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Boeing
Boeing Commercial Airplane Group has named Tom Schick executive vice-president and deputy to President Ron Woodard. Schick, senior vice-president for aircraft support, retains his role as head of all aircraft-support efforts. Dan Heidt is appointed to the new position of senior vice-president for aircraft components. Jeff Turner, now director of ...
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Indonesia bids for embargoed F-16s
INDONESIA IS negotiating to buy nine of Pakistan's embargoed Lockheed Martin F-16A/B fighters being offered for sale by the US Government. According to US diplomatic and industrial sources, Indonesia is keen to acquire the aircraft, but has yet to reach an agreement on pricing. The US Government is ...
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ITT wins IDECM contract
ITT DEFENSE & Electronics, with partner Sanders, a Lockheed Martin subsidiary, has been selected to provide the US Navy and US Air Force with the Integrated Defensive Electronic-Countermeasures (IDECM) system. The team has received an initial $27 million contract from the USN to begin development of the IDECM's ...
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First GE90-powered 777 is ready for BA
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON THE FIRST GENERAL Electric GE90-powered Boeing 777, is finally ready for its long awaited delivery to British Airways, after clearing certification on both sides of the Atlantic The first BA aircraft was due to touch down at London Heathrow on 12 November, as the ...
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Airbus prepares for shortened A330 launch launch imminent
Julian Moxon/PARIS AIRBUS INDUSTRIE IS preparing to launch the shortened version of the A330 long-range wide body twinjet "before the end of the year", for service entry in 1998. The manufacturer has been pushing to launch the 250-seat A330-M10 as soon as the market showed sufficient ...
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Virgin draws up regional shortlist
VIRGIN ATLANTIC Airways has stepped up its plans to launch a European regional airline based in Brussels, Belgium, by selecting a shortlist of possible aircraft suppliers. The move follows presentations in October by Boeing, British Aerospace Asset Management Organisation (the jet-leasing arm of BAe), Fokker, Avro Aerospace and ...
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Boeing redesign is a necessity
Sir - There are pros and cons about new-generation Boeing 737-600/-700/-800 receiving grandfather rights towards its certification, but I would like to point out that European Joint Airworthiness Authorities regulations safety requirements on the amount and size of exits only increase safety. Surely the safe transportation of passengers is the ...
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Beech Scandanavian sale
Scandinavian regional Air Express has ordered a Raytheon Beech 1900D for delivery by the end of 1995, with an option for a second aircraft. The Norrkoping, Sweden-based airline operates Beech King Air 300s and Embraer Bandeirantes. Source: Flight International
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L-1011 replacement
Delta Air Lines chairman Ron Allen says that the carrier is "looking at" the Airbus A330 and Boeing 777 twinjets as potential replacements for its 56 Lockheed L-1011 tri-jets. He admits that Delta is experiencing reliability problems with the L-1011, introduced in 1972. Source: Flight International
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Air Greece almost breaks even after first year of operation
AIR GREECE, one of the new batch of privately owned Greek start-up carriers, says that it came close to break-even over its first year of operations to September 1995. The airline had sales of GDr2.1 billion ($9 million) over the year, carrying nearly 121,000 passengers on its scheduled ...
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GE works to cut CF6 emissions
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES GENERAL ELECTRIC IS studying the possible development of a dual-annular combustor (DAC) for its CF6 engine family, building on low-emissions technology developed for the GE90 and CFM56. The company is considering the CF6 DAC as part of a broad-based attempt to take the ...
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A better pace-setter
Harry Hopkins/OBERPFAFFENHOFEN SINCE IT FIRST ENTERED service, the Dornier 328 high-speed turboprop has been the subject of a great many detail refinements, not least to its aerodynamics, its propellers and systems. So extensive are these changes that the designation of the current production version has been changed from ...
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Arkia lease deal
Arkia, the Israeli private airline, has signed a purchase/lease-back deal with Canadian Airlines International. The Israeli airline has purchased six Boeing 737-200s from the Canadian airline and leased them back for a six-year period. Canadian will pay $624,000 a month for the lease of the aircraft. The 737s cost Arkia ...
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CFM goes for out-of-the-box ETOPS
CFM INTERNATIONAL is to apply for clearance for extended-range twinjet operations (ETOPS) at entry into service for the CFM56-7B on the next-generation Boeing 737 series. CFMI and Boeing hope that the move may entice long-range scheduled and charter operators to place earlier orders and expects strong interest in ...
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Vnukovo completes privatisation
Paul Duffy/MOSCOW VNUKOVO AIRLINES has become the first of Russia's state-owned carriers to complete its privatisation, with the sale of a 41% stake to a Russian investment company for $150 million. The holding was purchased by VIL, a little-known Russian trading company, after the privatisation auction ...
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Engine makers fight for stretched A340
Gilbert Sedbon/PARIS CFM INTERNATIONAL partners Snecma and General Electric, and rival Pratt & Whitney, are engaged in a battle to secure an exclusive position as powerplant supplier for the planned stretched version of the Airbus Industrie A340. The US/French partnership pressed its case in St Petersburg, ...
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US firm tries to resurrect Turkish F-5 project
Guy Norris/SAN ANTONIO HOPES OF REVIVING the long-delayed Turkish Northrop Grumman F-5 upgrade programme have been renewed with the involvement of a US-based investment company bidding to fund and manage the stalled modernisation effort. Washington DC-based Triton Systems is soliciting immediate bids from all the major ...
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Saudi payment plan
Saudi Arabia has agreed a deferred-payment schedule for its $6 billion purchase of 61 Boeing and McDonnell Douglas airliners for flag carrier Saudia. The initial payment is just $10 million, followed by $67 million in 1997, with the remainder to be paid off over seven years. The deal will be ...
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Talon claws Korean deal from Hawk
SOUTH KOREA is on the brink of leasing Northrop Grumman T-38 Talon trainers rather than purchasing new-build British Aerospace Hawks, and will use the savings to launch the KTX-II light fighter/trainer-aircraft programme. The South Korean air force is understood to be negotiating an agreement, worth $100 million, to ...
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S Korea presses China on choice of Western partner
Paul Lewis/SEOUL SOUTH KOREA IS pushing to reach an agreement with China by mid-November on the selection of a Western partner to help develop the planned Airexpress AE-100 passenger jet. The Korean Commercial-Aircraft Development (KCDC) consortium and Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) are under pressure to ...