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AeroMexico restructures
AEROMEXICO, THE largest carrier in Mexico, has completed a financial restructuring which gives banks and creditors 90% ownership of the airline. AeroMexico was owned by a group of investors when it was privatised several years ago. The financial arrangement includes conversion of Np3.25 billion ($530 million) in debt ...
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Commission to probe Polish air force Su-22 Fitter accidents
A COMMISSION has been set up by the Polish Government to investigate a spate of accidents involving Polish air force fighter aircraft. The country's president, Lech Walesa, and prime minister Jozef Oleksy ordered the commission to be set up in the wake of the latest crash on 26 ...
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Su-34 sequential ejection tests
THE RUSSIAN air force has been carrying out tests on the Sukhoi Su-34, looking at the consequences of a sequential, rather than simultaneous, ejection on the crewmember remaining in the cockpit. The photographic sequence shows an ejection test being carried out from the Faustovo Flight Aviation Systems Research Institute, near ...
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RAF studies reconnaissance GR4/EF2000 Tornado GR4 and Eurofighter
THE ROYAL AIR FORCE has begun a programme to equip its Panavia Tornado GR4 interdictor-strike aircraft and the Eurofighter 2000 with a long-range electro-optical reconnaissance pod. The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has operational analysis studies under way to determine the number of pods and ground stations necessary ...
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Marshall predicts TriStar cargo demand
MARSHALL AEROSPACE, IS predicting demand for at least 50 Lockheed L-1011 TriStar freighter conversions, during the life of the programme it is now undertaking and says, that it needs to perform around 15 for the project to break even. The Cambridge, UK-based company has so far booked 12 firm orders ...
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Russia will sell Rybinsk shares
THE RUSSIAN Government has decided to sell 37% of its shares in Rybinsk Motors as a single package. The ruling by Prime Minister Victor Chernomyrdin ends a two-year dispute over the shares between the local and federal authorities, which run the company. The company manufactures the D-30 jet ...
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AIDC considers small-turboprop programme
TAIWAN'S AERO Industry Development Centre (AIDC) is considering developing a six- to nine-seat turboprop aircraft for commercial and military use. AIDC's Aeronautical Research Laboratory (ARL) is conducting preliminary studies of the aircraft, with funding from Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs and Ministry of National Defence. ...
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Taiwan close to F-5E conversion decision
THE TAIWANESE AIR force is expected to select a contractor shortly to convert eight of its Northrop F-5E fighters to reconnaissance aircraft. Competing for the Taiwanese RF-5E Tiger-eye conversion deal are Taiwan's Aero Industry Development Center, the Taiwan Aerospace-owned maintenance company Air Asia and Singapore Technologies Aerospace (STAe). ...
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RAF to fly three standards of EF2000
THE ROYAL AIR FORCE will be forced to operate three different standards of the Eurofighter 2000 combat aircraft as a result of technical delays and the rescheduling of the programme. The RAF will begin to take delivery of the EF2000 by the end of 2000. The first aircraft ...
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Quiet Nacelle starts JT3D hushkit manufacture
QUIET NACELLE HAS BEGUN manufacturing the first production shipset of the Pratt & Whitney JT3D Stage 3 hushkit, which it is developing for US Air Force Boeing OC-135Bs and commercial 707s. Ground acoustic and performance testing was completed earlier this year. The kit has an inner acoustic ring and ejector, ...
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Williams supersedes Lockheed Martin on Hunter UAV engine
WILLIAMS International is replacing a Lockheed Martin/RPI team in the effort to develop and field a heavy fuel engine for the TRW/Israel Aircraft Industries Hunter unmanned air vehicle (UAV). The Lockheed Martin/RPI work to qualify a rotary engine for the short-range UAV was suspended because of weight problems ...
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CIS airlines seek state support
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW THE CIS INTERSTATE Aviation Committee (MAK) is to campaign for state support in an effort to protect domestic airlines from the rising threat to their survival. Speaking to the heads of the regulatory aviation bodies of the CIS republics at a meeting in ...
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China National wants a stake in Dragonair
Paul Lewis/TAIPEI CHINA NATIONAL Aviation (CNAC) is negotiating with Swire and Cathay Pacific Airways to buy up to a 10% stake in Dragonair, giving mainland Chinese companies majority control of the Hong Kong-based regional carrier. Principal Dragonair shareholders Swire Pacific and Chinese Investment Company CITIC ...
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KLM studies fleet revamp based on 777 acquisition
KLM ROYAL DUTCH Airlines is studying a sweeping re-organisation plan involving the replacement of its Boeing 747-300 and McDonnell Douglas (MDC) MD-11 fleets with the Boeing 777-300. The strategic plan is believed to involve the sale of its new MD-11 fleet to US partner Northwest Airlines, which is ...
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Taiwan casts its eye on Loral Vought PAC-3 ERINT missile
TAIWAN IS SIGNALLING strong interest in the Loral Vought Systems PAC-3 Extended Range Interceptor (ERINT) missile, following China's recent series of offshore theatre-ballistic-missile (TBM) test firings. Taiwanese military officials have been briefed on the PAC-3's anti-ballistic missile capability and commonality with the Raytheon Patriot PAC-2 system, which is ...
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Airlines 'abuse CFMU' warns Eurocontrol
Julian Moxon/PARIS MULTIPLE FLIGHT-plan bookings by "unscrupulous" airlines using Eurocontrol's new central flow-management unit (CFMU) are causing significant delays for traffic using French and Swiss airspace, says the head of the CFMU unit. The problem centres on the CFMU's recently introduced automated flight-plan processing system, ...
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Embraer flies EMB-145
Graham Warwick/SAO PAULO EMBRAER FLEW THE prototype EMB-145 regional jet for the first time on 11 August. The Brazilian manufacturer had logged some 8h flying by the time of the official roll out and first public flight at its Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil, plant on 18 ...
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DASA dealt double blow
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH DAIMLER-BENZ Aerospace (DASA) has suffered a double blow, with its Dutch subsidiary Fokker revealing record first-half losses, as fears emerged of a new round of job cuts at the German aerospace giant, which could affect up to 15,000 employees. The new developments exacerbate ...
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Brazil confirms Super Tucanodevelopment deal
THE BRAZILIAN Government signed the development contract for the ALX armed derivative of the Embraer EMB-312H Super Tucano on 18 August. The air force plans to acquire 100 ALXs for use as the enforcement arm of the Raytheon-developed SIVAM Amazon-surveillance system and to replace EMB-326 Xavantes which are ...
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Wrong course?
DAIMLER-BENZ HAS COME in for a massive amount of criticism over its performance in the creation and subsequent stewardship of its aerospace subsidiary, DASA. In hindsight, it is perhaps all too clear that the big German vehicle manufacturer was being far too ambitious in simultaneously trying to build an international ...