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The world's longest airliner, the 777-300, has been working for 18 months. Some of its key operators assess its progress Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Although Airbus Industrie pioneered the widebody twinjet concept in the early 1970s, its rival Boeing has developed the configuration to its ultimate size and weight, with ...
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Boeing's 777-300 reliability figures are the best for a widebody introduction
Boeing's 777-300 reliability figures are the best for a widebody introduction Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Boeing says its experience with the introduction of the 777-300 has been a case of "no news is good news". Mike Fleming, Boeing's 777 fleet support chief, says: "In terms of performance ...
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Airbus lines up huge MAS order
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Malaysia Airlines (MAS) is in the final stages of negotiations with Airbus Industrie on an order for up to 80 aircraft, including 18 A340-500/600 widebodies and up to 62 examples of the A320 family. Industry sources say the aircraft types have been agreed ...
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Alliance takes the fast track in race to launch new regional jet family
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Alliance Aircraft has unveiled a fast-track programme launch and development schedule for the 70- and 90-seat baseline members of a planned new family of regional jets. It claims to have letters of intent for up to 30 aircraft from two unidentified European and Asian carriers (Flight International, ...
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GE90-94B heads for early April certification
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES General Electric hopes to win US Federal Aviation Administration approval for the 94,000lb-thrust (420kN) GE90-94B in early April, pending the successful conclusion of icing tests now entering the final stages of completion at the company's Peeble test site in Ohio. The GE90-94B is aimed at ...
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Fairchild considers new stretch of 928JET
Fairchild Aerospace is considering a stretch of the 928JET as its next addition to the 728JET family, rather than a smaller 55-65-seat version. It won about one-third of new regional-jet business last year, putting the company on a par with rivals Bombardier and Embraer. The proposed 1128JET would extend ...
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Ilyushin and MAPO to offer new regional
Ilyushin and MAPO MiG are to offer a new utility aircraft to Russia's airlines to replace the ageing Antonov An-2 biplane, which has been in service for more than 50 years. The Il-100 is a high winged, twin turboprop, designed to carry up to 1,500kg (3,300lb) of freight over ...
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P&W abandons work on PW4173 engine
Pratt & Whitney is understood to be suspending development of the growth PW4173 engine and is no longer offering the powerplant to airlines as an option to power the Airbus A330-300 after encountering technical delays and poor market demand. The engine is a 73,000lb-thrust (325kN) growth development of the ...
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American eyes aircraft for Asia
American Airlines is looking at its aircraft acquisition options to extend the range of its fleet to open planned new non-stop routes from Chicago and Dallas/Fort Worth to Asia. The US carrier has applied to the US Department of Transport to operate to Beijing and Shanghai under a revised ...
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Airbus slips delivery plan for A3XX
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Airbus Industrie is targeting October 2005 for first production delivery of the A3XX-100 if it can muster sufficient market support by mid-year for the consortium's supervisory board to commit to a simultaneous launch offer of passenger and cargo variants of the ultra-large aircraft. The October ...
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Air Alps Aviation of Innsbruck, Austria, has acquired an ex-PB Air Dornier 328-110 turboprop, in a deal arranged by Aircraft Leasing & Management. The deal boosts Air Alps' (which operates as KLM Alps) fleet of 328s to four. Safair of South Africa has placed two Boeing MD-82s with French carrier ...
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In Brief - Asia-Pacific
Cathay orders Cathay Pacific Airways has ordered three more Airbus A330-300s to help cope with current and forecast rates of passenger traffic growth. The Rolls-Royce Trent 700-powered aircraft are to be delivered early next year. JAL sells DHL stake Japan Airlines (JAL) has sold most of its ...
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Aeroflot eyes new Tu-214 for fleet renewal plans
Aeroflot Russian International Airlines is studying a scheme to lease nine Tupolev Tu-214 twinjets from 2003 to help with its fleet renewal programme. The Tu-214, built by KAPO- Kazan Aircraft Production Factory in Tatarstan, is an increased weight version of the Aviadvigatel PS-90-powered Tu-204-100 produced by Aviastar in Ulyanovsk. ...
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Bombardier makes key engine choices for new regional jets
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Bombardier has selected General Electric and Pratt & Whitney respectively to power its proposed new-generation regional jets, the CRJ-900 and the BRJ-X-110. The engine selections form a critical milestone and, for the BRJ-X-110 in particular, the decision is a vital step towards potential launch later this ...
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GECAS arrangement expands TransAer fleet
Irish wet-lease specialist TransAer has agreed a deal with GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) to expand its fleet. The airline, which operates six Airbus A300s and eleven A320s, will acquire four new Boeing 737-800s, two used A300-600Rs and four new CFM International CFM56-powered A320s. GECAS will also provide aircraft to ...
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Aermacchi may seek new engine for Yak-130
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Aermacchi and Yakovlev are close to deciding whether to switch engine suppliers for their Yak/AEM-130 jet trainer after the co-operation talks between Rolls-Royce and Slovakia's Povazske Strojarne (PSLM) broke down. The production version of the "Westernised" Yak-130 twinjet should be powered by the PSLM-built DV-2S turbofan, ...
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Licensed engineers numbers of licensed airframe/ engine/avionics engineers. Specialisation maintenance specialisations - airframes or engines. Approvals approval from major airworthiness authorities to conduct overhaul, repair, maintenance or modification work is indicated by the abbreviations: CAA UK Civil Aviation Authority; CAAC Civil Aviation Administration of China; FAA US Federal Aviation ...
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List of acronyms used...
List of acronyms used AD airworthiness directive; AOG aircraft on ground; APU auxiliary power unit; CPCP corrosion prevention and control programme; FBO fixed based operator/ion; GE General Electric; GPS global positioning system; MDC McDonnell Douglas; NDT non-destructive testing; P&W Pratt & Whitney; P&WC Pratt & Whitney Canada; QEC quick engine ...
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Mesa picks ERJ-145 for feeders
The Mesa Air Group plans to standardise its US Airways Express feeder operations around the Embraer RJ-145 following finalisation of a long-awaited deal for up to 100 of the Brazilian-built regional jets. The Phoenix-based carrier has ordered 36 of the 50-seat ERJ-145s with options on 64 more, which can ...
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US Airways A330s get their P@ssports
Airbus Industrie has started to install Sony Trans Com's P@ssport interactive in-flight entertainment (IFE) system on the first of US Airways' A330-300s. Installation of the fully interactive IFE system on the A330 - the first aircraft to feature P@ssport throughout the cabin - follows the approval of the system's software ...