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Fokker prepares for new round of cuts
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON FOKKER IS CLOSE TO announcing a new wave of restructuring, with further workforce cuts expected to be on the agenda as the Dutch manufacturer attempts to match cutbacks made by its major competitors. A decision on the scope of the rationalisation is due ...
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Northrop Grumman plans to shed 1,000 more jobs
NORTHROP GRUMMAN is to shed another 1,000 jobs, following the Pentagon's decision to abandon the Tri-Service Stand-off Attack Missile (TSSAM) programme. The group says that the cancellation of the troubled stealth-missile programme should have little impact on this year's financial results, however. The latest cuts ...
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Alenia rebuffs Airbus to chase MDC stake
EFFORTS BY THE AIRBUS consortium, to woo Alenia away from its proposed airliner alliance with McDonnell Douglas (MDC), have been given a clear rebuff during a hearing by the Italian Senate, into the future of its aerospace industry. In evidence to the Italian upper house, Alenia's state-owned parent ...
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Costly Business
The Japanese, it seems, are having problems sorting out how to justify investment in a new small airliner. So are the Koreans and the Chinese, and others, much to the bemusement of at least one potential Western partner for some or all of them. At the same time, the Indonesians ...
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P&W 4098 launch heralds heavyweight 777 move
Guy Norris/LOSANGELES PRATT & WHITNEY is to launch a 436kN (98,000lb)-thrust derivative of its PW4000-series engine to power heavier versions of the Boeing 777, as well as the planned stretch model. The two companies have formed a team to "...exchange information and work with airlines ...
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Turbine failures ground ANZ's hushkitted 737s
AIR NEW ZEALAND, suddenly grounded ten of the 13 Boeing 737-200s, in its domestic fleet on 17 February. Managing director Jim McCrea says that the decision followed the fourth turbine failure on a Nordam hushkitted Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15A engine in six months. The CAA says ...
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APU Testing Starts
AlliedSignal has begun tests of the 131-9(B) auxiliary power unit (APU) - destined for the Boeing 737-600/700 and 800 family - a month ahead of schedule. The APU is derived from the 131-9(D) about to enter service in the McDonnell Douglas MD-90, but differs in having a starter converter instead ...
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Snecma's engine core is a new-technology concept
Sir - I refer to the article "Snecma to lead CFM56-XX development programme" (Flight International, 25-31 January, P4). It is indeed true that Snecma wants to develop the 200kN (43,000lb) engine core, but: this core will be based upon technologies of Snecma's PAT (Plan d'Actions Technologiques) ...
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Standard Aero Topps
Canadian based engine-overhaul company Standard Aero, has acquired Turbine Overhaul Power Plant Support (TOPPS) of the Netherlands, from its joint owners, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Chromalloy Gas Turbine. The purchase will expand its turboprop coverage, which includes the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60 series and the Allison Engines T56 ...
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Pakistani private sector survivors
Sir - I would like to comment on the article "Bhoja Air leases Yak-42s" (Flight International, 25-31 January, P11). Airlines in the private sector started operations in Pakistan in April 1993. Initially, there were four entrants: Aero Asia, Hajveri, Raji and Bhoja. Six months later, semi-private Shaheen emerged. ...
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Aviall Caledonian
Peter Muirhead (right) has become production director of Aviall Caledonian, the Prestwick, UK-based aero-engine overhaul and repair company. He was formerly with the PA Consulting Group. John Horsburgh (left) has been promoted to director and general manager for the CF6. He was previously general manager for the CF6. David Crews ...
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Howmet agreement
Howmet Refurbishment has agreed a deal with Pratt & Whitney, making the company's Advanced Refurbishment and Coatings unit in North Haven, Connecticut, the first independent source for the repair of International Aero Engines V2500 A5/D5 aerofoil components. Source: Flight International
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Joining the bandwagon
Kieran Daly and Jenny Pite/LONDON There is perhaps little doubt that a degree of management fashion-following lies behind some of the trends observed in the running of the air transport industry. The sceptics who blame mere fashion for the widespread move to arm's-length operation of airline maintenance during the 1990s ...
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Living dangerously
Apathy has forced take-off performance monitoring to be shelved. David Learmount/LONDON The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says that there were more than 4,000 take-off related accidents and serious incidents involving airliners in the USA between 1983 and 1990, resulting in 1,378 fatalities. ...
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Singapore negotiates with USA for additional F-16C/Ds
Douglas Barrie/LONDON SINGAPORE IS negotiating to purchase a further six Lockheed Block 52 F-16C/Ds. The deal would increase its total order to 24 aircraft, which is sufficient to equip two full squadrons. A foreign-military-sales (FMS) contract for the additional aircraft is expected to be concluded in ...
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McDonnell Douglas calls MD-11 axe the 'worst-case' option
McDONNELL DOUGLAS is examining ways of keeping MD-11 production profitable through to the end of 1996 but says that one option - temporarily halting the line for much of 1996 - is considered "the worst-case scenario". "It's definitely a far-out option," says the company, which still hopes to ...
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MDC and JAA in MD-90 confrontation
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) and the European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) are at loggerheads over changes to the MD-90 stall-recognition and recovery system which the JAA wants before granting European certification. The MD-90, like the MD-80, has a stick-shaker to warn the crew of ...
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Germany plans airborne A3XX simulation
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH THE GERMAN Aerospace Research Establishment (DLR) is developing an in-flight simulation of an A3XX-type large commercial transport under contract from Airbus Industrie. Airbus wants the establishment to develop a reference model of an aircraft, based on the expected dimensions, weight and inertia of the ...
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SIA nears decision on Indian procurement
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE SINGAPORE AIRLINES (SIA) is expected to make a final aircraft and engine selection by the end of this month for its proposed start-up joint-venture airline in India with Tata Industries. Competing for the order for up to 16 150-seat passenger aircraft are Boeing, with ...
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Airbus wins A330 ETOPS tickets
THE AIRBUS A330 has been awarded three simultaneous type-approvals by the European Joint Aviation Authorities for extended-range twin-engine operations (ETOPS). The General Electric CF6-80E1-powered version, which has had a year's service with Air Inter of France and Aer Lingus of Ireland, has won 180min approval. Aer Lingus aircraft ...