Engines – Page 625
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Appointments
Ian Shiu has been named as general manager marketing and sales at Dragonair. Tom Davenport has been appointed to head up the Pratt & Whitney and MTU mid-thrust family engine project. Edmond Soliday has been named as United's vice president corporate safety and security. ...
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Suppliers
Rolls-Royce Aero Engine Services has won overhaul contracts worth $98.6 million. Airtours, China Eastern and Britannia Airways have all signed new long-term contracts, while Air 2000 and American Trans Air are extending existing contracts. Lockheed Aeromod Centers has won a contract to perform heavy maintenance on ...
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PEMCO
Precision Standard of Birmingham, Alabama has appointed Cleveland Howie as director of marketing for the company's Pemco Nacelle Services Unit. Howie was most recently senior sales and marketing representative for AAR Engine Component Systems. The company has also appointed Lars Kirchhoff as regional marketing manager for its Pemco World Air ...
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Flemings doubts add to Bravia problems
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON NEW CRACKS have appeared in the Bravia consortium, set up to sell Rolls-Royce re-engine Tupolev Tu-204 twinjets, with the Flemings banking group expected to make a final decision, over its involvement in the programme within weeks. The problems, centre on disputes over funding ...
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MAS seeks long-range aircraft
MALAYSIA AIRLINES (MAS) has asked for proposals from manufacturers for up to six new long-range passenger aircraft to replace its McDonnell Douglas (MDC) DC-10-30 on thin international routes. Under consideration for the deal are the Airbus A340, Boeing 777 and MDC MD-11. The airline is understood to want ...
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Vietnam Airlines to lease Region A340
VIETNAM AIRLINES is negotiating to lease an Airbus A340 from Region Air of Singapore, in addition to its more immediate requirement for up to nine replacement 150-seat aircraft for its wet-leased Airbus A320s. Region Air is understood to have already ordered one A340 and is considering the ...
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Lufthansa decides on A319 as successor to 737-200
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH LUFTHANSA IS to order 20 Airbus A319 short- to medium-range airliners to replace its remaining Boeing 737-200s. The airline says that it chose the latest and smallest product of the Airbus stable on "grounds of fleet policy and economics". The decision still requires the ...
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Mesa places big Dash 8 order
MESA AIR IS to buy 25 Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8-200s with 25 options in a deal, which launches the model in the US market. The -200 version is tailored for "hot-and-high" requirements and will be used by Mesa's Mountain West Airlines division - a Denver-based United Express ...
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Arctic cold thaws A340/777 relations
THE ICY RELATIONS BETWEEN Airbus and Boeing thawed a little recently when the Boeing 777 and Airbus A340 came face-to-face for the first time, at Fairbanks Airport in Alaska. The Pratt & Whitney PW4084-powered 777, in United Airlines colours, was undergoing cold-soak and cold-weather flight-testing, while its European rival was ...
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Rafael Flies 'Popeye Plus'
Israeli missile developer Rafael, is understood to have test flown a turbofan-powered version of its Popeye stand off missile. The company is looking at several engine manufacturers, including Williams-Rolls and Turbomeca, to provide the power plant for an extended-range variant of the weapon. Source: Flight International
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Gamesa delivers EMB-145 wing
GAMESA AERONAUTICA OF SPAIN HAS delivered the first wing set for the Embraer EMB-145 regional jet. The Vitoria based company, a risk-sharing partner in the EMB-145, is also responsible for the design and supply of the body to wing fairings and the nacelle, including the thrust reverser, which is being ...
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Turbofan Delivery
CFM International delivered its 7,000th CFM56 turbofan early in February. The General Electric/ Snecma joint venture has orders and options for a further 3,000 engines. Source: Flight International
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ILFC may launch V2500 for A319
International Lease Finance (ILFC) is expected to be the launch customer for the International Aero Engines (IAE) V2500-A5-powered Airbus Industrie A319 passenger aircraft. In early January, ILFC placed a $1.5 billion order for up to 40 Airbus aircraft, including eight 124-seat A319s, with options for a further three ...
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Old-age problem
Russia faces a cash crisis as it attempts to replace aging fleets and infrastructure. Alexander Velovich and Paul Duffy/MOSCOW ...
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CFMI seeks to pin down airlines on Il-86
CFM INTERNATIONAL hopes to launch its re-engineing programme for the Russian Ilyushin Il-86 by June and to have certification for the CFM56-powered aircraft by the end of 1996. General manager of engine sales, Henri Cabannes, says that a group of Russian airlines have declared their intentions to re-engine ...
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P&W 4098 launch heralds heavyweight 777 move
Guy Norris/LOSANGELES PRATT & WHITNEY is to launch a 436kN (98,000lb)-thrust derivative of its PW4000-series engine to power heavier versions of the Boeing 777, as well as the planned stretch model. The two companies have formed a team to "...exchange information and work with airlines ...
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Turbine failures ground ANZ's hushkitted 737s
AIR NEW ZEALAND, suddenly grounded ten of the 13 Boeing 737-200s, in its domestic fleet on 17 February. Managing director Jim McCrea says that the decision followed the fourth turbine failure on a Nordam hushkitted Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15A engine in six months. The CAA says ...
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APU Testing Starts
AlliedSignal has begun tests of the 131-9(B) auxiliary power unit (APU) - destined for the Boeing 737-600/700 and 800 family - a month ahead of schedule. The APU is derived from the 131-9(D) about to enter service in the McDonnell Douglas MD-90, but differs in having a starter converter instead ...
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Snecma's engine core is a new-technology concept
Sir - I refer to the article "Snecma to lead CFM56-XX development programme" (Flight International, 25-31 January, P4). It is indeed true that Snecma wants to develop the 200kN (43,000lb) engine core, but: this core will be based upon technologies of Snecma's PAT (Plan d'Actions Technologiques) ...
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Standard Aero Topps
Canadian based engine-overhaul company Standard Aero, has acquired Turbine Overhaul Power Plant Support (TOPPS) of the Netherlands, from its joint owners, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Chromalloy Gas Turbine. The purchase will expand its turboprop coverage, which includes the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60 series and the Allison Engines T56 ...