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Boeing leads first-half boom
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Boeing has outstripped Airbus Industrie in the battle for large jet-airliner orders in the first half of this year, re-emphasising its dominance of the market sector. McDonnell Douglas (MDC), which is at the centre of a merger row between Boeing and the European Union, secured just ...
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Pegasus is on track for Saudi Arabian debut
Flight tests of Honeywell's Pegasus advanced flight- management system (FMS) on a McDonnell Douglas (MDC) MD-90 are "-progressing well and are on schedule" for first delivery to Saudi Arabian Airlines in November, says Honeywell. US Federal Aviation Administration certification of the FMS is expected in October, representing the ...
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Atlantic Coast Airlines begins CRJ training despite ban
ATLANTIC COAST Airlines has begun pilot training on its first Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ), despite the lack of an agreement enabling it to operate the 50-seat aircraft on its United Express services. United Airlines' pilot contract now bars the carrier's commuter partners from operating regional jets. The ...
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Thomson Training confirms United Airlines full-flight deal
THOMSONTRAINING & Simulation (TTS) has confirmed a deal with United Airlines to supply two full-flight simulators - for the Airbus A320 and Boeing 777. The company will also supply United with an A320 flight-management and systems trainer, and desktop flight-management-system trainers designed for the Boeing 757 and 767. ...
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War in the air
IT IS A TRUTH THAT the people who start wars are very rarely the people who end up winning them. That should be remembered by the European Union (EU) politicians and officials who seem determined to start a trade war with the USA over the proposed merger of Boeing and ...
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FAA accelerates 747 fuse-pin inspections
The US Federal Aviation Administration has re-issued an emergency airworthiness directive (AD) reducing the time allowed for replacing the engine/ pylon fuse pins on General Electric- and Pratt & Whitney- powered Boeing 747s. The action follows the discovery of a fractured forward fuse pin on an unidentified aircraft. ...
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SAA re-introduces old 747SP
South African Airways (SAA) has re-introduced one of its old Boeing 747SPs, which it had sold, to provide increased capacity on its international services. The airline has suffered a capacity shortage because of a delay in the introduction of its new Boeing 777s as a result of its failure to ...
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Operators shrug off FAA's 727 payload restrictions
OPERATORS ARE playing down the impact of payload restrictions to be imposed on Boeing 727 freighter conversions under four airworthiness directives (ADs) proposed on 14 July. The ADs, which cover over 300 727s converted from passenger to freighter configuration by third-party modification companies, will require operators to fit strengthened floor ...
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Europe's JAA places Trent-powered A330 on ETOPS trial
The Airbus A330-300, equipped with Rolls-Royce Trent 700s, will have to have several months of reliability exhibited before the European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) restores 180min extended-range twin-engined operations (ETOPS) clearance for the aircraft. The Trent-powered variant became the last of the three A330ss to be cleared by ...
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United launches A319 operations
United Airlines on 8 July launched passenger services with its first two recently delivered Airbus A319s. The airline, which holds orders for 28 A319s powered by International Aero Engines V2500-A5 engines, is equipping the aircraft with 126-seat, two-class interiors. Under the initial schedule, United will operate the A319s from Chicago ...
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Russia certificates Rolls-Royce RB.211-powered Tupolev Tu-204
The Rolls-Royce RB.211-powered Tupolev Tu-204 airliner has become the first Russian/Western joint-venture jet-powered-aircraft programme to be certificated in the CIS. The Tu-204-120, which is powered by the RB.211-535E4, was approved by the Aviation Register of the Interstate Aviation Committee on 16 July, clearing the way for deliveries to ...
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Greece puts F-15 and Su-27 on shortlist in fighter competition
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC GREECE HAS included the McDonnell Douglas (MDC) F-15 and Sukhoi Su-27 in a four-aircraft shortlist for its next fighter purchase. The Dassault Mirage 2000 and Lockheed Martin F-16 (aircraft which Greece already operates) complete the shortlist. Greece is the first NATO country to ...
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Tupolev prepares Tu-144LL for next round of flight testing
THE TUPOLEV Tu-144LL supersonic flying laboratory is being prepared for the next portion of its flight-test programme, now that an initial series of eight flights, three of them supersonic, has been completed. The tests are part of a joint US-Russian programme being undertaken from Zhukovsky, near Moscow. In ...
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Workshop
++ International Aviation Services has completed the interior of a Boeing 737-300 belonging to China. A second 737 will be delivered in August. ++ SOGERMA has been contracted by International Lease Finance to undertake a C check on an Airbus A310-300 previously operated by Belgian flag carrier Sabena. ++ Marshall ...
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Marketplace
++ TWA has concluded an agreement with International Lease Finance, to take a new Pratt & Whitney PW4000-powered Boeing 767-300ER, on lease. The 233-seat aircraft will be used on routes to the Middle East. ++ Japan Air System has placed orders for two Airbus A300-600Rs powered by Pratt & Whitney ...
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Meridiana studies long-term fleet and partner strategies
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Meridiana is planning to double its fleet of McDonnell Douglas (MDC) MD-80s over the next three years, but is studying a plan to switch to an all-Boeing or all-Airbus fleet in the longer term. The Olbia, Sardinia-based regional airline, which is majority- owned by ...
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Britannia establishes charter subsidiary in German market
Andrzej Jeziorski/Munich Britannia Airways has formed a new German charter subsidiary, which will compete in a market dominated by LTU and Lufthansa-owned Condor. The new airline, which carries the same name as its London Luton, UK-based parent, will start operating in November, with an initial fleet ...
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European committee rejects Boeing merger with MDC
Julian Moxon/Paris A committee consisting of competitive experts from the 15 European Union member states has come out against the merger of Boeing and McDonnell Douglas (MDC), saying that it is "incompatible" with European Commission (EC) competition regulations. The advisory committee wants the EC to require ...
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Augustine's vision
Northrop Grumman has traded its independence to follow one man's vision of Lockheed Martin playing on the world stage Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC NEARLY A CENTURY ago, a handful of men created what became the US aviation industry; names such as Glenn Martin, William Boeing, the Loughead ...