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India aids Airbus
Software which allows design engineers working with the CADDS 5 computer-aided design system to calculate automatically composite-laminate thicknesses to meet loading requirements has been developed by the Aeronautical Development Agency of India, Airbus Industrie and ComputerVision. Source: Flight International
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Boeing JSF ready to go
Boeing has passed the initial design-review on its Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) concept-demonstration programme, clearing the way for fabrication and assembly of two X-32 demonstrators for flight tests beginning in 1999. Source: Flight International
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F/A-18E/F at 1,500h
Flight testing of the Boeing F/A-18E/F has passed 1,500h and is approaching 1,000 flights. Seven aircraft are in flight testing at the US Navy's Patuxent River, Maryland, test centre. Various external-stores configurations are being flight tested and ground testing is under way. Source: Flight International
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Orbital in TBM deal
OrbitalSciences has received a $27 million US Air Force contract to provide suborbital target vehicles for flight tests of the US Navy Theater Wide ballistic-missile interceptor. The target vehicles will be based around Minuteman I second-stage motors. Source: Flight International
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Egyptian Chinook
The US Department of Defense intends to offer Egypt four additional Boeing CH-47D Chinooks, spare and repair parts, support equipment and training worth about $149 million. Source: Flight International
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USAF C&C agency
The US Air Force has created the Air Space Command and Control Agency to develop a programme to control configurations and modernise command centres in the USAF. Creation of the agency lifts command and control to weapon-system status. Source: Flight International
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Latin two-step
TAP Air Portugal and Transbrasil have signed a co-operation agreement involving a range of services, including optimisation of operational resources, joint provision of passenger-handling services and joint programming of air services. In another move involving a Latin American carrier, American Airlines has agreed an alliance with LanChile. The deal covers ...
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Overhaul start-up
Rolls-Royce and Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering have officially opened their new engine-overhaul joint venture for business. Hong Kong Aero Engine Services' new $130 million centre in Tseung Kwan O will specialise in the overhaul and repair of R-R RB.211-524, -535, Trent 700/800 and International Aero Engines V2500 family. ...
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737-800 for Turkey
Turkish charter carrier Pegasus Airlines is reported to have signed a deal for the acquisition of a Boeing 737-800, for delivery in 1999. The carrier is also taking two more 737-400s in 1998. Source: Flight International
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Maintaining business
FLS Aerospace has won a contract from Air Europa to undertake C Checks on 17 Boeing 737-300/400s and three 757s between October 1997 and March 1998. Source: Flight International
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BA sells
British Airways is to sell the landing-gear overhaul unit of its components overhaul section to Hawker Pacific of California, USA, and expects to announce a buyer for its wheels and brakes overhaul unit in October. The sales form part of the airline's £1 billion ($1.5 billion) business-efficiency programme. ...
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Boeing may launch 777-X this year
Guy Norris and Paul Lewis/SEATTLE Boeing is confident that it will launch the 777-200X and -300X within three months. The company rebuts suggestions that the project is slowing down because of market uncertainty and concerns over performance. Programme manager Jeff Peace says: "We are very serious ...
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AEA hits out as Europe's ATC delays soar
AndrzejJeziorski/MUNICH The Association of European Airlines (AEA) is calling for a fresh drive towards a single integrated European air- traffic-control (ATC) system, in response to rising traffic and record delays in Europe in recent months. Worsening punctuality figures on European routes show a "severe problem", with ...
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Widebodies head for Air China
Air China is to begin taking delivery of the first of eight new Airbus Industrie A340-300s and Boeing 777-200s in early October, as part of a wider fleet re-equipment programme. The Chinese flag carrier will take delivery of its first A340 on 8 October, and put the aircraft ...
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Blanc resignation fails to deflect French Government
The final elements of the merger of Air France and its domestic subsidiary, Air France Europe, went ahead as planned on 12 September. The move followed the resignation of the national carrier's president, Christian Blanc, over the Government's refusal to privatise the airline (Flight International, 10-16 September). A ...
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NASA tests system to increase runway capacity
Graham Warwick/Atlanta NASA is working to interest airlines in technology which could allow full-tempo airport operations to continue in low visibility. Airport capacity often decreases as weather worsens, because of the increased risk of ground collisions. NASA's Low Visibility Landing And Surface Operations (LVLASO) programme aims ...
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Chinese independents co-operate to form defensive alliance
Six independent provincial Chinese carriers, led by Hainan Airlines, have signed an agreement to form the country's first co-operative alliance, in a move designed to strengthen their position against competition and take-over moves by larger, state-owned, airlines. The New Star (Xinxing) Air Alliance will consist of Hainan Airlines, ...
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FAA gets tough with freight operators
All US cargo carriers face tougher US Federal Aviation Administration surveillance in the wake of the 7 August fatal crash of a Fine Air McDonnell Douglas DC-8-61 freighter during its take-off from Miami International Airport, Florida. The FAA has started by suspending Fine Air's operating certificate and revising ...
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Dornier 228 crashes
The second fatal Asia-Pacific-region Dornier 228 crash in less than a month occurred near Miri, Malaysia, in good weather on the evening of 7 September, killing all ten people on board. Operated by Miri-based Merpati Intan and owned by Royal Brunei Airlines, the 228 came down in jungle-covered hills about ...
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US/Aeroflot dispute
United Airlines has asked the US Department of Transportation to suspend Aeroflot flights to Chicago, San Francisco and Washington, in retaliation for Russia's 1995 decision to bar United's codeshare with Lufthansa for services between the Moscow and the USA, via Frankfurt. More recently, Russia refused United permission to fly over ...