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++ Mexicana has leased an ex-Sunways Boeing 757-200 from Sunrock Aircraft, along with an ex-SAS Boeing 767-300ER from GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS). The 757 was repossessed by Sunrock in September when the Swedish charter airline folded. Another ex-Sunways 757 has been leased to Britannia, by Tombo Aviation. ++ British ...
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MAS warns Boeing to raise 777X tempo
Paul Lewis/LANGKAWI Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has reiterated that it is still interested in launching the proposed ultra-long-haul Boeing 777-200X, but in the wake of the recent slowdown in the programme, the carrier is warning that there is a limit to its patience. In March, the Malaysian carrier signed ...
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Routes
++ US Airways is seeking US Department of Transportation (DoT) permission to start services to Amsterdam early in 1998 from Philadelphia International, where the airline is to build a $300 million terminal. ++ Northwest is seeking US DoT approval to codeshare with KLM on its Philadelphia-Amsterdam route, to begin on ...
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Environmental pressure could force change-over to hydrogen fuel
Pressure on the aviation industry to bear its share of the planned reductions in greenhouse gas emissions could force it to switch to alternative fuels such as hydrogen, according to speakers at a London conference on aerospace propulsion. A report by Daimler-Benz Aerospace (Dasa) Airbus says the projected 1.5-2% ...
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Major Latin American carriers close in on short-haul orders
Major airlines in Brazil, Chile, Columbia, El Salvador and Panama are expected to finalise big short-haul fleet orders soon. Combined orders and options for over 100 aircraft are expected from the carriers. Copa Panama is close to finalising an order to replace its entire fleet, which consists of 11 ...
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Six Star Alliance Airlines to form cargo partnership
Six airlines already in the Star Alliance have agreed to extend their partnership by forming a global cargo alliance. The move follows a two-day meeting in Neu-Isenburg, Germany, of the carriers involved. Air Canada Cargo, Lufthansa Cargo, SAS Cargo, Thai Airways International, United Airlines Worldwide Cargo and Varig Brazil ...
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BA drops B/E Aerospace as IFE supplier
British Airways is to ditch B/E Aerospace as its in-flight entertainment (IFE) hardware supplier and is expected to announce a tie-up with Hughes-Avicom International around 15 December. The contract could have eventually been worth around $225 million to B/E Aerospace. The UK carrier decided to re-evaluate its IFE programme ...
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Sempati to revitalise fleet with ex-United 737s
The owners of Sempati Air Transport are to acquire 26 Boeing 737-200s from United Airlines, in an effort to revitalise the financially struggling Indonesian carrier. Asean Marketing Investment (AMI) has reached an agreement with United Airlines to purchase the surplus 737s for use by the Indonesian regional carrier. AMI ...
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Varig converts 737 orders to create Next Generation fleet
Guy Norris/RIO DE JANEIRO Brazilian flag carrier Varig is converting outstanding orders for 14 Boeing 737-300s into Next Generation -700 and -800 models and may eventually buy up to 32 aircraft as part of plans to increase the operational flexibility of its fleet. The bulk of the initial ...
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Airbus gives the go ahead for A340 offspring
Max Kingsley-Jones and Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Airbus Industrie is working at top speed to fly the first Rolls-Royce Trent 500-powered A340-600 in January 2001, following board approval for the full launch of the $2.9 billion A340-500/600 programme. The European consortium says that it holds some 100 commitments, from seven ...
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Airbus aids new A320 training in Singapore
Airbus Industrie is to assist Asia-Pacific Training & Simulation (APTS) to establish a new A320 simulator training capability in Singapore, in an effort to improve support for the growing number of regional operators of the aircraft. Singapore-based APTS has ordered a single A320 full-flight simulator from Reflectone, equipped with ...
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Air 2000 to expand long-haul operations with 767-300
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Air 2000 is set to become a genuine long-haul airline in 1999 following the signing of a lease deal for delivery of its first dedicated widebodies in the form of the Boeing 767-300ER. The charter airline, which is based at Luton in the UK, has signed ...
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Cathay Pacific plans staff cuts and disposal of 747-200s
Cathay Pacific Airways is drawing up plans to axe up to 15% of its ground staff across the network and dispose of seven Boeing 747-200s, in the face of declining profi ts and traffic figures. A senior source at Cathay says that the airline's Hong Kong-based general managers and ...
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Challenge launches Omega DC-10 freighter programme
Challenge launches Omega DC-10 freighter programme Challenge Air Cargo is set to be the launch customer for the Omega Air-backed McDonnell Douglas DC-10-40 freighter-conversion programme, with the acquisition of up to five aircraft, starting in 1998. According to company president Bill Spohrer, the Miami-based regional freight operator is ...
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Marketplace
++ Aeromar has placed orders with Aero International (Regional) (AI(R)) for two more ATR 42-500s, plus four options, for delivery during 1998. The airline already flies eight ATR 42s, including two -500s. ++ Sun-Air has introduced the first of two secondhand British Aerospace ATPs on lease from BAe Asset Management ...
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Malaysia leaseback
Malaysia Airlines has concluded a sale and leaseback agreement with General Electric Capital for six of its Boeing 737-500s. The airline has also signed an agreement to purchase a Boeing Business Jet, making it the first Asian customer for the corporate version of the 737. Source: Flight International
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Global warning
As the world's environment experts began to assemble in Kyoto, Japan, for the United Nations (UN)summit on global warming, amid the general pronouncements on climate change come some timely reminders that aviation remains firmly among the industries on the target list for environmental activists. Among its other positioning papers ...
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IATA establishes N Korean trials
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has invited five Asian and US carriers to participate in flight trials through North Korea's Pyongyang Flight Information Region (FIR), following the installation of a new direct-communications landline to South Korea. A Cathay Pacific Airways Boeing 747-400 freighter, en route from Anchorage to ...
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Slow Dash
Pelangi Air has put on indefinite hold the delivery of three completed Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8-300s until operational and shareholding issues are resolved. The 50-seat turboprops, ordered in 1995, had been due for delivery in June and July, but have been delayed by Malaysia Airline moves to acquire a ...
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Finnair records double profits as passenger numbers boom
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Finnair saw profits more than double over the first half of its financial year, making it the latest northern European airline to benefit from a passenger boom which has already contributed to record results for Lufthansa and gains at SAS over the latest quarter. Finnair posted ...