All air transport news – Page 2607
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BA to take first growth GE90 for 777
BRITISH AIRWAYS IS TO TAKE delivery of the first growth-version of the GE90 engine for use on its Boeing 777 B-market twinjet in December 1996. Certification is scheduled for May 1996. The growth version will produce 410kN (92,000lb) of thrust, although it is understood British Airways will operate the engine ...
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Crash penalty
Taiwanese flag carrier China Airlines warns that 1994 profits have plummeted because of its Airbus A300B4 crash at Nagoya in Japan in April 1994. Pre-tax profits are expected to fall to around NT$500 million ($19 million), down from NT$3.44 billion in 1993. Provisional figures reportedly indicate a 13% drop in ...
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Reliable upgrade
Coltec Industries' Chandler Evans Control Systems division is offering to exchange the Allison 250 turbine-engine main fuel-pump for a new, more reliable and maintainable, pump "for about the price of an overhaul". Source: Flight International
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General Electric
General Electric Aircraft Engine Services of Nantgarw in the UK has won a five-year contract, worth about $60 million, to maintain the Pratt & Whitney JT9 engines powering Paris-based Corse Air's Boeing 747 fleet. Source: Flight International
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Caribbean start-up
Start-up Caribbean regional carrier Carib Express is to begin services on 15 February, employing 100 staff. The first of its British Aerospace BAe 146s was due to arrive on 10 February, permitting daily services between Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, St Lucia and St Vincent. The second and third aircraft are due ...
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Biman Bangladesh
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has signed for two Airbus A310-300s, with Pratt & Whitney PW4000 turbofans, for delivery in the second and third quarters of 1996. It is the first order for the type in more than a year. Source: Flight International
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Bavaria Fluggesellschaft
German leasing company Bavaria Fluggesellschaft has ordered two Boeing 737-700s, worth a total of $80 million, with orders for two more "subject to later confirmation". The deal takes orders for the -600/-700/ -800 series to 91. Source: Flight International
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P&W MTU
Tom Davenport has been appointed head of Pratt & Whitney/MTU's mid-thrust engine programme. Dr Rainer Schwab has been named as his deputy. Davenport was most recently programme manager for the PW4084, while Schwab has held a variety of engineering management positions at MTU. Source: Flight International
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Standard Aero
David Shaw has been appointed president of gas-turbine overhaul company Standard Aero, of Manitoba, Canada. He has previously held positions with Pratt & Whitney Canada, as well as Garrett Canada. Source: Flight International
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ANA re-jigs aircraft orders in fleet plan
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS (ANA) has announced major new aircraft purchases, order deferrals and cancellations, resulting from a review of its fleet requirement up to 2000 and beyond The changes cover the purchase of 18 new Airbus A321s and A320s and Boeing 767s and 777s, ...
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Norway puts back plan for North Sea ATC
Kieran Daly/LONDON NORWAY HAS PUT BACK its intended date for mandating positive air-traffic control (ATC) of North Sea helicopter operations, but still intends to go ahead with the plan. The Norwegian civil aviation authority has previously said that the system would be introduced in 1995, but ...
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EC.120 assembly to start shortly
FINAL ASSEMBLY OF THE first Eurocopter EC.120 light single-turbine helicopter will begin soon at Marignagne, France. The first flight is scheduled for the second half of 1995 and initial deliveries for 1997. The 1.5t gross-weight EC.120 is being developed jointly by Eurocopter France, Singapore Aerospace and CATIC of ...
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Upgraded A.109 may be on the way
AGUSTA HAS declined to comment on reports that it is developing an upgraded A.109 turbine twin which will be available with three engine options. Industry sources suggest that the Italian company has tested an improved Allison-powered variant and is about to begin flight tests of a Pratt & Whitney Canada ...
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AlliedSignal works on new versions of LT101 turboshaft
ALLIEDSIGNAL ENGINES is working on growth plans for the LT101 turboshaft as a possible future engine option for the Bell 430, the US Coast Guard (USCG) HH-60 Dolphin and a heavier BK117 under study at Eurocopter. The two-stage growth option would increase engine rating over the LTS101 750B1 ...
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Engine family enters market
MICHAEL ZOCHE Antriebstechnik of Munich is preparing to begin production of its family of radial aero-diesel engines, with the first flight on an aircraft due to take place within six months. Launch customer is Westinghouse Airships (WAI), which will fly the eight-cylinder, 220kW (300hp) ZO 02A engine on ...
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Preparing for combat
Much of the Russian air force's tactical doctrine is developed at a base near Moscow. Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW The Combat Training and Flight Crew Conversion Centre (CTFCCC) at Lipetsk is one of the most important institutions of the Russian air force. Located some 400km (250 miles) south ...
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Cambodian ex-minister attacks creation of RAC
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE CAMBODIA'S RECENTLY concluded joint-venture agreement with Malaysian Helicopter Services (MHS) to relaunch Royal Air Cambodge (RAC), has been attacked as unconstitutional by the country's former finance minister Sam Rainsy. He claims that the deal, giving MHS a 40% stake and virtual operational control of ...