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Boeing increases rates - again
BOEING IS TO raise production to 43 airliners a month by mid-1998 - the sixth rate increase announced over the past 14 months - citing its 1,389-aircraft firm-order backlog and the signing of long-term exclusive agreements with American Airlines and Delta Air Lines. Continental Airlines reportedly has agreed an exclusive ...
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Affordable start
Remarkably, Skyfox has been awarded the first certification for not one, but two aircraft under European/ Australian joint airworthiness regulations for very light aircraft (JAR/VLA). As a result of the certification of the tailwheel CA25 Impala, and its newer derivative, the nosewheel-equipped Skyfox Gazelle, the Queensland-based manufacturer is now promoting ...
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Will A3XX ever get off the ground?
Sir - M Newman, writing about the Airbus Industrie A3XX (Letters, Flight International, 2-8 April, P96), asks: "Will political chicanery and commercial advantage preclude [its] worldwide adoption?" Urging us to "-remember Concorde", he also asks: "-how many of these aircraft were expected to be sold worldwide?" ...
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Leisurely delivery schedule speeded up by Leisure
Leisure International Airways is to accelerate the delivery of its fleet of four Airbus A321-200s. The charter airline, owned by the Unijet travel group, received the first aircraft in May and started commercial services on 12 May. The original plan was to introduce the aircraft at the rate of one ...
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SIA results hit by high costs and strong dollar
Rising costs and a strong Singapore dollar which weakened passenger yields undermined Singapore Airlines' (SIA) financial performance for the year ending 31 March. The lacklustre results included only a marginal profit rise of 0.6% and an increase in net profit to $1.032 billion ($714 million) from a revenue of $7.22 ...
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A friend in need
The Society of British Aerospace Companies wants the new UK Government to increase its "seedcorn" funding of the UK aerospace industry fivefold, to some £100 million ($150 million) a year. Over the next five years, that same industry will give the UK Government £100 million a year in repayments of ...
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Pratt & Whitney
Karl Krapek, president of US engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney, has taken over management of P&W's large commercial-engine business. The current president, Robert Wolfe, is to leave the company. Krapek has named eight top executives, with four new appointments: Robert Leduc, senior vice-president for commercial-engine programmes and service; John Wohler, ...
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Lockheed
Norman Augustine will retire as chief executive of Lockheed Martin on 1 August, 1997, to teach engineering at Princeton University. He will continue to serve the US aerospace powerhouse as its board chairman. Vance Coffman, president and chief operating ofÌcer will be elevated to chief executive upon Augustine's leaving. He ...
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BMW R-R
Dr Klaus Nittinger has been appointed chairman of joint-venture aero-engine company BMW Rolls-Royce, of Oberursel, Germany. Nittinger, who has served German national carrier Lufthansa for the past 23 years, will replace Albert Schneider, when he retires on 31 July. Source: Flight International
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Boeing multi-media
Boeing will take a 10% share in communications consortium Teledesic, with an investment of $100 million. It will lead the $9 billion venture as prime contractor, to design, build and launch an initial 288-satellite constellation in low-Earth orbit, providing global multi-media services, starting in 2002. The system will allow Internet ...
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HAL moves up
Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) reports that sales grew by 10%,to $493 million, over the last financial year to March 1997. Although the bulk of sales are within India, the state-owned company managed exports of $9.5 million and expects that to rise this year because of $20 million-worth of work contracted by ...
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AVIC/Airbus sign AE31X agreement
Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) and Airbus Industrie Asia (AIA) have signed a framework agreement covering the joint development of the proposed AE31X family of regional jets, formerly known as the AE-100/A318. The memorandum, signed in Beijing on 15 May by French president Jacques Chirac and Jian Zemin, ...
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EC Commissioner warns of curbs on 'exclusive' deals
Europe's competition commissioner, Karel Van Miert, has warned that curbs will have to be placed on Boeing's use of "exclusive" aircraft deals as the price of approval for the group's planned merger with McDonnell Douglas (MDC) Van Miert says that the European Commission (EC) will present Boeing and ...
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MMS wins $600 million LEO deal
Matra Marconi Space (MMS) has been awarded a $600 million contract by Constellation Communications of Reston, Virginia, to be prime contractor for the space segment of a low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellite system, including delivery in orbit and insurance. The 12-satellite system, operating in 2,000km equatorial orbits, will provide voice, ...
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SilkAir selects engine
SilkAir has selected the International Aero Engines V2500-A5 for its planned new fleet of Airbus Industrie A319/A320s. The Singapore-based airline is to order a mix of eight A319s and A320s to replace its two Fokker 70s and Boeing 737-300s (Flight International, 14-20 May). SilkAir will also take options on another ...
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CAE reveals C$100 million sales
CAE ELECTRONICS has revealed commercial flight-simulation orders exceeding C$100 million ($72 million), including its first sale to Airbus Industrie. The Canadian firm is predicting increased sales over the next two years, based on strong aircraft orders over the past year. The new orders include seven full-flight simulators, for ...
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TTS wins Korean Air and Thai simulator deals
THOMSON TRAINING & Simulation (TTS) is to build an Airbus A330-300 full-flight simulator for Korean Air. The South Korean carrier has also ordered a Boeing 747-400 simulator from CAE (see story). Thai Airways International, meanwhile, has awarded TTS a contract to upgrade its Airbus A300-600 full-flight simulator from ...
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Air France adds India to global alliance
Air France has extended its growing network of global alliances by signing a new commercial accord with Air India. Further Air France deals are in the pipeline, including a probable agreement with a Chinese carrier, resulting from the visit to China by Air France president Christian Blanc and ...
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FAA hopes new deals will boost Central American safety
Safety oversight in Central American countries is to be boosted by the US Federal Aviation Administration as part of open-skies deals signed on 9 May. Agreements were signed with Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. Panama had earlier signed an open-skies agreement with the USA, and ...
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SA Express prepares to boost fleet with first of six CRJs
SA Express of South Africa is to introduce the first of six Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) series 200B ERs later this year to enable it to replace turboprops on the longer routes on its regional network. The Johannesburg-based airline, which is the regional partner of national carrier ...