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Fool's language
ALL FOOLS' DAY (1 APRIL) should have been the date by which all the nations of Europe were finally working to a single set of rules for the operation of airliners - JAR-OPS. It wasn't. Part of the reason is that some nations are just not very advanced in implementing ...
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A340-600 engine decision due in June
Airbus Industrie is aiming to have secured agreements on a powerplant for its stretched, longer-range, A340-500/600 programme by the time of the Paris air show in June, and has apparently not ruled out offering an engine selection on the aircraft. The European manufacturer had been discussing an exclusive ...
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Airbus/AVIC AE-100 agreement is not expected until year-end
Airbus Industrie Asia (AIA) is not now expected to reach a full agreement with Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) and Singapore Technologies (ST) on the joint development of the planned AE-100/A318 until the end of the year. The three sides are hoping to sign a "framework agreement" by ...
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Air China looks to build on initial 777 order
Boeing hopes that the planned visit to the USA of Chinese president Jiang Zemin later this year will clear the way for Air China to order its remaining Boeing 777s, following its confirmation of an order for an initial five. After nearly two years of delay, the Chinese ...
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Finnair order contest warms up
Finnair has invited final bids from Airbus and Boeing to replace its fleet of 12 ageing 121-seat McDonnell Douglas DC-9-51s, after completing technical evaluations of the A320 family and next-generation 737. The carrier also plans to eventually replace its 25 142-seat MD-80s with whichever type is selected. The ...
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North Korea to stay off-limits for US carriers
US airlines will be banned from North Korean national airspace even when an International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) agreement has opened the Pyongyang Flight Information Region (FIR) to international traffic, the US Federal Aviation Administration says. The FAA ruling (Special Federal Aviation Regulation No.79) clarifies US policy during ...
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BAe and Cubic Defence team up with Georgia Tech for RAAF contract bid
British Aerospace Australia is to team with Cubic Defence Systems of San Diego, California, and US electronic-warfare specialist Georgia Tech Research Institute of Atlanta, to bid for an A$90 million ($72 million) Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) contract for the provision and through-life support of an air-combat training system (Project ...
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USNavy may advance Common Support Aircraft programme
THEUSNAVY is evaluating industry responses to a request for information on whether a new Common Support Aircraft (CSA) could be developed with the funds it would otherwise spend extending the service lives of the Northrop Grumman E-2 and Lockheed S-3. Industry was asked what type of aircraft could ...
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UK school takes first Squirrel...
The UK Ministry of Defence's Defence Helicopter Flying School (DHFS) has received the first of 38 Eurocopter SA350BB Squirrel HTMk1s, with the helicopters being delivered to Royal Air Force Shawbury, central England. The DHFS is being run by FBS, a joint venture between FR Aviation, Bristow Helicopters and Serco Defence. ...
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F-18E/F production approval decision is due
LOW-RATE INITIAL production of the McDonnell Douglas (MDC) F-18E/F was expected to be approved on 28 March, after new US Defence Secretary William Cohen dropped objections to proceeding with production before completion of the Quadrenniel Defence Review. A Defense Acquisition Board (DAB) meeting was expected to approve three ...
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ENGINE VENTURE...
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has set up a 50:50 joint venture with Rolls-Royce, International Engine Component Overhaul, to overhaul and repair nozzle guide vanes and compressor stators for RB.211 and Trent engines. Source: Flight International
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UK MoD chooses Rubb hangars...
Rubb Buildings has won a contract to supply 34 rapid-erect hangars to the UK Ministry of Defence, for use in rapid-deployment operations. The 23 x 36m and 18.5 x 20m hangars consist of galvanised steel frames, covered with a polyester membrane, which can be packed into transportable containers. The larger ...
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Large aircraft: Airbus v Boeing...
Sir - Your discussion of the different results from Airbus and Boeing for new large aircraft assumes that the fall in the size of aircraft flying over the North Atlantic is demand-led (Flight International, 19-25 March, P29). Could I suggest that US airlines' balance sheets a few years ...
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Hunting Aviation
Four business managers have been appointed to boost Hunting Aviation's customer service at the UK's East Midlands Airport. Pictured (from left) are Dave Terrington, who has had a long career at Hunting, most recently as manufacturing section manager; Debbie Bednall, who joins from British Midland, where she was charter manager; ...
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FlightSafety
Bob Hobbi has been appointed to the newly created position of improving international training company FlightSafety's contact with its major customers. He will be based at LaGuardia Airport, New York. Hobbi has been with FlightSafety for 12 years, and set up its Service Excellence Training Programme, a course he will ...
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HONEYWELL...
Top managers at avionics manufacturer Honeywell, of Phoenix, Arizona, have changed jobs. In the commercial-aviation-systems division, Dean Vittetoe, formerly customer-support director for the Americas, becomes director of strategic-supply management. He is succeeded by Bertrand Dunou, who previously headed customer support in Europe. Dunou's replacement is Adrian Paull, who has worked ...
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Snecma president's restructuring pays off
Snecma has announced a major cut in its losses for 1996 and expects to return to the black this year, following continued recovery in the aerospace business after restructuring under new president Jean-Paul Béchat. Only group figures have been released, so that it is difficult to estimate the ...
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Seasons on Mars...
The latest images from the Wide Field Planetary Camera on the Hubble Space Telescope, since its servicing in orbit by the crew of the STS82 mission, show changes between Mars' northern-hemisphere spring and summer. The annual north-polar, carbon dioxide frost cap is vanishing, revealing the smaller, permanent, water-ice cap. Also ...
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BA plans for 'shell company'face opposition from USA
PLANS BY British Airways to use Airline Management (AML), a start-up company, to take on tourist routes from London Gatwick to San Juan, Puerto Rico and Tampa, Florida, have run into opposition in the USA, with claims that AML is being set up as a "shell" company without its own ...