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Boeing prepares new strategy
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES BOEING HOPES to finalise by the end of October a broad-based product-development strategy to take the company into the next century. The company is wrestling with several options and, because it is short of engineers, is attempting to prioritise without over-reaching itself. ...
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Dornier considers turbofan 328
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH DORNIER LUFTFAHRT is looking at the possibility of fitting turbofans to the planned 50-seat version of its 328, and plans to issue a request for proposals for new power plants in September. Dornier says that using a turbofan is "technically feasible" and that ...
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Thai aircraft sale
Thai Airways International expects to make a gain of $11 million from the sale of two 737-200s to the Pakistani carrier Shaheen Air International. The aircraft, worth around $17 million, will be delivered in August. The Thai carrier has also announced that its third-quarter profits trebled to Baht588 million ($23 ...
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Gulfstream goes public as business-jet orders surge
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA GULFSTREAM Aerospace is to go public with an initial share offer which values the US business-jet manufacturer at around $2.2 billion. Owner Forstmann Little, a private New York investment firm, has filed to sell about one-third of Gulfstream in an initial public offering (IPO) which ...
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Loral raises Space Systems stake
LORAL SPACE & Communications has increased its interest in the Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) international satellite joint venture, raising its stake to a controlling 51%. Loral Space, the company left over after the sale of the bulk of the Loral defence interests to Lockheed Martin, had previously held a ...
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ValuJet warns over debt covenants
VALUJET HAS warned that it may begin to run into problems with debt covenants by the end of September because of its grounding, which has been in place since mid-June in the wake of the Florida crash. In a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, the ...
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Boeing and GE target Air France 777 deal
BOEING AND GENERAL Electric are attempting to sign up Air France as the launch customer for the GE90-100B-powered version of the 777-300. Boeing programme sources confirm that Air France is "definitely the most likely customer" for the 445kN (100,000lb)-thrust GE90-100B, but suggests that no signing is imminent. ...
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Japan confirms 100-seater discussions with Bombardier
MITSUBISHI HEAVY Industries has confirmed that talks are under way with Bombardier on the possible development of a 100-seat airliner (Flight International, 29 May-4 June). The Japanese company says that it hopes to develop a regional jet using the technology from the wing it is producing for Bombardier's ...
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S Korea eyes F-15 for its F-X competition
SOUTH KOREA has requested information on the McDonnell Douglas (MDC) F-15 for its upcoming F-X fighter competition. MDC says that South Korea has not asked for information on the F-18, adding weight to local reports that the air force is leaning towards an F-15-class fighter for the 100-aircraft requirement. ...
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MDC postpones MD-XX launch to early part of 1997
McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) is now hoping to launch the MD-XX stretched, re-winged MD-11 derivative at the start of 1997, says president Harry Stonecipher. MDC had been tipped to launch the MD-XX at the Farnborough air show in September, but is expected instead to give detailed briefings to interested airlines, led ...
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Matra BAE sign deal
Matra and British Aerospace have signed the commercial agreement covering the merger of their two respective missile divisions. The move legally establishes the joint venture, although Government approval from the UK and France is still needed. Following the UK selection of the BAe Matra bid for the UK's stand-off missile ...
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Recovered TWA No 2 engine has turbine blades missing
INVESTIGATORS working on the Trans World Airlines (TWA) Boeing 747-100 crash off Long Island, New York, in July are still searching for conclusive evidence of what triggered the explosions, which destroyed the aircraft. The badly damaged No 2 engine has now been recovered, however, and is understood to have three ...
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USA/Mexico GPS
The USA and Mexico have established technical pacts on satellite-based navigational systems and other navigational services. The two sides can now formally begin co-operative work on future navigation systems involving the global-positioning system (GPS). Also established are specific functional areas of air-navigation services under which co-operative projects may be instituted ...
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USA and Venezuela fight over safety
AIR SERVICES BETWEEN the USA and Venezuela stopped on 7 August, with both countries grounding each other's aircraft. US Federal Aviation Administration officials in Miami had grounded two Venezuelan airliners for safety reasons. Venezuelan inspectors in Caracas then grounded two American Airlines aircraft. Services have been resumed following talks in ...
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Top of the heap
Samsung of South Korea, it seems, is close to signing two deals, which would propel it into the front ranks of Asian aerospace companies. If it does end up buying the Fokker Jetline programme, and agreeing the joint development with Lockheed Martin of the KTX-II advanced military trainer it will ...
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Giant Boeing order paves the way for first United 747-600X
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES UNITED AIRLINES has radically revised its large Boeing order, shifting the emphasis away from more 777s to 747-400s and, at the same time, paving the way for its first 747-600Xs. Negotiations for the long-anticipated order were originally based around an additional 17 777s, ...
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Gulfstream gets Frasca
Frasca International, of Urbana, Illinois, has delivered a Raytheon Beech 1900C flight-training device to Miami-based Gulfstream Airlines. Source: Flight International
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MDC takes F-18 on sales tour of Central Europe
McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) has begun a ten-day demonstration tour with its F-18 of the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland. The Czech Republic air force, meanwhile, has completed an eight-flight evaluation of the competing Lockheed Martin F-16 as the three central European nations move towards acquiring Western fighter aircraft. ...
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Ageing airliners
AiRLINES DEFINED AS ageing are turbine-powered aircraft with accommodation for at least 30 passengers (or an equivalent freight capacity), and built more than 15 years ago (before 1 January, 1982). The 1996 Flight International Ageing-Airliner Census covers 38 turbine-powered passenger and cargo aircraft types, designs with few examples still flying ...
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Virgin Express Boeing 737 ready for delivery
THE FIRST OF TWO NEW BOEING 737-300s on order for Virgin Express, in the carrier's bright red colour scheme, is being prepared for delivery at Seattle. The low-cost carrier, which was created this year when Virgin took control of Brussels-based EuroBelgian Airlines by purchasing a 90% stake, operates eight 737s. ...