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Airbus will flight test Rolls-Royce Trent 500 on A340-300 prototype
Airbus Industrie plans to flight test the Rolls-Royce Trent 500 which is being developed to power the A340-500/600 family on its A340-300 development airframe. The Trent 500 is scheduled to have its first run in the second quarter of 1999. Flight testing on the A340-300, with a Trent being installed ...
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Daewoo fuels civil expansion with 747-400 frame delivery
Paul Lewis/CHANGWON Daewoo Heavy Industries (DHI) has begun deliveries to Northrop Grumman of the first computer-designed fuselage frames for the Boeing 747-400, as part of wider expansion by the South Korean company of its civil aerostructures subcontracting business. Under a new contract signed with Boeing and Northrop Grumman ...
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Cirrus testing
Cirrus Design has completed certification flight testing of the airframe parachute system for the SR20 light aircraft. Deployment was demonstrated at stall and manoeuvring speeds and one turn into a spin. Descent rate at maximum gross weight and 8,000ft (2,400m) altitude was 27ft/s (8.2m/s), equivalent to 24ft/s at sea level. ...
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Gemini to acquire four of BA's DC-10-30s for cargo role
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Gemini Air Cargo is finalising a deal to acquire four of British Airways' eight McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30s, while the rest of the aircraft are expected to be placed with passenger airlines in the short term. BA's eight DC-10-30s are operated on its long-haul network from London Gatwick, but ...
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Design teams start work on 728JET engine development
Design teams from Fairchild Aerospace, General Electric, Hurel Dubois and Aermacchi are expected to begin the first formal meetings on the design of the powerplant for the 728JET this week, following the selection on 3 August of the General Electric CF34-8D. Although the -8D has 100% commonality in terms of ...
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China Eastern plans to begin conversions after cargo go-ahead
China Eastern plans to begin converting its fleet of five Boeing MD-11 passenger trijets into freighters from September 1999, following Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) approval to establish a new subsidiary cargo operation. The carrier is understood to be in negotiations with Alenia-owned Aeronavali and the Boeing Aerospace ...
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Delta takes Next Generation 737 sales beyond 1,000
Sales of Boeing's Next Generation 737 have passed 1,000 with part of a new order placed by Delta Air Lines under the latest phase of a deal agreed with Boeing in March 1997. The orders for eight 737-800s take total announced Next Generation sales to 1,003 and means that ...
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FlightSafety Boeing picks London to be European training hub
FlightSafety Boeing Training International, a joint venture commercial training operation between FlightSafety Inter-national and Boeing Enterprises, will decide next month on the final location of a UK based $85 million European training hub. The greenfield site, located near either London Gatwick or Heathrow airports, will be the first of ...
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Advanced GE90 compressor gets over initial test hurdle
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES General Electric has successfully completed initial tests of an upgraded GE90 compressor which is expected to yield specific fuel consumption (SFC) and temperature margin improvements on the Boeing 777-200ER, as well as act as a potential platform for new thrust growth. Key to the improvement is the ...
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KLM exel plans fleet changeover to regional jets
KLM exel is in discussions with regional aircraft manufacturers about a deal to replace its turboprop fleet with regional jets. The Dutch airline was renamed KLM exel in early 1998 as part of the Dutch flag carrier's rebranding of its regional partners. A fleet of three ATR 42-300s and ...
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Marketplace
-Singapore Airlines has concluded a sixth sale and lease-back deal on a Boeing 747-400 for five years. The agreement with special purpose company Sansome Planes II was again brokered by San Francisco-based Babcock and Brown. -Shaanxi Aircraft has leased two Chinese licence-built Y-8 turboprop transports to Iran for an undisclosed ...
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Routes
-The US Department of Transportation plans to award Continental Airlines authority to begin a non-stop Cleveland-London Gatwick service on 19 February, 1999. The US carrier intends to operate the route on a daily basis from Cleveland's Hopkins International using Boeing 757s in a two-class configuration. -British Airways has started operating ...
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Cathay makes history with first loss as public company
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Cathay Pacific Airways has posted the first net loss in its history as a public company, as the airline struggled with tumbling Asian traffic and plumetting yields. The Hong-Kong carrier announced a net loss of HK$175 million ($23 million) for the first six months, in stark contrast to ...
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Brazil's subsidies row with Canada goes to arbitration panel
The trade row between Brazil and Canada over regional aircraft subsidies will now go to full arbitration under the auspices of the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) dispute settlement body. Two arbitration panels have been established to rule on the legality of state help for rival manufacturers Bombardier and Embraer. ...
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Cuban revolution
Andrzej Jeziorski/HAVANA The Franco-Italian regional aircraft consortium ATR scored a coup when it became the first manufacturer outside the ex-Communist Bloc to sell aircraft to Cuba since Fidel Castro's revolution in 1959. The sale is the start of a massive fleet renewal programme covering all of the Caribbean island's ...
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Parts partnerships
Paul Seidenman/SAN FRANCISCO Fewer air carriers want to be in the business of stocking and maintaining huge inventories of parts, so they are looking to shift the burden to those companies which supply everything from bearings and seals to engines and airframes. "Until the early 1990s, the industry was more ...
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Boeing aims at TrunkLiner gap
Guy Norris/SEATTLE Boeing is in talks with China over a wide range of potential ventures, including possible involvement in the 717-200, as the company seeks to fill the void left by China's recent decision to scrap the MD-90 TrunkLiner effort. Boeing Commercial Airplane Group president Ron Woodard says: ...
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More 328JET orders emerge as 228 line closes
Fairchild Dornier has booked an order for 10 328JETs from German start-up Modern Air and received letters of intent covering seven more from Italy's Minerva Airlines and an unnamed Swiss customer. The manufacturer has also confirmed it is winding up German production of its 19-seat 228 turboprop. Modern Air ...
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KAL suffers new blow as 747 skids off runway
Korean Air's (KAL) safety record was dealt a further blow when a Boeing 747-400 suffered major damage and passenger injuries on landing at Seoul's Kimpo Airport on 5 August. The incident occurred only days after a high-level flight operations shake-up and as KAL considers a $21.5 million flight operations reform ...
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Stretched 757 gets first flight
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Boeing began the 757-300 flight test and certification programme on 2 August when the stretched twinjet made a 2h first flight from Renton, Washington. The maiden flight, which was around a month later than originally planned because of the impact of production-related problems at Renton, was marred ...