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Airbus pushes on with new versions of A340
David Learmount/TOULOUSE Airbus Industrie is to challenge Boeing's 777-300 stretch with an enlarged, rewinged A340 which carries as many passengers and flies further, says the European consortium's A330/ A340 commercial programme manager David Pound. The European consortium is effectively launching the -500 and-600 variants of the ...
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Allison and BMW Rolls-Royce hold co-operation discussions
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH ALLISON ENGINE, Rolls-Royce and BMW Rolls-Royce are set to co-operate in a three-way development of the US company's AE3012 turbofan. The engine is already a contender to power the Aero International (Regional) AIR 70 regional jet. Detailed talks now under way are expected to ...
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Aviadvigatel
The Aviadvigatel/Perm Motors PS-90A turbofan programme has been severely crippled because of a lack of funding, which has severely compromised the manufacturer's ability to overcome technical problems which have left the engine with a reputation for poor reliability. Series production of the engine was conditionally approved by the ...
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CFE
CFE, a joint venture between AlliedSignal and General Electric, is studying the potential market for its CFE738 turbofan as a power plant for sub-50-seat regional jets. AlliedSignal and GE revealed earlier this year that they are investigating the economic feasibility of such an aircraft, although the former company ...
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CFM International
CFM International (CFMI) is working to get its CFM56-7 series turbofan certificated on schedule before the beginning of November. The latest version of the successful CFM56 family, the -7 is being developed to power the new-generation Boeing 737. The 737-700 is due to have its maiden flight in ...
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Eurojet
The second Euro-fighter 2000 to be fitted with Euro-jet EJ200 engines, the Spanish CASA-assembled prototype DA6, had its maiden flight in late August. The first EJ200-powered aircraft, DA3, assembled by Alenia in Italy, first flew in 1995. The DA3 logged 40 flights before its original 01A-standard engines were ...
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GE-P&W Engine Alliance
GE-P&W Engine Alliance is a 50:50 joint-venture company formed by General Electric (GE) and Pratt & Whitney (P&W), to develop a power plant for the proposed Boeing 747-500X and -600X growth models. The engine, which will compete with the Rolls-Royce Trent 900, is being offered for Airbus' proposed A3XX ultra-high-capacity ...
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International Aero Engines IAE
International Aero Engines (IAE), a joint venture between Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce, MTU and Japanese Aero Engines, produces nine variants of the V2500 turbofan, which powers some Airbus A319/320/321s and the McDonnell Douglas MD-90-30. Italy's FiatAvio sold its minority stake in IAE to the four remaining partners earlier this year, ...
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Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries IHI
Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries (IHI) manufactures the two-shaft F3-30 turbofan for the Japan Air Self-Defence Force's Kawasaki T-4 trainer. The first production engine was delivered in 1987. IHI is expected to be responsible for about 40% of the work on the General Electric F110-129 engine which powers the Mitsubishi ...
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Boeing may use propulsion control on 747-500/600X
Guy Norris/BEVERLEY HILLS BOEING IS considering use of the experimental propulsion-controlled aircraft (PCA) concept as a back-up flight-control system on the next-generation 747-500/600X, following the company's decision to adopt fly-by- wire (FBW) flight controls. NASA, which completed successful flight tests of the PCA system in 1995 ...
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IAE selected
Egyptair has selected the International Aero Engines V2500-A5 engine to power four Airbus A321s it recently ordered. The aircraft are due for delivery during 1997, and will join seven V2500-powered A320s already in service. Source: Flight International
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Lufthansa criticises 747-X design
Andrzej Jeziorski/HAMBURG LUFTHANSA operations chief executive Klaus Nittinger has criticised recent changes in Boeing's design proposals for its 747-500/600X. "The aircraft has changed so drastically [since November] that it has moved far away from what we would like to see," says Nittinger. Lufthansa was enthusiastic about ...
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MDHS plans to produce MD902 Explorer in 1997
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES McDONNELL DOUGLAS Helicopter Systems (MDHS) is to phase out production of the MD900 Explorer in 1997 and replace it with a more advanced version, the MD902. The US company is upgrading the Explorer largely in response to competition from Bell, with its 427, ...
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Myanmar leases A320s in face of US trade-sanctions threat
Myanmar Airways International is to acquire Airbus A320s on lease, in the face of threatened US Government trade sanctions being imposed against Myanmar's Yangon regime. The three-year-old joint venture (with Singapore) carrier is understood to be finalising a five-year operating lease with Airbus Industrie for two International Aero ...
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Plans to prolong F28's life gather momentum
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE A group of US engineering consultants is discussing the possibility of re-engineing the Fokker F28, to extend the twinjet's operational life with a quieter and more fuel-efficient turbofan. The modification is being offered as an interim solution to meeting stricter airport noise regulations, until new 70-seat ...
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Suppliers
Dallas Airmotive is expanding in Europe with the acquisition of the engine services division of Anglo American Airmotive. The newly formed alliance between GE Aircraft Engines and Pratt & Whitney is to develop the first member of its GP7000 family of engines, the GP7176, for the proposed B747-500X/-600X ...
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Land of the giants
Airlines appear unworried by the domination of Gecas and ILFC but manufacturers certainly are. Doug Cameron assesses current developments in the rapidly maturing operating lease sector. You don't need brains in a bull market. Developments in the operating lease sector over the last year bring, for some, uncomfortable echoes of ...
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Aircraft News
Ansett Worldwide has ordered 10 Boeing 737-700s, for delivery from 1998 onwards, as well as six B737-300s and nine B767-300ERs, while International Lease Finance Corporation has ordered five B757-200s, five B767-300ERs and five B737s. British Airways has ordered four B747-400s, three B777-200s and three B757-200s and has brought forward orders ...
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Navigator approval
The Honeywell/Trimble HT9100 GNSS navigation management system has received Technical Standard Order approval from the US Federal Aviation Administration. The unit has also received supplemental type certification on an American Airlines Boeing 727-200. The global-positioning-system-based navigation device has been ordered by American Airlines and American Trans Air. ...
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Greenwich LOT
Greenwich Caledonian has signed a ten-year $70 million contract to overhaul General Electric CF6-80C2 and CFM CFM56 engines for LOT Polish Airlines. Source: Flight International