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British Midland selects Airbus A320 family for fleet renewal
British Midland Airways (BM) expects to sign a $1 billion firm order with Airbus Industrie for A320s and A321s in May, having concluded an initial memorandum of understanding in early April for up to 20 aircraft. The airline, which selected the Airbus single-aisle family over Boeing's 737-800 and ...
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Airbus offers extended-range HGW A330-300s
Airbus Industrie is actively offering an increased weight, extended range derivative of the A330-300 twinjet, as final assembly of the first A330-200 progresses at Toulouse. The range of the new high-gross-weight (HGW) version of the -300 would typically be boosted by some 1,300km (700nm) to around 10,200km. The ...
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Egypt's AMC orders launch MD-90-30ER
AMC Aviation of Egypt has placed the launch order for the McDonnell Douglas MD-90-30ER (extended range), with a contract for two aircraft. The MD-90ER features increased maximum take-off weight (MTOW) and additional fuel tanks, to boost range to over 4,000km (2,200nm). Compared to the standard MD-90, ...
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Fokker Aviation selects R-R Tay 620 for re-engined F28
Fokker Aviation has selected the Rolls-Royce Tay 620 engine for its proposed F28RE re-engineing programme, and is now entering final negotiations with the engine manufacturer. The engine, which has been chosen over the BMW Rolls-Royce BR710 and General Electric CF34-8C, already powers the F28's successors, the Fokker 70 ...
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BGTlooks to pilot low-cost fly-by-wire for Tu-204
German systems house Bodenseewerk Gerätetech-nik (BGT)has launched a feasibility study with Tupolev over fitting future versions of the Tu-204 twinjet with its low-cost, advanced, digital fly-by-wire (FBW)flight-control-system (FCS) technology. The contract with Tupolev comes as BGT steps up efforts to secure applications for its FBW technology, which it plans to ...
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Boeing chases Paris launch for 777-200/300X
Boeing has presented 777-200X/300X proposals to four major US and Asian airlines in an effort to launch the planned long-range twin derivatives in time for the Paris air show in June. At the same time Rolls-Royce (R-R) has become the second powerplant manufacturer to sign an agreement to offer a ...
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Rising star
In the byzantine world of the Russian aerospace industry, perhaps nothing should come as a surprise.The emergence, however, of Alexei Fedorov as Sukhoi's general director was an unexpected triumph for the boss of the Irkutsk Aviation Industrial Association. Fedorov's ascension has come at the expense of Mikhail Simonov, ...
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Special relation
Rolls-Royce executives have often been heard to remark that, when it comes to selling engines in Asia, there is, arguably, no better sales tool than Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways. The unique relationship which the engine manufacturer has with the Swire Group's airline operation is about to be strengthened further ...
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Piper's two tunes
New Piper aircraft has hit its mark, it seems, with its first new model since emerging from bankruptcy nearly three years ago. Its Seneca V is a high-flying, fast, efficient aircraft which delivers equally in both aviation benefits and office ac- coutrements. With its blend of near-turboprop speed, high-altitude cruising ...
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PIA hunts for strategic investor
Pakistan has kicked off the search for a strategic airline-investor in Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) as the first move towards a re-capitalisation and further privatisation of the state-controlled carrier over the next 12 months. In mid-March, Pakistan's Privatisation Commission issued a tender, asking for bids from financial advisory ...
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Hawkeye shows the way to procurement savings
THE US NAVY'S E-2C Hawkeye airborne-early-warning (AEW) aircraft is being singled out by Paul Kaminski, the US Defense Department's acquisition chief, as a model for Pentagon acquisition reform. He says that application of new procurement practices will yield "billions of dollars in savings", including an estimated $375 million ...
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Flight Sciences, which specialises in...
Flight Sciences, which specialises in helping airlines reduce their fuel bills by improving efficiency, expects to sign contracts with major carriers later this year, as part of its efforts to expand its client base in Europe and Asia. The US company recently completed a five-month project with Austrian ...
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United drives hard to gain a place in the training market
UAL Services is about to install the first of up to 15 new full-flight and fixed-base simulators at its Denver-based Flight Training Center, in a determined attack on the burgeoning US third-party aircrew-training market. The installation, on 15 April, will set a milestone in a $130 million expansion, scheduled to ...
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Racal develops hand-held IFF
With an eye to Europe's developing "open-skies" approach to civil-aircraft routing, Racal Wells has launched a private-venture programme to develop a hand-held identification friend-or-foe (IFF) transponder for use aboard balloons, gliders, para and hang gliders, microlights and light aircraft. Work on the design is based on a study ...
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Slovenian CRJs
Adria Airways, the national airline of Slovenia, has signed a deal with Bombardier for two Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) Series 200LRs, plus two options. The two aircraft on firm order, valued at $43 million, will be delivered in January and February 1998, while the options are due in 1998 and ...
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Finnair order contest warms up
Finnair has invited final bids from Airbus and Boeing to replace its fleet of 12 ageing 121-seat McDonnell Douglas DC-9-51s, after completing technical evaluations of the A320 family and next-generation 737. The carrier also plans to eventually replace its 25 142-seat MD-80s with whichever type is selected. The ...
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Hunting will sell off its non-core businesses
THE UK'S Hunting group has announced plans to disband its aviation division in a move expected to lead to the quick disposal of its aircraft-interiors businesses and the eventual sale of the cargo airline. Hunting chief executive Ken Miller says that the group wants to sell off its ...
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Large aircraft: Airbus v Boeing...
Sir - Your discussion of the different results from Airbus and Boeing for new large aircraft assumes that the fall in the size of aircraft flying over the North Atlantic is demand-led (Flight International, 19-25 March, P29). Could I suggest that US airlines' balance sheets a few years ...
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Air China looks to build on initial 777 order
Boeing hopes that the planned visit to the USA of Chinese president Jiang Zemin later this year will clear the way for Air China to order its remaining Boeing 777s, following its confirmation of an order for an initial five. After nearly two years of delay, the Chinese ...
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A340-600 engine decision due in June
Airbus Industrie is aiming to have secured agreements on a powerplant for its stretched, longer-range, A340-500/600 programme by the time of the Paris air show in June, and has apparently not ruled out offering an engine selection on the aircraft. The European manufacturer had been discussing an exclusive ...