All Engines news – Page 507
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Sirocco re-evaluates strategy
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Sirocco Aerospace and Lufthansa Technik have frozen plans to establish a worldwide support network for the Tupolev Tu-204-120, in the face of the Russian economic crisis. Meanwhile, the German company's sister business, Lufthansa Cargo, confirms that it has decided not to acquire the freighter version of ...
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Initial Trent 8104 tests reveal new growth potential
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Rolls-Royce's Trent 8104 has exceeded 110,000lb (490kN) of thrust during initial test runs, proving the viability of a new swept fan blade design and other core enhancements and clearing the way for future growth, says the engine maker. The 8104, rated at 104,000lb thrust for ...
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Rule change
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC The aero engine service business has undergone a fundamental overhaul since 1995, when manufacturers began to recognise the untapped potential of the aftersales market to boost revenue. Airlines, struggling to cut costs, have been moving meanwhile to spin off their engineering divisions or to exit the ...
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CIT Group gears up to place large Airbus/Boeing orders
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC The CIT Group is set to announce an order for up to 50 Airbus and Boeing narrowbody and widebody aircraft, representing the US financing and leasing company's first major purchase of new passenger jets. CIT's planned order is understood to include 25 Airbus A320s and ...
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Management actions
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Flight management systems (FMS) are no longer luxury items found only on large airliners, but essential equipment on commercial aircraft of all sizes and ages. The reason is the navigation accuracy now possible and the cost benefits available to airlines in the form of fuel and ...
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Sticky business
Tim Furniss/LONDON Dust from the comet Wild 2 will be collected and returned to earth by the fourth mission in NASA's Discovery programme which kicks off with a Delta II launch from Cape Canaveral in Florida on 6 February. It will be the first time that samples from a ...
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DaimlerChrysler Airbus will link headquarters
DaimlerChrysler has ordered an Airbus A319 Corporate Jet (CJ) for delivery in early 2000. The aircraft will be operated by a new subsidiary company, DaimlerChrysler Aviation, based in Stuttgart, to ferry employees between the German city and the conglomerate's second headquarters in Detroit, USA. Before it receives the International ...
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SAS opts for A330/A340s but order awaits cost cuts to bite
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH SAS has selected the Airbus A330/A340 family for its planned long-haul fleet renewal but is holding off signing a firm order until its internal cost cutting targets have been met. The airline has decided to reject Boeing's offer of 10 Boeing 777-200ERs in favour of a ...
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Components plant
Snecma Services, the French engine maker's after-market arm, and the USA's Praxair Surface Technologies are negotiating to set up an aircraft engine component repair centre in France. Initially, it will provide compressor component repair services for CFM56, and later the General Electric GE90 powerplant. Praxair provides metallic and ceramic coatings ...
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ATR team sets tight deadline for regional jet project talks
Andrew Doyle/TEL AVIV ATR partners Aerospatiale and Alenia are trying to wrap up, by the end of March, a deal with either Fairchild Dornier or Embraer for the joint development of a family of regional jets. Talks with Fairchild Dornier, which began last month, are to continue through ...
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Lauda Air bolsters fleet with Next Generation 737s, additional 767
Lauda Air has ordered a further six Boeing Next Generation 737s and an additional 767-300ER in a $519 million deal with the US manufacturer. The carrier, part of the Austrian Airlines group, will take delivery of the 767 in August. Two 737-600s and four 737-700s will be handed over ...
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Marketplace (1)
-UK remarketing agent Cabot Aviation has purchased Thai Airways International's two eight-year-old ATR 42-320s, which are now being offered for onward sale or lease. -Swedish lessor Indigo Aviation has acquired two Boeing 737-400s which are currently leased to Istanbul Airlines and Italy's Blue Panorama. The aircraft are leased until 2003. ...
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Marketplace (2)
-Hawaiian Airlines has purchased two McDonnell Douglas DC-9-50s from the Italian airline Meridiana, for delivery in February. The airline already operates 13 DC-9-51s on its inter-island route network, and is exempt to the US Stage 2 phase-out noise legislation that takes full effect at the end of 1999, because Hawaii ...
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Profits boost prompts PIA to decide on fleet replacements
Paul Lewis/KARACHI Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) says that it is ready to decide on the long-awaited replacement aircraft for its Boeing 747-200s. It has been spurred on by an end of year boost in profits and the need to combat increased competition after the government opened up access by foreign ...
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Boeing agrees SAA's swap of 777 orders for 747 whitetails
Hilka Birns/CAPE TOWN South African Airways (SAA) has agreed with Boeing to swap its outstanding orders and options for up to seven 777s for two whitetail 747-400s originally built for Philippines Airlines. Two General Electric CF6-80C2-powered 747-400s were delivered at the end of 1998 after nearly three years ...
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Aerospace awards
The list of sponsors for The 1999Flight International Aerospace Industry Awards has been completed with the addition of Airbus Industrie, Marconi Electronic Systems and SITA. They join Bombardier, CFM International, Lockheed Martin, Lucas Aerospace, Rockwell Collins, Sextant Avionique and Smiths Industries. The event will culminate in a gala dinner on ...
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French achieve equivalent of Mach 7.5 in scramjet tests
Julian Moxon/PARIS French researchers have successfully tested a supersonic combustion ramjet (scramjet) at an equivalent speed of Mach 7.5 - the highest performance for such an engine to have achieved in Europe. The engine ran for 10s, ending a five-year, Fr370 million ($62 million) programme involving France's aeronautics ...
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Sundstrand boosts Airbus APU life
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Sundstrand's Auxiliary Power International (APIC) plans to boost the in-service life of its APS 3200 auxiliary power unit on the Airbus single-aisle aircraft family with a block upgrade in the next few months. APIC is confident of growing business on the 100-seat A318 after being selected ...
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P&W sketches out PW6000 test plan
Pratt & Whitney plans to run the first engine tests of its PW6000 turbofan in July 1999, and will flight test the initial engine on powerplant manufacturer Pratt & Whitney Canada's Boeing 720 testbed in early 2001. The timescale depends partially on Airbus giving the go-ahead for the formal ...
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News in Brief
Short and wide - British Midland has ordered 10 50-seat Embraer RJ-145 regional jets and is seeking six long-haul aircraft for its proposed US routes. A choice is expected to be made soon between the Airbus A330-200 and the Boeing 767-300. City Bird cargo - City Bird of Belgium has ...