Headlines
Airbus expands widebody family4
IATA in CIS dilemma
Strike pushes up Boeing backlog5
MDC unveils JAST design8
Concorde avoids TCAS ban
Air Transport
Boeing tackles 777 'tail wag'10
Hawaiian gains eleventh-hour reprieve
HAECO/R-R link on overhaul11
TAM orders another eight Fokker 100s
Safety ratings hit Latin Americans12
East West expands its fleet
Strikers ground Sabena15
Mongolian Airlines focuses on safety
More airlines try in-trail climb16
Defence
France/Russia team on scramjet17
Japan plans to make military cuts
Atlas offers Malaysia Rooivalk18
Northrop/Rafael team on Litening
C-5 availability must be improved20
Hunter UAV future still on the line
Spaceflight
Russians alarm NASA on Alpha23
Galileo still on target for Jupiter
Business
Lufthansa achieves profit24
UK reluctant to fund SBAC initiative
USAir still open to offers25
Finnair holds on to improved performance
Airport costs choke Russian revival26
Garuda gets ready for privatisation
General Aviation
First Gulfstream V takes off28
Taiwan willing to back Jetcruzer venture
IPTN Bell 412 work frozen30
UK firm starts work on low-cost amphibian
Industry32
Newsmakers
Tajudin Ramli's golden touch34
MAS chairman transforms Malaysian industry
Features
Multiple talents37
Cross-crew qualification examined
A family affair44
Boeing begins assembly of latest 737
T-tail challenge46
MD-95 enters 100-seat market
Optimum Osprey90
Leaner, cheaper, V-22 takes shape
People92
Letters93
Straight and Level94
Classified100
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Flight International looks at military competitions worldwide, and takes a flight in Ireland's CASA CN-235 maritime-patrol aircraft.
New 737 variants come on stream
GV was flown for the first time on 28 November
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