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Joint Strike Fighter engines under test
All four engine variants for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) concept demonstrators are under test at Pratt &Whitney. The F119 derivative, which will power Boeing's X-32B short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) JSF demonstrator, entered ground testing in late November, joining three other engines already being tested for the programme. ...
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Dasa Airbus looks for staff as order grows
DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (Dasa) Airbus is to recruit 850 staff during the next 12 months to help it keep pace with the Airbus consortium's growing orderbook. In return for the extra jobs, the company has secured major union concessions that should allow it to react more quickly to production rate ...
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Swissair reveals Express brand
Swissair is introducing an Express brand to coincide with the launch on 5 November of wet-lease services by Debonair of the UK on behalf of the Swiss flag carrier and Italian independent airline Air One. Debonair will operate one of its British Aerospace 146-200s, painted in Swissair Express colours, ...
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Business Express sale
US carrier American Eagle is to purchase Business Express Airlines. The carrier operates 43 Saab 340s from major bases at Boston Logan and New York LaGuardia. The value of the deal has not been disclosed. American Eagle will initially operate Business Express as a separate company and gradually combine operations. ...
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Developing crisis
It is a nightmare scenario for any company. Immense production problems are overcome at huge expense, just in time for the market to collapse. For Boeing, the timing could hardly be worse. As quickly as the company's production recovery takes effect, the deepening impact of the Asian economic crisis starts ...
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Aer Lingus will sign up strategic partner 'by the first half 2000'
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Aer Lingus should be ready to decide on its strategic partner by the end of the first quarter of 1999, enabling a firm agreement to be finalised during 2000. The airline's executive vice-president for Europe, Richard Luchente, says that the carrier is discussing a strategic partner ...
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Air France plans US link to pave the way toward a global alliance
Julian Moxon/PARIS Air France expects to join a global airline alliance based on an agreement with one of its two US partners, "before the end of 1999", according to the airline's president Jean Cyril Spinetta. The signing of the co-operation pact between KLM and Alitalia on 27 November ...
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MD-90 delivery kicks off Aserca's fleet renewal
Aserca Airlines has begun its fleet renewal programme with the delivery of a new Boeing MD-90 and is now finalising plans for additional aircraft. The Venezuelan airline has taken the aircraft on lease from Taiwanese leasing company Hwa-Hsia Leasing, via Caribbean airline Air Aruba, which has also just introduced ...
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Marketplace
-Bombardier has confirmed the BWIA International Airways order for two new Dash 8Q-300s for delivery in mid-January 1999, plus options on another two. -Icelandair has converted two of its five options for Rolls-Royce RB211-powered Boeing 757-200s, for delivery in 2000 and 2003. -Danish charter airline Sterling European Airlines will ...
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Shuttle America launches services
Regional start-up Shuttle America has begun operating at Bradley Airport, Windsor Locks, Connecticut. Three secondhand 50-seat Bombardier Dash 8-300 turboprops leased from the manufacturer are in operation and the fleet will grow to six aircraft by mid-January. Shuttle America holds lease options for 18 more Dash 8-300s. The ...
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Stork takes over Fokker's share of Belgium's SABCA
Engineering conglomerate Stork has taken over the 42.8% interest in Belgian aerospace company SABCA previously held by Fokker. SABCA is now owned 52.9% by Dassault Aviation, with Stork holding most of the remainder. The Dutch company also took over much of Fokker's operations after its March 1996 bankruptcy, ...
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Alitalia and KLM sign unity
Julian Moxon/AMSTERDAM KLM and Alitalia signed a far reaching "master cooperation agreement" on 27 November, which, although it stops short of equity exchange, commits the two airlines to "uniting as deeply as possible". Alitalia managing director Domenico Cempella warns, however, that the airline, which is still majority government-owned ...
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NASA slows down high-speed project
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES NASA's planned development date for a High Speed Civil Transport (HSCT) has slipped by as much as 10 years, to 2020, following an admission from the agency's High Speed Research (HSR) programme team members that the noise target is unreachable with current technology. "Noise is ...
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Nordam reveals 'single pivot' reverser design
An advanced "single pivot" thrust reverser design for corporate and regional aircraft has been unveiled by Oklahoma-based nacelle and reverser specialist Nordam. The Advanced Single Pivot (ASP) design is aimed at engines in the 2,000-10,000lb (9-45kN ) thrust range and, in some configurations, can be used to shape the exhaust ...
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A300B2/B4 retrofit provides global positioning capability
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON An electronic retrofit developed by Airbus Industrie for the A300B2/B4 twinjet, which provides increased efficiency and meets new navigation requirements, has been certificated. The B2/B4 variants - the first examples of the A300 to be produced - are equipped with analogue, electromechanical-instrument cockpits and, with a few ...
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Testing a stretch
Guy Norris/SEATTLEPicture the scene. A Boeing 757-300 emerges from the blackness of a North Atlantic storm, fighting a vicious crosswind with gusts of 40kt (75km/h) or more. Ahead, through the gloom and screaming wind, lies the rain-slicked runway of Iceland's Keflavik Airport. Testing the automatic landing system to its limits, ...
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Transbrasil reshapes
Transbrasil, which admitted earlier this year that it was the Brazilian carrier most vulnerable to the effects of the country's partial deregulation, has announced a series of changes aimed at regaining the local market share it has lost over the last three years. Founded by Omar Fontana 40 years ...
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ROUTES
Indian inauguration - Air Madagascar has begun a weekly Boeing 767 service between Antananarivo and Singapore. Emirates share Emirates has increased its codeshare flights between Dubai and Melbourne to daily frequency. Emirates has also signed a codeshare deal with British Airways for flights between the UK and the UAE. ...
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Seoul cuts Korean flights
South Korea's transport ministry has spanked Korean Airlines (KAL) with a cutback of 20% in domestic flights. For the next six months, KAL cannot operate 138 weekly flights on 10 of its best domestic routes and must suspend two of its 28 weekly flights to Tokyo. The carrier stands to ...