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LMAAS secures breakthrough into commercial market
Lockheed Martin Aircraft Argentina (LMAAS) expects to begin maintenance work on its first Boeing 737-200 by the end of this month, a crucial step in the company's strategy to diversify into commercial repair and overhaul of airliners and civil engines. The second landmark is expected in late September, when ...
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Workshop
Finova Capital has signed an agreement with London Stansted, UK-based engineering consultancy GAMIT to manage the US company's passenger to cargo conversions, base maintenance and engineering requirements worldwide. Lake Forest, California-based Aviation Distributors is to purchase for redistribution rotable parts valued at $51 million from KLM. The 6,400 line items ...
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JAL reveals 777X plans
Japan Airlines (JAL) is the first of the Boeing 777X launch customers to reveal its orders, confirming its long-expected deal for up to 10 aircraft. The Japanese flag carrier has placed firm orders for eight 777-300ERs and taken options on two more. Deliveries of the 300-seaters will take place ...
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A319CJ customer
Airbus has received an order for an A319 Corporate Jet from Saudi jewel manufacturer and retailer Mouawad National. The International Aero Engines V2527-powered twin will be handed over for interior completion in August. Source: Flight International
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Giants extend reach via Internet
Emma Kelly/LONDON BAE Systems, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon and e-commerce expert Commerce One have formed the aerospace and defence industry's biggest e-commerce initiative. The participants believe the move will "revolutionise the aerospace industry". The partners have signed a memorandum of understanding to form the unnamed venture, with a ...
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Back to Business: Alan Mulally, president of Boeing Commercial Airplanes
For Alan Mulally, president of Boeing Commercial Airplanes Group, this is the year the company can finally put its troubles behind it with new launches, a growing services business and, above all, a renewed focus on the customer
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Spain set for regional battle
Andrew Doyle/GERONA Boeing is close to securing a second European airline customer for its 717 following Spanish regional start-up AB Bluestar's announcement that it intends to order six of the twinjets and take nine options. Spanish rival Air Nostrum, meanwhile, has concluded a major deal with Canada's Bombardier ...
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Airbus A318 undergoes low-speed windtunnel tests at Toulouse
Low speed windtunnel testing of the Airbus A318 is under way at ONERA's Le Fauga facility near Toulouse, in France with a 1/11th scale model of the 107-seat twinjet. Powered by the Pratt & Whitney PW6000 or CFM International CFM56-5 engine, the A320 derivative will have its first flight in ...
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JMC considers planning pact with Hapag-Lloyd for long-haul fleet
Max Kingsley-Jones/BARCELONA JMC Airlines, the newly formed UK charter carrier, expects to choose between Airbus and Boeing for its new long-haul fleet later this year after concluding its long-expected order for up to five Boeing 757-300s. The long-haul deal could signal the start of a joint fleet planning ...
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Marketplace
Air Luxor has purchased a second Lockheed L-1011 TriStar 500 from Novair, in a deal arranged by Cabot Aviation. The disposal of Novair's last TriStar 500 is being finalised. Cathay Pacific is understood to be in discussions with Boeing over acquiring the original Boeing 777-200 test aircraft which is ...
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BAE approves regional launch
Emma Kelly/LONDON BAE Systems hopes to announce the launch airline for its RJX regional jet family in the next three weeks following the formal launch of the Avro RJ derivative on 21 March. Peter Connolly, BAE Systems senior vice-president for sales and marketing, says an order for the ...
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Teledyne JASSM win revives Tomahawk hopes
Teledyne Continental Motors is to power Lockheed Martin's Joint Air-to-Surface Stand-off Missile (JASSM) with the J402-100, a new derivative of its J402-400 turbojet. The deal, which covers production of up to 3,700 units, follows the completion of a powered test flight at the White Sands missile range late last ...
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Italian carrier wraps up 747-400 order
Alitalia has finalised its long-awaited order for Boeing 747-400s with a deal for up to eight aircraft, to be delivered from early next year. The order is part of a L2,000 billion ($1.1 billion) fleet upgrade agreed by the board in mid-1999, covering new 747-400s to replace its ageing ...
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Ilyushin draws up PS-90 re-engining programme for Il-76 freighter
A re-engining programme for the Ilyushin Il-76 freighter is being put together by the Ilyushin design bureau and TAPO Chkalov plant, based at Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The two organisations are negotiating a business plan with Russian and CIS freighter operators covering the re-engining of 40-60 Il-76s. The 50t (110,000lb)-payload freighter's ...
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Marketplace
Frontier Airlines has confirmed its deal for up to 36 Airbus narrowbodies, announced in October (Flight International, 27 October - 2 November). The Denver-based low-cost carrier has placed a firm order for five 114-seat, Pratt & Whitney PW6000-powered A318s and six 132-seat, CFM International CFM56-5-powered A319s. Options have been taken ...
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MTU, Volvo and Fiat discuss link
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH MTU, Volvo Aero and FiatAvio are discussing a tie-up that could lead to the creation of a aero-engine concern rivalling Snecma for second spot behind Rolls-Royce in the European engine makers' league. The talks are at a preliminary stage. MTU says no decisions have been taken ...
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Trent 500 handed over for A340 tests
Rolls-Royce has handed over the first Trent 500 engine to Airbus Industrie, for use as a flying testbed on the consortium's A340-300 development airframe. The 53-56,000lb-thrust (235-250kN) Trent 500 is the sole powerplant designated on the Airbus A340-500/600, which will enter service in 2002 with Virgin Atlantic.Source: Flight International
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Ayres LM200 Loadmaster takes shape
Ayres aims to kick-start flight testing of its LM200 Loadmaster twin turboshaft, single-propeller, utility aircraft by the end of July at its Albany, Georgia, base. The US manufacturer has taken delivery of the aircraft wings, tail cone and other components supplied by its Czech Republic-based subsidiary, Let Kunovice. ...
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French aerostructures pressed to consolidate
The French aerostructures industry showed strong growth last year as Airbus Industrie, its key customer, continued to improve market share. But the sector is under increasing pressure to consolidate as the airframer targets efficiency improvements ahead of the A3XX launch. Hurel-Dubois co-operates with Latécoère and Socata on Airbus components and, ...
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Lauda and Kenya eye heavy 767
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Boeing is on the verge of launching the 767-400ERX after an initial order for three "enhanced" -400ERs from Kenya Airways and the prospect of a crucial win in Austria where it is battling head to head with Airbus over a potential Lauda Air order. The ...