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Maintenance DirectoryPart 2, Africa, Asia and Australasia
The growing importance of the Asia-Pacific market for aviation is attracting considerable investment in the region's airframe and engine repair and overhaul capabilities. With large numbers of new Airbus and Boeing aircraft entering service with Asia's carriers, local-airline engineering divisions and third-party maintenance companies are wanting to cash in on ...
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Boeing accelerates 747 growth project again
Boeing is stepping up work on its revamped 747-400IGW (increased gross weight) and IGW Stretch plan, and is pushing Rolls-Royce and the General Electric /Pratt & Whitney Engine Alliance to firm up plans for new 289kN (65,000lb)-thrust engines to make the proposed aircraft more attractive to airlines. "You'll ...
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Delta opts for fire-protection
Delta Air Lines has decided to fit its entire narrowbody fleet with cargo-bay fire-protection systems well ahead of an expected US Federal Aviation Administration airworthiness directive. Walter Kidde Aerospace, a division of Kidde Technologies, is Delta's chosen supplier of cargo-hold smoke-detectors which, together with Kidde's central cargo electronic-monitoring unit and ...
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BFGoodrich plans to expand Skywatch
BFGOODRICH PLANS to begin shipping its Skywatch traffic-advisory system in June, following USFederal Aviation Administration approval of the system. The company says that it has taken 65 orders since launching the Skywatch, which is aimed at the general-aviation market, at the beginning of April. Flight International was given ...
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ARIA claims selecting Western aircraft was 'mistake'
Aeroflot-Russian International Airlines (ARIA) made a "mistake" in attempting to base its fleet around Western-built aircraft, says Valery Okulov, the airline's general director. "In the past, we thought we could work on the basis of Western aircraft, but we now know that was a mistake. We cannot base ...
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Ilyushin Il-96T flies for first time
The Ilyushin Il-96T freighter had its maiden flight on 16 May at the VASO Voronezh production plant. The aircraft, powered by Pratt & Whitney PW2337 engines and equipped with Rockwell-Collins avionics, was flown for 21min. It has now been ferried to the Zhukovsky flight-test centre where it will be flight-tested ...
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Airbus will limit A3XX engine choice
Airbus Industrie says that it will give airlines a choice of two engines only for the 550- to 650-seat A3XX. Three are now being offered: the Rolls-Royce Trent 900, a Pratt &Whitney PW4000 derivative, and a new engine from General Electric Pratt &Whitney Engine Alliance. "We are evaluating ...
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ANZ drops Rolls for GE on next 747-400
AIR NEW ZEALAND (ANZ) has switched its allegiance from Rolls-Royce to General Electric for its next Boeing 747-400, due for delivery in 1998. The flag carrier opted for GE's CF6-80C2 over R-R's proposed RB.211-524G/H-T improved turbofan. The decision is a setback for the UK manufacturer's effort to sell ...
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British Midland plans a foray into third-party maintenance market
British Midland is planning a major expansion into the third-party maintenance market, with the formation of British Midland Engineering, a new subsidiary company based at East Midlands Airport in the UK. The airline is also setting up a separate ground-handling company to expand its services in this area. ...
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Boeing increases rates - again
BOEING IS TO raise production to 43 airliners a month by mid-1998 - the sixth rate increase announced over the past 14 months - citing its 1,389-aircraft firm-order backlog and the signing of long-term exclusive agreements with American Airlines and Delta Air Lines. Continental Airlines reportedly has agreed an exclusive ...
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FAA grounds Great Lakes Aviation
GREAT LAKES Aviation suspended flights on 16 May in the face of a US Federal Aviation Administration-imposed shutdown because of alleged deficiencies with maintenance operations. The action forced codeshare partners United Airlines and Midway Airlines to accommodate stranded passengers. Great Lakes served 82 cities in 21 US states ...
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US Federal Aviation Administration demands EMB-120 ice-detection
The US Federal Aviation Administration has proposed an airworthiness directive (AD) calling for the installation of ice-detection systems on the Embraer EMB-120 regional turboprop. The AD follows the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) report into the crash of a Comair EMB-120RT in Michigan on 9 January, which ...
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Will A3XX ever get off the ground?
Sir - M Newman, writing about the Airbus Industrie A3XX (Letters, Flight International, 2-8 April, P96), asks: "Will political chicanery and commercial advantage preclude [its] worldwide adoption?" Urging us to "-remember Concorde", he also asks: "-how many of these aircraft were expected to be sold worldwide?" ...
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Premier enters Malaysian regional market with 146s
The latest in a long line of new Malaysian start-up carriers, Premier Air, plans to launch charter services in September, equipped with two British Aerospace 146 regional jets. Premier general manager Selva Kumar says that the privately backed airline has already been granted an air-operator's certificate by the ...
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SIA results hit by high costs and strong dollar
Rising costs and a strong Singapore dollar which weakened passenger yields undermined Singapore Airlines' (SIA) financial performance for the year ending 31 March. The lacklustre results included only a marginal profit rise of 0.6% and an increase in net profit to $1.032 billion ($714 million) from a revenue of $7.22 ...
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SilkAir selects engine
SilkAir has selected the International Aero Engines V2500-A5 for its planned new fleet of Airbus Industrie A319/A320s. The Singapore-based airline is to order a mix of eight A319s and A320s to replace its two Fokker 70s and Boeing 737-300s (Flight International, 14-20 May). SilkAir will also take options on another ...
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AlliedSignal begins reliability upgrades
AlliedSignal's $30 million enhancement programme for the ALF502R and LF507 engines, dubbed the XRP (extended-reliability package) has gone into top gear with the release of the first group of improvements. Major items of the "Group 1" XRP include new number two, four and five bearing packages, new number ...
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Allison revises growth plans for AE3007
Allison Engine is revising growth plans for its AE3007 turbofan, to tackle the thrust requirements of the projected Embraer EMB-170, a possible stretched version of the EMB-145 now being studied by the Brazilian manufacturer. "The growth version would use the fan from the Tay engine," says Allison large-commercial-engines ...
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CAE reveals C$100 million sales
CAE ELECTRONICS has revealed commercial flight-simulation orders exceeding C$100 million ($72 million), including its first sale to Airbus Industrie. The Canadian firm is predicting increased sales over the next two years, based on strong aircraft orders over the past year. The new orders include seven full-flight simulators, for ...
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FSI expands Toronto site for Dash 8-400
FLIGHT SAFETY International (FSI) is expanding its Toronto, Canada, training centre to accommodate a simulator for the Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8-400 high-speed regional turboprop. The simulator is scheduled to enter service in 1998. The expanded centre, to be completed in July, will also house a Dash 8-100/200/300 ...