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Swedes root for Carlzon
A long-awaited shakeup in the ownership of Swedish independent Transwede will see a shift towards charter operations and a retreat back into scheduled domestic services. The change also sees the return of ex-SAS chief Jan Carlzon to the industry as president of new holding company Transpool and chairman ...
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Nagoya A300 families to sue CAL and Airbus
RELATIVES OF VICTIMS killed in the 1994 China Airlines (CAL) Airbus Industrie A300-600R crash, in Nagoya, Japan, have decided to sue the aircraft manufacturer and Taiwanese carrier, for substantial damages. Families of 124 of the crash victims are jointly seeking around '100 million ($1.16 million) each in compensation ...
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TransBrazil ditches 777
TRANSBRASIL HAS cancelled its order for three Boeing 777s. The Brazilian carrier informed Boeing of its decision just days before the Paris air show, held during June, but the US manufacturer has yet to announce the move officially. Transbrasil ordered the aircraft in 1993, originally for delivery starting ...
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Russian regrets?
The initial enthusiasm for East-West joint projects appears to be waning. Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW AT THE END OF THE 1980s, political and economical changes in the Soviet Union opened the way for a series of co-operative agreements between Western and Soviet aerospace companies. Now, five years ...
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High-speed trains pose no threat to aircraft services
Sir - A recent report to the International Civil Aviation Organisation-CAEP, High-speed trains - competition and competitive power, written by Jan Veldhuis (Netherlands Civil Aviation Authority), Alf Schmitt (Germany) and myself, provides minimal support for the apprehensions put forward by "name withheld" and Haluk Taysi of Airbus (Flight International, Letters, ...
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P&W begins testing PW4090 turbofan
PRATT & WHITNEY IS testing its PW4090 turbofan, the latest high-thrust version of the PW4000 which, rated at 400kN (90,000lb) take-off thrust, is destined to power Boeing's high- gross-weight 777-200 wide-body twinjet. The East Hartford, Connecticut-based company hopes to obtain US Federal Aviation Administration certification for the engine ...
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A320 Overhaul
Lufthansa Technik (LTAG) began overhauling Airbus A320 landing gears at its Hamburg, Germany site in July. Meanwhile, LTAG has acquired a complete Boeing 747-200 landing gear, in addition to the 747-400 gear already held in the company's inventory of rotable spares. Source: Flight International
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Pemco pushes heavier 727-200
PEMCO WORLD AIR Services Group has received US Federal Aviation Administration supplemental type certification (STC) for weight increases for the Boeing 727-200. The STC raises the maximum zero fuel weight to almost 70,370kg from 63,320kg, and maximum landing weight is increased to almost 74,500kg from 72,575. The first ...
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Agusta Power will 'double A.109 production' rate
AGUSTA HOPES ALMOST to double production of its A.109 twin-turbine helicopter when deliveries of the new A.109 Power begin in mid-1996. The present A.109C and "hot-and-high" K2 will remain in production alongside the Power, and the Italian manufacturer hopes to increase production from the recent level of 20-25 annually to ...
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FAA calls for check on THY JT8Ds overhauls
THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration will issue an airworthiness directive (AD) calling for detailed inspection of Pratt & Whitney JT8D turbofan engines overhauled by Turk Hava Yollari (THY), an FAA-certificated aircraft and engine-maintenance shop in Turkey. The AD results from an investigation of the 8 June uncontained failure ...
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BAe to lead Storm Shadow sales drive
Douglas Barrie/LONDON BRITISH AEROSPACE will lead bids to sell a variant of the Matra Apache stand-off missile to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as part of a collaborative agreement with the French manufacturer. The two companies have teamed to offer a derivative ...
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Southwest Airlines makes plans for Florida expansion
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES plans to expand into Florida early in 1996. Share prices of airlines already serving the leisure-dominated Florida market fell sharply with the news of Southwest's first expansion eastward since it established a presence at Baltimore/Washington Airport in September 1993. Dallas, Texas-based Southwest will begin services to ...
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Formosa orders Fokkers for fleet expansion
FORMOSA AIRLINES OF Taiwan has ordered two Fokker 100s and two additional Fokker 50 turboprops to expand its domestic fleet. The two Fokker 50s will be delivered in September and October, and the 109-seat twinjets in December and March 1995. The aircraft will be used on routes from Taipei to ...
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Garuda rethinks Airbus/ Boeing airliner orders
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE GARUDA INDONESIA is renegotiating orders for 24 Airbus Industrie and Boeing aircraft in a move to reduce capital expenditure and prepare for eventual privatisation. The airline is understood to have reached a tentative agreement with Airbus to convert orders for six Airbus A330s ...
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ATR 42-400 First Flight
The first flight of the latest version of the ATR 42, the -400, took place on 12 July. The aircraft flew for 3h 15min and, according to ATR, performed "flawlessly". The aircraft features up-rated Pratt & Whitney PW121A turboprops driving six-bladed Hamilton Standard propellers, and as a revised, acoustically treated ...
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Testing resumes on GE90 777
THE GENERAL ELECTRIC GE90-powered Boeing 777 test aircraft resumed certification flight-testing on 20 July, following formal US Federal Aviation Administration approval of the new engine hardware and software modifications. The aircraft was grounded after a bird-strike test on 30 May revealed design problems with the platform spacers between ...
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Air Canada orders A340-8000
AIRBUS INDUSTRIE HAS secured an initial order from Air Canada for two of its planned ultra-long-range A340-8000s and stepped up efforts to secure additional launch orders from the Asia-Pacific market. Air Canada's purchase by itself is not sufficient to launch the 232-seat -8000 derivative formally. According to airline ...
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Licences
LINE MAINTENANCE Line-maintenance certifying mechanic: This Category "A" qualification carries certificating authority. The holder is defined as having good basic knowledge and experience, is task-qualified and can certify simple line defects and scheduled inspections; line-maintenance certifying technician (LMCT): this category B1 (mechanical) or B2 (avionic) licence ...
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BMW R-R
German aero-engine manufacturer BMW Rolls-Royce has appointed Gunter Frolich as its director of finance. The appointment increases the membership of the company's board of management to five. Frolich joins the Oberursel-based Company from ITT Automotive Europe, having served there since 1992 - most recently as an executive and head of ...
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Fokker
Netherlands aircraft manufacturer Fokker, of Amsterdam, has appointed H J Grond vice-president of Fokker PropJetLine. He was formerly project manager for the Fokker 60 Utility. He succeeds J Zaaijer, who is nominated vice-president for sales for the corporate and governmental market. D Koen, formerly vice-president for defence systems and aircraft ...