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Koreans are close to agreement on FIRs
SOUTH AND NORTH Korea are expected finally to conclude an agreement before the end of the month which , for the first time, will allow commercial air traffic to move between the two countries' Flight Information Regions (FIR). The two sides are scheduled to meet again, together with ...
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Japan's Skymark will be launched in 1998
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE A Japanese business consortium has formally launched Skymark Airlines as the country's next planned carrier to compete for the world's second- largest domestic air-travel market. Skymark Airlines plans to take to the air early in 1998, equipped with three leased Boeing 767s. The start-up ...
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USAir seeks to cancel its Boeing orders
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Ramon Lopez/Washington DC As USAir seeks to cut its cost structure to enable its planned acquisition of a new Airbus narrowbody fleet, the airline is negotiating the cancellation of its existing orders with Boeing for up to 48 aircraft. USAir has told Boeing that ...
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Alitalia to suffer record loss
It is not yet certain whether Avianova's turboprops will be transferred Alitalia is facing a record year-end loss says chief executive Domenico Cempella, but he forecasts that the airline will swing back into the black in 1997 as the recently approved state aid feeds through. Cempella ...
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In-profit Air Macau will expand
Air Macau claims to have made its first monthly profit since being launched a year ago, and is now planning further expansion of its regional services to China and Taiwan. According to Air Macau deputy chief executive officer, Carlos Pimentel, the start-up airline made its first profit in ...
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American signs Boeing for fleet replacement
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC AMERICAN AIRLINES has placed firm orders for 103 Boeings as part of a deal which could see it buying a total of 630 aircraft over the next 20 years. Based on Boeing's list prices, the firm order is valued at $6.6 billion, ...
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R-R, Alliance court Snecma's interest
Rolls-Royce chairman Sir Ralph Robins has invited French manufacturer Snecma to join the UK company's Trent 900 engine programme, which was launched earlier this year to power growth versions of the Boeing 747, and the Airbus A3XX. "We would like to see more European co-operation on the Trent ...
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China builds presence on 757
China's aerospace industry is further expanding its share of production of major sub-assemblies for Boeing aircraft. Chengdu Aircraft (CAC) is preparing to begin manufacturing 757 empennages from early-1997. The company is close to completing a new production site at its Chengdu plant, at which it will build the ...
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Fokker wins N-250 fatigue-testing contract from IPTN
Fokker Control Systems has been selected by IPTN to supply a rig for fatigue testing of the N-250 commuter aircraft. Indonesia's state-owned test laboratory, LUK, will be responsible for integrating the equipment and carrying out the tests. LUK will perform an accelerated-flight-cycle programme on an N-250 test airframe, ...
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Bombardier
The Bombardier Business Aircraft division of Montreal, Canada, has named Charles Garneau sales director, Canada, for Canadair Business Aircraft. He was formerly marketing director for the Amphibious Aircraft division. Mike Blouin and Richard Jamieson have been appointed field service representatives. Source: Flight International
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Saab aircraft
Michael Harrington has been appointed managing director of Saab Aircraft International, the UK subsidiary of the Swedish aerospace company. Harrington, formerly general manager of Italian independent carrier Alpi Eagles, succeeds Martin Craigs, who will move to Hong Kong to head Saab's Asia-Pacific activities. Source: Flight International
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EC supports compromise over status of JAA and Eurocontrol
Kevin O'Toole/Brussels THE EUROPEAN Commission (EC) says that it is supporting a compromise deal to establish the region's Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) and Eurocontrol as official international bodies, but which stops short of creating single European authorities. Proposals for a reformed JAA are due to be ...
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Hunting new pastures
Max Kingsley-Jones/Coventry On 17 October, Hunting Cargo Airlines retired its remaining Vickers "VC9" Merchantman (Vanguard) freighter when the last operational example was flown to the Brooklands Museum in Surrey, south-west of London, for preservation. This marked the end of a 20-year association with the four-engined turboprop for the ...
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Air Methods delivers modular medical interior for MD900
Air Methods has delivered its first modular, multi-function, medical interiors to operators of the McDonnell Douglas MD900 Explorer helicopter in Europe and the USA. Boise Life Flight in Idaho, and HSD in Germany, have taken delivery of Explorers equipped with the new multi-role interiors. Denver, Colorado-based Air Methods ...
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ST-50 is lined up for February flight tests
The first production prototype of the ST-50 executive aircraft is scheduled to undergo flight tests in February 1997. Israviation, the ST-50 manufacturer, has moved to its permanent production site in Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel and is already working on the two planned production prototypes. Test flights so ...
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Saab backs Aerospace Awards
SAAB AIRCRAFT HAS become the latest company to sign up as a sponsor of the 1997 Flight International Aerospace Awards. The deal was signed recently by Bjorn Astrand (right), vice-president of sales and marketing at the Swedish manufacturer of the Saab 340 and 2000 turpoprops and Flight International editor Allan ...
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Blanc insists on fleet mixture
Julian Moxon/Paris Air France president Christian Blanc has made it clear to the French Government that he wants to order a mix of Boeing 777s and Airbus A340s as part of the flag carrier's fleet-renewal programme. Up to ten of each type are likely to be ...
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Fokker rescue plan put on hold
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE SAMSUNG'S PROPOSED rescue of Fokker has been put on hold until the South Korean Government and other other local aerospace manufacturers decide whether or not they should back the programme. The deal ran into a last-minute delay when Samsung sought South Korean Government approval ...
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IPTN drops certification plans for PA2 prototype
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE I NDUSTRI Pesawat Nusantara Terbang (IPTN) has abandoned plans to use its second N250 regional prototype as an airworthiness-certification vehicle in a bid to avoid any further postponement of the aircraft's maiden flight. The Indonesian manufacturer had intended using prototype PA2 to begin certification, ...
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AI(R) seeks lease financing
PaulLewis/ZHUHAI AERO INTERNATIONAL (Regional) (AI(R)) is asking competing engine manufacturers to provide lease financing for the yet-to-be-launched AIR 70 regional jet, in exchange for being selected to supply the new aircraft's powerplant. The European consortium is asking the three rival engine suppliers to assist with up ...