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Garuda Indonesia A300 crashes in hill smog
A Garuda Indonesia Airbus Industrie A300B4 carrying 222 passengers and 14 crew has crashed on its approach to Medan Airport, northern Sumatra, in bad visibility. There are no reports of any survivors. Flight 152 is reported to have crashed about 45km (25nm) south of the airport at around ...
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Northwest Airlines confirms Airbus A319 order
Northwest Airlines has confirmed the commitment it signed in June with Airbus Industrie at the Paris air show for its A319, with a firm order for 50 aircraft, plus options for a further 100 A319s and A320s. The 124-seat A319s will be used for growth, rather than to ...
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BFGoodrich emerges as buyer in on-and-off Rohr take-over
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC The mystery of Rohr's "on-again, off-again" merger talks was resolved in late September when BFGoodrich agreed to acquire the nacelle specialist for $792 million in stock and $424 million in assumed debt. The deal, expected to be completed early in 1998, will almost ...
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Japan approves hypersonic cash
Andrew Mollet/TOKYO An aircraft-industry panel advising Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) has approved a budget request for fiscal 1998 which includes ´3.2 billion ($26 million) for continued research and development on a Mach 5 engine known as HYPR. In 1996, the ministry spent ´3.75 billion ...
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Smiths
Smiths Industries Aerospace has appointed Paul Edwards vice-president of business development for its civil-systems division, based in Clearwater, Florida. He was previously director of strategic planning, and joined the company in 1994. Smiths has also named David Montgomery director of manufacturing operations at Clearwater, responsible for assembly, test, production control, ...
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Tu-204 launch
Russian carrier KrasAir has become the launch operator for the Rolls-Royce powered Tu-204. The carrier has ordered 10 of the aircraft from specialist marketing company Sirocco Aerospace International, which has acquired 30 of the aircraft to market globally. Source: Airline Business
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Gently down stream
As with the engine manufacturers, consolidation among major airframe producers is likely to be followed closely by bold moves to secure dominance in the after sales market. Report by T Wakelee Smith and Jonathan Culley.It may be hard to believe. But with the recent absorption of McDonnell Douglas into ...
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Boeing may increase range of 767-400ER
Paul Lewis/SEATTLE Boeing is studying development of an increased-range version of the recently launched 767-400ER stretched derivative in response to demands from potential buyers for better performance. The US manufacturer says that it is considering extending the range of the new 767-400 by up to a ...
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Antonov An-140 takes to the air
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW Antonov'S An-140 twin-turboprop regional transport had its first flight on 17 September from Svyatoshino airfield in Kiev to the nearby Gostomel flight-test centre. The flight lasted 1.5h. The first effort to fly the aircraft six days before was unsuccessful because of the failure of ...
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Honeywell expects to see satellite-system landings in USA by December
The first commercial Special Category 1 (SCAT 1) approaches using the Honeywell/ Pelorus satellite landing-system (SLS) will be flown at Newark, New Jersey, and Minneapolis/St Paul, Minnesota, airports in December, according to the US avionics manufacturer. The approaches will be flown by Continental Airlines' Boeing MD-80s fitted with ...
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Airbus and Boeing battle for Royal Brunei order
Airbus Industrie and Boeing have submitted final proposals to Royal Brunei Airlines (RBA) to supply a new family of narrowbody passenger aircraft to replace its fleet of Boeing 757-200s and Fokker 100 twinjets. RBA's board is close to a decision on a replacement type and hopes to be ...
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Singapore Leasing signs customers for A320s
Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (SALE) has signed agreements for five new Airbus Industrie A320s, with two aircraft going to Saeaga Airlines of Malaysia and three to TransAer International Airlines of Ireland. SALE, a joint venture between Boullioun Aviation Services and Singapore Airlines, has signed a five-year agreement with ...
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Transaero outlines ambitions to increase Western fleet
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW Leading Russian airline Transaero plans to acquire a further 16 Boeing aircraft by the turn of the century. The first batch, two Boeing 737-700s, will join the fleet under a lease deal with Bavaria Flug in December. Two more Boeing 767-300s will be delivered ...
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AmWest pilots clear Airbus deal
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES America West has confirmed a deal valued at $1.4 billion for up to 46 Airbus Industrie A319-100s and A320-200s after securing a last-minute agreement with the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA). The order was initially outlined a year ago, but prolonged negotiations over ...
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Balance of power
Ian Sheppard/LONDONDATA TABLES/Air Transport Intelligence Demand for aero-engines is being boosted by soaring sales of commercial aircraft - from business jets to airliners. As manufacturers strive to meet demand, they are increasingly resisting pressure from customers to offer new products, preferring to recoup the investments made in the ...
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Embraer launches 37-seater
Graham Warwick/ Washington DC Embraer expects to book firm orders for its new EMB-135 37-seat regional jet by the end of 1997. The Brazilian manufacturer has formally launched development of the EMB-135, with a first flight planned for mid-1998, leading to certification and first delivery in the ...
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Precision signs for Japanese business
Precision Castparts of the USA has signed three-year agreements with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagoya Guidance and Propulsion Systems Works to manufacture structural and airfoil castings for the Pratt & Whitney PW4000, PW4084, PW4090, PW4098, PW4168, and International Aero Engines V2500 powerplants, with a potential value of more than $37 million. ...
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Overhaul start-up
Rolls-Royce and Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering have officially opened their new engine-overhaul joint venture for business. Hong Kong Aero Engine Services' new $130 million centre in Tseung Kwan O will specialise in the overhaul and repair of R-R RB.211-524, -535, Trent 700/800 and International Aero Engines V2500 family. ...
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Boeing may launch 777-X this year
Guy Norris and Paul Lewis/SEATTLE Boeing is confident that it will launch the 777-200X and -300X within three months. The company rebuts suggestions that the project is slowing down because of market uncertainty and concerns over performance. Programme manager Jeff Peace says: "We are very serious ...
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Widebodies head for Air China
Air China is to begin taking delivery of the first of eight new Airbus Industrie A340-300s and Boeing 777-200s in early October, as part of a wider fleet re-equipment programme. The Chinese flag carrier will take delivery of its first A340 on 8 October, and put the aircraft ...