All Engines news – Page 608
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R-R promises to develop Trent
Guy Norris/SEATTLE ROLLS-ROYCE HAS defined a thrust level of 423kN (95,000lb) for the next growth stage of the Trent 800 as the three Boeing 777 engine suppliers prepare for new battles over the proposed -300X A-market stretch. R-R Trent director Phil Hopton says: "We have ...
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Cathay pushes for stretched 777
Paul Lewis/SEATTLE CATHAY PACIFIC HAS declined a Boeing request to increase its orders for 777s beyond the current level of 11 to help launch the stretched version of the aircraft. At the same time, however, the Hong Kong airline is pressing the manufacturer to launch ...
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GE probes surge cause on BA's 777
Guy Norris/SEATTLE GENERAL ELECTRIC is investigating foreign-object damage (FOD) as being a possible cause of a surge experienced on a GE90 engine powering the first British Airways Boeing 777. The incident took place immediately after take-off from Boeing Field, Seattle, on 4 May on a certification ...
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Volvo remains pessimistic on engine markets
VOLVO AERO HAS cautioned that commercial-engine markets are unlikely to recover until 1996 at the earliest, as jet-airliner production rates begin to pick up from their present trough. President Arne Wittlov warns that airliner output, now languishing at half of the 1991 peak of 844 aircraft, is unlikely ...
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Volga-Dnepr pushes An-124 co-operation
Kieran Daly/LONDON VOLGA-DNEPR Airlines is leading a renewed effort to co-ordinate the investment by operators of the Antonov An-124 Ruslan outsized freighter in technical improvements to the aircraft. The carrier hosted an April meeting of An-124 operators and suppliers in Ulyanovsk, where it proposed a ...
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Chinese Engine Venture
Pratt & Whitney, China Airlines and Singapore Airlines Engineering have formed a joint venture to repair PW4000 high-pressure-compressor stators at a new site near Chiang Kai-shek Airport in Taipei, Taiwan. P&W controls 51% of the business, with the other partners dividing the balance equally. ...
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Lufthansa Technik Deal
Austrian Airlines has signed a deal with Lufthansa Technik for the maintenance and overhaul of its two Airbus A340s. The maintenance arm of Lufthansa has also won a five-year contract to overhaul 100 International Aero Engines V2500s used by United Airlines on its fleet of Airbus A320s. Source: ...
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Nordam is cleared over blade failures
NEW ZEALAND authorities have cleared Nordam's hushkit, of causing turbine-blade failures in the Pratt & Whitney JT8D engines, of Air New Zealand's (ANZ) fleet of Boeing 737-200s. The airline suffered four low-pressure turbine-blade failures on hushkitted 737s (Flight International, 22-28 February), but now appears to be the victim ...
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Boeing/Lockheed Martin halt JAST talks
LOCKHEED MARTIN and Boeing have suspended talks over teaming on the US Joint Advanced Strike Technology (JAST) programme at least until contracts are awarded in mid-1996. The two companies began talks earlier this year, when it became clear that the JAST project was going to absorb the advanced ...
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IHI to become partner in CF34
Ishikawajima - Harima Heavy Industries (IHI) of Japan is to become a major partner in the General Electric CF34-8C turbofan under the terms of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between the two companies. The announcement confirms persistent rumours of imminent IHI involvement in the engine (Flight International, ...
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George Mikelsons
Appointing American Trans Air (ATA) chief-executive George Mikelsons chairman of Allison Engine is a sure sign that new owner Rolls-Royce intends to continue the US power plant manufacturer's drive into the commercial arena. Indianapolis-based ATA is the USA's biggest charter carrier and the nation's tenth-largest airline. It is ...
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CAAC caution holds up Sichuan A320 handover
An agreement for International Lease Finance (ILFC) to supply three Airbus Industrie A320's to Chinese domestic operator Sichuan Airlines, is being delayed by the failure of the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) to approve the deal. ILFC, under an agreement signed in March with China Aircraft Supplies ...
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PW150 for Dash 8-400
Bombardier has selected the Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) PW150 to power the planned de Havilland Dash 8-400 high-speed regional turboprop. The company received board approval on 24 April to offer the 70-seat aircraft to airlines and is aiming for a June launch. First flight of the Dash 8-400 is ...
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CIS engine head defends PS-90A
THE HEAD OF THE CIS aero-engine manufacturers' association (ASSAD) has hit out at Western and Russian firms which, he claims, are plotting against the Aviadvigatel/Perm Motors PS-90A turbofan. Victor Chuiko, president of ASSAD, failed to show up at the conference for unspecified reasons, but his presentation was included ...
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American Airlines
American Airlines will repair America West Rolls Royce RB211-535E4 turbofan engines for the next five years at its Alliance maintenance base near Fort Worth, Texas. The contract will run alongside a similar America West arrangement with Rolls Royce Canada. Source: Flight International
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Il-96T Deliveries
Ilyushin will start deliveries to Aeroflot of the cargo variant of its Il-96, the Il-96T, re-engine with Pratt & Whitney PW2337 turbofans, in the second half of 1996. The first five re-engine Il-96s will be the cargo variant, with the first production-standard passenger variant, the Il-96M, to be completed by ...
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Aviall
Prestwick, Scotland-based Aviall Caledonian Engine Services has signed long-term engine-service contracts with Air Maritius, Cyprus Airways, FedEx, Icelandair and Monarch Airlines, worth more than $30 million a year. The contracts cover General Electric CF6s and GE/Snecma CFM56s. Source: Flight International
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Appointments
Organisational restructuring at United has seen president John Edwardson assume the role of chief operating officer. David Coltman, formerly vice president Atlantic division, becomes SVP marketing. James E Goodwin has become SVP North America and is replaced by Christopher Bowers as SVP international. Andrew P Studdert joins as ...
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Suppliers
Volvo Aero Engine Services is to take over maintenance of SAS' intercontinental fleet of 14 B767s through mid-1995 on a seven year contract. IAE International Aero Engines and the Ilyushin Design Bureau are studying re-engining the IL-86 with V25OO engines. Sabre Decision Technologies is to upgrade ...
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Enaer Namcu close to certification
TYPE CERTIFICATION OF the Chilean-designed Enaer Namcu (Eaglet) two-seat trainer, is under way and is expected to be completed, by the end of 1995. The aircraft will be certificated in the Netherlands, to European and U S standards, by Enaer's Dutch partner, Aviation Maintenance. The Chilean manufacturer has ...