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Kuwaiti buys A319CJ
Kuwaiti conglomerate Mohamed Abdulmohsin Al Kharafi has become the first announced customer for the Airbus Corporate Jetliner. Powered by International Aero Engines V2527s, the A319CJ will be configured to carry 30 passengers. Source: Flight International
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US Airways takes APIC
US Airways has picked Sundstrand's Auxiliary Power International (APIC) to supply its APS 3200 auxiliary power unit for the airline's recent order for up to 400 Airbus A320 family aircraft. Source: Flight International
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CFMI/Rybinsk discuss CFM56
Julian Moxon/PARIS CFM International (CFMI) and Russian engine manufacturer Rybinsk Motors are discussing the setting up of a production line for CFM56-3s, which power Boeing 737-300s. Rybinsk, which already builds some CFM56 components, is said by CFMI president Gerard Laviec to be a "good candidate" for such a ...
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Raytheon completes Hughes merger
Raytheon has completed its merger with Hughes Aircraft, creating the USA's third- largest defence-aerospace company, with combined annual sales of more than $20 billion. Raytheon paid $9.5 billion for Hughes - $5.46 billion in stock and $4.04 billion in assumed debt. The company has formed Raytheon Systems to combine ...
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Forecasts 98': Air transport
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON It was back to the boom for Airbus Industrie and Boeing in 1997, as each manufacturer returned to record production levels. Despite some local difficulties in attempting to keep pace with the surge in demand, both are cautiously optimistic of a more settled 1998. Boeing's highly publicised and ...
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Charter airlines sign up A330-200s to use on long-haul services
Three long-haul charter airlines will introduce the Airbus A330-200 in 1999 and 2000, including UK carriers Airtours International and Leisure International Airways (LIA), and Air Transat of Canada. Airtours, which selected the A330-200 some time ago to supplement its Boeing 767-300ERs on long-haul charters (Flight International, 24 December, 1997-6 ...
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MD-10 conversions for FedEx remain on track
The McDonnell Douglas (MDC) DC-10 freighter/upgrade programme for FedEx is on schedule, according to the carrier's chairman, Frederick Smith. The project to rework the aircraft, known as the MD-10, has been unaffected by Boeing's recent take-over of MDC. The two-phase programme, which first involves the freighter conversion, and later ...
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Mixing fire and water
Paul Duffy/MOSCOW Most of the world's aviation industry abandoned development of flying boats in the 1940s, when the increased range of land-based aircraft, plus the birth of turbine engines, seemed to indicate the end of an era. A few manufacturers stayed with the flying boat - Canadair has continued to ...
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Swissair signs A340-600 deal to replace MD-11s
Swissair is to phase out its Boeing MD-11s early in the next decade after concluding a major deal for more Airbus widebodies at the end of 1997, following the board's earlier approval to order the A340-600. Swissair has long been expected to be among the launch customers for the ...
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Suppliers
International Lease Finance has announced orders for $1.74 billion worth of engines for its 126 Airbus and Boeings on order: $500 million with CFM International, $200 million with General Electric, $490 million with Pratt & Whitney and $550 million with International Aero Engines. The Rolls-Royce Trent 772B engine is ...
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Has Schipol reached it's limit
Dutch law imposes strict noise limits in the form of Kosten units (Ke), which express aircraft noise on an annual basis. The Ke measure is weighted according to aircraft type and time of day. Night flights count 10 times more heavily than day operations. Schiphol's 1998 Runway Operations Plan ...
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Boeing expects to receive JAA approval of 737-700 in January
Guy Norris/SEATTLE Boeing expects the first of the Next Generation 737 models, the -700, to be given long-awaited European certification by "mid- to late-January" when final tests are conducted on the first European production-standard -700, which is destined for Maersk Air of Denmark. The tests centre on the ...
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Alitalia restructures Airbus narrowbody order
Alitalia has completed the restructuring of its A321 orderbook with Airbus Industrie and placed additional orders, which will see the majority of the 27 aircraft now on backlog delivered as smaller A320s. It was revealed earlier this year that the Italian flag carrier was negotiating to re-arrange its outstanding ...
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GE-P&W starts A3XX study
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Team members from the General Electric-Pratt & Whitney Engine Alliance began installation studies with Airbus Industrie on 18 December aimed at finalising a firm engine configuration for the A3XX by as early as the first quarter of 1998. "I would like to have a firm ...
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Marketplace
++ Philippine Airlines has agreed to the early return of two Boeing 747-200s to the lessor, Atlas Air. The two aircraft, acquired by Atlas under earlier sale/leaseback deals, were scheduled to be handed back in late 1998 and 2000 but will instead be terminated in January and February 1998. The ...
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TAECO may grow Xiamen venture with engine overhaul
Taikoo Aircraft Engineering (TAECO) is discussing expansion of its Xiamen-based Chinese joint venture with the addition of an aero-engine maintenance capability. The proposal is in the "initial stages of discussion" with potential partners. The Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering (HAECO)-managed joint venture is conducting a market study, with emphasis on ...
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Rocky Mountain high
Guy Norris/VANCOUVER We pull out of a 3g turn over Garibaldi Lake and fly towards the Black Tusk rock. The immense flanks of the mountain rear up in front and, for a moment, it seems as if my flight with the Canadian Forces Snowbirds aerobatic display team is about ...
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Super send-off
Allan Winn/Bristol - Bremen FOR 26 YEARS, THE JOKE was that every Airbus had its first flight on a Boeing wing - as a collection of components carried in one of the consortium's Super Guppy outsize transporters. (It was not strictly true - the first two A300s did not, ...
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AlliedSignal puts fan engine core on test
AlliedSignal is testing an engine core which will provide the basis for the company's next generation of business and regional turbofans. First run on 7 December, the "technology-validation core" consists of three axial and a centrifugal compressor driven by a single-stage high-pressure (HP) turbine. Some elements are derived from ...
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Guarantee allows Garuda to receive 737s at last
Garuda Indonesia will finally begin taking delivery of six completed Boeing 737-300/500s parked in the USA, following a long-awaited guarantee from the Indonesian finance ministry on lease financing. Delivery of the aircraft has been on hold since August after demands from the US Eximbank for a guarantor to agree ...