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TT&S reveals clutch of simulator orders
Thomson Training & Simulation (TT&S) has revealed a series of contracts to supply full flight simulators to Alaska Airlines and Air France and manufacturer Airbus Industrie. For Alaska Airlines, the French company will produce its first Boeing 737-700/900 simulator as part of a contract covering a range of integrated ...
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Agusta and Bell to team on 139 and 609
Paul Derby Italian manufacturer Agusta took the wraps off its new medium-twin helicopter yesterday and at the same time announced a major international partnership with Bell Helicopter Textron. Bell and Agusta are to team up to manufacture and market not just the new AB139, but also the 609 ...
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SALE deal adds more B777s to Emirates fleet
Emirates will lease two Boeing 777-300 aircraft from Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (SALE), it was revealed at Farnborough yesterday. The 10-year lease is for SALE's first two brand new Boeing 777-300s. Emirates chairman Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum was on hand for the announcement made at Boeing's ...
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Lucas Aerospace offers airline a New Deal
Lucas Aerospace has signed an innovative 10-year spares deal with Trans States Airlines that will see the US regional carrier buy access to spare line replacement units (LRUs) for Embraer ERJ-145 regional jets. The contract, whose value has not been disclosed, covers the nine ERJs ordered by St Louis-based ...
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European missile men square off against Americans
Tim Ripley British Aerospace and Lagardere have re-affirmed their missile alliance after French moves to privatise Aerospatiale appeared to threaten the foundations of Matra BAe Dynamics (MBD). At Farnborough yesterday, MBD chief executive Fabrice Bregier announced that detailed negotiations are now under way to link his company with ...
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Big two sign $6.7bn deals
Mike Martin It was the day of the megadeals. Yesterday saw $6.7 billion worth of aircraft orders for Airbus Industrie and Boeing announced at Farnborough '98. Airbus Industrie announced about $4 billion plus worth of orders from Emirates and International Lease Finance (ILFC), while Boeing revealed a $2.7 ...
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Rolls-Royce signs up more Trent 500 partners
Rolls-Royce has signed up further risk sharing partners for its Trent 500 engine programme. The new partners are FiatAvio, Hamilton Standard, Spanish aero-engine company ITP and Kawasaki Heavy Industries of Japan. Rolls-Royce has already signed up Japanese trading house Marubeni and Anglo-US aerospace and automotive specialist LucasVarity. ...
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Sextant, Lockheed pact opens new doors
Sextant Avionique and Lockheed Martin have announced an agreement that could give the French company a foothold in the important US military avionics and flight systems market. Sextant is one of only three major international companies capable of delivering complete avionics solutions, and already supplies systems for the C-160, ...
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Face the facts with Tig Krekel
AlliedSignal has completed its acquisition of a controlling interest in UK-based Normalair-Garrett from GKN. Tig Krekel, president and chief executive officer of AlliedSignal's Aerospace Equipment Systems (AES), explains to Karen Walker why he welcomes this even closer relationship with a UK company that has been associated with AlliedSignal for more ...
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Quiet cabin retrofit for Saab 340s
Sally Shore Ultra Electronics has announced its UltraQuiet cabin will be available as a retrofit to Saab 340A and B regional turboprop. The retrofit would reduce overall cabin noise by 8dB(A) and propeller tone noise by over 20dB(A), bringing cabin noise to a level similar to that experienced ...
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SA Express picks SAS Flight Academy
South African Express Airways has signed a two-year deal with SAS Flight Academy for the dry-lease of a full flight simulator for the Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8. SAS Flight Academy assistant sales manger Berit Boijort says the deal with the South African regional is "open volume," meaning that ...
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Franco-Italian team to produce nacelles
Potential European alliances are big news in aviation but two companies, one French and one Italian, have jumped the gun and stolen some of the expected thunder from their larger brethren. Hurel-Dubois from France and Italian company Aermacchi have set up a new joint venture company to produce engine ...
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Export Gripen to undergo UK air refuelling trials
Tim Ripley Sweden's Gripen is to be refuelled in flight for the first time in the autumn when the fourth generation combat aircraft undergoes trials from the UK's Boscombe Down aviation test centre. The trials are part of the ongoing effort by Saab and British Aerospace to field ...
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BMW R-R celebrates new engine's first flight
The first flight of a new engine is always a good excuse for some serious celebrating and this is certainly the case with BMW Rolls-Royce, where the champagne corks are popping to mark the successful first flight of their BR715 engines on Boeing's 717-200. The BR715 is the second ...
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Airbus promises efficiencies and comfort with A318
Mike Martin The planned Airbus Industrie 100-seat A318 will deliver greater operating efficiencies and passenger comfort, the company said yesterday. The list price is expected to be $36 million, compared with the expected $33 million for the rival 100-seat Boeing 717. Airbus believes there is a market ...
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French open carbon disk plant in USA
Messier Bugatti, the brake and hydraulic specialist subsidiary of French engine manufacturer Snecma, has announced at Farnborough the creation of a new carbon disk plant in the USA. The company, called A-Carb, has been incorporated in Cincinnati, Ohio, within the last week with an investment from Messier Bugatti of ...
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SAS orders first 737-700/800s
Scandinavian carrier SAS has converted recently ordered Boeing 737-600s into orders for "at least 12" 737-700s and 737-800s. This is the first time that the carrier has ordered the larger members of the twinjet family. In July, SAS converted 14 737-600 options into firm orders. Following that order, SAS' ...
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Enhanced GE90 promises boost in performance
Geoff Thomas One of the 'big three' engine builders - GE - is testing an enchanced GE90 for the Boeing 777 with new technologies to increase its on-wing life, fuel burn and thrust. Known at the performance improvement programme (PIP), it will provide the GE90 with an exhaust ...
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Embraer wins further ERJ orders from Continental
US regional carrier Continental Express has confirmed its love affair with the regional jet by turning a further 25 options for the Embraer ERJ-145 into firm orders. The $375-million deal takes Continental Express's total firm orders with Brazilian manufacturer Embraer to 100, comprising 75 of the 50-seat ERJ-145 and ...
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BA order boosts IAE to record heights
As announced at the show yesterday, International Aero Engines (IAE) president and chief executive officer Barry Eccleston is headed for a new career with Fairchild Aerospace. He leaves the engine company on an undisputed high note. Firm and option business won during the last eight months totals $5.7 billion - ...