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Airborne 767 freighter set for certification
Flight Structures (FSI) and Timco expect the Boeing 767-200 cargo modification developed for Airborne Express to receive its supplemental type certificate (STC) from the US Federal Aviation Administration within the next two months. According to Michael Hugill, president of Seattle-based FSI, the modification of the first 767, one of ...
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Gemini in talks with Boeing for MD-11s
Gemini Air Cargo is talking to Boeing about a potential deal to acquire new MD-11 freighters, but is also examining possible secondhand aircraft acquisitions as it awaits a decision from the manufacturer on the tri-jet's production future. The Washington Dulles-based supplemental cargo carrier, which has just introduced its eighth ...
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China gears up for more Iridiums
China Great Wall Industry is to launch a further eight pairs of Motorola Iridium mobile communications satellites aboard Long March 2C/SD boosters. The move will allow Motorola to maintain a fleet of six in-orbit spares as replacements for operational craft in the 66-satellite operational system. The third launch of ...
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Light flier
Peter Gray/SINGAPORE With so many other light helicopters on the market, it was going to be interesting to evaluate the five-seat EC120B Colibri, the new multipurpose machine from Eurocopter and its Chinese and Singaporean partners. The aim of my evaluation, which follows Flight International's technical description, was to see if ...
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Air Maroc first
Honeywell/Trimble has been awarded a supplementary type certificate for its HT9100 navigation management system for the Boeing 737 "classic" by the US Federal Aviation Administration. A Royal Air Maroc 737-200 was used for the certification of the system, which will allow such aircraft to operate using basic area navigation, allowing ...
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Eurocontrol alters B-RNAV date following poor compliance level
Emma Kelly/LONDON Eurocontrol has set a final deadline of 1 August, 1998, for operators in European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) airspace to meet basic area navigation (B-RNAV) requirements following a "very disappointing" level of compliance achieved for the 23 April deadline. Under the April schedule, the carriage of ...
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Pilots fear global alliances may affect air safety in the future
Harry Hopkins/MONTREAL Global airline alliances could threaten safety in the future by eclipsing the control of national aviation authorities, the International Federation of Airline Pilots Associations (IFALPA) agreed at its 23-28 April annual conference in Montreal, Canada. The implication is that the influence of operators' certificates could be ...
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Lufthansa fights for Frankfurt
Kevin O'Toole/FRANKFURT Lufthansa chairman Jürgen Weber has threatened to pursue the European Commission through the courts if competition commissioner Karel Van Miert goes ahead with demands for the surrender of slots at Frankfurt as the price for the airline's transatlantic alliance. Weber's warning follows reports coming out of Brussels suggesting ...
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Refinements delay first flight of Century Jet
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON Century Aerospace has pushed back first flight, certification and delivery of its single-turbofan Century Jet to incorporate cabin design changes and refinements which have been recommended by the company's customer advisory committee. The first flight of the Century Jet, initially planned for July 1999, has been ...
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NASA and FAA get going on post-AGATE goals
Dave Higdon/HOUSTON NASA and the US Federal Aviation Administration have begun studying the next step in general aviation revitalisation, even before programmes to develop new aircraft and engine technologies have reached fruition. It already appears that infrastructure will be the focus of the next NASA/FAA effort after the ...
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Fractional plan for FBOs starts
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Burgeoning interest in fractional ownership has prompted a US company to launch a franchise programme offering fixed-base operators (FBOs) access to a standardised scheme that will be promoted nationally. Skyshare International has used its experience setting up a local shared-ownership programme in Little Rock, Arkansas, ...
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FAA considers Y2K legislation
The US Federal Aviation Administration is studying measures to ensure that aircraft flying in US skies are fully prepared for the year 2000 (Y2K) computer bug. The FAA Y2K Program Office is examining its responsibilities in the areas of aircraft regulation and certification, having concentrated to date on the air ...
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Across the spectrum
Dave Higdon/LAKELAND, FLORIDA Sport aviation's annual spring fling, the US Experimental Aircraft Association's Sun 'n' Fun Fly-In, attracted more than half a million aficionados who witnessed, among other things, the relaunch of the Wing Derringer and unveiling of a "flying motor home", the Private Explorer. Rain and humidity did little ...
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National and Avant unite
This is the first time LanChile and Ladeco have had any real competition,' says Jesus Diez, president of the Turbus company that owns and manages both National and Avant Airlines. Turbus, which moves a million bus passengers a month, bought National in January when it was floundering from losses on ...
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When the going gets tough
Lois Jones/BRUSSELS European Union competition commissioner Karel Van Miert is a man of many contradictions. One leaps out at you from the moment you meet him: his loud, lurid ties offset his traditional sober suit, which blends in with the many others lining the corridors of the European Commission in ...
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DOT puts the clock back
A US Department of Transportation inspector has called for a standard definition of 'arrival' as on-time arrival becomes the latest hotly-contested issue among US majors. The call for a clearer policy came as some majors accused other airlines - most notably Southwest Airlines - of fudging the manually collected ...
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World woos coy Cathay
Every major airline group in the world is wooing Cathay Pacific to join its alliance. And Cathay admits that the time has come to end its long-standing aloofness and join ranks with other carriers. Cathay has been talking to all the major groups. It will not say in which ...
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Rule Britannia?
Backed by their tour operators, UK charter carriers Airtours and Britannia Airways are expanding into European markets like Germany and Scandinavia, pushing prices down and disturbing the cosy status quo. Report by Tom Gill When Britannia began providing intercontinental services out of Germany late last year, alarm bells began ringing ...
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Reform is vital to Japan's recovery
An overriding objective for the Western industrial nations during the East Asian financial crisis has been to limit the contagion in the region - specifically, to keep it away from Japan. There has been a clear awareness that Japan, the world's second most productive economy, has acute problems in both ...
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Competition rules in US
A new US Department of Transportation policy document defining anticompetitive behaviour, is prompting cries of 'reregulation' from most US majors. The document has appeared in the wake of a Senate hearing on the competitive impact of the US hub-and-spoke system, adding heat to an uncomfortable spotlight that seems set ...