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UK certification for Eurocopter EC 135
Eurocopter has received UK Civil Aviation Authority certification for its EC135 twin turbine helicopter. The French manufacturer has clocked up more than 120 orders for the EC135 to date. The Central Counties consortium air support unit, which incorporates the West Mercia and Staffordshire police forces, is to take delivery of ...
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Canadian First
Cessna has received Transport Canada certification for the Citation X business jet and has delivered the first aircraft to a Canadian customer. Meanwhile, Innotech-Execaire, which operates Citation service centres in Montreal and Vancouver, is to establish a Citation X centre in Toronto. Source: Flight International
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Price rise
Cirrus Design is increasing the basic price of its SR20 four-seat, single-piston aircraft from 17 July by nearly $10,000. All orders for an SR20 will be at the standard price of $168,800. To date, the Duluth, Minnesota-based company has 156 firm orders for the SR20, which is scheduled for certification ...
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Cessna representative
Cessna Aircraft has appointed XLA Services as an authorised sales representative for a variety of African countries. The Geneva-based company will market the Citation range of business jets. Source: Flight International
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Making the move
The runway lights at Kai Tak will go out in the early hours of 6 July, bringing to a close a distinguished 73-year history. During the night, some 30 aircraft will make the short flight to Chek Lap Kok, 25km (13nm) to the west, in readiness for a 0630 start ...
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Regionals prepare to play politics
The folks in Ohio and Kentucky have been provided with an infinitely easier path to paradise. On 6 June, a nonstop flight was launched that will transport sunseekers the 1,053 miles from Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky Airport to Nassau in the Bahamas each Saturday and Sunday. It is not a major ...
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Israel seeks a maintenance deal with Jordan
The Israeli Civil Aviation Authority has offered to sign a deal with its counterpart in Jordan, allowing Israeli airlines to undertake aircraft maintenance in Jordanian facilities. Israeli CAA director-general Avner Yarkoni has written to his Jordanian counterpart, Capt Yaser Zawad, offering to sign an agreement which will allow the ...
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A first class idea
While the rest of the airline industry promotes the idea of no-frills, virtually fat-free flying, Midwest Express is pampering its passengers with premium service. Meanwhile, in France Fairlines hopes to emulate this success. A handful of peanuts and a dribble of Coca-Cola never satisfied anyone, least of all an airline ...
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Lessors tap public cash
A recent wave of public offerings by aircraft lessors signals a search for new ways to raise money in what has always been a capital-intensive business. Miami-based UniCapital represents the latest in the trend towards public offerings that started less than a year ago. UniCapital was formed last October ...
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Taiwan curbs CAL growth
Taiwan's decision to ban new aircraft orders by China Airlines is viewed by industry insiders as designed more for public consumption than any real advance in air safety. Citing the fatal February crash of a CAL jet at Taipei's international airport, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications has temporarily ...
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Open for business
The success of Hong Kong's Chek Lap Kok, due to open on 6 July, will depend on keeping costs down Paul Lewis/HONG KONG Hong Kong's new international airport makes its operational debut on 6 July - the culmination of a remarkable eight-year undertaking. The $20 billion infrastructure investment was initiated ...
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Pilatus Britten Norman for sale
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON Pilatus Britten Norman (PBN), the UK-based utility aircraft manufacturer, has been put up for sale by its parent company Pilatus Aircraft.The sale is believed to be part of wider rationalisation by Pilatus holding company Oerlikon-Buhrle. Although PBN, which produces the utility piston and turbine powered BN-2 Islander and ...
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US alliances face scrutiny
The US General Accounting Office has planted serious seeds for concern in politicians' minds by claiming that proposed US domestic alliances could mean a reduction in competitive service to almost 101 million American passengers. The GAO highlights the Delta Air Lines/United Airlines partnership as especially worrying because of its ...
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Do-it-yourself weighing machine approvedTEXT: Ian Sheppard/LondonBritish Aerospace Regional Aircraft has dispatched the first raw material
A weighing device that uses aircraft landing gear struts as scales has won US Federal Aviation Administration approval. The weight and balance system (WBS) is made by Dallas, Texas-based Trinity Airweighs. It can measure the weight and centre of gravity (CG) of an aircraft without the need for traditional ...
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FAA issues an AD to slow down Bonanza
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued an airworthiness directive (AD) that restricts the speed of early model V-tail Raytheon Beech Bonanza general aviation aircraft because of the possibility of in-flight tail surface vibrations. The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) says that the AD, which restricts flight ...
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Bombardier battles to retain funding for CL-415
Bombardier is fighting to keep funding for two CL-415 waterbombers in California's state budget. The Canadian company believes there is strong support for the move to bolster wildfire-prone California's firefighting capability, "-but we are not assured of success", says Amphibious Aircraft division president Tom Appleton. Los Angeles County already ...
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Turkish navy will buy six CASA CN-235s
The Turkish Navy is to buy six CASA CN-235 Persuader maritime patrol aircraft (MPAs) to fulfil a naval aviation requirement. The aircraft will be manufactured by Tusas Aircraft Industries, which already has 52 CN-235s on order for the Turkish defence ministry, 48 of which have been delivered. Selection of mission ...
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Jersey European adds five 146-300s to fleet
Jersey European Airways has added five British Aerospace 146-300s to its regional jet fleet following a deal to lease aircraft previously operated by Thai Airways International. The Exeter, UK-based airline is planning to use the aircraft on new routes, such as the service from London Luton to Belfast, starting ...
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FAA approves TLS
The Transponder Landing System (TLS) developed by Advanced Navigation & Positioning of Hood River, Oregon, has been certificated by the US Federal Aviation Administration. The TLSallows Category 1 localiser and glidepath signals to be transmitted from an airfield base station to aircraft equipped for instrument landing system use, without the ...
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Hartzell Certification
Hartzell Propeller has received US approval for its three bladed propeller system for the Rockwell Commander 112 range of single engined light aircraft. The Top Prop is described by Rockwell as a 1.90m (75in), three bladed aluminium hub constant speed system. Source: Flight International