All aerospace news – Page 1837
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TNT A300F lease paves way for BAe deal
TNT is finalising a major Airbus A300B4 conversion contract with British Aerospace Aviation Services (BAeAS), following the signing of a lease deal with C-S Aviation Services (CSAS) for four A300B4 freighters. The deal with CSAS, and another with Airbus Industrie's Asset Management division for three A300B4s, comes as part ...
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Customers prompt 90-seat proposal
Bombardier is preparing to launch a 90-seat regional jet before its 70-seat contender has even flown because "...our customers are telling us they want such an aircraft," says chairman Laurent Beaudoin. "If we could have delayed them, we would, but they say they want a 90-seater." The company says it ...
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ATR and Embraer to decide on 70 seater by year-end
ATR and Embraer expect to decide by the end of the year whether to launch new 70-seat size regional jet developments. At the same time, the companies are continuing to seek partners and jointly discuss a possible collaborative programme in what is fast becoming an overcrowded market. The Brazilian ...
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Oman Air adds ATRs to aid regional expansion
The Muscat-based partially privately owned airline has placed firm orders for two ATR 42-500s with options on four more, which can be taken as the larger ATR 72-500. The two firmly ordered aircraft will be delivered later this year, with the options due in 1999. Oman Air general manager ...
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GE overhaul network continues to expand
General Electric is continuing the aggressive expansion of its engine overhaul and maintenance network by forming GE Varig Engine Services, a new joint company to be located at the Brazilian airline's Galeao International Airport overhaul site in Rio de Janeiro. The company is being formed through its recently acquired ...
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Surrey Satellite signs for Dnepr mini lauch
Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) has signed a contract with the Russian ISC Kosmotras company to launch its new Uosat 12 minisatellite aboard a modified SS-18 missile, renamed the Dnepr. The launch will be from Baikonur in 1999. Kosmotras, a Russian/Ukrainian venture, is converting the SS-18 intercontinental ballistic missile into ...
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Rotary revolution
Tim Furniss/LONDON Rotary Rocket Company has raised $17 million from investors and hired Barclays Capital to assist in an additional $20 million private investment in its bid to offer commercial satellite launches. The Redwood Shores, California-based company will offer transportation of payloads weighing 3,200kg to low earth orbit ...
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Airbus confirms UPS A300 freighter deal
Airbus Industrie has confirmed its long-awaited deal with United Parcel Service (UPS) for up to 60 new A300-600 freighters. The estimated value of the contract is around $5 billion. The order, revealed exclusively in Flight International earlier this year, follows a bid battle involving new and used aircraft from ...
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SSTL wins moon mission contract
UK company Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) has won a contract from the European Space Agency to undertake a Lunar Orbiter Mission study. SSTL will work with the Technical University of Berlin and the Swedish Institute of Space Physics. The SSTL-led Lunar Academic Research Satellite, Lunarsat, is the result ...
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Farnborough debut 'do or die'
Bell Helicopter Textron pulled out all the stops to make sure a production 427 light twin made its public debut at Farnborough, officials said at the show. "That's the importance we place on this airshow," says senior executive marketing director Jeff Pino. "Out of the 75 orders we have ...
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$85m RJ deal boosts Avro
Mike Martin British Aerospace Regional Aircraft announced the sale of three Avro RJ100 aircraft at Farnborough '98 yesterday. The $80 million deal was with Swissair Group leasing arm Flightlease and the aircraft will be delivered in July, September and October, 1999. The order may have a deeper significance ...
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Contract renewed
British Airways Avionic Engineering (BAAE) is celebrating after its parent company renewed a major maintenance contract. The contract was awarded after BA undertook a full market test to ensure it was getting value for money. Mike Underwood, BA's general manager aircraft and maintenance purchasing, says: "BA demands world-class support ...
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Three more customers for Honeywell Pegasus system
Honeywell has added Austrian Airlines, Sabena and Swissair to its growing list of Pegasus Flight Management System (FMS) customers. The systems will be fitted to their Airbus fleets, bringing the number of companies choosing Pegasus to more than 30. The system provides airlines with new capabilities to take ...
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survey reveals harsh realities of marketplace
Alan Dron If you want to be an airline pilot, don't bother with university. And if you do make it into a cockpit, there is a 33% chance of being unemployed at some time in a given five-year timespan, with the average fallow period being one year. These ...
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Purdy makes UK show debut
First-time exhibitor Purdy is already looking forward to appearing at the next Farnborough airshow. Sales representative Ray Bull persuaded the Anglo-American company to exhibit its range of machine components and aerospace transmissions for the first time. "I convinced them that if they want to get into Europe this is ...
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Design review planned in prop development
Once Farnborough's out of the way, American company Hamilton Standard will be conducting a critical design review of its NP2000 propeller development programme with representatives from the US Navy, Northrop Grumman and Allison. The US Navy has selected the NP2000 for its E-2C Hawkeye and C-2A Greyhound aircraft. The ...
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Delta to offer one premium class on long-haul flights
Delta Air Lines plans to replace its existing intercontinental first- and business-class service with "new, premium two-class service" in the spring of 1999. The new in-flight cabin service product will replace the two premium classes that Delta offers today on long-haul services with one. The marketing effort will include ...
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GPS suppliers set to tackle security
Steve Nichols How secure is satellite navigation? The US Global Positioning System (GPS) has 24 satellites - 21 active and three spare - orbiting the earth in just under 12 hours. A basic GPS receiver usually needs to "see" at least four to plot position and altitude ...
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THY orders 737-800 full-flight simulator
THY Turkish Airlines has ordered a Boeing 737-800 full-flight simulator (FFS) from CAE Electronics. The simulator is to be delivered late next year and installed at the national carrier's flight training centre in Istanbul. The sale is CAE's first to THY, which has also ordered a computer-based Next Generation 737 ...
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New Sepcarb brake makes inroads
Messier Bugatti's latest carbon brake, Sepcarb III PLUS has been selected by Air Tours, All Nippon Airways, Ansett, Royal Brunei and Sabena for their Airbus A319/A320s. A total of 107 aircraft will have the brakes fitted from the second quarter of 1999 when Supercarb III PLUS brakes enter service. ...