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Italians Deal
Italian firm Fiatavio will play a key role in the design, development and production of a new family of turbofan engines. The company signed a Memorandum of Agreement at Paris with Pratt & Whitney Canada. The launch application for the collaboration will be the PW308 engine, a growth ...
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Engine makers have plenty to smile about
If the airframe manufacturers have been announcing successes throughout the week, then the engine makers have been rejoicing too. Rolls-Royce is celebrating its selection as power provider to the Airbus Industrie (AI) A340-600 and -500 with the Trent 500 announced on Monday. Disappointed GE and Pratt & Whitney ...
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Airbus bumps up its Paris sales to $3.5b
Airbus Industrie has ended the show in style with a $2billion memorandum of understanding (MoU) for 50 A319s from Northwest Airlines. The deal brings the total value of contracts announced by Airbus at Paris '97 to $3.5billion. US-based Northwest Airlines also has options on an additional ...
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Turboprop market rings to the sounds of silence
Don't expect a war of words as the battle for the 50-seater turboprop market heats up - expect a war of whispers instead. Both Saab with its top-of -the-range high-performance Saab 2000 and the Bombardier Regional Aircraft (BRAD) de Havilland Dash 8Q series are claiming technological advances which ...
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Grumman business on back of nacelle order
Northrop Grumman has won a potential $200million worth of business after being chosen by Boeing to produce nacelle components, it was announced at Paris. The components, which include fan cowl assemblies, composite thrust reverser and inlet panels, is for Boeing 747, 757, 767 and 777 aircraft. ...
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Meggitt hat trick
Meggitt Avionics has announced a hat trick of awards here at the Paris air show, two of them for oil sensors. Williams International has chosen Engine Oil Level Switches on the FJ44-2 engine to replace an existing sight gauge with an electronic sensor. Features on the ...
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Hushkit secret is in honeycomb treatment
Astech and Burbank Nacelle have joined forces to create a P&W JT8D Hushkit for the Douglas DC-9. It can be seen here at the Paris show in Hall 3/B11c, where the American firm Astech is making its debut appearance. Manager Marco Cavazzoni says: "This model has ...
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Brazilians opt for Airbus
Another billion-dollar deal was announced at the show yesterday - by Airbus Industrie. Brazilian airline TAM is to take five A330-200s, with options for a further five, and has chosen Pratt & Whitney PW4168 engines. The engine choice between P&W and Rolls-Royce was made so late ...
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Honeywell for LM200
Ayres and FedEx have selected Honeywell's SPZ-5000 integrated avionics system for the Loadmaster LM200 freighter. The suite will include the IC-500 Integrated Avionics Computer, which combines the functions of autopilot, flight director and display processor, and Honeywell's Primus II navigation/communication radios and Primus 440 colour weather radar. The LM200 is ...
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GE and Snecma win American Eagle deal
The American Eagle contract for 25 Canadair RJ 70s brought a boost to the joint-venture engine company of GE and Snecma. The GE CF34-8C power plant has been selected. The deal is believed to be worth in excess of $250million. The manufacturer was celebrating another contract - worth ...
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Airbus testing
The final series of ground-based tests on Airbus Industrie's A330-200 has begun in Toulouse, leading to its first flight in mid-August. The A330-200, which will seat 253 passengers in a standard three-class layout, is the newest member of the growing A330/A340 family. A comprehensive 630h flight-test ...
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Continental goes Boeing
Ramon Lopez/WASINGTON DC CONTINENTAL Airlines has become the third US major to enter into a long-term, sole-supplier pact with Boeing, following the signature of a letter of intent (LoI) for up to 35 widebodied aircraft to satisfy its future fleet requirements. The estimated value of the deal is ...
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Joint venture
Taiwan aircraft producer Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC) and Aero Vodochody from the Czech Republic have set up a joint venture to develop, produce and sell the Ae270 utility aircraft. The agreement, announced at Le Bourget, enables both parties to exploit the aircraft's potential in both military and ...
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Atlas Air confirms plans for 747-400 purchase
Atlas Air has confirmed plans to buy new Boeing 747-400 freighters, and has signed a Ìrm purchase contract worth about $1.7 billion for ten aircraft, and options on a further ten. The transaction, which represents the US cargo carrier's first purchase of new aircraft, was forecast earlier this ...
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Continental goes Boeing
CONTINENTAL Airlines has become the third US major to enter into a long-term, sole-supplier pact with Boeing, following the signature of a letter of intent (LoI) for up to 35 widebodied aircraft to satisfy its future fleet requirements. The estimated value of the deal is more than $3 billion. ...
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Marketplace
++ Montreal-based Royal Airlines has sold two Boeing 727s to Texan leasing company Aircorp for C$10 million ($7.25 million), to help pay for three Airbus A310-300s. The carrier still operates five 727s, as well as two Lockheed L-1011 TriStars. ++ Boeing has delivered its 757th 757, a Pratt & Whitney ...
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Customer interest is renewed as first MD-95 takes shape
McDonnell Douglas (MDC) hopes to conduct final negotiations at the Paris air show with potential MD-95-30 customers as production of the first twinjet moves into final assembly. "Our timing is good because we want to place orders 21 months before delivery," says MD-95 vice- president and general manager ...
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Maintenance
Winner: Richard Wolf Location Knittlingen, Germany Achievement Combining grinding and borescope tools to allow compressor-blade repairs without engine removal. Like many of the best innovations, this year's winning entry in the Maintenance category is a relatively simple concept, but one which could save the aviation industry ...
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Sino Swearingen upgrades SJ30-2's turbofans
SINOSWEARINGEN Aircraft (SSAC) has grounded its prototype SJ30-2 light business jet for installation of the uprated Williams Rolls-Royce FJ44-2 turbofans planned for the production aircraft. The company has completed some 100h of flight testing of the prototype, following its modification to represent the stretched SJ30-2. The original FJ44-1 ...
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Airbus makes Trent 500 deal with Rolls-Royce
Airbus Industrie has struck a non-exclusive deal with Rolls-Royce for the supply of its Trent 500 engines. The agreement ends Airbus's search for a powerplant supplier for the A340-500 and -600 ultra long-range/stretch versions of the A340. It is believed that Airbus continues to keep the ...