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Falcon 900 simulation
SimuFlite Training International is to acquire a Level D flight simulator for the Dassault Falcon 900B/EX business jet, to be ready at its Dallas Fort Worth, Texas, simulator centre in late 1999. Source: Flight International
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Tilt-rotot panel
BFGoodrich's GH-3000 flat-panel standby-instrument system has been selected for the Bell Boeing 609 civil tilt-rotor. The GH-3000 has also been approved for retrofit to Dassault Falcon 50 and Gulfstream IV business jets. Source: Flight International
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Appointments
Philip Chen will succeed Simon Heale as deputy managing director at Cathay Pacific Airways from mid-March. Heale takes up the position of finance director at Swire Pacific. Stanley Hui will replace Chen as Dragonair's chief executive from 1 February 1997, while Hui's role as chief operating officer of Air Hong ...
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Aircraft news
Boeing has signed a deal with American Airlines, granting the US manufacturer sole supplier status for jet aircraft until 2018. As part of the deal American has placed firm orders for 12 B777s, four B767-300ERs, 12 B757-200s, and 75 B737-600/700/800s. The US carrier has also taken so-called purchase rights on ...
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GII/III hushkit progress
Dallas Airmotive displayed a Gulfstream II fitted with a mock-up of Stage III Technologies' Rolls-Royce Spey Stage 3 hushkit at the NBAA. Flight-testing of the ejector hushkit is to begin in June 1998, leading to certification late in 1998. Ground tests show that the hushkit will meet or exceed Stage ...
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Learjet Japan sale
Bombardier has secured its first private-sector sale of a Learjet in Japan, with Nagoya-based Chunichi Press ordering an extended-range Learjet 31A/ER for delivery in 1998. Singapore-based Global Aviation has ordered two Canadair Challenger 604s. Source: Flight International
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Execaire adds Excels
Canadian Cessna Citation distributor Execaire has in-creased its order for Citation Excel light business jets from three to five, for delivery beginning in 1999. Montreal-based Execaire expects the widebody Excel to be popular in Canada. The company has also bought a CitationJet and a Citation Ultra. ...
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King Air 350 improved
Raytheon Aircraft has received dirt-runway certification for its Beech King Air 350, and Pratt &Whitney Canada has extended the time between overhauls for the aircraft's PT6A-60A engines from 3,000h to 3,500h. Source: Flight International
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Sound move
Nordam's manufacturing division is leading a multi-company group which has been set up to investigate and improve passive noise-suppression systems for business-aircraft interiors. The group, which includes E-A-R Specialty Composites, Johns Manville, Buckley Industries and consultant Bill Connor, will initially conduct noise- measurement trials on a business jet loaned by ...
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Engine deal
Rolls-Royce Canada has signed maintenance contracts worth more than $17 million, the biggest of which is a $10-million, seven-year deal with Gulfstream Aerospace covering repair and overhaul on Spey, Tay and BMW-Rolls Royce BR710 engines on Gulfstream IIs, IIIs, IVs and Vs. The deal includes the offering of used-engine warranties ...
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TAP's profit
TAP Air Portugal made an operating profit of $57.4 million last year, up from $12 million in 1995, contrary to the Airline Business 100 last month. TAP's 1996 net loss was $69.6 million, as we reported in the survey. Source: Airline Business
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Russian ties
Airbus Industrie and the Russian Ministry of Economics have signed an agreement which envisages closer cooperation in areas such as joint projects, certification, R&D and production. The deal includes Airbus' assistance in obtaining JAA type certification for the Tu-204 and the establishment of a single Russian management organisation to liaise ...
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Arab results
After the Airline Business 100 went to press, Kuwait Airways reported a net loss of $228 million on revenue of $570 million for its year to 30 June 1996, and Syrian Arab Airlines reported a net profit of $16.6 million on revenues of $181.8 million for calendar 1996. ...
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Red allowed
Israel and Jordan have agreed to redevelop the present airport at the Red Sea resort of Aqaba as the joint Eilat-Aqaba airport. The airport will be renamed Salaam/Shalom and will remain entirely under Jordanian political control. The project will cost $35 million and should be completed by mid-1998. ...
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Video for sale
Uruguay is privatising Montevideo/Carrasco airport on a build-operate-transfer scheme and will issue a prospectus to international investors by the end of the year. The government has appointed consultants Lufthansa Consulting and Coopers & Lybrand as advisers. Source: Airline Business
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Auck hawked?
New Zealand looks set to sell its 51.6 per cent controlling stake in Auckland airport and has asked Merrill Lynch to complete a feasibility study by October. Source: Airline Business
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Thanks a billion
ILFC has placed orders with Airbus and Boeing valued at some $8.5 billion. The lessor has ordered 50 aircraft in the A320 family and 15 A330-200s. Boeing received an order for 31 B737s, 12 B767s, 10 B777s and two B747s. Source: Airline Business
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THAAd target
The US General Accounting Office (GAO) says that the Department of Defense requires better targets for more effective testing of the Lockheed Martin Theater High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) weapon which is designed to engage theatre ballistic missiles at high altitudes and long ranges. A GAO report suggests that unless ...
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V-22 delivery
The second of four Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft built to production standards has been delivered to the Patuxent River Naval Air Warfare Center in Maryland. The eighth Osprey to be built is fully instrumented for flight tests and will be used to complete envelope development testing until 1999. ...