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Lean on the line
Industry may never see World War II production rates again - but the lessons live onGuy Norris/Seattle Ian Sheppard/London Graham Warwick/Fort WorthFor Boeing, it was back to the future when it began implementing lean manufacturing in 1993, as many of the real lessons were taught back in the Second World ...
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Virtual fighters
Lockheed Martin is redefining what it costs to develop and produce a new combat aircraftGraham Warwick/Fort WorthTwo imperatives drive almost every operation at Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems: keeping the F-16 in production, and winning the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) competition. Both goals share one prerequisite - affordability. Of all ...
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Lucas in Belfast
The UK's Lucas Aerospace plans to open a new engineering centre in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in November. The plant will develop and maintain advanced safety-critical control software for civil and military aircraft, initially focusing on engine control for Allison Engine. Source: Flight International
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F414 boost
General Electric is working towards increasing by 25% the thrust of the 22,0000lb (98kN) F414-400 turbofan, which is installed on the Boeing F/A-18E/F, to power future versions of the fighter. The first two production engines were delivered in early August. Source: Flight International
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Alenia contracts
Alenia has won contracts from Airbus, potentially worth $110 million, to provide 1,000 shipsets of machined wing parts for the A320 family and 350 sets for the A330/340 family, including the A340-500/600. Source: Flight International
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Bombardier Enovia
Enovia and Dassault Systémes are to update Bombardier Aerospace's aircraft development, manufacturing and configuration processes to avoid the need for physical prototypes. The Canadian company has already used Dassault's CATIA-based digital mockup for the Global Express business jet, but this will be supplemented for future aircraft with the Enovia virtual ...
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Squirrel Lease
The UK's Kent Air Ambulance is due to resume operations on 2 September, flying a Eurocopter AS355F1 Twin Squirrel helicopter, leased by Medical Aviation Services, to replace a similar model to the one that crashed in late July, killing the pilot and crew. The decision follows a recent incident in ...
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Koor disposal
Koor Industries is to sell its Soltam weapon systems and metalworking business to Israeli defence contractor Michael for $35 million. Source: Flight International
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Weighing in
US holding company The Aviation Group of Dallas, Texas, is to acquire General Electrodynamics, the Texas-based manufacturer of scales used for weighing aircraft during maintenance and repair procedures. The holding company will pay $1.6 million for the business, which achieved revenues exceeding $5 million in 1997. The Aviation Group acquired ...
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Everything has a price
Lockheed Martin has sold its PRICE Systems business to managers at the former subsidiary in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, USA. The company markets software tools and services used to estimate the cost of aerospace and defence products and establish product development schedules. PRICE Systems, formed in 1975, was obtained as ...
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737-600 set for September delivery
Boeing hopes to deliver the first of 41 737-600s to launch customer SAS in September, pending European Joint Aviation Authorities approval, expected by the end of August. The manufacturer received type certification for the -600, the smallest member of the Next Generation (NG) family, on 18 August from the US ...
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Turbulence injures US Airways 737 passengers
Wake turbulence during the cruise phase of a flight is suspected as the cause of an incident which resulted in injuries to passengers during a US Airways Boeing 737-300 flight between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Las Vegas, Nevada, on 7 August. The captain reported the aircraft as acting "-like something ...
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American boosts 777 orders
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON American Airlines has placed a $2.1 billion order for 15 more Boeing 777-200ERs, boosting its total for the aircraft to 34. The carrier placed an initial order for 777s in November 1996, and selected the Rolls-Royce Trent 800 engine. At that time, the airline concluded a ...
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Air Jamaica plan for all-Airbus fleet hit by shortage of aircraft
Graham Warwick/Washington DC Air Jamaica wants to move to an all-Airbus fleet "as soon as possible", to cut costs, but is being stymied by a lack of available aircraft. The Jamaican flag carrier is looking for at least four A320s and one A340, says chief executive Christopher Zacca. ...
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Airports
The Japanese Transport Ministry is to reduce landing and control tower service charges at domestic airports from fiscal year 1999. Landing fees will be slashed by one-third, while fees for control tower services and other facilities will also be lowered in an attempt to invigorate domestic air routes. The ...
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IAI seeks to wrap up FedEx deal with further Airtruck investors
Israel Aircraft Industries' (IAI) Airtruck specialised cargo aircraft has been selected in principle by FedEx to meet its requirement for a Fokker F27 replace- ment. The Israeli company is struggling to meet FedEx's price demands, however, and is seeking additional customers, partners and investors to enable the programme to be ...
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Skymark Airlines takes first aircraft and prepares to launch
Japanese start-up Skymark Airlines has taken delivery of its first aircraft, a Boeing 767-300ER, one of two examples being leased from International Lease Finance. Skymark will launch operations with the 309-seater on 19 September, operating three daily round-trip flights between Tokyo and Fukuoka. Source: Flight International
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Delta speeds up 727 retirement
Delta Air Lines is accelerating the retirement of its Boeing 727-200s. The last of the tri-jets are set to leave the fleet in 2005, some three years earlier than previously planned, . The 117 727-200Advs in the mainline fleet and the 14 similar aircraft allocated to Delta Shuttle operations ...
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Ethiopian seeks more 767s as A340 deal collapses
Ethiopian Airlines has scrapped plans to lease an Airbus A340 for its recently introduced transatlantic operations and is seeking alternative equipment. Ethiopian concluded an agreement in May with Airbus Industrie Financial Services (AIFS) for the three-year lease of an ex-Gulf Air A340-300 to operate its new service to Washington ...
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Gill Air closes on Fokker 100 leases for franchise flights
Gill Air is finalising a deal to acquire three Fokker 100s to enable it to launch jet operations on its Air France franchise routes early next year. The UK regional airline, based in Newcastle, has selected the 100-seat Fokker for its jet requirement over the similarly sized British Aerospace ...