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Eurolot begins ATR 42 fleet build-up
LOT Polish Airlines regional subsidiary Eurolot has begun to build up its own fleet with the delivery of the first two of five secondhand ATR 42-300 turboprops at the beginning of July. The aircraft, which are between eight and ten years old, were previously operated by German regional carrier ...
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Air France confirms A320 family order
Air France has confirmed its order with Airbus Industrie for 16 A319s and four A321s to replace its ageing fleet of 19 Boeing 737-200s by January 2002. The aircraft will be powered by CFM International CFM56-5 engines. The airline has also taken 20 options for A320 family aircraft, of ...
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Airbus Industrie and AVIC abandon AE31X
Julian Moxon/PARIS Paul Lewis/HONG KONG Airbus Industrie and Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) have broken off negotiations on co-operative development of the 100-seater AE31X following what an industry source describes as "failure to establish a sufficient business case" . The move will cause little surprise. The third potential ...
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US Airways to buy A330-300s
Julian Moxon/PARIS US Airways is set to become the first US airline to operate new generation Airbus widebodies when it introduces the first of up to 30 A330-300s late next year. The Airbus deal follows a drawn out and closely fought competition against Boeing's 767-300/400. The order comes ...
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Air 2000 makes LIA fleet merger first priority
Air 2000 is aiming to integrate its recent acquisition, Leisure International Airways (LIA), by the beginning of its summer 1999 flying programme. It will then look at long-term fleet plans. The merger of the two UK charter airlines under the Air 2000 identity follows the recent purchase by Air ...
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Poland weighs up acquisition of Pakistan's embargoed F-16s
Poland has expressed interest in leasing or buying 28 Lockheed Martin F-16A/Bs originally intended for Pakistan. A Polish delegation has visited the USA to look at the aircraft, which are in desert storage, but it is not clear whether the US Government is in a position to release the embargoed ...
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PW150 certificated
Transport Canada has awarded type certification to Pratt & Whitney Canada's PW150A turboprop. The 3,800kW (5,000shp) engine, P&WC's largest, will power Bombardier's de Havilland Dash 8Q-400. Bombardier received the first production engine on 30 June. Source: Flight International
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China Aviation may take 10 more 737-700/800s
Boeing has secured a smaller than expected tentative sale of a further 10 737-700/800s to China Aviation Supplies (CASC), while firming up the final allocation to carriers of the 50 aircraft ordered by Beijing last October. The latest deal involves a letter of intent (LoI) to order an incremental ...
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Delta/ALPA agree pay
Delta Air Lines and the US Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) have reached tentative agreement on "industry leading rates of pay" for pilots flying the Next Generation Boeing 737. Delta pilots had threatened not to fly the 72 737-800s on order when deliveries begin next year. Source: Flight International
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Top 50 airlines - Top tens
TOP 1997 PROFIT-MAKERS... Rank Airline group Net profit $m 1 AMR/American Airlines 985 2 United Airlines 949 3 Delta Air Lines 934 4 British ...
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Top 50 airlines
Financial performance of the world's top 50 passenger airlines ranked by sales -1997 in US$ million - revised 1 August 1998 Group/Airline Sales ($m) Operating profit/loss Operating margin Net profit/loss Year end 1997 change 1997 ...
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Top 50 airlines - Regional
Selected Asian airline scheduled passenger statistics - financial years Rank/Airline Traffic Capacity Load factors Yields Unit costs Year RPK m change change 1997 change ¢/RPK change ¢/ASK* ...
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Sempati first to shut down
Sempati Air ceased operations in early June, becoming the second airline casualty of the Asian currency crisis and the first in Indonesia. Transportation minister Giri Suseno broke the news about the shutdown. 'It is impossible for Sempati to continue operations in the current difficult situation,' he told the Jakarta ...
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Island of competition
Air Mauritius still enjoys government protection as the sole local scheduled carrier and has successfully seen off a recent challenge to this position from local upstarts African Island Airways (AIA). The idea for a second, regional Mauritian carrier was first floated in July 1995 by local entrepreneur Georges Chung. ...
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Workshop
Dee Howard has sold its maintenance activities at San Antonio,Texas to Code, Hennessy & Simmons, a private equity investment fund, allowing Dee Howard to focus on its thrust reverser business Vietnam Airlines has awarded Lufthansa Technik subsidiary Lufthansa AERO a three-year contract to overhaul its ATR 72 turboprop fleet's ...
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Routes
Royal Jordanian and Air Canada are introducing a code share between Amman and Canada. The deal starts on 2 July and relates to economy seats on four Air Canada flights a week between Montreal/Toronto and Heathrow, connecting with Royal Jordanian services to Amman. Jet Airways is expanding routes following ...
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Making waves
With a new regional venture, a consultancy and plans to invest in an African carrier, Air Mauritius is taking an increasingly aggressive stance in exploiting its standing in the region. When Air Mauritius chairman and managing director Nashir Mallam-Hasham arrived at his new desk a little over a year ...
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HUDs for hubs
Tony Booth/Basle Switzerland's Crossair has completed the installation of head-up displays (HUDs) in its Saab 2000s, thus providing the schedule reliability required for its EuroCross strategy to turn Basle Airport into a major European regional hub. With careful arrival and departure co-ordination, Crossair now guarantees more than 500 ...
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Shorts removes obstacle to resumption of Fokker production
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON Bombardier Aerospace Shorts has removed a major obstacle to the restart of Fokker airliner production by finally agreeing to sell to the Dutch company's trustees the tools, equipment and drawings it has held as the wing producer. Belfast, Northern Ireland-based Shorts was a risk sharing partner in the ...
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Emirates turns down Star for its own global network plans
Doug Cameron/Dubai Emirates has turned down an offer to join the Star Alliance, the Dubai-based flag carrier opting instead to develop its own global network following an order for up to 12 ultra long haul aircraft. A decision between the Airbus Industrie A340-500 and Boeing 777-200X - for six firm ...