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Engine alliance
Pratt & Whitney Space Propulsion has joined Russia's NPO Energomash to form RD AMROSS, a company to produce, market and sell the RD-180 engine. Source: Flight International
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IAI's expanding Commodore moves into SabreTech's Miami site
Commodore Aviation, the overhaul subsidiary of Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI), is expected to complete a deal acquiring the troubled SabreTech's maintenance operation at Miami International Airport within the next two weeks. The IAI unit, which is based at Miami International, will move into SabreTech's much larger site after ...
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Flying high in the USA
There seems to be no stopping the US airline industry. Passenger traffic has set new highs throughout the past year and there are few signs of the growth slowing down. Profits have been spectacular. On almost any measure, the year-end results from the US majors are the best ...
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CIS reports worst-ever airline accident rate
A MASSIVE deterioration in freight airline safety in the CIS countries has given the region its worst fatal airline-accident rate in history, according to figures released by the Interstate Aviation Committee (MAK). Ten of the year's 13 fatal accidents involved CIS-registered freighters. MAK says that this gives a fatal-accident rate ...
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Strategic retreat
THE TROUBLE WITH collaborative projects is that, in order for them to succeed, people have to collaborate, whole-heartedly. Such commitment has rarely been a feature of European collaboration on defence projects, and it certainly appears to be absent in the case of the Future Large Aircraft (FLA) project. The tragedy ...
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PW306-powered 328 jet gets the go-ahead
Fairchild Dornier is to go ahead with its plans for a turbofan-powered 328, which will enter service in early 1999. The announcement follows the confirmation recently of the selection of Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC)as the engine supplier for the jet-powered derivative of the turboprop aircraft (Flight International, 29 January-4 ...
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Myanmar shelves A320-lease plans
Myanmar Airways International has scrapped plans to lease two Airbus Industrie A320s and instead extended an interim lease agreement with Malaysia Airlines (MAS)for two Boeing 737-400s. In late 1996, the Singapore-Myanmar joint-venture carrier signed a letter of intent with Airbus to lease two A320s for five years. The ...
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Brussels ban illegal
The Court of Appeal in Belgium has nullified the ruling of a lower court, made in July 1996, which prohibited the overflying of certain Brussels suburbs at night. Source: Flight International
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Guatemalan start-up
Mayan World Airlines has taken the first of two AI(R) ATR 42s, to launch regional services in Guatemala. The Guatemala City-based start-up will initially serve Flores from its base, and plans to expand services soon. Source: Flight International
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Workshop
++ MTU has received a five-year contract from Qantas to support the General Electric CF6-50C2s which power the airline's fleet of Airbus A300B4s. ++ Sabena Technics has signed a long-term contract with Biman Bangladesh Airlines to provide maintenance support for the airline's fleet of two Airbus A310-300s. Sabena Technics will ...
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Pinnacle orders A300 conversions from DASA
Pinnacle Aircraft Leasing has awarded contracts to Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA) Airbus for the first two of an expected five A300B4 freighter conversion deal. The first of the two - a 1980-build ex-Egyptair aircraft - is being converted at DASA Airbus subsidiary Elbe Flugzeugwerke, based in Dresden. It is to be ...
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Air Niugini finalises order for Dash 8s
The planned order by Air Niugini of Papua New Guinea (PNG) for two Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8-200s is to be finalised, after delays during final contract negotiations. The airline has been negotiating the order with Bombardier for some months to replace its fleet of de Havilland Dash ...
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Bidders jostle for SilkAir order
SilkAir of Singapore has begun evaluating formal proposals submitted by competing airframe and engine manufacturers for a replacement fleet of up to ten narrowbody passenger jets. The Singapore Airlines-owned regional carrier is looking for a new family of 100- and 150-seat aircraft to replace its fleet of Boeing ...
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Turkey discusses THY fleet-renewal order
Turkish prime minister Neemettin Erbakan is discussing a potential order with Airbus and Boeing for up to 50 aircraft worth about $4 billion, for operation by the country's national carrier THY Turkish Airlines. Bids are being discussed from Airbus and Boeing for aircraft to replace THY's fleet of ...
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Bidders prepare for Thomson-CSF
French industrial group Alcatel Alsthom has confirmed that it has held talks with Aerospatiale and Dassault on forming a bidding team to make an offer for defence-electronics giant Thomson-CSF. The move comes as the French Government prepares to reveal how it wants to secure the company's privatisation, with ...
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India down to last carrier
There is growing concern in New Delhi that the operational readiness of the Indian navy's air arm will be seriously affected by the navy having to retire one of its two remaining aircraft carriers, INS Vikrant, without provision for a replacement. Following the retirement on 31 January of ...
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BAe is poised to make decision on JSF partner
British Aerospace, a loser in the initial Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) shortlist, will decide shortly whether to join forces with Boeing or Lockheed Martin, the US aerospace firms selected by the Pentagon to continue development of the next-generation tactical aircraft. BAe had been teamed with McDonnell Douglas (MDC) ...
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BAe cues RBS 70
British Aerospace Australia has won a A$10 million ($7.6 million) contract to supply the Australian Army with five Lockheed-Sanders P-Star radar alerting and cueing systems for its Bofors RBS 70 portable surface-to-air guided-weapon system. The system, now in use with the US Army and other countries, detects incoming aircraft, provides ...
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Norway favours F-16/EF2000
Lockheed Martin's F-16 Block 60 and the Eurofighter EF2000 are understood to have been shortlisted by Norway to meet its KFA-96 fighter requirement. The decision is expected to be revealed shortly, following final ratification in Oslo. The Norwegian defence ministry maintains that it has yet to make the ...
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New Zealand keeps an open mind on naval helicopter choice
The New Zealand Government is still keeping its options open on the selection of a new naval helicopter, in spite of Australia's recent decision to opt for the Kaman SH-2G(A) Super Seasprite over the rival Westland Super Lynx. New Zealand's recently formed coalition Government is not now expected ...