All Airframers articles – Page 1579
-
News
Rush to hush
Different approaches to hushkits exist in Europe and the USA. Andrew Doyle/LONDON HUSHKIT SALES are booming, but the US domestic market is eclipsing that of Europe, highlighting the radically different approaches being taken by the airlines and airports of the two regions. The major passenger ...
-
News
The phase-out rules in Europe and the USA
NON-STAGE 3 aircraft will be banned from operating in European Union member states from 1 April, 2002, unless specific waivers are granted for up to an additional three years. Any Stage 2 aircraft, which reaches 25 years of age before the final cut-off date, must be removed from service immediately. ...
-
News
Embraer claims US launch customer
Doug Cameron/LONDON EMBRAER SAYS that it has secured a US launch customer for the EMB-145 regional jet and expects to deliver two units to the airline in December. The US carrier has not been named, but is understood to be Atlantic Coast Airlines, a United ...
-
News
Catching the international spacebus
Aerospatiale's Spacebus has broadened its horizons outside Europe. Tim Furniss/LONDON AEROSPATIALE'S FIRST Spacebus 3000 satellite, the Arabsat 2A, was launched on 9 July. Although the 3000 made a big impact on the international market in 1995, its progress came to an abrupt halt in 1996, partly ...
-
News
Gulfstream goes public as business-jet orders surge
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA GULFSTREAM Aerospace is to go public with an initial share offer which values the US business-jet manufacturer at around $2.2 billion. Owner Forstmann Little, a private New York investment firm, has filed to sell about one-third of Gulfstream in an initial public offering (IPO) which ...
-
News
Boeing chooses Concentra ICAD
BOEING HAS SELECTED Concentra's ICAD knowledge-based software to automate the design of electrical wire-harnesses for its commercial aircraft. The system will be used to help reduce installation time for aircraft wiring harnesses. Burlington, Massachusetts-based Concentra plans to complete development of the Boeing electric-configuration system by the end of ...
-
News
Boeing prepares new strategy
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES BOEING HOPES to finalise by the end of October a broad-based product-development strategy to take the company into the next century. The company is wrestling with several options and, because it is short of engineers, is attempting to prioritise without over-reaching itself. ...
-
News
Samsung holds talks in last-ditch bid to rescue Fokker-
Paul Lewis/SEOUL SOUTH KOREAN conglomerate Samsung has re-opened detailed negotiations with Dutch Government receivers to take over bankrupt aerospace manufacturer Fokker Aircraft. The aim of the talks is to have a deal in place within two months, as time runs out for the Dutch manufacturer. ...
-
News
Ageing airliners
AiRLINES DEFINED AS ageing are turbine-powered aircraft with accommodation for at least 30 passengers (or an equivalent freight capacity), and built more than 15 years ago (before 1 January, 1982). The 1996 Flight International Ageing-Airliner Census covers 38 turbine-powered passenger and cargo aircraft types, designs with few examples still flying ...
-
News
Aerospace groups attack customer finance warning
Doug Cameron/LONDON BLEAK WARNINGS from a leading US credit-rating agency that aerospace manufacturers are heading for a funding crisis over mushrooming customer finance obligations have raised anger within the industry. The report from Moody's Investors Service claims that the exposure of civil manufacturers has risen ...
-
News
Third Hawaiian Dash-8
Island Air has introduced a third de Havilland Dash 8 into service, which is for use on flights from Honolulu to the island of Molokai. Island Air sister company Aloha Airlines, meanwhile, celebrated its 50th anniversary on 26 July. Source: Flight International
-
News
Boeing and GE target Air France 777 deal
BOEING AND GENERAL Electric are attempting to sign up Air France as the launch customer for the GE90-100B-powered version of the 777-300. Boeing programme sources confirm that Air France is "definitely the most likely customer" for the 445kN (100,000lb)-thrust GE90-100B, but suggests that no signing is imminent. ...
-
News
Southwest selects E&S visual for 737
US CARRIER Southwest Airlines has selected the Evans & Sutherland (E&S) ESIG-3350 visual system for a Boeing 737-700 full-flight simulator which is on order from Thomson Training & Simulation (TTS). The Level C simulator is to enter service at the end of 1997, when 737-700 launch customer Southwest receives the ...
-
News
Virgin Express Boeing 737 ready for delivery
THE FIRST OF TWO NEW BOEING 737-300s on order for Virgin Express, in the carrier's bright red colour scheme, is being prepared for delivery at Seattle. The low-cost carrier, which was created this year when Virgin took control of Brussels-based EuroBelgian Airlines by purchasing a 90% stake, operates eight 737s. ...
-
News
Giant Boeing order paves the way for first United 747-600X
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES UNITED AIRLINES has radically revised its large Boeing order, shifting the emphasis away from more 777s to 747-400s and, at the same time, paving the way for its first 747-600Xs. Negotiations for the long-anticipated order were originally based around an additional 17 777s, ...
-
News
Thai picks TTS devices for its A330 and 777
THAI AIRWAYS International has ordered two full-flight simulators from Thomson Training & Simulation (TTS), for the Airbus A330-300 and Boeing 777-200. The Level D simulators will be delivered to Thai's new Bangkok training centre at the end of 1997 and the beginning of 1998. Visual systems for the ...
-
News
Dornier considers turbofan 328
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH DORNIER LUFTFAHRT is looking at the possibility of fitting turbofans to the planned 50-seat version of its 328, and plans to issue a request for proposals for new power plants in September. Dornier says that using a turbofan is "technically feasible" and that ...
-
News
Recovered TWA No 2 engine has turbine blades missing
INVESTIGATORS working on the Trans World Airlines (TWA) Boeing 747-100 crash off Long Island, New York, in July are still searching for conclusive evidence of what triggered the explosions, which destroyed the aircraft. The badly damaged No 2 engine has now been recovered, however, and is understood to have three ...
-
News
MDC postpones MD-XX launch to early part of 1997
McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) is now hoping to launch the MD-XX stretched, re-winged MD-11 derivative at the start of 1997, says president Harry Stonecipher. MDC had been tipped to launch the MD-XX at the Farnborough air show in September, but is expected instead to give detailed briefings to interested airlines, led ...
-
News
Ageing-airliner census 1996
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON THIS YEAR's Flight International census of ageing airliners shows a growth of 6% (to some 8,200) in the number of jet-powered and turboprop aircraft more than 15 years old in active service at 1 January, 1996. The number of jet-airliners in existence, which ...