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Australia's Qantas and Japan Airlines reach agreement on codesharing
QANTAS AND JAPAN Air Lines (JAL) have negotiated a memorandum of understanding on a codesharing deal which will allow both carriers to rationalise services on tourism routes between Tokyo, Cairns and Brisbane, following a flattening of the Japanese market. Under the arrangement, Qantas will operate direct Boeing 747 ...
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BA optimistic on open-skies
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON British Airways chief executive Bob Ayling is hopeful that the US/UK open-skies negotiations will be back on track by the end of September, despite the breakdown in the latest round of talks. Doubts were raised over the state of relations between the two sides ...
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British Airways expects 777 ETOPS in October
Guy Norris/FARNBOROUGH BRITISH AIRWAYS is expected to be cleared for inaugural transatlantic services with the General Electric GE90-powered Boeing 777 in October, pending final approval by the European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA). The engine/airframe completed extended-range twinjet operations (ETOPS) testing on 31 July, and US Federal ...
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Looking at dwell-cracks in CF6-50
Sir - Further to my letters "Solving problems in development" and "Development problems continue" (Flight International, 7-13 February, P44 and 13-19 March, P37), I note a statement in the June issue of the Royal Aeronautical Society journal which says that following two uncontained compressor-disc failures in General Electric CF6-50s, the ...
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Three shafts: the basics
Most turbofans have a low- and high-pressure spool, whereas the R-R engines have three: a high, intermediate and low spool. R-R believes that this is more advantageous because each spool can be better optimised aerodynamically and, therefore, works more efficiently. The fan and booster run together on the LP spool ...
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BA to phase out its ageing 747-100s
British Airways says that the recent order/reconfirmation of 14 Boeing 747-400s will enable the ageing fleet of 15 747-100s to be phased out over the next four years. "These aircraft have more than earned their investment", says chief executive Bob Ayling. BA has not yet decided on the destiny of ...
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ILFC leases
International Lease Finance (ILFC) has placed two International Aero Engines-V2500-powered Airbus A321s with Air Macau for delivery, in February and April 1997 on seven year leases. The aircraft will join two A320s and two A321s already leased from the US lessor. ILFChas also placed a Rolls-Royce Trent 772-powered Airbus A330-300 ...
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Allied APU deal
AlliedSignal Aerospace has won a $40 million deal to supply auxiliary power units (APUs), wheels, brakes and avionics to GATX Capital for 33 Boeing 737s, 757s and Airbus A320s. It has also agreed a $30 million deal to provide 36-300 APUs for Airbus A319s, A320s and A321s operated by Canadian ...
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DASA recovers from loss position
Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA) began the long haul back from its disastrous losses in the first half of the 1996, after shedding Fokker at the start of the year. The aerospace business saw operating profit improve by almost DM1 billion ($680 million) although that still left DASA with losses ...
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Digital gyro deal
Airbus Industrie has selected Honeywel's GG1320 digital ring-laser gyro as a replacement for analogue ring-laser gyros in its A319, A320, A321, A330 and A340 types. The GG1320 is to be certificated on the A320 as part of the US avionics manufacturer's air-data/initial-reference system in December. It will be certificated on ...
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GE/P&W will finalise GP7000 by year end
THE GENERAL Electric-Pratt & Whitney Engine Alliance joint venture will complete definition of the GP7000 baseline design for the proposed Boeing 747-X series by the end of the year to meet an entry-into-service target of 2000 (Flight International, 4-10 September). The partners aim to begin a 36-month development ...
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Boeing launches 757 stretch
BOEING IS going ahead with its long-awaited 757-300 stretch variant after negotiating "a proposal" for up to 24 aircraft with the German charter airline, Condor Flugdienst. The deal covers firm orders worth $875 million for 12 aircraft (formerly designated the -300X) and 12 options. Boeing says: "The order ...
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MDC studies new MD-90 wing
McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) has revealed studies of a re-winged MD-90 twinjet, which would give it transcontinental range and clear the way for the future development of a new series of derivatives. "It would be an all new wing not a revised version of the present one," says the ...
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Western companies plan to launch rescue for Tu-334
EUROPEAN AND US suppliers are working on a financial package to enable the stalled Tupolev Tu-334 airliner programme to be restarted. Suppliers involved in the effort include AlliedSignal, BMW Rolls-Royce and Honeywell. BMW R-R plans to supply its BR710 engine for a 100-seat version of the twinjet. ...
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GE favours 'new' engine for A340
General Electric's exclusive engine-study agreement with Airbus Industrie on a power plant for the growth version of the Airbus A340-600 is leaning towards the development of an all-new engine. The studies, due to be completed in October, are widely expected to recommend a derivative of the CF6 series, ...
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Airbus 'catches Boeing' as it announces 32 orders
AIRBUS INDUSTRIE has collected new orders for a total of 32 aircraft from Asiana Airlines, Cathay Pacific Airways and FedEx. The orders come as Airbus declares itself "neck and neck" with Boeing in sales in the first eight months of this year. Asiana of South Korea has been ...
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Transport alliance
Lockheed Martin and Alenia have finalised a joint-venture agreement to develop and market the improved C-27J version of the Alenia G222. The Italian transport is being upgraded with Allison AE2100D2 turboprop engines and a new digital avionics suite to optimise system commonality with the Lockheed Martin C-130J. Lockheed Martin will ...
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Orders boost Douglas
TWIN AND TRI-JET orders, worth potentially up to $710 million, have been revealed by McDonnell Douglas (MDC). The announcements were timed for Farnborough as part of MDC president Harry Stonecipher's continuing crusade to rebuild confidence in MDC's Douglas Aircraft division. Some $365 million of the package is made ...
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Satellite-landing system approval is postponed
US CERTIFICATION OF the Honeywell/Pelorus SLS-2000 satellite-landing system (SLS) has been put back by six months, to the end of 1996. The first satellite-landing system will be certificated to US Federal Aviation Administration special-category 1 (SCAT 1) levels at Newark, New Jersey, rather than at Minneapolis/St Paul, as ...
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Continental lifts Embraer into regional record book
EMBRAER HAS secured what could prove to be the largest order in the history of regional jets, following a decision by Continental Express to purchase 25 EMB-145s and take 175 options. The firm portion of the deal has been valued at $375 million by the Brazilian company. In ...