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Hamburg boost lifts Airbus to a record level of output
The Hamburg final assembly line of the Airbus Industrie A321 and A319 is to raise production from six aircraft a month to 11 by the end of this year. It will mean that together with the A320 line in Toulouse, Airbus will achieve a record 18 single-aisle aircraft a ...
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Preston sells second TAAM to Boeing
The Preston Group (Stand C132) has announced at the show the sale of a second Total Airport and Airspace Modeller (TAAM) licence to Boeing. Boeing has been using TAAM since 1994 to satisfy the needs of its commercial airline customers by simulating potential projects in the modernisation of air traffic ...
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CAE simulators
Canada's CAE Electronics has received a contract from Delta Airlines for four flight simulators. CAE will design and manufacture one Boeing 777-200 FFS and three 777-200 Flight Training Devices (FTD), to be installed at the airline's new state-of-the-art training centre in Atlanta, Georgia. The order follows the recent ...
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New simulator for SAS
One year from now, SAS Flight Academy's centre in Stockholm will begin using its second Boeing 737-600/700/800 Full Flight Simulator. SAS has announced the order for the second simulator, to be manufactured by CAE Electronics, at Asian Aerospace '98. SAS Flight Academy currently has a total of 15 Full Flight ...
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Brasilia production rates to be doubled
Karen Walker Boosted by a fresh batch of orders from the USA, Embraer is planning to double its production rates of the EMB-120 Brasilia over the next two years. Embraer president and chief Mauricio Botelho says Brasilia production will be increased from 12 to 24 aircraft a year. In ...
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Daewoo confident of trainer sales to Korean air force
Andrew Mollet Daewoo says that it hopes to sell between 100 and 150 of its new KTX-1 basic trainers to the Republic of Korea air force (ROKAF). The company will be delivering an initial batch of 20 KTX-1s later this year, and a further 20 in 2000 as the ...
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F-16's future hinges on this year's sales
Tim Ripley This year is a "watershed year" for Lockheed Martin's F-16 Fighting Falcon programme if the company's best-selling fighter is to stay in production beyond the year 2001 and win up to 600 new orders. Lockheed Martin's Fort Worth, Texas, plant has orders to keep it working to 2001, ...
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Leasing company sees opportunies in economic downturn
Sarah Lazenby Business is booming in Asia Pacific for flight crew leasing companies IASCO and ARS International. The companies have just placed 17 captains to fly McDonnell Douglas DC-10s and MD-81s for the Harlequin Air, the first new-entry low-cost carrier to serve Japan since the market was liberalised. Other Asian ...
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Canadair racks up six more RJ orders
Alan Dron Bombardier yesterday received orders for six Canadair Regional Jets - five from Montpellier, France-based Air Littoral, and one from Air Adria, of Ljubljana, Slovenia. The French order, for five Series 100 machines, will take the airline's fleet of the 50-seat aircraft to 19. Deliveries of its ...
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Litton nav system for regional carriers
Mark Hannant Litton Aero Products has announced at Asian Aerospace '98 that its LTN-101 Flagship navigation system will be flown by four regional commercial airlines. China Southern Airlines is to take ten systems for additional A320s being acquired; Sichuan Airlines is to fit the Flagship to four A320/321s. ...
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P&W defends engine against rival ridicule
Karen Walker Pratt & Whitney chief Karl Krapek yesterday defended his company's new geared turbofan product against rival accusations that it is based on old technology. Giving details of the newly-launched PW8000, an engine for narrowbody markets in the next century, Krapek says: "I take exception to comments about this ...
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ATI acquired
Pittson Burlington Group operating unit BAZ Global has agreed to acquire US freight carrier Air Transport International (ATI) for under $30 million in cash. ATI operates a fleet of McDonnell Douglas DC-8 freighters. Source: Flight International
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737-700 receives JAA approval after stall warning changes
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Boeing's 737-700 obtained European Joint Aviation Authorities certification on 18 February after changes were made to increase stall warning. The modifications meet the JAA's insistence that the pilot be able to identify clearly the occurrence of a stall, even after the activation of the stick shaker. The ...
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A330/340 pump fire danger doused
Fire danger from faulty Airbus Industrie A330/A340 auxiliary hydraulic pumps has been addressed in a US Federal Aviation Administration airworthiness directive (AD), issued on 17 February, requiring their complete removal. Airbus, however, points out that all necessary corrective actions have already been taken, explaining that the electrically driven pumps (EHPs) ...
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EuroLOT settles for fleet of ATR 42s
EuroLOT, the regional subsidiary of LOT Polish Airlines, is to create its own fleet in a deal with Aero International (Regional) to take five secondhand ATR 42-300 turboprops on lease, with three options. The 48 seat aircraft won a competition against the Saab 340 and Bombardier de Havilland Dash ...
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Air Wisconsin chases Mountain Air Express
Air Wisconsin, which operates as United Express, wants US bankruptcy court permission to acquire Mountain Air Express of Denver, Colorado. The terms of the offer are not disclosed by Air Wisconsin, but the reported sale price is $1.5 million. Air Wisconsin has ordered six Fairchild Dornier 328s to increase ...
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Fokker closes on launch orders for F28RE
Fokker Services is hoping to convert, by the end of April, letters of intent held for its F28RE re-engineing programme to firm contracts, to enable full scale development to be launched. The company had been aiming for a launch during the course of last year and selected the Rolls-Royce ...
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JEA comes closer to turboprop
Jersey European Airways (JEA) aims to select a replacement for its ageing turboprop fleet by mid-1998 in time for deliveries in early 1999. The UK regional airline operates nine turboprops - four Shorts 360s and five Fokker F27s - as well as 11 British Aerospace 146s. While the focus ...
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KLM may rationalise long haul fleet
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Airbus Industrie and Boeing are vying to provide KLM with up to 30 long haul aircraft to enable the Netherlands flag carrier to standardise its widebodied fleet and to reduce the number of types in operation. Any deal could also involve aircraft for its strategic partner, Alitalia. Although ...
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Mesa drops independent CRJ operations
Troubled Mesa Air Group terminated regional jet services from its fledgling Fort Worth, Texas, hub on 20 February. Five Bombardier Canadair Regional Jets (CRJs) operated by subsidiary Mesa Airlines, will be re- assigned to more profitable routes. Mesa has not said where the CRJs will be used, but the ...