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Air China wins London approval
In a move considered by many as a sign of Beijing's growing hold on aviation in Hong Kong, a mainland Chinese airline has been allowed for the first time to launch a direct service between the UK colony and London. The inauguration of Air China's new Beijing-Hong Kong-London ...
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India insists on TCAS in wake of collision
India is to make it compulsory for aircraft being operated in its airspace to be equipped with a traffic-alert and collision-avoidance System (TCAS-II). Director-general of civil aviation, H S Khosla, says that the move is a result of the November 1996 mid-air collision over New Delhi between a ...
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KLM switches to Boeing for 747 SUD freighter-conversion work
KLM has signed a contract with Boeing for the freighter conversion of two 747-200 stretched-upper-deck (SUD) combi aircraft, having previously signed a commitment for Israel Aircraft Industries' (IAI) Bedek division to conduct the modification. KLM values the contract at DFl80 million ($42 million). The two 747-200 SUDs, which ...
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Brit Air agrees 100% franchise arrangement with Air France
French regional airline Brit Air has entered into a 100% franchise deal with Air France which effectively ends the carrier's commercial independence. President Xavier Leclerc stresses, however, that "-we will retain our financial and economic independence". Brit Air saw turnover increase from Fr650 million ($139 million) to Fr760 ...
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Qatar introduces Airbuses and new logo
Qatar Airways is operating its two recently delivered 231-seat Airbus A300-600Rs on its daily service between Doha, Qatar, and London Heathrow, replacing two Boeing 747-100SRs. The airline, which unveiled its new corporate identity with the introduction of the A300s, is operating the ex-Garuda Indonesia Airbuses on five-year leases from Ansett ...
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FAA tackles icing
The US Federal Aviation Ad-ministration has unveiled its in-flight aircraft-icing plan, calling for improved icing forecasting and detection, flight crew information and training, and certification regulations and procedures. Source: Flight International
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BM's Lufthansa link
British Midland (BM) and Lufthansa have finalised plans for codeshares on flights between London Heathrow and Cologne/ Bonn from 26 May, and plans to expand the link to other Germany-UK routes. BM says that introduction of the new routes "-is the first development of continuing discussions between British Midland and ...
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Atlantic signs
Atlantic Southeast Airlines has signed a contract with Bombardier for 30 Canadair Regional Jets, and 60 options. Source: Flight International
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CMS eyes Australian stand-off contest
CMS DEFENSE SYSTEMS has fit-checked its AFDS-T-powered submunitions dispenser on a Royal Australian Air Force General Dynamics F-111C, in preparation for a possible bid to meet Australia's Air 5398 requirement for a stand-off weapon. Fit checks have also been conducted by Texas Instruments, with its Joint Stand-Off ...
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Aerospace industry awards
The 1997 Flight International Aerospace Industry Awards finalists have been selected. The winners will be announced at the Le Meridien Montparnasse Hotel on 16 June. See P44/45 for details Air Transport Collins Air Transport division multi-mode-receiver navigation and landing ...
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Antonov flies second An-70 prototype
The second prototype of the Antonov An-70 propfan airlifter had its maiden flight on 24 April. The flight, from the Antonov test base at Svyatoshino, near Kiev, in Ukraine, lasted for a total of 31min. The first An-70 prototype was lost in a mid-air collision with an An-72 ...
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BMW R-R studies BR700-powered 727
BMW Rolls-Royce (BMW R-R) is studying the possibility of launching a re-engineing programme for the Boeing 727-200, with BR700-series powerplants. According to BMW R-R, it has begun a study, together with US maintenance and modification centre Dee Howard, which has already re-engined 727-100 freighters with R-R Tay 650s ...
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Eurocopter/Denel link
Franco-German helicopter manufacturer Eurocopter and South Africa's Denel have signed an alliance under which the two will study common product development and commercial and industrial co-operation. The deal comes on the heels of an accord between Aerospatiale and Denel, which was signed at February's IDEX defence show in Abu Dhabi. ...
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Boeing irks Lufthansa with maintenence plans
Lufthansa is threatening to cut back its future orders for Boeing airliners if the US manufacturer goes ahead with plans to enter the third-party airliner maintenance market, in competition with the German flag carrier's Lufthansa Technik subsidiary. Juergen Weber, Lufthansa's chairman, says that any such plans by Boeing ...
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Lockheed Martin and Airbus discuss strategic transport
LOCKHEED MARTIN, Aerospatiale and Daimler-Benz Aerospace (Dasa) are to decide by the Paris air show in June whether to proceed with development of a new tanker/transport aircraft as a joint programme. The three companies have completed a "Phase 1" study of the market for what Lockheed Martin terms ...
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DHL Europe closes on widebody freighters
DHL International is discussing the wet-lease of a small fleet of Airbus A300B4 freighters for its intra-European operations later this year, but is focusing on the Boeing 757/767 for its longer-term plans. Gordon Olafson, transport director for DHL International Europe, says that the company is looking to add ...
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Flight Aerospace Industry Awards
The 1997 Flight International Aerospace Industry Awards finalists have been selected. The winners will be announced at the Le Meridien Montparnasse Hotel on 16 June. Air Transport Collins Air Transport division multi-mode-receiver navigation and landing system ...
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Antonov flies second An-70 prototype
The second prototype of the Antonov An-70 propfan airlifter had its maiden flight on 24 April. The flight, from the Antonov test base at Svyatoshino, near Kiev, in Ukraine, lasted for a total of 31min. The first An-70 prototype was lost in a mid-air collision with an An-72 ...
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BMW R-R studies BR700-powered 727
BMW Rolls-Royce (BMW R-R) is studying the possibility of launching a re-engineing programme for the Boeing 727-200, with BR700-series powerplants. According to BMW R-R, it has begun a study, together with US maintenance and modification centre Dee Howard, which has already re-engined 727-100 freighters with R-R Tay 650s ...
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Eurocopter /Denel link
Franco-German helicopter manufacturer Eurocopter and South Africa's Denel have signed an alliance under which the two will study common product development and commercial and industrial co-operation. The deal comes on the heels of an accord between Aerospatiale and Denel, which was signed at February's IDEX defence show in Abu Dhabi. ...