Airframers – Page 1339
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Star move may spell the end of LIAT
Caribbean Star Airlines is to launch an extensive West Indies network with five Bombardier Dash 8 turboprops. Many predict the move could spell the end of its rival, LIAT. The privately owned airline is backed by Texan businessman Allen Stanford and headed by Gilles Filiatreault, previously chief executive of ...
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Workshop
The Bedek division of Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) is negotiating the conversion of four more Boeing 767-200s from passenger to freight configuration for Airborne Express. The first of 11 ex-All Nippon Airways 767-200s included in the initial contract was delivered to the carrier on 3 April and two additional aircraft ...
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Routes
Lufthansa was the first European Union airline to re-introduce flights to Belgrade, on 26 March. It serves the city daily from Munich, and has been followed by Alitalia (from Milan and Rome), Olympic Airways (from Athens), and Austrian Airlines (from Vienna). Swissair returned four days earlier, on 22 March, with ...
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Marketplace
Druk Air is the first customer for the BAE Systems Avro RJX, ordering two RJX-85s. Deliveries of the 82-seat aircraft will be in November 2001 and January 2002, replacing the Bhutan carrier's two BAe 146-100s. Tunisair has purchased two ex-Emirates Airbus A300-600Rs that had been traded back to the manufacturer. ...