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Novair nears A330-200 lease deal to replace TriStars
Swedish charter airline Novair is finalising a deal with International Lease Finance for two Airbus A330-200s to replace its Lockheed L-1011 TriStars. The airline, a wholly owned subsidiary of Scandinavia's third largest tour operator, Apollo, has been negotiating for a new long- haul aircraft for several months as it ...
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Boeing expects imminent order spree for 717s
Boeing is in "detailed discussions with half a dozen airlines" over new sales of the 717-200, following its recent European tour. The manufacturer says it is confident that the twinjet's orderbook will be doubled, to over 200 aircraft, by the end of the year. The tour revealed good sales ...
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Gandalf Airlines, based in Bergamo, Italy, has taken an ATR 42 on wet lease from Gill Airways for operation on services from Bergamo to Munich and Zurich. The deal was arranged by Cabot Aviation. China Airlines has signed a wet lease with Atlas Air for two 747-400 freighters. Singapore Airlines ...
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Atlantic seeks to end limit on regionals jets
Atlantic Coast Airlines (ACA) is pressing United Airlines for unlimited use of regional jets under 50 seats as it places a conditional order with Fairchild Aerospace for up to 110 328/428JETs to replace British Aerospace Jetstream 32 and Jetstream 41 turboprops. The United Express carrier wants to phase out ...
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China Eastern nears decision on MD-11 fleet replacement
Chris Jasper/SHANGHAIChina Eastern Airlines is finalising plans to order new long-haul aircraft to replace its Boeing MD-11s, as it agrees a new delivery schedule for 10 A320s with Airbus Industrie. China Eastern operates five Boeing MD-11 passenger aircraft and a single cargo version, but will remove the type from its ...
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Cathay Pacific has signed a short-term, wet-lease agreement with Atlas Air for a single Boeing 747 freighter. The deal is the airline's first with the US freight leasing specialist. Denver-based Frontier Airlines has leased two ex-Winnair 737-200 Adv for 51 months and an ex-TACA Boeing 737-300, all from Swedish lessor ...
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SabreTech faces ValuJet murder charge
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC SabreTech, the maintenance contractor for the former ValuJet Airlines, says it will "vigorously defend" itself against murder and manslaughter charges brought by Florida state prosecutors. It also faces federal grand jury criminal indictments. The charges relate to the crash of a ValuJet McDonnell Douglas ...
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Sound solutions
BFGoodrich's campaign to quieten Boeing 727s is making rapid progress Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Spending serious money to extend the life of an airliner is tough, but spending more to re-engine it is harder. Despite the apparent economic headwind, BFGoodrich's Super 27 Boeing 727 re-engining programme is rapidly gaining momentum and ...
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Air Nostrum has bought three Fokker 50s off lease from Kenya Airways. The Spanish regional carrier has operated the aircraft on lease from Kenya for a year. Premiair has signed operating leases for three new Airbus A330-300s for delivery next summer. The Rolls-Royce Trent 772B-powered aircraft will be operated ...
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Fairchild 328JET receives European certification
The Fairchild Aerospace 328JET has gained European Joint Aviation Authorities certification, with US approval set to follow before the end of the month. The certification comes as the company moves closer to finalising a 110-aircraft contract from a US carrier, believed to be Atlantic Coast Airlines (ACA). The approval, ...
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Regional start-up Shuttle America plans to grow its 50-seat Bombardier Dash 8-300 fleet from three aircraft to six by the end of the year. The airline, which operates three secondhand aircraft leased from the manufacturer, holds lease options for 18 more Dash 8-300s. Atlas Air has signed a long-term lease ...
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Counter-suit filed in dispute over two-seat sport design
A second law suit has been filed in the continuing clash between US manufacturers Aviat Aircraft and Roy LoPresti over a new two-seat sport aircraft based on a 1946 Globe Aircraft design. The legal dispute began in April, when Aviat filed an infringement suit against LoPresti claiming that LoPresti's ...
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Delta defers 777s as pilots pay protest proves costly
Delta Air Lines has deferred delivery of its remaining Boeing 777s on order and has decided to sell or lease two already in operation. The airline blames an ongoing dispute with its pilots and cites their failure to accept new pay rates and work rules for the aircraft type. ...
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Air Madagascar receives first new 767-300ER on lease
Air Madagascar has taken delivery of its first new Boeing 767-300ER, on lease from GE Capital Aviation Services. The General Electric CF6-80C2-powered 228-seat aircraft, which is the first 767 to be equipped with an in-flight entertainment system that was installed and certificated during aircraft production, is expected to replace a ...
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Midway grows east US service with 737s
Midway Airlines plans to expand its eastern US services with 17 newly ordered Boeing 737-700s to counter growing competition from US Airways' low cost division, MetroJet, and Southwest Airlines. The North Carolina-based regional airline plans to replace its eight remaining Fokker 100s with the new aircraft by the end ...
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Northwest Airlines has agreed to firm up 30 Airbus A320 family options, including 18 A319s and 12 A320s, for delivery between January 2002 and 2004. The deal for the CFM International CFM56-powered aircraft takes the airline's A320 family orders to 150 aircraft, of which 70 have been delivered. Air Transat ...
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Lease deals swell A320 family
Airbus has secured deals for its A320 family from major leasing companies in Europe and the Far East. Together the two orders will see the airframe builder's orderbook swell by around $2.5 billion. Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (SALE) has ordered 23 A320 family aircraft in a deal worth over ...
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Leasing giant ILFC expands portfolio
US leasing giant ILFC has added as many as 160 aircraft to its portfolio with the announcement of major orders for Airbus and Boeing narrowbodies. The company wants up to 100 Boeing Next Generation 737s, bringing the number of Boeing aircraft ordered by the leasing company over the past ...
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Paris market
Boullioun Aviation Services has announced new lease deals for six Boeing aircraft to four customers at the show. Deutsche BA is leasing three new Boeing 737-300s in Boullioun's first euro-denominated transaction. The aircraft will be delivered to Deutsche BA in the second half of this year. The company is placing ...
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Looking for approval signals
Steve Nichols AlliedSignal is looking for both US and world-wide approval for its new Enhanced TRA 67A Mode S transponder. It has already received Technical Standard Order approval from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), but it has also been designed to meet the new Change 7 and ...