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What happened to the Alliance Aircraft Starliner programme? There were supposed to be 2 models...the 200 with 70 seats and 300 with 90 seats. The engine selection was supposed to be RR BR700 family. The starline 100 was supposed to be 50 seater. The aircraft was supposed to be in the range between $16m to 29m. It had 2 customers(undisclosed) with 30 aircrafts.

Any idea on this project?

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I had forgotten about that. I hope it's still going as it looked very nice.

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No one with anything else?

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[updated:LAST EDITED ON 09-02-03 AT 02:53 PM (GMT)]http://www.flug-revue.rotor.com/FRTypen/Fotos/alliance/St200Ar.JPG

This is the Starliner 200.

Heres a small report i found:

SL-100/200/300/400–Alliance Aircraft’s plans to build a new family of regional jets remain intact despite CEO Earl Robinson’s failure to close a proposed co-production agreement with China’s AVIC II. Claiming to hold between $15- and $20 million in direct development funding, Robinson said he now views the Fairchild Dornier 328JET as a potential “bridge” to the development of his StarLiner series, still tentatively scheduled for certification by the end of 2004. According to Robinson, he has met with Fairchild Dornier bankruptcy administrators “at least five times,” in an effort to forge an agreement by October 1.

Although Alliance and AVIC II agreed during last June’s Paris Air Show to explore the development of the program, a conclusive deal that would give Alliance the money to proceed remains elusive. The contract would give the Chinese manufacturer’s Harbin Aircraft subsidiary exclusive production rights for the 35-seat SL-100-35 and responsibility for building indigenous versions of the 44-seat SL-100-44 and 50-seat SL-100-50. However, after Alliance hosted nine Harbin engineers at its facilities in Martinsburg, West Virginia, earlier this year, talks between the would-be partners have broken down as Robinson turned his attention to reaching an agreement with Fairchild Dornier.

As part of the Fairchild deal, Robinson offered to continue production of the 328JET in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, while development of the StarLiner project proceeds in Martinsburg. However, Robinson said he plans at some point to use the Oberpfaffenhofen facilities to build StarLiners as well. Now occupying a 30,000-sq-ft office building near Martinsburg’s John D. Rockefeller Industrial Park, Alliance aspires to build a 400,000-sq-ft assembly hall and a new 125,000-sq-ft office building at the location with help from the Berkeley County Development Authority. According to Robinson, he plans to break ground for construction later this fall.

Now scheduled for FAA and JAA certification by December 2004, the SL-100 program schedule still calls for first flight by the end of 2003, giving Alliance little more than a year to complete critical design reviews and wind-tunnel testing, secure the needed assembly facilities and tooling, and build the first prototype. Meanwhile, Robinson conceded that he “deferred” plans for airplanes in the 70- to 110-seat range, known as the SL-200, 300 and 400, a year after Alliance’s precarious financial position prompted Russia’s Sukhoi to bow out of a proposed co-production agreement.

Alliance’s SL-100 concept uses as a baseline powerplant the Pratt & Whitney PW308 turbofan. To list for $15.5 million, the 50-seat version of the SL-100 would offer a range of 2,000 nm, an mtow of 51,230 lb and a max thrust rating of 8,500 lb.

Alliance Starliner 200 specifications

Type
70-seat regional jet

Country
USA

Manufacturer
Alliance Aircraft Corporation
100 Main Street, PO Box 9000
Dover, NH 03821-9000
USA

General
Crew: 2
Passengers: 70 in standard configuration, five-abreast, at 32 in seat pitch. Also, a 90-seat StarLiner 300 is planned
Power plant: 2 x turbofans, type not yet defined, but Rolls-Royce Germany BR700 mentioned as baseline
Thrust: 2 x 13500 lbs or 16000 lbs for the stretched StarLiner 300

Dimensions
Cabin width: 3,44 m
Cabin height: 2,15 m

Weights
Operating empty weight: 20270 kg or 23265 kg for the StarLiner 300
Max. payload: 8165 kg or 9980 kg for the 90-seater
Max. fuel: 10880 kg
Max. take-off weigth: 35600 kg or 40360 kg for the StarLiner 300
Max. Landing weight: 34100 kg or 40360 kg

Performance
Max. cruise speed: Mach 0.84 / 350 kts CAS
Maximum altitude: 41000 ft
Take-off field length: 1370 to 1525 m
Landing field length: 1065 to 1220 m

Customers
At the ILA in Berlin in June 2000, Alliance Aircraft claimed it had letters of intent from two airlines for a total of 30 aircraft.

Cost
In June 2000, a price of 18,9 million US-Dollars for the StarLiner 2000 was mentioned, while the stretched StarLiner 300 should sell at 24,3 million.
Development costs are put at 660 million US-Dollars.

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Yes i have read that...doesent give any new info. unfortunately.