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747 assessment
China Airlines (CAL) may have to scrap a Boeing 747-200, which crashed while attempting a three-engine take-off from Manila Airport. The 13-year old aircraft, worth an estimated $40 million, is in a borderline condition. Repair work would require a complete replacement of its lower section 41 and, possibly, lower section ...
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French connections
Aerospatiale's Louis Gallois maps out a future to keep French industry on track. Julian Moxon/PARIS LOUIS GALLOIS has missed the train, and it is likely to be a blessing for the French aerospace industry. Only a last-minute change of heart by the French Government saw Gallois remain ...
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CAL places 737-800 order
CHINA AIRLINES (CAL) of Taiwan, after considerable delay, has finally placed an order for six Boeing 737-800s, plus nine options, to meet its requirement for a new 150-seat passenger airliner. The aircraft will replace CAL's three early-build 737-200s and two wet-leased Airbus A320s due to be returned by ...
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DHL expands its Panama presence
DHL WORLDWIDE Express is to invest $30 million over the next three years to expand its Latin American and Caribbean network. Initially, the fast-package carrier will upgrade its Panama hub with a new automated sorting system and introduce a Boeing 727-200F freighter service operated by new Panamanian carrier DHL Aero ...
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Boeing optimistic about GE-powered 777s
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA BOEING delivered three General Electric GE90-powered 777s by the end of 1995, after GE's proposed increase of the fan-blade-tip clearances had been approved by the US Federal Aviation Administration (Flight International, 20 December, 1995-2 January, P4). Efforts continued to determine the cause of an engine ...
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DASA stands by ailing Fokker
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH DAIMLER-BENZ Aerospace (DASA) has confirmed it will continue to fund Fokker into the new year, in a move to counter growing fears that the manufacturer would be left to fend for itself unless a funding agreement was agreed with the Dutch Government before the year-end. ...
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ANA orders powerplants for its A321s and 777s
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS (ANA) has announced $400 million worth of orders for V2500 and growth PW4090 engines to power its new fleet of Airbus A321-100s and Boeing 777-300s. The Japanese carrier has selected the International Aero Engines 135kN (30,000lb)-thrust V2530-A5 for its A321s. ...
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Avianova flies Fokker 70
ALITALIA subsidiary Avianova put the first of its new Fokker 70 regional jets into service on 20 December, between Turin and Paris. The Rome-based airline has now taken delivery of the first three of its 15 ordered aircraft, with seven more to come in the third quarter, and the remaining ...
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DASA and Aerospatiale missile deal on target
Julian Moxon/PARIS AEROSPATIALE AND Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA) have formally signed up for the twin merger, which will create Europe's biggest satellite and missile businesses. "The deal brings together the satellite and missile components of the two companies to form European Satellite Industries [ESI] and European ...
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Litton
McDonnell Douglas has appointed Dr David Spong vice-president of the air-vehicle integrated product team for the C-17 military-transport programme. He was formerly a Northrop programme manager and deputy chief engineer for the Northrop Grumman/McDonnell Douglas advanced tactical fighter programme. Source: Flight International
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Airbus boost
Airbus Industrie waited until the last few days of December to land its first major order of 1995, announcing a deal with Philippine Airlines for 24 aircraft. Boeing was also included, with eight 747-400s included in the order. The Airbus share of the $3 billion deal includes four A340-300s, eight ...
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Airlines
Kevin O'Toole/Business Editor THE WORLD AIRLINE INDUSTRY finally shook off the recession in 1995, to produce what are likely to be the highest profits on record. Barring unforeseen disasters, the industry should continue to forge ahead in 1996. The figures have yet to be collated for ...
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Family ties undone
Certification "grandfather rights" for derivative aircraft are about to be phased out. David Learmount/LONDON T HE ISSUE OF "grandfather rights" as they apply to aircraft certification provokes righteous indignation, anger and transatlantic disharmony. Something had to be done about them, but reaching agreement without destabilising ...
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Air transport
Andrew Doyle/TECHNICAL REPORTER Kevin O'Toole/BUSINESS EDITOR THE GOOD NEWS, at least for manufacturers, is that aircraft deliveries reached the bottom in 1995. The less good news is that the upturn in 1996 will be moderate. The big three, airframe manufacturers (Airbus, Boeing and McDonnell Douglas), ...
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Boeing to raise output as markets begin to stir
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON BOEING IS TO raise aircraft production rates towards the end of 1996 in a move, which the company says reflects the beginnings of an upswing in aircraft demand, as well as efforts to catch up from the ten-week strike. Production is expected to recover ...
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Extending credit
Western financiers continue to approach business deals in Eastern and Central Europe with caution Paul Duffy/PRAGUE IT IS FIVE years since the economies of Eastern Europe started shifting towards the styles, structures and modus operandi of the West, yet the problems facing Central and Eastern European airlines ...
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Las Vegas lasers shut down
Alan Staats/PHOENIX Hotel and casino operators in Las Vegas have been ordered to suspend their laser displays following an incident involving a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 first officer being temporarily blinded by a burst of laser light. The event occurred even though the hotel involved ...
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SJ30 tests make progress
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA SINO SWEARINGEN Aircraft (SSAC) has completed bird-strike testing for the SJ30 light business-jet. Tests were conducted at windshield manufacturer PPG in Huntsville, Alabama, and SSAC says "...the metal cockpit structure required no repairs after the 320kt [590km/h], 4lb [1.8kg] bird strikes." The first US ...
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Austrian orders two A340-300s
AUSTRIAN AIRLINES has placed a Sch3.22 billion ($320 million) order for two high-capacity Airbus A340-300s, for delivery in 1997 and 1999. The new aircraft, to be configured for 297 passengers in a two-class layout, will be used to supplement or replace the existing A340-200s on routes to Johannesburg, ...