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Chinese Boeing deal signals relaxation in Sino-US relations
IN A SIGN OF gradual thawing of relations between Washington and Beijing, Air China has ordered three Boeing 747-400s, while McDonnell Douglas (MDC) has agreed to deliver its first MD-90 TrunkLiner to China Northern. The three new Boeing 747-400s are scheduled for delivery in May and August 1997 ...
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GECAS places first order with Airbus
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH GENERAL Electric Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) has placed its first business with Airbus Industrie, with an order for 45 aircraft and another 45 options. GECAS has signed 40 firm orders for the A319/A320/A321 family, with another five for the long-range A340-300, which, at current ...
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Brymon's Puffin in a Dash
BRYMON'S NEWLY CREATED off shore charter division, is operating two Bombardier de Havilland Dash 7s from its Aberdeen base. Brymon Offshore Air Charter has been awarded a $16 million (£10 million) five-year contract by BP Exploration to carry oil workers between Aberdeen and the Shetland Islands. The division's logo features ...
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Rolls-Royce RB.211s in Ulyanovsk
THE FIRST SET OF ROLLS-ROYCE RB.211-535s has been delivered to Aviastar in Ulyanovsk for installation on a production Tupolev Tu-204. The aircraft will be used to complete certification of the R-R-powered Tu-204-200 series. The delivery was timed to coincide with the visit of a business group to finalise talks about ...
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MDC
McDonnell Douglas (MDC) has opened a commercial-aircraft marketing office in Sydney, Australia. It is to be headed by Thomas Epperson, who is appointed vice-president of commercial marketing for South Pacific operations. He has been with the US manufacturer for 30 years, in marketing, government contracts, finance, and as programme manager ...
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THY minibus
THY has added its first narrowbodied Airbuses with the lease of three International Aero Engines V2500-powered A320s from Orix (two) and International Lease Finance (one). The aircraft, which are subleased to the Turkish airline via Translift, are based in Antalya. Source: Flight International
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Spanish 737 order
Spanish inclusive-tour operator Air Europa has ordered ten Boeing 737-800s, worth around $510 million, with options for two more aircraft. Deliveries to the Palma-based airline, which operates ten 737-300s and five 737-400s, will begin in 1998 and continue into 1999. Boeing has announced orders for 312 737-600/700/800s. ...
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Wideroe prepares for traffic expansion with more Dash 8s
NORWEGIAN carrier Wider¿e Flyveselskap has ordered a Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8-400 70-seat turboprop for delivery in the third quarter of 1999. The aircraft is part of a $40 million deal which includes two used Dash 8-100s and one used -300. The latter will be delivered by the ...
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A321 ETOPS
The CFM International CFM56 and International Aero Engines V2500-powered versions of the Airbus A321 received 120min extended-range twin-engined operations (ETOPS) European Joint Aviation Authorities approval in May. Meanwhile, the JAA has approved the A320 family's Auxiliary Power International (APIC) APS 3200 auxiliary power unit for 120min ETOPS. Source: ...
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FAA and NTSB continue to spar over FDRS
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC US PASSENGER airlines will be required to retrofit their fleets with enhanced flight-data recorders (EFDRs) within about four years under a US Federal Aviation Administration proposal. The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), meanwhile, continues to criticise the FAA for acting too slowly. ...
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Trent 777 ETOPS testing resumes
BOEING RESUMED extended-range twin-engined operations (ETOPS) testing of the Rolls-Royce Trent 800-powered 777 on 11 July, after foreign-object damage was determined to be the cause of a surge which halted testing on 16 June (Flight International, 3-9 July). Testing for 180min ETOPS clearance is expected to be completed on schedule ...
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WestPac agrees big 328 deal
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH DORNIER LUFTFAHRT has secured the first new orders for the Dornier 328 turboprop since a majority of the company was sold to Fairchild in June. Western Pacific Airlines ("WestPac") has placed an order for up to 24 328s, which it selected over the Aero International (Regional) ...
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Airbus keeps pace with Boeing-
Kevin O'Toole and Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON AFTER A POOR SHOWING of aircraft orders in 1995, Airbus Industrie appears to have held its own against Boeing in the first half of 1996, while the overall jet-airliner market continues to recover for both manufacturers. Although the headline figures show ...
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Test of faith
NO-ONE BENEFITS when accident-investigation agencies clash over the cause of an air crash. The arguments may be based on genuine grievances, but they only serve to deflect attention from the wider issues at stake. It has happened this week because the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has ...
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Hub crack is blamed for MD-88 fan failure
A FATIGUE crack in the fan hub is the likely cause of the uncontained failure of a Pratt & Whitney JT8D-219 powering a Delta McDonnell Douglas MD-88. Two passengers were killed and four injured when the left-engine fan disintegrated, sending debris into the cabin during the take-off run of Flight ...
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Pentagon torpedoes Marine Apaches and Black Hawks
THE AMBITIONS of McDonnell Douglas and Sikorsky to sell, respectively, the AH-64 Apache and UH-60 to the US Marine Corps have been dealt a serious blow by a US Department of Defense (DoD) report recommending that upgrading the USMC's existing fleet is the most cost-effective approach. The DoD ...
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Brussels Airport to be closed at night
A BELGIAN COURT ruling that aircraft cannot fly over certain Brussels suburbs between 23.00 and 06.00 will effectively close the capital's international airport during that period. An 11 July ruling means that the main runways, 25R-07 and 22, cannot be used at night. Brussels Airport night traffic is ...
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- and heads for new structure
Kevin O'Toole/PARIS AIRBUS INDUSTRIE has committed itself to becoming a fully fledged company by the end of the decade, with the partners promising that this will also be a catalyst for broader civil and military mergers within Europe. No firm timescale has yet been set, but ...
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China nears European deal
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE CHINA HOPES to finalise a workshare agreement with European manufacturers and Singapore Technologies (ST) before the end of the year, following the signing of a letter of intent (LoI) last week to develop a 90- to 140-seat regional jet. Signature of the LoI officially ...
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Diamonite delivers refitted Tu-134
DIAMONITE HAS delivered its 26th interior refurbishment of a Russian aircraft. The latest refit, a Tupolev Tu-134A, was sent to Moscow on 12 June. The aircraft is for a major Russian bank and is managed by the Kasparov Consultancy. Kasparov, owned by former world chess champion Gary Kasparov, ...