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Joint venture
A new joint venture is being formed in the field of aircraft landing gear maintenance, following the signing of a letter of intent by Messier Services and SIA Engineering (SAIEC). Under the agreement SAIEC will take a 40% share in Messier Services' Asian overhaul plant in Singapore. The ...
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Solution to 'blue ice' valve testing problem
To some people living under the approach paths of busy airports, the sky really is falling. 'Blue ice' is the euphemistically-named substance formed when leaks from aircraft toilets freeze at altitude. As an aircraft begins its descent, lumps of ice can break off - hurtling towards earth and thus ...
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Boeing cools 767s with Sundstrand
Rather than turning it up, Boeing has turned the heat down in its battle with Airbus. As part of its drive to provide improved passenger comfort Boeing has ordered 150 new air-conditioning units for its 767-400ER aircraft scheduled to roll out of the factory this summer. Each aircraft ...
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Transponder designed to meet needs of the future
Steve Nichols AlliedSignal is looking for both US and worldwide approval for its new Enhanced TRA 67A Mode S transponder. It has already received Technical Standard Order approval from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), but it has also been designed to meet the new Change 7 and ...
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ANA converts 777 orders to long-range -200ERs
Japan's All Nippon Airways (ANA) has converted an order for a single Boeing 777-200 and three 777-300s to four longer-range 777-200ERs as part of its newly unveiled restructuring plan. ANA spokeswoman Kate Opekar says from Tokyo that the first of the new aircraft will be delivered in October ...
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ILFC takes A318s in new mega-order
Mike Martin International Lease Finance (ILFC) has ordered 30 of Airbus Industrie's latest aircraft, the A318 - part of a 60-aircraft deal for A320 family aircraft, it was announced at the show yesterday. It was also announced that AirLanka has ordered three more A330-200s. The list price ...
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Embraer invades Bombardier territory
Graham Warwick Embraer has won a customer for its 50-seat regional jet in rival Bombardier's home town. Montreal-based InterCanadian, the largest independent regional airline in Canada, has ordered six firm and six option ERJ-145s in a deal worth $230 million. It is the Brazilian manufacturer's first regional ...
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Certification for ERJ 135
Embraer's 37-seat ERJ-135 - the smallest of its regional jet family - has gained its Brazilian certification this week. US Federal Aviation Administration certification is expected to follow by July and European certification in October. The ERJ-135 is taking part in the show's flight and static displays and a ...
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Eximbank finally agrees to help finance Garuda
After long negotiations the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Eximbank) has approved a $281 million long-term loan guarantee allowing the permanent financing of six Boeing 737-300s and five 737-500s delivered to Garuda Indonesia Airways. Although ordered by Garuda several years ago, Boeing had stored the 737s for ...
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Switched on to new in flight entertainment
Ian Verchere Sextant In-Flight Systems - a new joint-venture between French avionics giant Sextant (51%) and the US cabin interior products firm B/E Aerospace (49%) - expects to fit the entire fleet of United Airlines with its d-Series inflight entertainment (IFE) system by the end of next year, according ...
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BA to slash long-haul 767 economy seats
Under its new strategy of focusing on high-yield traffic, British Airways is to reconfigure its long-haul Boeing 767 fleet by removing nearly 50 economy class seats to introduce first class and expand business seating. The carrier has also called a halt to its "Utopia" livery scheme. BA has seven ...
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Boeing buy promises Dowty $250 million
Dowty has landed two major orders from Boeing Commercial Airplanes that could be worth over $250 million to the UK aerospace equipment supplier. Hamble Structures, acquired by the TI Group - Dowty's parent - following its recent purchase of the EIS Group, has secured an extension of a deal ...
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Cathay on schedule as dispute ends
Cathay Pacific is aiming to return to a full flight schedule as soon as possible following the eleventh-hour resolution of a long-running pay dispute with its pilots. Cathay's flights have been severely disrupted since 28 May by pilots calling in sick, citing excessive stress because of the dispute. Pilots ...
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Trent 500 exceeds planned thrust
Rolls-Royce has exceeded the planned 60,000lb (300kN) certification thrust of its Trent 500 by 8,000lb. The engine, under development for the Airbus A340/500/600, has been running on a testbed since late May. The first engine is to complete more than 60h of testing this month, when a second test ...
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French carrier signs for freight TBM700
Socata has signed a deal with French airline Air Open Sky under which the carrier will lease a freighter version of the TBM700 turbine single for trials leading to an order for up to five aircraft. A similar deal is being negotiated with Swedish cargo carrier Air West Sweden. ...
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Regional squeeze
You would think that some industries learned from their mistakes. Not so the regional aircraft manufacturing sector. It appears again that too many players are trying to cram into a market with more products than it can reasonably support. At one stage, it seemed that the industry had accepted ...
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Israeli F-16s are targeted for upgrades
Elisra Electronic Systems and Lockheed Martin have signed a co-operation agreement to market previously competing electronic warfare (EW) suites for the F-16. Under the deal, EW systems from Elisra and Lockheed Martin's Sanders subsidiary will be offered as baseline systems on the F-16. The agreement, which covers the sale of ...
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The black hole
The secretive investigation into the crash of a SilkAir 737-300 in Indonesia shows up major cultural differences in dealing with accidents Andrzej Jeziorski/JAKARTA The thing about black holes, in astronomical terms, is that nothing ever comes out of them. Some people liken the controversial investigation into the crash in ...
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New steps to orbit
With a sixth commercial launch planned by year-end, the Euro-Russian Starsem has hit the market with a bang Tim Furniss/LONDON The Euro-Russian Starsem commercial satellite launcher consortium is an international success story. Starsem plans three more commercial Soyuz launches of 12,450kg (27,400lb) Globalstar low earth orbit (LEO) mobile ...
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Varig brings a halt to 747 passenger operations
Chris Jasper/RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil's Varig is to cease Boeing 747 passenger operations after nearly 20 years of using the type. The carrier is to return three leased 747-300s to International Lease Finance, and also plans to sell its two -300 Combis. Although Varig president and chief executive ...