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MD-10 conversions for FedEx remain on track
The McDonnell Douglas (MDC) DC-10 freighter/upgrade programme for FedEx is on schedule, according to the carrier's chairman, Frederick Smith. The project to rework the aircraft, known as the MD-10, has been unaffected by Boeing's recent take-over of MDC. The two-phase programme, which first involves the freighter conversion, and later ...
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Suppliers
International Lease Finance has announced orders for $1.74 billion worth of engines for its 126 Airbus and Boeings on order: $500 million with CFM International, $200 million with General Electric, $490 million with Pratt & Whitney and $550 million with International Aero Engines. The Rolls-Royce Trent 772B engine is ...
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SIA in Star tie-break
Singapore Airlines is expected to become the seventh member of the Star Alliance by the first quarter of 1998, but uncertainty hangs over the final Asian line-up of the largest alliance group. SIA took its first step on the Star trail at the end of November when it signed ...
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TAECO may grow Xiamen venture with engine overhaul
Taikoo Aircraft Engineering (TAECO) is discussing expansion of its Xiamen-based Chinese joint venture with the addition of an aero-engine maintenance capability. The proposal is in the "initial stages of discussion" with potential partners. The Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering (HAECO)-managed joint venture is conducting a market study, with emphasis on ...
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Cost cuts increase hopes for MD-95 production
Guy Norris/LONG BEACH Douglas Products division is optimistic that Boeing will clear continued develop- ment of derivatives and production of the MD-95 in January, after the development of a series of cost-saving initiatives by the manufacturer and its risk-sharing partners. Boeing is due to decide whether to proceed ...
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Courtauld centre
Courtaulds Aerospace has opened a new 24h quick-response service centre for surface treatment near Durham, in the UK, allowing European airlines to make rapid unscheduled maintenance and livery changes. Source: Flight International
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ST Aero purchases Dalfort maintenance
Singapore Technologies Aerospace (ST Aero) has acquired Dalfort Aviation's maintenance site in Dallas and is planning to expand its Mobile Aero- space Engineering (MAe) subsidiary in a move to increase capacity in the USA. The Singapore company has agreed with Astraea to purchase the leasehold, assets and inventory of ...
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Snecma lands in full control of Messier-Dowty as TI sells out
Snecma plans to take full control of the Messier-Dowty landing-gear business just three years after the Anglo-French joint venture was founded in a 50/50 partnership, together with the TI Group. The company now plans to create a major landing-systems business, including its Messier-Bugatti brakes unit. Under the terms of ...
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Spar goes shopping
Spar Aerospace has agreed to acquire Canadian maintenance company CAE Aviation for about $62 million. The company, which specialises in servicing and upgrading Lockheed Martin C-130 transports, was put up for sale in August by parent company CAE, following a decision to focus on its advanced-technology businesses, such as simulation. ...
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LTU dismisses managers as 767 cracks show poor maintenance
AndrzejJeziorski/MUNICH German charter operator LTU has sacked three senior managers after the discovery of a series of maintenance deficiencies in the fleet of Munich-based sister airline LTU Süd. LTU says that it is unable to name the managers concerned for legal reasons, but they included one of two ...
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Fairchild rolls out first 328JET
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH Fairchild Dornier has unveiled the first 328JET prototype at Oberpfaffenhoffen, and is to begin trials this month. The aircraft has been created by the conversion of the second Dornier 328 turboprop prototype. Its first flight is due on 20 January, weather permitting, says Fairchild Dornier president ...
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Latin sounds
Geoffrey Jones/SANTIAGO Chile's two major airlines, LAN Chile and Ladeco, have been working together formally for some two years, since LAN Chile took control of its struggling domestic contemporary in 1995. The take-over has helped both carriers, with Ladeco consolidating its domestic market position while LAN Chile has been ...
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Sempati to revitalise fleet with ex-United 737s
The owners of Sempati Air Transport are to acquire 26 Boeing 737-200s from United Airlines, in an effort to revitalise the financially struggling Indonesian carrier. Asean Marketing Investment (AMI) has reached an agreement with United Airlines to purchase the surplus 737s for use by the Indonesian regional carrier. AMI ...
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Airbus gives the go ahead for A340 offspring
Max Kingsley-Jones and Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Airbus Industrie is working at top speed to fly the first Rolls-Royce Trent 500-powered A340-600 in January 2001, following board approval for the full launch of the $2.9 billion A340-500/600 programme. The European consortium says that it holds some 100 commitments, from seven ...
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Challenge launches Omega DC-10 freighter programme
Challenge launches Omega DC-10 freighter programme Challenge Air Cargo is set to be the launch customer for the Omega Air-backed McDonnell Douglas DC-10-40 freighter-conversion programme, with the acquisition of up to five aircraft, starting in 1998. According to company president Bill Spohrer, the Miami-based regional freight operator is ...
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Teledyne selects
Teledyne Continental Motors has selected Perkins Technology as design consultant on development of its new two-stroke, compression ignition light-aircraft engine. The powerplant is being developed under NASA's three-year general-aviation propulsion programme, the objectives of which are to reduce the acquisition and maintenance costs of a new engine, improve reliability and ...
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Bedek aims to convert twinjets and seeks co-operation with Boeing
The Bedek division of Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) is looking to move into the market to convert Boeing twinjets to freighters, and wants to work with the US manufacturer. Boeing is known to be looking at the setting up of an after-market 767 freighter-conversion line alongside that of the ...
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Safe and sound
Once in a while, a proposal emerges that has so many clear benefits and so few potential dangers, that the only question is why it is still just a proposal. Within a few weeks, Europe's transport ministers will be faced with just such a compelling idea when they are asked ...
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Jet Support in maintenance link
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Jet Support Services has teamed with two business-jet manufacturers to provide hourly-cost maintenance programmes for their aircraft. The Chicago-based company will administer Dassault's Falcon First programme, initially available for the Falcon 2000, and the ServiceCare programme for the Gulfstream IV-SP. Both will cover scheduled and ...
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Boeing's long stretch
Guy Norris/SEATTLE BOEING'S stretched 777-300 carries a list of superlatives almost as long as the aircraft itself. The latest member of the Boeing family is the largest twin-engined aircraft ever built, the world's fastest widebody twin, the longest airliner ever made and the first transport big enough to replace the ...