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Nuclear experts aid air safety
Ian Sheppard/LONDON Sandia National Laboratories is helping the US Federal Aviation Administration to devise a new approach to airline safety which the FAA hopes will assist its 3,500 inspectors in tracking safety trends and predicting airline operating deficiencies. Calling on its knowledge from decades of systems engineering work ...
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737 operators clamour for hushkits to meet noise rules
Boeing 737 hushkit specialists AvAero Aircraft Noise Reduction and the Nordam Group have between them amassed orders and options for more than 500 kits, with both reporting a new flurry of activity in the market. Florida-based AvAero says a new order from First Air of Canada means it has ...
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P&W begins to assemble PW7000 prototype
Pratt & Whitney is preparing to assemble the next Joint Technology Demonstrator Engine (JTDE), the XTE-66. The demonstrator, which will begin tests later this year, also forms an initial prototype of the next generation PW7000 fighter engine family. Like the XTE-66, the PW7000 family is planned around the XTC-66 core. ...
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Messier Services
Messier-Dowty and Messier Bugatti have teamed to form a new Snecma subsidiary, Messier Services, to offer global support for landing gear and brakes maintenance. Source: Flight International
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GE formalises remote monitoring venture
Ian Sheppard/LONDON General Electric and Harris have formed a joint venture to develop remote data monitoring for engines, following a successful two-year pilot project involving Canada 3000 aircraft. GE Harris Aviation Information Solutions, based in Melbourne, Florida, is to produce and market information network products and decision support ...
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CHC spin-off
Canada's CHC Helicopter has completed the spin-off of its maintenance business under the Vector Aerospace name, raising C$193 million ($131 million) from the initial sale of an 80% stake, with C$48 million to come if the new owners elect to buy out the rest. Meanwhile, CHC posted a net profit ...
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Sextant wins Airbus displays contract
Airbus Industrie has awarded Sextant Avionique a contract to be sole supplier of flat-panel liquid crystal displays (LCD) for the new A340-500/600 and for all the production fly-by-wire Airbus types from mid-2000. The move comes in the face of requests from airlines to be allowed a choice of supplier, for ...
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Taiwan's U-Land links up with Air Philippines
Brent Hannon/TAIPEI Taiwan's U-Land Airlines has wet-leased the first two of three Boeing MD-82s to Air Philippines as the first step towards acquiring a 35% stake in the Philippine domestic carrier. Talks between the two airlines have been speeded up because of the Philippine Airlines (PAL) strike. Since ...
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Aer Lingus renews hunt for an alliance as Team sale nears
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON With the sale of its loss-making maintenance arm now back on course, Irish flag carrier Aer Lingus is preparing to reactivate its search for a strategic alliance partner and could be heading for a partial privatisation. The airline's state owners asked Aer Lingus management to submit ...
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Pratt & Whitney begins UMC acquisition talks
Pratt & Whitney has opened negotiations to purchase Indonesia's Universal Maintenance Centre (UMC) from IPTN to complement its joint venture with Singapore Airlines (SIA) and join the US manufacturer's planned global engine overhaul and maintenance network. Cash-strapped IPTN is looking to sell its Bandung-based subsidiary as part of a ...
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Kyrgyzstan begins fleet update with debis A320
Kyrgyzstan Airlines has become the first CIS operator of an Airbus fly-by-wire type, with the introduction of a leased A320. The airline plans to take additional Western aircraft, including two A319s, as part of its fleet modernisation programme. The four-year-old Airbus A320 has been acquired on a four-year operating ...
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Marketplace
-Emery Worldwide has confirmed its plans to add five ex-Continental Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 freighters, to replace DC-8 freighters. The aircraft will be delivered on seven-year leases from Pegasus Capital, between late 1998 and the end of 2000. -As part of its deal to acquire 22 Beech 1900Ds from Mesa ...
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P&W links with SIA for engine overhaul venture
Pratt & Whitney has finalised an agreement with Singapore Airlines (SIA) to establish a new engine repair and overhaul joint venture, in what is the latest in a series of after sales support investments in Asia by competing powerplant manufacturers. Eagle Services ASIA will be 51% owned by PW ...
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Debonair seeks tie-ups
Kevin O'Toole/ROME Debonair chairman Franco Mancassola is attempting to pull together a coalition of smaller European airlines to share frequent flier programmes (FFPs) and is hoping to move towards closer links on marketing and maintenance with some. Mancassola says that around 18 airline executives have agreed to meet ...
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Culture shock
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS Following a relatively minor accident, Ansett Australia recently set about overhauling the way the whole company looks at its safety task. This was not done in isolation - there is a growing understanding, manifested at recent air safety forums, that some traditional industry practices, and even early ...
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China to launch European craft
A China Great Wall Industry (CGWIC) Long March 3B will be launched from Xichang between 14 and 18 July, carrying the first European satellite to fly on a Chinese booster. The Aerospatiale/Daimler-Benz Aerospace Sinosat 1 will be launched for Sino Satellite Communications carrying 24 C-band and 24 Ku-band transponders. ...
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Perm halts work for ARIA over debt
Russian aero engine builder Perm Motors has halted maintenance and spares supply to Aeroflot-Russian International Airlines (ARIA) following a dispute over the non-payment of $8 million for work on its engines which power the carrier's Ilyushin Il-96-300 and Tupolev Tu-134. Perm has already applied to a Russian court for ...
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Workshop
Dee Howard has sold its maintenance activities at San Antonio,Texas to Code, Hennessy & Simmons, a private equity investment fund, allowing Dee Howard to focus on its thrust reverser business Vietnam Airlines has awarded Lufthansa Technik subsidiary Lufthansa AERO a three-year contract to overhaul its ATR 72 turboprop fleet's ...
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Making waves
With a new regional venture, a consultancy and plans to invest in an African carrier, Air Mauritius is taking an increasingly aggressive stance in exploiting its standing in the region. When Air Mauritius chairman and managing director Nashir Mallam-Hasham arrived at his new desk a little over a year ...
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HUDs for hubs
Tony Booth/Basle Switzerland's Crossair has completed the installation of head-up displays (HUDs) in its Saab 2000s, thus providing the schedule reliability required for its EuroCross strategy to turn Basle Airport into a major European regional hub. With careful arrival and departure co-ordination, Crossair now guarantees more than 500 ...