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South Americans seek US funding for UH-1 Hueys
The US Government is considering a major expansion in the number of modernised Bell UH-1H Huey II helicopters supplied to Latin American countries for anti-drug missions. Five South American nations are seeking $135 million of US assistance in fiscal year 2000 to rebuild more than 60 UH-1Hs. The helicopters ...
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Labouring in Europe
TOM GILL LONDON Industrial relations appear to have improved and European workers are becoming more efficient. But will the changes be far-reaching enough to enable airlines to cope with cyclical downturn? The British Airline Pilots Association(BALPA) describes itself as "serene". The UK white-collar union MSF says it is ...
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UK cargo carriers pin hopes on Europe
PETER CONWAY LONDON UK cargo airlines angry at a controversial government decision that grants new rights to US operators, hope to generate the consensus needed by the European Commission to negotiate broader cargo rights with the USA. In August, the UK Government granted fifth freedom rights out of ...
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Egypt turnsback El Al
BARRY CHAMISH TEL AVIV A row has erupted after three Israeli commercial aircraft - two charter jets en route to Kenya and an El Al flight to Bangkok, were refused entry into Egyptian air space in late August. Israeli foreign ministry spokesman Akiva Tor has reacted angrily and says that ...
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Airport Marketing Awards
CATEGORY: Regional GOLD AWARD: Southampton International ,UK ACHIEVEMENT: Building and sustaining business traffic through developing links with key customers, media and staff. Southampton Airport, in common with many of Europe's regional airports, is focused on building business traffic and has already established itself in that role ...
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New money for old
The US Congress has approved the Civil Aviation Research and Development Act for 1999, authorising $431 million for Federal Aviation Administration ageing aircraft research and development programmes for the next two fiscal years. The FAA is proposing that the Ageing Aircraft Safety Act be extended to aircraft older than 14 ...
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Meridian line will increase
New Piper Aircraft plans to increase production of the Malibu Meridian to meet demand for the single-turboprop business aircraft, deliveries of which are to begin next July. The company will deliver 40 Meridians next year, up from 30 this year, and is considering increasing production in 2001 from the ...
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Crossing the line
New Piper Aircraft has moved firmly into business aviation territory with its single-turboprop Meridian Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Next July, five years after it emerged from bankruptcy, New Piper Aircraft plans to deliver the first Malibu Meridian. This single-turboprop business aircraft symbolises the resurgence of a firm that was driven into ...
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Citation X makes UK registration debut
Cessna has delivered the first UK-registered Citation X business jet, the third to enter service in Europe, to charter company Reed Aviation of Leeds-Bradford International Airport. Nearly 400 Citations operate within Europe, of which 80 are based in the UK.Source: Flight International
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The China syndrome
The People's Republic is overflowing with airlines, but in the wake of the Asian crisis, few are turning a profit Chris Jasper/LONDON Though Beijing, in the form of the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), has been talking up the prospect of consolidation within the country's airline industry for some ...
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BRS parachutes in shares-for-sales deal
Cirrus Design has struck a "shares for sales" deal with Ballistic Recovery Systems (BRS), which supplies the parachute for its new SR20 light aircraft. Under the agreement, Cirrus will receive warrants to acquire up to 19.3% of BRS stock if it takes delivery of 1,150 emergency parachute systems over ...
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Beriev begins water tests
Beriev has begun high-speed water runs of its Be-200 twin-jet amphibian at the Ghelendjik maritime aviation flight test base on the Black Sea. The aircraft made several accelerations to about 60kt (110km/h) "to explore its water running characteristics". The first take-off from water is planned "within the next few weeks". ...
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Kids in aviation
The US National Business Aviation Association is launching an education campaign aimed at encouraging children as young as seven to pursue a career in business and general aviation. The programme, called AVKids, is also designed to banish the "admiral's barge" status of business aircraft, by introducing positive, constructive images of ...
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USCG intercepts drug-run boats with armed Explorer
The US Coast Guard is using armed MD Helicopters Explorers to intercept high-speed drug-smuggling boats in international waters, marking the use of the rotorcraft as a gunship for the first time. The previously secret USCG project, dubbed Operation New Frontier, began in March and has led to the capture of ...
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Il Avia loses licence after using time-expired engines
Russia's Federal Service of Air Transport has withdrawn the operating licence of a leading air cargo operator for maintenance violations involving the alleged use of time-expired engines on an Ilyushin Il-76TD. Il Avia, 10%-owned by the Ilyushin Aviation Complex and 90% by Vozrozhdenniya, a foundation set up to support ...
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UPS wins Alaska FAA ADS-B contract
The US Federal Aviation Administration has awarded UPS Aviation Technologies a contract for at least 150 shipsets of avionics to be made available to small commercial operators in Alaska, finalising plans for an operational evaluation of free flight. The three-year Capstone programme will involve most of the aircraft operating ...
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Zimex sold
Swiss charter operator Lions Air has signed a letter of intent to acquire business aircraft maintenance company Zimex Aviation. Zurich-based Zimex, recently sold its share in Netjets Europe to programme owner Executive Jet. The company continues to provide light maintenance for Executive Jet's growing fleet of business jets. Source: Flight ...
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Shuttle schedule switched
NASA has switched the launches of the STS100 Endeavour Shuttle Radar Topography and the STS103 Discovery Hubble servicing missions while inspection and repair work continues on the orbiter's electrical wiring (Flight International, 8-14 September). The tentative launch date for STS103 is 28 October, while STS101 is targeted for a ...
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French engineers in hunt for funding
A group of French aerospace engineers is looking for funding for a "novel concept" for a new pusher light aircraft. To be produced only in kit form, the Aerowings PR-100 would be the first of a new family of pushers ranging from a two-seat 85hp Rotax-powered version to a ...
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Customs dash
Adelaide-based Surveillance Australia has ordered two Bombardier Dash 8Q-200s for the Coastwatch programme it operates on behalf of the Australian Customs Service. The aircraft will be fitted, by Field Aviation of Toronto, with long-range fuel tanks, search radar, forward-looking infrared television camera and satellite communications, and will join three Dash ...