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APALS on the shelf
Lockheed Martin has shelved development of its airborne-radar-based Autonomous Precision Approach and Landing System (APALS), citing lack of customer interest. USregional Lone Star Airlines had agreed to use the system in its Fairchild Dornier 328s. Source: Flight International
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Aeroflot change
Aeroflot-Russian International Airlines (ARIA) has lost its general director, Marshal Evgeny Shaposhnikov, following his departure to become an advisor to Russian president Boris Yeltsin. The Aria board has appointed his deputy Valeri Okulov as an acting replacement pending an official decision. Okulov, who is Yeltsin's son-in-law, started his career as ...
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EVA to Amsterdam
EVA Airways plans to launch a thrice-weekly passenger service between Taipei and Amsterdam, via Dubai, from 8 May. The Taiwanese carrier also intends to begin a twice-weekly cargo service to Brussels, via Singapore and Dubai, from 9May. EVA will also cut its Taipei-Amsterdam freight frequency from three to one flight ...
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Tarom discusses MD-11 acquisition with MDC
Romanian flag carrier Tarom is talking to McDonnell Douglas (MDC) about a possible MD-11 purchase as it awaits Government clearance to buy next-generation Boeing 737s and AI(R) ATR 42 turboprops. A delegation from McDonnell Douglas visited Romanian capital Bucharest in February to discuss the potential acquisition by Tarom ...
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Initial Starstreak testing is complete
A test launch of a Shorts Missile Systems Starstreak from a US Army McDonnell Douglas AH-64 Apache helicopter in February completed an initial 17-month test programme for the missile. A further two-year programme has already been funded. The US Army, as well as the UK's Army Air Corps, is considering ...
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Russia agrees Il-76 sale to IAI for AEW
Israel has overcome a critical hurdle in its bid to satisfy the Chinese air force's requirement for an airborne-early-warning (AEW) aircraft, with a deal finally being cleared by the Russian Government for the Beriev design bureau to supply and modify an Iluyshin Il-76 for Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI). ...
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Asians bid for AI(R) Jet places
South Korea and Taiwan have submitted competing tenders to Aero International (Regional) (AI(R)) for each to take up to a 40% stake in the planned AI(R) Jet 70 regional-aircraft programme. Aerospace industry teams from both countries were invited to Toulouse in January to take part in AI(R)'s aerostructures ...
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EC permits Berlin ban on noisy aircraft
The European Council of Transport Ministers has approved a German proposal to allow Berlin's downtown airports, Tegel and Tempelhof, to introduce an immediate ban on noisy aircraft which do not comply with the latest Chapter 3 noise legislation. Under current noise rules, aircraft which can only comply with ...
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Boeing launches joint venture with FlightSafety
Boeing and FlightSafety International have joined forces to create a comprehensive flight- and groundcrew-training company which will support airline training needs whether they operate Boeing aircraft or not. The formation of the new company, named FlightSafety Boeing Training International, is the first major action of Boeing Enterprises, the ...
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Deutsche BA orders seven more 737-300s to replace Fokker 100s
The airline, British Airways' German subsidiary, says that the contract is worth $287 million, and that deliveries of the 136-seat aircraft will start in August. Deutsche BA's present 737-300 fleet, which consists of nine leased aircraft, will be boosted to up to 18 737s by the end of ...
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JAL spins off new domestic subsidiary
Japan Airlines (JAL) has announced that its planned new domestic subsidiary carrier, JALEXPRESS, will be formally incorporated from 1 April and begin operations in 1998. The new 100% JAL-owned airline is being established to compete with Japan's proliferating number of planned low-cost start-up carriers, following partial liberalisation of ...
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Kenya Airways pursues plan to expand Nairobi into a hub
A year on from its successful privatisation, Kenya Airways plans to launch the first phase in the development of Nairobi Airport as a hub. Managing director Brian Davies reveals that the airline has ordered a third new Boeing 737-300 and will reconsider its long-haul fleet structure. Davies says ...
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Sabreliner moves cargo conversions to boost capacity
Dimension Aviation, the new modification centre set up recently by Sabreliner, has taken over all McDonnell Douglas (MDC) US widebody cargo-conversion work from sister company SabreTech, and could eventually have the capability to convert up to 12 aircraft simultaneously. Sabreliner established Dimension in February as part of a ...
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IPTNcalls in Europeans on N250
IPTN has enlisted a team of European aerospace consultants to try to help secure Joint Airworthiness Authorities (JAA) type certification of its N250 regional turboprop. Jakarta-based consultancy Bramadi Pratama has recruited a group of former British Aerospace employees, ex-JAA officials and test pilots to assist IPTN and the Indonesian Directorate ...
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Gulf Air accident
The pilots of a Cairo-bound Gulf Air Airbus A320-212 (A4O-EM) were injured when they aborted take-off some 600-900m (2,000-3,000ft) from brakes-off at Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. In strong winds, the aircraft veered right, hit a bank and came to rest having lost its nose-gear and suffered serious ...
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Penguin delay
Australia is understood to have asked Kongsberg to keep open its tender on 44 Penguin Mk2 Mod 7 anti-ship missiles for up to 12 months. The delay could threaten Kongsberg's plans to combine production for Australia with a follow-on US Navy order for another 100 helicopter-launched Penguins. Australia had originally ...
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F-18 E/F loaded up
Stores-carriage testing has begun with the McDonnell Douglas F-18E/F. An F-18E was flown with three 1,820litre fuel tanks, two Mk84 bombs, two Texas Instruments AGM-88 high-speed anti-radiation and two Raytheon AIM-9 air-to-air missiles, for the heaviest take-off weight yet, of 28,300kg. Source: Flight International
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Taiwan deliveries
Taiwan has taken delivery of its first five Lockheed Martin F-16A/Bs and five Dassault Mirage 2000-5s. The aircraft were handed over to the Taiwan air force in USA and France, says the country's defence minister Chiang Chung-ling. Taiwan has ordered 150 F-16s and 60 Mirage 2000s and expects to commission ...
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Coup at Aviastar
Local businessmen have been attempting to unseat Viktor Mikhailov, head of Aviastar, the Ulyanosk, Russia-based aircraft plant which produces the Tupolev Tu-204-120. The boardroom coup, which is based on a disputed Russian Government shareholding in the plant, follows the signing of a lucrative order from Egyptian conglomerate Kato Aromatic to ...
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Swisscargo capacity
Swissair cargo subsidiary Swisscargo has signed an agreement with Belgium's new low-cost long-haul scheduled airline City Bird, to take the total freight capacity of City Bird's two McDonnell Douglas MD-11s. The airline will start operations on 27 March. Source: Flight International