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China plans 777 lease for US service
CHINA SOUTHERN Airlines is negotiating to lease three more Boeing 777-200IGWs (increased gross weight) from International Lease Finance to support its planned start-up passenger service to the USA. The Chinese carrier is understood to be discussing taking the three leased aircraft in 1997. The airline needs more long-range ...
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Engine-makers line up options for 747X
Guy Norris/LOS ANGLES GENERAL ELECTRIC and Pratt & Whitney expect to finalise by the end of the month their joint-venture plans for the new -500/600 growth versions of Boeing 747. The two manufacturers have "-quickly reached agreement on an engine configuration", but have yet to reach ...
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Axe hangs over new engines for Il-86
GENERAL ELECTRIC (GE) and Snecma are trying to patch together a $750 million financial package in a final attempt to rescue the proposed plan to re-engine Ilyushin Il-86 widebodies with a variant of the CFM56. The project has been under discussion since the early 1990s, but financing has ...
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Stretched 328 is revived by Fairchild acquisition
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH Graham Warwick/Washington DC FAIRCHILD AIRCRAFT of the USA is planning to launch a stretched high-speed version of the 33-seat Dornier 328 turboprop in "a matter of weeks" after its acquisition of a majority stake in the German manufacturer. Mac Williams, Fairchild's president, says that ...
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UNC
Engine-component manufacturer UNC, of Annapolis, Maryland, has named John Demase general manager for UNC Industrial Engines. Demase, who will be based at UNC Metcalf, of Odessa, Texas, was with engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney for more than 20 years. Jim Lundeen is appointed general manager for UNC Accessory Services, in ...
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Falcon Jet
Kenneth Root has been named director of Dassault Falcon Jet's Little Rock, Arkansas, Jet Center. He replaces acting director Earl Philpott, who is to resume his duties as director of production engineering. Root was most recently manager of component repair at Garrett Aviation Services, of Augusta, Georgia. ...
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The Endeavour lands after rendezvous record mission
Tim Furniss/LONDON THE SPACE SHUTTLE Orbiter Endeavour landed at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 29 May, after setting a civilian Shuttle record with a series of four space rendezvous. The successful STS77 mission was the 11th flight by the Endeavour and marks the mid-way point ...
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R-R buys equipment
ROLLS-ROYCE is investing £23 million ($34.5 million) in advanced manufacturing equipment for its Hillington manufacturing site near Glasgow, UK, to enable the factory to produce compressor blades for Trent 895, BMW Rolls-Royce BR715 and Allison AE3007 turbofans. The site manufactures compressor blades, seals and shrouds. The Government is providing £6.9 ...
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British Airways lines up multi-billion dollar deal
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON BRITISH AIRWAYS is expected soon to finalise a $2 billion order for around 20 Boeing aircraft, which could include a mix of 747-400s, 757s and some 777s. The deal will be the airline's first major order since 1991. BA declines to comment on the ...
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Dufour departs from Snecma
Gilbert Sedbon/PARIS SNECMA CHAIRMAN Bernard Dufour has left the group after a series of public run-ins with the French Government, including disagreement over plans to privatise the engine maker, and a deterioration in Snecma's valuable relationship with General Electric. Since taking the helm at Snecma in ...
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Tupolev reveals cryoplane proposals
RUSSIAN MANUFACTURER TUPOLEV HAS REVEALED new cryoplane concepts on which it is working as part of its joint activities with Germany's Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA) in the field of cryogenic fuels. Shown are two proposals for a natural gas-powered Tu-130 LNG convertible cargo/passenger design. The first, known as the "duplane" (above, ...
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Make-up of VPK MAPO
- MAPO MIG - Moscow Aircraft Production Organisation into which the Mikoyan design bureau and MAPO production plant merged a year ago - Joint stock company Kamov - the helicopter-design bureau - Ryazan state instrument plant - the series-production manufacturer of the N-019 radar for the ...
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Trent-powered A330 given 180min ETOPS
THE ROLLS-ROYCE TRENT 700-powered Airbus Industrie A330-300 has been granted 180min extended-range twin-engine operations (ETOPS) approval by Europe's Joint Aviation Authorities. Cathay Pacific Airways plans to use the new approval to begin services with the aircraft from Hong Kong to Australia. Source: Flight International
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Twin engine plan
GE Aircraft Engines and Pratt & Whitney are planning a 50:50 joint venture company to develop a power plant for the B747-500X/600X. Source: Airline Business
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Aircraft news
German carrier Eurowings has ordered three A319s for charter operations. CSA Czech Airlines has ordered 10 Boeing 737-500s, seven of which are subject to reconfirmation. Japan Air System has ordered six more MD-90s plus one option, while Swissair has ordered a further two MD-11s with four ...
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Politics turn sweets sour
Political interference has left South African Airways seriously out of pocket and the airline's management quietly seething after a clash between two government departments over the interpretation of trade rules led to the delay of desperately needed new aircraft. The debacle centres on SAA's order for seven B777s ...
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Mielec offers improved M-28 Skytruck
POLISH manufacturer PZL-Mielec is offering an improved version of its M-28 Skytruck high-wing twin turboprop, which it says will have an increased maximum take-off weight. The company has so far produced one aircraft with the optional improvements, which increase take-off weight by 500kg to 7,500kg. The ...
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RAA wants icing AD extended to cover more than turboprops
SENIOR US OFFICIALS from the Regional Airline Association (RAA) are pressing the US Federal Aviation Administration to extend a new airworthiness directive (AD) on severe icing to all commercial aircraft, rather than singling out turboprops. The RAA feels that the AD, which requires guidance for pilots on how ...
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CFM hits back at IAE claims as V2500 is flown on Airbus A319
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES CFM INTERNATIONAL is challenging the competitive claims of International Aero Engines (IAE), as the manufacturer of V2500 celebrates a successful first flight on the Airbus A319 at Toulouse on 22 May. The planned culmination of the 200h A319 flight-test programme in December, ...
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AI(R) aims for launch of regional-jet in 1997
AERO INTERNATIONAL (Regional) (AI(R)) says that development of a 58- to 85-seat regional-jet family is its "main goal", with a market study already under way and a launch pencilled in for the Paris air show in June 1997. The plan is to work towards an in-service entry ...