Search the Flight Archive
Your search returned 100 results. (A maximum of 100 results are returned, ordered by relevance)
 ...AIR TRANSPORT
AIRCRAFT DEVELOPMENT VLADIMIR KARNOZOV / MOSCOW
First metal cut for Antonov
An-148 regional jet prototype
Five-abreast 70-seat version to be followed by 40-seater and stretched model...
|
 ...pport operation will see the spares
centre relocate to Frankfurt next year to improve
despatch times.
REGIONAL JETS
An-148 final assembly
gets under way at Kiev
Final assembly of the prototype
Antonov An-148 regional jet is pro
gressing at Antonov's plant in Kiev,
Ukraine. Assembly began after deliv
ery of the tail unit, produced by the
VASO plant in Voronezh, which was
shipped to Anto...
|
 ...urbofan - Antonov An-72, Antonov An-74T-300, Yakovlev Yak-42
Turbofan - Antonov An-72, Yakovlev Yak 42M, Tupolev Tu-334
Turbofan - Tupolev Tu-334, Beriev Be-200, Yakovlev Yak-42M, MS-21
Turbofan - Antonov An-148
General Electric launched the GEnx for the Boeing 7E7 in April and the first
full test is set for 2006. Planned as a successor to the long-running CF6
family, GEnx architechture is b...
|
 ...an and Western
manufacturers and leasing compa
nies. The tender result is due to be
announced early next year, with
deliveries extending to 2010. CIS
designs invited for evaluation in
clude the Antonov An-148-100/200;
the Sukhoi-led Russian Regional Jet
RRJ-75/95; andTupolevTu-334-100.
The Bombardier CRJ700/900 and
Embraer 170/190 families are also
being considered, as is the out-of-
pr...
|
 ...AIR TRANSPORT
STRATEGY
Axe falls as
Britannia
parent TUI
restructures
Britannia Airways' parent TUI
UK is to shed 800 jobs across its
businesses under a reorganisa
tion that will see its Thom...
|
 ...AIR TRANSPORT
STRATEGY HILKA BIRNS / CAPE TOWN
Air Malawi regroups after SAA bid
Following rejection of privatisation offer, Malawi government advised to get strategic recovery plan under way
The ...
|
 ...r.
Bids are expected from Russian
design bureaux Ilyushin, Sukhoi
and Tupolev, as well as Antonov in
Nearly 300 ageing Tupolev Tu-134s are in need of replacement
Ukraine. Candidates include the
Antonov An-148, the planned
100-seat version of the Ilyushin
11-214 military transport, the
Sukhoi/Ilyushin/Boeing Russian
Regional Jet (RRJ) and the Tupolev
Tu-334. Antonov, Ilyushin and
Sukhoi...
|
 ...craft cover an initial 24 units.
IFC, set up by Russia's National
Reserve Bank (NRB) in 1999, has
ordered and paid advances for an
initial five Ilyushin I1-96-30US,
seven Tupolev Tu-204s and 12
Antonov An-148 regional jets.
NRB, which along with the
Russian government, is the princi
pal IFC shareholder, is also a major
minority shareholder in Aeroflot,
and will shortly become the chief ...
|
 ...obably now be gearing up for
huge orders from Crossair and
Lufthansa instead of looking at an
empty factory while Embraer or
Bombardier reap the rewards.
To prove a point, look at the pro
posed Antonov An-148 (Flight
International, 6-12 August).
A G Owen
Coventry, UK
Advantages of
the 777
Maybe the Airbus A340-600 just
shades a Boeing 777-300 in time to
initial cruising altitude, but...
|
 ...November Tupolev revealed that it is to pitch
the Tu-324 and Tu-414 in response to the Russian
minister of transport's tender for the supply of 200
regional aircraft. Other candidates include the
Antonov An-148, the planned 100-seat version of
the llyushin 11-214 and the Russian Regional Jet
(see entries).
Length (m)
Wingspan (m)
Height (m)
Wing area (m1)
Max take-off weight (kg)
Max l...
|
 ...llion
on airframe and systems, and
about half that for the
Snecma/NPO Saturn SM146
engines. First flight is set for 2006,
with deliveries the following year.
Meanwhile, the first flight of the
Antonov An-148 regional jet has
slipped by one month to April next
year. Three prototype aircraft are
being assembled by the KhAPO
plant in Kharkov, Ukraine. One will
be used for static tests and...
|
 ...placement, Koptev says
traffic will exceed the fleet capacity
by 2006-7 if no action is taken.
The plan covers the construction
of 273 aircraft in 2005-8, focused
primarily on production of the
Antonov An-148 regional jet and
The SAS Group has scaled back its
plans for acquiring controlling
stakes in its eastern European sub
sidiaries, due to concerns about los
ing air traffic rights to...
|
 ...AIR TRANSPORT
LAUNCH DARREN SHANNON / WASHINGTON DC
Virgin America ready for take-off
US domestic low-cost venture set to begin operations in mid-2005 with fleet of at least 33 Airbus A320s
Richar...
|
 ...AIR TRANSPORT
SAFETY
Applications
for TAWS
gather pace
World Airways has selected the
Universal Avionics terrain aware
ness warning system (TAWS)
for retrofit to its Boeing MD-11
fleet as the...
|
 ...Ukraine
year after parliament passed legislation to
support the longstanding project. The gov
ernment has allocated $200 million for
completion of flight tests and construction
of the first batch...
|
 ...Directory: world airliners
formed a joint marketing venture,
International Project 140, to supervise pro
duction, sales and support. The high-wing
aircraft is powered by two Klimov TV7-
117BMA-C62...
|
 ...B V PARIS SHOW REPORT
AIR TRANSPORT
Airbus and Boeing unite for ATM
Rivals join up in bid to push European and US regulators towards defining common standards and reducing delays
Boeing has joined...
|
 ...AIR TRANSPORT
INVESTIGATION
Open mind
on MK crash
The tail of the MK Airlines
Boeing 747-200F that crashed
during take-off at Halifax,
Canada may have hit the ground
twice before the aircraft ...
|
 ...Although Aviakor suspended production of
the An-140 at its Samara plant in 2000 due to
lack of financing, series production has com
menced in Ukraine at Kharkov Aircraft
Production Organisation (K...
|
 ...AIR TRANSPORT
SCOPE CLAUSES PAUL LEWIS / WASHINGTON DC
Eagle hits delivery crisis
American Airlines regional struggles to keep deliveries in line with pilot agreement
AIRCRAFT DEVELOPMENT
Antonov...
|
Browse by years
Advertisement
