All MRO articles – Page 576
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Piper with attitude
New Piper Aircraft has appointed Attitudes International as its exclusive supplier of flight training. Based at Vero Beach, Florida, alongside Piper, Attitudes will provide pilot and maintenance training on the PA-32 Cherokee/Saratoga, PA-34 Seneca and PA-46 Source: Flight International
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Sabena places new long-haul fleet
Herman De Wulf/BRUSSELS THE RATIONALISATION of Sabena's long-haul-aircraft types is the priority item on the carrier's fleet-planning agenda, with a decision expected soon on standardising on a single type. The long-haul decision is seen as a more urgent than the replacement of its older Boeing 737-200s, ...
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Sogerma
Henri-Paul Puel has become chairman and chief executive of Aerospatiale's Sogerma-Socea, responsible for maintenance and aeronautical-repairs activities. Puel, who began his career with Aerospatiale in 1962, was chief executive of Aero International (Regional), responsible for sales, marketing and customer support for ATR, Jetstream and Avro aircraft. Source: Flight ...
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Sabena replaces noisy 737s
SABENA IS examining Airbus Industrie A320s as possible replacements for some of its Boeing 737s. One possibility being considered by the Belgian carrier is to acquire the aircraft on operating leases from US lessor International Lease Finance (ILFC). The airline and its regional subsidiary, Delta Air ...
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Cathay Pacific boss heads for Ansett Australia
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Cathay Pacific Airways managing director Rod Eddington has been named as the new executive chairman at Ansett Australia, charged with seeing through a major shake-up at the loss-making carrier. The announcement, which comes in the wake of the Air New Zealand (ANZ) acquisition of ...
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Aviadvigatel
The Aviadvigatel/Perm Motors PS-90A turbofan programme has been severely crippled because of a lack of funding, which has severely compromised the manufacturer's ability to overcome technical problems which have left the engine with a reputation for poor reliability. Series production of the engine was conditionally approved by the ...
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Rockwell consolidates Collins avionics business
Rockwell has brought together its Collins avionics and communications businesses into a single business unit, in a re-organisation, which follows the sale of the remainder of the group's aerospace interests to Boeing. The two Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based units, Collins Commercial Avionics and Collins Avionics & Communications, together with ...
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WestJet back
Transport Canada has lifted the impending suspension of WestJet Airlines after the low-cost carrier appointed a person responsible for maintenance, and implemented an approved maintenance system. Calgary-based Westjet grounded its four Boeing 737s in September when Transport Canada found maintenance violations. Source: Flight International
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GE expands with overhaul buys in Malaysia/Brazil
General Electric is forging ahead with international expansion of its growing engine overhaul business, with deals agreed in the last few days to take controlling stakes in the Malaysia Airlines (MAS) engine- overhaul unit and Brazil's CELMA repair centre. Under an agreement understood to have been signed between ...
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Cathay Pacific
David Turnbull has been named as the new managing director at Cathay Pacific Airways. He is also chairman of Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Co. He replaces Rod Eddington, who moves to Ansett Australia as executive chairman. Turnbull is replaced as director of corporate development by Tony Tyler, who is currently ...
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CFM International
CFM International (CFMI) is working to get its CFM56-7 series turbofan certificated on schedule before the beginning of November. The latest version of the successful CFM56 family, the -7 is being developed to power the new-generation Boeing 737. The 737-700 is due to have its maiden flight in ...
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LucasVarity investment dispels doubts
Lucas Aerospace is to acquire the Boeing Georgia cargo handling systems operation, in a move, which appears to dispel speculation that the newly merged LucasVarity group would quit the aerospace sector. The acquisition will bring sales of around $90 million, taking the Lucas cargo-handling business above the $200 ...
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Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries IHI
Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries (IHI) manufactures the two-shaft F3-30 turbofan for the Japan Air Self-Defence Force's Kawasaki T-4 trainer. The first production engine was delivered in 1987. IHI is expected to be responsible for about 40% of the work on the General Electric F110-129 engine which powers the Mitsubishi ...
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Recommendations for improved safety
THE HUMAN-FACTORS TEAM makes a large number of recommendations for action by the FAA and other agencies. There are eight main headings, but some basic demands, like the need for better information-exchange on incidents, is repeated in varying forms under several of them. The principle recommendations for each heading include: ...
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Mesa plans Texas regional
US REGIONAL carrier Mesa Air Group plans to begin a high frequency, low-fare jet service from Fort Worth's Meacham Airport in Texas on 5 May, 1997. The service, which will be operated as Mesa Airlines, will use 13 of the 16 Bombardier Canadair Regional Jets ordered in August and will ...
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ASTAAS closes down
THE AUSTRALIAN Government has shut down ASTA Aircraft Services (ASTAAS) after failing to find a buyer for the loss-making maintenance operation. ASTAAS, which employed around 450 people, was one of two units left over after the 1995 privatisation of the ASTA aerospace business in 1995. The other unit, ...
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Aviall
Aviall has completed the divestment of non-core operations with the sale of its fastener-distribution business to Maple Leaf Aerospace. Aviall has progressively sold off its engine overhaul businesses to focus on parts distribution and inventory locator services. The unit is expected to become part of Maple Leaf's Tri-Star Aerospace manufacturing ...
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FBO industry reshapes
From the USA to the UK, fixed-base operators have been changing hands as industry consolidation continues. In August, Mercury Air Group completed the acquisition of five FBOs from Raytheon Aircraft Services for $8.25 million. The sites involved are at Ontario International Airport in California; Georgia's Hartsfield International and Peachtree-DeKalb Airports ...
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Airline news
British Airways is adding Barcelona, Helsinki, Lisbon and Glasgow to its London/ Gatwick network. GB Airways will operate on behalf of BA from Gatwick to Faro, Malaga and Oporto. BA is also extending its non-smoking trials from January 1997 to cover 90 per cent of its system-wide seats, ...
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Canada rejig
Air Canada is restructuring its maintenance division by focussing on B767 and A319/320 maintenance, which will include tendering for third-party work. The move should provide a boost of US$20 million. The carrier will contract out its heavy checks on its nine B747s to Air France, and will overhaul the French ...