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Continental paints 777 for New York's millennium celebration
Continental Airlines has painted its latest Boeing 777-200ER in a novel colour scheme designed by renowned pop artist Peter Max to commemorate the City of New York's millennium celebration, dubbed "NYC 2000". The airline operates 14 Boeing 777s and the type has begun its ninth transatlantic route for Continental, replacing ...
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BWIA aims to revive LIAT link
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON BWIA hopes to revive plans to link with LIAT on regional services, as the two carriers face up to competition from Air Jamaica-backed start-up Eastern Caribbean (EC) Express. The airline is also poised to cement codeshare links with United Airlines from its hub in Washington Dulles, which ...
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Cirrus Airlines to introduce regional jet services
German regional carrier Cirrus Airlines is expanding into jet operations, with a deal for up to four Embraer RJ-145s. Saarbrücken-based Cirrus, which operates three Bombardier Dash 8 and Fairchild Dornier 328 turboprops, has placed a firm order for one 50-seat ERJ-145 for delivery in February, plus options on three ...
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EgyptAir data fail to supply any answers
David Learmount/LONDON Initial evaluation of the crashed EgyptAir Boeing 767-300ER cockpit voice recorder (CVR) and flight data recorder (FDR) has failed to confirm the causes of the dive which began the fatal manoeuvre sequence, says US National Transportation Safety Board chairman Jim Hall. On 17 November, Hall released ...
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Egyptian start-up expands with A320 acquisition
Egyptian start-up Midwest Airlines is expanding operations with the acquisition of Airbus A320s and planning to launch scheduled operations. Privately owned Midwest launched operations in June with two ex-Air Afrique Airbus A310-300s. Based in Cairo, the airline operates charters between Egyptian tourist destinations and Europe. The airline has ordered ...
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Emirates eyes 120-seater for new regional network
Emirates will shortly start talks with Airbus and Boeing to acquire 120-seat aircraft to launch a network of regional services from its Dubai hub. The carrier is also studying airline alliances, to allow it to decide whether to join a grouping, says Emirates chairman Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum. ...
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Air Gulf Falcon will launch next month
Air Gulf Falcon is to launch charter operations with nine Boeing 747s next month and is evaluating narrowbody types for expansion next year. The company is to be launched by the Sharjah, United Arab Emirates-based Falcon Air group, which includes Falcon Air Leasing and Falcon Aircraft Maintenance Centre. Air ...
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Repair overhaul
Kuwait Airways has renewed its Airbus landing gear repair and overhaul contract with Messier Services. The $8 million contract covers Kuwait's fleet of Airbus A300-600s, A310-300s, A320s and A340s. The work will be carried out at Messier's Molsheim plant in France. Messier Services Asia has also won a six-year $5 ...
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Marketplace
DHL Worldwide Express is purchasing two Boeing 757-200 freighters for its European and African networks, from Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services (AWAS) in a deal worth over $60 million. The aircraft, one of which is already leased by DHL for its Dubai/Bahrain-Brussels services, will be delivered in January and March. DHL ...
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Raisbeck LEAPS on 727 slat deployment
Raisbeck Commercial Air Group has won approval for a stand-alone version of its leading edge aerodynamic performance system (LEAPS), which repositions the slats on the Boeing 727. The LEAPS modification shortens the travel of the leading-edge slats by about 60mm and provides performance and noise benefits, says Raisbeck. These ...
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Lessors raise regional jet interest as demand rises
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH The major leasing companies are stepping up talks with Bombardier, Embraer and Fairchild over potential large orders for regional jets as airline demand for 50- to 100-seat aircraft accelerates. Deutsche Bank-owned Boullioun Aviation Services is being tipped by industry sources as a likely front-runner with a ...
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Routes
British Airways is restructuring its Caribbean network from London Gatwick with a redeployment of flights operated under franchise by the paper airline Airline Management (AML) from March. AML services are operated by two-class Boeing 777s, with BA providing pilots and Flying Colours (to be renamed JMC Air) the cabin crew. ...
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Southern Air ready to go after DoT vote
Start-up cargo carrier Southern Air has won US Department of Transportation approval to begin operations, but will have to do so without routes from bankrupt Southern Air Transport (SAT). Services will begin next year. The Columbus, Ohio-based company plans to offer aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance (ACMI) wet-lease services ...
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Tatarstan supports Tu-214 lease scheme
Production of the Tupolev Tu-214 in the Russian republic of Tatarstan is gearing up, following agreements to support production and leasing of the 200-seat twinjet. Meanwhile, local carrier Sibir Airlines is finalising a lease deal for three examples. The Perm and Novosibirsk regions of Tatarstan have signed agreements to ...
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Aviation Sales moves to do deal with Malev's Aeroplex
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Aviation Sales of the USA is discussing a possible tie-up with Malev Hungarian Airlines' Aeroplex maintenance subsidiary, in line with plans to establish a major facility in Europe. The move may threaten a previously announced joint-venture agreement between Aeroplex and Lufthansa Technik (LHT) to overhaul Boeing 737s ...
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Mergers
Northrop Grumman has agreed to buy Oslo-based Navia Aviation, an instrument landing systems, digital voice switching systems and air traffic control systems supplier, for $35 million from Norway's Navia. The business will report to UK-based Park Air Electronics, a unit of Northrop Grumman's Electronic Sensors and Systems division. Cordant Technologies ...
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Board poised for A3XX decision
The Airbus Industrie supervisory board is to decide whether to authorise managing director Noel Forgeard to begin soliciting airline commitments for the A3XX at an extraordinary meeting planned for 8 December. If the consortium gets the green light, Forgeard will visit key target customers for the ultra-high capacity airliner ...
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Boeing claims 747-X will catch A3XX
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Boeing is claiming that its new stretched 747-400X design is capable of meeting and even beating the direct operating costs of the all-new Airbus A3XX. The startling assertion is based on revised performance estimates for the 747-400X, plus new, independent airline analysis of the latest A3XX proposals. ...
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Leasing companies drop 767-400ER commitments after poor demand
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Leasing companies General Electric Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) and International Lease Finance (ILFC) have dropped their combined orders for seven Boeing 767-400ERs after failing to find sufficient market interest in the stretched twins. ILFC says it has switched its four remaining -400ER commitments for ...
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Aerostar teams with Dasa on MiG-29
Andrzej Jeziorski/DUBAI Romanian upgrade specialist Aerostar has teamed with Germany's Daimler- Chrysler Aerospace (Dasa) to offer its MiG-29 Sniper upgrade to the Romanian air force. Aerostar's established Israeli partner Elbit is also involved, supplying a similar avionics package to that found in Aerostar's MiG-21 Lancer upgrade. "This upgrade will give ...