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Continental order provides further fillip to new 737s
THE RECORD-BREAKING sales pace of Boeing's next-generation 737 continues to accelerate, with an order for 30 -600s from Continental Airlines, taking total firm orders of the new family to 423. The Continental order also includes 30 current-generation 737-500s and takes total -300/ 400/500 series sales to around 1,916, ...
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Fan-blade snag delays 737 engine approval
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES CERTIFICATION of the CFM International (CFMI) CFM56-7B2 for Boeing's next-generation 737 family is expected to be delayed by almost two months, to give the engine maker more time to validate modifications to the troublesome fan-blade retention system. CFMI says that the delay "-will ...
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Merpati concludes BAe 146 lease agreement with NJS
NATIONAL JET Systems (NJS), of Australia, has signed an agreement to sublease up to ten BAe 146s to Merpati Nusantara Airlines. The aircraft will partially replace the Indonesian domestic carrier's ageing Fokker fleet of 15 F27s and 25 F28s on regional routes, beginning in November. Adelaide-based NJS, which ...
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Samsung presents Dutch with Fokker business plan
Julian Moxon/PARIS Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE SOUTH KOREA'S Samsung Aerospace has finally presented to the Dutch Government its business plan for the acquisition of Fokker Aircraft. A response from the Hague is due by 18 October and, if the plan is accepted, will lead to the launch of ...
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Deutsche BA will sell turboprops to French carrier
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH DEUTSCHE BA IS TO sell its loss-making turboprop activities to French carrier Regional Airlines, leaving the German British Airways daughter to focus on its jet-airliner operations. The sale comes just a month after BA announced that it was to restructure its European operation as part of ...
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Using the open market for finance
Sir - In "Centralised ATM is on the cards for UK" (Flight International, 2 - 8 October, P11) you quote the UK Department of Transport as saying that borrowing on the open market is disallowed. It is surely time that this restrictive application of Treasury rules was challenged. ...
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Aviadvigatel
The Aviadvigatel/Perm Motors PS-90A turbofan programme has been severely crippled because of a lack of funding, which has severely compromised the manufacturer's ability to overcome technical problems which have left the engine with a reputation for poor reliability. Series production of the engine was conditionally approved by the ...
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Thai trends
Increasing air traffic over Thailand has led to substantial development of its air-traffic control. Julian Moxon/BANGKOK FOR THE PAST ten years, air traffic passing over and into Thailand has been growing at between 13% and 15% a year. According to the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), it is ...
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CFM International
CFM International (CFMI) is working to get its CFM56-7 series turbofan certificated on schedule before the beginning of November. The latest version of the successful CFM56 family, the -7 is being developed to power the new-generation Boeing 737. The 737-700 is due to have its maiden flight in ...
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Sabena replaces noisy 737s
SABENA IS examining Airbus Industrie A320s as possible replacements for some of its Boeing 737s. One possibility being considered by the Belgian carrier is to acquire the aircraft on operating leases from US lessor International Lease Finance (ILFC). The airline and its regional subsidiary, Delta Air ...
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GE-P&W Engine Alliance
GE-P&W Engine Alliance is a 50:50 joint-venture company formed by General Electric (GE) and Pratt & Whitney (P&W), to develop a power plant for the proposed Boeing 747-500X and -600X growth models. The engine, which will compete with the Rolls-Royce Trent 900, is being offered for Airbus' proposed A3XX ultra-high-capacity ...
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International Aero Engines IAE
International Aero Engines (IAE), a joint venture between Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce, MTU and Japanese Aero Engines, produces nine variants of the V2500 turbofan, which powers some Airbus A319/320/321s and the McDonnell Douglas MD-90-30. Italy's FiatAvio sold its minority stake in IAE to the four remaining partners earlier this year, ...
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Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries IHI
Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries (IHI) manufactures the two-shaft F3-30 turbofan for the Japan Air Self-Defence Force's Kawasaki T-4 trainer. The first production engine was delivered in 1987. IHI is expected to be responsible for about 40% of the work on the General Electric F110-129 engine which powers the Mitsubishi ...
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Passenger traffic stays on course for 7% growth
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Passenger traffic at the world's airports remains on target for annual growth of around 7%, according to half-year figures from the Airports Council International (ACI) industry body. Over the first half of 1996, the growth in passenger numbers continued to accelerate, rising by another ...
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Snecma/Pratt & Whitney Canada
Snecma and Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) are jointly developing the 53-71kN-thrust SPW14 turbofan to power new-generation regional jets in the 70-seat class, such as the proposed Aero International (Regional) AIR70 and the Bombardier CRJ-X. Snecma/P&WC hope that AI(R) will favour the SPW14 as it is an all-new design, unlike ...
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Power shares
Engine manufacturers had a successful 1996, with orders picking up and new programmes unveiled Andrew Doyle and Jennifer Pite/LONDON WITH THE AEROSPACE industry firmly out of recession, orders have finally picked up for aero engine manufacturers during 1996. This year has also seen ...
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Eurowings protests over teaming of Augsburg Airways and Lufthansa
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH Eurowings has accused Lufthansa of misusing its partners in a "senseless" attempt to suppress competition, after the announcement of the German flag carrier's new partnership with Augsburg Airways. South German regional carrier Augsburg is to become Lufthansa's first Team Lufthansa franchise partner, flying from ...
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ARIA 'still wants to buy Tu-204s'
Aeroflot Russian International Airlines (ARIA) has long-term plans to buy Tupolev Tu-204s, says the carrier's general director Marshal Yergeny Shapsahnikov. The plan was outlined in a public statement designed to diffuse the political row over the airline's recent order for ten Boeing 737-400s (Flight International, 25 September - 1 October). ...
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GE90-powered 777 is given ETOPS approval
Boeing has received 180min extended-range twinjet operations (ETOPS) approval for the General Electric GE90-powered Boeing 777 from the US Federal Aviation Administration. British Airways plans to begin ETOPS service with the 777 in late October, on transatlantic services from London to Boston. ETOPS approval of the "A-market" 777-200 ...
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Kiwi files for Chapter 11 as ValuJet resumes flights
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Kiwi International Airlines has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, blaming rising debts and the fall-out from the ValuJet crash and the grounding of Kiwi aircraft. Ironically, the filing took place on 30 September, the day that ValuJet returned to the air and at ...