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Boeing measures demand for 717 family variants
Plans for a proposed 75/80-seat version of the Boeing 717 may be abandoned, warns the manufacturer, despite market interest in the study, particularly among European airlines. "Right now, we can't make much of a business case for the 717-100, although that might change," says Joe Ozimek, director of product ...
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United and Qantas in non-stop battle
United Airlines and Qantas are racing to be the first to operate non-stop flights between Los Angeles, California, and Melbourne, Australia. Just hours after United announced that daily Boeing 747-400 flights will begin on 6 December, Qantas responded with a plan to launch five weekly flights on the new ...
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Delta defers Boeing 777 fleet delivery over pilot pay dispute
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Delta Air Lines has been forced to defer delivery of its entire Boeing 777 fleet on order because of its failure to negotiate a pay accord with the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) for the type. Earlier this year, the airline deferred indefinitely deliveries of ...
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Pegasus FMS heads for A340 flight tests with CNS/ATM
Airbus Industrie plans to use an A340 to flight test an advanced Honeywell Pegasus flight management system (FMS) fitted, for the first time, with communications, navigation, surveillance/air traffic management (CNS/ATM) functionality. New functions include dual system communication links via Airbus' air traffic services unit (ATSU). The FMS-ATSU link provides ...
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Aeroflot discusses new fleet plans with Airbus and Boeing
Andrew Doyle/PARIS Aeroflot Russian International Airlines (ARIA) is in talks with Airbus and Boeing over a major aircraft deal that would be the first phase of the airline's plans to replace its entire fleet by 2015. The Russian flag carrier is initially focusing its attention on the Airbus A320 ...
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Gulf Air transfers line maintenance to GAMCO
Gulf Air has signed off the transfer of its entire line maintenance to sister company Gulf Aircraft Maintenance (GAMCO), and is beginning to replace its Boeing 767s with new Airbus A330-200s. The agreement to transfer the airline's worldwide line maintenance operation to GAMCO is part of an effort to ...
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NASA gives Hamilton $115 million Space Station contract
Hamilton Sundstrand has won a $115 million contract from NASA to design, develop and qualify water and oxygen generation assemblies for the International Space Station (ISS). This is one of the largest development programmes undertaken by the company, which will be renamed Hamilton Sundstrand Space Systems International, following United ...
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Ministers link Airbus shake-upto A3XX research funding
Chris Jasper/PARIS Ministers from the four Airbus nations have given the consortium's partner companies "until the end of the summer" to come up with "concrete" plans to transform the consortium into a single company. They have backed the request by making the closest link yet between a successful restructuring ...
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Westland looks for further growth
Aerostructures manufacturer GKN Westland Aerospace is pursuing an acquisition or joint venture in France as part of an expansionist policy that has seen it take over seven US and European companies since 1997. Chief executive Chris Gustar says expansion into France, possibly as part of a joint venture, would ...
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Dowty joins JSF team
The Boeing Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) 'One Team' has added UK-based Dowty Aerospace Wolverhampton (DAW) to its members, it was announced at the show yesterday. In 1996, Boeing awarded DAW the contract to design and manufacture the inboard flaperon flight control actuator for its X-32 concept demonstrator aircraft entry ...
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Meggitt's multi-million bid
Meggitt laid out its stall on the eve of the show with a US$380million bid for the Whittaker Group. UK-based Meggitt has followed a strategic acquisition policy to exploit niche markets in the aerospace industry. Whittaker's aircraft fire and smoke detection systems will make a good fit with its ...
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MAS to cut back on first-class offerings
Malaysia Airlines (MAS) is to remove first class from at least some of its 11 Airbus A330-300s and may reconfigure its 37 Boeing 737-400s and -500s to all-economy configuration. The airline is circumspect about plans that reportedly come after talks failed with an unnamed Brazilian carrier and at ...
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Record sales in Paris reflect health of industry
Mike Martin Readers of the runes might have read much into the weather at this year's show. A colossal electric storm lashed Le Bourget for hours, only to give way to gorgeous sunshine for the rest of the week. Would that the industry had seen a similar shifting ...
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Joint venture
A new joint venture is being formed in the field of aircraft landing gear maintenance, following the signing of a letter of intent by Messier Services and SIA Engineering (SAIEC). Under the agreement SAIEC will take a 40% share in Messier Services' Asian overhaul plant in Singapore. The ...
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Plastics substitute from Kafus seeks industry approval
Mike Martin A first-time exhibitor at the show is aiming to win over the aerospace industry to an environmentally-friendly plastics substitute material for use in aircraft interiors. Kafus did it with the automotive industry, signing a strategic collaborative agreement with Ford's Visteon division to develop and manufacture mat ...
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Fear of failure makes launch industry nervous
Tim Furniss Satellites failing in space. Spacecraft problems delaying launches. Launch failures. This has been the story of the past year - and the nightmare may not be over. What has gone wrong? Today, we depend on satellites to such an extent that it can directly affect us. ...
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Embraer invades Bombardier territory
Graham Warwick Embraer has won a customer for its 50-seat regional jet in rival Bombardier's home town. Montreal-based InterCanadian, the largest independent regional airline in Canada, has ordered six firm and six option ERJ-145s in a deal worth $230 million. It is the Brazilian manufacturer's first regional ...
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Delta and datalex-web seek IT solutions together
Atlanta, Georgia-based Delta Technology, the information technology (IT) subsidiary of Delta Air Lines, has signed a long-term joint development plan with Dublin-based IT firm Datalex-Web Ventures to build new reservations and information systems for the carrier's user applications. The systems will provide Delta with a new call centre ...
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Eximbank finally agrees to help finance Garuda
After long negotiations the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Eximbank) has approved a $281 million long-term loan guarantee allowing the permanent financing of six Boeing 737-300s and five 737-500s delivered to Garuda Indonesia Airways. Although ordered by Garuda several years ago, Boeing had stored the 737s for ...
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Optical fibres are light years ahead of wires
Mark Hannant The lid came off the world's first optically powered aircraft fuel quantity control indicating system at the show yesterday. By eliminating all electrical connections between an aircraft fuel tank and its avionics and power busses, the application, developed by Raytheon and Smiths Industries, will improve reliability. ...