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Boeing places drawings on-line
AIRLINE ENGINEERING departments are to gain, for the first time, direct on-line access to a Boeing technical-drawings database covering all its aircraft from the 707 onward. Called REDARS (reference engineering-data automated-retrieval system), the subscription-based system gives maintenance engineers on-line access to "...the technical drawings and parts-lists needed for ...
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AlliedSignal wins key SAS deal for MD-80 anti-icing
SCANDINAVIAN Airlines System (SAS) has selected AlliedSignal's overwing anti-icing system for its McDonnell Douglas MD-80s. The airline lost an MD-80 in 1991 when ice shed from its wings caused the rear-mounted engines to flame out. Its selection of AlliedSignal's Electro-Thermal Ice Protection System (ETIPS) for its 69 MD-80s ...
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JAA is still cautious over Russian types
RUSSIAN AEROSPACE officials are voicing concern at the lack of progress with the European Joint Airworthiness Authorities (JAA) over agreement on certification procedures for Russian aircraft, despite progress with the US Federal Aviation Administration on the same issue. Tupolev, which is working on having a Rolls-Royce-powered variant of the Tu-204 ...
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Shannon rescue faces EC query
UK aircraft-maintenance interests are to complain to the European Commission about the Irish Government's plan to bail out troubled Shannon Aerospace (SAL). SAL airline shareholders Swissair and Lufthansa concede that the overhaul concern faces collapse without the proposed injection of Ir£12 million (£11.9 million). They blame ruinous pricing ...
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Alitalia selects Fokker 70
ALITALIA HAS selected the Fokker 70 to boost its presence on regional and feeder routes. The Italian carrier has agreed to lease 15 of the aircraft from the Dutch manufacturer. The aircraft will be operated by Avianova, a Rome based regional carrier in which, Alitalia has a ...
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FLS sets up office in Texas
FLS AEROSPACE HAs taken the first step towards possible acquisition of a US maintenance operation, with the setting up of an office in Fort Worth,Texas. Chairman Steffen Harpoth says that one of the objectives of the new office is to "...see if we can establish the foundation ...
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Harsh reality
The civil-aviation industries of Russia and the CIS complain that a lack of state funding, and difficulties in certificating their products in the West, lie at the root of their massive problems. They are wrong, in that those difficulties are only the symptoms of a far worse malaise. The harsh ...
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American Airlines
American Airlines will repair America West Rolls Royce RB211-535E4 turbofan engines for the next five years at its Alliance maintenance base near Fort Worth, Texas. The contract will run alongside a similar America West arrangement with Rolls Royce Canada. Source: Flight International
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Suppliers
Volvo Aero Engine Services is to take over maintenance of SAS' intercontinental fleet of 14 B767s through mid-1995 on a seven year contract. IAE International Aero Engines and the Ilyushin Design Bureau are studying re-engining the IL-86 with V25OO engines. Sabre Decision Technologies is to upgrade ...
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Networkers of the future
As deregulation bites, Europe's airlines will have to chose between being network managers or capacity or service providers, says an analysis by consultants McKinsey & Company. Europe's airline industry has traditionally been characterised by monolithic national carriers with strong links to their national governments, a lack of competition on routes, ...
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Age old decision
New aircraft or old? Airline executives are weighing up the options to make the right fleet decisions to last the next decade. Sara Guild contrasts the narrowbody decisions made by Air Canada, Finnair and Northwest.For an aircraft, getting old and creaky used to mean that your owner was about ...
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Meeting market needs is essential
Airlines are turning their organisations upside down - creating new problemsIn examining the airline business, many company strategists are working overtime these days. Following the disastrous start to the 1990s, most airlines are going through the most intensive period of soul-searching ever. They are asking questions like: What is our ...
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Zamex zeal to grip Africa
The launch of the Zambian carrier Zamex could prove the first step to wider implementation of the Yamoussoukro Declaration, backed by South African expertise. The carrier, which started domestic and regional operations on 3 April, is a joint venture between South African domestic airline SA Express, with 49 ...
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Enaer Namcu close to certification
TYPE CERTIFICATION OF the Chilean-designed Enaer Namcu (Eaglet) two-seat trainer, is under way and is expected to be completed, by the end of 1995. The aircraft will be certificated in the Netherlands, to European and U S standards, by Enaer's Dutch partner, Aviation Maintenance. The Chilean manufacturer has ...
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GE looks to 1995 for rise
GENERAL ELECTRIC'S annual accounts reveal that its aircraft-engines division turned in a lacklustre performance in 1994, but hopes to lift profits significantly over the coming year. Sales were down again by 13% on the year, at around $5.7 billion, with revenues from US Government business down by ...
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Aero contracted to make Dash 8 components
CZECH AIRCRAFT manufacturer Aero Vodochody is to begin manufacturing sub-assemblies for the de Havilland Dash 8 regional turboprop, according to Aero technical director Adam Stranak. The company has signed a deal with de Havilland, following negotiations begun late in 1994, and is to begin manufacturing elements of the ...
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EVA takes stake in second Taiwan domestic
EVA AIR HAS acquired a stake in a second Taiwanese domestic airline in a move designed to strengthen its presence in Taiwan's highly competitive home market. The international carrier reportedly paid NT$330 million ($13 million) for a 20% share in Great China Airlines. This latest deal follows EVA's ...
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Precision Profits
Maintenance Specialist Precision Standard, nearly doubled profits, to $11 million in 1994, despite a 12% slip in sales to below $149 million. The company blames the lower revenues on lower volumes and delays in military-aircraft maintenance and the slower-than-expected start-up of its Danish airliner centre. Source: Flight International
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Mixing types is not the answer
Sir - After reading the article "SAS defects to Boeing from MDC" (Flight International, 22-28 March, P5), I felt I had to make some comments from an aircrew point of view. It may seem to SAS fleet-development vice-president Ulf Abrahamsson and his board that the correct course of ...