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EC will inspect Delta's new Boeing sole-supplier deal
Delta Air Lines has signed a definitive 20-year, 644-aircraft, sole-supplier contract with Boeing, but says that the manufacturer cannot enforce any exclusivity provisions unless permitted by the European Commission(EC). The EC has said that it will examine the contract, which Boeing maintains meets the terms imposed as a ...
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Airbus supplement: A319 flighttest
Peter Henley/HAMBURG The 124-seat A319 is the smallest of the Airbus Industrie family of airliners, featuring the same basic flightdeck and similar handling characteristics to all the other Airbus fly-by-wire (FBW)aircraft. A "shrink" derivative of the 150-seat A320, the A319 is offered with the same engines ...
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ARIA concludes deal to lease II-96M/Ts
Aeroflot Russian International Airlines (ARIA) has reached agreement to acquire its Pratt & Whitney PW2337-powered 20 Ilyushin Il-96M/Ts through lease financing rather than direct purchase. ARIA's order includes 17 passenger Il-96Ms and three Il-96T freighters, to be purchased by a joint-venture leasing company established by the National Reserve ...
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Stretched 777 takes to the air
The first Boeing 777-300 had a "flawless" maiden flight from the company's Everett site on 16 October, completing the 4h 6min test mission at Boeing Field, Seattle, with no technical problems. Boeing 777 programme chief pilot Frank Santoni says: "We spent 4h shaking the aircraft down thoroughly. You ...
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China Airlines begins fleet modernisation
China Airlines (CAL) is undertaking a fleet-modernisation programme, phasing out its older Boeing 747s from passenger operations, and closing on an order for ten long-range widebodies. Two of the carrier's three remaining Pratt & Whitney JT9D-powered Boeing 747- 200Bs will be removed from the fleet for conversion by ...
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American 777 decision holds key to engine-growth plans
American Airlines has been given until 3 November by Boeing to define its 777 fleet requirements as engine makers General Electric and Rolls-Royce study growth powerplants for the proposed long-range -200X and stretched -300X versions in response to a revised request for proposals from the US carrier. American ...
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Volga-Dnepr leases Tu-204Cs
Volga-Dnepr is to take two Tupolev Tu-204C-120 freighters equipped with Rolls-Royce RB211-535E4B engines on lease in a deal about to be signed with the leasing company Sirocco Aerospace International. The Russian cargo airline is also spending nearly $30 million upgrading its Antonov An-124 fleet. Volga-Dnepr president Alexei Isaikin ...
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Tunisair is first Arab customer for A319
Tunis Air has signed a contract for seven A320-family aircraft. The four A320s and three A319s will make it the first customer for the smallest Airbus in both Africa and the Arab world. Tunis Air, which operates eight CFM International CFM56-powered A320s and one A300B4, will take its ...
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General Avia appoints Dutch distributor for F-22 range
Italy's General Avia has appointed Transal Aero Service of the Netherlands as a distributor for its F-22 range of two-seat single-engine trainers. The company will take delivery of a $109,000 Textron Lycoming IO-320-D2A-powered F-22B Penguin by the end of this month, with the second aircraft, a $149,500 F-22C, scheduled for ...
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Research Work
BMW Rolls-Royce has awarded Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics three research contracts, covering engine rotor dynamics, turbine blade vibration and advanced combustion aerodynamics. BMW R-R awarded the university's Jet Propulsion Department four research projects in 1996. Source: Flight International
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Tri-national venture
Pratt & Whitney, China's Xian Aero-Engine, and Israel's Blades Technology are to set up a joint-venture in China to manufacture engine subcomponents. Source: Flight International
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CFM 56's 30,000h
A CFM International CFM56-3B2 engine in service on a Germania Flug Boeing 737-300 has logged 30,000h and more than 11,000 cycles on wing without removal. The achievement sets a world record, breaking the 28,888 flight hours reached by a General Electric CF6 in 1996. Source: Flight ...
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Midroc orders dash 8s
Ethiopia's Midroc Aviation has ordered two Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8-200B turboprops, and has an option for a third. The Pratt & Whitney Canada PW123D-powered aircraft, which are valued at around $26 million, will be operated as corporate shuttles in support of mining operations. Deliveries are scheduled for December 1997 ...
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Bell plans to fly 427 for first time in December
Bell plans to fly its Model 427 light twin-turbine helicopter early in December. The first of two prototypes is in the final stages of assembly at Bell's Mirabel, Canada, commercial-helicopter plant. The company has orders for more than 65 aircraft, with US certification planned for December 1998 and ...
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ARIA covers Il-96M delay with leased 777s
Aeroflot-Russian International Airlines (ARIA) is to take two GE90-powered Boeing 777-200s on a seven-year lease from International Lease Finance. The aircraft will be delivered in 1998 and will initially give the airline capacity to cover for the expected delay to the delivery of the first of 17 Iluyshin Il-96Ms it ...
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328JET prepared for first flight.
Fairchild Dornier has announced improved performance for its 328JET as it prepares for the First flight in January 1998 of the new 32-seat regional jet. The first prototype is taking shape at Dornier Luftfahrt in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, with the engine pylons delivered in September and the Pratt & Whitney Canada ...
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KAL steps up plans for new narrowbody
Korean Air Lines (KAL) is accelerating plans to phase out its entire fleet of Fokker 100s and Boeing MD-82/83s with the purchase of up to 40 replacement narrowbody aircraft. Industry sources say that KAL's evaluation has intensified in recent weeks and that a type selection is expected by ...
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JT8D checks required
Following several uncontained Pratt & Whitney JT8D turbofan engine failures during the past 18 months, the US Federal Aviation Administration has issued a new airworthiness directive (AD) and a revised AD covering the early engine series from the JT8D-1 to the JT8D-17R. Meanwhile, a revised AD has been issued concerning ...
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IATA fights airport emission rules
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has issued a legal challenge to the new aircraft-emissions surcharges at Switzerland's Zürich Airport. The action is seen as a key test case for the legality of similar penalties proposed elsewhere in Europe. Zürich became one of the first major airports to ...
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Supply Extension
Rolls-Royce has extended its purchasing of Chinese-manufactured components to include steel and light-alloy rings for Adour, RB.211, Tay, Trent 700/800 and V2500 engines. The $10 million contract is in addition to the supply of nozzle guide vanes and low-pressure turbine blades by R-R's joint plant with Xian Aero Engines. ...