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A3XX GP7000 powerplant set for key core test in January
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES The General Electric-Pratt & Whitney Engine Alliance plans to begin critical core rig tests of the GP7000 engine for the Airbus Industrie A3XX and Boeing 747-400X next January. The core rig tests were originally due to begin in the fourth quarter, but have slipped to ...
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Aeroel enters the jet age with two 737s
Private Israeli airline Aeroel Airways is expanding operations with its first jet aircraft. The seven-year-old Tel Aviv- based carrier has purchased two Boeing 737-200Advs from El Al for a combined cost of $13 million. The first aircraft will enter service with Aeroel before the end of July, with the ...
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Iberia takes A321 for European services
Iberia has introduced the first of 19 Airbus A321-200s on to its European network. The 186-seat CFM International CFM56-5-powered aircraft will supplement the airline's 24 A320s and were ordered as part of a $2.6 billion deal last year for up to 76 A320 family aircraft. The airline placed firm orders ...
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Workshop
Air France Industries has concluded a seven-year agreement with Airtours International for the provision of full component repair and exchanges services to support the Airbus Industrie A320 and A321 fleet of aircraft operating within the Airtours Group. The fleet comprises 24 aircraft flying throughout Europe, North America and Canada. This ...
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African Star licence continues, despite troubles
Hilka Birns/JOHANNESBURG South Africa's Department of Transport (DoT) is continuing to process the licence application of African Star, despite the start-up's chief executive facing charges of contravening the country's Customs & Excise Act. Investigators refuse to comment on the case, but sources say that the diversion of duty-free ...
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Air Niugini leases National Jet RJ70
Avro RJ70 National Jet Systems has placed one of its two Avro RJ70s on lease with Air Niugini. The 70-seater is operated on daily services between Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (PNG), and Cairns, Australia, in place of a Fokker F28. The aircraft is also flown to Honiara, Solomon Islands, ...
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Mergers
Aviation Sales is to buy Kitty Hawk's airframe and JT8D engine maintenance operations in Oscoda, Michigan. The $21.5 million deal includes a three-year agreement for airframe and engine maintenance on the airline's 34 Boeing 727s. The FHL Division of Claverham in the UK has formed a joint venture with Italy's ...
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Icelandic flotation
Air Atlanta Icelandic is to be floated. The Iceland-based wet-lease airline has been owned by Capt Arngrimur Johannsson and his wife since its creation in 1986. The company expects to go public in the next 18 months. Icelandic finance house Bünaöarbankinn Veròbréf has been hired to handle preparations for the ...
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GE90 secures exclusive position on 777X
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Boeing plans to begin offering the ultra-long-range 777-200X/300X to airlines by the end of the year, following its selection of General Electric as exclusive engine supplier to the programme. The agreement with GE is for the life of the programme and comes ...
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Pratt & Whitney courts Airbus for A340 variant engine
Pratt & Whitney is in discussion with Airbus Industrie to offer the PW8160 geared fan engine on the A340-500/600 as early as 2003, in a direct challenge to Rolls-Royce's sole position on the aircraft and Boeing's selection of General Electric as its exclusive 777X engine supplier. R-R and P&W ...
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Boeing and Airbus on target for record shipments this year
Boeing and Airbus Industrie are on course to achieve record output this year, with a combined total of 450 jets having been delivered during the first six months. Boeing is heading for its all-time record of 620 deliveries, having shipped 313 aircraft since January. The highest output has come ...
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Global delivery
Bombardier has delivered the first Global Express long-range business jet from its Montreal completion centre. Service entry is about a year later than planned and seven months later than expected when the aircraft received Canadian certification last July. European Joint Aviation Authorities certification was awarded in May. Bombardier is claiming ...
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Ageing airliner census 1999
Time marches on for the world's ageing jet and turboprop airliners Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON The average age of the Western world's fleet of airliners that qualify for this year's census is 25 years. Some individual aircraft types have been subject to more intense scrutiny after recent events or incidents, as ...
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Sound solutions
BFGoodrich's campaign to quieten Boeing 727s is making rapid progress Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Spending serious money to extend the life of an airliner is tough, but spending more to re-engine it is harder. Despite the apparent economic headwind, BFGoodrich's Super 27 Boeing 727 re-engining programme is rapidly gaining momentum and ...
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Arianespace signs Ellipso deal
Julian Moxon/PARIS Arianespace has signed a unique partnership agreement with satellite telecommunications provider Ellipso, which involves the launch of a constellation of 20 satellites aboard the Ariane 5 and an investment in the system by the launch company. The memorandum of agreement, which covers four launches from early 2002, ...
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Marketplace
Air Nostrum has bought three Fokker 50s off lease from Kenya Airways. The Spanish regional carrier has operated the aircraft on lease from Kenya for a year. Premiair has signed operating leases for three new Airbus A330-300s for delivery next summer. The Rolls-Royce Trent 772B-powered aircraft will be operated ...
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Kazakhstan begins A310 operations
Air Kazakhstan has introduced its first Western widebody, a 14-year old Airbus A310-300, recently delivered on lease. The Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7R4-powered ex-Swissair aircraft is operated from Almaty to European destinations. The airline operates over 50 aircraft including Ilyushin Il-86s, Tupolev Tu-134s, Tu-154s and two Boeing 737-200s. Source: Flight International
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Hinduja 727 freighter accident leaves no clues
There are no clear causes for the 7 July crash of a Boeing 727-200Adv freighter that hit hilly terrain 5min after take-off from Kathmandhu, Nepal. The weather was good when the Hinduja Cargo Services aircraft departed at 19:46 local time, bound for New Delhi, India. There was no emergency call ...
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Fairchild 328JET receives European certification
The Fairchild Aerospace 328JET has gained European Joint Aviation Authorities certification, with US approval set to follow before the end of the month. The certification comes as the company moves closer to finalising a 110-aircraft contract from a US carrier, believed to be Atlantic Coast Airlines (ACA). The approval, ...
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Travel agents revolt
The uprising by travel agents was prompted last year when Cintra reduced their commission from 10% to 7% on domestic ticketing. At the heart of the reaction to the move, which put commission rates at international levels, is a deeply rooted resistance and inability of many Mexican business sectors to ...