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Cluster options
Three options to re-fly the Cluster science mission will be considered by the European Space Agency (ESA) later this month. The four original craft, worth a total of $400 million, were lost in the Ariane 501 maiden-launch failure. The most economical and beneficial to the science community will be to ...
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Caribbean crusader
Gilles Filiatreault has set out to change the way in which BWIA does business. Kevin O'Toole/LONDON IF EVER AN AIRLINE were in need of some clear, decisive, management, then it is BWIA International Airways. After experiencing privatisation, a major management-upheaval and gearing up for an ambitious expansion plan, ...
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British Midland invests £15 million to upgrade its image
BRITISH MIDLAND has invested some £15 million ($25 million) on a re-launch of its image as a European business airline, with a new corporate livery and a package of service upgrades which includes the introduction of business class for the first time on its UK routes. The measures ...
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Expansion helps Lockheed to more wins
LOCKHEED MARTIN'S win rate on competitions is now running at around 60%, as the group begins to take full advantage of the new scope and range of its merged operations says chief executive Norman Augustine. The rate, which is around double the US industry average, is already being ...
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Slow slow, quick quick, slow
The Sukhoi Su-37 made a spectacular impact. Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW SPECTACULAR EVIDENCE that the Russian aircraft industry is still alive came to the 1996 Farnborough air show with the international debut of Sukhoi's thrust-vectoring Su-37 Flanker. The aircraft is a further development of the Su-27/35 fighter series, ...
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Big plans and growing pains
The next generation of large airliners captured the show headlines. Andrew Doyle/LONDON DESPITE THE FACT that Boeing, as expected, failed in its last-ditch efforts to launch its 747 major derivatives at the 1996 Farnborough air show, the civil spotlight was firmly focused on the next generation ...
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Sukhoi plans to fly foreplane-equipped two-seat Su-30MK
Douglas Barrie/LONDON SUKHOI EXPECTS to fly a foreplane-equipped derivative, of its basic two-seat Su-30 in the next few months, according to senior managers at the Irkutsk manufacturing plant, where the prototype is being built. The canard design was first associated with the Su-27K and Su-27M. Sukhoi ...
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Losses make New Zealand's Kiwi flightless
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS LOSSES AT KIWI Travel International Airlines, the New Zealand low-cost carrier, have forced it to cease operations, while two Australian airlines have also run into financial difficulties. Kiwi Travel went into voluntary liquidation with losses estimated at NZ$3 million ($2 million) over the past ...
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Bombardier prepares RVSM data
BOMBARDIER IS awaiting regulatory approval of a data package enabling operators of the Canadair Challenger 604 business jet to meet reduced vertical-separation minima (RVSM) rules to be introduced on North Atlantic routes from March 1997. The Canadian manufacturer is preparing service bulletins to enable Challenger operators to comply ...
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British Mediterranean plans more services to Middle East
Gunter Endres/LONDON FOLLOWING ITS franchise link with British Airways on the Eastern Mediterranean market, British Mediterranean Airways is planning an expansion of its services in the region, but has ruled out the acquisition of widebody aircraft. The two airlines reached a franchise agreement in August (Flight ...
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Balbuzard tests restart
AMEUR Aviation Technologie, the Corsican-based kitplane builder, has conducted a series of successful test flights since mid-July of a heavily redesigned production prototype of its two-seat Balbuzard. The composite aircraft had its maiden flight in 1995, powered by a 60kW (80hp) Rotax 912A. The new prototype has a 90kW Lycoming ...
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BA aims to silence new UK noise rules
Andrew Doyle/LONDON BRITISH AIRWAYS is preparing the way for a possible court challenge to new noise limits at the three major London airports, due to be imposed by the UK Government from 1 January, 1997. The carrier expects to complete an internal review within the next ...
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Swedish defence unit
THE SWEDISH DEFENCE Materiel Administration, FMV, has taken delivery of the first re-engined Saab 105 jet trainer. The aircraft, carrying the Swedish air force designation SK60, has new Williams Rolls FJ44 engines. A test aircraft, used by Saab Military Aircraft, has also been delivered to FMV for further ...
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AOM and Air Libert, alliance in question
Julian Moxon/PARIS THE FUTURE OF THE proposed alliance between French privately owned airlines Air Libert, and AOM hangs in the balance, with the planned next phase in the deal stalled. A strategic agreement signed at the end of June has still not borne fruit. This foresaw ...
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Alaskan Saabs
Saab Aircraft has sold two used Saab 340Bs to Peninsula Airways (trading as PenAir), of Anchorage, Alaska. The two aircraft will be delivered by the end of the year, and could be joined by a third Saab in 1997. Source: Flight International
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Dassault raises stakes in Eastern Europe bids
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH FRANCE HAS RAISED the stakes in the competition to secure a string of fighter-aircraft contracts in Eastern Europe by offering to sell its latest air-to-air weapons as part of any deal. US rivals have not been cleared by their Government to go beyond technical ...
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Sabah Air takes Optica OA7-300 on lease for evaluation
FLS AEROSPACE'S effort to sell the Optica OA7-300 light-observation-aircraft project to Malaysia has crept forward, with the company leasing an aircraft to Sabah Air for evaluation. With the assistance of British Aerospace, the UK-based company, which is now focusing on its rotables and maintenance businesses, has been negotiating ...
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Air Pacific is first to bring 737-700 to Pacific-region routes
AIR PACIFIC HAS become the launch customer for the new-generation Boeing 737 family in the Pacific region, with an order for three 737-700s. Deliveries of the new aircraft to the Fijian national airline will begin in the fourth quarter of 1998. Air Pacific's order follows a major review ...
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Alaska is second EGPWS customer
ALASKA AIRLINES has joined American Airlines in purchasing AlliedSignal Aerospace's new enhanced ground-proximity warning system (EGPWS) (Flight International, 4-10 September). Parent group Alaska Air has undertaken a $10 million commitment to equip Alaska Airlines' 25 Boeing 737-400s, and to train flightcrews in using an integrated global-positioning system (GPS) ...
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MDC demonstrates F-15 with SEAD
McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) is flight-testing an F-15 equipped with a system to locate and identify enemy radars. Although the US Air Force has decided not to proceed with development of the precision direction-finding (PDF) system for the F-15, Congress has allocated funds to complete the demonstration/ validation phase now under ...