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Alitalia to suffer record loss
It is not yet certain whether Avianova's turboprops will be transferred Alitalia is facing a record year-end loss says chief executive Domenico Cempella, but he forecasts that the airline will swing back into the black in 1997 as the recently approved state aid feeds through. Cempella ...
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Lockheed wraps up its plans for Loral
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Lockheed Martin has unveiled the final phase of its plans to consolidate the Loral defence businesses, targeting savings of $300 million a year once the restructuring is complete. The consolidation will include the closure of eight plants, eliminating 230,000m2 (2.5 million ft2) of work ...
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In-profit Air Macau will expand
Air Macau claims to have made its first monthly profit since being launched a year ago, and is now planning further expansion of its regional services to China and Taiwan. According to Air Macau deputy chief executive officer, Carlos Pimentel, the start-up airline made its first profit in ...
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Elbit demerges
Israeli defence electronics and technology group Elbit has won court approval for plans to split the company in two. Under the demerger the group will be split into Elbit Systems, which will focus on defence electronics and Elbit Medical Imaging to concentrate on medical technology. Source: Flight International
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A virtual threat
USAir orders up to 400 Airbuses; American Airlines takes 103 Boeings now, with up to 630 in total in the next 22 years; Continental, 90 Boeings; GECAS, 45 Airbuses; Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services, 25 Boeings- Is the air-transport industry showing robust and welcome signs of recovery, or unhealthy and unwelcome ...
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Germans to test Meteor ramjet
Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA) and its Bayern-Chemie joint venture with Thomson-CSF are planning to produce a working demonstrator of the German elements of the Meteor air-to-air missile by the end of 1997. The DM20 million programme is being funded by the German Federal Ministry of Defence (FMoD). According to ...
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E-8 JSTARS price tag soars by $350 million
The cost of the Northrop Grumman E-8 Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) project has risen by $350 million because of higher-than-expected modification and refurbishment costs. This is the single largest contributor to a $600 million rise in the cost of US Department of Defense (DoD) acquisition programmes. ...
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Indonesia is poised to buy GAF Nomads
Indonesia is to purchase the Australian Defence Force's 20 remaining GAF Nomad utility aircraft. It will also start to take delivery of five de Havilland DHC-5D Buffalo's from the United Arab Emirates. The Australian Army declared the Nomad unsuitable for its requirements when operational restrictions, including the barring ...
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Russians poised to begin Su-25TM radar-testing
The Sukhoi Su-25TM, is about to begin flight testing with the Kopyo podded radar Alexander Velovich/MoscowDouglas Barrie/London The Russian air force is about to begin flight tests of the radar-equipped Sukhoi Su-25TM from its Ahktubinsk flight-test centre, while pilot instructors at the Lipetsk combat-training centre ...
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IMU problem stops THAAD test flight
A problem with the US Army's Theater High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) weapon's inertial measurement unit (IMU) has forced a delay of the demonstration/validation test flight, due in mid-December, says the Army. The IMU anomaly was discovered during a detailed pre-flight review conducted by Lockheed Martin project officials. ...
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T minus 365 days
After long delays, the International Space Station is finally just one year away from its first assembly flight. Tim Furniss/LONDON After a tortuous political and financial gestation period, the International Space Station (ISS) is only one year away from reality. In November 1997, a Russian Proton booster will ...
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Business sense
European nations use Hughes' unit-level training devices The military-aircraft simulation industry worldwide continues to rely on international business as domestic programmes face yet more delays. Graham Warwick/ATLANTA International business continues to be vital to the military-aircraft simulation industry, as domestic programmes face further delays. ...
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On with the show
Annabel Wells/LONDON The 1997 Flight International aerospace trade-show calendar shows a continuation of the trend reported for the 1996 period (Show time '96, Flight International, 29 November-5 December, 1995, P42). Organisers still appear to be confident that the world recession is indeed abating, with a plethora of shows ...
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Air transport industry serves notice on 'dangerous' Africa
David Learmount/LONDON The world's two leading aviation agencies, have come out in support of an International Federation of Air Line Pilots' Association (IFALPA), claim that severely inadequate air-traffic control (ATC) in three-quarters of Africa's airspace, combined with massive increases in air traffic over the continent, pose a serious ...
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Collision inquiry grinds into action
NEITHER THE FLIGHT data recorder (FDR) nor cockpit-voice recorder (CVR) of either of the airliners which collided on 12 November near New Delhi, India has been downloaded because the Court of Inquiry has yet to convene. A decision on the arrangements for information downloading will be the Court's ...
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French give Kamov's Alligator more bite
Alex Velovich/MOSCOWJulian Moxon/PARIS French manufacturers have supplied key avionics items for a new export version of the Kamov Ka-50 Hokum attack helicopter. The Russian helicopter builder is preparing for the first flight of the Alligator two-seat all-weather/ night-attack derivative of the Hokum. The helicopter is believed ...
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Rudder result
Boeing says that 2,000 737s, representing two-thirds of the world's fleet, have passed tests of their rudder-control units. The rudder power control unit (PCU) inspection was ordered by the US Federal Aviation Administration after Boeing engineers concluded that the PCU can jam under extreme conditions. Loss of rudder control is ...
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American signs Boeing for fleet replacement
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC AMERICAN AIRLINES has placed firm orders for 103 Boeings as part of a deal which could see it buying a total of 630 aircraft over the next 20 years. Based on Boeing's list prices, the firm order is valued at $6.6 billion, ...
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R-R, Alliance court Snecma's interest
Rolls-Royce chairman Sir Ralph Robins has invited French manufacturer Snecma to join the UK company's Trent 900 engine programme, which was launched earlier this year to power growth versions of the Boeing 747, and the Airbus A3XX. "We would like to see more European co-operation on the Trent ...
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BAe pushes its maritime ambitions for Atlas
British Aerospace is in advanced negotiations to take a stake in Germany's STN Atlas Elektronik, in a renewed attempt build up its naval-systems business. BAe confirms that it is in discussions to take a share in the STN Atlas business, which has come onto the market following the ...