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CFM focuses on loyalty to beat the opposition
"When the customers are happy with you, then they come back to you." That's an observation by Gerard Laviec, CFM International's president and chief executive officer. CFM's overwhelmingly strong position in the narrowbody market seems to bear that out, but what Laviec now has to concentrate on is maintaining that ...
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No brakes on Messier-Bugatti in global market
Asian Aerospace exhibitor Messier-Bugatti (Stand A411), which is owned by Snecma, is now the world's leading supplier of carbon brakes, with around 30% of its possible global market. Airbus has certified Messier-Bugatti carbon brakes for each of its aircraft types and Dassault also specifies them for the Mirage 2000 ...
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Pierson a popular winner in aerospace industry awards
There was unanimous approval from the packed aerospace industry audience at the Shangri-La Hotel last night as Jean Pierson, the president and chief executive of Airbus Industrie, was named as the Aerospace Personality of the Year. Pierson, who retires from Airbus at the end of next month, has been ...
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Asia-Pacific projects shine in awards
Hong Kong's new Chek Lap Kok airport was one of several Asia-Pacific winners at the Flight International Aerospace Industry Awards. The airport won the Infrastructure award in recognition of the first landing at the airport which will formally open later this year. The Air China-Lufthansa joint venture, Ameco-Beijing, was ...
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ANA to set up own APU servicing centre
All Nippon Airways (ANA) has struck a deal with Sundstrand to set up its own aircraft auxiliary power unit (APU) maintenance and repair unit at its main plant at Haneda, Tokyo. This is the first time an airline company has set up its own APU servicing centre. ANA ...
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Q and A with Sikorsky's Gene Buckley
As president and chief executive officer of Sikorsky Gene Buckley, left, is one of the most influential men in the aerospace industry today. He talked to Paul Derby about his attitude to the fierce competition which exists in the helicopter market, his views on the future of the RAH-66 Comanche ...
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Textron confirms buying of Boeing helicopter business
Bell Helicopter Textron confirmed at the show yesterday that it is to buy a "substantial portion" of Boeing's commercial helicopter business. The deal, agreed by the two companies in the USA on Wednesday, will see Bell acquire the MD-500 and MD-600 series of turbine singles, but excludes the MD-900 ...
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Hamburg boost lifts Airbus to a record level of output
The Hamburg final assembly line of the Airbus Industrie A321 and A319 is to raise production from six aircraft a month to 11 by the end of this year. It will mean that together with the A320 line in Toulouse, Airbus will achieve a record 18 single-aisle aircraft a ...
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Loadmaster demand prompts opening of Alabama factory
Ayres is opening a new factory in Dothan, Alabama to help produce its Ayres Load'master LM20 cargo carrier, it was announced at the show yesterday. Construction is due to start shortly once financing is complete. The factory will eventually employ up to 500 people to help the organisation meet ...
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Preston sells second TAAM to Boeing
The Preston Group (Stand C132) has announced at the show the sale of a second Total Airport and Airspace Modeller (TAAM) licence to Boeing. Boeing has been using TAAM since 1994 to satisfy the needs of its commercial airline customers by simulating potential projects in the modernisation of air traffic ...
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Unveiling
Pity there have been no big civil aircraft at the show but regional aircraft and business jets have been represented. The engine manufacturers have made their presence felt, with Pratt & Whitney unveiling its PW8000 geared turbofan. On the military front, there has been powerful interest centring on attack ...
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Battle
Reacting to the news, European competitors say the consolidation underlines existing battle lines. "We are used to fighting our corner in this market," says Eurocopter's Marc Jouan. "We have great confidence in our products and we see nothing to change that view." Sikorsky president Gene Buckley has already taken ...
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CAE simulators
Canada's CAE Electronics has received a contract from Delta Airlines for four flight simulators. CAE will design and manufacture one Boeing 777-200 FFS and three 777-200 Flight Training Devices (FTD), to be installed at the airline's new state-of-the-art training centre in Atlanta, Georgia. The order follows the recent ...
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New simulator for SAS
One year from now, SAS Flight Academy's centre in Stockholm will begin using its second Boeing 737-600/700/800 Full Flight Simulator. SAS has announced the order for the second simulator, to be manufactured by CAE Electronics, at Asian Aerospace '98. SAS Flight Academy currently has a total of 15 Full Flight ...
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Aerospatiale pours scorn on innuendo of French self interest
Tim Ripley Aerospatiale has hit out at "misperceptions" of France's position on European aerospace and defence industry consolidation. Denis Verret, Aerospatiale vice-president for international and commercial affairs, describes as "bullshit" suggestions that the French government will use its controlling shares in Aerospatiale to safeguard jobs above the commercial efficiency ...
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Brasilia production rates to be doubled
Karen Walker Boosted by a fresh batch of orders from the USA, Embraer is planning to double its production rates of the EMB-120 Brasilia over the next two years. Embraer president and chief Mauricio Botelho says Brasilia production will be increased from 12 to 24 aircraft a year. In ...
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Economic crisis puts region's deals at risk
Geoff Thomas Manufacturers were continuing to put on a brave face at the show yesterday, despite ever-strengthening indications that the region's economic turmoil is indeed having an effect on the industry. Beyond the obvious threats to airliner orders, it was being suggested that seemingly unrelated moves like Cathay ...
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Daewoo confident of trainer sales to Korean air force
Andrew Mollet Daewoo says that it hopes to sell between 100 and 150 of its new KTX-1 basic trainers to the Republic of Korea air force (ROKAF). The company will be delivering an initial batch of 20 KTX-1s later this year, and a further 20 in 2000 as the ...
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Face the Facts with... Edmond Marchegay
Edmond Marchegay wears three hats: President of Intertechnique, president of the French equipment industry and commissaire general of the French industry group here at Asian Aerospace '98. He talked to Mike Martin about the revolution which has swept through the French aerospace equipment sector, the market situation in Asia-Pacific and ...
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F-16's future hinges on this year's sales
Tim Ripley This year is a "watershed year" for Lockheed Martin's F-16 Fighting Falcon programme if the company's best-selling fighter is to stay in production beyond the year 2001 and win up to 600 new orders. Lockheed Martin's Fort Worth, Texas, plant has orders to keep it working to 2001, ...