All MRO news – Page 549
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How far can you go?
There is nothing new about outsourcing (the practice of obtaining components from a third party). No-one expects an airline to make the tyres for its aircraft, and many successful carriers do not undertake their own heavy maintenance. The trend to outsource more work and concentrate on core services has ...
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Lionceau approval due by year-end
European Joint Aviation Authorities certification of the French APM-20 Lionceau high-performance, composite light aircraft is expected late this year. The Lionceau was shown in static and flying displays at the Paris air show in June. Flight-testing continues. Three examples of the initial two-seat version have been built. The ...
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Operators shrug off FAA's 727 payload restrictions
OPERATORS ARE playing down the impact of payload restrictions to be imposed on Boeing 727 freighter conversions under four airworthiness directives (ADs) proposed on 14 July. The ADs, which cover over 300 727s converted from passenger to freighter configuration by third-party modification companies, will require operators to fit strengthened floor ...
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Engine failure marks the end for Orient
Orient Avia, the independent Russian airline, has ceased operations following an engine failure on its last serviceable Ilyushin Il-62 on 10 July. The airline primarily operated services from Moscow to Vladivostok and Petroparlovsk in Kamchatka. At its peak, Orient operated three Il-62s, an Ilyushin Il-86 and a Tupolev ...
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Sempati F27 crashes in Java
An Indonesian Fokker F27-600 turboprop (PK-YPM) on wet-lease to Sempati Air Transport has crashed in Java. A daylight emergency landing was being attempted about 10min after take-off from Bandung Airport, after a reported engine problem. According to Sempati, the 27-year-old aircraft crashed on 17 July 200m (655ft) short ...
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Pratt & Whitney acquires Dutch engine-repair group
PRATT&WHITNEY has boosted plans to expand its Eagle Services engine-overhaul business to $1 billion annually by 1998, by agreeing to purchase the Flight Repair group of Netherlands company Interturbine. The group repairs engine aerofoils, stators and cases at centres in Dallas, Texas, and Singapore. P&W says that the ...
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An-24 'engine failure' kills 44 in Cuba
Engine-failure during take-off is the most likely cause of t he 11 July crash of a Cubana Cuban Airlines Antonov An-24, in which all 39 passengers and five crew are believed to have died, says the Cuban aviation authority. The aircraft crashed into the sea, at night in ...
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AlliedSignal repairs
AlliedSignal is to modify and repair ATF3 turbofans powering US Coast Guard Dassault HU-25 Falcon search- and-rescue aircraft under a five-year, $43 million contract to extend time "on-wing" and reduce ownership costs. The contract covers some 75 engines. Source: Flight International
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FAA wants restrictions on 727 conversions
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC RULEMAKING which could severely restrict the payloads of Boeing 727 freighter conversions was expected to be proposed by the US Federal Aviation Administration on 15 July. The much-awaited notice of proposed rulemaking, according to sources, will outline a series of airworthiness directives (ADs) ...
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Marketplace
++ TWA has concluded an agreement with International Lease Finance, to take a new Pratt & Whitney PW4000-powered Boeing 767-300ER, on lease. The 233-seat aircraft will be used on routes to the Middle East. ++ Japan Air System has placed orders for two Airbus A300-600Rs powered by Pratt & Whitney ...
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Workshop
++ International Aviation Services has completed the interior of a Boeing 737-300 belonging to China. A second 737 will be delivered in August. ++ SOGERMA has been contracted by International Lease Finance to undertake a C check on an Airbus A310-300 previously operated by Belgian flag carrier Sabena. ++ Marshall ...
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ValuJet merges into Air Tran
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC VALUJET AIRLINES has agreed a merger with AirTran Airways which will rid the carrier of its stigmatised name, increase its maintenance capability and overcome US Federal Aviation Administration restrictions on its growth. The ValuJet and AirWays holding companies will merge, but the two ...
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KLM
Daan Meyer, most recently director of operational affairs at Transavia Airlines, has been appointed executive vice-president of KLM Engineering and Maintenance, succeeding Peter Hartman, who moves to KLM's board on 5 August. Meyer has previously worked for KLM Engineering and Maintenance as vice-president marketing and sales, director of aircraft maintenance ...
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AAR has record year
US aviation parts and service supplier AAR posted record sales of $589 million for its financial year to the end of May. The company's sales figure was up by 17%, while net profits grew by 44%, to $23 million. Growth is expected to continue this year, helped by the recent ...
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Workshop
++ Virgin Atlantic Airways has signed a five-year contract with British Midland Engineering for maintenance checks on the airline's Airbus A340s and Boeing 747s at Heathrow Airport. ++ Saudia Arabian Airlines has agreed a deal with GAMCO for Ìve of the airline's Lockheed L-1011 TriStars to undergo US Federal Aviation ...
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China Southern sets its sights on New York stock exchange
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE China Southern Airlines has filed an application to list on the New York stock exchange, following a similar float by China Eastern Airlines earlier in the year and Hainan Airlines' more recent successful public offering on the Shanghai bourse. The Guangzhou-based carrier plans to ...
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Ageing aircraft
Supersonic Aerospatiale/BAe (BAC) Concorde Thirteen of the 14 Concordes delivered to British Airways and Air France between 1975 and 1980 remain in service. Twenty Concordes were built, including two prototypes, two pre-production aircraft and two production aircraft which were not delivered. One of the seven Concordes ...
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Asain maintenance
The 1997 Maintenance Directory for Asia, Africa and Australasia (Flight International, 28 May-3 June) wrongly combines the entries for Hong Kong Aero Engine Services (HAESL) and Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering (HAECO). The organisations would like to emphasise that HAESL took on the engine-overhaul activities of HAECO as a separate corporate ...
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AI(R) and TTS open Bangkok training centre
Aero International (Regional) (AI(R)) and Thomson Training & Simulation (TTS) have opened a new ATR flight-simulator centre in Bangkok, in a move to improve support for the growing number of regional carriers operating ATR 42/72 turboprop aircraft. The Asian ATR Training Centre (AATC) opening follows certification by the ...