All air transport news – Page 2517
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UPS passengers
UPS began passenger services on 7 March, using Boeing 727-100QF freighters recently modified by Pemco to allow them to be operated in the passenger/ cargo quick-change role. The aircraft can now be equipped with 113-seat interiors for weekend charter services, increasing utilisation. Passenger services were inaugurated with a flight from ...
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A question of engine quality?
Sir - After months of rigorous testing to obtain certification, and subsequently testing clearance, for extended-range twinjet operations, you report in the article "Compressor damage grounds two of BA's 777 fleet" that the General Electric GE90 has had to be removed from British Airways 777s, having suffered compressor damage following ...
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Boeing
Boeing has elected three new senior vice-presidents. They are: Theodore Collins, senior vice-president and general counsel; Alan Mulally, senior vice-president and president of Boeing Defense & Space Group; and John Warner, senior vice-president. Collins also has responsibility for the office of corporate secretary and for contracts; and among Warner's responsibilities ...
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Aerospatiale talks to China about FANS
Aerospatiale is negotiating with China on opening a new Future Air Navigation System (FANS) air-traffic route which would enable Virgin Atlantic to cut up to 45min from its Airbus A340 Hong-Kong-London service. China Airlines, which is due to receive its first A340 in March, is also likely to ...
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FLS completes first 727 cargo conversion
FLS Aerospace has completed its first freighter conversion of a Boeing 727, and the aircraft has now entered service with TNT Express Worldwide on its European network. The aircraft, a -200 Adv, was modified at FLS' Stansted, UK, centre, using the Aircraft Engineering & Installation Services (AEI), Miami, supplemental type ...
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777 airframe undergoes longest-ever fatigue test
Boeing's 777 full-scale fatigue-test airframe had undergone 120,000 simulated flights between January 1995 and 13 March this year, representing double the aircraft's 30-year design service objective, and making this the most extensive fatigue test to be carried out by the company. Boeing structural engineers are "very pleased" with ...
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Canadian charter carriers expand their long-haul fleets
Canadian charter airlines are boosting their long-haul fleets for their 1997 summer season as the Canada-Europe holiday market continues to grow. SkyService, which began holiday-charter flights in 1994 with leased Airbus Industrie A320s, will become the first North American operator of the Airbus A330 when it receives a ...
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Safety in Colombia
Colombian commercial air transport has a poor safety record by average world standards. This has been spotlighted by the US Federal Aviation Administration's International Air Safety Assessment Programme (IASAP), which gave Colombia's civil-aviation authority (Aeronautica Civil) only a Category 2 "conditional" rating for safety-oversight standards. Keen to earn its IASAP ...
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Rolls Royce
UK engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce Aerospace Group has named Bill Madison director of business development for Rolls-Royce Aero Engine Services. He was most recently vice-president for marketing and sales at Greenwich Air Services, based at Miami, Florida. Source: Flight International
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Snecma is 'positive' about R-R's plans for A340-600
French engine manufacturer Snecma is in "very positive" negotiations with Rolls- Royce on taking a stake in the UK company's proposed engine for the Airbus Industrie A340-600. The move follows the failure of talks between Airbus and General Electric on a suitable engine for the stretched, ultra-long-range, 375-seat ...
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SAA closes in on long-awaited 777 purchase
South African Airways (SAA)is working to finalise its delayed order for Boeing 777s by the end of March, following the US manufacturer's offer of revised delivery positions. The move comes as SAA is undergoing a major management restructuring to prepare it for privatisation. The carrier and Boeing announced ...
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BA suspends 777IGW ETOPS operations
British Airways has suspended extended-range twin-engine operations (ETOPS) flights using its three Boeing 777-200 increased-gross-weight aircraft after metal was found in the chip detectors of two engines. The problem was discovered during a routine inspection on 21 February, and three days later a Boston-bound 777-200IGWreturned to London after a cockpit ...
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Boeing completes first 737-800 fuselage assembly
Boeing is close to completing assembly of the first Boeing 737-800 fuselage at its Wichita, Kansas plant. Following the application of final protective finishes, the 39.5m-long body will be shipped by rail to the company's Renton, Washington, factory for final assembly. The first 737-800, the largest member of the next-generation ...
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MTU tests transonic LP turbine
Daimler-Benz Aerospace (Dasa)engine subsidiary MTU has successfully completed the first round of altitude tests on its transonic low-pressure (LP) turbine for an advanced ducted-propulsor (ADP) engine. The tests were performed in Stuttgart University's high-altitude testing centre, as part of the Engine 3E (environment, efficiency and economy) research programme ...
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Ultra-led team to study advanced control systems
A research project aimed at developing advanced control systems for large-aircraft landing gear has been launched by Ultra Electronics, in conjunction with Messier-Dowty and British Aerospace Airbus. The 30-month UK Government-sponsored research programme will cover areas such as active bogie trimming, damping control, steering control and intelligent gear-sequencing. ...
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Rochet initiates TAT/Air Liberte merger
Marc Rochet, the joint president of the two British Airways subsidiaries in France, TAT European Airlines and Air Liberté, has made a start on moves to merge the two carriers to "-take advantage of the synergies" and create the country's second-biggest airline. Under a French legal process, which ...
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Austrian Airlines takes control of rival Lauda Air
Austrian Airlines (AUA) is taking a controlling stake in rival Lauda Air, incorporating it into a national-airline group alongside regional carrier Tyrolean Airways. "The Austrian market is too small for three competing airlines, so it is our strategy to work jointly to be more competitive with other major ...
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Cathay maintains steady course
Cathay Pacific Airways has turned in a steady set of 1996 financial results, despite struggling with a falling Japanese yen and soaring fuel costs, while the airline's net profits also received a hefty boost from the sale of part of its share in sister carrier Dragonair. Overall, the ...
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General Electric snaps up Greenwich Air/UNC
Just weeks after Greenwich Air Services agreed to buy UNC to create the world's largest independent engine-maintenance business, General Electric has stepped in to buy both groups. The acquisition of Greenwich/UNC, which is due to be completed within the next six months, would give GE Engine Services sales ...