All Airframers news – Page 1410

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    Lockheed Martin offers modified ES-3 for export

    1999-03-31T00:00:00Z

    Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DCLockheed Martin has approached the US Navy with a proposal to sell ES-3 Shadow electronic reconnaissance platforms as upgraded maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) on the international market. Meanwhile, the navy is preparing to move ahead with its own S-3B Viking improved sensors demonstration. The US Navy is expected ...

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    Alitalia responds to BA's Italian strategy

    1999-03-31T00:00:00Z

    Chris Jasper/LONDONAlitalia has begun a feasibility study into the launch of a regional carrier serving southern Italy in a move which counters British Airways plans to establish a franchise airline based on Rome and Palermo. The Italian flag carrier's study - which is to be completed by June - aims ...

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    Good business

    1999-03-31T00:00:00Z

    Air Namibia plans to make its fortune by cutting costs, increasing income and building partnerships Stewart Penney/WINDHOEKA new managing director at Air Namibia is determined to reverse the carrier's flagging fortunes and prepare it for privatisation by aggressively attacking costs while increasing income and creating a series of alliances. The ...

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    Spanair is first to order heavy A321 as it opts for Airbus fleet

    1999-03-31T00:00:00Z

    Andrew Doyle/LONDONSpanair plans to launch a new high gross weight version of the Airbus A321 as part of its commitment for up to 45 Airbus narrowbodies to replace its ageing Boeing MD-80 fleet.The carrier - Spain's second largest after Iberia - has signed a memorandum of understanding covering 21 firm ...

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    Routes

    1999-03-31T00:00:00Z

    United Express carrier Atlantic Coast Airlines will begin twice daily services between Savannah, Georgia, and Chicago O'Hare in May, and four-times daily service between Columbia, South Carolina, and Washington Dulles on 25 May, using 50-seat Bombardier Canadair Regional Jets. United Airlines is introducing the Boeing 747-400 on to transatlantic ...

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    Meet the family

    1999-03-24T12:03:00Z

    Herman De Wulf/BRUSSELS Sabena of Belgium has begun its transition to an all-Airbus fleet, and is coming to grips with new procedures With the delivery of its first Airbus Industrie A321 on 2 March, Sabena began its conversion to an all-Airbus airline - the biggest re-equipment programme in ...

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    Air Anatolia aims to phase out A300s to reduce costs

    1999-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Air Anatolia plans to phase out its fleet of Airbus A300s by next year and replace them with a mix of smaller types to reduce operating costs. The Turkish charter airline's deputy chief executive, Ahmet Karaman, says it wants to phase out its four 19- to 22-year-old A300B2/ B4s ...

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    Boeing's Renton production rate goes up to 32 a month

    1999-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Boeing's production recovery plan appears to be on track following the roll-out at Renton on 9 March of the first two Next Generation 737s, built at the record production rate of 24 a month. Added to the company's five-a-month rate for the 757 and the dwindling ...

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    GE starts flight tests of CF34-8C1 turbofan

    1999-03-24T00:00:00Z

    The first flight tests of General Electric's CF34-8C1 turbofan for Bombardier's CRJ-700 regional jet began on 10 March, when the engine flew beneath the wing of the company's Boeing 747 flying testbed. The 90min flight from Mojave, California, evaluated baseline engine performance and marked the start of a 129h, ...

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    Deutsche BA ready to decide on changeover to Airbus fleet

    1999-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Andrew Doyle/BERLINDeutsche BA will decide on its long-term fleet strategy by mid-year, possibly replacing its 18 Boeing 737-300s (above) with Airbus narrowbodies that are held on option by 100% owner British Airways. The German carrier is preparing to relaunch international flights, having built a 40% market share on seven domestic ...

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    Northrop offers partnership in pitch for Wedgetail

    1999-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Northrop Grumman plans to create an Australian subsidiary, which will be known as Hawkeye Mission Systems Australia. The new company would form part of its joint bid with Lockheed Martin for the Royal Australian Air Force's Project Wedgetail airborne early warning and control requirement. The new subsidiary would ...

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    Elegant stretch

    1999-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES This month, Condor took delivery of the first 757-300, the longest single-aisle aircraft ever built by Boeing in Renton It has been a long time coming, but the stretched 757 is here. An astonishing gap of 18 years separated the launch of the baseline aircraft and that ...

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    Ab initio pilots just the job for Horizon

    1999-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Seattle, USA-based regional carrier Horizon Air has arranged a supply of ab initio trained pilots, flying in the face of the US tradition of paying more heed to the number of log-book hours than to the type of training. Horizon has developed a "direct relationship" with the University of ...

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    Boeing confirms new large aircraft study

    1999-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Boeing says it is still studying all-new large aircraft concepts, dubbed the Large Airplane Product Development (LAPD), despite its deliberate focus on 747 derivatives and opposition to more costly all-new concepts such as the the proposed Airbus A3XX. "Boeing is studying a large aircraft," says the ...

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    A340 reduced stability flight tests set to cut A3XX weight

    1999-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Julian Moxon/PARIS Airbus Industrie is about to begin flight testing a specially equipped A340 to show that the new A3XX can fly with less static and dynamic stability than its current fly-by-wire aircraft. Engineering and product vice-president Robert Lafontan says the consortium is also considering a fly-by-wire flight ...

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    KAL faces new penalties after two new incidents

    1999-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Korean Air (KAL) is facing fresh sanctions and possible fines after suffering a Boeing MD-83 crash and an aborted landing by an Airbus A300-600 just three days later. Airline analysts say the latest incidents could raise doubts about KAL's joint safety drive with Delta Air Lines, a ...

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    KAI companies set June merger target

    1999-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE South Korea's Daewoo Heavy Industries, Hyundai Space and Aircraft and Samsung Aerospace Industries have set a deadline of the end of June to complete their long-awaited merger. The companies are initiating an asset valuation programme before forming a new company, to be called Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI). ...

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    First MD-10 is rolled out at Long Beach

    1999-03-24T00:00:00Z

    The first McDonnell Douglas DC-10 converted to MD-10 specification for the FedEx conversion programme was rolled out at Boeing's Long Beach site in California on 19 March. The ex-United DC-10-10, dubbed "T-1", is the first of three test aircraft to be fitted with the advanced two-crew digital flightdeck at ...

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    Gulf states go shopping - but there's no big deal

    1999-03-24T00:00:00Z

    As US and UK warplanes continued to bombard neighbouring Iraq , defence officials and military representatives from Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states went shopping. Their marketplace: the 4th International Defence Exhibition and Conference, or IDEX 99, in the United Arab Emirates capital, Abu Dhabi. About 850 exhibitors from 41 ...

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    Flightsafety secures long-term deals for regional jet training

    1999-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC FlightSafety International (FSI) has signed long-term training agreements with three regional airlines to build and operate regional jet simulators. Under a 15-year deal with American Eagle, FSI will build its first simulator for the Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) Series 700. The machine will be ...