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SAA is first airline to order RB-211 hybrid
Rolls-Royce has received its first firm order for the RB.211-524G/H-T turbofan from South African Airways (SAA). The engine is a hybrid combination of the Trent 700 high-pressure core and the existing -524G/H low-pressure system. The powerplants will be fitted to two new Boeing 747-400s now on order and will be ...
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Jordanian raises new capital to fund fleet
Royal Jordanian has completed an important refinancing package of its Airbus A310 leases which will provide capital to fund the acquisition of new long-range twinjets in 1998. The airline, which says that it has a desperate need to update its long-range fleet of five 220-seat Lockheed L-1011 TriStar ...
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Saab shapes up for the future
Saab Aircraft hopes to complete a study by the end of the year aimed at mapping out its future strategy. Gert Schyborger, who took over the reins as president at the Swedish civil-aircraft manufacturer earlier this year, says that until the study is complete he will not be ...
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Airbus holds a high ground in week of sales activity
Business has been extremely active in the commercial market, dominated by Boeing and Airbus, this week at Le Bourget. News from McDonnell Douglas, however, was conspicuously absent this year. Boeing started the week in the limelight over its discussions about the proposed merger with McDonnell Douglas. Boeing ...
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Asiana Engines
Asiana Airlines has renewed a contract to have its CF6-80C2 engines overhauled by Lufthansa Technik (LHT). The two companies have extended their current co-operative agreement into the year 2001. The order is for the overhaul of all 66 engines of Asiana's Boeing 747-400s and 767-300s. Source: ...
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Engine makers have plenty to smile about
If the airframe manufacturers have been announcing successes throughout the week, then the engine makers have been rejoicing too. Rolls-Royce is celebrating its selection as power provider to the Airbus Industrie (AI) A340-600 and -500 with the Trent 500 announced on Monday. Disappointed GE and Pratt & Whitney ...
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Airbus bumps up its Paris sales to $3.5b
Airbus Industrie has ended the show in style with a $2billion memorandum of understanding (MoU) for 50 A319s from Northwest Airlines. The deal brings the total value of contracts announced by Airbus at Paris '97 to $3.5billion. US-based Northwest Airlines also has options on an additional ...
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$2.5billion orders confirm market opportunities for regional jets
If Paris '97 has proved one thing, it is that regional jets are here to stay. This morning, manufacturers can reflect that RJ order announcements this week topped $2.5billion, launch customers have stepped forward for two new programmes, and the jet has spread into both the 30 and ...
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Billion dollar deals fail to disguise 'big deal' feeling
Great tracts of the aerospace landscape seem to be "on hold" at this Paris air show. The French industry, with so much to do to set its house in order, awaits this Saturday's landmark speech by new Prime Minister Lionel Jospin. Boeing, a huge chunk of the rest of the ...
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DataFlight's $1m duty-free system
DataFlight Europe has concluded a $1million deal with Singapore Airlines for its On Board Trader system to process in-flight duty-free sales, an order which the company says is a major international breakthrough for its product. The package includes an on board system and a ground-based back-office and bonded store client/server ...
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Collins selected
Air France has put its faith in the Collins Air Transport Division of Rockwell's Avionics and Communications by selecting it as preferred avionics supplier for its current fleet and for new aircraft. The agreement extends to the end of 2001. Marc Veron, Air France Group's president and ...
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Brazilians opt for Airbus
Another billion-dollar deal was announced at the show yesterday - by Airbus Industrie. Brazilian airline TAM is to take five A330-200s, with options for a further five, and has chosen Pratt & Whitney PW4168 engines. The engine choice between P&W and Rolls-Royce was made so late ...
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Lufthansa pilots to train on Pipers
Lufthansa Flight Training (LFT) is to buy a fleet of seven Piper Seneca V aircraft, with options on a further four. The first deliveries begin in January 1998. The deal, announced by New Piper Aircraft of Vero Beach, Florida, at Le Bourget yesterday, will involve the aircraft being ...
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328 JET sales kicked off by French order
Fairchild Dornier announced its 328JET launch customer yesterday with a $70million order for six aircraft from French regional carrier Proteus Airlines. Simultaneously, it revealed the aircraft's North American launch customer as Aspen Mountain Air, in a $50million order covering four firm orders and four options for the 32-seat ...
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R-R orders hit $2billion mark
Rolls-Royce announced another big order yesterday, bringing its total sales revealed during the show to $2billion. The latest order, worth $700million, is from Gulfstream for Tay engines to power GIV-SP aircraft. "With deliveries scheduled to 2003, we look forward to entering the next millennium as a ...
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Bomnardier is foiled by Embraer 50-seat scoop
Two regional jet manufacturers; two $1 billion contract announcements; and the same customer. But the atmosphere at each press conference yesterday could not have been more of a contrast. American Airlines' subsidiary AMR Eagle's decision to purchase its 50-seat regional jets from Embraer and its 70-seaters from Bombardier clearly ...
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Finalist: Aeromedic Innovations Group
Finalist: Aeromedic Innovations Group Location London, UK Achievement: Official licensing for providing airline medical kit. In October 1996, Aeromedic Innovations became the first company in the world to be licensed by a regulatory authority - the UK's Medicines Control Agency - to make and maintain a ...
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India's jet challenger
Even its most ardent supporters would have to concede that India's airline deregulation has been less than successful. Of the wave of airlines which emerged in the early 1990s to challenge the Indian Airlines domestic monopoly, only a handful are still flying. Their cause has not been helped by a ...
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Airbus makes Trent 500 deal with Rolls-Royce
Airbus Industrie has struck a non-exclusive deal with Rolls-Royce for the supply of its Trent 500 engines. The agreement ends Airbus's search for a powerplant supplier for the A340-500 and -600 ultra long-range/stretch versions of the A340. It is believed that Airbus continues to keep the ...
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AVIC deals lift Chinese industry
Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) has agreed separate deals with Aero International (Regional) (AI(R)) and CFM International (CFMI) aimed at developing China's aerospace industry. The deal with AI(R) involves the establishment of a joint venture to assess the possibility of assembly of ATR turboprops in China. ...