digit" order for the 70-seat Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) Series 700, but Fairchild Dornier is targeting the airline as a potential launch customer for its proposed rival regional jet. CityLine has just taken delivery of its 31st 50-seat CRJ ...
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Tunisair follows Airbus order with 737-600s
Tunisair has followed its recent deal with Airbus for A319s and more A320s, with an order for four Next Generation Boeing 737-600s, and taken options for three extra aircraft, with variants to be determined later. The new 737-600s, which are similar in size to the -200 and -500 ...
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Stakes rise in Aces bid
Continental Airlines is seeking to sooth its disappointment over losing Aerolineas Argentinas to American with a bid for a stake in Colombia's Aces Airlines. If successful, its purchase would underscore the recently forged links between the two carriers and Continental's commitment to developing its Latin American strategy. Aces' ...
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Asia links the American way
American Airlines is blanketing Asia-Pacific with codeshare agreements, even though the US and Japan are discussing a new bilateral which is likely to allow it to codeshare with Japan Airlines to many of the same points via Japan. Asiana Airlines is American's latest codeshare partner in a blanket ...
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China list gets longer
China's two internationally quoted airlines are looking closer to home for further equity and consolidation, as the China National Aviation Corporation's initial public offering moves a step closer to reality. China Eastern and China Southern Airlines both plan to tap the emerging domestic capital markets following their successful ...
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China marches to capitalist tune
The recent appearance of the leading economic figures in China at the world's largest gathering of financiers in Hong Kong, at which they preached the precepts of capitalism, may well come to be seen as one of the defining moments of the 20th century. The same Beijing leadership, which less ...
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Airline news
Air France has new franchise agreements with French regional Proteus Airlines, for three daily services from Paris/Orly to Chambéry, and with Gill Airways for twice daily Newcastle-Paris/Charles de Gaulle services. Air France was also due to suspend services to Brazzaville and Cancun, from 26 October. American Airlines is ...
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US targets predators
It has been a long time coming - some think too long - but the US Department of Transportation is promising to open up some of the key US hub airports and to get tough on carriers that behave anticompetitively. Predictably, the low-cost airlines applaud the move while the majors ...
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The Asian miracle turns to a malaise
For many years, the traditional lore in the airline business has been that Asia-Pacific represents the most vibrant, fastest growing, most profitable element of the industry, with the brightest prospects and the greatest resilience to factors like wars and recession to which most other carriers are vulnerable. As ...
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Europe joins the hunt
The European Commission plans to launch a major crackdown on anti-competitive practices in the EU. The move represents a tacit admission that four years of liberalisation have failed to remove a number of barriers to entry in the European market. KLM may be the first to feel the ...
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US holds out for more from Japan
High expectations for a treaty between the US and Japan, that might at least have paved the way towards full open skies, collapsed with a resounding thud in Washington DC during the September round of bilateral negotiations. And there has followed much finger wagging at Northwest Airlines, which is accused ...
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Nigeria near to collapse
Africa's largest domestic airline market is close to total collapse, with just 10 aircraft left operating to serve Nigeria's 90 million population. The explosion of private operators, which filled the vacuum left by Nigeria Airways as it struggled to define its role in a confused political environment during ...
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Swiss offer Geneva hope
Swissair may still come to regret its decision to drop intercontinental flights from Geneva after the Swiss parliament mandated limited special treatment for regional airports in new bilateral agreements. But critics say the measures don't go far enough. The parliament bowed to pressure from the western cantons by ...
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Moscow hopeful
Transaero has opted to curb its wider ambitions in order to focus on stimulating a rebound in the moribund Russian domestic market. Douglas Cameron reports from Moscow on the airline's chances. Transaero has not quite shaken off the past. A strategy which has flirted with the purchase of TWA and ...