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Boeing/Lockheed show losses
THE COST of restructuring caught up with Boeing in the second quarter, sending the group to its first quarterly loss in decades. Merger costs have also left Lockheed Martin with a deficit for the quarter. Boeing ended the three months to June with a net loss of $231 ...
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Virgin to enter South Africa
Chris Yeats/MANCHESTER VIRGIN AIRWAYS is to enter the South African market in 1996, according to company boss Richard Branson. Speaking at the launch of Virgin's new scheduled service from Manchester to Orlando, Florida, he said: "We are 90% sure we'll be flying the route early next year." ...
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Aero Lloyd Selects APU
Germany's Aero Lloyd has selected Auxiliary Power International's APS 3200 auxiliary power-unit (APU) for 16 Airbus A320/A321s on order and six on option from International Lease Finance, for delivery beginning in January 1996. Source: Flight International
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DASA/Collins team succeeds with GPS-based landing tests
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH A TEAM FROM Collins Commercial Avionics of the USA and Germany's Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA) has carried out successfully what is claimed by the companies to be the first fully automatic satellite navigation-based landing. The trials were part of the Boeing-led GPS Landing System ...
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China continues airline constraints
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE CHINA IS TO continue its two-year-old policy of restricting the start-up of new carriers, while encouraging smaller airlines in financial difficulty to merge with larger operators. "We will not in principle approve new airlines. We are controlling the number of airlines very strictly," ...
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Daimler-Benz ex-finance chief blasts Dornier deal
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH DAIMLER-BENZ'S acquisition of Dornier has been labeled "...the most miserable contract we have ever completed" in a fierce written attack on retired Daimler-Benz president Edzard Reuter by the company's former finance director. Gerhard Liener wrote a 76-page diatribe against Reuter after quitting the ...
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International Aero Engines
International Aero Engines (IAE), a joint venture between Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce, MTU, FiatAvio and Japanese Aero Engines, is working with Calcor Aero Systems of the USA to develop a variable-area exhaust nozzle for IAE's V2500 turbofan. The nozzle will vary the exhaust-exit area by around 15%, and ...
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Klimov
Klimov manufactures the RD-33 low-bypass turbofan, which powers all versions of the MiG-29 fighter aircraft, and upgraded MiG-21s. The RD-33K is the latest version and is fitted to the MiG-29K and MiG-29M. Klimov also builds TV3-117 and TV7-117 turbo-shafts for a range of airframe applications. Source: Flight International
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MTU/Pratt & Whitney
MTU and Pratt & Whitney are jointly designing and developing the Mid Thrust Family Engine (MTFE) to rival the BMW Rolls-Royce BR700 series of engines. The MTFE family would eventually cover the 65-105kN range. With MTU parent Daimler-Benz Aerospace understood to be negotiating the sale of 51% of ...
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Emirates 'pauses for breath' before next spurt of growth
EMIRATES reports that its spectacular growth slowed a little during the last financial year, but managing director Maurice Flanagan promises that this is no more than a "pause for breath". Passenger numbers rose by over 12%, while cargo traffic grew by nearly 25% during the 1994/5 year. Flanagan ...
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Aviadvigatel
Debate over the reliability and life of the Aviadvigatel Perm PS-90A, the only series-produced turbofan engine in Russia, has raged on during the past year. Only two PS-90As were manufactured in 1994, and it is believed that none has been built so far this year. Many of the ...
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MDC
John Capellupo has become president of McDonnell Douglas Aerospace. With McDonnell Douglas (MDC) for 34 years, Capellupo has also served as president of MDC's Missile Systems as well as being deputy president of Douglas Aircraft. Kenneth Francis, formerly executive vice-president responsible for McDonnell Douglas Aerospace West, will assume special-assignment duties ...
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Walter M601F
Czech-engine manufacturer Walter, known as Motorlet before the company's privatisation in March, claims to be Europe's biggest manufacturer of turboprop engines of 370-600kW. Models in production include the two-shaft reverse-flow M-601, which powers Let L-410 and L-420 commuter aircraft and the PZL 130 trainer; the M-602 turboprop for ...
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Baltic Boeings are burgeoning
Sir - I refer to the article "Baltic first for Boeing" (Flight International, 19-25 July, P12). While it is correct to state that, this was the first delivery of a new Boeing to a Baltic States operator, it is not the first to be operated in that region. That honour ...
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Carib Expands
Carib Express, the Caribbean airline in which British Airways has a 20% holding, introduced new services to Antigua and Georgetown, Guyana on 31 July. Served by 76-seat BAe 146-100s, the Georgetown service operates direct from Barbados, while the six weekly flights to Antigua have a varied routing, linking in at ...
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Jet Airways Expands
Jet Airways (India) has signed a deal with GE Capital for the lease of two Boeing 737-400s. The first of the aircraft will arrive in September. The carrier is thought to have posted a $2.87 million net profit on a turnover of around $100 million in the 1994/5 financial year, ...
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Aircraft news
Saudia has confirmed its order for 23 Boeing 777-200s, five B747-400s, 29 MD-90s and four MD-11s. Announcing its intention to build a stretched version of the B777, Boeing received orders for 10 B777-300s from All Nippon Airways and six from Thai International. Cathay Pacific has converted ...
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Appointments
John McQuaid has been named chief executive officer of Airbus Finance Company. Douglas Parker has been appointed senior vice president and chief financial officer of America West Airlines. Ford Ennals has been named as director of marketing at British Airways. Jorma Eloranta has been ...
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All American airline dream
What is it about the airline industry that makes an entrepreneur's heart go of a flutter? Few people outside Houston ever grow up dreaming that they will one day start an oil company - though take note if your kid asks what the per-barrel price of East Texas crude will ...