All air transport news – Page 2371
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Cuban revolution
Andrzej Jeziorski/HAVANA The Franco-Italian regional aircraft consortium ATR scored a coup when it became the first manufacturer outside the ex-Communist Bloc to sell aircraft to Cuba since Fidel Castro's revolution in 1959. The sale is the start of a massive fleet renewal programme covering all of the Caribbean island's ...
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Parts partnerships
Paul Seidenman/SAN FRANCISCO Fewer air carriers want to be in the business of stocking and maintaining huge inventories of parts, so they are looking to shift the burden to those companies which supply everything from bearings and seals to engines and airframes. "Until the early 1990s, the industry was more ...
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EC135 receives first combined recorder
The first prototype of a new combined solid state flight data (FDR) and cockpit voice recorder (CVR) has been delivered by AlliedSignal to Eurocopter for installation on the company's EC135 helicopter. The combined recorder has been developed for general aviation aircraft and helicopters where weight and space is critical. ...
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Boeing aims at TrunkLiner gap
Guy Norris/SEATTLE Boeing is in talks with China over a wide range of potential ventures, including possible involvement in the 717-200, as the company seeks to fill the void left by China's recent decision to scrap the MD-90 TrunkLiner effort. Boeing Commercial Airplane Group president Ron Woodard says: ...
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China Airlines aligns with SIA as it ponders 777 acquisitions
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE China Airlines (CAL) has reached an internal decision to order a fleet of Boeing 777s, but final board approval remains pending as it weighs the full scope of potential co-operation with newly announced strategic partner Singapore Airlines (SIA). The Taiwanese carrier has in principle selected the 777-200 as ...
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More 328JET orders emerge as 228 line closes
Fairchild Dornier has booked an order for 10 328JETs from German start-up Modern Air and received letters of intent covering seven more from Italy's Minerva Airlines and an unnamed Swiss customer. The manufacturer has also confirmed it is winding up German production of its 19-seat 228 turboprop. Modern Air ...
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KAL suffers new blow as 747 skids off runway
Korean Air's (KAL) safety record was dealt a further blow when a Boeing 747-400 suffered major damage and passenger injuries on landing at Seoul's Kimpo Airport on 5 August. The incident occurred only days after a high-level flight operations shake-up and as KAL considers a $21.5 million flight operations reform ...
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Eurocontrol wants ACAS delay
Julian Moxon/PARIS Eurocontrol is calling for the complusory implementation of airborne collision avoidance systems (ACAS) in passenger aircraft to be delayed by up to 15 months, from the existing January 2000 deadline. Introduction of the ACAS 2 standard has already been agreed by the European Civil Aviation Conference ...
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NG737 HUD goes to American
Following American Airlines' order for GEC-Marconi's HUD 2020 head-up display for 75 new Boeing 737-800s in January (Flight International, 4-10 February), the UK company has delivered the first production-standard examples to the American Airlines Flight Academy in Dallas, Texas. It will be installed in a simulator, and has integrated another ...
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Diesel engine launched
Textron Lycoming and Detroit Diesel have launched development of a diesel aero-engine for general aviation aircraft. A prototype 150kW(200hp) turbocharged engine is under test at Lycoming, but a timescale for development and certification has yet to be determined. Both companies say they are pursuing the aero-diesel programme "with full ...
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Lycoming and Unison harmonise for digital system
Textron Lycoming and Unison Industries are collaborating on development of a digital control system for piston aeroengines. Unison president Fred Sontag says the Electronic Propulsion Integrated Control (EPiC) system will control propeller, fuel, manifold pressure and ignition settings through one panel-mounted lever and a digital controller that activates the ...
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Stretched 757 gets first flight
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Boeing began the 757-300 flight test and certification programme on 2 August when the stretched twinjet made a 2h first flight from Renton, Washington. The maiden flight, which was around a month later than originally planned because of the impact of production-related problems at Renton, was marred ...
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UK probes approach incidents at Emerald Airways
Investigator was in control tower as serious incidents occurred
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Taking pole position
Paul Lewis/NEW YORK and HONG KONG The International Air Transport Association's (IATA) Asia-Pacific technical office and airline regional co-ordinating group (RCG) has enjoyed a busy three years. Having negotiated safe passage over Afghanistan and helped broker the opening of North Korean airspace, the group scored again with the initial ...
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Nikkiso reversers
Nikkiso of Japan has been selected by the joint Airbus Industrie/Hispano Suiza company, Aircelle, to supply the thrust reverser cascades for the A340-500/600, starting in 2001. Aircelle is supplying the inlet and engine mounts, and Spain's CASA the cowl doors. Source: Flight International
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Engine certificated
GE Aircraft Engines has won US certification of the uprated 1,400kW (1,900shp)-class CT7-9C3 turboprop. The engine powers the CASA CN-235-300, which is scheduled to be certificated by year-end. The -9C3, coupled with a larger Hamilton Standard propeller, provides 15% more take-off thrust. Source: Flight International
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Atlas studies mid-size freighter
Guy Norris/SEATTLE Atlas Air has confirmed interest in expanding its operations beyond the Boeing 747-200F and 747-400F freighters with a new mid-size aircraft. "We are considering a 50-60t aircraft" says the Colorado-based cargo airline's president and chief executive, Michael Chowdry. Although Atlas has expanded its fleet with used ...
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BM Engineering makes third party breakthrough
BM Engineering has agreed a five-year maintenance support contract with Norwegian start-up charter operator Color Air. The deal represents the company's first third party base maintenance contract since setting up last year as as a separate corporate entity from parent airline British Midland. Color Air has two ex-TACA Boeing ...
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Casinos gamble on new carrier
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Two Las Vegas casinos have together invested $30 million in low-fares start-up National Airlines, in a bid to offset a decline in seat availability as major airlines redeploy aircraft to higher-yield routes. National plans to start services in January or February 1999, operating four leased ...
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CityFlyer outlines plans to operate all-jet fleet
Max Kingsley-Jones/WOODFORD British Airways franchise partner CityFlyer Express expects to be an all-jet operator within five years, with its growing fleet of 105-seat Avro RJ100s set to be the smallest aircraft it operates. The airline, however, denies suggestions that it is set for an imminent change of ownership. CityFlyer has ...