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Air France nears decision on replacement for 737-200
Julian Moxon/PARIS Air France expects to decide between the Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 families to replace its 737-200s by the end of June. A deal for up to 30 aircraft is expected. According to fleet planning director Pierre Vellay, the airline is undertaking a five-year, Fr40 billion ...
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Airtours and Sabena order A320 simulators
UK airline Airtours and Belgian carrier Sabena have ordered their first Airbus A320 full-flight simulators. The machines are being supplied by Thomson Training & Simulation (TTS), with visual systems provided by Evans & Sutherland. Airtours' Level D machine will enter service in April 1999 at a new training centre to ...
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AlliedSignal powers up next generation engine
A core engine demonstrator built by AlliedSignal as the potential forerunner for a new family of regional and business turbofans has run at full power for the first time since its initial run on 7 December, 1997. The technology validation core is configured with a three axial stage/one centrifugal ...
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American Eagle ERJ-145 rolls out
The first of up to 67 Embraer RJ-145LRs for American Eagle Airlines is rolling down the assembly line in Sao José dos Campos, Brazil. The deal, signed at last June's Paris air show, includes 42 firm orders and 25 options. The LR version has increased weights, more powerful engines ...
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ANA steps closer to Star Alliance
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH GERMAN flag carrier Lufthansa and All Nippon Airways (ANA)have signed a codeshare agreement in a first step towards full Star Alliance membership for the Japanese carrier. ANA is already in advanced talks about a similar agreement with Star Alliance partner United Airlines. While Lufthansa is not ...
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Australia winds up for fight to supply Army helicopters
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Australia's Defence Acquisition Organisation plans formally to kick off the Army's long awaited Air 87 programme with a request for proposals in May for a new fire support and reconnaissance helicopter. The Air 87 timetable calls for potential bidders to respond within three months and ...
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Avionics trainer
SimuFlite Training International has installed an avionics trainer for the Bombardier Challenger 601-3A/3R business jet in its simulator centre at Dallas/Forth Worth Airport, Texas. Built by Xionix Simulation, the free-play trainer simulates Honeywell's SPZ-8000 integrated avionics system. Source: Flight International
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FLA partners will thrash out future
Julian Moxon/PARIS A meeting of the partners in the European Future Large Aircraft (FLA) programme, scheduled to take place in Moscow on 11 March, is being described by officials close to the project as a "critical point" in the programme. At the same time, Lockheed Martin is still talking ...
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Investigators explain British Airways 737 Dutch roll
Dutch roll in a British Airways Boeing 737-200Adv on flight test in October 1995 has been attributed to fluid penetrating connector pins associated with the yaw damper coupler, according to a UK Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) report. The full inquiry had been prompted by fears of uncommanded "rudder hard-over" ...
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Fokker 50 cargo conversion studied
A cargo conversion programme is being studied by Fokker Services to meet a perceived need for a Fokker F27 freighter replacement. Fokker Services product marketing manager Leon Boenders says that of the 210 Fokker 50s now in service, some 30-50 have been identified as likely to become available up ...
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New joint venture is established to work on Airbus nacelles
A new company to develop and produce engine nacelles has been formed by Hispano-Suiza Aerostructures and Airbus Industrie. The company, to be known as Aircelle, will be equally owned by the French company and the European consortium. Aircelle will involve CASA of Spain, supplying the cowl doors, and Aerospatiale, ...
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American and JAL agree codeshare deal
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC American Airlines and Japan Airlines (JAL) have agreed to codeshare on services between the USA and Japan and other key routes beyond their respective gateways. The strategic alliance, which has been on the stocks for some time, was triggered by the recent US/Japan open skies ...
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Airbus prepares 8000
Airbus expects to deliver the first A340-8000 in the second quarter of this year, following the conclusion of a 20h flight test programme which began with the maiden flight from Toulouse on 19 December, 1997. The A340-200 derivative has increased weights and two additional fuel tanks in the aft cargo ...
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TCAS commitment
FedEx has selected Honeywell's TCAS 2000 for its voluntary programme to install traffic alert and collision avoidance systems in 334 jet-powered freighters, with 95% of the fleet to be equipped within four years. Automatic dependent surveillance- broadcast features will be added when available. Source: Flight International
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Boeing prepares to step up 737/747 production rates
Assembly rate increases on Boeing's Next Generation 737 and 747-400 are to go ahead, with the US manufacturer confident that its production problems are under control. Output of 737s will double in number to 14 a month in April, and 747-400 production will increase from four to five a month ...
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Air Namibia replaces costly 747 with 767-300ER
Chris Yates/MANCHESTER South-west African carrier Air Namibia has decided to replace its ageing Boeing 747SP with a 767-300ER. The airline had been expected to opt for the Airbus A340, but a last-minute offer saw a switch to the Boeing aircraft. The ex-Challenge Air aircraft is due to enter ...
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British Midland applies for transatlantic routes
David Learmount/LONDON British Midland (BM) has filed bids to launch a series of transatlantic services from London Heathrow, starting what it says will be a market development programme lasting between five and seven years. The carrier says that it has made its move in anticipation of a UK/US "open ...
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Revised US airspace upgrade concentrates on ground work
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC The first phase of the revised modernisation plan for the US National Airspace System (NAS) is to concentrate on ground infrastructure improvements. "There will be little impact on avionics equipment," says a senior Federal Aviation Administration official, indicating that features such as automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast and ...
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Marketplace
-Pearljet of Australia has purchased a second British Aerospace Jetstream 41 from BAe Asset Management - Turboprops (AMT), to be based at Brisbane. -O'Connor Airlines of Mount Gambier, Australia, has become the first customer in the Asia- Pacific region for the British Aerospace Jetstream 32EP enhanced performance aircraft, leasing two ...
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GE aims to expand oriental engine support ventures
General Electric Engine Services is focusing efforts on firming up planned new engine-overhaul joint ventures in China and the Philippines, following the recent start of its partnership with EVA Airways in Taiwan. GE has confirmed that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Xiamen Aviation Industrial to ...