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Qualification tests begin on Aero L-159 powerplant
ALLIEDSIGNAL/ITEC is to begin qualification tests in Phoenix on its F124-GA-100 power plant for the proposed Czech Aero Vodochody L-159 light-attack aircraft by October. The tests which are to be completed in October, are required by the Czech military for qualification of the engine, before the first flight ...
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New MEA chairman maps out route to efficiency
THE NEW CHAIRMAN of Middle East Airlines (MEA), Khaled Salaam, has lost no time in outlining the steps necessary to pull the airline out of its financial difficulties and modernise an aging 14-strong fleet. Salaam, as well as signaling his intention of initiating a cost-cutting programme to make ...
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MAS chief barters orders for slots
MALAYSIA AIRLINES (MAS) chairman Tajudin Ramli has threatened to stop any further purchases of Airbus Industrie aircraft unless France grants the carrier additional landing rights in Paris. The Malaysian flag carrier wants to increase its services between Kuala Lumpur and Paris from twice a week to twice daily. ...
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Orient makes expansion plans
RELAUNCHED THAI domestic carrier Orient Express Air (OEA) plans to acquire additional wide body aircraft and extend its services to Asian and European destinations. According to a senior airline source, OEA is negotiating to purchase three ex-British Airways Lockheed L-1011 TriStars. The aircraft are intended for use on ...
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Alta launches with Beech 1900Cs
SANTIAGO, CHILE-BASED REGIONAL CARRIER Alta Airlines has begun operations with 19-seat Beech 1900Cs acquired from Raytheon Aircraft. Eight aircraft are to be in service by the end of September, and the airline has seven more on option. The aircraft are convertible to all-cargo configuration. Source: Flight International
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Westinghouse attacks IAI 'unfair competition'
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA WESTINGHOUSE Norden Systems has accused Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) of unfair competition, after the Israeli company switched radar suppliers for the Turkish McDonnell Douglas F-4 upgrade programme, from Norden to its own subsidiary, Elta. Westinghouse alleges that IAI misled the Turkish air force as ...
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ESG's FLA vision
Munich-based systems and software company ESG has completed a second round of flight-tests on an experimental enhanced-vision system which allows pilots to navigate in poor visibility. The latest round of tests was carried out on a Dornier 128, belonging to Braunschweig Technical University, which was fitted with the experimental system ...
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AlliedSignal studies ESAS stepping stone
Guy Norris/WICHITA ALLIEDSIGNAL IS studying an integrated safety system for airliners which would combine into a single unit individually packaged systems such as the ground-proximity warning system (GPWS), Mode S transponder, weather radar and the traffic-alert and collision-avoidance system (TCAS). The safety-system concept, although "still in the very earliest stages", ...
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Elbit poised to provide Huzar avionics
ISRAELI AVIONICS specialist Elbit is negotiating with Polish helicopter manufacturer PZL-Swidnik to provide avionics for the W-3W Huzar combat-support helicopter. The Huzar is viewed as the favourite to meet a yet-to-be-released Polish army tender for a light-transport/combat-support helicopter. No contract has been signed between Elbit ...
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Chirac lobbies for Eurocopter in Spain
FRENCH PRESIDENT Jacques Chirac has intervened in the competition between Eurocopter and Sikorsky to meet a Spanish army transport-helicopter requirement by writing to his Spanish counterpart, prime minister Felipe Gonzalez, urging him to opt for the Eurocopter AS.532 UL Cougar, rather than the rival Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk. ...
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Swissair sacrifices jobs in bid for profit
SWISSAIR IS TO shed 1,600 jobs over the next 18 months in an effort to pull its flight operations back into profit. The Swiss carrier says it also plans to renegotiate pilot contracts. The airline hopes that the majority of the job losses, which represent around 10% ...
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Italy studies STOVL carrier for navy
THE ITALIAN NAVY has funded a study into the design of a 22,000t-class aircraft carrier capable of carrying an air wing of 20 short take-off vertical landing (STOVL) aircraft. The carrier would be intended to "replace" the Vittorio Venetto cruiser, which entered service in 1969, and also provides ...
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RTAF favours F-18 for fighter need
Paul Lewis/BANGKOK THE McDONNELL Douglas F-18 Hornet is emerging as the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) favourite to meet its next fighter-aircraft requirement, in preference to the Lockheed Martin F-16C/D Thailand is considering purchasing an initial, eight fighters for delivery by early 1999. A follow-on ...
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Gulf investors study Sudan start-up
GULF INVESTORS ARE planning a joint venture with Sudan Airways to operate from Khartoum to London, Kuwait and Dubai.The airline hopes to start flying by the end of the year, possibly using an aircraft acquired from Yememia. Early this month, Ethiopia banned flights to and from Sudan by ...
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FAA sets up safety- monitor database
THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration is planning to have a database for monitoring the air-transport industry's "safety health" operational by February 1996. The new Safety Performance Analysis System (SPAS) will have data entered by FAA field inspectors as they carry out periodic checks of airlines and installations. SPAS ...
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BFGoodrich/Snecma to merge brakes
SNECMA IS IN advanced talks with BFGoodrich about a merger for its Messier-Bugatti carbon brakes business. Although no details of the proposed deal have been released, it is expected to follow the blueprint laid down by the 50:50 Messier-Dowty landing-gear joint venture completed in 1994. A ...
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USAfrica fights for frequencies
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC USAFRICA AIRWAYS IS challenging a US Department of Transportation (DoT) decision to reallocate the carrier's seven frequencies in the US-South Africa market to World Airways and Southern Air Transport. USAfrica, which shut down operations and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in February, ...
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South Korea to buy spy aircraft
THE US DEPARTMENT of Defense has revealed a move by South Korea to acquire tactical reconnaissance aircraft. Disclosure of the nation's classified military programme was made in a standard congressional notification. Unless blocked by the US Congress, South Korea would acquire the aircraft under US foreign-military-sales transactions. ...
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Five C-130Hs bound for Malaysia
THE MALAYSIAN air force has purchased five of Lockheed Martin's nine remaining unsold C-130H Hercules transport aircraft, say local sources. Lockheed Martin reveals that it has only four military transports, together with two civil L-100s, left to place, after recently selling five stretched C-130-30Hs. The aircraft are the ...
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Quality business puts Avro on track for profit
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON BRITISH AEROSPACE believes that its regional-jet operation, which brought the company close to collapse two years ago, will be back in profit by 1997. BAe had already promised that the Avro regional-jet business would approach break-even by 1997 following its dramatic slimming down, ...