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Lufthansa to sell 737-400 fleet in cost-cutting move
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH LUFTHANSA IS TO SELL its fleet of six Boeing 737-400s as part of a major cost-cutting programme under way at the German national airline. According to Lufthansa, cost-cutting probes have exposed unnecessary capacities and unprofitable routes. "We have pinpointed the 737-400 as an ...
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ValuJet misses 23 August target date for service resumption
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC VALUJET AIRLINES has failed to resume flights by the 23 August start-up target, which it had set earlier in the month. The carrier says that "proving runs" were to take place on 20-21 August for the benefit of US Federal Aviation Administration inspectors. ...
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JSF: More electric power
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA EARLY IN THE US Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) programme, key technologies were identified which offered high pay-offs, but involved high risks, for all the teams competing. The result was a programme to mature critical technologies and reduce associated risks, while sharing the results between the ...
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Metal injection mouldings
Metal Injection Mouldings will show a new process for the manufacture of small metal components which it claims "virtually eliminates machining operations". Metal-injection moulding combines the established technologies of powder metallurgy and injection moulding, says the company. The process allows production of high-integrity metal parts in complex shapes, yielding close ...
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Learjet
Bombardier subsidiary-business-aircraft manufacturer Learjet has named Rolland ("Rollie") Vincent director of public relations and strategic planning. He was formerly director of international marketing for Bombardier Regional Aircraft division in Toronto. Nita Scrivner has been named director of marketing communications. She was most recently Learjet manager of public relations. ...
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Cirrus confirms SR20 performance
CIRRUS DESIGN has announced definitive performance figures for the SR20 light aircraft and begun converting delivery-position options into firm orders. US Part 23 certification has been scheduled for the third quarter of 1997, with customer deliveries to begin later that year. Cirrus is offering the SR20 to current ...
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Southwest selects E&S visual for 737
US CARRIER Southwest Airlines has selected the Evans & Sutherland (E&S) ESIG-3350 visual system for a Boeing 737-700 full-flight simulator which is on order from Thomson Training & Simulation (TTS). The Level C simulator is to enter service at the end of 1997, when 737-700 launch customer Southwest receives the ...
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FlightSafety studies PC training power
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA FLIGHTSAFETY International (FSI) is moving to exploit the power of personal computers (PCs) for pilot training. The US training company has signed agreements enabling it to create "virtual classrooms" for customers and to improve and adapt Microsoft's popular Flight Simulator software for PCs. FSI ...
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DASA parent heads towards first-half profit
DAIMLER-BENZ is now on course to announce a profit for the first half of the year, marking the start of a climb-back from 1995 when escalating aerospace losses, worsened by the cost of closing Fokker, had left the German giant nursing a massive deficit. While Daimler-Benz confirms that ...
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Aerospace groups attack customer finance warning
Doug Cameron/LONDON BLEAK WARNINGS from a leading US credit-rating agency that aerospace manufacturers are heading for a funding crisis over mushrooming customer finance obligations have raised anger within the industry. The report from Moody's Investors Service claims that the exposure of civil manufacturers has risen ...
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Samsung holds talks in last-ditch bid to rescue Fokker-
Paul Lewis/SEOUL SOUTH KOREAN conglomerate Samsung has re-opened detailed negotiations with Dutch Government receivers to take over bankrupt aerospace manufacturer Fokker Aircraft. The aim of the talks is to have a deal in place within two months, as time runs out for the Dutch manufacturer. ...
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Embraer claims US launch customer
Doug Cameron/LONDON EMBRAER SAYS that it has secured a US launch customer for the EMB-145 regional jet and expects to deliver two units to the airline in December. The US carrier has not been named, but is understood to be Atlantic Coast Airlines, a United ...
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Dornier considers turbofan 328
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH DORNIER LUFTFAHRT is looking at the possibility of fitting turbofans to the planned 50-seat version of its 328, and plans to issue a request for proposals for new power plants in September. Dornier says that using a turbofan is "technically feasible" and that ...
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ValuJet warns over debt covenants
VALUJET HAS warned that it may begin to run into problems with debt covenants by the end of September because of its grounding, which has been in place since mid-June in the wake of the Florida crash. In a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, the ...
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Boeing and GE target Air France 777 deal
BOEING AND GENERAL Electric are attempting to sign up Air France as the launch customer for the GE90-100B-powered version of the 777-300. Boeing programme sources confirm that Air France is "definitely the most likely customer" for the 445kN (100,000lb)-thrust GE90-100B, but suggests that no signing is imminent. ...
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MDC postpones MD-XX launch to early part of 1997
McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) is now hoping to launch the MD-XX stretched, re-winged MD-11 derivative at the start of 1997, says president Harry Stonecipher. MDC had been tipped to launch the MD-XX at the Farnborough air show in September, but is expected instead to give detailed briefings to interested airlines, led ...
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Matra BAE sign deal
Matra and British Aerospace have signed the commercial agreement covering the merger of their two respective missile divisions. The move legally establishes the joint venture, although Government approval from the UK and France is still needed. Following the UK selection of the BAe Matra bid for the UK's stand-off missile ...
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Pratt & Whitney
Stephen Finger has been named senior vice-president for operational military-engine programmes at West Palm Beach, Florida-based Pratt & Whitney's Government Engine & Space Propulsion unit. He was previously senior vice-president of propulsion systems for the PW2000, JT8D and V2500 programmes and is a former director of engineering on the F100 ...
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AAR
AAR Engine Group, of Elk Grove Village, Illinois, has named James Vincent senior vice-president and general manager for AAR Engine Sales & Leasing. He was most recently vice-president and general manager for the Pratt & Whitney product line at AAR Aircraft Turbine Center. Source: Flight International
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Trent 900 partners
Rolls-Royce has asked Kawasaki Heavy Industries to join its planned new Trent 900 engine programme to power the proposed Boeing 747-500/600X growth aircraft. The Japanese manufacturer maintains a close re- lationship with R-R and has a 3% risk-and-revenue sharing interest in existing Trent 700/800 engines. Snecma, a partner with General ...