All Orders & Deliveries news – Page 228
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Cathay acts as profits continue to plunge
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Cathay Pacific Airways is implementing a range of measures to boost revenue and cut costs as traffic figures and projected end-of-year profits for the Hong Kong carrier continue to plummet. Its latest traffic figures show no sign of a turn-around, with a further 9.8% ...
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Jet Airways begins 737 fleet expansion
Jet Airways has introduced the first of four new Boeing 737-400s which it ordered in late 1996 as part of a major $375 million contract for ten aircraft, including Next Generation 737s. The Mumbai-based airline also leases 15 737s, including four 737-300s, ten -400s and one -500. Lessors ...
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SAA to finalise Boeing 777 order by year-end
South African Airways (SAA) is expected to finalise its fleet-renewal plans by the end of November, and the long-awaited announcement of the engine selection for its Boeing 777s could follow by mid-December. A task force set up to study the airline's strategy for its fleet restructuring is, according ...
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Despite big orders, Airbus says China share still small
Airbus Industrie expects to deliver about 20 aircraft per year to China in the coming years, averaging about 10% of total global deliveries. Airbus China president Rolf Rue says the manufacturer will have delivered 19 aircraft to China by the end of the year, out of total global deliveries ...
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Engine makers see delay in AE31X selection
Andrew Doyle Engine manufacturers competing to supply the powerplant for the Airbus Industrie Asia (AIA)/Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) AE31X regional airliner family are not expecting a final selection to be made until between late-next year and early-1999. The contest is a fight between BMW Rolls-Royce (BMW ...
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Dubai owner plans new global tilt-rotor business
Paul Derby A Dubai businessman hopes to steal a march on the aviation industry by setting up a worldwide network of Bell Boeing 609 tilt-rotors. Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Sheikh Mejeren bought his first 609 at the Paris Show in June - and proceeded to buy a ...
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Civil aviation giants on show in Dubai
Two of the world's latest large civil aircraft were due to fly into Dubai for the show last night - the Boeing 777-300 and the Airbus Industrie A330-200. The Boeing aircraft made its maiden flight exactly a month ago, the Airbus aircraft - for which Dubai-based Emirates was ...
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Gemini buys LTU MD-11s
Gemini Air Cargo is to purchase LTU's four Boeing MD-11s for conversion to freighters, to operate alongside its growing fleet of McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30s. The US-based all-cargo supplemental carrier has signed a letter of intent to purchase the four aircraft from LTU, with deliveries beginning at the end ...
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Boeing decides Douglas production fate
Boeing is to close down the former McDonnell Douglas (MDC) MD-80 and MD-90 production lines, but has delayed its verdict on the long-term fate of the MD-95 until January 1998. It is to keep the MD-11 line open. While the closure of the twin lines was expected, the ...
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Marketplace
++ Pan American World Airways has agreed to lease three Boeing 737-300s from Alaska Air to supplement the Boeing 727-200s acquired through its merger with Carnival Airlines. The aircraft will be delivered in late 1997 and early 1998. ++ Western Pacific Airlines, now operating under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, has ...
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US deliveries jump
US general-aviation manufacturers shipped aircraft worth $3.19 billion in the first nine months of 1997, surpassing 1996's record year-end total of $3.12 billion. Aircraft deliveries were up by over 30%, compared with those for 1996, according to the General Aviation Manufacturers Association. Piston-aircraft deliveries rose by 47%, to 561 units, ...
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Taiwan Airlines signs first order for shortfield Dornier 328
Fairchild Dornier claims to have secured an Asian launch customer for two improved short-field performance 328-130 turboprops, scheduled for delivery in early 1998. Although neither the manufacturer nor the airline will officially confirm it, the launch customer for the new variant is believed to be Taiwan Airlines. Sources ...
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Marketplace
++ Finnair's sale/lease-back deal for four Boeing MD-80s (Marketplace, Flight International, 29 October-4 November, P14) is valued at FIM350 million ($67.3 million), with the annual values of the lease rentals worth some FIM43 million ++ Midway Airlines is disposing of its single leased Airbus A320. The aircraft is leased from ...
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Workshop
++ Aeronavali has been selected by Ten Forty to convert 20 ex-Japan Air Lines McDonnell Douglas DC-10-40s to cargo, for delivery between 1998 to 2005. ++ Amarillo, Texas-based Leading Edge Aviation Services has opened its fifth paint hangar, becoming the first independent commercial-aircraft painting centre in the USA able to ...
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CNAC delays launch of Hong Kong listing
China National Aviation (CNAC) has postponed the initial public offer of its stock on the Hong Kong exchange in the face of recent market volatility and a sharp drop in share prices. The airline, a subsidiary of the Civil Aviation Administration of China, had planned to float shares ...
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Hushkit demonstrator for One-Eleven stays on target
Quiet Technologies is preparing to deliver its BAC One-Eleven-500 engine hushkit demonstrator this month to European Aviation in time for a test programme starting in December. Around 100 aircraft which could benefit from hushkits remain in operation, says UK-based European Aviation, which also hopes that a future adaptation ...
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China list gets longer
China's two internationally quoted airlines are looking closer to home for further equity and consolidation, as the China National Aviation Corporation's initial public offering moves a step closer to reality. China Eastern and China Southern Airlines both plan to tap the emerging domestic capital markets following their successful ...
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The Asian miracle turns to a malaise
For many years, the traditional lore in the airline business has been that Asia-Pacific represents the most vibrant, fastest growing, most profitable element of the industry, with the brightest prospects and the greatest resilience to factors like wars and recession to which most other carriers are vulnerable. As ...
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Marketplace
marketplace ++ CS Aviation Services has placed an ex-Alitalia Airbus A300B4 freighter with the Dutch general sales agents Jet Link Holland. Delivery is scheduled for February following conversion by BAe Aviation Services. ++ New Argentinian airline AeroVIP has leased three Jetstream 32EPs from British Aerospace Asset Management - ...
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US Airways selects engines and secures deliveries for A320s
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTONDC US Airways has moved closer to finalising its long-standing commitment for up to 400 Airbus A320 family aircraft, with the selection of CFM International CFM56 engines, and an agreement over the delivery schedule for the first 30 aircraft. Some of the early delivery positions ...