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Boeing may launch 777-X this year
Guy Norris and Paul Lewis/SEATTLE Boeing is confident that it will launch the 777-200X and -300X within three months. The company rebuts suggestions that the project is slowing down because of market uncertainty and concerns over performance. Programme manager Jeff Peace says: "We are very serious ...
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AEA hits out as Europe's ATC delays soar
AndrzejJeziorski/MUNICH The Association of European Airlines (AEA) is calling for a fresh drive towards a single integrated European air- traffic-control (ATC) system, in response to rising traffic and record delays in Europe in recent months. Worsening punctuality figures on European routes show a "severe problem", with ...
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Widebodies head for Air China
Air China is to begin taking delivery of the first of eight new Airbus Industrie A340-300s and Boeing 777-200s in early October, as part of a wider fleet re-equipment programme. The Chinese flag carrier will take delivery of its first A340 on 8 October, and put the aircraft ...
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Blanc resignation fails to deflect French Government
The final elements of the merger of Air France and its domestic subsidiary, Air France Europe, went ahead as planned on 12 September. The move followed the resignation of the national carrier's president, Christian Blanc, over the Government's refusal to privatise the airline (Flight International, 10-16 September). A ...
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NASA tests system to increase runway capacity
Graham Warwick/Atlanta NASA is working to interest airlines in technology which could allow full-tempo airport operations to continue in low visibility. Airport capacity often decreases as weather worsens, because of the increased risk of ground collisions. NASA's Low Visibility Landing And Surface Operations (LVLASO) programme aims ...
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Chinese independents co-operate to form defensive alliance
Six independent provincial Chinese carriers, led by Hainan Airlines, have signed an agreement to form the country's first co-operative alliance, in a move designed to strengthen their position against competition and take-over moves by larger, state-owned, airlines. The New Star (Xinxing) Air Alliance will consist of Hainan Airlines, ...
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FAA gets tough with freight operators
All US cargo carriers face tougher US Federal Aviation Administration surveillance in the wake of the 7 August fatal crash of a Fine Air McDonnell Douglas DC-8-61 freighter during its take-off from Miami International Airport, Florida. The FAA has started by suspending Fine Air's operating certificate and revising ...
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Dornier 228 crashes
The second fatal Asia-Pacific-region Dornier 228 crash in less than a month occurred near Miri, Malaysia, in good weather on the evening of 7 September, killing all ten people on board. Operated by Miri-based Merpati Intan and owned by Royal Brunei Airlines, the 228 came down in jungle-covered hills about ...
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US/Aeroflot dispute
United Airlines has asked the US Department of Transportation to suspend Aeroflot flights to Chicago, San Francisco and Washington, in retaliation for Russia's 1995 decision to bar United's codeshare with Lufthansa for services between the Moscow and the USA, via Frankfurt. More recently, Russia refused United permission to fly over ...
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Uzbekistan plans
Uzbekistan Khavo Jullari, Uzbekistan's national carrier, plans to lease between ten and 15 Boeing 757 and 767 airliners over the next few years, says the airline's general director, Arslan Razmetov. It has already received two 767s this year, under a contract worth $181 million. It also has two Airbus A310s ...
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British World takes delivery of ATP QC
British World Airlines took delivery of its first British Aerospace ATP QC (Quick-Change) on 15 September. A second will arrive in December and "at least another two" in 1998, says sales director Mike Sessions, who adds that the aircraft "-have only been flown for about 20h each". ...
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Zurich leads battle to penalise polluters with landing-fee rise
AndrzejJeziorski/MUNICH Zurich Airport has become the world's first major airport to introduce an emissions charge, amounting to as much as 40% of normal landing fees, for operators of aircraft which fail to meet the highest environmental standards. The charge, introduced from 1 September, is balanced by ...
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Slowdown in USA hurts airport growth
A Slowdown in the US domestic-passenger market has left its mark on mid-year figures from the world airports, despite a continuing boom in the European and Asia Pacific regions. Airport passenger numbers continued to grow at a relatively steady rate of 4.7% around the world during the first ...
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Missing the bus
British Aerospace's reluctance to commit itself to the development of a new European regional jet says more about the state of the civil-aerospace market worldwide than can any bunch of encouraging traffic statistics. In the regional-jet business, the old law of supply and demand has been turned on its head: ...
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Improved AMRAAM motor is flight-tested
Hughes, Norway's Raufoss Technology and Alliant Techsystems have conducted the first flight demonstration of an enhanced rocket motor for the Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM). The company-developed motor is being proposed to improve the performance of both surface-launched and air-launched versions of the AMRAAM. The flight test, at ...
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Russia reviews Chinese sales
Paul Lewis/BEIJING The flow of Russian weapons to China, including new fighters, ships and missiles, is showing signs of slowing in the face of contractual differences and reservations in Moscow about the type and capability of systems sought by Beijing. Some major new arms purchases for ...
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US GAO urges use of towed decoy for F/A-18C/D
The US Navy should reconsider its opposition to fielding a towed radar decoy on its Boeing F/A-18C/Ds, says the US General Accounting Office (GAO). The GAO wants the USN to conduct a detailed engineering analysis of the modifications needed to adapt towed decoys to the F/A-18C/D. ...
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German Eurofighter funding is 'secure'
AndrzejJeziorski/MUNICH German defence minister Volker Rühe has told the federal parliament that 1998 funding for the Eurofighter EF2000 is secure. A cabinet procurement go-ahead is now expected at the end of this month. Rühe's statement follows German press reports that the cabinet had again removed the ...
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Boeing launches competition to find advanced FLIR for F/A-18
Boeing is planning to release a request for offers shortly, to initiate a contest for an advanced-targeting, forward-looking infra-red system (ATFLIR) for the F/A-18C/D and the more-advanced F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. Naval Air Systems Command says that it will award Boeing a contract for development, integration and installation of ...
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South Korea selects the Popeye
Rafael and Lockheed Martin have emerged as the victors in a battle with Rockwell to provide the South Korean air force with a stand-off missile for its Lockheed Martin F-16 and McDonnell Douglas F-4Phantom aircraft. Following a two-year evaluation, the air force has selected the AGM-142 variant of ...