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AirTran aims for 'fresh start' after making heavy losses
US low fare airline AirTran says that it is "positioned for a turn-around", despite posting heavy losses for last year. The former ValuJet has reported a net loss for 1997 of $96.7 million, more than double its 1996 loss, on operating revenues that fell slightly, to $211.5 million. One-time ...
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US Government appeals against A-12 decision
A long running lawsuit sparked by the 1991 cancellation of the US Navy's General Dynamics/McDonnell Douglas A-12 stealthy attack aircraft has advanced a step, with a US court ruling in favour of the contractors and the US Government immediately filing an appeal. In its final ruling on 20 February, ...
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Rybinsk production and income grow
Rybinsk Motors, one of Russia's leading engine manufacturers, announced record production growth of 36.4% last year. On the back of rising production, revenue rose to 1,538 billion roubles ($256.3 million). Profit amounted to 264 billion roubles. General director Yuriy Lastochkin says that 60% of the profit came from the ...
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Lufthansa cargo loads profits
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH Lufthansa Cargo has revealed a "turnaround after two difficult years" in 1997, but warns that the air freight market remains uncertain. Profits for 1997 are expected to exceed DM100 million ($61.7 million) while yields in the fourth quarter showed a 10% improvement on the previous year. ...
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AlliedSignal selected for advanced R&D
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC The US Army has picked AlliedSignal for the third phase of the multiservice Joint Turbine Advanced Gas Generator (JTAGG) demonstration. The service awarded the Phoenix, Arizona, based engine maker a $39 million contract to develop advanced engines for future US military rotorcraft. The contract will ...
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Two F-22s are prepared for resumption of flight testing
The second Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 has been rolled out at Marietta, Georgia, and is to fly in July. The first of the nine development F-22s, meanwhile, has been transported by Lockheed C-5 to Edwards AFB, California, where it is scheduled to fly in April, after re-assembly. The F-22 was ...
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Greece and Chile fighter contests near fruition
Greece is moving towards a decision on its next fighter purchase, scheduling in-country evaluations of the designs in contention for its requirement for 40 aircraft. Lockheed Martin's F-16C was evaluated in February and Boeing's F-15E will be assessed in March. The US fighters are being offered in competition with ...
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USAF plans upgrade for F-16s
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC More than 250 US Air Force Lockheed Martin F-16s are to be upgraded with an improved targeting capability developed for aircraft assigned to missions over Bosnia. The upgrade is an outgrowth of Project Sure Strike, implemented at short notice in early 1997 to increase the ...
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Venezuelans fly Aero L-159 prototype
Aero Vodochody has allowed the first potential export customer to test fly the L-159 Advanced Light Combat Aircraft (ALCA) during a visit to the Czech Republic by a Venezuelan air force delegation in the middle of February. Venezuelan chief of air staff Gen Jaime Padron and three test pilots ...
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Poland drafts emergency plan as Huzar faces more delays
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH The Polish Government is considering bringing forward planned orders for PZL-Swidnik W-3 Sokol transport helicopters to help the manufacturer if the Huzar battlefield helicopter programme suffers from further significant delays to its schedule. Deputy defence minister Romuald Szeremietiew has assured the manufacturer that this will be ...
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AIA 98 FINALIST: BFGoodrich Avionics Systems (Business & General Aviation)
As avionics technology forges ahead there is a growing need to make new systems available and affordable to the general aviation (GA) community. BFGoodrich has contributed to that process with the development of the Skywatch traffic advisory system. The low-cost system displays traffic information and conflict advisories, indicating where ...
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AIA 98 WINNER:Rockwell Collins (Avionics)
Improving cockpit awareness through a 3D flight planning mapAdvances in flightdeck technology have brought major benefits to the cockpit but also some new potential concerns. Among them is the need to ensure that pilots retain good situational awareness despite the increasing volumes of data that they have to handle from ...
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AIA 98 FINALIST:Dubai Department of Civil Aviation (Infrastructure)
Expansion and development of Dubai Airport as an international hubDubai's whole economy has been focused on developing as a key business and trade centre in the mold of Asian states such as Singapore. The country's Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) has played its part with major developments at the airport ...
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AIA 98 FINALIST:Alenia Difesa and Swedavia (Infrastructure)
The FarAway project, co-ordinated by Italy's Alenia Difesa, represents another step in the development of the future air traffic management concepts that Europe will have to adopt if growth is to continue in its overcrowded airspace. The project, financed by the European Commission, aims to validate the benefits of ...
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AIA 98 WINNER:Airport Authority Hong Kong (Infrastructure)
First landing at Chep Lap Kok Airport Hong Kong's new international airport at Chek Lap Kok passed a major milestone on 20 February, 1997 when the first aircraft touched down. Admittedly, the flight was only a short hop by a Raytheon Beech Super King Air from Hong Kong's existing ...
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AIA 98 WINNER:AMECO-Beijing (Maintenance & Modification)
AMECO-Beijing took its first important steps into the international market for heavy aircraft maintenance in 1997, showing how far the Chinese joint venture has come over the past eight years. AMECO was set up at Beijing's Capital Airport in 1989 as a joint venture between Air China and Lufthansa, ...
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AIA 98 FINALIST:British Aerospace Aviation Services (Maintenance & Modifications)
British Aerospace Aviation Services set out just over two years ago to produce a realistically priced passenger to freighter conversion for the Airbus A300B4. In 1997 its plans became reality as the first three freighters left for customers. Last year's first milestone came in June as the conversion won ...
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AIA 98 FINALIST:Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems (Maintenance & Modification)
During 1997 the Lockheed Martin F-16A/B Mid-Life Update (MLU) programme completed its development phase, passing key flight test milestones and with delivery of the first modified aircraft for operational service. The transatlantic programme is the most extensive and ambitious retrofit yet carried out on the F-16, involving major improvements ...
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AIA 98 FINALIST:Boeing (Military Aviation)
Success of the C-17 in the longest ever USAF airdrop mission. The US Air Force led the longest-range airdrop exercise in its history on 14-15 September, flying troops and supplies from the USA to Kazakhstan. At the heart of the mission was the Boeing C-17 Globemaster. Eight USAF C-17s ...
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AIA 98 FINALIST:Eurofighter Jagdflugzeug (Military Aviation)
Moving the programme to the production-investment phaseAs 1997 drew to a close, the four Eurofighter nations were at last preparing to give the green light for the programme to move on to the next phase of production investment. The decision, when it came at the start of this year, ...