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Frontier leases
Frontier Airlines is to lease a new Boeing 737-300 from International Lease Finance. The aircraft will be delivered to the Denver-based carrier in April 1997. Source: Flight International
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Falkland first
Scheduled flights between the UK and the Falkland Islands are available for the first time, following a marketing agreement between British Airways and Chilean carrier Aerovias DAP. The deal links one of BA's three weekly London-Santiago services with Aerovias flights operating from Santiago to the Falkland Islands, via Punta Arenas. ...
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Cargo sale
Cargolux has sold its Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7J-powered Boeing 747-200 Freighter (LX-DCV) to Atlas Air. The aircraft, which had been on lease to Atlas, has been leased back by Cargolux for four months, to cover for seasonal demand. Meanwhile, the Luxembourg-based carrier is seeking to accelerate the delivery of its ...
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Turboprop test
Pratt & Whitney Canada's new PW150 turboprop engine has had its first test-cell run, 12 months after the programme was launched. The engine, a growth derivative of the PW100, is aimed at the 50- to 80-seat turboprop market, and has been selected to power the Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8-400. ...
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Alfa tests growth GE T700
GROUND TESTING of General Electric's growth T700/CT7 is under way at revenue-sharing partner Alfa Romeo Avio in Naples, Italy. The 1,850kW (2,500shp)-class turboshaft has already exceeded 2,000kW in testing, says Lou Bevilacqua, general manager of GE's turboprop/turboshaft department. The growth T700 combines the core of GE's CT7-9 turboprop ...
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Rising sun
An awareness of concerted safety action dawns in the Far East and Asia/Pacific. Paul Phelan/JAKARTA OPERATORS IN ASIA/PACIFIC regions, are having to monitor carefully, the stresses on almost every aspect of air safety, caused by the rapid growth of airlines and air traffic in the region. ...
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Turkish triumph
After its first profit in nine years, Turkish Airlines is ready for global expansion. Gunter Endres/ISTANBUL ATTILA _ELEBI, president and chief executive of Turkish Airlines (THY), may have the imposing stature of his conquering namesake, but there the comparison ends. His demeanour is one of gentleness and he ...
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Emirates inaugura
Having taken delivery of its first Boeing 777-200 on 5 June, Emirates operated its inaugural service with the type to London Heathrow on 24 June. The Rolls-Royce Trent-powered-aircraft will be used on the airline's services to Europe and Australia. Source: Flight International
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Talon contest
New avionics will mean that the Northrop T-38 will have a service life spanning six decades. Tony Gill/WASHINGTON DC AFTER PAINSTAKING preparation, the US Air Force is in the final stages of selecting a contractor to upgrade its Northrop T-38 Talon supersonic trainers. Six teams are ...
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Six teams compete
OF THE NINE original contenders for the T-38 avionics-upgrade programme, six remain. Lockheed Martin elected not to bid, later re-entering the competition by acquiring Loral, while teams led by Harris and Singapore Technologies Aerospace, were eliminated from contention by the USAF. The six remaining are: Chrysler Technologies ...
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Hearts and minds
Enforcing peace in the former Yugoslavia has become the largest UK military-helicopter operation since the Gulf War. Tim Ripley/BOSNIA IN THE SIX MONTHS since NATO's Implementation Force (IFOR), took over from the United Nations, the task of keeping peace in Bosnia, it has successfully overseen ...
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What chance is there for UK industry in the assembly of AI(R) 70 regional jet?
Sir - The recent announcement that Aero International (Regional) (AI(R)) is to launch its AI(R) 70 regional jet at the 1997 Paris air show should be encouraging news for the UK aerospace industry. I would not place my money on the aircraft being assembled in the UK, however. ...
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UPS
James Kelly, executive vice-president and chief operating officer of international package-distribution company UPS, of Louisville, Kentucky, has been elected vice-chairman, and will be nominated as chairman at the company's November board meeting. He replaces current chairman and chief executive Kent (Oz) Nelson, who will continue to serve on the UPS ...
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Affordable avionics
Substantially cheaper avionics are essential if the Joint Strike Fighter is to be built. Graham Warwick/ATLANTA MORE THAN a decade before the aircraft is due to enter service, pilots are flying simulated Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) missions to ensure that the aircraft meets its primary objective - ...
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Long - Lining
Peter Gray/BLOOMFIELD Exclusive: Flight International is the first magazine to flight test the Kaman K-Max AFTER BEING introduced to the differences between flying helicopters with tail rotors and hydraulic servo systems and Kaman Aerospace's intermeshing rotors and servo-tab systems in the H-43 Husky (Flight International, 1-7 May), Kaman ...
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Ilyushin pushes the boat out on maritime-patrol Il-114
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW ILYUSHIN HAS begun flight-testing a maritime-patrol variant of its Il-114 twin regional turboprop, the Il-114P. The Il-114P is being developed in collaboration with the Proton-Service scientific research centre, NPO Geophisica, NPO Poliot, VNII Radiotechniki "Skala", NII Sistemotechniki and NII Prinbornoi Automatiki. ...
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MDC F-18 selected for aeroelastic wing test
McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) and Rockwell have been selected to modify an MDC F-18 for a joint US Air Force/ NASA evaluation of an advanced control concept which makes use of wing warping. Lockheed Martin had considered proposing an F-16 for the evaluation. It declined to bid after ...
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Sermatech coating used to protect US Navy SH-60Bs
AN ADVANCED COATING system for magnesium-alloy components is being adopted by the US Navy after trials showed its ability to increase dramatically the service life of helicopter gearboxes. During the two-year trial, the Navy coated a sample batch of its Sikorsky SH-60B helicopter transmissions with Sermatech International's SermeTel ...
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India's private malaise
MODILUFT'S dispute with Lufthansa over lease payments has made headlines, but it also highlights a deeper malaise afflicting India's fledgling private-airline operators. Of the five major private carriers established in India since liberalisation began some three years ago, only Jet Airways and the cargo carriers appear to ...
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Green light shows for NetJets Europe
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON A EUROPEAN-BASED business-aircraft fractional-ownership programme has been launched by Montvale, New Jersey-based Executive Jet Aviation (EJA), the US pioneer of the "NetJets" scheme. The programme marks the second stage of the company's Global NetJets plan, with opportunities in China and South America also ...