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Merpati concludes BAe 146 lease agreement with NJS
NATIONAL JET Systems (NJS), of Australia, has signed an agreement to sublease up to ten BAe 146s to Merpati Nusantara Airlines. The aircraft will partially replace the Indonesian domestic carrier's ageing Fokker fleet of 15 F27s and 25 F28s on regional routes, beginning in November. Adelaide-based NJS, which ...
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Samsung presents Dutch with Fokker business plan
Julian Moxon/PARIS Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE SOUTH KOREA'S Samsung Aerospace has finally presented to the Dutch Government its business plan for the acquisition of Fokker Aircraft. A response from the Hague is due by 18 October and, if the plan is accepted, will lead to the launch of ...
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Deutsche BA will sell turboprops to French carrier
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH DEUTSCHE BA IS TO sell its loss-making turboprop activities to French carrier Regional Airlines, leaving the German British Airways daughter to focus on its jet-airliner operations. The sale comes just a month after BA announced that it was to restructure its European operation as part of ...
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No-gain pain
AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS ARE effective, if often tragic, teachers, and the aviation community always learns greatly from them. Incidents - the accidents which didn't quite happen -- can be just as effective teachers, but the aviation community learns far less from them. The reason is fear of disclosure- a fear which ...
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Using the open market for finance
Sir - In "Centralised ATM is on the cards for UK" (Flight International, 2 - 8 October, P11) you quote the UK Department of Transport as saying that borrowing on the open market is disallowed. It is surely time that this restrictive application of Treasury rules was challenged. ...
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NASA picks contractors for GA engine R&D
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC NASA's Lewis Research Center has selected Williams International and Teledyne Continental Motors (TCM) to develop powerplant technology for next-generation light aircraft. Williams International and NASA will share equally the cost of developing an advanced turbine engine as part of NASA's General Aviation Propulsion ...
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Unwanted demands
According to the FAA, flight-deck automation confuses pilots too often. David Learmount/LONDON HIGHLY AUTOMATED aircraft with digital flight-management systems (FMS) often surprise pilots and sometimes leave them dangerously confused. This is the basic conclusion of the US Federal Aviation Administration from its two-year review of modern airline flight-decks. ...
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Aviadvigatel
The Aviadvigatel/Perm Motors PS-90A turbofan programme has been severely crippled because of a lack of funding, which has severely compromised the manufacturer's ability to overcome technical problems which have left the engine with a reputation for poor reliability. Series production of the engine was conditionally approved by the ...
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Thai trends
Increasing air traffic over Thailand has led to substantial development of its air-traffic control. Julian Moxon/BANGKOK FOR THE PAST ten years, air traffic passing over and into Thailand has been growing at between 13% and 15% a year. According to the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), it is ...
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CFE
CFE, a joint venture between AlliedSignal and General Electric, is studying the potential market for its CFE738 turbofan as a power plant for sub-50-seat regional jets. AlliedSignal and GE revealed earlier this year that they are investigating the economic feasibility of such an aircraft, although the former company ...
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Saab to take 340 finishing in-house
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON SAAB AIRCRAFT is working on a programme to take all Saab 340 painting and interior finishing work in-house, from its UK subcontractor Hunting Aviation, by the end of this year. This marks the end of 13 years of subcontracting this activity in the UK ...
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CFM International
CFM International (CFMI) is working to get its CFM56-7 series turbofan certificated on schedule before the beginning of November. The latest version of the successful CFM56 family, the -7 is being developed to power the new-generation Boeing 737. The 737-700 is due to have its maiden flight in ...
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MDC chooses nose manufacturers
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) is studying proposals to establish a dual back-to-back capability for the production of MD-90 and MD-95 nose sections in China and South Korea. The plan calls for Korean Air's Aerospace division to share production of the MD-95 nose with Chengdu Aircraft ...
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Eurojet
The second Euro-fighter 2000 to be fitted with Euro-jet EJ200 engines, the Spanish CASA-assembled prototype DA6, had its maiden flight in late August. The first EJ200-powered aircraft, DA3, assembled by Alenia in Italy, first flew in 1995. The DA3 logged 40 flights before its original 01A-standard engines were ...
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Sabena replaces noisy 737s
SABENA IS examining Airbus Industrie A320s as possible replacements for some of its Boeing 737s. One possibility being considered by the Belgian carrier is to acquire the aircraft on operating leases from US lessor International Lease Finance (ILFC). The airline and its regional subsidiary, Delta Air ...
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GE-P&W Engine Alliance
GE-P&W Engine Alliance is a 50:50 joint-venture company formed by General Electric (GE) and Pratt & Whitney (P&W), to develop a power plant for the proposed Boeing 747-500X and -600X growth models. The engine, which will compete with the Rolls-Royce Trent 900, is being offered for Airbus' proposed A3XX ultra-high-capacity ...
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International Aero Engines IAE
International Aero Engines (IAE), a joint venture between Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce, MTU and Japanese Aero Engines, produces nine variants of the V2500 turbofan, which powers some Airbus A319/320/321s and the McDonnell Douglas MD-90-30. Italy's FiatAvio sold its minority stake in IAE to the four remaining partners earlier this year, ...
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Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries IHI
Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries (IHI) manufactures the two-shaft F3-30 turbofan for the Japan Air Self-Defence Force's Kawasaki T-4 trainer. The first production engine was delivered in 1987. IHI is expected to be responsible for about 40% of the work on the General Electric F110-129 engine which powers the Mitsubishi ...
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Passenger traffic stays on course for 7% growth
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Passenger traffic at the world's airports remains on target for annual growth of around 7%, according to half-year figures from the Airports Council International (ACI) industry body. Over the first half of 1996, the growth in passenger numbers continued to accelerate, rising by another ...
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Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce launched the Trent 900, its latest large turbofan, at September's Farnborough air show. The 356kN-thrust engine, a derivative of the Trent 800, which powers the Boeing 777, is being developed to power the proposed Boeing 747-500X/600X and Airbus A3XX ultra-high-capacity airliners. The Trent 900 uses the same ...