Engines – Page 565
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Bell aims for double success with new light twin
BELL HOPES TO emulate the success of the 407 with its new light twin-turbine helicopter, the Model 427. At just under $2 million, the price goal is even more challenging than that for the 407, because the 427 is essentially an all-new aircraft. The 427 will be certificated simultaneously to ...
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AlliedSignal wins $100 million APU/avionics deal
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) has selected AlliedSignal Aerospace to supply auxiliary-power units (APUs) and avionics for up to 80 Airbus Industrie A320s which the US leasing company plans to buy, in a deal worth around $100 million. The agreement means that GECAS is likely to be one ...
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Bell begins assembly of new 427 light twin
BELL HAS BEGUN major assembly of the first prototype Model 427 light twin-turbine helicopter. The aircraft is to be flown at Bell's Canadian commercial-helicopter plant in December 1997. Two prototypes are planned and simultaneous Canadian, European and US certification is scheduled for December 1998. The first production 427 ...
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Boeing calls halt to 747-X programme
Boeing has shelved its 747-500X/600X plans, opting instead to focus on development of the 767-400ERX and 777-200X and 777-300X long-range high-capacity twins. An update of the 747-400 is now a possibility. Boeing Commercial Airplane group "senior officers" decided on the sudden move at a meeting in mid-January, but the announcement ...
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-Steps up tempo of long-range 777 work
Boeing has revealed new details of its plans for heavier versions of the 777, which will be led by the -200X effort, which the company hopes to launch, along with the -300X, at the time of the Paris air show in June. The projected entry-into-service date for the ...
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Over to you, Airbus
Surprise and, in some cases, relief, have greeted Boeing's sudden decision to drop its 747-500X and -600X programme. Despite signs of back-pedalling by Boeing, the airlines and engine makers appear to have been caught off-guard, although it was the carriers' indifference which put paid to the project. Rival ...
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R-R and airlines wrangle over cost of -524G/H problems
Rolls-Royce is facing demands that it bear the brunt of the massive costs airlines are incurring because of reliability and performance shortfalls of their RB.211-524G/H engines. The problems, which affect more than 100 RB.211-powered Boeing 747-400s and 767-300s, are estimated already to have cost the airlines more than $200 million ...
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Fairchild Dornier selects P&WC for new turbofan-powered 328
Fairchild Dornier has selected Pratt &Whitney Canada to supply a powerplant for the proposed turbofan-powered derivative of its 328 regional turboprop aircraft. According to North American sources, the companies were poised to sign a contract at the time of going to press, once a final offset question had ...
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Bombardier gives go-ahead to CRJ-X
BOMBARDIER'S BOARD has approved the launch of the CRJ-X stretched, 70-seat derivative of the Canadair Regional Jet. Bombardier's Regional Aircraft division says that it has firm orders for the CRJ-X from "at least one" customer, although the manufacturer declines to give details. The first flight is planned for ...
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AI(R) hunts for Jet risk-sharing partners
Aero International (Regional) (AI(R))has formally launched the search for risk-sharing partners to join the $1 billion development of the proposed new AI(R)Jet family of 58- and 68-seat regional jets. Aerostructures companies from Asia, Europe and North America were invited to a programme briefing at Toulouse on 22 January, ...
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Hispano Suiza
Yves Imbert has been elected chairman and chief executive officer of Spanish engine manufacturer Hispano-Suiza, replacing Raymond Poggi, who has moved to Snecma. Imbert was previously chairman and chief executive officer of Sochata, the engine repair sudsidiary of Snecma. Source: Flight International
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Derlan gears up
Derlan Industries says it has received a letter of intent from General Electric Aircraft Engines, covering the supply of 600 accessory gearboxes and associated equipment for GE's CF34 turbofan. The contract will be worth C$42 million ($31 million), says Derlan, of Ontario, Canada, with deliveries running from this year until ...
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Malev privatisation
Hungary is reported to be looking at a further step in the privatisation of flag carrier Malev. The state could reduce its holding from 64% to just over 50%. The first stage of privatisation took place in December 1992 when Alitalia took a 30%stake, with 5% going to an Italian ...
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Airmotive acquired
Lufthansa Technik (LHT) has acquired a majority stake in Airmotive Ireland, following intense negotiations on possible technical co-operation between LHT and Airmotive parent Aer Lingus. Airmotive focuses on servicing Pratt & Whitney JT8 and JT9 engines as well as CFM International CFM56s. Its 1996 turnover was $100 million, about a ...
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Dragon Airbus
Dragonair of Hong Kong has confirmed an order for a sixth Rolls-Royce Trent 700-powered Airbus A330-300. The new aircraft is scheduled for delivery in late 1998. The airline recently ordered two more Airbus A320s, with options for another five, and it is to lease a fifth A330 from International Lease ...
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An-38 production at Novosibirsk
The second and third of Antonov's 26-seat An-38 regional airliners are in final assembly at the Novosibirsk plant in southeastern Russia. The second aircraft (pictured) is the first to be equipped with the Russian Omsk TVD-20 turboprop engines, and is expected to join the flight-test programme this year. The first ...
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Perm Airlines introduces Tu-204-100
Perm Airlines (PAL) has introduced a single PS-90-powered Tupolev Tu-204-100 (RA-64017) which is being operated by Vnukovo Airlines, primarily on charters from Moscow to Tenerife, Canary Islands. It is understood that PAL's Tu-204 is leased from the engine maker Aviadvigatel/Perm Motors, which acquired the aircraft from the manufacturer Aviastar in ...
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Engine loan
The Canadian Government is to provide Pratt & Whitney Canada with a $109 million repayable loan, two-thirds of which will be used to help finance development of the PW150 turboprop engine to power Bombardier's Dash 8-400 high-speed, 70-seat, regional airliner. The loan will be repaid from royalties on engine sales. ...
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MDC/NASA pursue X-plane
McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) and NASA are working on a proposal for an X-plane programme in which a manned, quarter-scale model of the company's blended wing-body (BWB) airliner design would be flight tested. Officials say that the project is continuing, although it is not known whether it will survive Boeing's acquisition ...
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Building for the future
In the race to WIN what promises to be one of the world's largest air-transport markets in the 21st century, aircraft manufacturers in recent years have been busy beating a path to Beijing bearing all manner of industrial and infrastructural inducements. Airbus Industrie is about to take the wraps of ...