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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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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 ...
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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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Seven Sisters are no poor relations
The Seven Sisters, as Washington now refers to the US major carriers which are united in their determination to rid themselves of the ticket tax, have lost their cause. The 10 per cent flat-rate tax lives again, giving a reprieve to the low-cost, low-fare airlines - at least until 30 ...
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Airline News
Delta Air Lines is to start codesharing on Aeromexico flights to six Mexican cities from New York/JFK ,Los Angeles, Miami, Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth. Aeromexico will buy seats on Delta flights from Atlanta to Frankfurt, Washington/Dulles, Philadelphia and Detroit and from Dallas-Fort Worth to Boston. Delta was also to add ...
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Airbus and Boeing agree to differ
It's time once again to upgrade airline and aerospace industry filing systems, as extra cupboards and stronger shelving are pressed into service. Yes, the forecast season is with us again. Every day, a new volume arrives, to be scanned before being filed away to gather dust until data is required ...
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Hawaii high-low
One year after its latest rescue, Hawaiian Airlines appears to have broken its pattern of successive, but unsuccessful fixes and seems to be stronger than ever. Yet the carrier is still vulnerable. Report by David Knibb. First it was a Japan Airlines subsidiary taking a stake to help Hawaiian buy ...
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Haneda slot handout fails
Japan's transportation ministry distribution of the 40 long-awaited roundtrip slots at Tokyo/Haneda has disappointed the country's prospective startups and cast doubts over the government's desire to further competition. The handful of ambitious new startups, which had hoped to win enough slots to make their discount operations viable, are ...
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US head for Lufthansa
Lufthansa is searching for a second Asian partner but the airline's new president and chief operating officer, Frederick Reid, says he remains committed to the relationship with struggling Thai Airways International. Further development of 'a highly developed alliance system' is one of the three issues Reid identified as ...