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Boeing heads competition for Philippines fighter order
Andrew Mollett Confusion surrounds the possible acquisition by the Philippines government of a new multi-role fighter aircraft. Boeing says a final decision could be made as early as this year. "The political will on this one is very strong in spite of the region's economic difficulties," says a Boeing ...
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Boeing convinced Asia-Pacific will rebound quickly
Industry observers "will be amazed at how quickly things will turn around in Asia"Larry S Dickenson, Boeing Commercial Airplane Group's senior vice-president, Asia/PacificAndrew Mollet Industry observers "-will be amazed at how quickly things will turn around in Asia." So says Larry S Dickenson, Boeing Commercial Airplane Group's senior vice-president, ...
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IAE chief backs Asia-Pacific 'bounce-back' factor
Mark Hannant Barry Eccleston, president and chief executive officer of International Aero Engines (IAE), has arrived at Asian Aerospace '98 with a bullish message of faith in the Asia-Pacific region. He claims the effect of the region's financial problems on IAE's business has been minimal and that the ...
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Dowty Aerospace wins Boeing component order
Dowty Aerospace, part of the UK-based TI Group, has won a multi-million dollar contract to supply high lift systems equipment for the new Boeing 767-400ER. Dowty Aerospace's Hydraulics and Actuation business will develop these components, which include trailing-edge rotary actuators and the leading edge offset gear boxes. Dowty ...
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Embraer uses show to push for first rj145 sales in asia
Karen Walker New to Asian Aerospace, and on the eve of a demonstration tour across Australia, is the Embraer RJ145 regional jet. Brazilian manufacturer Embraer is planning to make "more aggressive inroads" into the Asian market and is using the show as a springboard for that campaign. ...
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Corporate BAe 146
British Aerospace Asset Management Jets has sold a BAe 146 to a Texan customer for use as a corporate aircraft. Source: Flight International
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Workshop
-Air Jamaica has hired Pemco World Air Services to maintain its fleet of six Airbus A310-300s until the end of the year. The work will be carried out at Pemco's Dothan, Alabama, centre and will include D check heavy maintenance. -Field Aviation has received a contract from Air Ontario for ...
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Marketplace
-Bombardier has received an order from Austrian regional Tyrolean for two de Havilland Dash 8-300s, one Dash 8-400 and two Canadair Regional Jet 200s, while Austria's Rheintalflug has ordered one Dash 8-300 and has a conditional order for one more. -Denver, Colorado-based Frontier Airlines has taken delivery of a Boeing ...
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Singapore negotiates on JSF participation
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Singapore is conducting talks with the US Department of Defense (DoD) on participating in the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) programme as an observer, in a further sign of increasingly close defence co-operation between the two nations. The Singapore Ministry of Defence is understood to be discussing a memorandum ...
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Industry launches safety initiative
Airlines, aerospace manufacturers and pilots have formed a coalition to help the airline industry and government regulators prioritise leading safety issues. The Commercial Aviation Safety Strategy Team (CASST), which includes the Air Transport Association, Aerospace Industries Association, Air Line Pilots Association, Airbus Industrie, Boeing, General Electric, Pratt & Whitney ...
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Future fighter needs
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Fighter pilots have long jested that Singapore measures only four minutes by four minutes in terms of flying time. The island's diminutive size, however, belies its strategic importance. Situated at the tip of the Malaysian peninsular Singapore occupies an economic and geographic crossroads between the Eastern and Western ...
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Ryanair closes on narrowbody fleet decision
Ryanair is in final negotiations with Airbus Industrie and Boeing for up to 50 narrowbodied aircraft, and expects to finalise an order by the end of March. The Irish low fare airline, which operates its main hub from London Stansted, revealed last October that it was examining various options to ...
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Calculated landings
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS According to David Jacobson, a training captain on Qantas' Boeing 737 domestic fleet, in this age of "-technical precision, the manual landing flare manoeuvre has remained imprecise. Conventional techniques have relied upon an inconsistent, critical estimation of height above the landing surface, and are subject to a number ...
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EuroLOT prepares to build up turboprop fleet
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH LOT Polish Airlines' regional subsidiary EuroLOT will begin building up its own turboprop fleet with the acquisition of "at least" two aircraft this year. The Warsaw-based company, which has been using its parent's eight 64-seat Aero International (Regional) ATR 72s, says that it wants to begin ...
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SkyWest buys Brasilias for new United Express services
Skywest Airlines is to buy 20 new Embraer EMB-120 Brasilias after United Airlines awarded the carrier a contract to provide United Express regional services in the US Pacific North-west, replacing WestAir. Skywest will also acquire seven used Brasilias because it requires a total of 27 additional aircraft for its ...
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Boeing investigation
An in-depth US Federal Aviation Administration examination of Boeing 737 horizontal stabiliser manufacturing and assembly found no problems which would affect flight safety, but the audit uncovered minor quality control violations which the US aircraft manufacturer corrected immediately. The inspections, at plants in Renton, Washington, and Wichita, Kansas, were prompted ...
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Boeing to sell civil helicopters
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Boeing has taken a strategic decision to leave the commercial helicopter market, which will lead to the disposal of the business it acquired through its merger with McDonnell Douglas, along with the transfer of its 49% stake in the Bell Boeing 609 civil tilt rotor to ...
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Manufacturers issue fresh bids as SIA revives long haul plans
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Airbus Industrie and Boeing have submitted fresh proposals to Singapore Airlines (SIA) in response to a renewed impetus within the airline to move ahead with its ultra long haul requirement with either the A340-500 or 777-200X. The two rival manufacturers are understood to have made improved ...
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BA to fund new orders with refinancing deal
Max Kingsley-Jones and Kevin O'Toole/LONDON British Airways is in talks with engine manufacturer General Electric over a wide ranging aircraft refinancing package which would see the carrier take more GE-powered Boeing 777s in place of some of its outstanding 747-400s. GE is understood to have made an approach to ...
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China finalises Boeing allocations
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE China Aviation Supplies (CASC) has reached agreement with five international and provincial Chinese carriers on the final allocation of about half of the 50 new Boeing 737s, 757s and 777s ordered recently. As expected, flag carrier Air China will receive five of the eight 777-200IGWs ordered ...