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Regional jam ?
Paul Lewis and Graham Warwick/FARNBOROUGH The regional aircraft market has undergone a radical shake-up in recent years, during which time supply has been dramatically curtailed in the face of finite demand. The casualties have been numerous - Fokker, Jetstream and Saab to name a few. The market has shifted from ...
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Deep impact
Max Kingsley-Jones/FARNBOROUGH Airbus Industrie's recent, relentless pounding of Boeing continued through the Farnborough air show week, with the European consortium announcing some $12 billion worth of sales, taking orders past 3,000. The string of recent successes, combined with a new product launch, look set to ensure that Airbus will indeed ...
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GATX and Flightlease form major leasing venture
GATX Capital, a leading US operating lessor, has linked with the SAirGroup leasing division Flightlease to create what is claimed to be the world's third-largest leasing company. The new company, GATX Flightlease Management, will be jointly owned and based at SAir's head office near Zurich Airport. Flightlease and GATX ...
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P&W sets sights on Airbus next generation narrowbody family
Max Kingsley-Jones and Guy Norris/LONDON Pratt & Whitney is targeting launch of its PW8000 geared turbofan for a new generation Airbus Industrie narrowbody family, believed to be in the early planning stages in Toulouse. Sources at the US engine maker say the company believes that the step change ...
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Russian airlines hit as financial crisis bites deep
Paul Duffy/MOSCOW Russia's civil aviation industry has begun to suffer serious losses, including bankruptcies and lease cancellations, as a result of the economic and political turmoil which has hit the country in the last month. Transaero is to return two of its three McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30s to lessor ...
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Airbus flies laminar flow fin
Airbus Industrie has begun flight testing its A320 development aircraft, equipped with a newly developed vertical tailfin, which incorporates laminar flow technology to reduce air friction and significantly reduce fuel consumption. The leading edge of the tailfin is covered with thousands of tiny perforations, and contains an air pump ...
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American IFE
American Airlines has selected Rockwell Collins' Total Entertainment System as the in-flight entertainment (IFE) system for its new Boeing 777 fleet, with deliveries beginning in early 1999. The airline has also selected the US avionics manufacturer as the supplier of video monitor systems for 75 new Boeing 737-800s and 12 ...
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Routes
-Aer Lingus is to launch services from Dublin to Los Angeles via Shannon in June 1999, using an Airbus A330-200. -Singapore Airlines will suspend indefinitely services to Sendai, Japan, and Cairns, Australia, from 1 October. -Emirates Airlines is to provide South African Airlines with Johannesburg-Dubai services through an extension of ...
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Finavitec deliveries
The first rear fuselage for the Embraer ERJ-135/145 range to be produced by Finavitec of Finland has been delivered to Sonaca of Belgium, which has been manufacturing the sections since 1994. The work is being undertaken under subcontract from the Belgian company. Finavitec will deliver its first centre fuselage in ...
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Sextant/Smiths win
The second-generation flight management system (FMS) being jointly developed by Sextant Avionique and Smiths Industries for the Airbus A320 and A330/A340 families has been selected by several airlines for their existing fleets and future orders. The airlines are Air France, America West, Asiana, China Northwest, China Southwest and US Airways ...
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Boeing goes to the limit as it examines 777X growth
Boeing is studying an increase in the weight of the 777X to close to the ultimate design limit as it struggles to find a launch customer and stick to its late 2002 entry into service target. News of the weight boost option emerged as General Electric reversed policy and ...
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UPS tests ADS-B in Los Angeles area
United Parcel Service says it is carrying out ADS-B (automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast) operational flight testing in the Los Angeles area using one of its Boeing 727s. The tests are being monitored by specialists from US avionics organisation II Morrow and the FAA Technical Centre. The trials began on 4 ...
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AlliedSignal launches AS900
AlliedSignal has launched the full-scale development of its next generation AS900 turbofan for business aircraft and regional airliners. "We are fully committed to this programme and obviously we would not be going ahead if we did not have good prospects of selling the engine," says AlliedSignal Engines Commercial Propulsion ...
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Lockheed Martin aims for a more civil future with space expansion
Carol Reed/FARNBOROUGH US fighter to missiles and electronics group Lockheed Martin is reinventing itself, in the wake of the failed acquisition of Northrop Grumman, into a fully fledged information technology and commercial space launcher and services business. According to group chairman Vance Coffman, the business mix is set ...
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Saab winds down turboprop production as talks continue
Max Kingsley-Jones/FARNBOROUGH Saab Aircraft has completed a round of reorganisation as it winds down its turboprop production and expects to decide by the end of the year whether to sell the line to another manufacturer. The Swedish company announced late last year that it was to withdraw from ...
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Airbus confirms Emirates and ILFC A340 orders
Airbus Industrie has confirmed orders from two customers, Emirates and International Lease Finance (ILFC), for up to 26 A340-500/600s. The two deals have an estimated value of $3.8 billion, including options. ILFC's deal for 10 Rolls-Royce Trent 500-powered A340s includes five firm orders and five options, with deliveries scheduled ...
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Eurofighter prepares bid for Norwegian contest
Eurofighter is preparing to submit a Typhoon bid to Norway in the first major international fighter competition since the United Arab Emirates elected to order the rival Lockheed Martin Block 60 F-16C/D. The Norwegian decision is viewed as being of major importance, with several countries now drawing up similar ...
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IAE faces uncertainties after PW6000 launch
The future of the International Aero Engines (IAE) consortium is facing uncertainties in the wake of Pratt & Whitney's launch of the PW6000 and stated intent to develop the follow-on PW8000 in direct competion with the V2500. The go-ahead of the PW6000 for the Airbus A318 has fuelled speculation ...
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Messier-Dowty plans giant drop rig
Messier-Dowty, now wholly owned by Snecma, is to build Europe's largest landing gear drop test rig. The MEGA (Machine d'Essais pour Grands Atterrisseurs) is a $3 million project to assemble the rig in Toulouse. Entry into service is scheduled for early 2000. The rig will be sited at the ...
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KLM set to bring first737-900 to Europe
KLM has underlined its commitment to Boeing's Next Generation 737 family by becoming the first European operator to order the stretched 737-900. The order for four aircraft is a blow to Airbus Industrie, which had campaigned hard to sell the A321 to KLM as part of attempts to complete ...