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Sanders
William Jones has been appointed director of business development for the countermeasures division of Sanders, a Lockheed Martin company, of Nashua, New Hampshire. Jones, with Sanders since 1988, was most recently director of radar and sensor programmes for the company's defence-systems division. Howard Rhude becomes vice-president of finance, succeeding Sal ...
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777 brakes
BFGoodrich Aerospace is to supply wheels and brakes for 12 Boeing 777s ordered by Korean Air, which has options on eight more. Korean is the sixth 777 customer to select BFGoodrich wheels and brakes. Source: Flight International
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P&W to buy Nordam unit
PRATT & WHITNEY is to buy the Nordam Group's Propulsion Systems division, which repairs cases, frames and components for gas-turbine engines and auxiliary power units. The terms of the deal, which is expected to be complete by the end of the first quarter, have not been disclosed. Located ...
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A300B4 conversion
Channel Express has become the launch customer for British Aerospace Aviation Services' Airbus A300B4 passenger-to-freighter conversion programme. The Bournemouth, UK-based cargo airline has placed a $5.5 million order for one conversion, with options on three more. Source: Flight International
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Yemenia PW4000S
Yemenia-Yemen Airways has selected Pratt & Whitney PW4156s to power two Airbus A310-300s on firm order, plus two options. The contract is potentially worth $90 million for up to ten engines, says P&W. The firm-ordered aircraft will be delivered in 1997. Source: Flight International
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Trent leasing
The Rolls-Royce Trent has been selected by Singapore Aircraft Leasing to power six Boeing 777s ordered by the company. The deal completes a clean sweep for R-R in South-East Asia. It also has orders from Singapore Airlines, Malaysian Airline Systems and Thai International for Trents to power 777s. ...
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Greenwich will acquire Aviall engine businesses
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA GREENWICH AIR Services plans to emerge as the world's largest engine-maintenance group, having signed a letter of intent to acquire Aviall's airline-engine repair and overhaul business. News of the deal, which is being priced at around $260-280 million, came just days after Aviall put ...
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Dark Star first flight delayed
THE FIRST FLIGHT OF the Lockheed Martin/Boeing Tier III Minus Dark Star stealthy unmanned air-vehicle (UAV), originally scheduled for late 1995, has been delayed by software- and hardware-integration problems. Taxi tests are now expected to begin before the end of the month. Teledyne Ryan Aeronautical's Tier II Plus ...
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Russia/China close to clinching Su-27 deal
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW RUSSIA HAS VIRTUALLY concluded a $2 billion deal for the sale of Sukhoi Su-27 Flankers to China, which should lead to licence production of the aircraft. The new contract is being prepared in Moscow, ready for Russian president Boris Yeltsin to sign the final ...
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Lufthansa/United begin push for anti-trust protection
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH LUFTHANSA SAYS that it will apply "immediately" for anti-trust immunity for its alliance with United Airlines, following the signature of a preliminary open-skies agreement between the USA and Germany. German transport minister Matthias Wissman and his US counterpart Federico Pe¤a reached an accord after ...
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Singapore pushes West to support AE-100
SINGAPORE WANTS prospective Western partners to commit to taking a greater stake in the development, production and marketing of China's planned AE-100 regional jet. Singapore Technologies (ST) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) to take a 10% share in the programme. ...
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'Freeze JAA rule-making', says IFALPA
THE EUROPEAN JOINT Aviation Authorities (JAA) should be barred from developing or adopting new aviation regulations (JARs) until its status as a European rule-making body has been established, says the International Federation of Airline Pilots Associations (IFALPA). The objection follows a European Commission (EC) Transport Directorate working paper ...
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Technology challenge
Making it easy is not part of the latest Branson challenge. Andrew Doyle/LONDON WHEN VIRGIN AIRWAYS chairman Richard Branson and balloon manufacturer Per Lind- strand launch their attempt to circumnavigate the globe in a balloon, it will be more than a test of human endurance. The performance of ...
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MDC improves China training
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA AIRCRAFT manufacturers are moving to upgrade training for Chinese airlines. McDonnell Douglas (MDC) has ordered a Vital ChromaView visual-system from FlightSafety International to upgrade an MD-82 simulator operated by China Northern Airlines. In January, MDC ordered a ChromaView visual to upgrade a China Eastern MD-82 simulator. ...
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Hungary plans to sell further Malev stake
HUNGARY'S privatisation agency plans to sell a further stake in flag carrier Malev this year, although the move could be delayed by uncertainties over the financial future of Alitalia, which already holds a one-third stake in the airline. Alitalia acquired a 30% stake in Malev in 1992 in ...
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Virgin closes on low-cost European airline start-up deal
VIRGIN IS NEGOTIATING to buy a controlling stake in Brussels-based Euro Belgian Airlines (EBA), which could form the backbone of long-standing ambitions by Virgin's owner, Richard Branson, to set up a low-cost European operation. Virgin has completed a detailed study into launching a start-up carrier at Brussels, probably ...
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Ansett fleet plans defined
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS ANSETT AUSTRALIA has detailed interim plans to increase its widebody fleet to provide a 10% capacity increase on key business routes. The carrier also wants to reduce its fleet from eight to five types, and to retire its Stage 3 Boeing 727s and Fokker ...
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Alliant to build pivot shafts for F-22
ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS has been awarded a $13 million contract to produce composite horizontal-stabiliser pivot shafts for the Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 fighter aircraft. The order follows a development effort under which Alliant (formerly Hercules Aerospace) demonstrated that it could produce the complex shaft using automated fibre-placement technology, for a ...
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Airbus might sue Boeing over A340
AIRBUS INDUSTRIE IS threatening to sue Boeing unless the US manufacturer ceases stating that the Airbus A340 cruises at Mach 0.78, which is slower than either the Boeing 747 or 777. According to Airbus senior vice-president John Leahy, consortium chief executive Jean Pierson is writing to Boeing chairman ...
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Russians sign avionics deal
AVIACOR, THE SAMARA-based manufacturer of the Tupolev Tu-154M, has formed a strategic alliance with Honeywell, covering the use of the US avionics-maker's equipment on the Russian manufacturer's aircraft. The agreement, which was signed at Asian Aerospace '96, specifies potential programmes for the installation of Honeywell's integrated avionics, flight-management ...