All air transport news – Page 2667
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AkroTech introduces two-seat G-200
AKROTECH AVIATION has introduced a two-seat version of its G-200 aerobatic kitplane. First flight of the Giles G-202 is scheduled for September. The kit price is $54,500, excluding engine and avionics. The aircraft will be suitable for unlimited-class competition aerobatics. Troutdale, Oregon-based AkroTech says that performance differences between the G-200 ...
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Europeans united on Sino-Korean 100-seat aircraft
A SENIOR SOUTH Korean industry source has confirmed that a joint European aerospace delegation, including British Aerospace, is due to visit Beijing soon to discuss development with China and South Korea of a new 100- to 120-seat passenger aircraft. China and South Korea are expected to select a ...
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Thai needs new aircraft and another chairman
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Thai Airways International is considering purchasing the Airbus Industrie A340, or additional McDonnell Douglas (MDC) MD-11 tri-jets to meet its requirement for new long-range aircraft for use on thin routes. The aircraft are needed to replace larger Boeing 747-400s on existing under-utilised routes ...
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Cathay profits turn up over first half of 1995
CATHAY PACIFIC produced a better-than-expected performance for the first half of 1995, after overcoming what the airline admits was a poor start to the year. Japan's Kobe earthquake early in the year resulted in the cancellation of ten Cathay flights and added further gloom to the already depressed ...
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Northwest and KLM increase US-Europe frequencies
NORTHWEST AIRLINES and KLM will inaugurate a joint daily non-stop service between Washington's Dulles International and Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport on 29 October, replacing the present thrice-weekly frequencies. The new service will be flown with McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30s. The two airlines now offer joint schedules from 11 North American ...
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More Alitila 767s
Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (SALE), in conjunction with Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services, has wet-leased three new-build Boeing 767-300ERs to Alitalia. The first aircraft was delivered in early August, with the remaining two scheduled for delivery in November and February 1996. The three 767s were ordered from Boeing by SALE in ...
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SIA considers new regional-jet options
SINGAPORE AIRLINES (SIA) is considering a longer-term requirement for a smaller regional passenger jet, in addition to its yet-to-be selected "Y-aircraft", to complete replacement of its Airbus A310-200/300 fleet. The airline is examining options for a "W-aircraft" to supplement its future Y-aircraft and replace the A310 on lower-density ...
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Estonian may take Finnish partner
FINNAIR IS BEING tipped the most likely among the three contenders to become the chosen partner for Estonian Air, the privatisation of which is scheduled for 1996. The others are Lufthansa and Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS). An equity-based alliance with Finnair would provide the airline with access to long-haul markets. ...
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Improved CFM56 for heavier A321
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES CFM International is offering an upgraded version of its CFM-56-5B, as a power plant contender for the Airbus A321-200, a heavier 89t growth version of the Airbus A321. The 142kN (32,000lb)-thrust engine, dubbed the CFM-56-5B3/P, incorporates the CFM56-5B/P core on which ground ...
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IPTN wins approval as N-250 flies
Paul Lewis/BANDUNG IPTN SAYS that it has been given approval by Indonesian President Suharto to begin design of its proposed 100-seat N-2130 regional twinjet, further fuelling IPTN's ambitions for a family of regional aircraft. Suharto has warned of the risks that, "other countries may pass ...
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Regional Realities
A REGIONAL JET used to be defined as one for regional services: now it seems that a regional jet is best defined as one that every region in the world wants to build. It is a want that not every region, (nor the world), can afford. The line-up ...
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Airbus avionics
Rockwell-Collins says that Airbus Industrie is accelerating certification of its Series 900 avionics on the A319/A320 and A330/A340 to meet customer demand. Certification on the A319/A320 has been advanced from September 1996 to June. Certification on the A330/A340 is planned for June 1996. ...
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Australian Dash 8
Bombardier has sold a de Havilland Dash 8-200 to regional airline Eastern Australia, with options on three more. The 37-passenger aircraft will be delivered in January 1996 and will be the first Dash 8-200 in Australia. Source: Flight International
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Aviall
Engine overhaul company Aviall Dallas Engine Services, of Dallas Texas, has appointed Stephen Ratcliffe general manager for the CFM International CFM56 and International Aero Engines V2500 He was formerly director of Continental Airlines' international power plant operations. Source: Flight International
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TMI Finance
Louis "Skip" Scipioni, has been appointed chief executive of TMI Aircraft Finance, an Austin, Texas based company, which provides financial support for the aerospace industry. Scipioni was most recently director of Model 250 marketing and sales at Allison Engine's Rolls-Royce Aerospace division. Source: Flight International
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Smiths
Avionics supplier Smiths Industries Aerospace, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, has named Jim Wasson director of technology marketing of Defense Systems North America. He was previously senior programme and business-development manager at McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems in Mesa, Arizona. Source: Flight International
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Former GPA executives back Pembroke Capital
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON A GROUP OF former GPA executives, including part of the team which ran the Irish leasing company's innovative aircraft financing arm in Dublin, are behind the setting up of Pembroke Capital, a new independent financial-services operation. Pembroke was initially established by three senior ...
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Fire-proof seals for EMB-145
A SPECIAL fire-proof radio frequency interference (RFI) shielding seal to help protect the engine nacelles of the new Embraer EMB-145 regional jet against lightning strikes has been developed by Dunlop Precision Rubber of Shepshed, UK. The seal is a "J-section" design and fits around the cowl doors. The ...
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F-18 tests
Endevco has won a contract from McDonnell Douglas Aerospace to supply DC accelerometers for the F-18E/F flight test programme. The accelerometers will be used to study aircraft structural characteristics under a variety of flight-test conditions. Testing will be performed using seven aircraft from December. Source: Flight International