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Fujairah flies the flag with a pioneer promotion
Hugh McAtear/DUBAI Fujairah International Airport, the only airport on the east coast of the UAE, is here to highlight its unique position as a potential alternative to established airports in the region. The pioneer appearance at the show kicks off an international marketing push to promote both passenger ...
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Honeywell targets classic aircraft
Steve Nichols/DUBAI Honeywell (E712) is continuing its highly successful retrofit business with a new contract for navigation systems on Malaysia Airlines' Boeing 747-200 aircraft. The Honeywell Classic Navigator combines a ring laser gyro with a GPS navigation system and is designed to be a cost-effective solution to the performance ...
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Marconi and BAe confident of negotiating merger maze
Tim Ripley/DUBAI Avoiding the mistakes committed during the consolidation of the US defence and aerospace industry is top of the agenda in the looming British Aerospace and Marconi Electronic Systems merger. Sir Charles Masefield, heading the Marconi delegation at Dubai 2000, declares that "we are absolutely certain we are ...
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Trent 500-300
Geoff Thomas/DUBAI The Rolls-Royce Trent 500, which goes into service with Emirates on the Airbus Industrie A340-500 in 2002, will shortly begin simulated altitude testing as part of its continuing development programme. The eight weeks of tests will evaluate handling and performance characteristics across a range of flight conditions. ...
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Fairchild boosted by Envoy 7 sale
Geoff Thomas/DUBAI Fairchild Aerospace announced at the show yesterday that it has sold its first Envoy 7 business jet in the Middle East. The deal was signed on Friday in Dubai between Beirut-based Safadi investment group and Fairchild company Dornier Luftfahrt GmbH. This is the 29th Envoy 7 that ...
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Updated livery is revealed by Emirates
Emirates Airline has a new look for the new millennium. It was inaugurated by General Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, during the official opening of the show yesterday. The new logo and tailfin were unveiled on a Boeing 777-300, the latest addition to the Emirates fleet and the world's ...
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BAe keeps UAE Hawk trainer sale hopes alive
Tim Ripley/DUBAI British Aerospace is still hoping to sell more Hawk trainers to the United Arab Emirates in spite of speculation that the Germans have swung a deal to provide the Gulf country with Dassault Alpha Jets. Jerry Wooding, BAe's managing director for Middle East and Latin America, says ...
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RJX flight development programme on course
Two aircraft have been allocated from the Avro RJ assembly line as flight development vehicles for Avro RJX certification testing. The first of the aircraft, designated RJX-85, is due on the final assembly track next April and will receive the Integrated Powerplant system, including the new AlliedSignal AS977 ...
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Airbus pegs regional market at $50bn up to 2020
Mike Martin/DUBAI Airlines in the Middle East and North Africa will buy $50 billion worth of aircraft over the next 20 years. That adds up to 620 aircraft, according to the latest Airbus Industrie market forecast. This prediction is 70 aircraft more than that forecast by Boeing earlier this week ...
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Advanced fan engine tests
The next generation of jet engines moved a step closer as CFM International began full-scale testing of the advanced TECH56 swept wide chord fan blade at Snecma's plant in Villaroche, France. The fan installed on a modified CFM56-7 engine will undergo instrumented performance and mechanical testing until ...
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UK defence giants await US government nod for merger
Tim Ripley/DUBAI British Aerospace and Marconi Electronic Systems executives will be holding their breath over the next two weeks as their "mega merger" awaits US government approval. Marconi chief Sir Charles Masefield says in Dubai that there is still no news from the US on the approval in spite of ...
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Marconi Avionics gets F-16 HUD EU replacement contract
Marconi Avionics (E665) is showing its HUD technology, having just won a contract for development of a Commercial Off The Shelf-based (COTS) replacement Head Up Display Electronics Unit (HUD EU) for the Lockheed Martin F-16. The contract covers development, flight qualification and demonstration. The existing HUD EU, which has ...
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Honeywell systems for Spanair's A320 fleet
Steve Nichols/DUBAI Honeywell (Stand E712) is celebrating after winning a contract for flight management (FMS) and air data inertial reference systems (ADIRS) for Spanair's fleet of new Airbus A320 aircraft. Spanair has completed 30 firm orders and has 12 options for the new aircraft. The Honeywell Pegasus FMS offers hardware ...
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Face The Facts with...Nick Godwin
The regional aircraft sector has stolen the limelight at recent airshows. A string of blockbuster deals, renewed fierce competition in the market and a raft of new products on the drawing board have made the sector a byword for dynamism. Against this background, British Aerospace Regional Aircraft pursues a policy ...
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Denel adds Saudi Arabia to client list
Denel Aviation Transport Aircraft Maintenance (DATAM) representatives will be meeting Saudi Arabian Airlines executives at Dubai 2000 following the signing of a line maintenance agreement under which DATAM will service Saudi Arabian Boeing 777s operating from Johannesburg International Airport. The work currently consists of two turnaround services per week. DATAM ...
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Union to urge technicians to reject Boeing offer: ATI
Unions leaders representing some 23,000 Boeing engineers and technical workers are urging members to reject the manufacturer's improved offer in its ongoing dispute over a new labour contract. At a meeting of its 125-strong council, the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA) unanimously voted to recommend rejection of ...
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Southern Air denied route: ATI
The US government has tentatively decided to grant Southern Air, the successor company to the failed Southern Air Transport (SAT), its certificate to operate charter all-cargo services but says it plans to deny transfer of SAT's certificate authority to the start-up carrier. Southern Air, which recently applied to the US ...
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Denmark's Cimber Air to grow: ATI
Danish regional airline Cimber Air, quarter-owned by SAS, has ordered two 50-seat Bombardier Canadair Regional Jets (CRJ-200) and taken four options. The deal follows an order a year ago for two ATR 72-500s with two options, one of which has since been exercised, to add to the carrier's 13 ATR ...
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$76m Oasis deal boosts leasing fleet to 10 aircraft
DUBAI Abu Dhabi-based Oasis International Leasing has bought three aircraft for its leasing portfolio. The $76.5 million deal brings the Oasis fleet to 10 aircraft. The three aircraft are: -A 1990-build Boeing 737-300 that is currently on lease to GO, the British Airways low-cost airline; -A 1992-build Boeing ...
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Boeing sees good Apache market in the Middle East
Paul Derby/DUBAI Boeing is set to capitalise on an emerging Middle East market for the AH-64 Apache attack helicopter. Among other countries, Boeing is talking to the United Arab Emirates about upgrading its 30-strong fleet. The UAE currently operates the original -A model Apache but is considering a remanufacturing programme ...