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Dassault Electronique
DASSAULT Electronique swung back to losses in 1995 after trouble at its telecommunications subsidiary Dassault AT, but expects profits to return this year. Despite a better performance from its core aerospace businesses, the group ended the year with an overall net loss of Fr21.4 million ($4 million). That ...
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X-33 wing box passes test
A COMPOSITE wing-box test article built by Northrop Grumman for the Rockwell X-33 re-useable-launch-vehicle technology-demonstrator programme reached its ultimate design load and predicted failure load during tests at NASA's Langley Research Center. The wing-box, manufactured of carbonfibre-reinforced bismaleimide, buckled at a load of 40,000kg, and failed at the predicted load ...
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Israeli Python 4 battles French Magic in Romania
Douglas Barrie/LONDON ISRAELI MISSILE producer Rafael has received defence-ministry approval to offer Romania its still-classified Python 4 infra-red (IR)-guided air-to-air missile, in an attempt to overturn a Romanian decision to buy the Matra Magic 2. The Romanian air force was originally offered the Python 3 as ...
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TWA brakes
TWA has selected BFGoodrich of the USA to supply wheels and steel brakes for its recently ordered fleet of 20 Boeing 757-200s. Source: Flight International
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Panama stake
AMR Eagle is acquiring a 20% stake in Aeroperlas, a Panama City-based regional airline, as part of a deal involving the sale of four of the US companies Shorts 360s to the Panamanian carrier's parent, Aerolineas Pacifico Atlantico. "This transaction fits into our overall strategic plan to streamline operations, simplify ...
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Alitalia boss sets deadline for rescue plan
ALITALIA CHIEF executive Domenico Cempella has set a deadline of 20 June for pilots' unions to present an alternative rescue plan for the carrier and to agree a solution. Cempella laid out his own restructuring plan in May shortly after taking up the reins at Alitalia (Flight International, ...
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Air Canada rethinks modification plans for its DC-9-30
AIR CANADA MAY retain and upgrade 15 of its 35 aging McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30s rather than replace them one-for-one with Airbus Industrie A319s as previously planned, according to executive vice-president and chief operating officer Robert Milton. "We're holding back on a decision to sell [the last] 15 of ...
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Russia needs independence
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON RUSSIAN TRANSPORT minister Nikolai Tsakh is urging the region's state-owned airports to become more independent of central government, calling for local authorities and, possibly, private investors to take a greater role in their ownership. The first stage is for airport authorities to be ...
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Greyhound Air finally receives approval
Greyhound Air, a new Canadian low-cost domestic carrier, plans to begin operations on 8 July, following long-awaited Government approval. The airline, operated by Kelowna Flightcraft Air Charter for bus company Greyhound Lines of Canada, had planned to begin services on 15 May (Flight International, 21-27 February, P10), but ...
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Narita access
The Japanese Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB) has moved to increase slots for business aircraft at Narita Airport. Under new procedures effective from 1 July, business aircraft flying international routes can use two dedicated slots at the airfield out of 355 slots per day for scheduled operations. Source: ...
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Saab flies upgraded Viggen fighter
Andrzej Jeziorski/LINKOPING SAAB MILITARY AIRCRAFT has flown the first prototype of an upgraded JA37 Viggen fighter, capable of carrying the Hughes AIM-120 advanced medium-range air-to-air missile (AMRAAM), thereby completing the development phase of its mid-life update. The aircraft's maiden flight took place on 4 June, ...
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British Midland sets out the cost of Europe's duopolies
BRITISH MIDLAND Airways has released a report demonstrating that fares to Paris, Europe's busiest city, have increased significantly faster on routes where only two airlines compete. The report, which analyses the effect of competition on the 40 busiest city pairs, finds that lowest business-class fares rose by 48% ...
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Debonair makes low-cost fares and quality promise
DEBONAIR, THE LATEST UK start-up hoping to bring the US low-fares experiment to Europe, has promised fares of 50-70% below existing levels. The airline is planning to launch services from London Luton on 19 July, with free flights on its routes to Barcelona, Munich and the Dusseldorf ...
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TWA upgrade
Credit-rating agency Standard & Poor's is looking at upgrading Trans World Airlines from its near-junk-bond status after signs of strengthening performance from the carrier. TWA expects to raise around $183 million, from a new share offering and has already brought debt down by $500 million, to $1.1 billion, through 1995's ...
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MDC unveils Grand Slam Plus missile
Douglas Barrie and Andrew Chuter/LONDON A MISSILE BASED on the US Air Force's previously classified Have Slick weapon has been submitted by McDonnell Douglas (MDC) for the Royal Air Force's conventional stand-off missile competition (CASOM). The surprise unveiling of the Grand Slam Plus during a ...
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JADC considers YS-X partners for future
Paul Lewis/TOKYO JAPAN AIRCRAFT Development (JADC), expects to make a decision by August, on whether to continue with a 90 to 110 seat YS-X study with Boeing, or to shrink the project to a 70 to 90 seater, involving Bombardier. JADC has to submit its request ...
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Engine failure prompted Garuda late-abort and fatal overrun
A GARUDA INDONESIA Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 overran the runway at Fukuoka, southern Japan, shortly after midday local time on 13 June, following the captain's late decision to abort the take-off. Of the 260 passengers and 15 crew on the flight, bound for Jakarta, Indonesia, via Denpasar, Bali, three passengers ...
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Competitive codes
American Airlines chairman Bob Crandall was more wrong than he was right when he said 15 months ago: "Code-sharing is profoundly anti-competitive and, in the long term, will inevitably reduce the number of air carriers competing for your business. When airlines team up and code-share, they are able - by ...
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Open skies crucial to BA/American deal
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON NEWS OF THE British Air-ways and American Airlines code-sharing deal and the promise of a US/UK open-skies agreement has sparked off a round of intense lobbying from competitors on both sides of the Atlantic, hoping to make gains from a new bilateral. BA ...
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Dornier redesigns Metro as 228 faces the axe
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH FAIRCHILD AIRCRAFT, which took over 80% of turboprop manufacturer Dornier Luftfahrt on 5 June, looks set to kill the Dornier 228 programme. Dornier is to help design a new version of the Fairchild Metro. The unpressurised 19-seat 228 "probably" has no future, says ...