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BA 777 order leads to launch of Trent 895
Rolls-Royce has launched the 95,000lb (423kN)-thrust Trent 895 engine on the back of an order to power up to 32 Boeing 777-200ERs ordered by British Airways (Flight International, 30 September-6 October). The 895 is identical to the current Trent 800, but has increased thrust because of higher temperature margins. ...
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SilkAir replaces 737s and Fokker 70s with V2500 Airbus A319/320s
SilkAir has added the first of eight International Aero Engines V2500-powered Airbus A320s and A319s to its fleet. The regional arm of Singapore Airlines has orders for four A319s and four A320s, with a further 10 aircraft on option. Because of the downturn in the region, SilkAir will use ...
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MTU/Snecma sign Asia deals
MTU and Snecma Services have signed separate initial agreements with China Southern Airlines and China Southwest Airlines respectively, to establish engine overhaul and maintenance joint ventures in Asia. Under a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between MTU of Germany and Guangzhou-based China Southern, a feasibility study is to be conducted ...
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Marconi tests head-up display system for 737
Certification flight testing of Marconi's HUD2020 head-up display (HUD) system for the Boeing 737 began on 28 September with a 2h 35min test flight from Mojave, California. The HUD, mounted by Tracor Flight Systems in the flightdeck of a 737-200 "-worked well during the initial flight", says Marconi, which ...
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Marketplace
-Pan American has added a fourth Boeing 727-200 to its fleet to expand charter operations. The airline is now examining the possibility of resuming scheduled operations next year. -Qantas has found a buyer for its fleet of four 16/17-year-old Airbus A300B4s - the A300 freighter leasing company Pinnacle Air Cargo ...
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Southern Air ceases operations
Financially troubled US cargo carrier Southern Air Transport (SAT), which has been up for sale for some time, ceased operations on 25 September. The airline plans to liquidate assets as it contemplates filing for bankruptcy protection from creditors. The end came after first Fine Air Services, and then Kitty ...
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MD-11 wreckage yields clues but not answers
David Learmount/LONDON Any remaining doubt about whether the crew of the stricken Swissair Boeing MD-11 was attempting a ditching has now been eliminated by examination of wreckage on the seabed. Investigators have found that the aircraft, when it hit the water at night off Nova Scotia, Canada, on 2 ...
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Boeing chooses JSF manufacturing team
Boeing has picked its core team of suppliers for its bid to win the Joint Strike Fighter programme competition. The suppliers are UK-based Flight Refuelling, for the fuel system, Marconi Electronic Systems for cockpit displays, Messier Dowty for the main and nose landing gear and Rolls-Royce for the vertical ...
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Growing pains
Emma Kelly/LONDONThe in-flight entertainment (IFE) industry is growing up. But it has had to. The IFE industry today is showing the first signs of realism and credibility - much improved characteristics than the over-promises and disappointments that have plagued the industry in recent years. After years of considerable effort, interactive ...
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Airbus may move wing production to China
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Airbus Industrie is proposing to transfer part of its A320 aircraft series wing production to China, in a move intended to compensate for the recent demise of the Sino-European AE31X regional jet programme and to counter a similar offer of 717 wing work from Boeing. The European consortium ...
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Fairchild Dornier admits doubts over Crossair 728JET order
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH Fairchild Dornier has admitted that doubts are growing over Crossair's commitment to the new 728JET family of regional aircraft, as a result of recent configuration decisions which have gone against the Swiss airline's wishes. Crossair and Lufthansa CityLine each signed a letter of intent earlier this year to ...
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Lease for SALE
Dubai-based Emirates has converted one option for an Airbus A330-200, adding to the 16 Rolls-Royce Trent 700-powered A330s it already has on order. The previously announced order for six A340-500s, and options for 10 more, was signed on 8 September. The airline has also said it will lease Singapore Aircraft ...
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Orenda Factory
Magellan Aerospace subsidiary Orenda Recip has opened its engine manufacturing plant in Debert, Nova Scotia, where the new 450kW (600hp) OE-600A Vee-8 piston engine will be produced. To date Orenda has received 180 orders for the OE-600A, the first engine is due for delivery by the end of the year. ...
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BA power play
Rolls-Royce has secured a deal with British Airways to supply Trent 895 engines, worth over $600 million, to power 16 777-200ERs, plus 16 options it has on order. R-R beat General Electric Engines to the contract after the US company failed to convince the airline to maintain commonality with the ...
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Iberia to double A340 fleet
Max Kingsley Jones/LONDONIberia is planning to boost its Airbus A340 fleet to almost 20 aircraft, with a deal for up to 11 additional examples of the four-engined long-range airliner. Xabier de Irala, president of Iberia, has signed a memorandum of understanding for six firm orders, plus five options. The airline ...
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Marketplace
-SilkAir has taken delivery of its first International Aero Engines V2500-A5-powered Airbus A320. The regional division of Singapore Airlines is replacing its Boeing 737-300 fleet with four A320s and four A319s, and holds options on another 10 aircraft. -ING Lease International Equipment Management has sold and delivered an ex-Pan American ...
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Honeywell remains optimistic on satellite system
Honeywell believes that a failure to approve the global positioning system (GPS) for sole means use because of concerns over jamming will not harm the long-term market prospects for its satellite landing system (SLS). The company says improved versions of the SLS, now under development, will overcome problems with ...
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DC-8-50/61 hushkit wins FAA certification
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Quiet Technology Venture (QTV), a unit of Fine Air Services, has become the first company to be awarded a supplemental type certificate by the US Federal Aviation Administration for a Stage 3 hushkit for the McDonnell Douglas DC-8-50/61. Martin Gardner, QTV's director of engineering, says ...
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EVA ditches plans for A340-500
Brent Hannon/TAIPEI EVA Airways has dropped plans to purchase 12 Airbus A340-500 and -600s after posting its first loss in over three years. The privately owned Taiwanese airline was among the launch customers for the new Rolls-Royce Trent 500-powered 313/380-seat A340 family, even though it never got beyond placing ...
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Workshop
-AvAero will supply Stage 3 hushkits for five Boeing 737-200s operated by Calgary, Canada-based WestJet Airlines. -Lucas Aerospace, which supplies 14 different line replacement units (LRUs) for the Embraer RJ-145, has signed a 10-year spares deal with Trans States Airlines to provide LRUs, plus maintenance on a cost-per-flight-hour basis. -United ...