All air transport news – Page 2402
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Bombardier
Canada's Bombardier Business Aircraft has set up a new sales organisation, headed by John Lawson, president of sales. Peter Edwards becomes senior vice-president of international sales and Bill Monroe, based in Wichita, Kansas, is appointed vice-president, US Learjet sales. Source: Flight International
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BMW R-R offers loan deal to help Tupolev
BMW ROLLS-ROYCE is preparing to loan some of its BR710 engines to Tupolev to help kick-start the Russian firm's twin-engined Tu-334 programme. Günter Kappler, the German engine-maker's engineering director, says that the company will loan at least two engines, in a programme similar to that for the R-R-engined ...
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Stage 3 testing starts
Burbank Aeronautical II (BACII) has begun flight testing its Stage 3 hushkit for the Pratt &Whitney JT3D-powered Boeing 707. The tests should finish in August, with US Federal Aviation Administration certification expected in September. Source: Flight International
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Boeing looks at new 737 stretch to combat A321
Boeing is studying development of a larger stretched variant of the new-generation 737 twinjet, to compete more effectively in the 180-200-seat class against the Airbus A321. Boeing has refused to comment officially on the proposed 737-900X growth derivative, which was only revealed as a study to suppliers at ...
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GE-PW alliance gets lifeline from move on 747-400 IGW
Boeing is considering speeding up studies of the proposed 747-400IGW "simple stretch" providing fresh impetus for the General Electric/Pratt & Whitney Engine Alliance which appeared to be on the verge of dissolution following P&W's separate bid to power the Airbus A3XX with the PW4000. "We're now doing study ...
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Dasa reveals Airbus net profit
Airbus Industrie's net profits have been stated officially for the first time, with a line in the Daimler-Benz Aerospace (Dasa)annual report showing the consortium made a healthy return of around $700 million for 1996. Although Airbus prepares full accounts for its four partners, only the sales figures have ...
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Boeing hopes for more from China despite Airbus
Boeing is hoping to secure follow-on orders for a large number of 737s and 757s from Chinese operators, despite a push by Airbus Industrie to place up to 100 new jet airliners with China Aviation Supplies (CASC). According to Boeing, a series of different proposals have been made ...
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Dunlop invests in structural analysis
Dunlop Aviation has invested over £3 million ($4.9 million)in advanced analysis and upgraded test equipment intended for its new Structural Dynamics department. The "top priority" for the department is achieving a reduction in brake and landing-gear vibration during taxiing, and take-off and landing rolls, says Dunlop. The effects ...
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Commercial moves
LOCKHEEDMARTIN IS poised to return to commercial aerospace, through a possible alliance with Airbus Industrie and by expanding its existing aircraft-maintenance capability. Micky Blackwell, president of Lockheed Martin's Aeronautics sector, says that the US company must increase its international business and boost its share of the maintenance market if it ...
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Regional jets find a home
LABOUR TURMOIL and strike threats spawned by the introduction of new-generation "regional jets" have diverted attention away from an evolution that is taking place in both the airline and aircraft manufacturing industries. This is the opinion of aircraft manufacturers, airline-industry pundits and air-carrier officials who say that the ...
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Historic manufacturers return
Two famous names from German aviation history staged a comeback at the Aero '97 show, with the presentation of new prototypes from Zeppelin and Junkers. The general-aviation show, in Friedrichshafen, Germany, from 23-27 April, featured the public debut of the Zeppelin New Technology (NT) airship, the LZ N07. ...
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FAA re-issues Teledyne crankshaft AD
A PROPOSED airworthiness directive (AD) requiring replacement of the crankshafts in some 10,000 Teledyne Continental 360-and 520-series piston engines has resurfaced, with the US Federal Aviation Administration citing an abnormally high failure rate. The original July 1993 notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) was strenuously opposed by the US ...
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Orenda picks engine site in Nova Scotia
Orenda Aerospace has selected Truro, Nova Scotia, as the site for an engine manufacturing and aircraft remanufacturing plant. The Canadian company which will produce the OE-600-series vee-8 piston engine will be known as Orenda Recip, and it will be the first private aerospace company at Debert Airport, a former Canadian ...
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Breath of fresh AI(R)
When Aero International (Regional) (AI(R)) was formed in January 1996 from the regional-aircraft businesses of Aerospatiale of France, Alenia of Italy and British Aerospace, its declared policy was to manufacture and market a family of complementary regional aircraft. That family now includes the Jetstream 41 turboprop (with 29-30 seats), the ...
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Sharing the loads
The utilisation by major carriers of regional airlines with low cost bases to operate low-volume, short-haul feeder services is a concept that has been established in North America since the 1980s, but has only recently caught on in Europe. British Airways was the first European carrier to conclude a franchise ...
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France's revolution
The announcement on 18 February by French regional airline Brit Air that it was to place the launch order for the 70-seat Series 700 version of the highly successful 50-seat Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) served only to confirm the revolution taking place in France's regional-airline industry. In ...
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US carriers enjoy profits hike
Overall profits from the major US airline groups continued to forge ahead in the first quarter of 1997, shrugging aside the hike in fuel costs and re-imposition of the 10% federal ticket tax in early March. The leading airlines made a combined profit of over $750 million, more ...
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Maersk steers Estonian Air to profits in 1999 as traffic rises
Estonian Air, now managed by Denmark's Maersk Air following 1996's privatisation, is forecasting proÌts by 1999 on the back of a steady increase in passenger traffic, helped by its new Western-built aircraft ßeet and the development of regional routes from the Estonian capital, Tallinn. Borge Thornbech, who was ...
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Finmeccanica heads for new direction as president goes
Italy's state-owned aerospace and defence group, Finmeccanica, is poised for yet another sharp change in direction after the resignation of its long-time president Fabiano Fabiani. The move is expected to end attempts to privatise the whole group and lead to the sale or merger of individual businesses such ...
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Gulf Air funding finally agreed as losses start to fall
Gulf Air says that its state shareholders have agreed to $200 million in fresh funding, ending months of boardroom negotiations over shoring up the carrier's crisis-hit finances. The deal was finally struck at a board meeting held in Doha, Qatar, in April. Chief executive Shaikh Ahmed bin Saif ...