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US endorsement for Canada show
Airshow Canada this year has the official endorsement of the US government, enabling it to take the title of Aerospace North America. The show, which is held every other year, will stage its fifth appearance this year from 6-10 August at Abbotsford, British Columbia, not far from Vancouver. ...
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Backing a winner with awards
The phenomenally successful Flight International Aerospace Industry Awards were barely a day over when the first of the sponsors for the 1998 event was announced. Monique Ranvier, communication manager of Messier-Bugatti, was thanked in traditional French style by Reed Business Publishing's Sales Director, Pierre Mussard, as she signed ...
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GE unveils new CF6 variant
General Electric is developing a higher-thrust, "bolt-less-turbine" version of the CF6 turbofan on the back of Delta Air Lines' launch in April of the stretched Boeing 767-400. The derivative is based around an improved turbine made from Rene 88, a high-temperature-resistant alloy, which allows the "bolt features" to ...
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Atlas Air confirms plans for 747-400 purchase
Atlas Air has confirmed plans to buy new Boeing 747-400 freighters, and has signed a Ìrm purchase contract worth about $1.7 billion for ten aircraft, and options on a further ten. The transaction, which represents the US cargo carrier's first purchase of new aircraft, was forecast earlier this ...
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Converted A300F lands in Paris with FAA approval
British Aerospace Aviation Services (BAeAS) has received US Federal Aviation Administration approval for its Airbus A300B4 freighter conversion, some six months later than originally targeted. Meanwhile, C-S Aviation Services, which is BAe's major customer for the conversion, has announced its first lease-placements, with the confirmation of two aircraft ...
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Hokkaido Airlines expects profits by 1999
Hokkaido International Airlines, which plans to launch low-fare domestic services in Japan in 1998, has revealed bullish profit projections in only its second year of operation. The airline plans to start operations at the end of April 1998 with a single Boeing 767-300, flying three daily services from ...
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MIS Embraer hit
Embraer is providing airline operators with an electronic maintenance information service (MIS). The user-friendly, up-to-date MIS, developed by US-based aviation services company Jeppesen, replaces existing paper manuals. It gives maintenance workers simultaneous access to information via computer screens and provides electronic links between manual sections for ...
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Reflectone's $25m trainer deal
Tampa, Florida based Reflectone has confirmed the award of a $25 million contract from Bell-Boeing to provide five, three dimensional maintenance trainers for the MV-22B Osprey tilt rotor. Reflectone was selected last December, but the contract was not signed until February and the impending merger with British Aerospace then ...
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Avic interest
Pratt & Whitney has announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) for the Chinese company to take a stake in the new PW6000 engine. Talks are underway between P&W and AVIC over which components could be built in the People's ...
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Sogerma signs two conversion contracts
Groupe Aerospatiale company Sogerma announced at the show the award of two new contracts, one in Europe, the other in Asia. The Sogerma Maintenance Group has signed a contract with Airbus Industrie to convert three Airbus A330-300s for Belgian carrier Sabena. Each of the aircraft, which ...
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Miami expansion programme continues
Miami International Airport officials were more than happy to welcome a cavalcade of public visitors at their stand yesterday, having the dual role of promoting both Miami's tourism and airport infrastructure. An ongoing US$4 billion expansion programme, started in 1992, continues at the airport - which will be ...
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CFMI joins Chinese in new working alliance
CFM International (CFMI) and Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) have joined forces in a Joint Leadership Council to coordinate activities and promote a closer working relationship between the two organisations. Talks are being pursued at the Paris air show between Gerard Laviec, CFMI chairman and chief executive officer, ...
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AIS targets rapid response customers
Aero and Industrial Services (AIS) is using its appearance at Le Bourget this week to tell potential customers about a new rapid response capability. AIS, housed in Hall 2/H14, is operating a repair or replace system of maintenance from its base in Burnley, UK, and completed a same-day ...
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AvSoft on aircraft
Airlines and component manufacturers alike can tap into a powerful software system which holds detailed information on virtually every commercial aircraft on the planet. AvSoft from Rugby, England, is at the show this week to promote the ACAS Product Tracker system, a highly flexible market information package, which ...
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Solair named Delta supplier
US-based Banner Aerospace subsidiary Solair has signed a memorandum of understanding with Delta Air Lines to become Delta's sole source supplier of airframe materials from the surplus market. Solair president Timothy Daggett says he expects the agreement to generate $150million over the next three years. "We ...
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Virgin contract
The Johannesburg-based Transport Aircraft Maintenance section of Denel Aviation has won a contract to handle line maintenance for Virgin Atlantic's Airbus A340s operating into South Africa. It already assists with line maintenance of Cathay Pacific's A340s. Source: Flight Daily News
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Avrotec double
Avrotec, the maintenance and refurbishment arm of British Aerospace Regional Aircraft, comes to Paris '97 on the back of two new contract wins. The first deal involves undertaking four-year structural checks, repainting work and the retrofit of engine life computer systems on seven China Northwest BAe 146-300 aircraft. ...
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French lessons
If you fancy a year in France learning to become an aircraft maintenance engineer, then wander down to Hall 4/C9 here at the Paris Airshow. The stand is manned by the students from the new course running at the University of Aix en Provence near Marseille. Investing in ...
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Quiet signs hush deal
European Aviation Air Charter has confirmed a contract with Quiet Nacelle Corporation of Miami for the American company to develop a stage 3 hush kit suitable for its fleet, currently powered by Rolls Royce Spey engines complying with the stage two criteria. The kit will comprise an engine ...
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Centrepiece of Pratt & Whitney's outdoor display
Centrepiece of Pratt & Whitney's outdoor display is the Lockheed Electra 10E used by American Linda Finch in her recent around-the-world flight in honour of Amelia Earhart's fatal journey 60 years ago. Finch's aircraft is powered by two restored P&W R-1340 Wasp engines. P&W was a sponsor of ...