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 ...Airbus member companies, in
partnership with Boeing, are studying
future 600- to 800-seat airliners, ranging
from a stretched 747-X to an all-new Very
Large Civil Transport. Projects such as the
Airbus A350, Boeing New Large Aircraft
and McDonnell Douglas MD-12 represent
turn-of-the-century opportunities for new
avionics business.
Avionics companies are likely to play a
key risk-sharing ...
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 ...UMBER 4956 VOLUME 166 19-25 OCTOBER 2004
This week
NEWS
Headlines
4 Airbus A350 launch nears.
BAE to protect US Army helicopters
5 Trent 1000 to power ANA 7E7s.
Shuttle plan threatens ISS
8 Investigators begin probe of Halifax
747-200F accident.
Moscow targets a...
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 ...s say add a few seats."
Entry into service of the A3 50-
800 would be a year after the 7E7,
in 2009. "We haven't found any air
line which is worried about the
extra year," says Leahy, adding: "I
AIRBUS A350 PROPOSED CHANGES FROM A330
EygHX
III** If MH.f If
Latest 3D aerodynamic
design technology
Versions of 7E7's new General Electric/Rolls-Royce
engines (incorporating air bleed systems)...
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 ...ially with GEnx engines
General Electric has reacted to its
defeat at the hands of Rolls-Royce
in the race to secure lead-engine
status on the Boeing 7E7 by grab
bing pole position on the rival
Airbus A350. The European man
ufacturer last week secured
authority to offer its new twinjet
family to airlines from sharehold
ers EADS and BAE Systems.
Airbus confirms the A350 will be
offered ...
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 ...EADLINES
AIR TRANSPORT NICHOLAS IONIDES / KUALA LUMPUR
MAS to replace short-haul fleets
Malaysian carrier also set to assess Airbus A350 and Boeing 7E7 as it looks to ditch 737-400s and Fokker 50s
Malaysia Airlines (MAS) expects to
issue separate requests for propos
als (RFP) in the coming weeks for
new aircraft to repl...
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 ...rich Riedl
called for Soviet involvement in
future Airbus Industrie projects.
Riedl, in an interview with the
Suddeutsche Zeitung, said that on
future developments such as the
proposed 600-seat Airbus A350,
Soviet aerospace manufacturers
should be involved at least at
the subcontractor level.
He warned that in the wake of
the Cold War the European
aerospace industry could not
remain a...
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 ...HEADLINES
CFM56-3X planned for 737 family
BY GUY NORR1S
IN SEOUL
CFM International (CFMI) has revealed plans for a new
version of the CFM56, dubbed
the -3X, aimed at powering the
"enhanced Boei...
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 ...eing decision
Tapan could face action from
I partners in the European Air-
DUS Industrie consortium if it
decides to support the Boeing
ultra-high capacity aircraft
(UHCA) rather than the rival
Airbus A350 project.
Speaking at The Financial
Times conference, Adam Brown,
the director of planning at Air
bus, said that "...the existence of
Airbus is the only thing which
now stands between...
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 ...facturer holds talks with Boeing and also targets A400M transport
Finnish manufacturer Patria says it
is "in discussions" for possible work
packages on Boeing's 7E7 and is tar
geting the proposed Airbus A350
programme as a priority for its com
posites component business.
The company is also continuing
to hold talks with Airbus Military
on the A400M airlifter programme
despite the Finnish...
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 ...ctivity within ATLAS unless there
is a good reason."
Beyond the end of the decade the future
of ATLAS remains unclear, although
Roycroft suggests that, should a "mega-
widebody" like the proposed Airbus A350
or a 650-seat-plus Boeing aircraft emerge,
then ATLAS would once again have a
powerful argument for existence. D
FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 5-11 February, 199...
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 ...Xiamen) Aircraft Engineering
in China, in which Boeing and JAL have minority stakes.
Airbus is also hoping to sell JAL
Airbus A380s. The 7E7 is still con
sidered the favourite over the pro
posed Airbus A350 in the 767
replacement competition when
ever that is revived.
Airbus is also pushing the A380
to ANA but sources say ANA will
only order A380s if JAL does.
Sources say JAL may initia...
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 ...vestment beginning no earlier
than 2020.
The loss has other implications beyond the 7E7,
however, as it effectively removed P&W from the
line-up of the big new turbofan makers for the com
peting Airbus A350 and possibly Boeing's 747
Advanced - both of which will use 7E7-derived
engines. P&W's big engine business received
something of a lifeline in September, however, when
it was picked by...
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 ...agreement in Paris to
set up a concern called Eurogear
for pre-competitive research in
new landing-gear design for air
craft seating up to 1,000 people.
The first studies will be on the
planned Airbus A350 airliner for
600 passengers as well as on
Boeing's 747 replacement.
The four companies are Dowty
Aerospace, Liebherr Aero Tech-
nik, Magnaghi Napoli and Mess-
ier-Bugatti.
Eurogear wi...
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 ...
Boeing admits it could be forced to agree to an earlier service entry date for
its 7E7-9 stretch than is ideal due to pressure from potential launch cus
tomers and the earlier availability of the Airbus A350.
Since the launch of the baseline 217-seat 7E7-8 in April, the US manufac
turer has been planning to introduce the stretch no earlier than two years after
the -8's April 2008 target. As...
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 ...Directory: world airliners
SECONDS OUT
With the A380 prototype soon to roll out, the
7E7 progressing and the A350 on the horizon,
the Airbus/Boeing duel is about to heat up
MAX KINGSLEY-JONES / L...
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 ...HEADLINES
AIR TRANSPORT NICHOLAS IONIDES / TAIPEI
A350 family ready
for formal launch
EADS board set to give go-ahead for 7E7 rival this week
Airbus is set to announce the com
mercial launch of ...
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 ...HEADLINES
AIR TRANSPORT JUSTIN WASTNAGE / LONDON
Airbus briefs suppliers on A350
First shipsets of parts for potential Boeing 7E7 rival needed by July 2007, with first flight targeted for mid-2008 ...
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 ...H EAOUNES
GEC and Thomson link on radar
BY SIMON ELLIOTT
GEC-Marconi and Thomson-CSF are forming a joint-
venture company, called GEC-
Thomson Airborne Radar
(GTAR), to develop and market
airborn...
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 ...CONTENTS
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Airbus plans earlier A350 launch 8
Gulfstream go...
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 ...H EflDLINES
Airbus' jumbo flying-wing Paris air show attracts record
foreign presence
Bookings for the 39th Paris air show are at a record
level with 1,721 exhibitors from
38 countries planning t...
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