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Rolls on Airbus Douglas stables icspectivek. TWA chairman Carl I>. ha:i says that the A330 order will allow lhc airline to complete its fleet i« . - -.e and efficientlv replace us I ockheed 'InS'ais and Boeing 747-100s. The- Cathaj and TWA orders highlighted ,i good week for Airbus, which also announced the sale of up to 12 A300-600Rs to Japan Air System (JAS), two AM0-300s to Europe Aero Service (EAS), and four A340s to !'• e flag ca. TAP. : : ••..;' [AS. which had been consid- ,;, has placed a fii m ordei for seven A30Q-600Rs for delivery in 1991 and 1992, and taken oprions of five mote, 'l'be airline, currently operates 13 A300s. I'AS becomes the fust French customer for the A310-300, with an ordei for two General I-'leciri*. CF6- 80C2-powered aircraft to be delneu-d in 1990 and 1991. The aiiline sa\s n plans to buv two more A310-300s. i'AI'. meanwhile, has placed a firm order foi two A340s and laken options on two more The foui-engined aiurali will be delivered in 1992. to replace TriSurs. Australia switches Seahawk production Aerospace Technologies of Australia (ASTA) will assemble and test-fly the second batch of eight Sikorsky Seahawk anti submarine helicopters for the Royal Australian Navy. Hawker de Havilland lost the contract because a shortage of skilled personnel has delayed delivery of Sikorsky Black Hawk transport helicopters to the Australian Army. The £7-5 million contract requires that the first Seahawk be delivered in March 1990. Assembly of the eight helicop ters will take place over two years, and there is the prospect of a follow-on order for between NEWS IN • Hijack ends The March 29 hijack ol a t4 en ;• to Amsterdam via Prasuc ended when the hij.'ic kcr.s foiced I lie pilot to land ;il a military airbasc ne.Hr 1 rankfun, then g.ive themselves up. The two aimed youths had boaided the an craft at Prague's Ru/vne Airpoit. taking a woman hostaae and demanding in be All the in'stage, were later released. D Canadair launches RJ . so! • n« nt •'••:• " , a la • 30 .'.':;;' eight and 14 helicopters. ASTA will equip the basic Seahawk airframe supplied by Sikorsky with systems selected by the Navy. The company currently manufactures Black Hawk and Seahawk blade skins. The contract will give the company valuable helicopter manufacturing experience. ASTA has signed a memo randum of understanding with Aerospatiale, CATIC of China, and Singapore Aircraft Indus tries to build the P. 120 light helicopter. Discussions are thought to include establishing two production lines, one in France and one in Australia. Regional Jet was approved b> 'parent cotrrpany. Bombardier, on March 31. Kf deliveries are to benin in mid-1992, and the company has orders foi 56 • ,-.n six more. I (evelopment and certi fication will cost around CS27? million. G Ariane succeeds The final Ariane 2 booster ii)y Sweden's Telc-X iommunica- uons satellite on April 2. alter a 24r by a (.emputer problem. .. liritmi in space Plans to fly a British astronaui: tii the Soviet Mir space station in 1991 are expected to be ek. MDX helicopter orders top 200 McDonnell Douglas Helicop ters has picked up orders for 305 MDX and MD-520N helicop ters, worth over $400 million, within two months of launching the tail-rotorless machines. By March 15, customers had paid deposits on 204 all-new, eight-place, twin-turbine MDX helicopters, which features a bearingless main rotor and NOTAR low-pressure air- circulation anti-torque system. Some 101 MD-520N five- seat turbine singles were on order by March 15. This tail- rotorless derivative of the estab lished MD-500 has a more powerful Allison powerplant and larger main rotor. McDonnell Douglas says its largest single order is for a mix of 11 helicopters, and that "several" customers are buying ten of a particular type. The MDX was introduced at the Helicopter Association International convention in New Orleans in January at $ 1 • 7 million a copy. A MD-520N is priced at $530,000. Orders for the MDX are sharply up on the 117 announced at HAI, and take MDH significantly nearer its target of at least 800 sales of each type by the year 2005. Neither helicopter has flown. Deliveries of the MD-520N start next year, MDX in 1993. Daimler/MBB merger opposed by Stefan Geisenheyner in Bonn West Germany's anti-trust authority has informed Daimler-Benz that its proposed merger with MBB cannot be permitted. Both companies are expected to ask German Minis ter of Economy Helmut Hauss- man to revoke the decision. Denial of permission for the merger is based on a German law prohibiting the creation or enhancement of a business structure which leads to the exclusion of competition. The Daimler/MBB merger would establish almost total dominance over the internal German military market. The merger would also create an industrial giant with an "excessively high" annual turn over of roughly DM70 billion. Daimler-Benz has to present its appeal case by April 11, and a ministeriaranswer is expected by April 21. It is not certain that the Government-inspired merger will be approved, how ever, as it will still have to be approved by the West German parliamentary monopoly commission. Negotiations may have to continue with the aim of split ting particularly monopolistic groups from the proposed combine. This might be achieved by offering major shareholdings in these groups to outside interests. Blocking of the Daimler merger could affect MBB's MPC75 venture with China to develop a propfan-powered airliner (seen here in a windtunnelj FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL, 8 April 1989 3
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