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Image investment
Van der Horst of Singapore will invest $25 million in the Space Imaging company, which will market 1m-resolution remote-sensing-satellite images, joining Lockheed Martin, Raytheon E-Systems and Mitsubishi. Source: Flight International
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TV switch on
MCI's 1997 domestic US satellite-television service has been approved by the Federal Communications Commission, but MCI will have to request transfer of the licence to new owner British Telecom, for 1998. Source: Flight International
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KLM raises fares
KLM, which was among the first of the carriers to add a ticket surcharge to cover soaring fuel costs, has now officially raised fares by up to 5% on a range of international markets. Alliance partner Northwest Airlines will also raise the price of tickets in the Netherlands market. The ...
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Transat eyes Europe
Canadian charter airline and tour operator Transat plans to spend up to C$150 million ($112 million) in 1997 to buy a top tour operator in France or the UK. Source: Flight International
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PIA privatisation
Pakistan has called in a team from International Finance (IFC), the consulting arm of the World Bank, to advise on restructuring and privatisation of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA). IFC, which recently advised on the successful privatisation of Kenya Airways, is also to look at Pakistan's state-owned railway. The restructuring study ...
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C-101 returned
France's SAGEM has delivered the first upgraded CASA C101 Halcon II to the Chilean air force. Source: Flight International
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Hunter test
Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) and TRW have successfully carried out a 16h flight test of the E-Hunter long-endurance variant of the basic IAI Hunter. The E-Hunter will be demonstrated to the US Army early this year. The E-Hunter differs from the basic Hunter in having an extended wing span and ...
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Phillipine F-18 tests
Phillipine air force pilots have completed a four-day evaluation of the McDonnell Douglas F-18 Hornet at the US Navy Naval Air Warfare Center-China Lake. The Phillipine air force is considering the F-18 as a candidate for its future fighter requirement alongside several other aircraft, including the Lockheed Martin F-16 and ...
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Sidewinder wound in
The Royal Navy has withdrawn some of its AIM-9 Sidewinder infra-red short range air-to-air missiles following the discovery of cracking in missile warheads. The cracks were discovered during routine X-ray inspection. The affected missiles were purchased in 1979 and 1981. The affected warheads are being withdrawn. ...
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Ryanair adds 737s
Ryanair has acquired six ex-Lufthansa Boeing 737-200s from US lessor JETZ Ventures. The first will be delivered this month, with the remainder arriving in 1997. Source: Flight International
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Frontier leases
Denver-based Frontier Airlines is to lease two new 737-300s from Boullioun Aviation Services, of Belleview, Washington. The aircraft will be delivered in August 1997 and January 1998. Source: Flight International
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USA exercises judgement
The US Federal Aviation Administration has given Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey passing marks for monitoring aviation safety, but Cote d'Ivoire and Thailand earned conditional ratings, given after a nation's civil-aviation authority fails an FAA-conducted audit of its safety-oversight organisation and practices. Under these circumstances, only limited operations to the USA ...
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Cityline regional jets
Lufthansa CityLine has added three more Canadair Regional Jet orders, for delivery in March 1997 and early 1998, replacing three Fokker 50s. With the introduction of these aircraft, the carrier's Regional Jet fleet will total 31 aircraft. Three additional Regional Jet options are held. Source: Flight ...
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ValuJet stalled
In late December the US Federal Aviation Administration denied ValuJet Airlines permission to resume service between Atlanta and Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, and West Palm Beach and Fort Meyers, Florida, and add more aircraft. Under a consent agreement, ValuJet is required to seek authority from the aviation agency to expand beyond ...
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Hold fire
Without waiting for impending US Federal Aviation Administration regulation to be confirmed, member carriers of the US Air Transport Association have agreed voluntarily to retrofit cargo-hold fire detection-and- suppression systems to all public-transport aircraft not already equipped with them, and are working with industry to develop appropriate equipment. The FAA ...
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Jet orders
The combined order tally from the "big three" - Airbus, Boeing and McDonnell Douglas (MDC) - passed the 1,000 mark during 1996, for the first time since 1989, when 1,100 orders were taken. Provisional figures show that gross orders during the year totalled 1,006, of which Boeing took the lion's ...
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Cargo crash
US cargo carrier Airborne Express suffered a fatal accident on 22 December, 1996, when one of its McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63s (N827AX) crashed into high ground near Narrows, Virginia, during a test flight after maintenance. It is believed that all three crew and three ground engineers on board were killed. ...
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KA-31 for India
The Indian Navy is to acquire three Kamov Ka-31 radar-picket helicopters, according to the Ministry of Defence in New Delhi. The Russian-built helicopters will be used for detection of air targets and surface targets.One of the roles India has in mind is the early detection of Pakistani operated Lockheed-Martin P-C3 ...
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One of the lads
Bombardier Regional Aircraft division's de Havilland Dash 8 Series 200B has been selected by LADS of Adelaide, Australia, as an airborne platform for a hydrographic survey of shallow coastal waters. The aircraft will be delivered in June for modification and fitting with Laser Airborne Depth Sounder equipment. Service entry is ...