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China signs contract for CFM56-5B4s to power its A320 fleet
China Aviation Supplies (CASC) has signed a $130 million contract with General Electric/Snecma for CFM56-5B4 engines to power 13 Airbus A320s for China Northwest Airlines and Zhejiang Airlines. Under a deal already agreed with CASC, ten of the A320s will be allocated to China Northwest, and the remaining ...
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Maintenance Directory Part 3
Compiled by Jennifer Pite/LONDON Introduction by Paul Lewis/Singapore A quick look at the activities of operators listed in this section of Flight International's three-part directory shows that, in the regions covered, the prime movers in maintenance at the moment are mostly based in Asia-Pacific. The ...
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Bridging the gaps
Günter Endres/Port of Spain Sixteen times a day, a 56-seat Air Caribbean NAMC YS-11A-500 turboprop takes off on one of the shuttle flights which form the "air bridge" between Trinidad's Piarco Airport and Tobago's Crown Point International. In peak season, demand rises to make up to 38 ...
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PS-90 power by hour
Perm Motors is proposing a power-by-the-hour deal for the PS-90 engine on the Ilyushin Il-96-300 and Tupolev Tu-204. Aeroflot Russian International Airlines (ARIA) could be the first to conclude an agreement, covering 60 engines. Source: Flight International
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Airbus
Henri Courpron has been appointed vice-president of sales and Earl Odom has been named vice-president for marketing and business development at the US arm of French-based aircraft manufacturing consortum Airbus Industrie, at its office in Washington DC. Coupron joined Airbus in 1989 from Aerospatiale of France, and Odom was formerly ...
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Appointments
Tony Tyler is to become Cathay Pacific's director corporate development and Robert Cutler will replace him as director service delivery. Northwest Airlines has elected James Lawrence to the position of executive vice-president finance/chief financial officer. David Brooks has been named as president of American Airlines' cargo ...
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Airbus is close to concluding A3XX powerplant agreements
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Airbus Industrie is working to conclude agreements with the General Electric-Pratt & Whitney Engine Alliance and Rolls-Royce, so it can formally offer airlines a choice of power plants for its planned A3XX ultra-high-capacity airliner. The engine manufacturers are expected soon to sign memoranda of ...
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Aviastar Asia ties up deal for 20 Tu-204s
Paul Duffy/SHANNON Aviastar Asia (AAC), the new joint venture set up in Taipei to market the Tupolev Tu-204 outside Russia, has now signed a contract for 20 aircraft, which is expected to be announced officially at Airshow China '96 at Zhuhai in November. Singapore-registered AAC brings ...
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GE modifies GE90 combustion with manifold redesign
GE Aircraft Engines is planning to introduce a modified GE90 combustion system from mid-1997, designed to reduce manufacturing costs, emissions and weight. The only physical change is a redesigned manifold, while alterations to the fuel-nozzle system have been achieved through software modifications. "We have simplified the [double annular] ...
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AlliedSignal invests to boost LF507 despatch reliability
AlliedSignal says that it is aiming for 99.95% LF507 dispatch reliability on the Avro RJ100 by the end of 1997 as the main target of an aggressive support campaign. The engine's reliability was criticised recently by Crossair president Moritz Suter (Flight Inter- national, 16-22 October). Allied- Signal Engines ...
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MDC board approves MD-XX for airlines
McDonnell Douglas (MDC) is understood to have given board-level approval to its civil-aircraft arm to start offering the MD-XX tri-jet family to airlines. A final board decision was due to be made at a meeting held at St Louis, Missouri, on 25 October attended by MDC president and ...
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Asiana engine bidders await decision
Competing power plant manufacturers are hoping for a decision from Asiana Airlines in November on the selection of engines for its planned fleet of 20 Boeing 777-200/300 and 28 Airbus A330-200/300 wide-body aircraft. According to local sources, General Electric, Pratt & Whitney and Rolls-Royce are now into the ...
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Chromalloy sues UTC
United Technologies (UTC) is being sued by Chromalloy Gas Turbine for alleged infringement by UTC's Pratt & Whitney division of patents covering production of cooling holes in aero-engine turbine blades. San Antonio, Texas-base4d Chromalloy's action seeks an order blocking further alleged infringement, as well as unspecified damages. Source: ...
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Aero Industry Development Centre (AIDC)
AIDC has developed a single-seat attack variant of its AT-3 two-seat trainer. Some AT-3A trainers are being upgraded to AT-3B close-support aircraft, with Westinghouse APG-66 radar, head-up display and 1553B databus. Ching-Kuo Indigenous Defence Fighter (IDF) Production of the IDF was halted in October 1995 over ...
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ENAER
T-35 DT Pillan Turbo Studies for the design of this turbine-powered derivative of the original T-35 Pillan began in 1985. The following year, the Allison 250-B17D 315kW turboprop was fitted for the first time. The canopy was subsequently modified to a sideways-opening one-piece component. Soloy of Olympia, Washington, ...
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Lockheed Martin Skunk works
F-117A NIGHTHAWK The USAF has scaled-back or dropped some upgrade packages intended to improve the Lockheed Martin F-117 low-observable characteristics for budgetary reasons, preferring to retain avionics and systems upgrades for its 54-strong fleet. The company continues to offer the USN a carrier-based variant of the F-117, the ...
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Lockheed Martin/Boeing
F-22 Re-phasing of the USAF's F-22 Advanced Tactical Fighter programme to cope with budget cuts has delayed the first flight of a development aircraft from the mid-1996 to the first quarter of 1997. The number of development aircraft has been cut from 11 to nine (seven single-seat F-22As ...
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Computervision improves CADDS 5 design software
COMPUTERVISION has introduced a new version of its CADDS 5 computer-aided-design software, specifically targeted at helping collaborative design of aerospace products. Bedford, Massachusetts-based Computervision says that the CADDS 5 Revision 6 will enable a team of design and manufacturing engineers to work concurrently on an entire assembly, allowing ...
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Marubeni to take a stake in R-R Trent
ROLLS-ROYCE hopes to boost the sales prospects for its Trent turbofan family in the Asia-Pacific region, with the signing up of Japanese trading company Marubeni as the programme's latest risk-sharing partner. The UK manufacturer says that Marubeni will "-co-operate on a range of activities to enhance the sales ...
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Aviastar seeks state guarantees for Tu-204 sales
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW STRUGGLING RUSSIAN aircraft manufacturer Aviastar is pushing for $30 million in Government guarantees in an attempt to keep alive the deal with Egyptian company Kato Group for the delivery of five Tupolev Tu-204 airliners. The Ulyanovsk-based manufacturing plant, which is responsible for production ...