All news – Page 6907
-
News
Northwest/Continental alliance showdown looms
Northwest Airlines' plans to take a controlling shareholding in Continental Airlines could be thrown into jeopardy because of concerns by the US Department of Justice (DoJ) over the proposed link-up. The two airlines confirm that they are negotiating with the DoJ to resolve unspecified differences over Northwest's plan to ...
-
News
Thomson expands on Australian simulation
Thomson-CSF is to acquire Australian simulation firm Wormald Technology, as part of moves to secure a strategic foothold with which to contest increasing Australian Defence Force requirements for computer-based training and mission rehearsal systems. The acquisition, which was announced on 13 October, will see the French company take over ...
-
News
Ariane 5 cleared for commerce
Tim Furniss/PARIS The successful third European Space Agency-funded demonstration flight of the Ariane 5 on 21 October has cleared the way for Arianespace to start commercial operations of the booster around next March, with two communications satellites. Arianespace also revealed that it may order further Ariane 4 vehicles to extend ...
-
News
Long Beach rethink
The introduction of a second final assembly line for the Boeing Next Generation 737 family at the former Douglas Aircraft plant in Long Beach, California, has been delayed by three months, amid a review which could see the plan abandoned. The new line, which would initially produce specialised 737 variants ...
-
News
Dasa steps up pressure over European restructuring
Julian Moxon/PARIS Attempts by France to prevent a possible merger of British Aerospace and Daimler-Benz Aerospace (Dasa) without including Aerospatiale have been undermined by Dasa president Manfred Bischoff. In an interview with the French newspaper Les Echos on 22 October the Dasa boss refused to rule out the possibility ...
-
News
AlliedSignal plots targets for AS907
AlliedSignal's next generation AS907 business aircraft and regional engine will begin test runs in mid-1999, says the company as it completes negotiations with risk and revenue partners on the $300 million development programme. The AS907 is the first member of a new engine family that was formerly launched with ...
-
News
Avro joins corporate aircraft business
British Aerospace has joined the growing number of regional aircraft manufacturers in the corporate aircraft business by announcing plans to develop a variant of its Avro Regional Jet (RJ). The Avro Corporate Jet will be offered with seating for up to 60. "We will offer the interior of a ...
-
News
Century seeks $48m to fund low-cost twin jet development
Century Aerospace has transformed its Century Jet from a single-engined aircraft to a twin and has replaced the Williams/Rolls FJ44-1 powerplant with "the more advanced" Williams FJ33-1, for which the newly titled Century Jet 100 has become the launch aircraft. According to Albuquerque, New Mexico-based Century: "The Century Jet ...
-
News
P&WC unveils light jet study
Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) has revealed studies of a new family of light jet engines for general aviation and super light business jets, while Williams International has launched a similarly targeted small jet family on the back of the Century Aerospace Century Jet. Announcing the initiative, P&WC president, ...
-
News
Honeywell predicts market of Epic proportions
Honeywell is predicting that "at least" 200 business aircraft will be retrofitted with its Primus Epic control display system (CDS) within the next five years. Many more aircraft, such as Cessna's Citation Sovereign and the Sino-Swearingen SJ30-2, will be fitted from new with the system, the company forecasts. Honeywell hopes ...
-
News
Envoy 7 expands Fairchild's corporate family plans
Fairchild Aerospace's commitment to produce a family of corporate aircraft is steadily being realised with the Envoy 7 launch. The widebody aircraft, a variant of the Fairchild Dornier 70-seat 728Jet regional airliner, which was launched earlier in the year, will join its smaller Envoy 3 stablemate which is now ...
-
News
New players open up jet ownership to untapped market
The US fractional ownership industry has added three new players to the line-up, each with the aim of filling a niche within this highly lucrative market. HeliFlight Shares of Fort Worth, Dallas, is the first US-based helicopter programme. The company has ordered two Bell 430 twin turbine helicopters which ...
-
News
Galaxy keeps performance but puts on weight
The Galaxy will meet, and even exceed, its performance specification, despite growing in weight and encountering several handling problems, says Galaxy Aerospace. The aircraft, which had its US premiere at the show, has gained more than 320kg (700lb) as a result of greater allowance for the interior and "more ...
-
News
Certification work will delay Jetcruzer 500 by 12 months
Advanced Aerodynamics & Structures (AASI) says certification work on the Jetcruzer 500 turboprop pusher will not be completed until the "second half of next year", meaning a delay of more than 12 months over the company's original predictions. AASI says the delay is part of a conscious effort to ...
-
News
NetJets maintains order surge
Executive Jet continues to surge ahead of its rivals with three major orders for its Netjets fractional ownership programme. The contracts involve up to 161 aircraft with a combined value of nearly $3 billion. The first deal, with Boeing Business Jets (BBJ), is for nine BBJs, with an option ...
-
News
Rolls-Royce predicts retirement and fractional effects
More than 9,880 business jets worth more than $130 billion will be delivered over the next 20 years, according to Rolls-Royce. The engine maker predicts that around 19,800 turbofans worth more than $30 million will be needed to meet the demand. For the first time in any Rolls-Royce (formerly ...
-
News
FSI agreement
FlightSafety International and Executive Jet have agreed to build a new maintenance and crew training centre at the latter's operational headquarters at Port Columbus International in New Jersey. The $25 million centre will house up to three simulators, including a Cessna Citation V Ultra training system. The centre is scheduled ...
-
News
Dassault jet options
Dassault Aviation continues to study engine options for its supersonic business jet (SSBJ), but revealed at the NBAA show that it doubts if derivatives of military powerplants can fulfil longevity requirements for long-range supersonic flight. President Serge Dassault said: "Aside from the engine issue, all of the SSBJ technologies are ...
-
News
CAeE MaxVue orders come flooding in
Norwegian airline Braathens ASA has ordered a Boeing 737-800 full-flight simulator from CAE Electronics. The simulator, which is equipped with the CAE MaxVue Plus visual system, is to enter service in August 2000, in the Braathens training centre at Oslo's new Gardemoen Airport. US Airways, meanwhile, has ordered ...
-
News
Elan wins avionics research contracts
Elan Training Equipment (ETE) has announced a series of contracts for simulated cockpit controls and displays, for use in training and research flight simulators. Toulouse, France-based ETE has supplied sidesticks and control panels for an Airbus A320-based avionics technology demonstration cockpit operated by the German Aerospace Center's Institute of ...