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Trent 777 IGW remains 'on target'
Boeing and Rolls-Royce are confident that certification of the Trent 890-powered 777-200 Increased Gross Weight (IGW) version of the Boeing twinjet is "on target" to be completed by the end of March, despite a rescheduling of testing because of some late changes in engine configuration. The release of ...
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BAe flies its first converted A300B4 freighter
British Aerospace's Filton, UK-based division, BAe Aviation Services, flew its first converted Airbus A300B4 freighter on 23 January, and hopes to be able to secure approval from the US Federal Aviation Administration and UK Civil Aviation Authority approval by the end of March. The conversion of the first ...
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BMed resurrects BA franchise agreement
BRITISH Mediterranean Airways (BMed) has struck a new agreement with British Airways to operate as a franchise partner on routes between London Heathrow and the Middle East as from April. The two airlines originally agreed to a link for their 1996/7 winter schedules, but the plans were later ...
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CFMI gears up for bumper year
CFM International (CFMI) is stepping up production of CFM56 engines in response to record orders placed during 1996 for 1,280 powerplants valued at $5.5 billion. CFMI president Gerard Laviec says that the company had planned for only "about 700 orders" for the year. As a result of the ...
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Ethiopian nears decision on new fleet
Ethiopian Airlines is studying proposals from Boeing and Airbus Industrie for its fleet-renewal programme, and is expected to be ready to place an order for narrow- and widebodied aircraft before the end of the year. "Most of the background work has been finalised. My expectation is that we ...
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Indian Airlines seeks compensation for V2500 performance
Indian Airlines is seeking compensation from International Aero Engines (IAE)for the higher-than-expected fuel consumption of the V2500 engines which power its Airbus A320s. IAE, a joint venture including Pratt & Whitney and Rolls-Royce, declines to comment on the extent of the shortfall, although it is thought to be ...
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Rescued Kiwi takes expansion slowly
Kiwi International Airlines, which re-introduced scheduled passenger services to four US cities at the end of January, plans a gradual expansion of its fleet and destinations over the next three months. Kiwi was forced to suspend all scheduled services in October 1996 after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy ...
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Virgin-Sabena deal
Sabena and Virgin Express have signed another agreement on joint operation under which Sabena's service from Brussels to Barcelona was taken over by Virgin Express on 14 February. The agreement is similar to the one concluded in October 1996, under which Virgin took over Sabena's Brussels-London Heathrow services, and enabled ...
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Omega Air to launch 707 re-engineing with JT8Ds
Omega Air has signed an agreement with Pratt & Whitney about the re-engineing of its Boeing 707-320 fleet with P&W JT8D-200 engines. The Omega leasing company is the major partner in the US-based consortium "7Q7", which plans to certificate the JT8D-powered version in 1998. Omega, based in Dublin, ...
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RAC sets up Tu-204 leasing-
The Russian Aviation Consortium (RAC) has set up a leasing company to help in its efforts to place the Tupolev Tu-204 with Russian airlines. Certification of the Tu-204Ccargo version and increased-take-off-weight Tu-214 are also now expected in March. The new Moscow Aviation International (MAIC) leasing company has guaranteed ...
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Fly by net
The AeroNet, SITA's latest data-communications system, could be the aviation industry's answer to the Internet. Long established as a provider of data communications for the aviation industry, SITA recently had a self-contained, high-performance data network grafted on to its support structure. Called the AeroNet, it is aimed at eradicating paper ...
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Spare a thought
Airlines in Europe are becoming increasingly reliant on third-party component support services. Maintaining a comprehensive spare-parts inventory for a modern airline is an expensive business, particularly for a small- or medium-sized operator. Many expensive components may be languishing in storage, under-used but held in case an unforeseen failure grounds an ...
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MTR
Hans Fischer has become managing director at joint-venture engine manufacturer MTU Turboméca Rolls-Royce (MTR). He replaces Hartmut Tenter, who becomes head of the Turbo-Union RB.199 programme at Munich, Germany. Fischer was most recently head of sales and marketing at MTU Munich. Source: Flight International
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MDC
McDonnell Douglas (MDC), of St Louis, Missouri, has appointed Walter Orlowski president of its Long Beach, California-based Douglas Aircraft commercial-aircraft division . Orlowski, who was formerly vice-president and general manager of Douglas, succeeds Mike Sears, who is to head MDC's tactical-aircraft, missiles and space businesses. Source: ...
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Honeywell
Honeywell, of Phoenix, Arizona, has named Bill Bouchard director of operations for its Business and Commuter Aviation Systems division, in Glendale, Arizona. He succeeds Roger Custer, who has moved to Honeywell Asia Pacific in Hong Kong as vice-president of manufacturing. Bouchard, with the company since 1979, was most recently marketing ...
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Engine alliance
Pratt & Whitney Space Propulsion has joined Russia's NPO Energomash to form RD AMROSS, a company to produce, market and sell the RD-180 engine. Source: Flight International
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Flying high in the USA
There seems to be no stopping the US airline industry. Passenger traffic has set new highs throughout the past year and there are few signs of the growth slowing down. Profits have been spectacular. On almost any measure, the year-end results from the US majors are the best ...
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CIS reports worst-ever airline accident rate
A MASSIVE deterioration in freight airline safety in the CIS countries has given the region its worst fatal airline-accident rate in history, according to figures released by the Interstate Aviation Committee (MAK). Ten of the year's 13 fatal accidents involved CIS-registered freighters. MAK says that this gives a fatal-accident rate ...
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PW306-powered 328 jet gets the go-ahead
Fairchild Dornier is to go ahead with its plans for a turbofan-powered 328, which will enter service in early 1999. The announcement follows the confirmation recently of the selection of Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC)as the engine supplier for the jet-powered derivative of the turboprop aircraft (Flight International, 29 January-4 ...
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Myanmar shelves A320-lease plans
Myanmar Airways International has scrapped plans to lease two Airbus Industrie A320s and instead extended an interim lease agreement with Malaysia Airlines (MAS)for two Boeing 737-400s. In late 1996, the Singapore-Myanmar joint-venture carrier signed a letter of intent with Airbus to lease two A320s for five years. The ...