Engines – Page 583
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Calcor/Westland team on nacelles
Calcor Aero Systems and GKN Westland Aerospace are to market engine-nacelle systems jointly for corporate and regional aircraft. The agreement combines Westland's nacelle expertise with Calcor's thrust-reverser and variable-area nozzle designs. The team has submitted a bid to supply the nacelle for Aero International (Regional)'s AI(R) 70 regional jet. ...
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USAir seeks to cancel its Boeing orders
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Ramon Lopez/Washington DC As USAir seeks to cut its cost structure to enable its planned acquisition of a new Airbus narrowbody fleet, the airline is negotiating the cancellation of its existing orders with Boeing for up to 48 aircraft. USAir has told Boeing that ...
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American signs Boeing for fleet replacement
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC AMERICAN AIRLINES has placed firm orders for 103 Boeings as part of a deal which could see it buying a total of 630 aircraft over the next 20 years. Based on Boeing's list prices, the firm order is valued at $6.6 billion, ...
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R-R, Alliance court Snecma's interest
Rolls-Royce chairman Sir Ralph Robins has invited French manufacturer Snecma to join the UK company's Trent 900 engine programme, which was launched earlier this year to power growth versions of the Boeing 747, and the Airbus A3XX. "We would like to see more European co-operation on the Trent ...
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Hunting new pastures
Max Kingsley-Jones/Coventry On 17 October, Hunting Cargo Airlines retired its remaining Vickers "VC9" Merchantman (Vanguard) freighter when the last operational example was flown to the Brooklands Museum in Surrey, south-west of London, for preservation. This marked the end of a 20-year association with the four-engined turboprop for the ...
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IPTN drops certification plans for PA2 prototype
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE I NDUSTRI Pesawat Nusantara Terbang (IPTN) has abandoned plans to use its second N250 regional prototype as an airworthiness-certification vehicle in a bid to avoid any further postponement of the aircraft's maiden flight. The Indonesian manufacturer had intended using prototype PA2 to begin certification, ...
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AI(R) seeks lease financing
PaulLewis/ZHUHAI AERO INTERNATIONAL (Regional) (AI(R)) is asking competing engine manufacturers to provide lease financing for the yet-to-be-launched AIR 70 regional jet, in exchange for being selected to supply the new aircraft's powerplant. The European consortium is asking the three rival engine suppliers to assist with up ...
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In-flight Trent 700 failure forces Cathay A330 back to Saigon
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Cathay Pacific Airways is investigating the involuntary in-flight shutdown on 11 November of a Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engine, which forced the crew of one of its Airbus A330-300s to return to Saigon shortly after take-off. The engine suffered a suspected internal gearbox failure as ...
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Engine success
Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise has signed a deal with International Aero Engines to order V2500 turbofans to power its fleet of Airbus Industrie A320/321 aircraft. The $330 million deal covers engines for eight A320s and four A321s and options for a further 12 aircraft. China Southern Airlines has also ordered ...
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A3XX programme gathers momentum as MoU is signed with Rolls-Royce
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Julian Moxon/PARIS Airbus Industrie's plans to compete head-on with Boeing in the large airliner market are gathering momentum, with the consortium concluding the first agreement with an engine manufacturer to provide a power plant for the new aircraft. Airbus and Rolls-Royce signed a memorandum ...
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Fairchild Dornier nears engine selection on 328 jet
Guy Norris/Palm Springs Fairchild Dornier expects to select a turbofan for its proposed 30-seat 328-300 "later this month", according to vice-president for sales, Andrew Jampoler, and is targeting an entry- into-service date for the new aircraft of late 1998. Engines being considered include General Electric's CFE738, ...
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Reverser suspected in TAM Fokker crash
Pilot exclamations on the cockpit voice recorder of the crashed TAM Brazilian Fokker 100 (Flight International, 6-12 November) have led investigators to suspect that the No 2 engine thrust-reverser may have operated in flight, say sources close to the investigation. This is supposed to be impossible, because the thrust-reverser actuators ...
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AE-100 engine competition accelerates as rivals fight
The competition to power China's planned AE-100 passenger aircraft is intensifying, with rival engine manufacturers extending increasingly more attractive offers of industrial co-operation and co-production. Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) has stipulated that the joint venture will select an engine primarily on the basis of performance, reliability and ...
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Eurocopter leases EC135s to Bavarian police
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH Eurocopter has won Government approval for a contract to supply nine EC135 light helicopters on a ten-year lease to police in the south German state of Bavaria. According to Eurocopter, the contract will be signed on 13 November, now that the Bavarian regional government ...
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Hobart and Mak launch ground-power units
Hobart Aircraft Ground Power has introduced a 90kVA ground-power unit (GPU), driven by a Deutz water-cooled engine. The GPU was launched at the InterAirport '96 show, held in Atlanta, Georgia, in October. The GPU combines an electrically governed Deutz engine with a generator designed by Troy, Ohio-based Hobart. ...
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USAir and Emirates boost Airbus
Ramon Lopez/Washington DC and Max Kingsley-Jones/London Airbus Industrie has won two significant orders, securing agreements with USAir for up to 400 single-aisle aircraft and with Emirates for as many as 23 A330-200s. Both deals were won in the face of fierce competition from Boeing and McDonnell Douglas. ...
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PS-90 power by hour
Perm Motors is proposing a power-by-the-hour deal for the PS-90 engine on the Ilyushin Il-96-300 and Tupolev Tu-204. Aeroflot Russian International Airlines (ARIA) could be the first to conclude an agreement, covering 60 engines. Source: Flight International
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Airbus
Henri Courpron has been appointed vice-president of sales and Earl Odom has been named vice-president for marketing and business development at the US arm of French-based aircraft manufacturing consortum Airbus Industrie, at its office in Washington DC. Coupron joined Airbus in 1989 from Aerospatiale of France, and Odom was formerly ...
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China's 204 interest
The Chinese Post Office has shown interest in ordering up to 80 Tupolev Tu-204s with Russian-built Perm/Aviadvigatel PS-90 engines to operate a new overnight mail service being set up under the name China Post Airlines. Aviadvigatel and Perm are in negotiations to provide PS-90A repair and overhaul operations in China. ...
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IAE closes in on order for V2500 turbofans from SALE
SINGAPORE AIRCRAFT Leasing Enterprise (SALE) is understood to be close to finalising a deal with International Aero Engines (IAE) for V2500 turbofans to power its planned fleet of 24 Airbus A320/A321s. SALE has selected the V2500 over the rival CFM International CFM56-5. The Singapore Airlines/Boullion Aviation Services joint-venture ...