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Eximbank finally agrees to help finance Garuda
After long negotiations the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Eximbank) has approved a $281 million long-term loan guarantee allowing the permanent financing of six Boeing 737-300s and five 737-500s delivered to Garuda Indonesia Airways. Although ordered by Garuda several years ago, Boeing had stored the 737s for ...
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P&W plans new upper stage engine
A new powerful cryogenic upper stage engine is to be developed by Pratt&Whitney, the company said at the show. The liquid oxygen/liquid hydrogen engine, called the RL-50, could be used as the powerplant on both US and international launch vehicles, the company says. The engine will complement ...
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Optical fibres are light years ahead of wires
Mark Hannant The lid came off the world's first optically powered aircraft fuel quantity control indicating system at the show yesterday. By eliminating all electrical connections between an aircraft fuel tank and its avionics and power busses, the application, developed by Raytheon and Smiths Industries, will improve reliability. ...
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Switched on to new in flight entertainment
Ian Verchere Sextant In-Flight Systems - a new joint-venture between French avionics giant Sextant (51%) and the US cabin interior products firm B/E Aerospace (49%) - expects to fit the entire fleet of United Airlines with its d-Series inflight entertainment (IFE) system by the end of next year, according ...
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Snecma searches Europe for partner
Geoff Thomas From what Snecma's chairman and CEO Jean-Paul Bechat says at Le Bourget, it is clear that the French engine builder is on the prowl for potential European marriage partners, rather than a transatlantic tryst. "Sadly we won't be able to join forces with Rolls-Royce, although in ...
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R-R predicts excellent market for engines
Andy Douse An indication of the impact that regional jets are having on the aviation industry came at the show in a market forecast from Rolls-Royce. The engine manufacturer is predicting a total market in the commercial and corporate aircraft sectors over the next 20 years for 83,000 ...
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Joins hands
The old Chinese saying says that a 1,000-mile journey begins with a single step, and China's Shenyang Liming Engine company took that step yesterday with the hope of becoming a long-term supplier of components to BMW Rolls-Royce. Yan Tiannan, vice-president of China National Aero Technology International (CATIC), which oversees ...
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BA to slash long-haul 767 economy seats
Under its new strategy of focusing on high-yield traffic, British Airways is to reconfigure its long-haul Boeing 767 fleet by removing nearly 50 economy class seats to introduce first class and expand business seating. The carrier has also called a halt to its "Utopia" livery scheme. BA has seven ...
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Boeing buy promises Dowty $250 million
Dowty has landed two major orders from Boeing Commercial Airplanes that could be worth over $250 million to the UK aerospace equipment supplier. Hamble Structures, acquired by the TI Group - Dowty's parent - following its recent purchase of the EIS Group, has secured an extension of a deal ...
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Lockheed Martin gets involved in Hungarian scandal
Lockheed Martin is trying to distance itself from an unfolding political scandal in Hungary involving the activities of one of its mid-level executives, who has been forced to resign, along with two senior Hungarian government officials. The scandal centres on Hungarian political lobbying to appoint Steven Jones, Lockheed Martin ...
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Cathay on schedule as dispute ends
Cathay Pacific is aiming to return to a full flight schedule as soon as possible following the eleventh-hour resolution of a long-running pay dispute with its pilots. Cathay's flights have been severely disrupted since 28 May by pilots calling in sick, citing excessive stress because of the dispute. Pilots ...
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Trent 500 exceeds planned thrust
Rolls-Royce has exceeded the planned 60,000lb (300kN) certification thrust of its Trent 500 by 8,000lb. The engine, under development for the Airbus A340/500/600, has been running on a testbed since late May. The first engine is to complete more than 60h of testing this month, when a second test ...
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French carrier signs for freight TBM700
Socata has signed a deal with French airline Air Open Sky under which the carrier will lease a freighter version of the TBM700 turbine single for trials leading to an order for up to five aircraft. A similar deal is being negotiated with Swedish cargo carrier Air West Sweden. ...
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Regional squeeze
You would think that some industries learned from their mistakes. Not so the regional aircraft manufacturing sector. It appears again that too many players are trying to cram into a market with more products than it can reasonably support. At one stage, it seemed that the industry had accepted ...
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Israeli F-16s are targeted for upgrades
Elisra Electronic Systems and Lockheed Martin have signed a co-operation agreement to market previously competing electronic warfare (EW) suites for the F-16. Under the deal, EW systems from Elisra and Lockheed Martin's Sanders subsidiary will be offered as baseline systems on the F-16. The agreement, which covers the sale of ...
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The black hole
The secretive investigation into the crash of a SilkAir 737-300 in Indonesia shows up major cultural differences in dealing with accidents Andrzej Jeziorski/JAKARTA The thing about black holes, in astronomical terms, is that nothing ever comes out of them. Some people liken the controversial investigation into the crash in ...
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New steps to orbit
With a sixth commercial launch planned by year-end, the Euro-Russian Starsem has hit the market with a bang Tim Furniss/LONDON The Euro-Russian Starsem commercial satellite launcher consortium is an international success story. Starsem plans three more commercial Soyuz launches of 12,450kg (27,400lb) Globalstar low earth orbit (LEO) mobile ...
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Air Ukraine orders An-140s and signs commitment for more
Air Ukraine has ordered four Antonov An-140 regional airliners and has signed a letter of intent for 40 more. The Ukrainian national airline, which controls more than 10 regional carriers in the country, will use the 46-52/seat An-140s to replace 60 An-24s, An-26s and An-30s. Air Ukraine has specified ...
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Aerostar finishes IAK-52W tests
Aerostar has completed flight testing of its IAK-52W, an enhanced derivative of its licence-built Yakovlev Yak-52 designed for the Western market. "Essentially, the new IAK-52W offers the same performance as that of the IAK-52, but in an aircraft with twice as much range, more compatibility and easier maintenance and ...
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SITA commits to new datalink
Emma Kelly/GENEVA Airline telecommunication giant SITA has committed itself to the next generation of aeronautical datalink services - VHF datalink mode 2 (VDL-2) - by awarding a $23 million contract to Harris for a global network of VHF ground stations (VGS). The VDL-2 aircraft-to-ground datalink protocol will provide a ...