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Qantas and Australian to Merge: The Australian government has announced a radical change to its policy on the privatisation of Australian Airlines and Qantas which will see the two airlines merge and a minimum of 70% of the equity in the newly created carrier sold off. Previously, all of Australian Airlines but only 49% of

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for rides) to the USA and Canada for a tour of 18 cities. This time the aircraft will be flown by Ukrainian pilots in their own government’s aircraft and rides are to be offered at the reduced rate of $US6,500 for 15 minutes of highly memorable, if not cheap, thrills. F-111 Simulator Rft: The RFT

Drag is less than expected, the empty weight will be met, and climb, block fuel consumption and payload/range projections have all been substantially better than expected. Both maximum fuel and maximum payload range are about 300km more than estimated. Certification of the RJ is imminent. Slingsby Wins Usaf Contract: British light aircraft manufacturer Slingsby has

A319 Launched: The Airbus A319, a 130 passenger shortened derivative of the A320 airliner, has been “market launched” by its manufacturer. Launch customers are now being sought for the aircraft, which will be assembled in Germany by Deutsche Airbus alongside the forthcoming stretched A321. The A320 is assembled by Aerospatiale at Toulouse. This content is

Taaats Tender in Doubt: It is understood that following evidence given in camera by CAA project manager, Dr Rob Edwards, the Parliamentary Public Works Committee has decided not to approve Thompson-CSF as the CAA selected tenderer (refer p41 May 92 AA). Instead it is to recommend that the tendering process be investigated. For those who