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Aer Lingus Expands
Aer Lingus intends to begin serving New York and Boston from Belfast, using an Airbus A330, under fifth-freedom rights. The carrier is understood to be aiming for a July start with an aircraft to be leased long-term from Air Inter. It already has three two-class A330s, but will initially at ...
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Lufthansa and SAS form strategic alliance
Andrzej Jeziorski/COPENHAGEN LUFTHANSA AND Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) have forged an alliance linking their traffic systems and putting an end to SAS's role in the European Quality Alliance. No equity exchange is involved. The agreement, signed on 11 May in Copenhagen, will combine the partners' ...
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MDHS speeds up 600N programme programme
McDONNELL DOUGLAS Helicopter Systems (MDHS) has accelerated development of the MD600N (formerly the MD630N) to bring forward US certification to the third quarter of 1996. Several design changes have been announced by the Mesa, Arizona-based company,, including a switch to a more powerful, digitally controlled, version of the Allison 250 ...
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DC-X: the third element
The third element of NASA's re-usable-launch-vehicle initiative is the McDonnell Douglas (MDC) Delta Clipper - Experimental (DC-X), a single-stage vertical take-off and landing rocket. Flight testing of the DC-X was scheduled to resume in May following repairs to damage caused by a fuel-vapour explosion on the fifth flight, in June ...
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X-33: teams define the 'ultimate' launcher
NASA has selected three teams to define concepts for a re-usable launch vehicle to replace the Space Shuttle and to design an X-33 technology-demonstrator for the ultimate RLV, which would be an unmanned, fully re-usable, single-stage-to-orbit launcher capable of carrying a 18,000kg payload. The RLV, is expected to be flown, ...
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X-34 partners
Orbital and Rockwell are developing the X-34 small re-usable launcher in an industry-led/government-assisted partnership with NASA. The companies have formed joint-venture American Space Lines - "an American Arianespace" - to develop, operate and market the air-launched X-34 and will together invest $100 million in the enterprise, with NASA contributing $70 ...
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Coping with technology
Kieran Daly/TOULOUSE The almost universal use of cockpit-resource-management (CRM) techniques will be one of the major features of training as airline pilot-recruitment reaches its next peak. Even though the concept is today far from new, its practice is still very much in development and is having to evolve ...
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Tying the knot
In the world of airline alliances, few proposed so far have implications as great as that between Lufthansa and Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) - not entirely from what is being done (though that is impressive enough), but also from what is not. This deal pulls together, in ...
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Training with safety in mind
Sir - I read with interest Pierre Kemmler's letter (Flight International, 5-11 April, P83) and would broadly endorse his views. The problem with aviation training seems to be the confusion between identifying suitable candidates for training; defining the required body of skills and knowledge required by pilots; determining optimum training ...
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Learjet
Bombardier subsidiary-business-aircraft manufacturer Learjet has named Rolland ("Rollie") Vincent director of public relations and strategic planning. He was formerly director of international marketing for Bombardier Regional Aircraft division in Toronto. Nita Scrivner has been named director of marketing communications. She was most recently Learjet manager of public relations. Source: ...
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Maintenance Record
US maintenance specialist Greenwich Air Services has posted record results for the six months ended 31 March, with sales more than doubling, to $83.1 million, and net income up to $2.4 million, from $1.6 million for the same period in 1994. Source: Flight International
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Aerosonic Loss
Clearwater, Florida-based Aerosonic, has posted a $211,000 loss on 1994 sales of $24.4 million, up by 2%, compared with an $869,000 profit in 1993. Sales at Aerosonics' Avionics Specialties were up by 13% on increased sales of its turbine-engine power analyser and recorder system. Source: Flight ...
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CAE Profits Rise
Canada's CAE reports that profits were up by one-third for its financial year to the end of March, helped by military-simulator sales which offset flat commercial markets. Profits grew to C$47 million ($33 million) as revenues climbed by 11% to the C$658 million mark. The CAE Aviation unit benefited from ...
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Pan Am Expands
Miami-based Pan Am International Academy has installed Airbus A300 full-flight and fixed-based simulators acquired from Continental Airlines. Source: Flight International
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Long-Range Business
Rockwell's Collins Commercial Avionics division is to supply dual ALT-4000 digital radio-altimeters and dual HF-9000 high-frequency radios for the Bombardier Global Express long-range business jet. Source: Flight International
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Chinese Engine Venture
Pratt & Whitney, China Airlines and Singapore Airlines Engineering have formed a joint venture to repair PW4000 high-pressure-compressor stators at a new site near Chiang Kai-shek Airport in Taipei, Taiwan. P&W controls 51% of the business, with the other partners dividing the balance equally. ...
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Aer Lingus C-Checks
TEAM Aer Lingus has completed the world's first C check on an Airbus A330, operated by its parent company. TEAM has also completed its first three-day C check on a Futura Boeing 737-400, including an engine change. Source: Flight International
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Dee Howard B-Checks
Dee Howard is to perform B checks and AD/Service Bulletin work, on Boeing 747-100s for Californian operator Polar Air Cargo. The San Antonio, Texas, company has not undertaken 747 work for some time and the Polar Air deal takes it back into an already highly competitive market. Source: ...
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Lufthansa Technik Deal
Austrian Airlines has signed a deal with Lufthansa Technik for the maintenance and overhaul of its two Airbus A340s. The maintenance arm of Lufthansa has also won a five-year contract to overhaul 100 International Aero Engines V2500s used by United Airlines on its fleet of Airbus A320s. Source: ...
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Indian Trainer Progress
The Indian air force has finally sanctioned the release of $100 million covering the purchase of an advanced jet trainer. The service has short-listed two trainers, the British Aerospace Hawk and the Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet. The Indian parliamentary defence committee has recommended to the Government that a low-cost Russian trainer ...