News from FlightGlobal – Page 2497
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SATIC Special Aircraft Transport International
SATICA300-600ST "Beluga" Super Transporter Development of an outsized version of the Airbus A300-600R to carry large aircraft-subassemblies was initiated by Airbus Industrie, which needed a replacement for the aging fleet of four Aero Spacelines Super Guppy turboprops employed to ferry sub-assemblies between the Airbus partner plants. ...
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Tupolev
Tu-154M The Tu-154M is the current production version of the 160- to 180-seat Tu-154 TriJet, which was first flown in October 1968. Initial versions (the Tu-154, -154A and -154B-2) were equipped with Kuznetsov NK-8 engines. The Tu-154M was announced in 1983, powered by Aviadvigatel D-30KU turbofans and featuring ...
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Aero International (Regional) (AI(R))
Avro RJ70/85/100/115 Avro International Aerospace's family of regional jets is marketed under the umbrella of Aero International (Regional), which combines the regional-aircraft activities of British Aerospace, Aerospatiale and Alenia. The RJ70, RJ85 and RJ100 were introduced to supersede the BAe 146-100, -200 and -300 respectively. ...
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Airbus Industrie
A300 Launched in May 1969, the 250-seat A300 was Airbus Industrie's first product, and the first example was flown from Toulouse, France, in October 1972. The first production A300 variant, the -B2, entered service in May 1974. The -B4 growth-weight version followed, while several F4 and C4 versions ...
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Boeing Commercial Airplane Group
First next-generation 737, a -700, is in final assembly at Renton, Washington British Airways has taken new Boeing 747s, 767s and 777s this year Boeing built 45 of the short-fuselage 747SP The 747 family is set to grow with two new variants, the 462-seat ...
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British Aerospace
One-Eleven The One-Eleven twinjet was flown for the first time in August 1963, and entered service in April 1965. There are still more than 100 One-Elevens in service, of which more than half are in operation in Europe. European Aviation, which owns the largest single fleet of the ...
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Fokker Aircraft
F28 Fokker Aviation is studying a possible re-engineing programme for ageing F28s, replacing the type's existing Rolls-Royce Speys with General Electric CF34s or with R-R Tays. More than 200 F28s are still flying and at least one operator, Scandinavia's SAS, has already invested in Fokker 70-style cabin upgrades ...
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Airliners of the World
Airbus and Boeing vie for victory in the high-capacity market. After a string of new airliner model go-aheads last year, 1996 has seen the launch of only one new model - the 757-300 - as the major manufacturers concentrated on the definition of new high-capacity models. ...
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P&W wins huge Asiana deal to power A330s and 777s
The Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engine family has been selected by Asiana Airlines of South Korea to power its future fleet of 48 Boeing 777s and Airbus A330s. Asiana opted for the PW4000 series after a campaign which largely revolved around price and the competing engine manufacturers' willingness ...
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R-R offers Trent/-524 hybrid retrofit option
Rolls-Royce has offered operators of RB.211-524G/ H-powered Boeing 747-400s and 767s the option to retrofit their engines with the core of the Trent 700, in an effort to offset higher-than-expected fuel-consumption degradation and reliability problems in the existing power plants. R-R recently accelerated development work on the so-called ...
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Alitalia fined for anti-competitive actions
Italy's competition authority has fined Alitalia for using unfair tactics in its fight against two new national airlines Air One (formerly Aliadriatica) and Meridiana, which have been attempting to make inroads into the Italian domestic market. The L415 million ($280,000) fine was less than expected because of Alitalia's ...
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Sabena to consider lease of ex-Air France Europe A330s
The ex-Air Inter A330s could soon be flying for Sabena Herman De Wulf/BRUSSELS Sabena is considering the interim replacement of its three Airbus A310s early in 1997 with three leased ex-Air France Europe/Air Inter A330-300s. The Belgian airline has been examining the A330 and ...
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Air France Europe shuttle makes good
Air France subsidiary Air France Europe, reports a "successful" first month's operations with its new high-frequency shuttle service between Paris/Orly and Marseille, Nice and Toulouse. The airline introduced the services in October in response to increased competition from independent carriers, even though one, Air Liberté, has since gone ...
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Chinese spares
CFM International has opened a spares service centre at Beijing Capital Airport in co-operation with China Aviation Supplies. The 500m2 centre will provide line maintenance for more than 350 CFM56-3 power plants in service with 19 Chinese carriers. It will initially stock 600 parts, increasing to 1,500 line items with ...
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Airline competition
The US Department of Transportation can break down persistent barriers in the US airline industry, says the US General Accounting Office (GAO), by taking away slots from established carriers at congested airports and distributing them through a lottery system to new entrants. The GAO also recommends that the US Federal ...
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KLM share sale?
Dutch national carrier KLM confirms that it is holding "exploratory talks" with the Netherlands Government over the sale of part of the state's 38.2% stake in the group. Although KLM is struggling to contain costs, which has put pressure on its share price, the group points to the underlying strength ...
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Dragonair
Dragonair has appointed Stanley Hui as chief executive from 1 February, 1997. He is now seconded by Cathay Pacific Airways to Air Hong Kong as its chief operating officer. Hui replaces Philip Chen, who will return to Cathay to replace Simon Heale as deputy managing director from March 1997. Heale ...
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AAC
The Association of Airline Consolidators has elected Ken McLeod as chairman. He replaces David Mortimer who becomes deputy chair. McLeod spent 12 years in the consolidation market where, as head of product and planning for Airsavers, he liaised with more than 80 airlines. Source: Flight International
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Pace agreement
Pace Airline Services has signed a new agreement to continue representing Ryanair Cargo from January 1997. Above, (left to right): Tim Jeans commercial director, Ryanair; Darach Boylan, director, Pace Ireland; and Malcolm Warner, managing director Pace, celebrate the signing. Under the new agreement, Pace has purchased all of the available ...
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Let manufacturers make the checks
Sir - With reference to your editorial and items about recent accidents and poor crew standards ("Admit it", Flight International, 13-19 November, P3,14, 30 and 31) why not build into the aircraft-operating system the facility for the aircraft manufacturer to make checks? During the pre-flight checklist, the aircraft ...