All Engines news – Page 598
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Appointments
Abacus Distribution Systems has appointed Seiji Fukatsu as its new chairman. He is also president and chief executive officer of All Nippon Airways. John Watson has been appointed city manager, Philadelphia, for United Airlines. He was previously general manager sales, UK and Europe. European ground handling ...
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Third party tussle
Despite excess capacity and reduced demand major carriers are returning to the third party maintenance & overhaul business as a key part of their maintenance and engineering strategies. By Steven Casley.In recent years third party maintenance organisations have been through a turbulent period of excess repair capacity, reduced carrier demand ...
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Chilean combine
A restructured and profitable LanChile has finally taken control of its smaller rival Ladeco, securing access to substantial new markets. Sara Guild reports.Timing is everything. Certainly Sebastian Pinera would say so. The Chilean businessman and senator heads the company which in June sold 16.5 per cent of LanChile to take ...
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JAL smooths over FAA ban
Japan Airlines was understood to be close to an agreement in early September to end the US Federal Aviation Administration's suspension of its licence to repair US registered aircraft. The airline's FAA authorisation was cancelled in August after a routine annual inspection showed violations of US standards, according ...
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Team tactics
International joint ventures pave the way for an expansion of the maintenance market in China. Paul Lewis/BEIJING/GUANGZHOU/XIAMEN A WORLDWIDE OVERCAPACITY in aircraft maintenance and overhaul has left many companies struggling under the weight of intense competition and uneconomical work rates. This gloomy global picture, however, has not ...
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Thai plans A300 update renewal
Paul Lewis/BANGKOK THAI AIRWAYS International is negotiating to purchase five additional Airbus Industrie A300-600Rs and two Boeing 747-400s as part of a long-term plan to rationalise and modernise its fleet. The A300-600Rs are needed as replacements for Thai's elderly A300B4s, now used on domestic and ...
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Ranging wider
Canadair has gradually improved its Challenger corporate jet over the past decade. Harry Hopkins/WICHITA THE CANADAIR CHALLENGER series of corporate jets has evolved over 15 years in a series of small steps which have not detracted from the success of the original formula - to marry the ...
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Boeing ready for new 737
BOEING HAS reached the 75% design release point on engineering for the 737-700, the first of its next-generation family of small twins. The company's development plan calls for the production of all three versions of the family within 18 months. "Boeing has never done anything like this," ...
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Czech restructuring plans change again
Andrzej Jeziorski/PRAGUE ANOTHER PIECE of the Czech aerospace industry's restructuring appear to have unraveled, with the collapse of joint-venture discussions between Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) and Czech engine manufacturer Walter. It is believed that the deal finally fell through because P&WC was unwilling to ...
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GE prepares for growth -90 runs
GENERAL ELECTRIC plans to make the first test run of its growth GE90, the 410kN (92,000lb)-thrust -92B, on 11 October at its Peebles site in Ohio. The US company hopes to start flight tests, in August 1996. The higher-thrust version will power higher-gross-weight, longer-range 777-200s, the first of ...
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NASA prepares to make major supersonic-systems choices
NASA AND ITS US industry team members are preparing to make major airframe and propulsion-system selections in December as the High Speed Research (HSR) programme moves into Phase II. The HSR project is designed to provide a technology base by 2001, which will support a US industry ...
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United kicks off transpacific FANS flights
UNITED AIRLINES has inaugurated transpacific operations using Boeing 747-400s equipped with Honeywell's FANS-1 satellite-based communication/ navigation system. The first FANS-1 flight was made on 2 September, from Chicago to Tokyo, over Russia. United Flight 881 was the first over Siberian airspace to communicate with a new FANS controller-workstation ...
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MD-95 powerplant will be a customer choice
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) says that the final selection of the engine for its MD-95 twinjet will depend on which power plant the launch customer selects. The BMW Rolls-Royce BR715 and the Pratt & Whitney mid-thrust family of engines are offered on the ...
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Airbus closes in on ValuJet deal
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON AIRBUS IS CLOSE to winning the hard-fought battle to sell ValuJet its first new aircraft. The deal, which is expected to involve around 25 A319s, with an option for a further 25, would be a major coup for Airbus, coming in the face of fierce competition ...
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Turbine-engine weight comparisons are needed
Sir - Congratulations on the publication of the Turbine Engine Directory (Flight International, 2-8 August, P27). I was disappointed that no indication of weight was included. The importance of the weight parameter can be seen when various US Department of Defense contracts for improved high-performance turbine-engine ...
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Turbomeca
Jean-Bernard Cocheteux has been appointed president of French engine manufacturer Turbomeca. He was previously an executive vice-president of the company and remains as executive vice-president of Labinal and president of the Turbomeca Microturbo division. Source: Flight International
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BAe turns down Boeing on JAST
Guy Norris/SEATTLE BRITISH AEROSPACE, has rebuffed Boeing attempts to sign it up as a partner, on its Joint Advanced Strike Technology ( JAST) programme. The US contractor says that, "the door is still open" if BAe is prepared to withdraw from its alliance with McDonnell ...
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Trent 777 testing resumes after vibration is remedied
CERTIFICATION FLIGHT-testing of the Rolls Royce Trent-powered Boeing 777 has resumed after engineers tackled a rear-bearing vibration problem caused by "distress of the aft-strut fairing and primary nozzle". The test programme has been held up for "about a week", says Boeing, which grounded the aircraft in the first ...
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France loans Snecma funds for CFMXXX turbofan work
FRENCH ENGINE manufacturer Snecma is to receive a Fr2 billion ($396 million) reimbursable loan from the French Government to help develop the 135-220kN (30,000-50,000lb)-thrust CFMXX turbofan. The agreement effectively launches the engine, which is needed by Airbus Industrie for growth versions of the A340 and, possibly, the A321. ...
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Champion
Stephen Straub has been promoted to manager of aviation for Champion Aviation Products, of Liberty, South Carolina, a subsidiary of Cooper Aviation. Formerly director of product development, Straub replaces William Dillon, who becomes director, Nicholson operations of the Cooper Hand Tools division. James Foreman is promoted to manager of manufacturing ...