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Boeing to receive Northrop nacelles
NORTHROP Grumman's Midgeville, Georgia, composite-production plant is to begin providing nacelle components to Boeing's Wichita division for the Boeing 747/757/767/777 commercial aircraft. The new work, which includes fan-cowl assemblies, thrust reversers and inlet panels, extends into the next century and could be worth more than $200 million. ...
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Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127 powers Ilyushin Il-114
The Ilyushin design bureau and Pratt & Whitney Canada finalised negotiations for a PW127F-powered version of the Il-114 turboprop on the opening day of the show. The Western-engined version, which is intended to be offered alongside the Klimov TV7-117-powered model, will have its maiden flight in 1998. Passenger and freighter ...
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Airbus holds a high ground in week of sales activity
Business has been extremely active in the commercial market, dominated by Boeing and Airbus, this week at Le Bourget. News from McDonnell Douglas, however, was conspicuously absent this year. Boeing started the week in the limelight over its discussions about the proposed merger with McDonnell Douglas. Boeing ...
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Italians Deal
Italian firm Fiatavio will play a key role in the design, development and production of a new family of turbofan engines. The company signed a Memorandum of Agreement at Paris with Pratt & Whitney Canada. The launch application for the collaboration will be the PW308 engine, a growth ...
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AI(R) orders
Aero International (Regional) has won orders for four new aircraft - one ATR 42-500 and three ATR 72-210 As, it was announced at the show yesterday. The order is from Air Dolomiti, which now operates a total of 13 ATR aircraft. Source: Flight Daily ...
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New niches blur the boundaries in corporate jet market
Boundaries between business jets and airliners have blurred now that both Airbus and Boeing have extended their reach into the corporate world. The super-large executive jet is not the only new niche product to have established itself at Paris '97, however. Manufacturers are also filling the gap between ...
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Nitrogen injection solution for long-term storage
The Capry Group (Hall 3/B4) is drawing in the crowds with its Inerpac packaging process. Inerpac is a patented technique which allows parts to be protected and preserved in a modified atmosphere for up to five years by the injection of nitrogen. The nitrogen is injected ...
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Engine makers have plenty to smile about
If the airframe manufacturers have been announcing successes throughout the week, then the engine makers have been rejoicing too. Rolls-Royce is celebrating its selection as power provider to the Airbus Industrie (AI) A340-600 and -500 with the Trent 500 announced on Monday. Disappointed GE and Pratt & Whitney ...
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Airbus bumps up its Paris sales to $3.5b
Airbus Industrie has ended the show in style with a $2billion memorandum of understanding (MoU) for 50 A319s from Northwest Airlines. The deal brings the total value of contracts announced by Airbus at Paris '97 to $3.5billion. US-based Northwest Airlines also has options on an additional ...
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$2.5billion orders confirm market opportunities for regional jets
If Paris '97 has proved one thing, it is that regional jets are here to stay. This morning, manufacturers can reflect that RJ order announcements this week topped $2.5billion, launch customers have stepped forward for two new programmes, and the jet has spread into both the 30 and ...
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Turboprop market rings to the sounds of silence
Don't expect a war of words as the battle for the 50-seater turboprop market heats up - expect a war of whispers instead. Both Saab with its top-of -the-range high-performance Saab 2000 and the Bombardier Regional Aircraft (BRAD) de Havilland Dash 8Q series are claiming technological advances which ...
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Grumman business on back of nacelle order
Northrop Grumman has won a potential $200million worth of business after being chosen by Boeing to produce nacelle components, it was announced at Paris. The components, which include fan cowl assemblies, composite thrust reverser and inlet panels, is for Boeing 747, 757, 767 and 777 aircraft. ...
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Loadmaster deals
Ayres Corporation has sealed two deals worth up to $160million for LM200 Loadmaster freighters. Montana-based Corporate Air has signed for 10 of the $4million aircraft, with options on a further 20. Dutch cargo carrier Duijvestijn Aviation is taking five, with options on another five. ...
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Collins selected
Air France has put its faith in the Collins Air Transport Division of Rockwell's Avionics and Communications by selecting it as preferred avionics supplier for its current fleet and for new aircraft. The agreement extends to the end of 2001. Marc Veron, Air France Group's president and ...
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Meggitt hat trick
Meggitt Avionics has announced a hat trick of awards here at the Paris air show, two of them for oil sensors. Williams International has chosen Engine Oil Level Switches on the FJ44-2 engine to replace an existing sight gauge with an electronic sensor. Features on the ...
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Hushkit secret is in honeycomb treatment
Astech and Burbank Nacelle have joined forces to create a P&W JT8D Hushkit for the Douglas DC-9. It can be seen here at the Paris show in Hall 3/B11c, where the American firm Astech is making its debut appearance. Manager Marco Cavazzoni says: "This model has ...
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Brazilians opt for Airbus
Another billion-dollar deal was announced at the show yesterday - by Airbus Industrie. Brazilian airline TAM is to take five A330-200s, with options for a further five, and has chosen Pratt & Whitney PW4168 engines. The engine choice between P&W and Rolls-Royce was made so late ...
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Continental eyes 30-seaters
US regional airline Continental Express says it could be ordering 30-seat jets as early as August and eventually become an all-jet operation. During yesterday's announcement that Continental is firming up options on 25 more Embraer EMB-145 regional jets, the airline's president David Siegel said he was "-extremely interested" ...
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Aeroflot to install Collins avionics
Russia's international airline Aeroflot is spending just over $6million to equip its 10 new Boeing 737-400s with an advanced Collins avionics suite from Rockwell's Avionics and Communications. Each aircraft will be equipped with Collins comm/nav radios and sensors, forward looking windshear radar, a TCAS system and a Series ...
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JSF: BAe locks on to Lockheed Martin
British Aerospace (BAe) is joining forces with Lockheed Martin on the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) programme, it was announced at Paris yesterday. The decision to go with Lockheed Martin rather than the rival Boeing project - reached two days ago in Paris - is described by BAe chief ...