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the 777 programme. The prototype 747 – which first flew in February 1969 – will be modified to carry a Pratt & Whitney PW4084 engine on the port inner (No 2) position. Later, it will be fitted with a Rolls-Royce Trent 884 engine. The third engine being offered on the 777, the General Electric GE90,
Bae Cuts Jobs, Reorganises: Following cuts of 10,000 jobs in 1991, British Aerospace is about to make a further 2,350 workers redundant. Of those, 900 will go from the company’s regional aircraft operation and 1,450 from its defence division. A further 350 jobs were recently cut from BAe’s guided missile operation. The western world may
Tpc Blames Compass: The Trade Practices Commission’s enquiry into the failure of Compass Airlines has concluded that Australia’s first post deregulation operator “failed because it misjudged what was possible in the Australian market. Its strategy of competing very strongly on price against the two powerful established airlines, despite having only limited capital, was almost inevitably
An Air of Confusion? Prime Minister Keating’s economic statement has certainly turned the aviation industry upside down. Though it held few surprises, there is nothing like actually seeing the momentous decisions in ‘official’ ink to give them an air of reality. And momentous they truly are. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members.
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