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Gulfstream receives approval from CIS
GULFSTREAM HAS become the first US business-jet manufacturer to have its aircraft certificated by the CIS Aviation Register of Interstate Aviation Committee, under recently harmonised CIS/US rules for Transport Category Aircraft (AP25). The CIS approval covers the Gulfstream III, IV and IV-SP models. "We see Russia and ...
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Egyptian commander
Commander Aircraft has delivered three Commander 114AT trainers to Egypt's National Civil Aviation Training Organisation (NCATO), based at Embaba Aerodrome in Giza. NCATO is the only civilian pilot-training organisation in Egypt, and trains all Egyptian airline pilots. Bethany, Oklahoma-based Commander received the contract, worth more than $1 million, after NCATO ...
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Air Littoral spins off Nice hub
Julian Moxon/PARIS FRENCH INDEPENDENT airline Air Littoral has consolidated its hold on the south of France by creating a new Nice-based airline, to be called Air Littoral Riviera. The carrier says that the move is directly aimed at preparing for the liberalisation of Europe's skies in April 1997. ...
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France's Onera seeks a fresh strategy
Julian Moxon/PARIS THE FRENCH defence ministry has told national research agency Onera that it must prepare a new strategic plan by December to provide for reductions in the defence budget and adjust to the restructuring of the country's aerospace industry. Onera celebrates its 50th anniversary ...
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BAe looks to cash in on jets
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON BRITISH AEROSPACE'S jet-aircraft leasing arm has announced the sale of another three ex-Swissair Fokker 100s, and says that it plans to take advantage of the market upturn to begin selling down more of its fleet of BAe 146 regional jets. BAe Asset Management-Jets ...
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Emirates is looking at Airbus replacements
Max Kingsley-Jones andAndrew Doyle/LONDON EMIRATES IS evaluating bids from Airbus and Boeing for around 16 aircraft to replace its fleet of Airbus A300-600Rs and A310-300s after 1998. Gulf rival Kuwait Airways, meanwhile, has agreed a deal swapping Boeing 747-400 orders for Boeing 777s. The packages ...
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ILS clinches first launch contracts for Atlas 2AR
Tim Furniss/LONDON SPACE SYSTEMS/Loral has awarded ILS International Launch Services a contract for two firm launches (with one option) of communications satellites aboard the new Atlas 2AR booster. The launches have been booked for 1998 and 1999. This is the first launch contract ILS has ...
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Soyuz suffers second failure
RUSSIA LOST its second successive Soyuz U booster on 20 June when a Yantar photo reconnaissance satellite launch from Plesetsk failed at T+50s. The payload shroud was torn off and the engines shut down, the booster crashing 8km (4nm) downrange from Plesetsk. The failure appears to have ...
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Russian navy plans first satellite launch from a submarine
THE RUSSIAN navy will launch its first satellite in October. A former SS-N-23 Skiff submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), the Shtil booster, will launch the 70kg Kompas research satellite into a 400km circular, 78° inclination orbit from a Northern Fleet nuclear submarine in the Barents Sea in a bid to generate ...
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NASA may book CRV on to Ariane 5 flight
NASA HAS expressed interest in booking a slot on the Ariane 5 launcher to carry a simplified version of the crew-rescue vehicle (CRV) demonstrator for the future Alpha International Space Station. The agency has requested a possible slot for 1998. French posts and telecommunications minister Francois Fillon confirms ...
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Darwin project
Thailand's United Communications has taken a 50% stake in a plan to build a satellite-launch centre at Gunn Point, north-east of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. The company will purchase an interest in Australia's Space Transportation Systems to work on an $8 million feasibility study to build the A$630 ($500 million) ...
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Basic appeal
The EMB-145 is not an innovative aircraft, but Embraer's attention to basics makes it pleasant to fly. Peter Henley/SAO JOSE EMBRAER, IT SEEMS, could not be launching its EMB-145 50-seater at the world's commuter-airline market at a better time. Delays to the programme arising from its privatisation and ...
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Western Pacific nears decisions on orders
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON WESTERN PACIFIC is about to finalise plans for the acquisition of new aircraft, with orders anticipated for a 30- to 40-seat aircraft for its new commuter-airline division, and orders for Boeing 737-300s and -700s expected for its main fleet. The Colorado Springs, USA-based ...
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Cycles in the sky
The aviation-industry recovery is in full swing, but economists are even now forecasting when the next downturn will occur Kevin O'Toole/LONDON IN GERMANY THEY CALL it the pig cycle. When pork prices rise, farmers pile into the market to cash in on the boom, only to find ...
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Sogerma to build IAI Galaxy fuselage
SOGERMA-SOCEA is about to conclude an agreement with Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) to manufacture the fuselage and empennage of the Galaxy executive jet. The deal is conditional on IAI resolving other problems which have delayed the programme. IAI has been looking for a subcontractor since it broke its ...
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UK's easyJet expands services under Air Foyle AOC
EASYJET HAS contracted Air Foyle Charter Airlines to operate all its services under the latter's air-operator's certificate (AOC), replacing a previous arrangement with GB Airways. London Luton Airport-based easyJet recently added to its fleetan ex-Monarch Airlines Boeing 737-300, leased from Yankee Alpha Aviation with an Air Foyle crew, ...
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A330s and 777 share Asiana deal
Paul Lewis/JAKARTA ASIANA AIRLINES of South Korea has signed agreements with Airbus Industrie and Boeing to order up to 58 new Airbus A330s, Boeing 777s, 747-400s and 767-300s in what is likely to be the largest widebody deal to be agreed this year. The carrier ...
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New test needed for CFM56-7B
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES CFM INTERNATIONAL (CFMI) plans to test a revised fan-blade retainer design on the CFM56-7B engine, following the failure of the original system during a crucial blade-off test which resulted in several blades detaching. Despite the need for a new test, CFMI is ...
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Air Inter takes first A319
AIR INTER EUROPE HAS taken delivery of its first Airbus A319, becoming the second airline (after Swissair) to operate the full range of Airbus single-aisle models. The airline will by next March receive eight more A319s on firm order, and will fly the CFM International CFM56-powered aircraft on internal French ...
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IPTN considers fate of 80-seat regional N2130
INDUSTRI PESAWAT Nusantara Terbang (IPTN) will decide by the end of the year whether to drop an 80-seat version of the planned N2130 regional-jet family. The Indonesian manufacturer had intended developing three versions of the aircraft, ranging from 80 to 130 seats. Consultation with international and domestic ...