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Aeroflot and Ilyushin agree Il-96T production deal
Aeroflot and Ilyushin have signed the final contract paving the way for the production of 20 Il-96Ms and Il-96Ts. The $1.5 billion deal, signed on 3 December, will see the Russian-manufactured aircraft fitted with Pratt & Whitney PW2337 turbofans and Western avionics to be integrated by Rockwell-Collins. ...
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DoD AIM-9X decision will launch US missile sector restructuring
Even closer links could develop between the MDC F-18 and Hughes' AMRAAM Douglas Barrie/LONDON An imminent decision from the US Department of Defense (DoD) over a Sidewinder short-range air-to-air missile replacement presages a radical shake-up of the US missile-manufacturing industry. The decision, due ...
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Boeing looks to increase 777IGW take-off weight
Paul Lewis/SEATTLE Boeing is discussing a further increase in the 777-200IGW's maximum take-off weight (MTOW) as an interim step towards a new ultra-long-range derivative of the twinjet. The US manufacturer is considering offering a 777-200IGW+ version for entry into commercial service from 1998 onwards, says ...
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Croatia to replace 737S
Croatia Airlines is in negotiation for the acquisition of up to six Airbus A319s, to replace its fleet of Boeing 737-200s, in a deal valued at around $200 million. Negotiations on the final conditions of the sale are understood still to be in progress, but, if confirmed, it would signal ...
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CFM56-7B passes final blade-out examination
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES A full blade-out test was successfully completed on CFM International's CFM56-7B turbofan at Villaroche, France, on 2 December, just six days before the unveiling of the first of the next-generation Boeing 737 series for which the engine is designed. The engine was ...
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Dragonair A330
Hong Kong's fast-growing regional carrier Dragonair is planning to acquire a sixth Airbus A330-300 for delivery in 1998. The airline is negotiating with Airbus to convert an A330 option already held by its sister carrier Cathay Pacific Airways. Source: Flight International
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Fairchild Dornier may move 328 wing to HAL
Fairchild Dornier and Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) are in negotiation to move wing production for the 328 turboprop from Germany to India. The Indian company has also been earmarked to build the aircraft's fuselage shell, now fabricated by Daewoo in South Korea. In a separate move, ...
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First A330-200 enters production
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Components for the first Airbus A330-200 are being fabricated at plants around Europe, with final assembly scheduled to begin at Toulouse in March 1997. The 256-seat, 11,800km (6,400nm)-range derivative was launched in November 1995. Thirty-one orders have been announced to date. The first wingset ...
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American and FedEx finalise DC-10/727 hushkit exchange
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES American Airlines has concluded a long-awaited deal with FedEx, which will see the US package carrier take over at least 14 of American's McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10s in exchange for supplying hushkits for up to 81 Boeing 727-200s. Some 30 of American's 727s ...
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Tupolev
Tu-154M The Tu-154M is the current production version of the 160- to 180-seat Tu-154 TriJet, which was first flown in October 1968. Initial versions (the Tu-154, -154A and -154B-2) were equipped with Kuznetsov NK-8 engines. The Tu-154M was announced in 1983, powered by Aviadvigatel D-30KU turbofans and featuring ...
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UK NATS trials raise fears over GPS reliability
Data from global-positioning-system (GPS) receivers are too unreliable to be used for sole-means navigation by aircraft, according to a study undertaken by the UK Civil Aviation Authority's National Air Traffic Services (NATS). NATS made the claim after its own trials revealed problems with GPS "outages", availability and integrity, ...
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Ethiopian hijacking results in worst-ever fatalities
A record number of people were killed on a single hijacked airliner when an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 767-200ER ran out of fuel and ditched just off the Comoros Islands, near Mozambique on 23 November, killing eight crew and 115 passengers. The three hijackers, whose motives never became clear, ...
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Enigma variations
American Regional Aircraft Industries (AMRAI) is urging IPTN to focus all of its efforts on certificating the N250 turboprop, warning that any re-engining of the aircraft with a turbofan will serve only to delay the programme further. The Indonesian firm launched a study into re-engineing the planned stretched ...
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Delta Drops MDC
Delta has decided not to short-list McDonnell Douglas as a candidate to supply up to 27 widebodied aircraft, which will partially replace its fleet of 50 Lockheed TriStars. The choice now lies between Airbus Industrie and Boeing, with the A330/ A340 and Boeing 777 and a new version of the ...
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Cammacorp
Cammacorp was set up in 1979 to oversee the CFM International CFM56 retrofit programme for the McDonnell Douglas (MDC) DC-8 Series 60, and the company no longer exists. Other partners in the programme were MDC, CFMI, and Grumman Aerospace, the latter being responsible for the manufacture of the engine pods, ...
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MAPO MiG buys more Larzacs for MiG-AT
French engine manufacturers Snecma and Turboméca have received a contract for ten Larzac 04R20 engines from Russia's MAPO MiG, to power five prototype MiG-AT trainers. The aircraft, in competition with the Yakovlev Yak/AEM 130, will be delivered to the Russian air force for evaluation leading to Russian certification. ...
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Bac/aerospatiale
The Concorde supersonic transport was first flown in March 1969, and the type entered service with Air France and British Airways in January 1976. Of the 20 Concordes built, 14 were delivered to the two airlines, and 12 aircraft remain in service. BA and Air France plan ...
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Sextant Avionique pins hopes on its ATM business
Julian Moxon/Paris Sextant Avionique expects its fast-growing air-traffic-management (ATM)-systems business to net more than a one-third share of the market and add nearly Fr500 million ($100 million) in sales by the end of the century. Sextant and its parent, Thomson-CSF, launched a major initiative at ...
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Boeing Commercial Airplane Group
First next-generation 737, a -700, is in final assembly at Renton, Washington British Airways has taken new Boeing 747s, 767s and 777s this year Boeing built 45 of the short-fuselage 747SP The 747 family is set to grow with two new variants, the 462-seat ...
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Airliners of the World
Airbus and Boeing vie for victory in the high-capacity market. After a string of new airliner model go-aheads last year, 1996 has seen the launch of only one new model - the 757-300 - as the major manufacturers concentrated on the definition of new high-capacity models. ...