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Columbia sets records
The STS94/Columbia landed at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida on 17 July after its flawless 16-day reflight of the Microgravity Space Laboratory, with more than 30 high-technology materials, protein crystal and other experiments similar to those which will be operated on the International Space Station. The ...
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Spacewalk in August will be used to restore Mir power
Tim Furniss/FLORIDA Russian cosmonauts Anatoli Solovyov and Pavel Vinogradev will perform a 6h internal spacewalk in the connecting node/airlock of the Mir space station on 20 August, in an attempt to restore the station's electrical power to 70% of its normal output. Equipment to support the task arrived ...
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Vantai carries out 10,000th fire test
Russia's Vantai Machinery-Building Factory in Vantai has successfully performed its 10,000th rocket test firing. Since 1961, the plant, 565km (350 miles) from Samara, has been responsible for testing the rocket engines for all Russian launchers. Anatoly Anenkov, the factory's general director, says that the most powerful engined tested has been ...
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K-C Aviation
Keith Goodrum has been appointed project manager for the Boeing Business Jet completion programme at maintainer K-C Aviation, of Dallas, Texas. Before joining K-C, Goodrum was an aviation consultant for 11 years and also worked previously for several prominent helicopter companies and airlines. Source: Flight International
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Progress or plateau
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Two years ago, the world airline industry swung out of recession in style, producing its best-ever set of profit figures. The question for 1996 was whether the recovery would continue to gain pace or whether this now represented the peak for this latest business cycle. In ...
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Polish demand leads LOT into charter territory
LOT Polish airlines is planning to form a charter subsidiary in response to a growing package-holiday market in Poland. The airline says that a team has been set up to investigate the legal and financial aspects of the plan, but the new company is unlikely to be founded ...
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Owner seizes two GrandAir Airbus A300s at Hong Kong in lieu of payment
GrandAir of the Philippines has had two of its Airbus A300B4s impounded in Hong Kong, after failing to make scheduled payments to the aircraft's Dutch leasor, ING. ING obtained court orders in Hong Kong to seize the two aircraft, when the airline was late in making monthly lease ...
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Boeing's third 737-700 undergoes 50-cycle test
An intensive Five-day series of simulated airline operations with the third Boeing 737-700 (YA003) was successfully completed on 19 July. The aircraft achieved 100% dispatch reliability for on-time departures and arrivals, says Boeing. The 737 was flown for 50 flights to 24 cities in the Southwest Airlines network, ranging from ...
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Emergency landing brings new 747-300 warning
The emergency landing on 2 May at Sydney, Australia, of an Ansett Boeing 747-300 is likely to cause Boeing to upgrade to service-bulletin status a 1993 service letter recommending that aileron cable guards and pulley covers be replaced with new material. The aircraft, leased from Singapore Airlines (SIA), ...
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Arkia wants RJ115s to replace Dash 7s
Arkia Israeli Airlines says that it has selected the Aero International (Regional) (AI(R)) Avro RJ115 to replace its fleet of de Havilland Dash 7 turboprops, but the airline is yet to begin contract negotiations with AI(R). Arkia, which wants to order three RJ115s, has been evaluating replacements for ...
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First Boeing 777-300 is joined together
THE final body join of the first Boeing 777-300 fuselage, the longest airliner built to date, was accomplished at around 1.30am on 21 July at Boeing's Everett, Washington, site. The completed aircraft will be 73.8m in length, or around 3.4m longer than the 747. Despite the structural changes ...
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Former Aeroflot directorate Pulkovo takes on its own identity
Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise, the St Petersburg-based airline which was previously the north-western directorate of Aeroflot, has now taken on its own identity, as illustrated by this Tupolev Tu-154B-2 at Shannon, Ireland. The airline operates a fleet of Tupolev Tu-134s and Tu-154s, Ilyushin Il-86s and Antonov An-12 freighters.Pulkovo's route network, some ...
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CityBird expands with two 767s and a pair of MD-11 freighters
Herman de Wulf/BRUSSELS CityBird is to expand its fleet next year with the acquisition of Boeing 767s and McDonnell Douglas (MDC) MD-11 freighters. The Belgian low-fare scheduled airline, which began operations earlier this year with two MD-11s on transatlantic routes, will take delivery of two 268-seat ...
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China Southern kicks off 777 transpacific ETOPS with US flight
Transpacific operations with the Boeing 777 were inaugurated on 21 July when one of China Southern Airlines' two General Electric-powered 777-200IGWs (increased gross weight) landed at Los Angeles after a 12h 37min flight from Guangzhou. The service began following 180min extended-range twin-engine operations (ETOPS) approval for the 777 ...
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Indonesian air safety goes into decline
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE A Garuda Indonesia McDonnell Douglas (MDC) MD-11 is undergoing structural repairs for damage caused by a tail strike, in the latest runway incident to hit the national airline. The mishap occurred in Hawaii on 21 June and is the third time in the past ...
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USA and Japan aim to clinch bilateral deal in September
Andrew Mollet/TOKYO Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Japan and the USA have agreed to make Tokyo the venue for their first full negotiations on a new passenger transport bilateral accord on 4-6 August, with the aim of producing a deal in September. Until now, the two sides have been ...
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LTU to drop MD-11 in restructuring plan
Leading German charter airline LTU International Airways is embarking on an extensive restructuring programme, including plans to drop selected long-haul routes and to stop operating McDonnell Douglas MD-11 tri-jets. The restructuring plan aims to combat a sharp drop in profits, which LTU suffered in the financial year 1995/6. ...
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Maersk nears regional choice
Maersk Air's Birmingham, UK, division is close to selecting a new 50-seat regional jet to replace its BAC One-Elevens. Maersk Air, which operates services under franchise to British Airways, flies a network of services to various European destinations. Its fleet includes three 86-seat One-Eleven 500s and three 123-seat ...
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Great Lakes loan
Raytheon has provided Great Lakes Aviation a $4 million short-term loan as the Beech 1900 operator restructures operations. The airline is concentrating resources on its United Express operations at Chicago O'Hare and Denver. Source: Flight International
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Continental selects GE
General Electric Aircraft Engines has confirmed that it has won a $600 million order from Continental Airlines to supply GE90 engines to power the five additional Boeing 777-200s, ordered by the airline in June, as well as CF6-80C2 engines for the 30 Boeing 767-400ERs the airline has on order. ...