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From Many to Few
IT IS, AS WINSTON Churchill might have put it, not so much the beginning of the end, as the end of the beginning. Aerospatiale is to merge with Dassault, and now Thomson is to be sold to Lagardere. The French Government has made the two biggest decisions in privatising its ...
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Untangling Thomson
There is all to play for as the privatisation of Thomson-CSF begins. Kevin O'toole/LONDON ON 16 OCTOBER, the Lagadere group was named by the French Government as its favoured bidder in the privatisation of Thomson. In doing so, it started the dice rolling in what promises to ...
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Ruhe plays roulette with EF2000 funds
Douglas Barrie/LONDON THE FOUR EUROFIGHTER partner nations face a minimum additional DM500 million ($325 million) bill and a further year's delay, as well as serious political recriminations, unless Germany can resolve its budgetary crisis by the end of the year. Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA) and the ...
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Government delays TAP Air Portugal aircraft order
THE PORTUGUESE Government has postponed at the last minute its decision on whether Airbus or Boeing will supply 22 new medium-haul aircraft for state-owned TAP Air Portugal. An announcement had been due on 18 October, but this has been delayed by a week. TAP will not reveal ...
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America West A320 order is revamped
AMERICA WEST Airlines has concluded an agreement with Airbus Industrie to revise its A320 order, which will see it taking ten additional aircraft, as A319s or A321s under "better financial terms and conditions". According to the agreement, the carrier's existing order backlog for 24 A320s has been reconfirmed, ...
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Ban lifted
The Russian Government has issued a five-year waiver for customs fees for the Boeing 757s operated by Baikal Air of Irkutsk and McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30s flown by Kras Air of Krasnoyarsk. Baikal leased its 757 in 1994 from US company IRLC, and since then, local customs authorities arrested the aircraft ...
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Hamilton
High-technology company Hamilton Standard, of Windsor Locks, Connecticut, has appointed Michael Ratchford vice-president for quality and environmental health and safety He was previously director of commercial-customer service. Gregory DeSantis has become vice-president and general manager for worldwide customer support. He was formerly vice-president of operations and has been with Hamilton ...
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Upgrade components
THE CORE OF THE INTEGRATED vehicle and mission management system (IVMMS) is made up of two commercial systems processors (SPs), with "militarised" software. The SP's hardware is based on that of the Lockheed Martin C-130J, with 85% software commonality. The SPs dual-redundant Mil-Std - 1553B data buses ...
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Inchon incoming
Seoul is struggling to meet targets for its new airport. Paul Lewis/SEOUL THE GROWING IMPORTANCE of Asia as a world economic powerhouse is best illustrated by the fact there are no less than four major new international airports, either being planned or built in the ...
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Gripen sprouts vortex generators
AAB MILITARY AIRCRAFT HAS introduced small vortex-generating strakes (inset) on the JAS39 Gripen fighter. They are located on the upper-forward fuselage behind the aircraft's fore-planes. Saab says that the strakes are being added to provide "better performance at low speeds and high angles of attack". The strakes were introduced on ...
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Choice for Arkia and Euro regionals
Arkia Airlines of Israel is to choose between the AI(R) Avro RJ and the de Havilland Dash 8-400, and plans to order between six and ten aircraft to replace Dash 7s. Arkia would like to introduce the new type by mid-1997. The Dash 8-400, however, will not be available until ...
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PanAm adds
Pan American World Airways, which began services on 26 September with three Airbus A300s, has leased two additional A300s from C-S Aviation Services. The ex-Lufthansa aircraft will be delivered by mid-November. Source: Flight International
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Lancer flare
Rockwell B-1B bombers are being cleared to fire newer-model countermeasure flares with no restrictions, but are still constrained to Mach 0.85, with no rolling or yawing, if using older flares. The flare firing envelope has been restricted since 1995, when aircraft began suffering tailstrike damage after dispensing countermeasures. The damage ...
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B-52 sensor upgraded
Lockheed Martin Fairchild Systems has won a $4.5 million US Air Force contract to update the steerable television (STV) targeting sensor on the Boeing B-52. The original AVQ-22 STV turret will be upgraded with a high-definition, solid-state, imaging sensor. The initial 22- month contract is to develop a replacement STV, ...
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Caribou replacement
The Australian Defence Force Force Structure Policy & Planning Committee has endorsed the next phase of the Royal Australian Air Force's light-transport project, Air 5190, to replace its de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribous. Source: Flight International
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Indian sales
Indian Airlines has now disposed of six of its Boeing 737-200s, with the sale of two 1977-build aircraft for $3.3 million each to Pacific Aviation Holding of the USA. The airline has already sold 737s to Blue Dart and Skyline-NEPC. Source: Flight International
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Air India offer
In an effort to secure Air India as a customer for its MD-XX, McDonnell Douglas (MDC) has offered the airline MD-11s as an interim measure. Airbus, Boeing and MDC are vying for the airline's long-awaited long-haul, medium-capacity, air- liner order Source: Flight International
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EU passes handling
The European Union has rubber-stamped the European Commission's plans for liberalisation of ground handling. The rules will enable the gradual lifting of restrictions at many European airports, with liberalisation foreseen in 2003. Source: Flight International
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Northrop
James Sanford has been named vice-president for corporate contracts and pricing at Northrop Grumman, of Los Angeles, California. He has been with the company since 1984, and was formerly assistant treasurer and director of banking and international finance. Source: Flight International