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Airborne chooses TIMCO for 767 conversion work
US AIRCRAFT-modification specialist TIMCO says that it has been selected by Airborne Express to develop a freighter conversion for the Boeing 767. Express-package carrier Airborne has acquired 12 ex-All Nippon Airways 767-200s for $290 million, including modification, and plans to acquire between ten and 15 additional aircraft for a total ...
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A340-600 could still use Rolls-Royce or P&W engines
AIRBUS INDUSTRIE SAYS that it could still adopt either a Rolls-Royce or Pratt & Whitney engine to power the proposed stretched A340-600, if an agreement cannot be reached with General Electric in the next six months. An Airbus exclusivity agreement, signed recently with GE to study jointly the ...
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SIA seeks six extra-large-capacity aircraft
Paul Lewis/TOULOUSE SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA), has outlined a need, for an initial six new 500- to 600-seat, ultra-high capacity-type aircraft, now being studied by Airbus Industrie and Boeing. "We need around six to start with," says SIA managing director Cheong Choon Kong. "It does not ...
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Trent engine reaches ETOPS milestone
ROLLS-ROYCE HAS completed the 3,000-cycle test of its Trent 800 engine, a key milestone to winning early extended-range twinjet-operations (ETOPS) clearance on the Boeing 777. The simulated flights represent almost four years of equivalent airline service and will complement a further series of ETOPS flights being amassed by a ...
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Embraer forecasts end to losses
EMBRAER BELIEVES THAT it is only a couple of years away from returning to profit after some early signs of recovery in 1995, the Brazilian manufacturer's first year under private ownership. Although losses totalled $232 million for the full year, Embraer says that it made a significant recovery ...
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Race for cheap carbon brakes hots up
Andrew Doyle/PARIS MESSIER-BUGATTI believes that, within four years, it will be able to offer aircraft carbon brakes, which are as cheap to operate as their equivalent steel brakes, according to chairman and chief executive Yves Leclere. "We will match the direct operating costs [DOCs] of ...
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Domestic bliss?
South Africa's domestic aviation market is a potential gold mine waiting to be exploited. Chris Yates/MANCHESTER TO AN OUTSIDER, the recent bout of high-profile airline collapses in the South African aviation industry might appear indicative of a market still in a state of flux. This ...
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Ryanair boosts UK route network
IRISH INDEPENDENT AIRLINE RYANAIR has further expanded its route network to the UK, with the launch of a new service from Dublin to Bournemouth in southern England. The airline will use a Boeing 737 on the daily flight - making nearly 100,000 seats available on the route in the first ...
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Flight Dynamics aims for Falcon 900EX
Flight Dynamics and Dassault Aviation are now close to reaching agreement on certificating the HGS-3000 head-up guidance system on the Falcon 900EX. The certification time-scale has yet to be decided for the new application, which follows the continuing Falcon 2000 HGS effort. The twin-engined Falcon 2000 is expected ...
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TsIAM calls for more MiG-AT power
Alexander Velovich and Andrzej Jeziorski/MOSCOW THE INFLUENTIAL Russian Central Institute of Aviation Motors (TsIAM) is pushing for a higher-thrust version of the Snecma/Turbom,ca Larzac 04- R20 engine to be fitted to the new MAPO MiG-AT advanced trainer. "The aircraft is underpowered and needs another 200kg [1.9kN ...
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Kiwi polishes up its fleet and routes
KIWI INTERNATIONAL Airlines, is to expand its fleet, to enable further additions to its local New Zealand and Trans-Tasman services to Australia. After the return of its leased Boeing 757-200 to Air 2000 in early May, Kiwi will operate the Air Nauru 737-400 four days a week on ...
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GE/Airbus sign for A340-600
Julian Moxon/PARIS GENERAL ELECTRIC and Airbus Industrie have signed an exclusive agreement on power for the stretched A340-600, due to enter service early next century. The deal foresees the development of a new or derived 226kN (51,000lb)-thrust engine for the 375-passenger, 13,000km (7,000nm)-range aircraft. GE ...
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US carriers hit by pilot shortages
SOME US AIRLINES, ARE experiencing pilot shortages as they attempt to add services, to meet traffic demand. Northwest Airlines says that it will reduce its monthly schedule by 150-200 flights for the rest of this year to cope with the shortage. Northwest operates about 45,000 flights a ...
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Snecma powers up with links to GE90/P&WC
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Gilbert Sedbon/PARIS SNECMA HAS REPAIRED its ailing relationship with GE Aircraft Engines on the GE90 by agreeing to maintain a 25% stake in the development of a 445kN (100,000lb)-thrust variant of the engine. At the same time, the French engine builder has moved into ...
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American proposes short-haul Fokker 100 operation
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA AMERICAN AIRLINES wants to establish a low-cost short-haul operation within the carrier, using its Fokker 100s. The proposal to the carrier's pilots' union is designed to compete with the low-cost operations already started by United and planned by Delta. Under the ...
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Polar launches European cargo service
POLAR AIR CARGO is to begin scheduled Boeing 747 all-cargo services between the USA and Europe on 27 April. Two weekly flights will be operated from Chicago O'Hare and New York Kennedy to London Heathrow and Amsterdam Schiphol. Polar plans to extend the service to the Middle East ...
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Ball wins Boeing camera deal for 777-300 stretch
BALL AEROSPACE and Technologies has won a ten-year contract with Boeing to supply the 777-300 stretch with a ground-manoeuvring camera system. The 74m-long 777-300 will be the longest commercial airliner to date, with a turning radius greater than that of the 747, which is 3m shorter. ...
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Indonesia acts to solve Garuda cash problems
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE THE INDONESIAN Government has announced a major corporate and financial shake-up of Garuda Indonesia, in an effort to turn around the financially struggling national carrier in readiness for privatisation later in the year. As part of the airline's restructuring, three senior executives have ...
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Rush of orders forces Airbus to raise production record
AIRBUS INDUSTRIE IS TO raise production rates to record levels in 1997 to keep pace with a rapidly expanding firm order book. The revised production schedule calls for 185 aircraft to be built in 1997, compared with 135 deliveries scheduled for this year. The consortium's busiest year to date was ...
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AI(R) woos China with regional-jet proposal
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE AIR INTERNATIONAL (Regional) (AI(R)) is proposing the development of a family of regional jets ranging from 95 to 140 seats as part of its bid to join China's Air Express AE-100 programme. The European consortium is now moving into detailed negotiations with Aviation ...