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Abu Dhabi signs Hughes for $1.2 billion Thuraya deal
Hughes Space and Communications has won a $1.2 billion contract to build and launch a communications-satellite system, including the ground segment of the installation, for Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications of Abu Dhabi. One ground spare will also be constructed. The satellite, to be launched in 2000, will extend mobile-communications ...
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Rolls-Royce profits
Record engine sales have boosted Rolls-Royce's performance over the first half of 1996, with the group turning in net profits of £96 million ($155 million). A year ago it had posted a £180 million loss after taking a write-down on the Parsons steam-turbine business, which has since been sold. The ...
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Modiluft settles
Lufthansa and its former Indian partner Modiluft have reportedly reached an out-of-court settlement about the return of three leased Boeing 737-200s. Modiluft will return the aircraft to Lufthansa immediately and pay financial compensation. In return, Lufthansa will drop its legal action. Source: Flight International
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Asiana gains widebody approval
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Asiana Airlines has finally been given government approval to order its first tranche of 14 new Airbus and Boeing widebody aircraft, following commitments from the manufacturers to meet last-minute South Korean demands for offset work. Tentative agreement on the question of industrial concessions has ...
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Azerbaijani airlines look West to help expansion
Andrew Chuter/BAKU Azerbaijan's two largest airlines are looking to acquire Western aircraft so that they can expand their international and regional routes. The buying plans of Azerbaijan Airlines (Azal), and its privately owned rival Imair, are aimed at taking advantage of the influx of foreign investment, primarily to ...
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GE changes CF34 containment system after test
General Electric plans to test a redesigned containment system for the CF34-8C1 engine being developed for the Canadair CRJ700 after earlier fan-rig tests revealed potential flaws. The test is expected to take place at the company's Ruston Gas Turbines site in the UK in September. In spite of ...
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Dasa's Airbus conversion orderbook expands
Daimler-Benz Aerospace (Dasa) Airbus will subcontract six Airbus A300B4 cargo conversions to its French partner Sogerma in 1998, as its orderbook swells and it seeks additional conversion capacity. The company expects its A300B4 conversion to be certificated by mid-September. It has recently taken orders and commitments for a ...
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SAS postpones decision on replacements for 767 fleet
The decision by SAS on a possible replacement for its long-haul fleet of 14 Boeing 767s is now not expected until 1998. A final decision could run into 1999 as the airline looks hard at the cost justification for the investment. The Scandinavian airline expects to take 15-20 ...
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Prospect of sell-off looms for Air Niugini
Papua New Guinea's incoming finance minister Roy Yaki has confirmed that the Government is "seriously looking" at privatising Air Niugini, which he describes as being in "a dire financial situation", and surviving on "daily cash takings". He also confirms reports that the previous PNG Government had "-received a ...
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French cabinet nears decision on aerospace privatisations
Julian Moxon/paris The French Government has promised to reveal its decision on the futures of Aerospatiale and Thomson-CSF before the end of September, and has said that the creation of an Airbus company should be a "priority". The future of the two state-owned aerospace giants has ...
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Prime suspect
Boeing says that it may be late delivering some aircraft this year, because neither it nor its suppliers can keep up with its delivery schedule. Rolls-Royce says that its results are not as good as they should have been because it is working too much overtime and because its suppliers ...
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More than collision avoidance
Harry Hopkins/LONDON An unplanned-for side-effect of the fitting of the traffic-alert and collision- avoidance system (TCAS) to airliners - compulsory already in the USA, and shortly to be so in Europe - is that pilots can have a much greater awareness of the positions of other aircraft around ...
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Boeing fights to stay on schedule
Guy Norris/LOSANGELES Boeing is temporarily transferring "several hundred" assembly workers from the 767 line to the adjacent 747 line as part of an effort to stave off impending delivery delays, which may result in the late handover of at least one of each model this year. ...
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SASCommuter confirms selection of 15 Dash-8 400s
SASCOMMUTER confirms that it plans to sign a $350 million deal for 15 Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8-400 turboprops, plus 18 options, representing the largest single order to date for the Canadian manufacturer's new high-speed 70-seat aircraft. The Dash 8-400 selection will fill a gap between the mainline ...
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Global Aircraft puts flexible propeller under test
A flexible self-optimising propeller which combines the advantages of fixed-pitch and constant-speed units is being tested by US firm Global Aircraft of Starkville, Mississippi. Production of the Quasi-Constant-Speed (QCS) propeller, priced at $3,500, is set to start this month, initially aimed at experimental aircraft. Production of units certificated for general-aviation ...
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Suppliers
Galileo International's initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange raised US$784 million, giving the company a market value of $2.45 billion. Galileo acquired the Traviswiss distribution company for $8 million in July. The Sabre Group is to install its passenger reservation, yield management, passenger control, frequent ...
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Hun postures as war rages
In a bid to revive Cambodia's standing in the region and the world, new leader Hun Sen played the aeropolitical card while the country was still reeling from a civil war sparked by his bloody coup in early July. As foreign airlines cancelled services and refugees fled into ...
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China yields to fare hike
Beijing's move to hike air fares across the board shortly after scrapping the domestic surcharges for foreign travellers could stunt passenger growth further but should help boost domestic yields. The fare hike is based on proposals put to the government by the Civil Aviation Administration of China. This ...
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How much value on human life?
Despite a strong safety culture, accident rate must improve to avoid more deaths. Ask an airline chief what his or her number one priority is, and the reply will probably be: 'Safety'. It certainly should be. While they struggle with all the other priorities, from service standards to costs and ...