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Taiwan's carriers close on widebody orders
Paul Lewis/TAIPEI Taiwan's two rival national carriers China Airlines (CAL) and EVA Airways are showing renewed interest in new ultra-long-haul aircraft, in response to the recent provisional launch of the Airbus Industrie A340-500/600 and a proposed open-skies agreement with the USA. Competition between Boeing and Airbus ...
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Aerospatiale leads the way in composite wingboxes
Aerospatiale's Saint-Martin-du-Touch design bureau expects to complete a research programme by the end of this year into next-generation composite design for commercial aircraft. The French company claims to be leading the world with its composite-wingbox development, while it concedes that the USA's Boeing is leading in developing composite ...
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Delta takes lead
Delta Air Lines has started to retrofit fire suppressors and smoke detectors in the cargo holds of its Boeing 737s, and plans to fit its entire narrowbody fleet with the safety devices. The US Federal Aviation Administration has given notice of proposed rulemaking indicating that such installations will be required ...
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Europeans unite on ozone layer
Herman De Wulf/Brussels The European Commission (EC), Airbus Industrie and five European airlines have restarted the MOSAIC scientific programme, initially launched in 1995 to measure ozone depletion in the upper atmosphere. It is estimated that air transportation is responsible for 2-3% of all air pollution and, ...
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Studying off-design performance
Sir - As is evident from the article "DC-8 training faulted" (Flight International, 23-29 July, P15), it took an accident [that of an Airborne Express McDonnell Douglas DC-8 in December 1996 in Virginia] to get the aviation community to notice an area about which simulator engineers have been crying for ...
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USairline deals boost CAE's leading position
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC CAE ELECTRONICS has announced contracts for nine full-flight simulators and eight flight-training devices in three key deals. The Canadian company now has an overwhelming share of the commercial flight-simulation orders placed so far this year. American Airlines has selected CAE as its preferred ...
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A330-200 flight-testing programme takes off
Max Kingsley-Jones/TOULOUSE Airbus Industrie's latest widebody, the long-range A330-200, had a successful maiden flight on 13 August, with the consortium's chief test pilot, William Wainwright, at the controls. The initial General Electric CF6-80E1A4-powered version is scheduled to be certificated in March 1998, and to enter service ...
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PAL's new Airbuses come on line
The introduction of a new fleet of Airbus aircraft by Philippine Airlines (PAL) has gathered momentum recently with the delivery of the first A330-300 (pictured) and first A320. The airline's fleet renewal programme is based primarily on Airbus types, and includes eight A340s, eight A330-300s and 12 A320s. All the ...
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Air Niugini introduces two de Havilland Dash-8s into service
Air Niugini recently introduced its two new Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8-200s into service. The two 36-seat aircraft, ordered last year, are being operated on regional routes from Port Moresby, and will eventually replace the airline's two 48-seat de Havilland Dash 7s. Source: Flight International
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World's first civil GPS satellite landing system obtains FAA approval
The Honeywell/Pelorus SLS-2000differential global-positioning-system (GPS) satellite landing system now has US Federal Aviation Administration Special Category 1 (SCAT-1) approval. The "fail-operational" SLS installation comprises three GPS "pseudolyte" Remote Satellite Measurement Units (RSMU) up to 100m from an SLS ground reference station. The RSMUs supply the station with a ...
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Dragonair and ILFC agree to roll over A320 fleet
Dragonair has signed a deal with International Lease Finance (ILFC) to roll-over its fleet of Airbus Industrie A320s with seven new leased aircraft. The Hong Kong-based airline's seven International Aero Engines V2500-A1-powered A320s will be replaced by the latest-specification version, equipped with more powerful 118kN (26,500lb)-thrust V2527-A5 turbofans ...
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FedEx MD-11 crash still mystifies NTSB
The reason for the crash of the Federal Express Boeing MD-11 freighter which overturned and burst into flames after landing at Newark airport, New Jersey, USA on 31 July is still puzzling National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators, partly because the last 5s of flight data recorder (FDR) information has ...
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Kitty Hawk/Kalitta companies take decision to merge
Kitty Hawk, the Dallas-based charter passenger and cargo air carrier, has agreed to merge with the Ypsilanti, Michigan-based Kalitta Companies, which includes American International Airways (AIA), American International Cargo, American International Freight, Flight One Logistics, Kalitta Flying Services and OK Turbines. In a related transaction, Kitty Hawk will ...
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Stage 3 DC-8s approved
Miami-based Quiet Technology Venture (QTV) has received US certification of its Stage 3 hushkit for the McDonnell Douglas DC-8-50, powered by the short-duct Pratt &Whitney JT3D-3B. QTV plans to complete work on an increased-gross-weight version for DC-8-61s by year end. Approval of a Stage 3 hushkit for Boeing 707s and ...
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Olympic 727 written off during landing in storm
An Olympic Airways Boeing 727-200Adv's landing gear was ripped off and its left wing destroyed when the pilot steered it off the runway while landing at Thessaloniki, northern Greece, airport authorities have confirmed. The pilot appears to have been attempting to avoid overrunning into the sea. On 12 ...
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Jersey European ends record year and promises more to come
Jersey European Airways (JEA)has joined in the boom in Europe's regional markets, reporting record results for its latest financial year to March 1997. The carrier, which last November signed a franchise deal with Air France on routes from London Heathrow to Toulouse and Lyon, posted a 27%rise in sales to ...
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Maintenance hots up with two sales and Boeing's China move
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES TWO MAJOR North American maintenance and modification companies have been put up for sale in what could be the first signs of a consolidation in the aircraft-overhaul industry. At the same time Boeing is to taking a stake in the TAECO freighter ...
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Allison plans to build new hybrid AE2100 for Japan's amphibian
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Allison Engine is proposing a new hybrid version of its AE2100 turboprop to power the planned ShinMaywa Industries US-1A Kai upgraded search-and-rescue (SAR) amphibian for the Japan Defence Agency (JDA). The AE2100J being offered to Japan is a derivative of the AE2100A and D3 ...
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Reflected glory
Peter Henley/SEATTLE The dilemma which Boeing faced when launching its Next Generation 737 was whether to update the proven model or start afresh. The big 737 operators wanted an updated 737 for fleet commonality, but they demanded a version which would fly faster, higher and more economically. They ...
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Only the beginning
The first phase of US consolidation has ended, but there are more shifts to come in the ranking of the world's top 100 aerospace groups. Compiled by Flight International and Booz Allen & Hamilton Kevin O'Toole/LONDON This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of ...