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STAe thinks again on AE31X
Paul Lewis/BEIJING Singapore Technologies Aerospace (STAe) is having second thoughts about participating in the planned joint Sino-European AE31X aircraft programme because of financial and workshare uncertainties. According to industry sources, STAe has in recent weeks voiced reservations to partners Airbus Industries Asia (AIA) and Aviation Industries ...
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Boeing may install new cockpit on 767-400ER
Boeing is considering the introduction of a new cockpit on the recently launched 767-400ER, in a move which could result in existing versions of the 767, the 757 and, eventually, the 747-400, being updated. Air Transport Intelligence, the new Reed Aerospace on-line news service, says that a decision ...
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AlliedSignal reveals China manufacturing plans
AlliedSignal Aerospace is aiming to finalise the first of three planned manufacturing joint ventures with Chinese industry by October, strengthening its bid to participate in the Sino-European Airbus/Avic/Singapore Technologies AE31X programme. The first joint venture involves a partnership with China Aero Technology Import & Export (CATIC) to produce ...
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FADEC is replaced on Eurofighter engine
Ian Sheppard/LONDON Initial production-standard Eurojet EJ200 engines installed on the Italian DA3 Eurofighter EF2000 prototype have been fitted with a new full-authority digital engine-control (FADEC) system after the original unit was found to be overweight and unreliable. The engines are undergoing ground runs in Turin before ...
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Aid for Concorde
British Airways Engineering is testing an artificial-intelligence maintenance aid with the Aerospatiale/BAC Concorde's Rolls-Royce Olympus engines. Source: Flight International
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Keeping promises
Emma Kelly/London The in-flight-entertainment (IFE) industry has undergone a radical change this year, with the leading hardware providers finally conceding that they are guilty of over-promising and under-delivering to their airline customers. After years of trying to meet airline requests for ever-more ambitious IFE applications, the makers have ...
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A 'super jumbo' by any other name could fit the bill
Sir - I read with interest the article "MDC flies new concept demonstrator" (Flight International, 13-19 August, P26), about the 6%-scale model of a blended-wing-body aircraft (which should be capable of carrying up to 800 passengers) designed, built and flown for McDonnell Douglas (MDC) by Stanford University, California. ...
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Abu Dhabi signs Hughes for $1.2 billion Thuraya deal
Hughes Space and Communications has won a $1.2 billion contract to build and launch a communications-satellite system, including the ground segment of the installation, for Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications of Abu Dhabi. One ground spare will also be constructed. The satellite, to be launched in 2000, will extend mobile-communications ...
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Ametek interfaces
Ametek Aerospace Products of Pennsylvania is supplying signal-conditioning units to interface existing aircraft systems with the Honeywell advanced common flightdeck for Boeing's MD-10 upgrade of the McDonnell Douglas DC-10. Ametek will also supply interface units to process signals from engine and nacelle sensors on the Bell Boeing 609 civil tilt-rotor. ...
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Rolls-Royce profits
Record engine sales have boosted Rolls-Royce's performance over the first half of 1996, with the group turning in net profits of £96 million ($155 million). A year ago it had posted a £180 million loss after taking a write-down on the Parsons steam-turbine business, which has since been sold. The ...
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Modiluft settles
Lufthansa and its former Indian partner Modiluft have reportedly reached an out-of-court settlement about the return of three leased Boeing 737-200s. Modiluft will return the aircraft to Lufthansa immediately and pay financial compensation. In return, Lufthansa will drop its legal action. Source: Flight International
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ABS prepares for imminent FAA certification of DC-9-50 hushkit
ABS Partnership is expecting imminent US Federal Aviation Administration certification for its McDonnell Douglas DC-9-50 Stage 3 hushkit. The US-based company has already developed a Stage 3 kit for every other variant of the Pratt & Whitney JT8D-powered DC-9, and has been working on a solution for the ...
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Asiana gains widebody approval
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Asiana Airlines has finally been given government approval to order its first tranche of 14 new Airbus and Boeing widebody aircraft, following commitments from the manufacturers to meet last-minute South Korean demands for offset work. Tentative agreement on the question of industrial concessions has ...
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Azerbaijani airlines look West to help expansion
Andrew Chuter/BAKU Azerbaijan's two largest airlines are looking to acquire Western aircraft so that they can expand their international and regional routes. The buying plans of Azerbaijan Airlines (Azal), and its privately owned rival Imair, are aimed at taking advantage of the influx of foreign investment, primarily to ...
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Brunei undertakes 767 fleet revamp
Royal Brunei Airlines aims to dispose of its two General Electric CF6-80C2-powered Boeing 767-300ERs and to standardise its fleet around Pratt & Whitney PW4056-powered twinjets. The two GE-powered 767s were destined for Air France, but these were deferred and acquired by Royal Brunei in April 1996. The airline has found ...
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GE changes CF34 containment system after test
General Electric plans to test a redesigned containment system for the CF34-8C1 engine being developed for the Canadair CRJ700 after earlier fan-rig tests revealed potential flaws. The test is expected to take place at the company's Ruston Gas Turbines site in the UK in September. In spite of ...
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Dasa's Airbus conversion orderbook expands
Daimler-Benz Aerospace (Dasa) Airbus will subcontract six Airbus A300B4 cargo conversions to its French partner Sogerma in 1998, as its orderbook swells and it seeks additional conversion capacity. The company expects its A300B4 conversion to be certificated by mid-September. It has recently taken orders and commitments for a ...
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Garuda take-off abort was 'a mistake'
Japan's Aircraft Accident Investigation Commission (AAIC) is reportedly set to blame the pilot for the June 1996 fatal crash of a Garuda Indonesia McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 at Fukuoka, southern Japan. Japanese newspaper reports say that the AAIC investigators have concluded that the captain incorrectly decided to abort the ...
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Continental power
Rolls-Royce has received a $75 million order for RB.211-535E4B engines to power five Continental Airlines Boeing 757s, the first of which is due to be delivered in June 1998. Continental has also placed a contract with Rolls-Royce Canada for the repair and overhaul of the engines of its 21-strong 757 ...