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Horizon Air launches QUIET Q400 in North America
Alan Peaford Horizon Air has become the North American launch customer of Bombardier's Q400 in a $321-million deal announced at the show yesterday. The Seattle-based airline placed a firm order for 15 of the super quiet 70-passenger aircraft with options on an additional 15. Bombardier announced a ...
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Italian/Russian fighter trainer prototype on display
Paul Derby A demonstrator prototype of the Italian/Russian joint venture fighter trainer, the Yak/AEM-130, is being displayed at Paris by partner companies Aermacchi, Yakovlev and Sokol. Development of the aircraft is continuing, says Aermacchi, with flight testing of four pre-production prototypes due to begin in 2001 and delivery ...
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Record-breaking ACJ heads for Paris
Mike Martin The Airbus Industrie Corporate Jetliner (ACJ) has set a new record for a flight by a large, single-aisle aircraft, flying non-stop from Toulouse to Buenos Aires in a 14hr 50min flight, it was announced at the show yesterday. The flight, completed the day before, covered an ...
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Rolls-Royce clocks $88m orders for jets
Geoff Thomas Rolls-Royce announced at Le Bourget yesterday that it has won new business worth up to $88 million for its AE 3007 engines to power Embraer ERJ-145 regional jets. Italian regional operator Alitalia Express has ordered six aircraft with options for an additional 10, with deliveries due ...
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IAE confirms $600m in orders from leasing firms
Geoff Thomas International Aero Engines (IAE) announced yesterday at Le Bourget that it had new, firm orders worth $600 million for its V2500 family of engines. The orders are from three international leasing companies which will use the engines to power aircraft from Airbus Industrie's A320 family. ...
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Embraer announces record $4.9bn order
Karen Walker Embraer has announced a stunning $4.9 billion order from Crossair for 75 firm aircraft with 125 options. The contract marks the Brazilian manufacturer's formal launch of its new ERJ-170 and ERJ-190 family of regional jets. The deal is described by Crossair president and chief executive ...
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Chinese predict return to profit
Taiwan's China Airlines (CAL) is reporting an average load factor for the five months leading up to May of 72% - up five percentage points over the previous year - and continues to forecast a 1999 year-end return to profitability. CAL says its average load factor from January to ...
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Engine component maker weighs in
Paris '99 marks the first international appearance of engine component manufacturer Aero Tech Peissenberg. Despite being a relatively new name in the field, Aero Tech boasts a strong pedigree with almost 30 years' experience in its former incarnation as a branch of Motoren und Tubinen Union (MTU). Still servicing ...
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VGS certification
Certification is expected to be completed this summer for Cat3 operation of Marconi Avionics' Visual Guidance System (VGS) on board a Boeing 737-800. This programme is directly linked to the award of a contract for up to 500 Visual Guidance Systems planned for American Airlines new-build Boeing 737-800 fleet ...
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Wave of US takeovers 'set to continue' claims L-3
Alan Dron At last September's Farnborough air show, Frank Lanza, chairman and chief executive officer of New York-based L-3 Communications, predicted that US second- and third-tier companies in L-3's market sector would go through the same consolidation process that has swept through the top rank of that nation's aerospace ...
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Bae paving the way for UK-Italian link
Tim Ripley BAe chief executive John Weston has made a strong pitch for Italy to join a pan-Europe missile company based on Matra BAe Dynamics. Speaking at the Paris Airshow yesterday, Weston said that BAe and the Italian state owned aerospace company Alenia were conducting talks about possible ...
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Shenyang deal extends Sino-links
Geoff Thomas BMW Rolls-Royce is to extend its Sino-links by signing a long-term deal with CATIC Supply and Shenyang Engine Manufacturing at Le Bourget today. The deal - to be signed by BMW Rolls-Royce's operations director Neil Ansell and a representative of CATIC - is believed to involve ...
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Cabling specialist proud of key role in aviation
Geoff Thomas Aerospace cabling and wiring is sometimes regarded as a 'Cinderella' part of the aviation industry but John Tinson, who is BICC Brand-Rex's newly- appointed business director, speciality cables, thinks that this is an unfair description. "We will also be heavily involved in the forthcoming Nimrod refits ...
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UltraQuiet system for Swedish fleet
Tamzin Hindmarch Ultra Electronics has secured its first retrofit customer for the UltraQuiet cabin system on Saab 340A and 340B aircraft. Golden Air of Sweden was to sign a letter of intent today to buy five cabin systems for its Saab 340 fleet from the UK-based company. ...
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Just because you asked
"The stand has no relevance to our product - that's why people stop by," says John Donoghue of Forged Metals (FMI). "They ask: 'What exactly is it you guys do?'" Which comes as no surprise, as the stand proudly sports what is described as a 'highly modified' Citroen 2 ...
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Face the facts with Mike Terrett
Mike Terrett became the new president at International Aero Engines in November, making Paris '99 his first major air show since that appointment. Terrett inherits a company that is on a roll - IAE's V2500 enjoyed spectacular success in 1998, taking 55% of the Airbus A320 market - but ferocious ...
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Dasa boosts influence with Casa takeover
DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (Dasa) has beaten its European rivals to win control of Spain's CASA, the latest move in the process of restructuring the European aerospace industry. But yesterday, the show was abuzz with speculation that Dasa is already working on a far bigger prize - a transatlantic strategic alliance, ...
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Face the facts with... John Rose
John Rose has been chief executive of Rolls-Royce plc since May 1996, having joined the company in 1984, and is the current president of the Society of British Aerospace Companies (SBAC). He talked about Rolls-Royce's prospects with Alan Dron. Question: What's the best guess for when the next air transport ...
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Top job for Milzcik
Greg Milzcik has been appointed president of Barnes Aerospace, the US-based component and assemblies specialist which has its HQ in Windsor, Connecticut. Prior to this latest move, Milzcik was vice-president and general manager of International Operations for Lockheed Martin Aircraft and Logistics. Barnes Aerospace is a worldwide producer of machined ...
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High-tech service extends JT9D longevity
After more than 30 years and millions of hours of in-service time, the Pratt & Whitney JT9D turbofan's longevity is being extended, thanks to high-tech repairs by Barnes Aerospace's Windsor Airmotive division. In conjunction with P&W and the US Federal Aviation Administration, Connecticut-based Windsor Airmotive has developed two major exhaust ...