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-Aer Lingus is to launch services from Dublin to Los Angeles via Shannon in June 1999, using an Airbus A330-200. -Singapore Airlines will suspend indefinitely services to Sendai, Japan, and Cairns, Australia, from 1 October. -Emirates Airlines is to provide South African Airlines with Johannesburg-Dubai services through an extension of ...
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Lucas in control
Lucas Aerospace has been selected by Airbus for contracts to supply the trimmable horizontal-stabiliser actuator and rudder servo control actuator for the primary flight controls and the slat system for the secondary flight controls for the Airbus A340-500/600.The company is also to supply thrust reverser actuation for the aircraft. The ...
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Sextant/Smiths win
The second-generation flight management system (FMS) being jointly developed by Sextant Avionique and Smiths Industries for the Airbus A320 and A330/A340 families has been selected by several airlines for their existing fleets and future orders. The airlines are Air France, America West, Asiana, China Northwest, China Southwest and US Airways ...
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Fairchild Aerospace names 728JET risk share partners
Fairchild aerospace has admitted that, after months of talks with potential subassembly manufacturers on the 728Jet regional aircraft, it may end up having to build the aircraft structure itself. Despite that, the company was able to reveal several of its risk sharing partners in the programme at the show. ...
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UPS tests ADS-B in Los Angeles area
United Parcel Service says it is carrying out ADS-B (automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast) operational flight testing in the Los Angeles area using one of its Boeing 727s. The tests are being monitored by specialists from US avionics organisation II Morrow and the FAA Technical Centre. The trials began on 4 ...
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Euroscot discusses franchise and return to jet operations
Euroscot Express is in advanced negotiations to launch franchise operations for a major European carrier next year, which would see the airline re-introduce jet operations from its Bournemouth base. The UK regional began operations a year ago serving Glasgow and Edinburgh with a BAC One-Eleven on wet lease from ...
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Matra merger with Aerospatiale spurs European missile plans
France's Aerospatiale and Matra Hautes Technologies are accelerating merger plans and negotiating with other European companies to join the missiles and space groupings resulting from the July agreement between the two companies. Yves Michot, the Aerospatiale president and his Matra counterpart Philippe Camus, have made clear that attracting other ...
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Saab winds down turboprop production as talks continue
Max Kingsley-Jones/FARNBOROUGH Saab Aircraft has completed a round of reorganisation as it winds down its turboprop production and expects to decide by the end of the year whether to sell the line to another manufacturer. The Swedish company announced late last year that it was to withdraw from ...
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UAE starts negotiations on $7 billion F-16 order
Formal negotiations with the United Arab Emirates on its $7 billion order for 80 Lockheed Martin F-16s have finally begun, after the completion of prolonged talks between the US and UAE governments on technology transfer. Sources say the resulting agreement gives the UAE the advanced technology features it wants ...
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Airbus confirms Emirates and ILFC A340 orders
Airbus Industrie has confirmed orders from two customers, Emirates and International Lease Finance (ILFC), for up to 26 A340-500/600s. The two deals have an estimated value of $3.8 billion, including options. ILFC's deal for 10 Rolls-Royce Trent 500-powered A340s includes five firm orders and five options, with deliveries scheduled ...
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Boeing to flight test 747X wing
Boeing is to flight test a full scale wing modification for the proposed 747X based on aerodynamic changes originally developed by McDonnell Douglas for the MD-11. The company has completed initial windtunnel tests of the change, dubbed the trailing edge wedge, and plans to refine the modification before flight ...
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Hurel-Dubois divides nacelle ventures
Hurel-Dubois has formed a new alliance with Aermacchi for the production of nacelle systems for aircraft with fewer than 100 seats. The French company has reached an agreement with existing partner Bombardier Aerospace-Shorts for their International Nacelle Systems joint venture to focus on aircraft of 100 seats and over. ...
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KLM set to bring first737-900 to Europe
KLM has underlined its commitment to Boeing's Next Generation 737 family by becoming the first European operator to order the stretched 737-900. The order for four aircraft is a blow to Airbus Industrie, which had campaigned hard to sell the A321 to KLM as part of attempts to complete ...
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Rolls-Royce ties up RB211 Qantas upgrade
Rolls-Royce has secured a deal with Qantas to upgrade its fleet of RB211-524 turbofans to the new -524G/HT standard and a further $1 billion worth of Trent 500 engine orders from Emirates and International Lease Finance (ILFC). The Qantas order covers modernising airline's fleet of 18 RB211-powered Boeing 747-400 ...
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TNT A300F lease paves way for BAe deal
TNT is finalising a major Airbus A300B4 conversion contract with British Aerospace Aviation Services (BAeAS), following the signing of a lease deal with C-S Aviation Services (CSAS) for four A300B4 freighters. The deal with CSAS, and another with Airbus Industrie's Asset Management division for three A300B4s, comes as part ...
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ATR and Embraer to decide on 70 seater by year-end
ATR and Embraer expect to decide by the end of the year whether to launch new 70-seat size regional jet developments. At the same time, the companies are continuing to seek partners and jointly discuss a possible collaborative programme in what is fast becoming an overcrowded market. The Brazilian ...
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GECAS signs $3.2 billion Airbus/Boeing contracts
General Electric Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) has placed orders worth an estimated $3.2 billion with Airbus Industrie and Boeing for up 52 aircraft. The deal with Airbus, for 30 A320 family aircraft plus options on a further 10, takes the US leasing company's orders for the twinjet to 82 ...
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GE overhaul network continues to expand
General Electric is continuing the aggressive expansion of its engine overhaul and maintenance network by forming GE Varig Engine Services, a new joint company to be located at the Brazilian airline's Galeao International Airport overhaul site in Rio de Janeiro. The company is being formed through its recently acquired ...
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Surrey Satellite signs for Dnepr mini lauch
Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) has signed a contract with the Russian ISC Kosmotras company to launch its new Uosat 12 minisatellite aboard a modified SS-18 missile, renamed the Dnepr. The launch will be from Baikonur in 1999. Kosmotras, a Russian/Ukrainian venture, is converting the SS-18 intercontinental ballistic missile into ...
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$85m RJ deal boosts Avro
Mike Martin British Aerospace Regional Aircraft announced the sale of three Avro RJ100 aircraft at Farnborough '98 yesterday. The $80 million deal was with Swissair Group leasing arm Flightlease and the aircraft will be delivered in July, September and October, 1999. The order may have a deeper significance ...