News from FlightGlobal – Page 2452

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    Jet Airways investors take first steps towrds share sale

    1997-06-18T00:00:00Z

    Domestic Indian carrier Jet Airways has held talks with shareholders Gulf Air and Kuwait Airlines about divesting their stakes in the airline, following the Indian Government's decision to change rules on foreign ownership. Gulf and Kuwait invested around $8 million in the carrier when it started five years ...

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    UK challenges on single-engined ban

    1997-06-18T00:00:00Z

    The UK Civil Aviation Authority may attempt to rush through Parliament an amendment to the Air Navigation Order prohibiting the use of single-engined aircraft at night for commercial-transport operations. The decision hangs on a court case being brought by UK-based Martini Airfreight Services after its operations using a chartered Norwegian-registered ...

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    Airbus makes Trent 500 deal with Rolls-Royce

    1997-06-18T00:00:00Z

    Airbus Industrie has struck a non-exclusive deal with Rolls-Royce for the supply of its Trent 500 engines. The agreement ends Airbus's search for a powerplant supplier for the A340-500 and -600 ultra long-range/stretch versions of the A340. It is believed that Airbus continues to keep the ...

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    Aerospatiale combines with Onera to tackle structural flexing

    1997-06-18T00:00:00Z

    Aerospatiale and the French research agency Onera have developed an active-control technique to overcome problems of structural flexing in airframes. With the adoption of fly-by-wire technology, there are opportunities to optimise the control laws which translate pilot inputs into aircraft dynamics, which in turn determine aircraft performance, passenger ...

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    Reed Aerospace poised to launch 24h information service

    1997-06-18T00:00:00Z

    Reed Aerospace, publisher of Flight International and Airline Business, is to launch the world's first round-the-clock air transport-dedicated newswire as part of a major new electronic information service. An initial team of eight journalists worldwide is being recruited to provide the first-hand news that will make up the ...

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    -including powerful on-line database

    1997-06-18T00:00:00Z

    Alongside its rolling news service, Air Transport Intelligence (ATI) will offer customers an extensive online database. ATI's data modules will cover suppliers, aircraft, airlines, airports, powerplants, other organisations, a who's-who of key industry personnel, events, jobs, safety statistics and data from sister company OAG. The databases ...

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    GE unveils new CF6 variant

    1997-06-18T00:00:00Z

    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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    AVIC deals lift Chinese industry

    1997-06-18T00:00:00Z

    Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) has agreed separate deals with Aero International (Regional) (AI(R)) and CFM International (CFMI) aimed at developing China's aerospace industry. The deal with AI(R) involves the establishment of a joint venture to assess the possibility of assembly of ATR turboprops in China. ...

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    Converted A300F lands in Paris with FAA approval

    1997-06-18T00:00:00Z

    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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    Burnham: service is the key to growth

    1997-06-18T00:00:00Z

    AlliedSignal Aerospace is not a company that wastes time - its own or anybody else's. So when company president Dan Burnham calls a press conference, reporters should be on red alert that he has something to shout about. So it proved on Monday at Paris, when Burnham coolly ...

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    Saab confident of continuing turboprop market

    1997-06-18T00:00:00Z

    Saab remains confident that there will still be a strong market for turboprops well into the next century, despite the increasing number of orders for regional jets. Saab Aircraft president Gert Schyborger says the impact of the 50-seat regional jets has been to expand the market and create ...

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    Sunrock $250m order for 737s

    1997-06-18T00:00:00Z

    Boeing announced yesterday that it has sold seven 737s - five of them new generation -600s - to the Sunrock Aircraft Corporation in a deal worth $250million. The announcement brings total 737 orders to 3,677 of which 557 are next generation models. Negotiations continue on a ...

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    Jetphone to pick up C&W clients

    1997-06-18T00:00:00Z

    Air/ground telephony provider Jetphone is set to pick up at least two airline customers left without a supplier by the market exit of Cable and Wireless Flightlink (C&W), reports Reed Aerospace news and data service Air Transport Intelligence (ATI). The electronic news service, formally launched yesterday, says Crossair ...

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    Computer lends assistance at take-off

    1997-06-18T00:00:00Z

    Dedicated to his job and not wanting to miss an air show, Morten Raaby, Sales and Project Engineer from Dataflight, is delaying his honeymoon to be here at the Paris show. "I got married last week, but couldn't let that stop me from being here," he laughs. ...

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    Bombardier looks to change perception of regionals

    1997-06-17T15:10:00Z

    North American airline passengers are disenchanted with turboprop aircraft because they see them as noisy, cramped and subject to greater turbulence. But the development of new wide-body turboprops is changing this perception, says Pierre Lortie, president of Bombardier regional aircraft division. Speaking at Le Bourget yesterday, Lortie says ...

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    Jetstream family gets extra payload boost

    1997-06-17T13:52:00Z

    Improvements to the hot and high performance of British Aerospace's Jetstream 19-seat turboprop family that could be worth up to 350kg of extra payload will be on the market from July. British Aerospace produced around 400 of its Jetstream 31s, Super 31s and 32s, putting most of them into ...

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    Design goes well with showgoers

    1997-06-17T11:58:00Z

    It's unanimous - British Airways has pulled off an artistic masterstroke with its inspirational new logo and tailfin designs, if the views of Paris showgoers are an accurate barometer. The airline unveiled its new corporate image - one of the biggest rebranding exercises in corporate history - on 10 ...

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    Menziken chance

    1997-06-17T11:10:00Z

    Menziken Aerospace Group has enjoyed a long association with the Paris air show, and the company, which operates on both sides of the Atlantic, is keen to make a strong impression this week. Sales manager Alex Wyler says there is no better place than Paris to meet with ...

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    AlliedSignal alliance set to storm aftermarket

    1997-06-17T00:00:00Z

    AlliedSignal Aerospace has formed an alliance with logistics company Caterpillar in an initiative to strengthen its position in the aftermarket, it was announced at the show yesterday. The aims are to help customers cut flight delays and aircraft downtime, and to enable them to save millions of dollars ...

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    Embraer sales keep rolling in

    1997-06-17T00:00:00Z

    Embraer expects to announce more orders for its EMB-145 regional jet during the show, confirms Mauricio Botelho, the Brazilian manufacturer's chief executive officer. Botelho's apparent confidence raises speculation that Embraer might be the winner of a long-awaited order for regional jets from American Airlines' subsidiary AMR Eagle. ...