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Bombardier CRJs sold to Shanghai Airlines
Shanghai Airlines has ordered three Bombardier Aerospace CRJ200 regional jets. The sale, valued at approximately $68 million, constitutes the third new airline customer for Bombardier in China in less than a year. "We look forward to the addition of Bombardier's CRJ200 Series to our fleet," says Shanghai Airlines president ...
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SIA leads regional recovery
Mike Martin Singapore Airlines is in the market for up to 19 widebody and narrowbody aircraft plus 22 options. The launch of the long-awaited W-aircraft requirement, as reported in today's Flight International, is to replace the Airbus Industrie A310. SIA has issued a formal request for proposals ...
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P&W addresses 'green' concerns with PW6000
As the search to improve the impact of aviation on the Earth's environment goes on, Pratt & Whitney is talking up the advantages of its PW6000 engine, the only engine designed specifically for 100-passenger aircraft. The PW6000's balanced approach to low emissions produces the lowest overall emissions while satisfying ...
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Regionals crack important China and Japan markets
Nicholas Ionides/ATI The world's top regional jet (RJ) makers have cracked two important markets over the past six months - China and Japan - leading to hopes that the sales success of RJs in the USA and Europe may now be spreading to Asia. Fairchild was the first, ...
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Supply may frustrate freighter conversions
The market for freighter conversions is estimated at some 2,300 aircraft in the next 20 years, but availability of appropriate aircraft for conversion may be an issue. Speaking at Air Freight Asia, Bharat Bhise, president and chief executive officer of C-S Aviation Services, sees continued strong growth in the ...
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Neutral site is response to needs of customers
The creation of MyAircraft.com, the Honeywell/United Technologies electronic marketplace for the aerospace industry, was a direct outcome of Honeywell's more intensely customer-focused policy, says Lynn Brubaker, vice-president and general manager, Air Transport and Regional Aerospace. Brubaker is charged with making the new "outward-facing" philosophy work. "We have established an ...
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Advanced winglets fitted as standard
Boeing is to offer its Next-Generation 737-800 customers a new, advanced-technology winglet as standard. Benefits of the winglet, originally developed for the Boeing Business Jet, include extended range, greater payload, fuel savings and reduced environmental impact. The first Boeing 737-800 with winglets is expected to be delivered in the ...
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Air Foyle plans widebody arm
Chris Jasper/LONDON UK cargo carrier and wet-lease specialist Air Foyle is to revamp its freight business around widebody long-haul operations, using four Boeing 747-200Fs. It plans to lease Boeing 737 Classics as it rethinks its passenger strategy after selling a controlling stake in Ireland's CityJet to Air France. Air Foyle's ...
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CFMI and Airbus discuss new powerplant to revitalise A340
Guy Norris/CINCINNATIAirbus Industrie and CFM International (CFMI) are in talks on proposed development of an upgraded A340-200/300 with an engine variant combining the CFM56-5C with the core of the CFM56-5B/P. At the same time, the General Electric/Snecma venture is adopting automotive assembly techniques to improve production efficiency. No firm agreement ...
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MD-80 crash sparks emergency AD
David Learmount/LONDON Guy Norris/Los Angeles Operators of the Boeing MD-80 series, MD-90s and 717-200s and the McDonnell Douglas (MDC) DC-9 series are making urgent examinations of stabiliser jackscrews and other elements of the pitch-control system. The checks follow preliminary inspections of the wreckage of the Alaska Airlines MD-83, ...
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Caribbean start-ups muscle in on the action
Airline competition in the Caribbean is set to heat up with the planned entry of two new start-ups Eastern Caribbean Express and Caribbean Star Airlines, putting added pressure on the region's financially struggling regional operators to restructure and realign operations. Eastern Caribbean aims to start in April, using three Bombardier ...
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Engine makers discuss A330-100 options
All three leading engine manufacturers are discussing with Airbus Industrie powerplant options in the 55-60,000lb-thrust (245-267kN) range for its proposed A330-100 medium-range 250-seat development. The aircraft is expected to combine an aerodynamically modified A300-600R wing with a shortened A330 fuselage. A quick solution is required to meet a projected ...
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CFM and Russians tie the knot on Il-76MF
Tashkent Production Plant TAPO, Ilyushin and CFM International (CFMI) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) covering development of an Ilyushin CFM56- powered Il-76MF freighter. The agreement calls for the potential launch of the programme by the end of the year, pending the sale of "at least five" aircraft, ...
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India wins fifth-freedom rights for UK- USA
Indian carriers have been granted fifth-freedom rights to extend their UK services to the USA following the signing of a new bilateral air services agreement between India and the UK. New Delhi also negotiated bilateral deals with Austria and Uzbekistan earlier this month. Indian carriers, which are permitted to ...
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Lockheed Martin enters the airline training marketplace
Lockheed Martin has surprised the airline training industry by announcing the creation of a commercial flight simulator centre. The Orlando, Florida-based facility will open in the second quarter of this year. The company says the move reflects its need to diversify while remaining close to its core business. A ...
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R-R and SR Technics agree Trent venture
SR Technics and Rolls-Royce have reached agreement on the formation of a Trent engine overhaul joint venture to serve operators in Europe and Africa. The pair had been discussing the move for over a year, but had struggled to agree a structure for the organisation. Under the deal, Zurich-based ...
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Insidious training
Perhaps the time has come to look again at the traditional content of pilot recurrent training. The fundamental emergency which all pilots know that they will face in their simulator session is engine failure at or soon after take-off decision speed (V1). In every simulated take-off they are ready and ...
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Globalstar is ready to go
A Boeing Delta II booster placed four more Globalstar satellites into orbit on 8 February after lift-off from Cape Canaveral. One will become the 48th and final craft in the operating constellation for the Space Systems/ Loral-led worldwide global mobile communications system. The other three will be in-orbit spares. ...
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Bad company
Asia's poor safety performers tarnish airlines in the region with good records David Learmount/LONDON By the end of the 1990s, South Asia and Asia Pacific had earned a poor reputation for airline safety, although not all of the region's airlines deserved it, but they suffer for the sins of others, ...
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Islander noise tests beat expectations
Flight tests of Hartzell three-bladed propellers on a Britten-Norman BN2B piston-engined Islander have exceeded original projections, revealing a noise reduction of up to 7dB(A), according to the UK general aviation aircraft manufacturer. "The experimental props, through the lower tip speed and scimitar shape, reveal significant performance and efficiency benefits ...