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Japanese sign up for K-MAX deal
KAMAN AEROSPACE has signed a deal to distribute the K-MAX external-lift helicopter in Japan. Japanese distribution company Kyokuto Boeki Kaisha (KBK) has purchased one K-MAX for delivery in October and taken options on four more. The contract, which includes a refurbished Kaman H-43 Husky for use as a ...
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Australia cuts price of Qantas
THE AUSTRALIAN Government has slashed the expected price of its remaining 75% stake in Qantas, in a bid to boost the privatisation, which has been flagging in the face of weak financial markets and expectations of a poorer operating performance from the airline group. Estimates for the price ...
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VASP to expand MD-11 fleet
BRAZILIAN AIRLINE VASP has placed firm orders for two McDonnell Douglas (MDC) MD-11s and announced long-term plans to operate a fleet of up to ten of the tri-jets. The Sao Paulo-based carrier took delivery of its first MD-11 in February 1992 and is revising its fleet plans after ...
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Work begins on 'smart'-wing concept
A NORTHROP Grumman-led team has begun work on a two-year "smart"-wing contract from the US Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) to develop and demonstrate lift enhancement and optimal transonic cruise concepts. A smart wing uses advanced materials and structures to sense changes actively in air speed and pressure, ...
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Jet Aviation backs business-jet timeshare-scheme launch
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA JET AVIATION is backing a new business-jet timeshare scheme, the Corpavia Club, launched by a group of investors from Europe and the Middle East. The scheme will start with two Learjet 31As, on order for delivery in September and October, which will be based with, and ...
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Steering towards union
Manfred Bischoff, DASA's new chief, is likely to have his reputation for pragmatic management tested this year. Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH With Jurgen Schrempp moving over to take the helm of industrial giant Daimler-Benz in Stuttgart, the leadership of Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA) has now passed to former finance ...
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Avatar rockets into top ranks
A NEW COMPANY has propelled itself into the top level of the world's spares resellers with a $400 million cash deal to buy Delta Air Lines' surplus-parts inventory. Avatar Alliance believes that the acquisition of some 17 million parts for 12 aircraft types "...may be the largest transaction ...
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North Dakota reforms praised
GENERAL-AVIATION product-liability reforms enacted by North Dakota have been hailed as a model for other US states. North Dakota has established a ten-year limit on an aircraft-manufacturer's liability for manufacturing defects, arguing that the 18-year statute of repose passed by US Congress in 1994 does not go far enough. ...
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Pacific first for Saab 2000
AIR MARSHALL ISLANDS' FIRST Saab 2000 arrived in Majuro, the island nation's capital, late in June. The delivery was the first in the Pacific region, although Australian carrier Kendell Airlines has two options which could be converted to firm orders later this year. The Saab 2000 will replace Hawker-Siddeley 748s ...
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Transwede is forced into radical change
INCREASINGLY unsustainable losses have forced independent Swedish airline Transwede to initiate a radical restructuring programme centred on the establishment of three separate business units. From this month, scheduled, charter and maintenance activities will be operated as independent profit centres. The move, which involved 160 redundancies at the end ...
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Vympel launches R-77 ramjet from Su-27
Douglas Barrie/LONDON RUSSIAN MISSILE manufacturer Vympel says that it has carried out air-launch tests of a ramjet-powered variant of the R-77 (AA-12 Adder). The tests were performed from the air force's Ahktubinsk test centre using a Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker as the launch aircraft, according to Vympel. ...
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Super Science
The European Space Agency plans to take the lead in space science, with the imminent launch of six satellites. Tim Furniss/PARIS Six European Space Agency (ESA) spacecraft are being prepared for launch in 1995, which is described as Europe's "year of glory" by Roger Bonnet, director ...
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UK forced to modify RAF Tornado ADVs
Andrew Doyle/LONDON THE ROYAL AIR FORCE has been forced to introduce engine modifications on its fleet of Panavia Tornado F3 ADVs (air-defence variants) following the crash in 1994 of an aircraft over the North Sea. Speed restrictions placed on the aircraft after the accident have been ...
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German authorities resist R44 grounding
THE GERMAN Federal Aviation Office (LBA) is resisting calls from the air-accidents investigation authority (FUS) to ground all Robinson R44 light piston-engined helicopters in Germany. The row has been inflamed by the German R44 accident near Riesa, Saxony, in May, in which all four occupants of the helicopter ...
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Continental and Air Canada agree to extend code-share deal
CONTINENTAL AIRLINES and shareholder Air Canada have announced new code-share services, beginning on 8 July. Rival Canadian Airlines International and American Airlines launched their code-sharing agreement on 1 June. The US-Canada "open-skies" aviation pact, signed in February, allows unlimited code-sharing between the countries' airlines, with temporary limits on ...
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Collins and Dassault team up on GCAS
ROCKWELL-COLLINS has linked with Dassault Electronique of France to develop a ground-collision avoidance system (GCAS). Airbus Industrie will flight-test a "red-label" prototype of the Dassault unit in late 1995, in an A319, and the system is to enter service with Air Inter in early 1997. Rockwell's Collins Commercial ...
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Suppliers
LSG Lufthansa Service, the Lufthansa catering division, has acquired US-based Caterair Holdings through Sky Chefs, the company's US partner. Pratt & Whitney, China Airlines and Singapore Airlines Engineering Company formed a joint venture to repair parts for the PW4000 engine. The repair facility will be located near Chiang ...
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Aircraft news
Continental Express has ordered 25 Beech 1900Ds. The contract is worth $105 million with deliveries due to start in July and continue through to mid-1996. Qantas has ordered three B737-400s and two 767-300ERs, worth $325 million. Maersk Air has ordered six Boeing 737-500s with options on ...
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Appointments
Graham Atkinson has been named vice president Atlantic division for United Airlines. This gives him responsibility for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The Board of Airline Representatives in the UK has appointed Peter North as its first chief executive. Ed Bavaria has been named deputy ...
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Dutch interest
Vienna airport is to be further privatised with the sale of 19.1 per cent by the Austrian government - split 60:40 foreign to Austrian investors. One per cent of the shares will be purchased by Amsterdam/Schiphol Airport, which has just signed a commercial and technical cooperative deal with Vienna airport. ...