All Airframers news – Page 1348
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Airbus accelerates plans to bring A330-100 into service
Airbus Industrie has brought forward its target entry-into-service date for the A330-100 to 2003. The move is an apparent effort to accelerate development of an A300/A310 replacement to meet Singapore Airlines' aircraft requirement, dubbed "W". Speaking at the show, Airbus senior vice-president commercial John Leahy confirms that the shortened, ...
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Airbus stands by timetable for A3XX commercial launch
Airbus Industrie is sticking to its claim that it will be able to generate enough airline interest in the A3XX to achieve a commercial launch by mid-year, despite sceptical comments by some key potential customers and a pessimistic forecast from the US consultancy, the Teal Group. The consortium plans ...
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Marketplace
St Petersburg-based Pulkovo Airlines is acquiring two additional Tupolev Tu-154s and two Tu-134s, increasing its fleet of the two types to 21 and 10 aircraft, respectively. The airline plans to begin phasing out its Tu-134s from 2002 and replace them with new Tupolev Tu-334s. Evergreen International Airlines has placed a ...
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Routes
Ryanair will expand its network from London Stansted this summer with new services to Lübeck (Hamburg), Malmö, Sweden, Nimes and Perpignan in France, and three Italian points: Brescia (Verona/Milan), Lamezia and Alghero (Sardinia). A new Prestwick-Hahn (Frankfurt) service is also starting. Portugalia is introducing three new routes from Lisbon and ...
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WestJet agrees deals for up to 70 Boeing 737NGs
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Canadian low-fare carrier WestJet Airlines is to acquire and lease up to 70 Boeing Next Generation (NG) 737s to re-equip and expand its fleet. The selection of the 737 follows an evaluation which included the Airbus A318/A319. The Calgary, Alberta-based airline has placed a firm order ...
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Mergers
Smiths Industries has bought the actuation systems arm of BAE Systems North America for $100 million. The unit is non-core to BAE, but strengthens Smiths' position as a provider of non-cockpit-based control equipment for aircraft "utilities", ranging from electrical power generation to environmental controls, a competency further enhanced by the ...
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TAESA declared bankrupt
Mexican carrier TAESA (Transportes Aereos Ejecutivos SA), once the country's third-largest airline, has been declared bankrupt. Privately owned TAESA provided the main competition to Mexicana and Aeromexico, which, although committed to rival global alliances, are both controlled by state holding company Cintra. TAESA's demise can be traced to the crash ...
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Embraer aims to step up production
Embraer aims to boost production of its RJ-135/145 after a decision by Continental Express to accelerate acquisition of the regional jet with an order for 100 additional aircraft. The Brazilian company will decide within the next 60 days on whether to ramp up production to 16 aircraft a month. ...
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Hong Kong carriers review fleets as plans for expansion make progress
Cathay Pacific Airways is expected to announce a sizeable order for new widebody jets by mid-year, as rival Dragonair enhances its position as a competitor for business from Hong Kong. Dragonair has revealed plans to double the size of its Airbus A330 and A320 fleet and is to launch a ...
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Alliance outlines GP7200 plan
The General Electric/Pratt & Whitney Engine Alliance joint venture has outlined a development schedule for the proposed GP7200 powerplant. Engine Alliance and Rolls-Royce have begun talks with potential A3XX launch customers as the two rival engine suppliers position to be the lead certification engine on the planned new ultra-large ...
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SAA favours 737-800
South African Airways' (SAA) is to recommend to its parent company Transnet this week that the Boeing 737-800 is selected for its new short-haul fleet. Deliveries could begin this year. The airline, 20% owned by Swissair parent SAirGroup, with the rest held by state-owned Transnet, has studied offers from ...
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F-16 upgrades herald business boom
The fast-developing market for updating cockpits of early model Lockheed Martin F-16s sparked two leading upgrade companies to display programmes at the show. Singapore Technologies Aerospace's (STAe's) Falcon ONE package made its debut and Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) displayed its Air Combat Enhancement (ACE) package. Meanwhile. Lockheed Martin is developing ...
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Photo first for largest commercial satellite
Hughes Space and Communications has released an image transmitted from its first HS-702 spacecraft, Galaxy XI, in geostationary orbit showing the deployment of the spacecraft's solar panels. When extended, the wingspan of the satellite - 34m (111ft) - is equivalent to the wingspan of a Boeing 737. The 30min sequence ...
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Technically speaking
Max Kingsley-Jones/LUTON The original Boeing 757-200 was a "sleeper" in sales terms. Boeing will hope that the new model is the same. After launch orders in 1978 for the 757-200, new contracts ran at a trickle until the mid-1980s. It has been a similar story for the -300, which has ...
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R-R teams with Denel in strategic partnership
Rolls-Royce has signed its first strategic partnership agreement (SPA) with South African aerospace conglomerate Denel, it was announced at Asian Aerospace yesterday. Under the agreement, Denel Aviation becomes the sole supplier of the gearbox for the Rolls-Royce Tay engine which could generate more than $30 million of aero-engine manufacturing ...
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DC-8 badly damaged
A McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63F freighter operated by US cargo carrier Kitty Hawk was substantially damaged on Sunday when parts of two engine nacelles fell of the aircraft as it was performing its take-off rotation for a flight from Seattle Tacoma International Airport to Anchorage. Kitty Hawk spokeswoman Heather Fedele says ...
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Third hangar on course for good use at Changi
ST Aviation Services Company (SASCO), a subsidiary of Singapore Technologies Aerospace (ST Aero), has officially opened its third hangar at its Changi facilities. The hangar will soon be put to good use as the company has just signed an agreement with Boeing Airplane Services to perform passenger-to-freight (PTF) conversions ...
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Megitt displays a new milestone achievement
Meggitt (Stand A436 in the UK Pavilion) is celebrating the production of its 1,000th market-leading Secondary Flight Display System (SFDS). The first production unit was sold in March 1996 and the SFDS has been specified on 22 aircraft programmes worldwide. It is now flying on all types of ...
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Round up
EgyptAir has confirmed that its only remaining Boeing 767-300ER has been damaged during a night-landing accident at Zimbabwe's Harare International Airport late on Tuesday. The jet was en-route from Johannesburg. A spokeswoman for EgyptAir in Cairo says 94 passengers were on board. None was injured. Reports suggest that the port ...
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Franco moves into supply side
Franco Mancassola has been appointed executive vice-president of Italian firm Aviointeriors and he's here at Asian Aerospace showing off the company's new range of first, business and economy class seats. Mancassola was chairman and chief executive of low-cost airline Debonair before it went bust late last year. From the ...