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BAE plans to merge Asset Management and Avro
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON BAE Systems is restructuring its regional airliner businesses into a single unit by folding the Asset Management (AM) remarketing arm - a standalone division - into BAE Systems Regional Aircraft, via a merger with the latter's own Toulouse-based Avro marketing and support operation. Avro is part of Woodford, ...
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Boeing targets 'out of box' 207min ETOPS for 777X
Guy Norris/SEATTLE Boeing is to certificate its proposed ultra-long range 777X variants for 207min extended-range twin-engine operations (ETOPS) for "out of the box" entry into service in September 2003. The radical move comes as the US Federal Aviation Administration gives its long-delayed green light to 207min ETOPS for current ...
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British Midland selects A330 for US services
British Midland (BM) has chosen the Airbus A330-200 for its planned US services, and concluded a deal to take up to 12 aircraft. The selection of the 250-seat Airbus widebody follows an evaluation of the similarly sized Boeing 767-400ER. The airline declines to comment on the order. BM ...
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R-R looks to Spain for low-pressure work
Chris Jasper/LONDON Rolls-Royce and its part-owned Spanish subsidiary Industria de Turbo Propulsores (ITP) are discussing the transfer of low-pressure turbine manufacturing and assembly for the Trent 500 programme to Spain. ITP could take over design and manufacture of all R-R low pressure blades. R-R confirms that ITP and South ...
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Mergers
US motion control systems specialist Parker Hannifin is to buy Commercial Intertech for $366 million in cash and stock, plus the assumption of $107 million of debt. Both companies are based in Ohio. Parker has made 42 acquisitions in the last six years. The takeover of Helicopter Services of the ...
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Promising future
The 1990s were years of unprecedentedly intense activity aimed at improving airline safety. So what happened? There were more fatal accidents and more human casualties in that decade than in the 1980s. Despite active flight safety campaigns by major international agencies, more modern aircraft and air traffic control systems, ...
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Second sight
The three surgical procedures most often used to improve eyesight are: PRK (photorefractive keratectomy). Laser energy is used to reshape the cornea. High-energy ultraviolet electrons vaporise corneal tissue. A central, flattened, anterior corneal surface is created, reducing the refractive, or light-bending, power of the cornea to reduce dependence ...
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Marketplace
Air Cairo has leased three more Rolls-Royce RB211-powered Tupolev Tu-204-120s from Sirocco. The carrier already has three Tu-204-120s in service - two passenger models and a freighter. Two of the new aircraft are expected to join the passenger examples which are already subleased to Egyptair for use on North African ...
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Air France strengthens its grip with Regional stake
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH François Legros/PARIS Air France has acquired a controlling stake in franchise partner Regional Airlines, strengthening the French flag carrier's grip on feeder traffic into its Paris Charles de Gaulle hub. The deal will see Air France Finance, a wholly owned subsidiary of the airline, buy the Dubreuil ...
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Exint cleared for AH-64 as production starts
UK advanced design firm Avpro has cleared its Exint transport pod for use with the Boeing AH-64 Apache. Certification to carry personnel is required. The pylon-mounted Exint is designed for combat search and rescue and special forces insertion. Avpro director Mike Ryan says that 17 countries have expressed an ...
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Motorglider maker partners Platforms
Brazilian motorglider manufacturer Aeromot has signed an agreement with US company Platforms International to establish an airborne wireless communications system. Under its strategic partnership with Platforms' Brazilian subsidiary, Belo Horizonte-based Aeromot Group will become prime contractor for the company's aviation operations in Brazil. Platforms' Airborne Relay Communications (ARC) ...
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CityFlyer in jet deal talks
CityFlyer Express is negotiating with BAE Systems to more than double its Avro RJ fleet, as it prepares for the possible transfer of routes from British Airways at London Gatwick. CityFlyer, a regional subsidiary of BA, is at the centre of a plan by its parent to restructure its ...
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Stable helicopter sales forecast
Continued development of new and improved derivative helicopters, combined with the need to replace ageing civil machines, is expected to ensure a static but stable level of rotary-wing aircraft sales, say two new market forecasts. Rolls-Royce projects sales of 5,400 turboshaft-powered helicopters over the next 10 years at a ...
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Boeing rules out derivative powerplants for 747X family
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Boeing has firmly decided to offer only new-design engines on the proposed 747X family, rather than presenting a choice including derivatives of 747-400 turbofans. The decision is a boost to the General Electric-Pratt & Whitney Engine Alliance and to Rolls-Royce. Both are working on designs ...
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Tax cut fuels Jet's regional ambition
Julian Moxon/MUMBAI Jet Airways plans a major expansion of its regional fleet with the acquisition of additional ATR 72 turboprops and a fleet of 70-seat regional jets. Naresh Goyal, president of the fast growing private domestic airline, says a large number of regional aircraft will be required, and that ...
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X-33 flights face delay of 18 months
Lockheed Martin's VentureStar programme president Jerry Rising has confirmed that flights of the X-33 sub-orbital technology demonstrator will "definitely not" begin in July. If the decision is made to build aluminium propellant tanks for the vehicle, to replace those made of experimental lightweight composite materials, the delay will be ...
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Customs waiver clears Aeroflot 767-300ER lease deal
The Russian government has issued an official order to enable Aeroflot Russian International Airlines to avoid paying customs tariffs for the four leased Boeing 767-300ERs that it has been seeking to operate. The temporary waiver has been issued for seven years and applies to four 767s the airline is leasing ...
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Report into Britannia 757 crash poses questions
A fast, high sink-rate, nosewheel-first touchdown in a storm started a sequence which led a Britannia Airways Boeing 757 to swerve off a runway at Girona, Spain, and break up, says the UK Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB). There were two serious injuries in the crash last September. After ...
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Damaged Crossair recorders go to Canada for analysis
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH The damaged flight data and cockpit voice recorders recovered from the wreckage of the Crossair Saab 340B which crashed shortly after take-off from Zurich on 10 January have been dispatched to the Transport Safety Board of Canada (TSB) for analysis. All 10 passengers and crew were ...
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Internet funds speed Delta retirements
Proceeds from the sale of stock in Internet ticket-auction company priceline.com will enable Delta Air Lines to accelerate the retirement of its Boeing MD-11s and MD-90s. The $711 million raised by selling some of Delta's stake in priceline.com will also allow the airline to repurchase up to $500 million of ...