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Boeing hopes repairs will occupy Long Beach
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Boeing is resorting to introducing repair and modification work to keep its Long Beach plant in California busy, following the reversal of plans to set up a Next Generation 737 assembly line at the former Douglas factory. Boeing 737 operators face the prospect of their ...
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Low cost is key for regional jet, airlines tell Bombardier
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Bombardier has launched technology cost/benefit studies after the first meeting of its BRJ-X airline advisory council confirmed that potential customers for the 90-seat regional jet are looking for the lowest possible operating cost. The council conducted preliminary talks on fly-by-wire versus conventional flight controls, steel ...
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Banner sells Solair Kellstrom Industries
Banner Aerospace has agreed to sell its Solair subsidiary to Kellstrom Industries. Florida-based Kellstrom will pay $57 million in cash. The agreement gives Banner the opportunity to purchase Kellstrom stock at a set price. The transaction must pass anti-trust hurdles, but is expected to be approved by the end ...
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Indian Airlines to order six ATR 42-500 turboprops
Indian Airlines is to order six ATR 42-500 turboprop airliners from the Franco-Italian ATR company. The deal also marks the start of a manufacturing cooperation between Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) and the European aerospace concern. "Indian Airlines has not conveyed its decision to us, but its board has approved the ...
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Delayed maintenance blamed for Nigerian 707 engine loss
Herman De Wulf/BRUSSELS Delayed C-check maintenance on a Nigerian Boeing 707-320C freighter is being linked to the loss of its No 3 engine over Southern Belgium on 14 October. Belgian accident investigators say that the IAT Cargo aircraft, which made an emergency landing at Ostend, should have had ...
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Moscow court case brings end to Aeroflot/Transaero union
Alexander Velovich and Paul Duffy/MOSCOW The two-year-old alliance between Aeroflot Russian International Airlines and Transaero has ended, following a Moscow court ruling that Aeroflot must pay Transaero R3 million ($176,000) as a balance of mutual financial claims by the two airlines. In early September, Aeroflot officially informed Transaero ...
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Waiting to happen
If airline flight safety is the issue, the US Federal Aviation Administration is almost always a world leader in developing systems to promote it. There is one area - flight operations quality assurance (FOQA) - however, in which it has long wanted to advance, but has been immobilised by circumstances ...
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African dawn
Lois Jones/DAKAR David Learmount/CAPE TOWN Air traffic services (ATS) in many parts of Africa are already unable to cope with current traffic levels, never mind increased demand. Meanwhile, wars and political instability raging in parts of the continent mean that basic air traffic control (ATC) is often neglected and ...
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Workshop
-Sogerma's maintenance group has begun a nine-week programme to carry out the five-year "C" checks on two of Sabena's Airbus A340-300s, which the company says will include structural ageing inspections that have never before been performed on the type. The contract also includes cabin refurbishment. -Lufthansa Technik has been contracted ...
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Stork takes over Fokker's share of Belgium's SABCA
Engineering conglomerate Stork has taken over the 42.8% interest in Belgian aerospace company SABCA previously held by Fokker. SABCA is now owned 52.9% by Dassault Aviation, with Stork holding most of the remainder. The Dutch company also took over much of Fokker's operations after its March 1996 bankruptcy, ...
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Canada aims to create more European aerospace partnerships
Canadian aerospace companies are seeking partnerships with Europe, particularly among small and medium-sized enterprises, "-to smooth out our dependence on the USA", according to Aerospace Industries Association of Canada (AIAC) president Peter Smith. He believes that Canada's exchange rate, work skills and lower production costs offer good prospects for ...
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SAA dumps sale guidelines
Widely accepted guidelines for the privatisation of South African Airways (SAA) have been turned on their head by chief executive Coleman Andrews. The South African Government had said that it would sell off 49% of SAA, with 30-35% going to a single foreign partner and the balance finding its ...
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Pockets of growth
It should come as no surprise that in the USA, much of what can or cannot be done about capacity growth will boil down to politics. In keeping with all of American life, politics weaves its way through all of the major issues: not least the struggle to raise ...
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Executive decisions
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELESAlan Mulally, the newly appointed president of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, walks eagerly to the corner of his office and turns on the computer. Like an instant "state of the nation" monitor, the screen summarises the status of every single Boeing Commercial aircraft coming off the production ...
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Green light shows for Quiet Skies 707 hushkit
The first Quiet Skies-developed Stage 3 hushkit for a Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B-powered Boeing 707-300 is due to be delivered to the inaugural customer, a private European owner, by the end of this month. The delivery follows the award of a supplemental type certificate (STC) by the US Federal ...
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Rekkof gets the green light for Fokker revival
A study into the economic viability of reviving Fokker 70 and 100 Jetline production has cleared the way for Rekkof Restart to launch the project "before the end of the year". "We're technically ready to go," says marketing manager Alexander ter Kuile, adding that only "legal issues" remain. A ...
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Workshop
-Volvo Aero Engine Services is to undertake a $250 million contract for Continental Airlines to maintain 160 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-200 engines fitted to its MD-80 fleet. The deal runs for five years. ++ British Airways Engineering has been awarded a five-year contract to undertake maintenance on Boeing 767s operated ...
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Piaggio renamed in final takeover by Turkish holding company
Turkish state holding company Tsuhav has finally taken full control of troubled Italian aerospace company Piaggio, nearly six months after the company entered the race to buy the beleaguered manufacturer, now called Piaggio Aero Industries. Tsuhav, which co-ordinates Turkey's aerospace activities, now holds a 51% stake, while 44% has ...
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Joint venture
MTU is to form a joint venture with Canadian Airlines International aimed at strengthening its position in the North American market. MTU Maintenance Canada began operations on 9 November and will include the activities of Canadian Airlines in maintaining General Electric CF6 and Pratt &Whitney JT8Ds. The CFM International CFM56 ...
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Signature maintenance
Signature Flight Support is adding maintenance support to its fixed-base operation services with the opening of five regional maintenance centres in the USA, with two more to come on line within a year. The airframe, engine and avionics maintenance centres will be at: Las Vegas, Nevada; Hartford, Connecticut; Dallas, Texas; ...