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Power play
Greenwich Air Services has secured a ten-year deal with Britannia Airways for the repair and overhaul of General Electric CF6-80A2 and -80C2 engines. The contract value is put at around $85 million. Greenwich, which is in the throes of a takeover by General Electric, has also signed a $40 million ...
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Landing contract
The new Fairchild Dornier 328-300 regional jet is to be fitted with a Messier-Dowty landing gear. The deal is expected to be worth $70 million to the Anglo-French venture over the life of the programme. Source: Flight International
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Maintenance venture
GE Engine Services and EVA Airways have signed a memorandum of intent to explore the formation of an engine- overhaul and maintenance venture in Taiwan. The deal, in which EVA would have the majority stake, will handle engine overhaul for EVA and other airlines. Source: Flight ...
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CIS certification
The CIS has certificated Bombardier's Canadair Regional Jet, the de Havilland Dash 8 series turboprops and the Challenger 604 and 601corporate jets. Source: Flight International
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Fairchild Dornier wins 328Jet launch orders
Regional-aircraft manufacturer Fairchild Dornier has secured the first sales of its new 32-seat 328Jet derivative of the Dornier 328 turboprop with two separate orders. The first firm order for six aircraft has come from Dijon-based regional carrier Proteus Airlines. A second order for four aircraft with four options ...
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Airbus waits for orders before committing to growth A340s
Airbus Industrie says that it needs a "significant" number of orders for the new A340-500/600 versions of the A340 before committing to full development and production. Despite that, sales chief John Leahy is "optimistic" that sufficient airlines to justify the $2.5 billion development cost will commit to the ...
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AMR Eagle divides regional-jet order: Embraer wins key deal
AMR Eagle has divided its long-awaited order for regional jets between Embraer and Bombardier, although the Brazilian manufacturer has won the key competition to supply 50-seaters. AMR Eagle will take delivery of the first of 42 firmly ordered EMB-145LRs, powered by the Allison AE3007A1 engine, in February 1998, ...
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Work begins on low-maintenance Adour
Rolls-Royce and Turboméca have launched development of a new low-maintenance version of the Adour 871 turbofan which powers the British Aerospace Hawk and McDonnell Douglas T-45 trainers. The Adour 900 will offer 4,000h between overhauls to meet what R-R military-engines chief Terry Graham describes as a demand for ...
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Airbus partners bicker on restructuring
Friction between the partners in the European Airbus consortium remained strongly in evidence during the show, with Germany launching thinly veiled attacks against the French position on restructuring the consortium. "We have no time to indulge in the favourite game of Europeans, which is summed up by the ...
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Airbus Industrie nets two new customers
Finnair and Brazil's TAM have become new Airbus Industrie customers, with orders for a total of 17 aircraft and options on a further 29. Finnair has chosen the Airbus A319/A320/A321 narrowbody range to replace its fleet of McDonnell Douglas DC-9s. The Finnish carrier will take an ...
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AI(R) and Embraer start talks on joint 70-seat regional-jet
Aero International (Regional) (AI(R)) and Embraer are holding talks on the possible joint development of a 70-seat regional jet. The companies have separate projects on the drawing board for regional aircraft, although uncertainties over their viability has been delaying progress towards a launch. Embraer chief executive Mauricio Botelho ...
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Royal Navy is poised to join ASTOR project
The UK Ministry of Defence's (MoD) £800 million ($1.3 billion) Airborne Stand-off Radar (ASTOR) project is on the brink of becoming a tri-service requirement. The Royal Navy is likely to join the programme, which is designed to provide the UK armed forces with an advanced airborne-surveillance capability. The ...
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MTU targets European military engines
Daimler-Benz Aerospace (Dasa) aero-engine unit MTU Munich hopes to set up a European military-engines company around its international partnership with France, Italy and Spain to develop the M138. The M138 is a turboprop derivative of Snecma's 50-105kN (11,250-23,600lb)-thrust M88 turbofan, which powers the Dassault Rafale Ìghter. The new ...
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AlliedSignal takes wraps off advanced engine plan
AlliedSignal is "committed" to development of all new turbofans in the 18-36kN (4,000-8,000lb)-thrust range, providing a next-generation powerplant for business aircraft and small regional jets. AlliedSignal engineering vice-president Carl Schopfer, revealing Ìrst details of the AS900, says: "We are committed to the programme, but we will be looking ...
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Antonov rolls outfirst An-140 prototype
Anotonov is beginning flight tests of the An-140 turboprop following the roll-out of the first prototype at the Ukrainian design bureau's base in Kiev on 6 June. The An-140 is designed to replace ageing An-24s for passenger and cargo services, offering twice the fuel efficiency and range, as well as ...
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BA's Paris security dispute settled
British Airways says that it has withdrawn its legal action against Aéroports de Paris (ADP) for failing to provide adequate baggage check-in security at Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG)Airport. BA says that the action follows ADP's provision of a new passenger check-in location. The seven-week dispute, which BA ...
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Canada considers sanctions over US overflight charges
Graham Warwick/WASHington DC CANADA IS considering sanctions that could be imposed on the USA if it fails in legal efforts to ban overflight fees introduced by the US Federal Aviation Administration in May. Options range from levying similar fees on US airlines overflying Canadian airspace to asking the ...
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PW100 checks urged
Following an engine fire on 21 May in a Skywest Airlines Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia, the US National Transportation Safety Board has urged the Federal Aviation Administration to order an immediate one-time inspection of all Pratt & Whitney Canada PW100 turboprop engines. The checks would ensure that the gas-generator case drain ...
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ICAO plans CNS/ATM implementation conference in Rio
ACKNOWLEDGING that financing the transition costs is the biggest hurdle to introducing satellite-based communication, navigation, surveillance and air-traffic management (CNS/ATM), the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) plans a conference on the subject in Rio de Janeiro on 11-15 May, 1998. ICAO president Dr Assad Kotaite announced the conference ...
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Bosnia ATC upgrade
Northrop Grumman is to provide Bosnia-Herzegovina with modernised air-traffic-control (ATC)equipment, including a monopulse secondary surveillance radar (MSSR). The US firm will also build an ATC control centre for en route operations. The MSSR is upgradable to full Mode S capability and the ATC centre will be equipped with the AMS-2100 ...