All Airframers news – Page 1530
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The cost of free flight
RUNNING an orderly air-traffic-management (ATM) system using airways, by definition, confines aircraft to a fraction of the airspace available. At a time when the skies are becoming increasingly crowded - particularly in Europe - any ATM system which fails to use all available airspace is, therefore, giving up part of ...
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Kitplane popularity soars as sales increase
WORLDWIDE Kit sales could total around 7,750 aircraft annually by the end of the decade, according to research published by the US magazine Kitplanes. A survey examined the expected growth in sales of kitplanes and plans-only designs for 95 home-build aircraft manufacturers, around 60% of the industry, from 1990 up ...
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Twinjet
Andrew Lee, formerly with Falcon Jet Centre at the UK's London Heathrow Airport, has been named commercial manager for Twinjet Aircraft of London Luton Airport. He will be responsible for the lease of Twinjet's Boeing 727-200 and Hawker 800, and will also establish a corporate-aircraft charter sales division. Source: ...
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Virgin Express A320
Brussels-based Constellation International Airways has wet-leased its second Airbus A320 to Virgin Express. The move had been expected as tour operator Hello Holidays, to which the second Constellation aircraft was to be leased on a long-term basis, had failed to meet the Ìnancial terms of the lease agreement. ...
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328 production switch
The Portuguese manufacturer OGMA will replace Daewoo of South Korea as manufacturer of fuselage sections for the Fairchild Dornier 328 and 328JET. Tooling will be transferred to Ogma soon, with the first Portuguese-sourced fuselage expected on a production 328 by the end of 1998. ...
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Boeing orders fuel-tank checks on all 747s
All Boeing 747 operators will receive a service bulletin (SB) this month detailing inspection procedures for centre-wing fuel tanks, the manufacturer says. The SB relates to the continuing investigation into the July 1996 crash of a Trans World Airways (TWA) 747 which has "-determined that the centre-wing tank ...
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American agrees provisional deal for USAirways Shuttle
AMERICAN AIRLINES has agreed to buy the US Airways Shuttle - if US Airways decides not to buy the New York-Boston-Washington high-frequency operation, which it manages under a ten-year contract signed in 1992. US Airways has previously said that plans to buy the Shuttle are on hold until it negotiates ...
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US-Russian tests begin sonic booming
The Tupolev Tu-144LL being used in joint US-Russian supersonic-transport flight-test studies had its Ìrst supersonic excursion during a 1h 3min flight from Zhukovsky on 21 May. Mach 1.42 was achieved during 13min of supersonic flight, at an altitude of 39,000ft (12,000m). It was the sixth flight undertaken since the flying ...
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All the sevens for EgyptAir
EgyptAir has recently taken delivery of its first Boeing 777-200IGW (increased gross weight). The aircraft, one of three Pratt & Whitney PW4000-powered 777-200s on order by the airline for delivery in 1997, is equipped with 319 seats in a three-class layout. A total of 62 777s has now been delivered, ...
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NTSB worries about EMB-icing problems
More should be done to protect the Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia from icing, the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has told the US Federal Aviation Administration, recommending improved crew training and operational techniques. The NTSB agrees with the FAA's proposal to require the installation of ice-detection systems on ...
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Great Lakes rebuilds its route structure
GREAT LAKES Aviation has started to rebuild its route structure after its aircraft were grounded in a dispute with the US Federal Aviation Administration over maintenance procedures. The regional airline, which feeds traffic to United Airlines and Midway Airlines, began offering limited services from 23 May to five ...
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LanChile grows with 767-300ERs
LANCHILE has placed orders for three Boeing 767-300ERs, worth $300 million, and is drawing up a long-range plan to renew and expand its Boeing 737 fleet. The General Electric CF6-80C2-powered 767s, deliveries of which will be begin in April 1998, are the first to be purchased directly by ...
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Marketplace
++ US start-up carrier, Nashville-based Corporate Express Airlines, is to lease four more Jetstream 32s from British Aerospace Asset Management - Turboprops, bringing its total fleet to ten aircraft ++ Air Labrador, based in Goose Bay, Canada, has received its first Beech 1900D from Raytheon Aircraft. The airline holds options ...
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MDC advances crack checks on MD-90s
McDonnell Douglas (MDC) MD-90s will have to be checked for airframe fatigue cracking earlier than originally estimated, results from the fatigue-test airframe and other structural analysis have revealed. It will be years before the lead airframe in service reaches the newly designated 16,000-cycle point, when the first checks ...
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Boeing plans heavier 777-200IGW
Boeing plans to boost the maximum take-off weight (MTOW) of the 777-200IGW (increased gross-weight) variant by 7,000kg, allowing the aircraft's maximum range with 375 passengers to be stretched to about 14,000km (7,600nm). The jump to the new 294,200kg MTOW level was approved after the completion of structural tests ...
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Air France leaps into profit
Air France has posted its first profits since 1989, although the upbeat results from the mainline airline were tainted by deepening losses at its strike-hit sister company, domestic carrier Air France Europe. The profits at Air France mark a successful end to the three-year restructuring programme which was ...
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Deutsche BA losses leaked in report
A secret auditors' report detailing Deutsche BA's debts and losses has revealed that the company would have gone bankrupt last year, but for a cash bail-out from British Airways. The report, compiled by Ernst & Young, was leaked to the German press. It states that the five-year-old company's ...
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Dasa and Lagardere stand firm
The deal between Lagardère and Daimler-Benz Aerospace (Dasa) to form a major space and missiles alliance is "irreversible" and will stand regardless of the outcome of the bidding for Thomson-CSF, says Noel Forgeard, Lagardère director-general. Announcement of the Dasa deal on 7 May was clearly timed to strengthen ...
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End of an era
The demise of the BAe/AI(R) Jetstream 41 commuter airliner represents another step in the (often involuntary) rationalisation of the regional-turboprop market. It also, however, raises serious questions about the future of the lower end of regional-airline operations. There can be little surprise in British Aerospace's decision to cease ...