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American Airlines in massive seat-upgrade deal
AMERICANAIRLINES has placed orders exceeding $268 million for more than 70,000 new and upgraded passenger seats for its entire fleet. The deal has been split between three seat suppliers: US manufacturers B/E Aerospace (BEA) and Weber Aircraft, and Germany's Recaro. Installation is to be completed by the year ...
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Trial separation over London
Sir - Media attention has focused on the UK Civil Aviation Authority's plans to reduce separation on final approach at Gatwick, Heathrow and Stansted airports in the UK. This attention followed publication in Transmit, the Journal of the Guild of Air Traffic Control Officers (GATCO), of a report ...
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Marketplace
++ Monarch Airlines has firmed up its letters of intent for two Rolls-Royce Trent 700-powered Airbus A330-200s, and two International Aero Engines V2500-powered A321-200s. Monarch, which already operates a fleet of 12 Airbuses, will take delivery of the new aircraft from March 1999. ++ Rheintalflug has placed an order with ...
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Sabena selects Avros and Airbuses to replace 737s
Sabena is to order a mix of Aero International (Regional) Avro RJ100s and Airbus A319s and A320s by the end of 1997 to replace its 14 Boeing 737-200s, according to Air Transport Intelligence (ATI), the new Reed Aerospace news and data service . The electronic news service, formally ...
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Bombardier studies corporate gap
Bombardier chairman Laurent Beaudoin has revealed that the group's next priority is to plug the gap in its business-jet range between the Learjet 60 and Canadair Challenger 604. Beaudoin says that a new-aircraft programme is "under study", and that the group will make an announcement in "the near ...
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Apprentices have earned licences
Sir - I was pleased that Jim McKenna, UK Civil Aviation Authority head of engineer licensing, responded to my letter on European Joint Aviation Requirement (JAR)-66 aircraft maintenance basic licences (AMBL) (Flight International, 11-17 June, P144)) -although the point of my letter was missed. I was not highlighting ...
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Pratt & Whitney pushes claims for AE31X with PW6000 plan
Pratt & Whitney has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) as part of efforts to bolster its chances of having the PW6000 selected for the Sino-European AE31X regional-jet programme. The US company says that "discussions are under way on what parts and ...
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SAA is first airline to order RB-211 hybrid
Rolls-Royce has received its first firm order for the RB.211-524G/H-T turbofan from South African Airways (SAA). The engine is a hybrid combination of the Trent 700 high-pressure core and the existing -524G/H low-pressure system. The powerplants will be fitted to two new Boeing 747-400s now on order and will be ...
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Jordanian raises new capital to fund fleet
Royal Jordanian has completed an important refinancing package of its Airbus A310 leases which will provide capital to fund the acquisition of new long-range twinjets in 1998. The airline, which says that it has a desperate need to update its long-range fleet of five 220-seat Lockheed L-1011 TriStar ...
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Snecma holds Trent 500 workshare talks
Snecma is in talks with Rolls-Royce on taking up to a 10% workshare stake in the latter's new Trent 500. The engine has been selected for the Airbus Industrie A340-500 and -600. R-R chief executive John Rose confirms that negotiations began at the show following the formal announcement ...
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Airbus holds a high ground in week of sales activity
Business has been extremely active in the commercial market, dominated by Boeing and Airbus, this week at Le Bourget. News from McDonnell Douglas, however, was conspicuously absent this year. Boeing started the week in the limelight over its discussions about the proposed merger with McDonnell Douglas. Boeing ...
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Italians Deal
Italian firm Fiatavio will play a key role in the design, development and production of a new family of turbofan engines. The company signed a Memorandum of Agreement at Paris with Pratt & Whitney Canada. The launch application for the collaboration will be the PW308 engine, a growth ...
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Nitrogen injection solution for long-term storage
The Capry Group (Hall 3/B4) is drawing in the crowds with its Inerpac packaging process. Inerpac is a patented technique which allows parts to be protected and preserved in a modified atmosphere for up to five years by the injection of nitrogen. The nitrogen is injected ...
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Engine makers have plenty to smile about
If the airframe manufacturers have been announcing successes throughout the week, then the engine makers have been rejoicing too. Rolls-Royce is celebrating its selection as power provider to the Airbus Industrie (AI) A340-600 and -500 with the Trent 500 announced on Monday. Disappointed GE and Pratt & Whitney ...
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Airbus bumps up its Paris sales to $3.5b
Airbus Industrie has ended the show in style with a $2billion memorandum of understanding (MoU) for 50 A319s from Northwest Airlines. The deal brings the total value of contracts announced by Airbus at Paris '97 to $3.5billion. US-based Northwest Airlines also has options on an additional ...
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$2.5billion orders confirm market opportunities for regional jets
If Paris '97 has proved one thing, it is that regional jets are here to stay. This morning, manufacturers can reflect that RJ order announcements this week topped $2.5billion, launch customers have stepped forward for two new programmes, and the jet has spread into both the 30 and ...
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Turboprop market rings to the sounds of silence
Don't expect a war of words as the battle for the 50-seater turboprop market heats up - expect a war of whispers instead. Both Saab with its top-of -the-range high-performance Saab 2000 and the Bombardier Regional Aircraft (BRAD) de Havilland Dash 8Q series are claiming technological advances which ...
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Collins selected
Air France has put its faith in the Collins Air Transport Division of Rockwell's Avionics and Communications by selecting it as preferred avionics supplier for its current fleet and for new aircraft. The agreement extends to the end of 2001. Marc Veron, Air France Group's president and ...
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Brazilians opt for Airbus
Another billion-dollar deal was announced at the show yesterday - by Airbus Industrie. Brazilian airline TAM is to take five A330-200s, with options for a further five, and has chosen Pratt & Whitney PW4168 engines. The engine choice between P&W and Rolls-Royce was made so late ...
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JSF: BAe locks on to Lockheed Martin
British Aerospace (BAe) is joining forces with Lockheed Martin on the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) programme, it was announced at Paris yesterday. The decision to go with Lockheed Martin rather than the rival Boeing project - reached two days ago in Paris - is described by BAe chief ...