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Air France Europe shuttle makes good
Air France subsidiary Air France Europe, reports a "successful" first month's operations with its new high-frequency shuttle service between Paris/Orly and Marseille, Nice and Toulouse. The airline introduced the services in October in response to increased competition from independent carriers, even though one, Air Liberté, has since gone ...
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Space telescope
Space-based interferometry technology, which will allow astronomers to study the planets of other star systems for signs of life or for conditions to support Earth-based life, will be demonstrated by the NASA New Millennium Deep Space 2 mission due for launch in about 1999. Source: Flight ...
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Chinese spares
CFM International has opened a spares service centre at Beijing Capital Airport in co-operation with China Aviation Supplies. The 500m2 centre will provide line maintenance for more than 350 CFM56-3 power plants in service with 19 Chinese carriers. It will initially stock 600 parts, increasing to 1,500 line items with ...
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Lufthansa maintains
SAS has awarded an engine maintenance and overhaul contract to Germany's Lufthansa Technik (LHT). The contract, which was signed on 22 November, covers the International Aero Engines V2500-D5 engine, which powers SAS' McDonnell Douglas MD-90 fleet. Source: Flight International
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IL-76 hits mountain
A Russian air force Ilyushin Il-76T, carrying out a commercial cargo flight, crashed into a mountain in the Krasnoyarsk region of Siberia on 27 November, killing all eight crew and 21 passengers on board. The aircraft had just taken off from Abakan airport, at 20:00 local time, carrying some 30t ...
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Atlantic GPS
United Express regional carrier Atlantic Coast Airlines is to equip its entire fleet of 29 Jetstream 32s and 28 Jetstream 41s with AlliedSignal VHF-datalink/flight-management/global-positioning systems (GPS) beginning in December, with installation to be completed by early 1997. Source: Flight International
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United in Mexico
United Airlines and Mexicana Airlines have announced a code-sharing agreement to begin on 1 May, 1997, pending Government approvals. The deal covers flights between 13 US and 10 Mexican cities. Source: Flight International
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Thai test
Thai air-traffic-control agency AeroThai has bought three ARINC/Magellan CNS-12 global-positioning/data-link units with which to demonstrate integration of automatic dependent-surveillance and radar data for air-traffic management. Two units have been installed in a Cessna 337 for the trials later this month. Source: Flight International
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European wet-lease
World Airways has signed an $18 million wet-lease contract to operate one of its McDonnell Douglas MD-11s for an unnamed European carrier for a minimum of 400h a month from June 1997 to February 1998. Source: Flight International
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EMB-145 delay
US Federal Aviation Administration certification of the Brazilian Embraer EMB-145 has slipped from its original schedule of early November, until this month. Continental Airlines, however, will take its first four aircraft as scheduled during December. Source: Flight International
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Airline competition
The US Department of Transportation can break down persistent barriers in the US airline industry, says the US General Accounting Office (GAO), by taking away slots from established carriers at congested airports and distributing them through a lottery system to new entrants. The GAO also recommends that the US Federal ...
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Orient star
Orient Express Air has acquired an ex-Cathay Pacific Lockheed L-1011 TriStar 1, for operation on charters to Europe. The aircraft joins the Bangkok-based airline's fleet of two Boeing 727-200s, which it operates on domestic services in Thailand. Source: Flight International
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Financial review
Coopers & Lybrand has received a $900,000 contract from the US Federal Aviation Administration to assess the aviation agency's financial requirements through to 2002. The study will also consider the capital needs of airports nationwide. The independent assessment was required by US Congress after FAA estimates came up well short ...
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KLM share sale?
Dutch national carrier KLM confirms that it is holding "exploratory talks" with the Netherlands Government over the sale of part of the state's 38.2% stake in the group. Although KLM is struggling to contain costs, which has put pressure on its share price, the group points to the underlying strength ...
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UK Tiald upgrade
The UK Ministry of Defence is considering ordering an upgrade of the Royal Air Force's 40 Thermal Imaging Airborne Laser Designator (TIALD) pods with GEC-Marconi Avionics' Vector Imaging Tracker System (VITS) 1000. The MoD says that a contract could be placed during the first half of next year. GEC-Marconi says ...
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Hercules crash I
A US Air Force Reserve Lockheed HC-130 crashed into the Pacific Ocean off the Northern California coast on 22 November. One of the 11 people on board was rescued after it went down with engine trouble during a training mission. The aircraft's home base was Portland, Oregon. Source: ...
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Hercules crash II
The 17 August crash of a US Air Force Lockheed C-130 transport near Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Airport was caused by the crew's failure to monitor the aircraft's position and flight path relative to high terrain surrounding the airfield. The military transport was operating in support of the White House. All ...
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Sea King complete
Westland has completed a $58 ($46 million) avionics and structural upgrade of six Royal Australian Navy Sea King Mk50/50A maritime utility helicopters. The 27-month upgrade programme is intended to extend the operational life of Australia's Sea King fleet until 2008. Source: Flight International
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Noise challenge
The International Air Transport Association is to seek a judicial review of new noise limits set to be imposed at London's three main airports from 1 January (Flight International, 4-10 September, P4). The organisation says that it has had to take a "rare and reluctant step", following the failure of ...
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Turkey kills Cobra
Turkey has abandoned plans to purchase an additional ten Bell Helicopter AH-1 Cobra attack helicopters from the US Department of Defense. Concluding the acquisition had been hampered by US politicians concerned that the helicopters might be used against Kurdish "rebels" in the south-east of the country. Turkey's pulling out of ...