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Canada pays price for cancellation of EH101 order
THE CANADIAN Government has agreed to pay EH Industries (EHI) C$158 million ($115 million) in compensation for the controversial cancellation of its order for 50 EH101 helicopters. The amount covers cancellation costs and work already carried out before the contract was awarded. The Government has incurred some $200 ...
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Alitalia seeks ban on strikes to help recapitalisation
ALITALIA IS AWAITING responses from its main unions over plans for an 18-month ban on industrial action, which has become essential if the cash-strapped carrier is to go ahead with its badly needed recapitalisation. The Italian flag carrier requires a cash injection of L1.5 billion ($950 million) to ...
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Pentagon blow to Sikorsky
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC SIKORSKY'S AMBITIONS of selling UH-60 Black Hawks to the US Marine Corps, in a deal worth as much as $1.5 billion, have been dealt a serious blow by a recommendation from a senior Department of Defense official that the USMC modernise its existing helicopter ...
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Engine problems ground Swiss Airbuses
SWISSAIR HAS grounded five Airbus A320/321s after cracks were discovered in the turbine section of their CFM International CFM56-5B turbofans. The grounding affects Swissair aircraft recently fitted with the low- emissions dual-annular combustor (DAC). The airline describes the move as precautionary. The aircraft were withdrawn from ...
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Singapore applies to join Asian AE-100 programme
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE SINGAPORE Technologies is negotiating with China to take at least a 10% stake in the proposed new AE-100 passenger-aircraft programme. According to industry sources in Beijing, Singapore Technologies has already signed a memorandum of understanding with Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) to join ...
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Thailand relaxes rules on helicopter services
THAILAND HAS approved legislation allowing increased use of commercial helicopters in a bid to overcome growing road traffic congestion in Bangkok. New guidelines approved on 23 January allow companies to operate helicopters on certain routes. The ruling expands a May 1989 resolution under which large businesses were allowed ...
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Competition hots up for ALH engines
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES COMPETITION TO power the Indian-built military utility Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) is intensifying between Turbomeca and LHTEC, the light helicopter turbine engine company, jointly owned by AlliedSignal and Rolls Royce's, Allison Engine division The companies are negotiating with Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) to ...
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Regional raises domestic stakes
Julian Moxon/PARIS FRANCE'S REGIONAL Airlines has joined the list of domestic carriers taking advantage of the 1 January liberalisation of French internal routes. The Nantes-based airline says that it will open several new cross-country routes between Nantes-Lyon, Bordeaux-Marseille, Lyon-Lille and Lyon-Strasbourg in the second quarter. ...
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EATCHIP halves ATC delays
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH EUROPEAN AIR traffic control (ATC) delays have been halved during the first five years of the European Air Traffic Control Harmonisation and Integration Programme (EATCHIP), according to Eurocontrol, the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation. The improvement has been achieved despite an ...
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P&WC certificates two engines
PRATT & WHITNEY Canada (P&WC) has received Canadian certification for its PW530A and PW306A business turbofans. The 12kN (2,750lb)-thrust PW530A was certificated in just 36 months, a P&WC record for the development and certification of a new centreline engine. Design of the PW530A began in ...
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F-18 electric actuator test-flight suspended
NASA HAS temporarily halted test-flights of an electrically powered actuator on its McDonnell Douglas F-18 Systems Research Aircraft after encountering problems on its initial flight. Despite this, the flight of the electro-hydrostatic actuator (EHA) is considered a milestone in the development of an all-electric aircraft. The tests ...
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Galileo data delight NASA but scupper scientists' theories
Tim Furniss/LONDON THE DESIGNERS of NASA's Galileo probe have been vindicated after 57min of data were returned from the craft as it descended through the predominantly hydrogenous atmosphere of Jupiter on 7 December. The data, however, disappointed scientists, who had been expecting them to reveal far more ...
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Olin brings power to passenger seats
OLIN AEROSPACE (OAC) has begun demonstrating an in-seat power system to airlines which will allow passengers to plug in their laptop computers during flight. Redmond, Washington-based OAC says that lap-top batteries "dying" is a major source of passenger complaints and that airlines surveyed ranked an in-seat power system as a ...
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GE90-powered 777 ETOPS tests in sight
EXTENDED-RANGE twin- operations (ETOPS) testing of the General Electric GE90-powered Boeing 777 could start in February after a series of delays. Boeing says that it is "...still waiting for a decision from the US Federal Aviation Administration reliability-assessment board [RAB]" on whether the tests can get under way. ...
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US deliveries highest since 1990
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC THE US GENERAL-aviation aircraft industry has unveiled 1995 figures showing that it delivered the highest number of aircraft since 1990 and achieved the best billings since 1981. The figures enabled the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) president Ed Stimpson to report that ...
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Dassault abandons RAF bid
DASSAULT HAS abandoned its bid to secure a contract from the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) to supply the Royal Air Force's, next-generation maritime-patrol aircraft. The French company withdrew its Atlantique 3-based offer on 12 January, following discussions with the MoD which led it to believe there was ...
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MAPO-MiG tests MiG-29 air-to-air refuelling system
MAPO-MiG has finished testing an in-flight refueling modification for the Mikoyan MiG-29 Fulcrum, with the upgrade to be implemented on the Malaysian air force's 18 aircraft. The modified fuel system on the aircraft, believed to be a MiG-29SE, was tested during a series of flight trials which culminated ...
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RAF close to decision on Jaguar weapons
The RAF is considering fitting its Sepecat Jaguar aircraft with the British Aerospace ASRAAM short-range air-to-air and the ALARM anti-radiation missiles, as part of an upgrade programme intended to see the aircraft continue in service until 2008. A "feasibility fit" of the weapons has already been carried ...
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Domestic demand fuels Indian carrier expansion
CONTINUING DOUBLE digit growth in domestic air travel in India is resulting in a scramble for more aircraft and further private airline authorisations. India's civil-aviation ministry has given permission for the import of between 12 and 15 new aircraft a year, which it believes will be sufficient to meet the ...
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Kfirs bound for Sri Lanka as IAI seals Ecuadorian sale
ISRAEL AIRCRAFT Industries (IAI) has completed delivery of eight IAI Kfir fighter aircraft to Sri Lanka, with a further four Kfirs soon to be delivered to Ecuador. The Ecuadorian sale is proceeding despite the objections of Peru, which had complained to the US Government. US approval is needed ...