All Airframers news – Page 1549
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Bidders jostle for SilkAir order
SilkAir of Singapore has begun evaluating formal proposals submitted by competing airframe and engine manufacturers for a replacement fleet of up to ten narrowbody passenger jets. The Singapore Airlines-owned regional carrier is looking for a new family of 100- and 150-seat aircraft to replace its fleet of Boeing ...
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Turkey discusses THY fleet-renewal order
Turkish prime minister Neemettin Erbakan is discussing a potential order with Airbus and Boeing for up to 50 aircraft worth about $4 billion, for operation by the country's national carrier THY Turkish Airlines. Bids are being discussed from Airbus and Boeing for aircraft to replace THY's fleet of ...
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BAe is poised to make decision on JSF partner
British Aerospace, a loser in the initial Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) shortlist, will decide shortly whether to join forces with Boeing or Lockheed Martin, the US aerospace firms selected by the Pentagon to continue development of the next-generation tactical aircraft. BAe had been teamed with McDonnell Douglas (MDC) ...
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Boeing opens the subcontractor door wider for Northrop Grumman
Boeing has decided to subcontract production of passenger and cargo doors for its 737, 757 and 767 airliners, despite union efforts to persuade the company to retain the work in-house. The manufacturer says that the move is a cost-cutting measure. Its introduction follows a two-year study. Northrop Grumman ...
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AI(R) founders will have to bid for Air Jet work
The three founders of Europe's Aero International (Regional)(AIR(R)) will, in principle, have to bid for work on the proposed new Air Jet regional programme alongside other potential risk-sharing partners, says chief executive Patrick Gavin. He says that Aerospatiale, Alenia and British Aerospace were invited to the bidding conference ...
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FAA warns on third-party 727 freighter conversions
The US Federal Aviation Administration has asked air-cargo carriers to suggest how best to limit operations of their Boeing 727 freighters, converted by third parties. The aviation agency says that restrictions will be issued because the 727 modifications "-contain design features which apparently do not comply with the Federal Aviation ...
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Japanese firms are cool on Airbus A3XX co-operation plans
Japanese aerospace manufacturers are unenthusiastic about the idea of co-operating with Airbus Industrie to develop the consortium's proposed A3XX high-capacity airliner, despite Boeing's recent decision to shelve its rival 747-500/500X . Airbus has been signalling renewed interest in enlisting Japanese support for the A3XX, this time during a ...
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R-R studies Trent shrink for A340-600/767-X
Rolls-Royce is considering refocusing its development efforts on a new 245-290kN (55,000-65,000lb)-thrust member of its Trent turbofan family, following Boeing's recent decision to cancel the 747-X project, say senior executives at the UK company. R-R's managing director Aerospace Group, Colin Green, confirms that the new derivative, which is ...
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Bell Boeing freezes 609 tilt-rotor configuration
The final configuration of the Bell Boeing 609 civil tilt-rotor has been frozen following the selection of the last major system suppliers, some of them existing providers for the V-22 Osprey. Collins has been named as avionics supplier, and the company's General Aviation division will supply and integrate ...
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Hunting may leave interiors as Dash 8 contract is ended
Hunting is reviewing the future of its aviation interiors business following an agreement with Bombardier's de Havilland aircraft business to terminate a contract to supply interiors for the Dash 8-200 and -300 turboprop aircraft which caused the UK company to set a £30 million ($48 million) provision in 1996. ...
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Thais take CASA C212
The Royal Thai army aviation force has taken delivery of the first of two CASA C212-300 utility transports. The first aircraft was delivered in late 1996, with the second due to be delivered to the Royal Thai Army Aviation Battalion at Fort Srinararin by the end of February. The army ...
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Breaking through
Breaking the monopolistic stranglehold of national carriers in Asia has never been easy and, for Asiana Airlines, playing second fiddle to Korean Air (KAL) for the past eight years has proved to be particularly hard going. This situation may be about to change though, as Asiana embarks on an ambitious ...
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Airbus fits switch guards after A340 hydraulic incident
Following an incident involving a Singapore Airlines (SIA) Airbus Industrie A340 over Australia, the aircraft manufacturer says that it is to put switch-guards over engine hydraulic-valve controls in the A340 cockpit. Sudden pitch changes caused by an incorrect switch selection by the crew injured 11 people, according to ...
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Start-up AirAsia muscles into Malaysia market
Start-up carrier AirAsia has taken advantage of a growing barrage of criticism against Malaysia Airlines (MAS) to announce that it intends to expand its embryonic aircraft fleet and route network. Three months after first taking to the air as Malaysia's second scheduled international carrier, AirAsia is looking to ...
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Alitalia pulls plug on Fokker 70s
Alitalia is attempting to return its five leased Fokker 70s to the bankrupt Fokker operation, after failing in a bid to re-lease them to low-cost Italian regional carrier Alpi Eagles. The two airlines concluded a codeshare deal late in 1996 which included the transfer of the Fokker 70s. ...
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Braathens boosts 737 fleet with -700 order
Braathens SAFE's all-Boeing 737 fleet is set to be boosted, with the leading Norwegian private airline placing orders for six 737-700s, and taking options on a further ten aircraft. Braathens will take delivery of its first two aircraft in July and August 1998, with the remaining deliveries scheduled ...
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Germany clears Cityline HUGS for manual Category IIIa landings
The German federal aviation agency LBA has granted Lufthansa CityLine operational approval to make manual Category IIIa instrument landings with the head-up guidance system (HUGS)fitted in the carrier's Canadair Regional Jets (CRJs). CityLine is the first carrier in Germany to receive this clearance for its Flight Dynamics-built HUGS, ...
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Two African regionals suffer fatal crashes
An Air Senegal British Aerospace 748 Mk2A crashed just after take-off from Tambacounda, Senegal on 1 February, killing three crew and 20 passengers aboard. The flight-data recorder and cockpit-voice recorder have been recovered, and representatives of the manufacturer and the type certificating authority, the UK Civil Aviation Authority, ...
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Yak-40 crash-lands
The pilot of a Krasnoyarsk Airlines Yakovlev Yak-40 successfully force-landed his aircraft in a Siberian field 28km (15nm) from his destination on 29 January. There was no injury to the four crew and 20 passengers on board as the aircraft landed in white-out conditions with 400m (1,300ft) visibility in snow. ...
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MBA for dash 8-200
MBA of Papua New Guinea has ordered one Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8-200, and taken an option on a second. The first will be delivered in September 1998. MBA has also purchased two Dash 8-100s and four DHC-6 Twin Otters from norOntair. Source: Flight International