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FedEx orders more Airbus freighters
EXPRESS FREIGHT company FedEx has placed a follow-on order for seven Airbus A310-200 freighter conversions from Daimler-Benz Aerospace Airbus (DAA). Conversion of an eighth aircraft is still under discussion. The aircraft are being bought by Memphis-based FedEx from Delta Airlines' fleet, and will be converted to A310-200F freighter ...
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Boeing plans 767 tanker for Japanese requirement
BOEING HAS announced formally its intention to develop a combined military tanker/transport derivative of its 767, with the aim of securing a launch order from the Japan Air Self-Defence Force (JASDF). It is offering two versions of the Tanker/Tanker Multi-Mission aircraft, based on the 767-200ER and stretched ...
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CFMI seeks to pin down airlines on Il-86
CFM INTERNATIONAL hopes to launch its re-engineing programme for the Russian Ilyushin Il-86 by June and to have certification for the CFM56-powered aircraft by the end of 1996. General manager of engine sales, Henri Cabannes, says that a group of Russian airlines have declared their intentions to re-engine ...
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Eurowings shifts focus to international routes
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH EUROWINGS, the German regional carrier, has shifted its focus onto developing international routes, because of intensifying domestic competition from Germany's rail and road networks. According to Eurowings marketing and sales chief, Karl-Friedrich Muller, Germany's ICE high-speed trains and improved road links with eastern ...
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Airbus warns Japan over indecision
AIRBUS INDUSTRIE has warned that it is becoming increasingly impatient with Japan's indecision about joining its proposed A3XX ultra-high-capacity aircraft. Instead, it is turning its attention to other potential Asia-Pacific partners. The European consortium approached Mitsubishi, Kawasaki and Fuji Heavy Industries three-and- a-half years ago about the project, ...
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Fokker prepares for new round of cuts
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON FOKKER IS CLOSE TO announcing a new wave of restructuring, with further workforce cuts expected to be on the agenda as the Dutch manufacturer attempts to match cutbacks made by its major competitors. A decision on the scope of the rationalisation is due ...
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Northrop Grumman plans to shed 1,000 more jobs
NORTHROP GRUMMAN is to shed another 1,000 jobs, following the Pentagon's decision to abandon the Tri-Service Stand-off Attack Missile (TSSAM) programme. The group says that the cancellation of the troubled stealth-missile programme should have little impact on this year's financial results, however. The latest cuts ...
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Alenia rebuffs Airbus to chase MDC stake
EFFORTS BY THE AIRBUS consortium, to woo Alenia away from its proposed airliner alliance with McDonnell Douglas (MDC), have been given a clear rebuff during a hearing by the Italian Senate, into the future of its aerospace industry. In evidence to the Italian upper house, Alenia's state-owned parent ...
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Costly Business
The Japanese, it seems, are having problems sorting out how to justify investment in a new small airliner. So are the Koreans and the Chinese, and others, much to the bemusement of at least one potential Western partner for some or all of them. At the same time, the Indonesians ...
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P&W 4098 launch heralds heavyweight 777 move
Guy Norris/LOSANGELES PRATT & WHITNEY is to launch a 436kN (98,000lb)-thrust derivative of its PW4000-series engine to power heavier versions of the Boeing 777, as well as the planned stretch model. The two companies have formed a team to "...exchange information and work with airlines ...
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Turbine failures ground ANZ's hushkitted 737s
AIR NEW ZEALAND, suddenly grounded ten of the 13 Boeing 737-200s, in its domestic fleet on 17 February. Managing director Jim McCrea says that the decision followed the fourth turbine failure on a Nordam hushkitted Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15A engine in six months. The CAA says ...
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APU Testing Starts
AlliedSignal has begun tests of the 131-9(B) auxiliary power unit (APU) - destined for the Boeing 737-600/700 and 800 family - a month ahead of schedule. The APU is derived from the 131-9(D) about to enter service in the McDonnell Douglas MD-90, but differs in having a starter converter instead ...
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Snecma's engine core is a new-technology concept
Sir - I refer to the article "Snecma to lead CFM56-XX development programme" (Flight International, 25-31 January, P4). It is indeed true that Snecma wants to develop the 200kN (43,000lb) engine core, but: this core will be based upon technologies of Snecma's PAT (Plan d'Actions Technologiques) ...
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Standard Aero Topps
Canadian based engine-overhaul company Standard Aero, has acquired Turbine Overhaul Power Plant Support (TOPPS) of the Netherlands, from its joint owners, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Chromalloy Gas Turbine. The purchase will expand its turboprop coverage, which includes the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60 series and the Allison Engines T56 ...
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Gamesa delivers EMB-145 wing
GAMESA AERONAUTICA OF SPAIN HAS delivered the first wing set for the Embraer EMB-145 regional jet. The Vitoria based company, a risk-sharing partner in the EMB-145, is also responsible for the design and supply of the body to wing fairings and the nacelle, including the thrust reverser, which is being ...
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Turbofan Delivery
CFM International delivered its 7,000th CFM56 turbofan early in February. The General Electric/ Snecma joint venture has orders and options for a further 3,000 engines. Source: Flight International
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FlightSafety
Training company FlightSafety International, of Flushing, New York, has named Rudy Canto director of airline operations. He will be based at the Long Beach centre, in California. Canto was most recently chief pilot at McDonnell Douglas. Source: Flight International
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Lockheed
Gordon England will retire on 1 May as president of Lockheed's Fort Worth, Texas, fighter-aircraft division. No reason for his retirement was announced, but it may be related to the planned $10 billion merger between Lockheed and Martin Marietta. England also served as a corporate vice-president. Dan Tellep, Lockheed's chairman, ...
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UK DTI
Roy McNulty has been appointed chairman of the Aviation Committee of the UK Department of Trade and Industry. McNulty is also president of Short Brothers of Northern Ireland, a past president of the Society of British Aerospace Companies and chairman of the UK Defence and Aerospace Technology Foresight panel. Appointed ...
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Pakistani private sector survivors
Sir - I would like to comment on the article "Bhoja Air leases Yak-42s" (Flight International, 25-31 January, P11). Airlines in the private sector started operations in Pakistan in April 1993. Initially, there were four entrants: Aero Asia, Hajveri, Raji and Bhoja. Six months later, semi-private Shaheen emerged. ...