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Boeing adds 163 'unidentified' orders to swell backlog list
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Boeing has added 163 aircraft to its firm order backlog by revoking its policy of not listing sales to unidentified customers. The aircraft, ordered over the past two years, are valued at $9 billion. The US manufacturer says its move to "adopt an industry-wide practice" ...
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CF34-8C1 approval
General Electric has received US Federal Aviation Administration certification for the CF34-8C1, marking the end of a three-year test effort. The engine is in flight test on 70-seat Bombardier's Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) 700, for which it is rated at 56.4kN (12,679lb) and 61.3kN at maximum take-off auxiliary power reserve ...
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United Parcel Service (UPS) has decided to accelerate the acquisition of its new Airbus A300-600 freighters, with the delivery of seven aircraft next year instead of the four originally planned. The airline holds firm orders for 30 Pratt & Whitney PW4158-powered A300s plus 30 options, with deliveries due between next ...
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Fairchild finalises restructuring deal
Fairchild Aerospace is putting the final touches to a $350 million financial restructuring deal that will see its chairman and owner Carl Albert surrender control of the company to new investors led by New York investment house Clayton, Dubilier & Rice. Meanwhile, the European Commission has signed off $350 million ...
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Sweden wins contract to develop Smart for ESA
The Swedish Space Corporation and the European Space Agency (ESA) have signed a €33 million ($32.9 million) contract to develop the Small Advanced Research and Technology 1 (Smart 1) science and technology demonstration spacecraft. Smart 1 will be launched to the moon in about 2003. The Smart series of small ...
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Nigeria continues rebuilding as privatisation looms
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Nigeria Airways has begun the next phase of rebuilding its network as it gears up for partial privatisation in early 2001. The airline has expanded its joint weekly services with British Airways between Lagos and London Heathrow from three to six frequencies, and introduced a dedicated Boeing ...
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Classic wire checks
Boeing has issued a service bulletin to 737 "Classic" operators calling for wiring inspections that could affect more than 1,900 of the -300, 400 and -500 marques. This follows the discovery of heat damage to wiring in an Alaska Airlines aircraft. After checking 38 737-400s, Alaska found five requiring precautionary ...
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Twenty first century turbines
Life in the 21st century looks set to be healthy for turboprop engine builders Guy Norris/LOS ANGELESTurboprop makers are getting used to paraphrasing author Mark Twain. Rumours of their death are premature, they say, and there is evidence that - if anything - they could be looking forward to a ...
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Libyan carriers to discuss division of domestic market
Andrew Chuter/TRIPOLI Libyan Arab Airlines will hold talks with Air Jamahiriya next year over a possible division of Libya's domestic market between the two carriers. The Libyan Government lifted operating restrictions on Air Jamahiriya, formerly the Light Air Company, earlier this year, giving it permission to operate domestic ...
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USA urged to review missile ban
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC The US Government is likely to be forced shortly to review its ban on the sale of actively guided beyond visual range (BVR) air-to-air missiles to South America as French, Israeli, Russian and Taiwanese suppliers line up to fill emerging requirements in Chile, Brazil and Peru. ...
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Ex-SAA boss launches charter airline from Johannesburg
Hilka Birns/JOHANNESBURG Former South African Airways boss Mike Myburgh has launched a South African charter airline that plans to fly to Israel, Mecca and the Bahamas. SA Non-Scheduled Airlines, which has a South African charter licence, will operate from Johannesburg International Airport with a Boeing 707 and 737, ...
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Airbus closes on Hong Kong sales
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Hong Kong's two passenger airlines are on the verge of placing new aircraft orders as business picks up in the Asian market. Industry sources say Cathay Pacific Airways is close to placing a new order for at least three Rolls-Royce Trent-powered Airbus A330-300s and is looking ...
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Canadian falls to Air Canada
Brian Dunn/MONTREAL Air Canada has gained control of Canadian Airlines, but faces the hurdle of new regulations being enforced by the government and the Parliamentary transport committee. Montreal-based Air Canada said on 8 December that more than 50% of Canadian's shares have been tendered under its C$92 million ($62.5 ...
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777 check up
Boeing 777-200 and -300 operators have been ordered by the US Federal Aviation Administration to inspect back-up generators and replace any found with sheared shafts within 14 days. The AD follows two in-flight engine shut downs caused by variable frequency constant speed system problems. Source: Flight International
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New angle on Quiet Wing system for 727
Duganair Technologies (DTI) has received US Federal Aviation Administration approval for a version of its Quiet Wing System Stage 3 modification that allows the use of 40° flap settings on the Boeing 727. DTI says the clearance allows operators to regain the 727's original short field performance capabilities that ...
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Dash 8 Q400 ready to deliver to SAS after three month delay
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Bombardier plans to deliver the first Dash 8 Q400 turboprop by the end of the month - up to three months late - following European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) certification. SAS Commuter will be the first carrier to receive the stretched 66-78-seat version of the ...
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German leasing new entrant to acquire A320/737 portfolio
Deutsche Operating Leasing (DOL) expects to order a mix of 18 Airbus A320 family aircraft and Boeing Next Generation 737s early next year and to bolster its fledgling regional jet portfolio with a series of airline sale and lease-back deals. The company, set up by Germany's BfG Bank in ...
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JetBlue ready as first A320
New York-based low-fare startup JetBlue Airways has taken delivery of the first of at least 32 International Aero Engines V2500-powered Airbus A320s. The airline has received one of seven aircraft to be taken on operating lease - two from Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise and five from International Lease Finance - ...
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Fairchild expects first order for Envoy 3
Fairchild Aerospace is hoping to clinch the first order for its Envoy 3 business jet, a derivative of its 328JET regional airliner, by the end of the month. The long-awaited deal comes more than six months after the US company secured a 25-aircraft order from launch customer Flight Options for ...
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Crossair gears up for ATM-2000+
Andrew Doyle/SAO JOSE DOS CAMPOS Crossair aims to become the first regional airline to have aircraft compliant with Europe's future communications, navigation and surveillance/air traffic management (CNS/ATM) operating environment when it begins taking delivery of a fleet of 15 Embraer ERJ-145s in February. The carrier says it decided ...