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Testing times
Test flights of a Boeing 707-320 with one JT8D-219 and three JT3Ds start this month in preparation for more tests in November, when all four JT3Ds will be replaced by the newer engine. The re-engining effort is led by San Antonio, Texas-based Seven Q Seven and involves Omega Air, Ed ...
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Exclusion zone
The unusual became the unprecedented last week when Boeing, having launched its original 777 programme giving airlines the choice of three competing engines, decided it would revert to a single exclusive supplier for a new variant of the aircraft, to the exclusion of the two rival powerplant manufacturers. This is ...
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A3XX GP7000 powerplant set for key core test in January
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES The General Electric-Pratt & Whitney Engine Alliance plans to begin critical core rig tests of the GP7000 engine for the Airbus Industrie A3XX and Boeing 747-400X next January. The core rig tests were originally due to begin in the fourth quarter, but have slipped to ...
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Iberia takes A321 for European services
Iberia has introduced the first of 19 Airbus A321-200s on to its European network. The 186-seat CFM International CFM56-5-powered aircraft will supplement the airline's 24 A320s and were ordered as part of a $2.6 billion deal last year for up to 76 A320 family aircraft. The airline placed firm orders ...
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Workshop
Air France Industries has concluded a seven-year agreement with Airtours International for the provision of full component repair and exchanges services to support the Airbus Industrie A320 and A321 fleet of aircraft operating within the Airtours Group. The fleet comprises 24 aircraft flying throughout Europe, North America and Canada. This ...
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GE90 secures exclusive position on 777X
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Boeing plans to begin offering the ultra-long-range 777-200X/300X to airlines by the end of the year, following its selection of General Electric as exclusive engine supplier to the programme. The agreement with GE is for the life of the programme and comes ...
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Pratt & Whitney courts Airbus for A340 variant engine
Pratt & Whitney is in discussion with Airbus Industrie to offer the PW8160 geared fan engine on the A340-500/600 as early as 2003, in a direct challenge to Rolls-Royce's sole position on the aircraft and Boeing's selection of General Electric as its exclusive 777X engine supplier. R-R and P&W ...
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Global delivery
Bombardier has delivered the first Global Express long-range business jet from its Montreal completion centre. Service entry is about a year later than planned and seven months later than expected when the aircraft received Canadian certification last July. European Joint Aviation Authorities certification was awarded in May. Bombardier is claiming ...
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Ageing airliner census 1999
Time marches on for the world's ageing jet and turboprop airliners Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON The average age of the Western world's fleet of airliners that qualify for this year's census is 25 years. Some individual aircraft types have been subject to more intense scrutiny after recent events or incidents, as ...
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Sound solutions
BFGoodrich's campaign to quieten Boeing 727s is making rapid progress Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Spending serious money to extend the life of an airliner is tough, but spending more to re-engine it is harder. Despite the apparent economic headwind, BFGoodrich's Super 27 Boeing 727 re-engining programme is rapidly gaining momentum and ...
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Marketplace
Air Nostrum has bought three Fokker 50s off lease from Kenya Airways. The Spanish regional carrier has operated the aircraft on lease from Kenya for a year. Premiair has signed operating leases for three new Airbus A330-300s for delivery next summer. The Rolls-Royce Trent 772B-powered aircraft will be operated ...
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Kazakhstan begins A310 operations
Air Kazakhstan has introduced its first Western widebody, a 14-year old Airbus A310-300, recently delivered on lease. The Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7R4-powered ex-Swissair aircraft is operated from Almaty to European destinations. The airline operates over 50 aircraft including Ilyushin Il-86s, Tupolev Tu-134s, Tu-154s and two Boeing 737-200s. Source: Flight International
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Fairchild 328JET receives European certification
The Fairchild Aerospace 328JET has gained European Joint Aviation Authorities certification, with US approval set to follow before the end of the month. The certification comes as the company moves closer to finalising a 110-aircraft contract from a US carrier, believed to be Atlantic Coast Airlines (ACA). The approval, ...
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Marketplace
Regional start-up Shuttle America plans to grow its 50-seat Bombardier Dash 8-300 fleet from three aircraft to six by the end of the year. The airline, which operates three secondhand aircraft leased from the manufacturer, holds lease options for 18 more Dash 8-300s. Atlas Air has signed a long-term lease ...
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Counter-suit filed in dispute over two-seat sport design
A second law suit has been filed in the continuing clash between US manufacturers Aviat Aircraft and Roy LoPresti over a new two-seat sport aircraft based on a 1946 Globe Aircraft design. The legal dispute began in April, when Aviat filed an infringement suit against LoPresti claiming that LoPresti's ...
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Trent 895 cleared
The Rolls-Royce Trent 895, which powers the Boeing 777, has won European Joint Aviation Authorities certification. The 95,000lb-thrust (423kN) engine is the most powerful Trent to be approved. It will enter service in January with British Airways. Source: Flight International
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Family matters
Report by Kevin O'toole and Karen Walker IN PARIS The launch of a new family of regional jets and a flurry of orders from European carriers took much of the limelight at the Paris air show. Four regional jet contenders, as well as Airbus and Boeing, now offer 100-seater jets. ...
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FAA scrutinises repair stations
Rules governing maintenance of US-registered transport aircraft at foreign repair shops are to be tightened, the US Federal Aviation Administration says. The move will affect 525 foreign repair stations. The action follows criticism of the FAA's oversight of repair shops following the May 1996 crash of a ValuJet McDonnell ...
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Airtours introduces Airbus A330-200
Airtours International has become the second UK charter airline to introduce the Airbus A330-200, with the delivery of the first of four Rolls-Royce Trent 700-powered examples. The 363-seaters will be operated on long haul routes to the USA, the Caribbean, Mexico, Australia and Asia. The UK airline division of tour ...
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Europeans boost Chinese industry with component work
Airbus Industrie and BMW Rolls-Royce (BMW R-R) are boosting relations with China's aerospace industry by handing out subcontracts to Chinese manufacturers. The move will see Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) participating in the new Airbus A318 development programme. Airbus, which has partnerships with Shenyang Aircraft and Xian Aircraft, ...