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Horizon Dash 8 order signals end for Dorniers
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES HORIZON AIR of Seattle, Washington, has placed orders and options, worth potentially more than $750 million, for up to 70 de Havilland Dash 8-200/300 turboprops. The huge deal, which includes firm orders for 25 Dash 8s, spells the end of Horizon's Fairchild Dornier 328 ...
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Saeaga plans for major expansion
THE MALAYSIAN OWNER of Saeaga Airlines has unveiled plans to acquire larger jet-powered aircraft and expand the ten-month-old domestic carrier internationally. According to Malaysian tycoon and Saeaga chairman Ting Pek Khiing, the airline plans to order ten Boeing 737-700s. "We will be signing a deal with Boeing next ...
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Rohr relaunches Valsan 727 re-engineing programme
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES ROHR, THE CALIFORNIA-based nacelle manufacturer, has launched the "Super 27" Boeing 727 re-engineing programme which lapsed with the failure of the Valsan 727RE "Quiet 727" effort. The company, supported by Pratt & Whitney, will offer to re-engine predominantly late-production 727-200 Advanced models ...
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Air Philippines plans
Alec Almazan/MANILA AIR PHILIPPINES is planning to launch new regional services and expand its domestic network, using five Boeing 737-200s which it will introduce through to the end of the year. Further expansion is envisaged, with the acquisition of widebodied types planned. The ten-month-old carrier now ...
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New Chinese A320 customers revealed
AIRBUS INDUSTRIE is set to expand its Chinese operator base, following an agreement to allocate units from the previously unplaced batch of 20 A320s to China Northwest Airlines and Zhejiang Airlines. Under a deal reached with state-run China Aviation Supplies (CASC), ten A320s will be delivered to China ...
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Honeywell and Rockwell
HONEYWELL AND Rockwell are on course for further conflict in the traffic-alert and collision-avoidance (TCAS) market as both companies announce progress with their product lines. British Airways is to be the launch customer for Honeywell's TCAS II system (dubbed TCAS 2000). The unit is scheduled for certification in ...
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Pyongyang trials cancelled
SOUTH KOREA has forced the cancellation of international-airline flight trials through the Pyongyang Flight Information Region (FIR), until procedural issues have been resolved with North Korea. Trials had been planned for 1-5 September by Cathay Pacific Airways, Delta Air Lines, Korean Air, Northwest Airlines and United Airlines. Selected westbound flights ...
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Westland develops digital Super Lynx
Douglas Barrie/LONDON WESTLAND IS developing an advanced variant of its Lynx maritime helicopter, the Super Lynx Series 300, fitted with a "glass" cockpit, digital avionics and the LHTEC CTS800 engine. The Super Lynx 300 is complemented by the Super Lynx Series 100 and 200. The ...
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Park Air unveils VHF
PARK AIR ELECTRONICS has launched a range of next-generation digital radios, aimed at coping with steadily increasing demand for voice and data communications between aircraft and air-traffic-controllers (ATCs), using existing very-high-frequency inks. The UK company's new Series 5000 digital radios use so-called differential eight-phase shift-key modulation, replacing double-sideband ...
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GE/P&W work out details of 747-X joint-venture plan
US ENGINE manufacturers General Electric and Pratt & Whitney have agreed many of the details of their 50/50 joint-venture agreement to produce powerplants for the Boeing new-generation 747-500/600X and Airbus Industrie A3XX. The new company, to be known as the GE-P&W Engine Alliance, is to locate final assembly ...
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Thailand buys Basler turboprops DC-3sy
THAILAND HAS ordered three Basler Turbo-67 turboprop re-engined Douglas DC-3s for use in a rainmaking programme. The first aircraft will be delivered to the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) in January 1997, and the remaining two by the middle of 1997. Oshkosh, Wisconsin-based Basler says that Thailand is ...
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Second Comanche flight completed
BOEING SIKORSKY has completed the second flight of the first prototype RAH-66 Comanche scout/attack helicopter, some seven months after the first flight. The 54min flight took place at Sikorsky's West Palm Beach, Florida, flight-test centre on 24 August. The first flight took place on 4 January. The second ...
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Saab sells 2000s and gains 340 customer
SAAB AIRCRAFT HAS SOLD two further Saab 2000s to French carrier Regional Airlines and added an Egyptian customer to its list of Saab 340 operators. The 2000 deal boosts the French carrier's numbers of the type to seven - making it the second-largest operator of the aircraft, behind Crossair. The ...
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Large order revives R-R Tu-204 programme
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDONPaul Duffy/CAIRO KATO GROUP of Egypt has revived the Rolls-Royce-powered Tupolev Tu-204 programme with a contract for 30 aircraft, as part of a planned commitment for 200 examples of the Russian twinjet. Kato will set up an international aerospace group to market and support the aircraft ...
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Vnukovo Tu-154 hits mountain in cloud
A VNUKOVO AIRLINES Tupolev Tu-154M has crashed about 10km (5.5nm) from Longyearbyen Airport on the northern Norwegian island of Svalbard (Spitzbergen), while approaching the airport's runway 28. The accident to the Moscow-based airliner happened at midday local time on 29 August . Early reports said that all 129 ...
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UK noise limits could threaten $1 billion R-R deal
ROLLS-ROYCE could lose an expected $1 billion order for RB.211-524H turbofans from British Airways, following the UK Government's decision to impose some of the world's strictest noise regulations at London's airports. The airline is poised to place an order worth around $4 billion for a large number ...
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US Navy scores with SLAM software test
DIRECT HITS have been scored in three launches of the McDonnell Douglas (MDC) Stand-off Land Attack Missile (SLAM) in a demonstration of new automated mission-planning software. Aircraft from three US Navy MDC F-18 squadrons fired the missiles during training exercises at the Point Mugu, California, test range in August. ...
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Bombardier gains approval to offer stretched Regional Jet
BOMBARDIER REGIONAL Aircraft division has been given approval to offer to airlines the CRJ-X 70-seat stretched Canadair Regional Jet. The company had hoped to launch the aircraft at the Farnborough air show, but did not receive Bombardier board approval in time. The Canadian manufacturer now hopes to launch ...
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Budget cuts trim USAF fighter upgrades hopes
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA BUDGET reductions have forced the US Air Force to revise its plans to upgrade existing fighters. An almost 30% cut in the funds earmarked for modification programmes has resulted in a scaling back of the Fighter Configuration Plan (FICOP) first drawn up by the USAF ...
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UK police forces order MD Explorers
THE UK'S POLICE Aviation Services has ordered ten McDonnell Douglas MD900 Explorer helicopters, making it the largest single purchase of the type to date in Europe. The first eight-seat helicopter will be delivered in June 1997 and enter service with the Wiltshire Constabulary Air Support Unit. The aircraft will be ...