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Airbus is poised to join AE-100 programme
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE CHINESE AND European aerospace-industry negotiators are expected to reach an agreement by the end of the month for Airbus Industrie to join the proposed Chinese AE-100 regional-jet programme. Under a plan which is now in the process of being finalised, Airbus will assume a leading role in Aero ...
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Aerospace top 100 notes
THE RANKING of Top 100 world aerospace companies has been compiled by Booz-Allen & Hamilton, the international consultancy, in conjunction with Flight International. Inevitably, some companies which would have appeared among the Top 100 have been omitted for lack of sufficient data. Some of these have been listed separately under ...
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Service data
Debuting at Farnborough is AV Soft, a software company which is increasing its presence in the lucrative US market. The company produces software and large databases for airline maintenance departments in several countries. Its applications include a database which lists when maintenance is due and gives customers exact ...
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Service is the message
British Airways Engineering (BAE) is using its stand at Hall 1/D23 to reinforce its message of enhanced customer service. Using a video display and aircraft display, BAE is keen to show it's taking the maintenance market seriously, says David Anderson, project manager for the Farnborough ‘96 stand. "We ...
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SASCO deal
ST Aviation Services (Sasco), the commercial maintenance arm of Singapore Technologies Aerospace (STAe) has signed a $21 million contract with Northwest Airlines for the modification of nine Boeing 747-200s, with options on another six similar aircraft. The contract calls for Section 41 modification and corrosion prevention control, to be ...
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Atar upgrade
To meet armed forces' requirements over the next 25 years, France's Snecma aero engine builder, in co-operation with Denel Aviation of South Africa and Industria de Turbopropulsores (ITP) of Spain, is developing a new and more powerful Atar Plus version of the proven Atar 09K50 single-shaft turbojet. As well ...
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IAE looks East for opportunity
International Aero Engines (IAE) is to expand its presence in Asia with a planned V2500 maintenance centre and parts distribution network, developments formally announced following the company's recent China Aviation Symposium. Talks are also being held on a proposed IAE/Rolls-Royce training unit for Chinese students and employees to be ...
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Promotional upside of the Down Under airshow
The term DownUnder is certainly not perceived as a derogatory description by the Australian aerospace industry, which highlights its strategic proximity to the fast-growing markets of the Asia-Pacific region. The country's aerospace showcase, the fourth Australian International Air Show and Aerospace Expo, to be held from 18-23 February 1997 ...
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Set-up moves into the fast lane
Binocular-toting ‘spotters' must have thought Farnborough ‘96 was cancelled when they saw no sign of major activity on the airfield site this summer. It normally takes at least six months to build the exhibition halls and chalets that make up the show ‘village'. This year the company in ...
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Suppliers
Dutch manufacturer Stork is to pay DFl302.5 million ($182 million) to take over Fokker Aviation, the solvent maintenance and support arm of Fokker. Rolls-Royce has signed a memorandum of understanding with Boeing about developing the Trent 900 engine for the stretched B747. Pratt & Whitney's PW4090 ...
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Safety valued
ValuJet has appointed Jim Jensen, the former vice president product support for Douglas Aircraft, as senior vice president maintenance and engineering. Source: Airline Business
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Safety first
British Midland's parent, Airlines of Britain Holdings, has hired Frank Turner, the former managing director of Lucas Aerospace, to oversee the group's maintenance and engineering operation. The new post was created following a review of procedures after bad maintenance led to an emergency landing by a B737 last year - ...
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ValuJet's long shadow
US The crash of ValuJet Flight 592 in May has had more impact on the US airline industry than any other commercial aviation tragedy. Mead Jennings explores the longer-term repercussions of the ValuJet affair. The repercussions of the crash of a 27-year-old ValuJet Airlines DC-9 in Florida's Everglades, which killed ...
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Aviastar JV bid in Taiwan
Russia's largest commercial aircraft manufacturer Aviastar is bidding to carve out a niche in Asia by proposing to set up a joint venture aircraft assembly, marketing and maintenance centre in Taiwan. The Russian firm, which already has a marketing presence in Taipei, aims to assemble the medium-range Tu-204 ...
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ANA allies by mix 'n' match
The codeshare service started by All Nippon Airways and Air Canada in August on Osaka-Vancouver marks the growing emphasis the Japanese carrier is putting on expanding its network through alliances. The days when Japan's Ministry of Transport discouraged its carriers from forming such pacts are clearly over, and ...
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FlightSafety
Berton Beach, manager of LaGuardia Airport, New York-based FlightSafety International's Miami, Florida, training centre, has been appointed director of safety and compliance. Beach, with FlightSafety for more than five years, has also served as director of airline operations. Al Krusz becomes director of Gulfstream maintenance training worldwide. He was formerly ...
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STAe is back in the black
SINGAPORE Technologies Aerospace (STAe) managed to show a modest profit for the first half of the year, boosted by strong growth from its restructured maintenance businesses. The group ended the half year with a profit of just under S$7 million ($5 million), turning round a loss of $47 ...
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Cargo and Catering departments face Sabena axe
Herman de Wulf/BRUSSELS SABENA PLANS to shed its cargo and catering departments, with the possibility that they will be merged into the larger operations being run by the carrier's alliance partner and effective owner Swissair. Paul Reutlinger, who was brought in as Sabena president by Swissair ...
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Boeing fights airline doubts in bid for 747-X go-ahead
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES BOEING IS MOUNTING an intensive last-minute push to launch the Boeing 747-500/600X growth derivatives at the Farnborough air show, which starts on 2 September, but the US manufacturer is struggling to win sufficient airline support - partly caused by the $230 million price ...
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GE prepares Snecma invitation to A340-600 engine project
Julian Moxon/PARIS GENERAL ELECTRIC Aircraft Engines says that Snecma will "-definitely be invited" to join development of a power plant for the Airbus A340-600, if Airbus Industrie accepts the US company's proposal to supply an engine for the aircraft. Under a six-month exclusivity deal signed ...