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Aerospatiale pours scorn on innuendo of French self interest
Tim Ripley Aerospatiale has hit out at "misperceptions" of France's position on European aerospace and defence industry consolidation. Denis Verret, Aerospatiale vice-president for international and commercial affairs, describes as "bullshit" suggestions that the French government will use its controlling shares in Aerospatiale to safeguard jobs above the commercial efficiency ...
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It's waiting list only for Farnborough '98 hopefuls
Geoff Thomas This year's Farnborough airshow running (7-13 September) will be the biggest of the decade and if you haven't already booked space, you're too late because it's sold out and the waiting list is growing by the hour. Although Farnborough International '98 celebrates the event's golden anniversary ...
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Germans seek partners for jet trainer project
Daimler-Benz Aerospace (Dasa) is seeking more partners for its proposed AT-2000 advanced jet trainer. The German company says it is in "close negotiations" with two potential partners - Hyundai of South Korea and Denel Aviation of South Africa. It would like more partners, however, and says it is actively ...
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No clear explanation yet of China Air crash
Taiwan's Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) says it will release a preliminary report into the cause of the 16 February China Airlines (CAL) Airbus Industrie A300-600R crash within ten days. Deputy director Lee Wan Lee of the CAA's flight standards department says the aircraft's flight data recorder (FDR) and cockpit ...
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Boeing studies 747 stretch options
Karen Walker Boeing is weighing up the merits of two alternative stretch plans for the 747-400, including a 500-seat version with a wing root extension that would take the aircraft's range to 7,800nm (14,430km). Having axed proposals for the 747-500X and the -600X because they would have cost too much ...
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Brasilia production rates to be doubled
Karen Walker Boosted by a fresh batch of orders from the USA, Embraer is planning to double its production rates of the EMB-120 Brasilia over the next two years. Embraer president and chief Mauricio Botelho says Brasilia production will be increased from 12 to 24 aircraft a year. In ...
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Hercules delays cause red faces at Lockheed Martin
Tim Ripley The continuing delays in delivering the first Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules are a "great embarrassment", says company aeronautics sector president Micky Blackwell. The company is working "with great vigour" to placate customers who are still waiting for their high technology transport aircraft. Blackwell attributes the late ...
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Caravan rolls on to another record year
Mike Martin It may not be the most exciting looking aircraft on the park, but the Cessna Caravan is the bird you want to see in some remote place - and it's selling better than at any time in its 14 years in service. This year - around November - ...
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Chinese plan to fly light fighter prototype in 2000
Geoff Thomas Pride of place on the CATIC stand (B212) is taken by a nose and forward fuselage section of the Chengdu FC-1, described as a 'new generation single-seater multi-role light fighter'. This is a project whose origins go back many years, pre-Tiananmen Square, when Grumman was heavily involved in ...
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Economic crisis puts region's deals at risk
Geoff Thomas Manufacturers were continuing to put on a brave face at the show yesterday, despite ever-strengthening indications that the region's economic turmoil is indeed having an effect on the industry. Beyond the obvious threats to airliner orders, it was being suggested that seemingly unrelated moves like Cathay ...
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Partners forecast strong demand for EC120B Colibri
Geoff Thomas Now celebrating its first century of sales, the Eurocopter EC120B Colibri helicopter is making its formal debut at the show. The single-engine EC120B is a new generation 1.5-tonne aircraft with 4/5 seats and it was designed from the outset with performance, safety, comfort and affordability in mind. Partners ...
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Gulfstream adds Collier trophy to its accolades
Karen Walker Gulfstream has arrived at Asian Aerospace '98 boasting a new accolade- its Gulfstream GV ultra -long-range business jet has been named this year's winner of the annual prestigious Robert J Collier trophy. The trophy, established in 1912, is awarded by the US National Aeronautic Association (NAA) for "-the ...
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Parker move
Parker move Parker Aerospace has announced at the show the opening of a regional office in the south of France. The Toulouse business centre will provide local support for French customers including Dassault, Snecma, Airbus Industrie and Eurocopter. Parker Aerospace designs and manufactures hydraulic, fuel and pneumatic ...
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Daewoo confident of trainer sales to Korean air force
Andrew Mollet Daewoo says that it hopes to sell between 100 and 150 of its new KTX-1 basic trainers to the Republic of Korea air force (ROKAF). The company will be delivering an initial batch of 20 KTX-1s later this year, and a further 20 in 2000 as the ...
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Face the Facts with... Edmond Marchegay
Edmond Marchegay wears three hats: President of Intertechnique, president of the French equipment industry and commissaire general of the French industry group here at Asian Aerospace '98. He talked to Mike Martin about the revolution which has swept through the French aerospace equipment sector, the market situation in Asia-Pacific and ...
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F-16's future hinges on this year's sales
Tim Ripley This year is a "watershed year" for Lockheed Martin's F-16 Fighting Falcon programme if the company's best-selling fighter is to stay in production beyond the year 2001 and win up to 600 new orders. Lockheed Martin's Fort Worth, Texas, plant has orders to keep it working to 2001, ...
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Global 'extranet' spreads technological advances
Mark Hannant The space race not only put a man on the moon, it also famously gave the world Teflon and the non-stick frying pan, perhaps the greatest example of everyday benefits from aerospace technology. The industry has always been a leader and possibly no more so than in the ...
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Fractional owners can boost business sales
Alan Peaford Fractional ownership could be the next major development to boost business aircraft sales in the Asia-Pacific region - or not, depending on whom you talk to. Gulfstream's Bryan Moss has said at the show that he believes Asia-Pacific will follow the lead from the Middle East market where ...
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Leasing company sees opportunies in economic downturn
Sarah Lazenby Business is booming in Asia Pacific for flight crew leasing companies IASCO and ARS International. The companies have just placed 17 captains to fly McDonnell Douglas DC-10s and MD-81s for the Harlequin Air, the first new-entry low-cost carrier to serve Japan since the market was liberalised. Other Asian ...
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LEDs brighten Korry's show
The show spotlight has been turned on the LED-illuminated cockpit switches and indicators making their debut on Stand D208. Seattle, Washington-based Korry Electronics, spent almost five years developing the products and has just received a $3 million order from American Airlines to use them in 42 of its Boeing ...