All Engines news – Page 527
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Dee Howard sell-off looms
Andrea Spinelli/GENOA Alenia is considering the sale of part of its US maintenance business, Dee Howard, while the Italian group's Venice-based Aeronavali unit has received a huge order from a leasing company for converting McDonnell Douglas DC-10s into freighters. Maintenance represents around 65% of Dee Howard's annual $100 million sales. ...
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Gulf Air changes its orders to A330-200s
Gulf Air has revised its order for six Rolls-Royce Trent 700-powered Airbus A330s, with the aircraft now being taken as the smaller longer range -200 rather than the -300 originally specified. Deliveries are due to begin in April 1999 and continue to June 2001. Gulf Air will use the ...
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ICAO recommends plan to balances NOx and CO2 emissions
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC A modified plan to reduce harmful aero engine emissions has been recommended by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). ICAO's Committee of Aviation Environmental Protection (CAEP) has approved a plan which would cut emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) while encouraging development of more fuel-efficient engines ...
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Korean wraps up 737 deal with Boeing/GECAS
Korean Air (KAL) has finalised a series of financially convoluted lease, loan and trade-in deals with Boeing and General Electric Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) for 35 Next Generation 737s. The agreements entail KAL rolling over its entire fleet of 26 Boeing MD-82/83 and Fokker 100 twinjets. In return, Boeing ...
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DC-10s go as BA juggles its orders
The fleet of eight McDonnell Douglas DC-10s operated by British Airways (BA) from London Gatwick will be retired from service during 1999, following an order for eight more Boeing 757s and 777s. The airline has also confirmed plans to cancel orders for four 747-400s in favour of three additional ...
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Iberia's engine choice
Iberia has decided to stick with the CFM International CFM56 for its recent order for up to 76 more Airbus A320-family aircraft. The airline concluded the order in February for 50 firm orders and 26 options (nine A319s, 36 A320s and 31 A321s), and decided to hold a new engine ...
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TWA offers stay of execution for MD-80 production line
Trans World Airlines is negotiating with Boeing for up to 24 new MD-83s, which could keep the endangered Long Beach production line open until 2000. The line was scheduled to shut down in mid-1999 with the delivery of the last MD-83 to TWA. All eight of the current backlog ...
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JAT signs deal for eight A319s
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH JAT Yugoslav Airlines has signed a preliminary agreement for eight Airbus A319s in anticipation of the end of trade embargoes with the rump of Yugoslavia. JATsays that contracts will be signed only when the embargoes are lifted, but anticipates delivery of the first two aircraft in ...
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Qantas lines up Asian 747s to counter -400IGW launch delay
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE The Qantas board is to decide shortly on a deal to purchase three surplus 747-400s from Malaysia Airlines (MAS) and Asiana, in lieu of Boeing's failure so far to give a firm commitment to launch development of an increased growth weight (IGW) version of the aircraft. ...
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Embraer converts RJ-145 to -135 prototype
The prototype ERJ-135 is being created by the conversion of an ERJ-145 Embraer has begun modification of an RJ-145 prototype at its Sao Jose dos Campos plant to create the first ERJ-135 37-seater. The first ERJ-145 prototype (PT-ZJA), which originally launched flight testing of the regional ...
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SIA wants more time to study 777-200X long haul proposal
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Singapore Airlines (SIA) has again postponed a decision on purchase of a new ultra long haul aircraft. The airline wants more time to evaluate a Pratt & Whitney PW4000-powered Boeing 777-200X engine/airframe proposal. US carrier Tower Air, meanwhile, looks likely to be the next airline to ...
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Rolls-Royce taps Chinese research
Rolls-Royce and BMW Rolls-Royce (BMW R-R) have signed agreements with Aviation Industries of China (AVIC), under which two Chinese universities and a research institute will carry out aero-engine research for the European companies. Beijing University will investigate the effects of vane pylon interaction on a low pressure com- pressor ...
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APIC APU for Boeing 717 passes tests
Sundstrand's Auxiliary Power International (APIC) has cleared the last major tests at the APS 2100 auxiliary power unit (APU) for the Boeing 717-200, and is on track for certification in October 1998. Three key tests now completed include cold and hot day starts, altitude tests and electromagnetic interference (EMI) ...
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Industrial PW150
Pratt & Whitney Canada has taken the unusual move of offering an industrial version of the PW150, which powers the Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8-400, before the engine's certification. Source: Flight International
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Honeywell appeals over Sextant funding
Honeywell has appealed to the European Court of First Instance at Luxembourg against the European Commission's approval of a Fr140 million ($24 million) state aid package to Sextant Avionique for the development of a new flight management system (FMS). The US manufacturer says the decision violates the European provisions ...
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Marketplace
MARKETPLACE ++ American Airlines has confirmed its order for a further eight Rolls-Royce Trent 800-powered Boeing 777-200ERs, increasing its 777 order to 19. Delivery of the newly ordered aircraft will begin in 1999. Delta Air Lines has converted two options for R-R Trent 800-powered 777s. ++ Aerotec/ USA, ...
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P&W recalls blades after cleaning blip
Pratt & Whitney has been forced to recall thousands of high pressure turbine (HPT) blades and remove eight engines from service after a new ultrasonic cleaning device caused microscopic cracking of the blades. The company declines to comment on the cost of the problem, but it is known to ...
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Reorganised Qatar prepares to revamp short haul fleet
Qatar Airways is in negotiations to acquire a fleet of modern narrowbodied aircraft to replace its Boeing 727s as it prepares to take on the role as designated national carrier. The airline underwent a re-organisation early in 1997 which saw it boosting its long haul operations from Doha and ...
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Howmet breaks the mould with casting method
A revolutionary method for manufacturing superalloy components has been perfected by US company Howmet, a subsidiary of Thiokol, after it met the high vacuum requirement for casting with highly reactive metals present. The company has formed Howmet Metal Mould at its Whitehall, Michigan base, and says it is in ...
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Cade test cells
Cade Industries has received orders worth $7.5 million for its engine test equipment from Lufthansa, Eva Airways and Rolls-Royce. The Okemos, Michigan-based company is also installing engine test cells at General Electric's Cardiff, Wales engine overhaul plant for the GE90 and in Bangkok, for Thai Airways' R-R Trents. Source: ...