All MRO articles – Page 533
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Japan's economy faces overhaul
Japan is facing a crisis of historical proportions. The dramatic fall in the value of the yen and the long-term decline in the value of the companies which make up the Nikkei stock market index are simply symptoms of far-reaching changes taking place in the way in which the country ...
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Thai unties foreign knot
One year since the flotation of the Thai baht sparked the Asian meltdown, the Thai government has amended the country's 1954 Aviation Act to allow foreigners to control up to 49 per cent of Thai Airways. According to transport and communications minister Suthep Thuagsuban, the move is proof of ...
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Policy stirs Tata's hopes
With the announcement of a new aviation policy by the right-wing Indian government, the civil aviation ministry has reopened the Tata Airlines file. Tata proposes that foreign institutional investors pay Rs 2.78 billion (US$65.5 million) for a 40 per cent equity stake in the airline, leaving Tata Industries with ...
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EDS at BA Engineering
EDS has won a 10-year contract for information technology support for British Airways Engineering's global operations. It will initially focus on Year 2000 compliance issues. EDS will also establish a laboratory for developing computer systems intended for the maintenance industry. Source: Flight International
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Standard maintenance
Winnipeg, Canada-based Standard Aero has become the first authorised maintenance centre with a certified test cell for all models of the Allison 250 turboshaft/ turboprop family. Source: Flight International
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Burbank completes 707 hushkit work and expects STC soon
Burbank Aeronautical (BAC) has completed flight tests of its Stage 3 Boeing 707 hushkit and expects to receive a supplemental type certificate (STC) by late August. Work has now begun on a McDonnell Douglas DC-8-50/61 kit. The STC will be obtained by Quiet Skies, a company established by Burbank ...
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Star Alliance aims to build on Asia-Pacific links
The global Star Alliance is moving to consolidate its presence in the Asia-Pacific region, with some small but critical bilateral co-operation agreements and approvals either being finalised or close to be being concluded. Founding Star partner Lufthansa has announced a code-sharing agreement with Air New Zealand (ANZ) on routes ...
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US Airways plans fleet overhaul
US Airways is planning to update and expand its Shuttle fleet with Boeing 737-300s, but it claims that this will require its pilots to agree to a modified employment contract The division, which operates a fleet of 12 Boeing 727-200s on services between Boston, New York and Washington DC, ...
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Chinese study European overhaul proposals
China Southern Airlines is reviewing plans to invest in an engine test and overhaul facility while it considers separate joint venture proposals from MTU and Sochata. SR Technics, in the meantime, is pursuing a maintenance joint venture with China Eastern Airlines, as Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering (HAECO) and Shandong Airlines ...
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Debonair looks for frequent flier links
Low-cost UK carrier Debonair has emerged from its meeting to discuss setting up a joint frequent flier programme for the independent airline sector, declaring that it has up to 15 European carriers on board, including Virgin Express and Air Malta. Potential deals are also in place to extend the scheme ...
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Dollars and sense
The ARAC studied use of inert gases (including nitrogen and exhaust gases), fuel "scrubbing" and "washing" the ullage space above the fuel, which are methods of purging oxygen from the tank. Scrubbing fuel at the airport fuel farm offered little added protection while use of foam would reduce aircraft payload ...
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New owners pledge PBN expansion
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON Pilatus Britten-Norman (PBN) has been sold to a private investment company for an undisclosed sum, ending months of speculation over the utility aircraft manufacturer's future. London, UK-based Litchfield Continental has acquired PBN from Switzerland's Pilatus Aircraft, which has owned the Bembridge, Isle of Wight-based aircraft manufacturer ...
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Gulfstream purchase
Gulfstream Aerospace has acquired K-C Aviation for $250 million. The Kimberly-Clark subsidiary's completion and maintenance centres in Texas, Wisconsin and Massachusetts will complement Gulfstream's facilities in Georgia and California. Source: Flight International
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TrunkLiner programme is scrapped
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE China has scrapped the Boeing MD-90-30 TrunkLiner programme less than a month after the collapse of AE-3IX co-development negotiations with Airbus Industrie Asia, delivering a double blow to the country's once bold aerospace ambitions. Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) has instructed Boeing's Long Beach plant to ...
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Workshop
-Hawker Pacific Aerospace has won a $5 million five-year contract to repair and service landing gears on 16 UPS Airlines Boeing 747 freighters. It will perform the work at its facility in the UK. The company has also secured a $6 million five-year landing gear maintenance contract from SAS, LOT ...
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Joint venture
Executive Aircraft Services (EAS) and Inflite have formed a joint venture in an attempt to expand aircraft handling at their respective London Heathrow and Stansted airport bases. EAS, owned by aviation security firm ADI, will provide new equipment and specialised staff for handling large business aircraft at Inflite's Stansted airport ...
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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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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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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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Corrosion checks
Boeing is considering the need to increase the frequency of corrosion checks in the front spar area of older 747s since significant corrosion was discovered in a 27-year-old British Airways Boeing 747-100. The stress corrosion did not extend over a wide area, but was well advanced in small sections of ...