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328 orders
Air Engiadina has placed an order with Fairchild Dornier for a fifth Dornier 328. The aircraft is scheduled for delivery on 25 October. In total, there are 98 firm orders for the 328, with 62 options, and over 60 aircraft have been delivered. Source: Flight ...
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Egyptair converts
Daimler-Benz Aerospace Airbus has received a contract from Egyptair for the conversion of two Airbus A300B4s to freighter configuration. The freighters, which will have a payload capability of 40,000kg, will be flown on the airline's planned cargo routes in Africa, in Europe and the Middle East. ...
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Condor will decide on A320s by year end
AIRBUS INDUSTRIE HAS received commitments from German charter operator Condor for up to 24 Airbus single-aisle aircraft, which are expected to be converted to a firm contract before the end of the year. Airbus says that the deal include orders for six A320s and six A321s, plus six additional options ...
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New master of the loads
McDonnell Douglas is establishing the MD-11 as a major force in the large-transport cargo market. Kevin O'Toole and Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON LUFTHANSA CARGO'S surprise order for five McDonnell Douglas (MDC) MD-11F freighters, placed half-way through the Farnborough show, could hardly have come at a better time for the tri-jet ...
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IPTN tries out ACE software to speed up N2130 development
IPTN IS CARRYING out a six-month pilot project, using Concentra's latest Aircraft Configuration Environment (ACE) software, which could lead to its adoption for development of the Indonesian company's planned N2130 family of regional jets. The project, aimed at optimising the design of the N2130's wing, for minimum cycle ...
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Embraer evaluates next regional developments
AS EMBRAER establishes its EMB-145 in the regional market on its approach to service entry, the Brazilian manufacturer is evaluating possible developments of its commercial product line. Embraer president Mauricio Botelho says that the company is evaluating developments in size categories on either side of the 50-seat, three-abreast ...
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Lufthansa engines
Lufthansa Cargo has selected General Electric CF6-80C2D1F engines to power McDonnell Douglas MD-11 freighters, for which five firm orders and seven options were placed during the Farnborough air show. The aircraft on firm order are due to be delivered in 1998, beginning in June, while the MD-11s on option could ...
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Caribbean crusader
Gilles Filiatreault has set out to change the way in which BWIA does business. Kevin O'Toole/LONDON IF EVER AN AIRLINE were in need of some clear, decisive, management, then it is BWIA International Airways. After experiencing privatisation, a major management-upheaval and gearing up for an ambitious expansion plan, ...
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Big plans and growing pains
The next generation of large airliners captured the show headlines. Andrew Doyle/LONDON DESPITE THE FACT that Boeing, as expected, failed in its last-ditch efforts to launch its 747 major derivatives at the 1996 Farnborough air show, the civil spotlight was firmly focused on the next generation ...
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Losses make New Zealand's Kiwi flightless
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS LOSSES AT KIWI Travel International Airlines, the New Zealand low-cost carrier, have forced it to cease operations, while two Australian airlines have also run into financial difficulties. Kiwi Travel went into voluntary liquidation with losses estimated at NZ$3 million ($2 million) over the past ...
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British Mediterranean plans more services to Middle East
Gunter Endres/LONDON FOLLOWING ITS franchise link with British Airways on the Eastern Mediterranean market, British Mediterranean Airways is planning an expansion of its services in the region, but has ruled out the acquisition of widebody aircraft. The two airlines reached a franchise agreement in August (Flight ...
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Air Pacific is first to bring 737-700 to Pacific-region routes
AIR PACIFIC HAS become the launch customer for the new-generation Boeing 737 family in the Pacific region, with an order for three 737-700s. Deliveries of the new aircraft to the Fijian national airline will begin in the fourth quarter of 1998. Air Pacific's order follows a major review ...
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Alaska is second EGPWS customer
ALASKA AIRLINES has joined American Airlines in purchasing AlliedSignal Aerospace's new enhanced ground-proximity warning system (EGPWS) (Flight International, 4-10 September). Parent group Alaska Air has undertaken a $10 million commitment to equip Alaska Airlines' 25 Boeing 737-400s, and to train flightcrews in using an integrated global-positioning system (GPS) ...
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Faster future
Dornier's aircraft range faces changes. Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH THE 30-SEAT DORNIER 328 turboprop, which was first flown in December 1991, has always been a problem for its manufacturer, Oberpfaffenhofen-based Dornier Luftfahrt. While its performance, compared with that of its rivals, is impressive, the 328's 335kt ...
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MDC sets October date for MD-XX
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) hopes to begin offering its MD-XX, the MD-11 tri-jet derivative, to airlines as early as October and "-will launch as soon as possible after that, probably in early 1997", says Walt Orlowski, MDC vice-president and general manager of the programme. ...
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Sound of silence
THE UK GOVERNMENT has decided that the absolute noise limits for airliners leaving London's three major airports should be reduced by up to 3dBA. This action, it says, will reduce noise for airport neighbours at little cost to the airlines - "only" 12% of departures of the heaviest-laden Boeing 747s ...
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Air-conditioning duo test regional system
KATSUHIKO HAMADA, ENGINEERING STAFF manager at Sumitomo Precision Products and leader of the Japanese company's 100-seat regional-jet air-conditioning system co-development team (left), and Greg DeFrancesco, Hamilton Standard's chief engineer and co-development team leader, prepare an air-conditioning pack for testing at Hamilton's Connecticut, US site. Hamilton and Sumitomo are developing the ...
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Pros and cons of low/mid wings
Sir - The concept of the omnibus owes more to tradition than to talent; if a design works, there is no need to change it. Airbus Industrie aircraft - and Boeing airliners - are low-winged, so Airbus, with its A3XX, abjures the main advantage, which a clean-sheet approach has over ...
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Power games
Andrew Doyle/LONDON THE TWO MANUFACTURERS which will offer engines for Boeing's 747-500X/600X derivatives laid their cards on the table at Farnborough, and highlighted the radical differences between two powerplants which could end up being remarkably similar in terms of performance. General Electric and Pratt & Whitney ...
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Northwest contract
ST Aviation Services SASCO has signed a $21 million contract with Northwest Airlines for a Section 41 modification of nine Boeing 747-200s, with an option to upgrade a further six. Work will begin immediately and be spread over 18 months. SASCO has also won a $2.5 million deal with FedEx ...