All MRO news – Page 558
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Noises off
American firm Blast Deflectors (Hall 3/F16a) is promoting a new Airport Noise Protection Unit which can be designed, manufactured and installed in less than six months. "During aircraft maintenance a run-up engine procedure is often required which can be very noisy," explains vice president Christopher Lynn. Many American ...
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Asiana Engines
Asiana Airlines has renewed a contract to have its CF6-80C2 engines overhauled by Lufthansa Technik (LHT). The two companies have extended their current co-operative agreement into the year 2001. The order is for the overhaul of all 66 engines of Asiana's Boeing 747-400s and 767-300s. Source: ...
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IT experts issue warning on 'millennium bomb'
A wave of activity to try to defuse the "millennium bomb" is coming, a leading company said at the show. And there are warnings from information technology (IT) experts based in Britain about problems faced by the aerospace industry trying to tackle the date change problem. ...
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Brakes selected
Lufthansa's charter subsidiary Condor is to fit its 12 Airbus A320 aircraft with Messier-Bugatti's SepcarbIII carbon brakes. The component was launched just over a year ago and has now been selected by 19 airlines. Messier-Bugatti claims the brake reduces maintenance costs and increases reliability and performance. ...
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Wind instrument
French wind measurement expert Degreane has wind profile system Degrewind on show in Hall 5/G17. Remotely operated via telephone network, and with a reputation for high reliability, the Degrewind system requires minimal maintenance. Among other fields Degrewind is used in the aviation industry because of its ...
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Gregory named
Harry Gregory has been named president and general manager of AAR Allen Aircraft, AAR's airframe parts supply, overhaul and inventory management operation, it was announced at the show. Gregory is a former vice-president, Component Maintenance Operations for Northwest Airlines. Source: Flight Daily News
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Biodecap strips the natural way
French firm Biodecap has gone back to nature with a new product which strips paint off metal, composites and plastics on aircraft. The product, called Biodecap, is made from wheat, and can be seen for the first time in Hall 4/B2. The patented process mixes flour ...
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European missile test centre to be set up
Hughes Missile Systems (HMSC) and Danish Aerotech (DA) have signed a teaming agreement to establish a European missile test centre. This link follows a two-year commitment initiated at the 1995 Paris show by the two companies to pursue an 'in-Europe' missile support capability. Ceremony ...
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Boost for Chinese aviation industry
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) designed to accelerate the establishment of an aviation joint venture based in China has been signed at Paris. Aero International (Regional) (AI(R)) and Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) agreed to work toward industrial cooperation with a goal of transferring a part of the ...
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Acquired taste
Acquisitions in the logistics and repair management sector will be the order of the day, says an industry financial report by Smith Barney. The report charts a spate of acquisitions, such as Kellstrom's acquisition of IASI, the Greenwich acquisition of UNC and the subsequent General Electric acquisition of both Greenwich ...
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Computer supply
Russell Adams Ltd has won a contract to supply its AMPS aviation computer software system to Heavylift Aircraft Engineering. The package allows the company to link its engineering and inventory areas to financial control. "This contract consolidates Russell Adam's position as a major supplier of aviation ...
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Canair signs with Pemco
Canadian cargo carrier CanAir has agreed a maintenance deal for its five Boeing 737-200s with Pemco World Air Services. The Mississaugua, Ontario-based airline will have C-level maintenance checks, together with service bulletin and airworthiness directive work carried out on its three combis and two freighters at Pemco's Dothan, ...
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New products
British software manufacturer Russell Adams (Hall 5 G10) makes its first appearance in Paris with new products aimed at small and medium sized airlines as well as maintenance companies. With a sizeable client base that includes Short Brothers and Lockheed Martin Space ASIC the company has been supplying ...
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Finalist: Fokker Services
Finalist: Fokker Services Location Woensdrecht, The Netherlands Achievement Maintaining service levels for Fokker aircraft despite the manufacturer's collapse. When Fokker Aircraft went into bankruptcy at the start of 1996, one of the main concerns among aircraft operators and owners was over what levels of support service ...
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Tecstar puts tiny wheels into motion
A new tiny Reaction Wheel designed to stabilise small satellites is one of a number of products that can be seen for the first time in Europe in Hall 4/A11. US manufacturer Tecstar is making its Paris debut as it moves into the civil aviation market. ...
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Atlas Air confirms plans for 747-400 purchase
Atlas Air has confirmed plans to buy new Boeing 747-400 freighters, and has signed a Ìrm purchase contract worth about $1.7 billion for ten aircraft, and options on a further ten. The transaction, which represents the US cargo carrier's first purchase of new aircraft, was forecast earlier this ...
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Personality of the year
Winner: Shen Yuankang Title Vice Minister of General Administration of Civil Aviation of China Achievement Helping to strengthen air safety oversight in China's fast-growing civil aviation sector. The improvement in China's levels of air safety has been dramatic over the past three years. The country's civil-aviation ...
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Infrastructure
Joint Winner: Luftfartsverket Location Norrkoping, Sweden Joint Winner: SAS Location Stockholm, Sweden Achievement Pioneering work within the NEAN project to demonstrate the potential of ADS-B to modernise Europe's overburdened air traffic control (ATC)infrastructure is already constraining air-transport growth in the region ...
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Maintenance
Winner: Richard Wolf Location Knittlingen, Germany Achievement Combining grinding and borescope tools to allow compressor-blade repairs without engine removal. Like many of the best innovations, this year's winning entry in the Maintenance category is a relatively simple concept, but one which could save the aviation industry ...
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Finalist: Messier-Bugatti
Finalist: Messier-Bugatti Location Velizy, France Achievement Development of a miniature pump to allow decentralisation of aircraft hydraulic systems. Messier-Bugatti set itself the goal developing a miniature pump for electro-hydraulic actuator (EHA) units, which are sufficiently small and light to be sited alongside flight-control equipment, so allowing ...