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EVER SINCE taking up the post of European transport commissioner, Neil Kinnock has been itching to take on responsibility for global air-traffic agreements between Europe and third countries. At last he appears to be making progress. In June, Europe's air-transport ministers agreed to let Kinnock open talks ...
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Does fractional ownership really have advantages
Sir - Air Charter, of Gatwick, Sussex, has never let down a potential charterer because of the suppliers available. We can charter an aircraft instantly, such as a Cessna Citation II for 1h or 100h, and the rate in Europe will be about £1,100-1,300 an hour. According to ...
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Slovenia studies Kfir purchase
SLOVENIA IS evaluating an Israeli offer to sell it eight to ten Israel Aircraft Industries Kfir fighter aircraft as part of an effort to become the Balkan country's main defence-systems supplier. Israel is providing assistance to Slovenia to define its defence requirements with a study covering land and air-force requirements ...
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Air Inter Europe shuts 18 loss-making routes
Julian Moxon/PARIS AIR INTER EUROPE is to close 18 loss-making routes in the third quarter of 1996 as part of money-saving measures as the carrier prepares for liberalisation in April 1997. The airline's moves towards competitiveness are threatened, however, by its pilots, who have until 30 ...
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Foreign investors may fund Russian airport upgrades
Julian Moxon/PARIS IN THE ABSENCE of domestic Russian funding, foreign investors are being asked to take an increasing share of the financial burden for upgrading Russian airports, according to the Airports Council International (ACI). The Russian Government is providing just $336 million in 1996 for improvements ...
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Raytheon Premier I stays on track reveals new mid-size business jet
Ramon Lopez/WICHITA RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT has sold almost 100 of its new Premier I light business-aircraft, even though first deliveries are not scheduled until late 1998. Considered "the defining product for Raytheon for the next three decades", the Premier I programme is "on schedule, at cost ...
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In the cabin
The initial impression upon entering the passenger cabin is, frankly, that it is cramped - because of the constraints placed upon its design by the small 2.10m fuselage cross-section. Its appeal grows upon longer acquaintance. It is pleasantly light, with a window for each seat-row. The maximum headroom in the ...
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Horizon in view with French army Cougar hand-over
THE FIRST Eurocopter Cougar helicopter fitted with the Horizon battlefield-radar surveillance system was officially handed over to the French army on 24 June. A second Horizon-equipped Cougar will be delivered in mid-1997. The Horizon is capable of being used to detect moving ground targets at ranges up to 200km (110nm). ...
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Soyuz facelift
Russia's space booster, the Soyuz, is receiving new engines and avionics. Tim Furniss/LONDON RUSSIA'S CENTRAL Specialised Design Bureau in Samara has formed a partnership with France's Aerospatiale and the European launcher organisation Arianespace to attempt to market the Russian Soyuz booster for launches into low-Earth ...
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UK squeeze
Corporate aircraft are deemed to be a more vital ingredient of the overall traffic mix in the UK. Chris Yates/MANCHESTER AS PRESSURE ON slots intensifies at many of the UK's primary airports, operators are becoming choosy about the type of general-aviation activity they wish to ...
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Opening doors
The opening of airports to business aircraft - and keeping them open - is not an easy task. Karen Walker/ATLANTA NEWS THAT TOKYO'S Narita International Airport is dedicating two slots a day to business aircraft is being hailed by the corporate-aviation industry as a major milestone. ...
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Australia signs up Rockwell to update transports
AUSTRALIA'S DEFENCE Department has signed with Rockwell Australia for an $A20 million ($15.8 million) avionics upgrade of the Royal Australian Air Force's Lockheed C13OH, Boeing 707 and Hawker Siddeley HS748 fleets. The purchase is part of a project to supply global-positioning systems (GPS) throughout the Australian Defence Force. ...
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Dunlop preparation
Dunlop Aviation has opened a £750,000 ($1.2 million) metal preparation plant at Coventry in the UK, which manufactures aircraft wheels and brakes. The plant is being used for cleaning, etching and surface preparation of metal parts, before plating or other types of surface finishing. Source: Flight International
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Adding weight
Australian national carrier Qantas has lifted the maximum take-off weight of three of its Boeing 767-300s by 12t, to 185t, and has also added 12t to the payload of three of its Boeing 747-200s by reducing their operating empty weights. The 767 re-certification improves operational flexibility on key Asian routes ...
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IAI makes plans to convert KLM Boeing 747s SUDs
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON THE BEDEK Aviation Division of Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) is about to sign a contract with KLM for the conversion of two Boeing 747-200 stretched upper deck (SUD) combis to full freighter configuration. The Netherlands airline has signed a letter of intent, and ...
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Tespar builds on sound principles
Andrew Doyle/LONDON NEW SIGNAL-processing technology able to monitor the health of mechanical systems and predict possible failures could have wide-ranging aerospace applications, according to Domain Dynamics of the UK. The company, marketing a system called the Tespar (time-encoded signal processing and recognition), developed by the ...
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Reprieve for Rybinsk
Russia's privatisation committee has been ordered to cancel the auction of a 37% stake in Rybinsk Motors. The cancellation marks a victory for the plant's management, which has been fighting the privatisation for two years through the courts. Managers have argued that the plant should be included on the list ...
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AlliedSignal
Dean Flatt has been named vice-president and general manager of Guidance and Control Systems at AlliedSignal Aerospace, of Torrance, California. Rick Bennett becomes vice-president of health, safety and environment and Raymond Wallace becomes AlliedSignal's vice-president of business development for Government Electronics Systems. Source: Flight International
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Looking at the overcharging issue
Sir - I refer to the letter "CAA licence to overcharge is simply not on" (Flight International, 19-25 June, P39). While I commiserate with David Leggett, he may be getting off lightly. Like some engineers, many UK aircrew look to the US Federal Aviation Administration for fairness when ...
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Joint endeavour
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA UNIT FLYAWAY COST for some 3,000 production aircraft will be the deciding factor in the competition for the next phase of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) programme. The risk involved in developing and producing an aircraft for the cost quoted will be the second major ...