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Express acquisition
Northwest Airlines completed on 24 March the purchase of Northwest Airlink feeder Express Airlines I, which it will operate as a separate subsidiary. The deal includes the airline and affiliate management company Phoenix Airlines Services. Although it had been rumoured that Express Airlines I might become part of Mesaba, "no ...
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Astor bids
The UK Ministry of Defence has asked Lockheed Martin and Raytheon-led teams to submit best and final offers for the £750 million ($1.2 million) airborne stand-off radar (ASTOR) project. Other bidders are understood not to have been invited to submit best and final offers. A decision on the ASTOR programme ...
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Millenium scare?
Sir - The aviation industry depends on computer systems which handle dates, ranging from seat reservations to flight-data processing. Typically, 80% of systems which process dates can not handle the end of the century. There are similar problems in payment systems, building security, test equipment and, possibly, navigation ...
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Living with error
Sir -The propensity for humans to make mistakes is hardly new. So why do so many aviation incident/accident reports begin with an excuse, such as: "I had just done three late shifts-"? Likewise, it is almost always the other driver who is responsible for the car accident. Why ...
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First BR7 15 gearbox
Aerospace Power Transmission, a joint-venture between France's Hispano-Suiza and ZF Luftfahrttechnik of Germany, has delivered the first prototype accessory gearbox for the BMW Rolls-Royce BR715. Source: Flight International
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Lightsar progress
NASA has selected four industry teams to study the potential partner arrangements to implement the LightSAR high-resolution, Earth-observation radar-imaging system. The teams are led by DBA Systems, Lockheed Martin, Vexcel and Research and Development Laboratories. Source: Flight International
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Launch confirmed
The European Space Agency has confirmed as 16 September the target launch date for the second Ariane 5 development launch, 502, (Flight International, 26 March-1 April, P28). The launch campaign will begin on 12 June, shortly after the arrival of hardware at the Kourou launch site. Source: Flight International
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CGWIC Chief drowned
Zhang Tong, the president of China Great Wall Industry (CGWIC) was drowned near Devil's Island off the coast of French Guiana on 19 March, during a visit to the European Space Agency's Kourou launch site. Source: Flight International
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Finance secure
LOT-Polish Airlines has secured a $225 million loan from Chase Manhattan and Polish bank PKO for the financing of five Boeing aircraft ordered in 1996. Source: Flight International
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First MD-95 wing sections go to Tracor
The first wing halves for the initial McDonnell Douglas (MDC) MD-95 test aircraft, T-1, have been shipped to Tracor Flight Systems in Palmdale, California, for joining. The shipset was made by MDC Canada, but the second and subsequent wings are being built by Hyundai Space and Aircraft of South Korea. ...
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Pen Air launches Alaskan Saab 340 operations
Peninsula Airways, which trades as Pen Air, has introduced two Saab 340Bs on its regional network from its hub in Anchorage, Alaska. The airline, which is an Alaska Airlines codeshare partner, is operating the aircraft in a 30-seat configuration, with a specially enlarged cargo compartment, created by moving the rear ...
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Slovenian CRJs
Adria Airways, the national airline of Slovenia, has signed a deal with Bombardier for two Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) Series 200LRs, plus two options. The two aircraft on firm order, valued at $43 million, will be delivered in January and February 1998, while the options are due in 1998 and ...
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IASC will listen again to Australian World's start up proposal
Australia's International Air Services Commission (IASC) has re-opened the door for proposed start-up carrier Australia World Airways (AW) to launch the international services it was denied by an earlier IASC decision. The Commission sets a six-month deadline, however, by which AW must demonstrate that it is adequately funded. ...
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NTSB may probe pay for training
A US aircrew-training practice in which airlines require pilots to pay for their own training has prompted one of the country's leading pilot associations to call for an investigation into the practice by the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) The practice is already under examination by a Federal Aviation ...
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Romaero admits defeat on One-Eleven launch
Romanian aircraft manufacturer Romaero has given up a longstanding ambition to manufacture upgraded, re-engined One-Eleven airliners for the world market. The Bucharest-based company struggled for years to find the necessary $100 million funding to proceed with the revamped aircraft, known as the Airstar 2500. A launch ...
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United drives hard to gain a place in the training market
UAL Services is about to install the first of up to 15 new full-flight and fixed-base simulators at its Denver-based Flight Training Center, in a determined attack on the burgeoning US third-party aircrew-training market. The installation, on 15 April, will set a milestone in a $130 million expansion, scheduled to ...
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BMW chief still hopes for engine consolidation
BMW chairman Bernd Pischetsrieder says that further consolidation of the German aero-engine business has been "-postponed rather than cancelled", despite the breaking off of the 1996 discussions held between BMW Rolls-Royce (R-R) and Daimler-Benz Aerospace powerplant subsidiary MTU. Although there is no current prospect of fresh talks between ...
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Insurers seek increase
Aviation insurers are seeking increases of up to 25% in premiums to cover the likely cost of ending limits on passenger-liability claims under the new International Air Transport Association (IATA) regime, which is now being put into effect by airlines around the world. Limits set under the longstanding ...
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PIA hunts for strategic investor
Pakistan has kicked off the search for a strategic airline-investor in Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) as the first move towards a re-capitalisation and further privatisation of the state-controlled carrier over the next 12 months. In mid-March, Pakistan's Privatisation Commission issued a tender, asking for bids from financial advisory ...