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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 ...
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Auxiliary Power International (APIC)
Auxiliary Power International (APIC) is now wholly-owned by Sundstrand, after the company acquired Labinal's 50% stake in the company late in 1996. APIC, which is to be integrated into Sundstrand's San Diego, California-based Power Systems division, was formed by the US company and France's Labinal in 1989, to produce APUs ...
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Pratt & Whitney Canada
PW901A The two-shaft PW901A is fitted as standard to the Boeing 747-400, and is now Pratt & Whitney Canada's (P&WC)only APU product. A development of this model is expected to be offered for the new-generation airliners being planned by Airbus and Boeing, the A3XX and 747-500/600X respectively. This ...
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Engine tie-up
Pratt & Whitney Canada has signed a joint venture agreement with China National South Aeroengine and Machinery Company on a partnership in small gas turbine engines assembly. Source: Flight International
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HAESL poised to open its doors
Rolls-Royce and Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering (HAECO) are planning to open their new joint-venture engine-test and overhaul site at Tseung Kwan O at the end of February. Phase one of the new $120 million Hong Kong Aero Engine Services (HAESL) centre is now virtually complete. Its 580kN (130,000lb)-thrust ...
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Thai's R-R Trent woes continue on 777
Thai Airways International has removed a second Rolls-Royce Trent 800 engine from one of its Boeing 777 aircraft in two months, after metal debris was again found on the magnetic chip-detector (MCD). The second unscheduled removal by Thai of a Trent 800 occurred on 25 December, 1996, following ...
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KC-135 Re-engineing
The first of ten re-engined Boeing KC-135 tankers will be delivered to an unidentified non-US customer in February under a $10 million deal announced on 7 January. The original Pratt & Whitney J57 turbojets are being replaced with CFM International CFM-56 turbofans. Source: Flight International
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M88-2 delivered
French engine manufacturer Snecma has delivered the first series-production M88-2 engine destined to power the multi-role Dassault Rafale. The company says that it has orders for a further four engines during 1997, which will be supplied as part of the current 42-engine orderbook. Testing of the M88 continues, with the ...
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Airbus selects two vendors for advanced FMS
Airbus INDUSTRIE has selected Honeywell and Sextant Avionique/Smiths Industries to supply future air navigation system (FANS)-capable flight-management systems (FMS)on its aircraft from 1998. Honeywell plans to gain certification for its upgraded FMSon the A330 and A340 in April 1998, with A319/320/321 approval following six months later. Sextant/Smiths has ...
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An-140 nears completion
Assembly of the first An-140 twin turboprop at Antonov's Kiev, Ukraine, factory is almost completed. The Klimov TV7-powered 50-seater, which is the successor to the ubiquitous An-24, is expected to be rolled out in March. A Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127-powered version has also been proposed. Reports have linked Antonov ...
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Kawasaki in the Trent
Kawasaki Heavy Industries has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Rolls-Royce to take a 6% stake in its Trent 900 programme. The 356kN (80,000lb)-thrust engine is aimed at the yet-to-be-launched Boeing 747X and Airbus A3XX projects. The Japanese company is the first risk-sharing partner to join Rolls-Royce on the project, ...
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European research group will study new blade-tip coatings
A consortium of nine European companies and research centres has launched a four-year project to develop advanced coatings for aero-engine turbine blade-tips. The work is aimed at achieving reduced tip-clearances, to improve engine performance without causing excessive wear in the blades. "When the blade tip rubs against the ...
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Tu-224: different class of aircraft
Sir - In the article "Kato launches Sirocco to lead R-R-powered Tu-204 effort", Dr Ibrahim Kamel, president of the newly formed Sirocco, is quoted as saying that the Tupolev Tu-224 (Western-powered Tu-204) will cost about $36 million. You then say that comparative "sticker" prices for the similarly sized Airbus A321-100 ...
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Fokker will make selection of F28 retrofit engine in February
Plans to launch a re-engineing programme for the Fokker F28 Fellowship are gathering momentum, with a final engine selection expected in February. Programme partners Fokker Services and Perry Group plan a launch decision in April, depending on market response. Lion Boenders, product marketing manager at Woensdrecht, Holland-based Fokker ...