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CFM56-7B passes final blade-out examination
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES A full blade-out test was successfully completed on CFM International's CFM56-7B turbofan at Villaroche, France, on 2 December, just six days before the unveiling of the first of the next-generation Boeing 737 series for which the engine is designed. The engine was ...
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Oil leak is blamed for Delta accident
The loss of one of Europe's few remaining airworthy Douglas DC-3s off the Netherlands on 25 September was caused by an engine-oil leak, say Dutch aviation authorities. The DC-3 was owned by the Dutch Dakota Association. The pilot was unable to feather the propeller of the failing engine ...
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Flight engineers call for world drive to improve flight safety
Andrezj Jeziorski/MUNICH The International Flight Engineers Organisation (IFEO) has highlighted six areas in which it considers that action must be taken to counter spiralling air-accident fatalities. At its 1996 general assembly in Munich, the organisation expressed "regret and dismay" at the increasing number of fatalities ...
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Aeroflot and Ilyushin agree Il-96T production deal
Aeroflot and Ilyushin have signed the final contract paving the way for the production of 20 Il-96Ms and Il-96Ts. The $1.5 billion deal, signed on 3 December, will see the Russian-manufactured aircraft fitted with Pratt & Whitney PW2337 turbofans and Western avionics to be integrated by Rockwell-Collins. ...
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EC puts pressure on Belgian CAA
The Belgian civil-aviation authority is coming under pressure from the European Commission (EC) to comply with rules which oblige all member states to accept and revalidate pilot licences wherever they are issued within the European Union. The issue is being pressed by a Belgian national who trained as ...
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Atlantic Coast eyes J41
Atlantic Coast Airlines (ACA) has reached an "agreement in principle" to acquire 12 Jetstream 41 turbo- props from Aero Inter- national (Regional) (AI(R)), with a book value of $84 million. AI(R) holds no firm orders for the J41, with the last aircraft having been delivered to the Royal Thai Army ...
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New Zealand unites
Air New Zealand and United Airlines have linked up as strategic partners, which will see them initiate codeshare flights between the USA and Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific Islands. Although the tie-up will not affect the level of aircraft capacity on the routes, the two carriers intend to ...
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Qatar Airways decides on strategy for growth
Qatar Airways, fresh from a series of top management appointments, says that it will finalise its new long-term strategy after a board meeting in January, with the aim to "triple the size of the airline" by the end of 1997. The moves follows the appointment of Akbar ...
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Clinton faces reshuffleof aviation advisors
US President Bill Clinton faces having to replace a series of key aviation advisors during his second term, following top-level resignations in the transportation department. Transportation Secretary Federico Peña and defence chief William Perry are among the cabinet members who have already informed Clinton of their planned departures. ...
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TriStar gets ready for major restructuring
TriStar Airlines, which recently returned three of its four British Aerospace 146s, says that it will soon announce a major restructuring of its operations and a move into new markets, with the acquisition of larger aircraft. The Las Vegas, Nevada-based airline, which began operations in 1995, says that ...
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Government forces union ballot in effort to rescue Canadian International
In a last-ditch effort to rescue Canadian Airlines International, the Government has stepped in to force the Canadian Autoworkers Union (CAW) to ballot members over important wage cuts. The decree came hours before a 4 December midnight deadline for all 16,400 Canadian employees to accept a sliding-scale ...
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Finnair vacates hotel business
Finnair is flying away from its hotels and restaurants Finnair is selling control of its hotel and restaurant business as part of a broader restructuring of the group which has seen its airline profits virtually halved over the past six months. The bulk of the ...
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German Government turns up heat on Airbus restructuring
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH The German Government is linking the provision of further aeronautics-research funding to the restructuring of Airbus Industrie and the launch of the A3XX, putting further pressure on the Airbus partners to reach agreement on the establishment of a new commercial structure for the consortium. ...
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Malaysia profits remain steady
Malaysia Airlines (MAS) just managed to hold profits steady over the first half of its 1996/7 financial year, but the group promises to emerge "stronger and leaner" in 1997 as restructuring continues. The group's net profit over the six months to the end of September dipped slightly ...
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BAe joins take-over of German naval group
British Aerospace confirms that it has signed to join a consortium formed to take over German defence-electronics grouping STN Atlas Electronik, in a strategic move designed to increase its naval-systems business. BAe is joined in the consortium by the Rheinmetall industrial group, with financial backing from utility ...
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Trinova buys EEMCO for $35 million
US motion-control specialist Trinova has continued its acquisition spree with the purchase of actuator manufacturer Electrical Engineering & Manufacturing (EEMCO). Trinova says that the deal is part of a strategy to double its aerospace business to more than $600 million by 2000. Maumee, Ohio-based Trinova has now acquired ...
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UK tax increases anger airlines
UK tax increases anger airlines UK Government plans to double airport departure tax have angered airlines which claim that the country will now have the highest rates in Europe. A departure tax was first announced in the UK budget two years ago, set at ú5 ...
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France will offer multi-year Rafale/Tiger procurement
Julian Moxon/PARIS The French Government is offering multi-year procurement of the Dassault Rafale fighter and the Eurocopter Tiger anti-tank helicopter as a sweetener to its demand for major cost savings in both programmes. The Government proposal also supports setting up a single production line for ...
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Lockheed Martin and Hughes combine on IRST
Lockheed Martin and its principal subcontractor Hughes Aircraft are developing a shipboard infra-red search-and-track (IRST) system to combat incoming anti-ship cruise missiles. Under a $15 million, two-year contract, Lockheed Martin will develop and test an engineering demonstration model of the IRST. After completing phase one of engineering ...
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Germany sets up RMPA study to identify Atlantic successor
Germany is to phase out its Atlantics from 2005 Andrzej Jezorski/MUNICH German system-development house ESG has been given a Government contract to carry out a feasibility study to look at potential airframes and systems for a new German maritime-patrol aircraft (MPA). The German ...