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AAR Landing Gear Services has signed a five-year agreement with Condor Cargo Technik to overhaul the landing gears of the airline's Boeing 767s. Hapag-Lloyd has placed a 12- year deal with SR Technics to overhaul CFM56-7s on its 16 Boeing 737-800s. The Swiss company has also extended its contract with ...
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Texas Turbine flies TPE-331 DHC Otter
Texas Turbine Conversions has begun test flying an AlliedSignal TPE331-10 turboprop-converted de Havilland Otter, for which it hopes to win a supplemental type certificate by the end of the year. The 670kW (900hp) engine will replace the Otter's current 450kW Pratt & Whitney R-1340 radial piston engine, offering a ...
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GE90 engine variant flies
General Electric has begun tests of the GE90-94B turbofan for the Boeing 777-200ER on its 747 testbed. US certification is due next April and service entry with Air France the following November. The tests are expected to validate features of the advanced three-dimensional high-pressure compressor for the 777-200X/300X's GE90-115B. Source: ...
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Qualiflying seamless service
With its new joint sales initiatives, the Qualiflyer grouping could be stealing a march in the alliance stakes. The promise of seamless customer service from the global alliances may seem a little distant, but progress appears to be under way. At the forefront has been a series of announcements from ...
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Light and powerful
It may be slower than its competitors, but the power of Bell's 427 light twin turbine, simplicity of operation and overall comfort impressed Flight International's test pilot Peter Gray/MIRABEL Beginning with a clean sheet of paper, a list of desired design criteria and a rigid purchase price goal, Bell Helicopter ...
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Pan Pacific plans for Let L-420 flights to small US communities
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Pan Pacific Airways' plans to serve small communities in the north-western USA are back on track after the company agreed to acquire Czech-built Let L-420s. An aircraft arrived in mid-July to enable training to begin. Burlington, Washington-based Pan Pacific hopes to begin operations by year-end. Chairman and ...
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DHL poised to take British Airways 757s
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON British Airways is in final negotiations with express package specialist DHL for the sale of almost half of the UK airline's Boeing 757s, with a deal expected to be concluded in the coming months. The transaction, valued at around $500 million (including conversions), would give Boeing a launch ...
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Cathay Pacific mulls over larger widebody options
Chris Jasper/HONG KONG Cathay Pacific is studying all of the larger widebody types, including the planned Airbus A3XX, as potential replacements for its 19 Boeing 747-400s. Tony Tyler, corporate development director at Hong Kong based Cathay, says it is evaluating long range Boeing 777s, including the planned General ...
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MD-10 speeds up as passenger version is studied
Boeing is talking to potential customers about developing a passenger version of the MD-10, as it considers accelerating the cargo-led programme by up to three months. US express carrier FedEx is so far the only customer for the MD-10 conversion of the DC-10, with orders and options for 120. ...
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NASA Messenger mission will map Mercury
NASA plans to return to Mercury, after an absence of more than 30 years, when its Messenger spacecraft reaches the innermost planet in 2008. The Messenger mission to map Mercury is one of two new projects selected for NASA's "quicker, cheaper" Discovery programme (Flight International, 21-27 July). The other ...
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Alberta gets Phoenix FanJet go-ahead
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON Alberta Aerospace (AAC) has been given the green light by a Belgian court to proceed with certification of the Phoenix FanJet. This follows a protracted battle with former investors in bankrupt manufacturer Promavia over the rights to the single-engined aircraft, formerly known as the Promavia Jet Squalus. ...
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Air Europe poised to introduce Boeing 777
Air Europe is preparing to expand its fleet with the introduction of the first of two Boeing 777-200s, making it the first Italian airline to receive the twinjet. The Pratt & Whitney PW4090-powered aircraft, leased from International Lease Finance, will join the carrier's five Airbus A320s and five Boeing 767-300ERs. ...
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Pratt & Whitney gets ready to conduct PW6000 first test run
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELESPratt & Whitney expects to begin the first test run of the PW6000 by early next month, following completion of the initial test powerplant at its base at East Hartford, Connecticut. The 24,000lb (107kN)-thrust-rated turbofan is in development for the Airbus A318 and will begin flight tests on ...
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Boeing expects imminent order spree for 717s
Boeing is in "detailed discussions with half a dozen airlines" over new sales of the 717-200, following its recent European tour. The manufacturer says it is confident that the twinjet's orderbook will be doubled, to over 200 aircraft, by the end of the year. The tour revealed good sales ...
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Air Wisconsin aims to trade turboprops for regional jets
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Air Wisconsin wants to trade in its Fairchild Dornier 328 turboprops for new 32/44-seat regional jets, while playing down interest in the British Aerospace Avro RJ-X in the face of United Airlines' scope clause restrictions. The United Express carrier is evaluating the newly certificated Embraer RJ-135 ...
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Marketplace
Gandalf Airlines, based in Bergamo, Italy, has taken an ATR 42 on wet lease from Gill Airways for operation on services from Bergamo to Munich and Zurich. The deal was arranged by Cabot Aviation. China Airlines has signed a wet lease with Atlas Air for two 747-400 freighters. Singapore Airlines ...
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Overhaul extension
Pratt & Whitney Canada has increased the time between overhauls of the PT6A turboprops powering Raytheon's Beech King Air B200 from 3,000h to 3,600h, by making internal airflow changes to improve cooling. The engines can be retrofitted in the field. Source: Flight International
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Taking on the dollar
Jack Sellsby/LONDON When the euro was introduced at the start of this year, it became a huge source of new currency financing almost overnight, although the airlines were not the quickest of the corporates to take advantage. But like any other industry on the lookout for fresh, plentiful finance ...
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CFMI scoops second slot on A318
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC CFM International has secured a position as the second powerplant supplier on the new Airbus A318 after Air France selected the CFM56-5A/B over the Pratt & Whitney PW6000 launch engine. The French Government is believed to have stepped in with financial assistance to ensure a ...
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777 operators object to GE as sole supplier
A growing number of Boeing 777 operators are signalling displeasure over the selection of General Electric as the sole source powerplant supplier for the 777X, as potential launch customers receive offers of the ultra-long-range derivative. United Airlines has made its disapproval known by unveiling an order for more Pratt ...