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GE/P&W shrug off Airbus A3XX delay
The General Electric/ Pratt & Whitney GP7000 engine alliance is maintaining its original technical goals for the A3XX, despite Airbus' decision to delay the programme. The alliance is aiming to launch the GP7000 at the end of next year. "We've kept all the engine milestones the same for 1998 ...
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United Airbus boost
United Airlines has signed up for 30 more Airbus A320 family aircraft. The purchase, worth more than $1.33 billion, will boost its order for the single aisle models to 111. The new deal includes 20 A320s and 10 A319s for delivery in 2000 (seven A320s) and 2001 (13 A320s and ...
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R-R studies -535 derivative
Ian Sheppard/LONDON Rolls-Royce (R-R) is studying the development of a major RB.211-535 derivative which it believes could offer an 8% reduction in specific fuel consumption (SFC) by incorporating the core being developed for the new Trent 500. The -535 is available on the Boeing 757 and Tupolev Tu-204. ...
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Maiden flight of Ae 270 scheduled for mid-1999
Taiwan's Aerospace Industrial Development (AIDC) and Czech partner Aero Vodochody will begin assembling the first prototype Ae 270 single turboprop utility aircraft by the middle of the year in readiness for a maiden flight in 1999. According to AIDC business manager Paul Yang, the Taichung-based manufacturer has already begun ...
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Final Lycoming AD limits inspections
The US Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) is claiming victory after the Federal Aviation Administration issued a revised airworthiness directive (AD) limiting the impact of crankshaft inspections on Textron Lycoming piston engines. AOPA says that "80% of Lycoming owners will not be affected" by the final rule - ...
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VisionAire completes first Vantage flight tests
VisionAire is to relocate flight testing of its Vantage single engined business jet to its St Louis, Missouri, headquarters in April after the completion of envelope expansion flights at Scaled Composites in Mojave, California. Almost 200h have been accumulated on the proof-of-concept (PoC) aircraft since its first flight in November ...
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Korean Air links with GE Capital to set up deal for 737-800s
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Korean Air (KAL) has reached an initial agreement with General Electric Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) and Boeing to begin rolling over its narrowbodied jet fleet with new Boeing 737-800s as part of a wider $640 million move to revive the cash-strapped carrier. The South Korean national ...
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A340-500/600 work
Saab has won a $75 million contract to supply integrated structural floor assemblies for the new Airbus A340-500/600, the Swedish manufacturer's first contract with Airbus. Meanwhile, Hispano-Suiza Aerostructures has selected Messier-Bugatti to supply the thrust reverser actuation system for the the aircraft's Rolls-Royce Trent 500 engines, and R-R has picked ...
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New joint venture is established to work on Airbus nacelles
A new company to develop and produce engine nacelles has been formed by Hispano-Suiza Aerostructures and Airbus Industrie. The company, to be known as Aircelle, will be equally owned by the French company and the European consortium. Aircelle will involve CASA of Spain, supplying the cowl doors, and Aerospatiale, ...
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GE aims to expand oriental engine support ventures
General Electric Engine Services is focusing efforts on firming up planned new engine-overhaul joint ventures in China and the Philippines, following the recent start of its partnership with EVA Airways in Taiwan. GE has confirmed that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Xiamen Aviation Industrial to ...
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PW8000 launch will not dent V2500 sales, says IAE chief
International Aero Engines (IAE) president Barry Eccleston claims that market prospects for the V2500 turbofan will not be badly affected by Pratt & Whitney's launch of the directly competing PW8000, and adds that the engine family may even benefit from the development. The obvious threat to the V2500 posed ...
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Airbus examines A319 shrink
Max Kingsley-Jones/SINGAPORE Airbus Industrie is working on a secret study into a 100-sear A319 which could provide the consortium with a quick response to the recent Boeing decision to launch the rival 717. The studies centre around a five frame "shrink" of the A319 fuselage, which would bring ...
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Lufthansa cargo loads profits
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH Lufthansa Cargo has revealed a "turnaround after two difficult years" in 1997, but warns that the air freight market remains uncertain. Profits for 1997 are expected to exceed DM100 million ($61.7 million) while yields in the fourth quarter showed a 10% improvement on the previous year. ...
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AIA 98 WINNER:AMECO-Beijing (Maintenance & Modification)
AMECO-Beijing took its first important steps into the international market for heavy aircraft maintenance in 1997, showing how far the Chinese joint venture has come over the past eight years. AMECO was set up at Beijing's Capital Airport in 1989 as a joint venture between Air China and Lufthansa, ...
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AIA 98 WINNER:CFM International (Propulsion)
Increasing life cycles and lowering costs with the new CFM56-7 When Boeing delivered the first of its new generation 737 family towards the end of 1997, the event also marked the entry into service of CFM International's latest CFM56-7 engine, bringing with it significant advances in operating and maintenance costs. ...
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AIA 98 FINALIST:Rolls-Royce Commercial Aero Engines (Propulsion)
Building the new Trent family of engines From the outset of its Trent programme, Rolls-Royce's vision was to build on its three-shaft design to create a full engine family. With new launches during 1997, the family has taken shape and the programme has passed the 1,000 order mark. Since ...
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ESDU offers wideband noise prediction
Noise prediction software produced by ESDU International of London in the UK has been updated. The software predicts noise generated by turbofan engines across a 50Hz-50kHz frequency spectrum and is being validated using a Rolls-Royce RB.211 in a test cell at the UK Defence Evaluation and Research Agency's Pyestock research ...
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Range, range...range
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Confused over Boeing's plans for future 747 derivatives? Take heart. For two years since the cancellation of the ambitious 747-500X/600X development, Boeing appears to have been as perplexed as anybody. Devising a strategy for product development is, at best, an inexact science. Boeing knows this ...
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Allison identifies maker of bad AE3007 bearings
Allison Engine says that a badly manufactured bearing was to blame for the in-flight shutdowns of AE3007 turbofans powering the Embraer RJ-145. The plan is to have completed a retrofit across the in-service fleet by April. "The bearings for this engine are made by several manufacturers and one particular ...
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Asians sign up for Trent work
A memorandum of understanding for a proposed joint venture to undertake Trent engine overhaul and maintenance in Asia- Pacific has been signed by Rolls-Royce, Singapore Airlines Engineering (SIAEC) and Hong Kong Aero Engines Services (HAESL). HAESL, a joint venture between R-R and Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering, is the only ...