All MRO articles – Page 583
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Fokker's future hangs in balance
Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker is fighting for survival as a split emerges between the two main partners in the proposed Asian Express 100-seat aircraft project. Richard Whitaker reports from the Asian Aerospace show in Singapore.The 30 companies considering bids for all or part of crisis-torn regional aircraft manufacturer Fokker face ...
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ATA bemoans Russia deal
By approving a $1 billion loan to Aeroflot, the Export-Import Bank has inadvertently become the latest target in the US airline industry's fight to have the exemption on fuel tax reinstated. The howls of protest that greeted Exim's decision to grant a $1 billion loan to Aeroflot to ...
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Xionix wins United upgrade
XIONIX SIMULATION HAS won a United Airlines contract to upgrade Boeing 747 and 757 auto-flight-systems trainers previously supplied to the carrier. The upgrade will include Xionix' FMC Emulator, which uses actual aircraft flight-management-computer (FMC) software. The personal-computer-based FMC Emulator has been developed jointly with FMC supplier Honeywell and ...
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Hollingsead
Avionics-interface company DeCrane Aircraft Holdings (DAH), of Santa Fe Springs, California, has appointed Roger Keller president of its member company Hollingsead International. Keller, previously senior vice-president for marketing, sales and engineering, succeeds Dennis Mullins, who has joined the DAH corporate staff. Source: Flight International
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Consulting with success
Kenya Airways' successful privatisation is raising hopes for a renaissance in African aviation Kevin O'Toole/LONDON BRIAN DAVIES admits that it was an opportunity that no self-respecting aviation consultant could have resisted. After being called in to lead a six-week study on how Kenya Airways should ...
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US airlines back in profit - for now
US airlines are back in profit, but the lessons of recession linger on. Kevin O'Toole/LONDON THE NOTORIOUS business cycles of the airline industry have at last come full circle for the US carriers. Just two years ago, three of the majors were fighting their way out of ...
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Safety versus cost: the realities
Sir - Wilfried Mommaert's letter (Flight International, 31 January-6 February, P74) raises a valid point. The life-threatening situation arises when an accountant interferes in the critical balance between safety and cost. He will always err (potentially fatally) on the side of cost. The engineer will err on ...
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BWIA recovery stumbles
BWIA INTERNATIONAL Airlines says a poor fourth quarter has "temporarily derailed" the Caribbean carrier's financial recovery following privatisation in February 1995. Despite this, the airline has posted a reduced operating loss for 1995 of $3.6 million, down from $9.4 million in 1994. President Edward Wegel blamed BWIA's poor ...
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AAR
William Bailey has been appointed group vice-president of cargo-loading-systems supplier AAR Manufacturing Group, of Elk Grove Village, Illinois. He also becomes president of the legal entity, AAR Manufacturing Group Inc. Engine supplier and overhauler AAR Engine Group has appointed Patrick Aherne vice-president for European operations, based in London. Ken Mercier ...
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R-R considers Asian Trent 777 centre
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE ROLLS-ROYCE IS studying development of a coordinated regional engine-overhaul and repair capability for Asian airlines operating the Trent 800-powered Boeing 777. The UK engine maker is trying to persuade carriers to adopt a co-operative approach to Trent engine maintenance, by establishing complementary, rather ...
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Air Baltic receives first RJ70
LATVIAN FLAG CARRIER AIR BALTIC has taken delivery of the first of three ex-Business Express Avro RJ70s, leased from Avro International Aerospace. Two further aircraft will join the fleet in March and April. The RJs will replace two Boeing 727-100s on routes from Riga to Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Helsinki, London Gatwick ...
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P&W to buy Nordam unit
PRATT & WHITNEY is to buy the Nordam Group's Propulsion Systems division, which repairs cases, frames and components for gas-turbine engines and auxiliary power units. The terms of the deal, which is expected to be complete by the end of the first quarter, have not been disclosed. Located ...
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The pros and cons of a 'single European ticket'
Sir - It is interesting to be informed via "European FAA?" (editorial, Flight International, 24-30 January) that there are plans to force the European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) to become legally responsible to the European Commission, rather than to the individual airworthiness authorities of member states. Can we ...
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Conquering the divide
Europe is beginning to question the Joint Aviation Authorities' competence to regulate. David Learmount/LONDON AVIATION REGULATORS in Europe, having built what they thought was a structure with firm foundations when they set up the Joint Aviation Authorities (JAAs), are now discovering that the house may have ...
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Systems & components
Winner: Messier-Bugatti Location: Velizy, France Achievement: Head-up display for first 737 Category IIIB certification SEXTANT AVIONIQUE'S head-up flight-display system (HFDS) allowed L'A‚ropostale to become the world's first carrier to gain certification for Category IIIB operation of Boeing 737-300s, in September 1995. The judges ...
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Fokker holds talks with potential buyers
FOKKER CHAIRMAN Ben van Schaik says that the company has spoken to some 30 parties potentially interested in taking over all or part of its operations, but is focusing initial negotiations on the "...six or seven" which may want to take on the entire company. He says that ...
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Regional-power battle intensifies
THE BATTLE TO power the embryonic AE-100 regional jet and potential stablemates is heating up following Pratt & Whitney's decision to proceed with development of the PW6000, a turbofan in the 67-107kN (15,000-24,000lb)-thrust range. The PW6000 emerged from the Mid-Thrust Family of Engines study and effectively succeeds a ...
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Aerospace mergers begin to reshape US industry ranking
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON WITH YEAR-END results now in for most of the major US aerospace groups, the effect of mergers and acquisitions are beginning to show through in the industry rankings. Lockheed Martin, as predicted, has pushed ahead of strike-hit Boeing in the world league table, and ...
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Greenwich will acquire Aviall engine businesses
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA GREENWICH AIR Services plans to emerge as the world's largest engine-maintenance group, having signed a letter of intent to acquire Aviall's airline-engine repair and overhaul business. News of the deal, which is being priced at around $260-280 million, came just days after Aviall put ...
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Flightline to take surplus BAe146s
THE FIRST OF 18 surplus USAir British Aerospace 146-200s will soon re-enter commercial service with UK-based Flightline. The UK firm formally accepted the aircraft from USAir Leasing on 5 January. The aircraft, leased via Alpine Aviation, will be used on a London-Switzerland route. Before its acceptance, ...