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MAS sale
Malaysia Airlines (MAS) is understood to be looking to sell its two GE CF6-powered Boeing 747-400 Combis and its single Pratt & Whitney JT9D-powered 747-300 Combi. The airline wants to rationalise its mix of airframes and engines and to implement an all-passenger and all-freighter fleet. The airline's two Rolls-Royce RB.211-powered ...
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Fan-blade snag delays 737 engine approval
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES CERTIFICATION of the CFM International (CFMI) CFM56-7B2 for Boeing's next-generation 737 family is expected to be delayed by almost two months, to give the engine maker more time to validate modifications to the troublesome fan-blade retention system. CFMI says that the delay "-will ...
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Aviadvigatel
The Aviadvigatel/Perm Motors PS-90A turbofan programme has been severely crippled because of a lack of funding, which has severely compromised the manufacturer's ability to overcome technical problems which have left the engine with a reputation for poor reliability. Series production of the engine was conditionally approved by the ...
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CFE
CFE, a joint venture between AlliedSignal and General Electric, is studying the potential market for its CFE738 turbofan as a power plant for sub-50-seat regional jets. AlliedSignal and GE revealed earlier this year that they are investigating the economic feasibility of such an aircraft, although the former company ...
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CFM International
CFM International (CFMI) is working to get its CFM56-7 series turbofan certificated on schedule before the beginning of November. The latest version of the successful CFM56 family, the -7 is being developed to power the new-generation Boeing 737. The 737-700 is due to have its maiden flight in ...
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Eurojet
The second Euro-fighter 2000 to be fitted with Euro-jet EJ200 engines, the Spanish CASA-assembled prototype DA6, had its maiden flight in late August. The first EJ200-powered aircraft, DA3, assembled by Alenia in Italy, first flew in 1995. The DA3 logged 40 flights before its original 01A-standard engines were ...
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GE-P&W Engine Alliance
GE-P&W Engine Alliance is a 50:50 joint-venture company formed by General Electric (GE) and Pratt & Whitney (P&W), to develop a power plant for the proposed Boeing 747-500X and -600X growth models. The engine, which will compete with the Rolls-Royce Trent 900, is being offered for Airbus' proposed A3XX ultra-high-capacity ...
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International Aero Engines IAE
International Aero Engines (IAE), a joint venture between Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce, MTU and Japanese Aero Engines, produces nine variants of the V2500 turbofan, which powers some Airbus A319/320/321s and the McDonnell Douglas MD-90-30. Italy's FiatAvio sold its minority stake in IAE to the four remaining partners earlier this year, ...
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Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries IHI
Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries (IHI) manufactures the two-shaft F3-30 turbofan for the Japan Air Self-Defence Force's Kawasaki T-4 trainer. The first production engine was delivered in 1987. IHI is expected to be responsible for about 40% of the work on the General Electric F110-129 engine which powers the Mitsubishi ...
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Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce launched the Trent 900, its latest large turbofan, at September's Farnborough air show. The 356kN-thrust engine, a derivative of the Trent 800, which powers the Boeing 777, is being developed to power the proposed Boeing 747-500X/600X and Airbus A3XX ultra-high-capacity airliners. The Trent 900 uses the same ...
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Snecma/Pratt & Whitney Canada
Snecma and Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) are jointly developing the 53-71kN-thrust SPW14 turbofan to power new-generation regional jets in the 70-seat class, such as the proposed Aero International (Regional) AIR70 and the Bombardier CRJ-X. Snecma/P&WC hope that AI(R) will favour the SPW14 as it is an all-new design, unlike ...
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Snecma/Turbomeca
The Snecma/Turboméca Larzac 04-C20 turbofan powers the Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet trainer, while the 04-R20 version was selected in 1992 for the Mikoyan MiG-AT advanced trainer. Snecma is now studying ways to increase the thrust of the R-20 engine to improve the performance of the Russian MiG-AT advanced trainer, ...
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Walter
Czech engine manufacturer Walter, formerly known as Motorlet, claims to be Europe's largest manufacturer of turboprop engines in the 370-600kW-class. Current production models include the two-shaft, reverse-flow M601 turboprop, which powers Let L-410 and L-420 commuter aircraft, and the M602 three-shaft turboprop, which powers the L-610 regional aircraft. ...
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Power shares
Engine manufacturers had a successful 1996, with orders picking up and new programmes unveiled Andrew Doyle and Jennifer Pite/LONDON WITH THE AEROSPACE industry firmly out of recession, orders have finally picked up for aero engine manufacturers during 1996. This year has also seen ...
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Dragonair boosts fleet for China
Dragonair of Hong Kong is to increase its fleet of Airbus A320s and A330s to expand the airline's regional service and take advantage of recently approved new routes into China. The airline has placed orders for two International Aero Engines V2500-A5-powered A320s and concluded the lease for a ...
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ARIA 'still wants to buy Tu-204s'
Aeroflot Russian International Airlines (ARIA) has long-term plans to buy Tupolev Tu-204s, says the carrier's general director Marshal Yergeny Shapsahnikov. The plan was outlined in a public statement designed to diffuse the political row over the airline's recent order for ten Boeing 737-400s (Flight International, 25 September - 1 October). ...
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GE90-powered 777 is given ETOPS approval
Boeing has received 180min extended-range twinjet operations (ETOPS) approval for the General Electric GE90-powered Boeing 777 from the US Federal Aviation Administration. British Airways plans to begin ETOPS service with the 777 in late October, on transatlantic services from London to Boston. ETOPS approval of the "A-market" 777-200 ...
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Firm sale
Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (SALE) has finalised its purchase of eight Airbus Industrie A320s and four A321s (Flight International, 19-25 June, P6). The deal calls for the first delivery in January 1998 and includes options for a further 12 aircraft. SALE is expected to make its engine selection shortly, choosing ...
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Honeywell talks to Lockheed Martin about APALS involvement
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES HONEYWELL IS IN talks about becoming involved in Lockheed Martin's Autonomous Precision Approach and Landing System (APALS). The US avionics company confirms: "There have been talks, and we are certainly kicking it around." The discussions are led by Honeywell's Business and Aviation Systems ...
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'Mechanical problem' confused crew of crashed Aero Peru 757
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON A possible flight-instrument or air-data-computer problem is likely to be the initial focus of the investigation into the 2 October loss of an Aero Peru Boeing 757, which crashed into the Pacific Ocean killing all 70 people on board. Peruvian transport minister Elsa Carrera de Escalante ...