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Trent 777 ETOPS testing resumes
BOEING RESUMED extended-range twin-engined operations (ETOPS) testing of the Rolls-Royce Trent 800-powered 777 on 11 July, after foreign-object damage was determined to be the cause of a surge which halted testing on 16 June (Flight International, 3-9 July). Testing for 180min ETOPS clearance is expected to be completed on schedule ...
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WestPac agrees big 328 deal
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH DORNIER LUFTFAHRT has secured the first new orders for the Dornier 328 turboprop since a majority of the company was sold to Fairchild in June. Western Pacific Airlines ("WestPac") has placed an order for up to 24 328s, which it selected over the Aero International (Regional) ...
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Airbus keeps pace with Boeing-
Kevin O'Toole and Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON AFTER A POOR SHOWING of aircraft orders in 1995, Airbus Industrie appears to have held its own against Boeing in the first half of 1996, while the overall jet-airliner market continues to recover for both manufacturers. Although the headline figures show ...
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Pentagon torpedoes Marine Apaches and Black Hawks
THE AMBITIONS of McDonnell Douglas and Sikorsky to sell, respectively, the AH-64 Apache and UH-60 to the US Marine Corps have been dealt a serious blow by a US Department of Defense (DoD) report recommending that upgrading the USMC's existing fleet is the most cost-effective approach. The DoD ...
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Brussels Airport to be closed at night
A BELGIAN COURT ruling that aircraft cannot fly over certain Brussels suburbs between 23.00 and 06.00 will effectively close the capital's international airport during that period. An 11 July ruling means that the main runways, 25R-07 and 22, cannot be used at night. Brussels Airport night traffic is ...
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- and heads for new structure
Kevin O'Toole/PARIS AIRBUS INDUSTRIE has committed itself to becoming a fully fledged company by the end of the decade, with the partners promising that this will also be a catalyst for broader civil and military mergers within Europe. No firm timescale has yet been set, but ...
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Diamonite delivers refitted Tu-134
DIAMONITE HAS delivered its 26th interior refurbishment of a Russian aircraft. The latest refit, a Tupolev Tu-134A, was sent to Moscow on 12 June. The aircraft is for a major Russian bank and is managed by the Kasparov Consultancy. Kasparov, owned by former world chess champion Gary Kasparov, ...
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Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 noses ahead
STRUCTURAL ASSEMBLY of the first Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 forward fuselage is complete and installation of tubing, wiring, cockpit instrumentation and avionics racks is under way at Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems in Marietta, Georgia. Visible (see picture, right) is the radar bulkhead, which is canted to reduce radar cross-section, ...
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Jet finalises regional-fleet plan
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON JET AIRWAYS IS finalising plans for the acquisition of a fleet of regional aircraft to operate on services in north-eastern India. ,Jet Airways' chairman Naresh Goyal says that the airline is committed to initiating regional services: "We are vigorously pursuing plans to induct smaller ...
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Equal rights
Paul Duffy/BOCA RATON, FLORIDA THE DEMAND FOR OLDER aircraft, particularly for freighters, is rising strongly because operators are beginning to realise that the economics of using older aircraft can result in considerable cost savings. According to Boeing and McDonnell Douglas (MDC), world air cargo will continue ...
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GKN Westland uses CATIA on Dash 8 nacelles
THE STRUCTURES division of GKN Westland Aerospace has taken delivery of 12 new Dassault Systemes CATIA computer-aided design (CAD) workstations, and established a separate internal department to handle the Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8-400 nacelle-manufacturing contract which the company won in November 1995. John Harris, sales manager of ...
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Lufthansa Cargo cuts costs and capacity
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON LUFTHANSA CARGO IS clamping down on costs and capacity, as the world's largest international freight carrier steels itself for another couple of tough years in the heavily oversubscribed international freight market. The operation ended its first year of independence in 1995, showing a DM20 ...
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Kenya soars despite pilots pay award
PROFITS CONTINUE TO soar at Kenya Airways, but the newly privatised carrier has outlined a major round of cost cuts following the court award of a massive pay hike to pilots. The pay award, which virtually doubles salaries, came after the airline's 108 pilots referred a pay dispute ...
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PMAT for 747-400
California-based Demo Systems and Boeing have signed a licensing agreement for a software package which will enable Demo's portable maintenance access terminal (PMAT) - originally developed for the Boeing 777- to interface with the Boeing 747-400 central maintenance computer. The development has been asked for by several airlines, which would ...
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Atlas deal for GE
General Electric Engine Services has won a $300 million, ten-year contract to maintain and repair CF6-50 engines powering 15 Boeing 747-200 freighter aircraft operated by Atlas Air. The Colorado-based cargo specialist expects to have a further ten freighters enter service by mid-1997. Source: Flight International
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Deutsche Post seeks domestic airmail
GERMANY'S POSTAL service Deutsche Post is to issue, for the first time, an international invitation to tender for internal German nighttime airmail services. The tender will be issued later this month. Deutsche Post says that the new contract will begin on 26 October, and will be worth "three-figure ...
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Family fortunes
Braathens SAFE celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, with the founder's grandson at the helm Max Kingsley-Jones/OSLO AT THE LAST COUNT, the Norwegian population totalled some 4.5 million. In 1995, Norway's flag carrier, Braathens SAFE, carried more than 4 million passengers on its domestic routes, representing 52% ...
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Out of the wilderness
The new chief executive of Air Niugini, Moses Maladina, is leading the national airline of Papua New Guinea towards privatisation. Paul Phelan/PORT MORESBY AIR NIUGINI'S new chief executive and former company secretary, 31-year-old lawyer Moses Maladina, faces daunting tasks in his work of grooming the airline ...
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Theseus flies
The Aurora Flight Sciences Theseus remotely piloted aircraft had a successful 1h 17min flight on 1 July at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards AFB, California, when it reached an altitude of around 8,000ft (2,450m). The first flight of the Theseus was cut short by problems with the propeller controller ...
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Lockheed Martin begins talks with Czech manufacturers
LOCKHEED MARTIN has held negotiations with Aerovodochody and engine manufacturer Motorlet on possible industrial offset packages which could accompany a deal to sell F-16 fighters to the Czech Republic. A team of industrial experts from the US manufacturer arrived in Prague on 1 July for discussions with several ...