All MRO news – Page 532
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Dash 8 lasts longer
Bombardier Aerospace has increased the de Havilland Dash 8 maintenance A check interval from 400h to 500h and from 4,000h to 5,000h for a C check. The Toronto, Canada-based company claims these are the longest intervals for a regional aircraft. Source: Flight International
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China plans new cargo carrier
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE China Eastern Airlines (CEA) and partner China Ocean Shipping (Cosco) are planning to launch the country's first international air cargo carrier, equipped with a fleet of converted Boeing MD-11 freighters. Local industry sources say the carrier is to be named China Air Cargo and will be a ...
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Fool's gold ?
Is it right to assume, in the wake of Continental Express' order for 37-seat Embraer RJ-135s to operate alongside its 50-seat ERJ-145s, that the regional turboprop is dead and that, to survive, particularly in North America, all regional airlines must move to jet-power even for their smallest needs? Or ...
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Gulfstream/Chrysler launch aircraft management service
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON Gulfstream has teamed with Chrysler Pentastar Aviation to provide an aircraft management service designed to "simplify aircraft ownership" and stimulate business jet sales. Called Gulfstream Management Services, the programme is aimed at new and existing Gulfstream owners and offers a turnkey aircraft service. "We will offer ...
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TNT prepares for large fleet of dedicated A300 freighters
Max Kingsley-Jones/PARIS TNT Express Worldwide will introduce the first dedicated widebody freighter on to its European network later this year, marking the start of a plan to acquire a large fleet of Airbus A300B4 freighters to feed its new European hub in Liege, Belgium. The Amsterdam-based express parcels carrier has ...
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Iberia orders Atec
Iberia has ordered an Atec Series 6 automatic test system from Aerospatiale, together with 16 sets of software, for maintenance of its Airbus A340s. The order brings to 58 the total sales figure for the Series 6, and to 295 all Atec systems sold to date. The Series 6 is ...
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Continental vindication
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Continental Express' order for 25 firm plus 50 option 37-seat ERJ-135s validates Embraer's decision to derive a family of regional jets following the successful introduction of the 50-seat ERJ-145. The Brazilian manufacturer hopes that other airlines will be attracted by the "substantial" savings in training, maintenance and ...
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Airborne 767 freighter set for certification
Flight Structures (FSI) and Timco expect the Boeing 767-200 cargo modification developed for Airborne Express to receive its supplemental type certificate (STC) from the US Federal Aviation Administration within the next two months. According to Michael Hugill, president of Seattle-based FSI, the modification of the first 767, one of ...
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Brazilian work-out
Max Kingsley-Jones/ISLE OF MAN Julian Moxon/NANTES Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Embraer spent a long time bringing its 50-seat RJ-145 to the marketplace. It was almost a full eight years from the original EMB-145 programme launch in June 1989 to service entry with launch customer Continental Express in April 1997, with the ...
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Hong Kong starts on move to Chek Lap Kok
The Airport Authority of Hong Kong is beginning the relocation from Kai Tak to the territory's new international gateway at Chek Lap Kok two months ahead of its scheduled opening on 6 July. The formal move to the new HK$70.7 billion ($9.1 billion) Hong Kong International Airport starts on ...
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Rolls-Royce standardises on hybrid RB211 after entry success
Rolls-Royce is to discontinue production of older versions of its RB211-524G/H engine after successful service entry of the first of its new hybrid versions, the RB211-524HT, last month. The hybrid engine upon which Rolls-Royce will "standardise" has the same core as the Trent 700, the company's powerplant for the ...
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Lockheed Martin consolidates support business
Lockheed Martin is to consolidate its spare parts and logistic services business under its Aircraft &Logistics Centers unit based in Greenville, South Carolina. The move is part of the plan to grow the company's support business, which led to last year's consolidation of its aircraft maintenance and modification operations at ...
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Contract with the future
David Learmount/LONDON Shortages of skilled personnel are rife in the air transport industry in most parts of the world. Licensed engineers and high quality flightcrew - people with skills that cannot be created overnight - are back in demand and employers' reluctance to operate strategic training policies has led to ...
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Maintenance Directory
Ian Sheppard/London Despite its current economic troubles, Asia looks set to continue to attract the attention of airframe and engine maintenance providers anxious to cash in on a region that will continue to be a pace setter in the dash for global air transport growth over the next few ...
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Supplier News May 1998
Gulf Air has signed a $165 million 10-year deal for Sabre to take over its IT functions. Sita has won a US$160 million seven-year contract with Air France to support all its voice and data communications. Boeing's 737-800 now has US Federal Aviation Administration type certification, and the ...
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National and Avant unite
This is the first time LanChile and Ladeco have had any real competition,' says Jesus Diez, president of the Turbus company that owns and manages both National and Avant Airlines. Turbus, which moves a million bus passengers a month, bought National in January when it was floundering from losses on ...
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Chile's high flier
The Chilean economy and its national flag carrier now feel strong enough to insist on US antitrust immunity for the proposed alliance with American Airlines as a precondition for open skies. David Knibb reports from Santiago. Like the Andean condor, Chileans are a rare breed. Among Latin Americans the ...
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Crossing into the EU
The launch of its French subsidiary will give Crossair greater access to southern European markets and boost its Basle hub. Tom Gill reports. 'Some guys talk about the Star Alliance; well, we have our own new born star.' The star Crossair's president and CEO Moritz Suter is hailing is a ...
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Swiss qualify new partners
Swissair has expanded its European alliance to include TAP Air Portugal, THY Turkish Airlines and AOM of France and agreed to buy up to a 20 per cent stake in TAP. TAP, Turkish Airlines and AOM will join Swissair's existing partners Austrian Airlines and Sabena in an alliance to ...
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Marketplace
-Olympic has added its second Boeing 737-300, an ex-Western Pacific aircraft on lease from Boullioun Aviation Services. -Northwest Airlines has concluded a deal with Fortis Aviation's Alliance AirInvest to acquire three ex-Thai International McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30ERs. The three aircraft have been delivered and will enter service later this year after ...