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Land of the giants
Airlines appear unworried by the domination of Gecas and ILFC but manufacturers certainly are. Doug Cameron assesses current developments in the rapidly maturing operating lease sector. You don't need brains in a bull market. Developments in the operating lease sector over the last year bring, for some, uncomfortable echoes of ...
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China set to push MD-90?
Airlines and aircraft manufacturers are holding their collective breath while they wait for the Civil Aviation Administration of China to release its five year plan, as signs emerge of internal opposition to further orders for Boeing aircraft in an attempt to boost sales of Chinese-built MD-90s. The plan, ...
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Earning its upkeep
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON THE BOEING 777 WAS launched into revenue operations on 7 June, 1995, with United Airlines, when the US airline began to operate its first Pratt & Whitney PW4000-powered aircraft between London Heathrow and Washington DC. For several months United was the sole 777 ...
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Canada 3000 signs up for A330-200s
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON CANADA 3000 AIRLINES has signed a lease agreement for up to four Airbus A330-200s, and is set to become the launch customer for the high-capacity twin in North America, and the first operator worldwide of the -200 version. The Toronto, Canada-based charter airline has ...
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MEA leases A320s and A321s from ILFC
MIDDLE EAST AIRLINES (MEA) is to lease four new Airbus Industrie A320/A321s as part of its programme of fleet. These aircraft, which will enter service at the begining of 1997, will be the first new aircraft to be delivered to the airline since the mid-1970s, when it introduced the Boeing ...
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Embraer evaluates next regional developments
AS EMBRAER establishes its EMB-145 in the regional market on its approach to service entry, the Brazilian manufacturer is evaluating possible developments of its commercial product line. Embraer president Mauricio Botelho says that the company is evaluating developments in size categories on either side of the 50-seat, three-abreast ...
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Big plans and growing pains
The next generation of large airliners captured the show headlines. Andrew Doyle/LONDON DESPITE THE FACT that Boeing, as expected, failed in its last-ditch efforts to launch its 747 major derivatives at the 1996 Farnborough air show, the civil spotlight was firmly focused on the next generation ...
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BAe's asset management effort reaps return with more deals
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON BRITISH AEROSPACE says that its aggressive drive to limit losses from the group's extensive turboprop leasebook is beginning to produce results, with a series of new deals including the first sales of Jetstream J31s. BAe Asset Management Turboprops (AMT) announced plans to step up ...
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ATN team to be led by AlliedSignal project
ATN SYSTEMS, the industry consortium created to develop the Aeronautical Telecommunication Network (ATN), has picked an AlliedSignal-led team to develop the network "router". The team will provide the avionics and ground system equipment needed to support routing and operation of data communications services over the ATN. Working ...
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British Airways expects 777 ETOPS in October
Guy Norris/FARNBOROUGH BRITISH AIRWAYS is expected to be cleared for inaugural transatlantic services with the General Electric GE90-powered Boeing 777 in October, pending final approval by the European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA). The engine/airframe completed extended-range twinjet operations (ETOPS) testing on 31 July, and US Federal ...
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ILFC leases
International Lease Finance (ILFC) has placed two International Aero Engines-V2500-powered Airbus A321s with Air Macau for delivery, in February and April 1997 on seven year leases. The aircraft will join two A320s and two A321s already leased from the US lessor. ILFChas also placed a Rolls-Royce Trent 772-powered Airbus A330-300 ...
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Billion dollar deals are unveiled by titanic duo
The titanic struggle between Boeing and Airbus continued yesterday with huge new deals disclosed by each side. Boeing Commercial Airplane announces a deal for seven 747-400s, worth $1.18 billion. The customer is Philippine Airlines, which already operates 12 Boeing 747s. Meanwhile, Airbus Industrie says it has landed ...
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Pooled expertise helps to put V2500 on the map
Pubs are traditional haunts for journalists in search of a story, and the scribes who dropped into the Flying Partners at Farnborough yesterday were not disappointed. At the tavern mock-up which forms the heart of the International Aero Engines stand, the company announced four deals worth almost $300 million. ...
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China Eastern to go public
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE CHINA EASTERN Airlines has been given the go-ahead to have its shares listed on the New York and Hong Kong stock exchanges by the end of the year, says a senior Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) official. The Shanghai-based carrier, together with ...
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Fokker Elmo starts China venture
Andrew Doyle/LONDON FOKKER ELMO has set up a joint venture with two Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) subsidiaries, with the aim of manufacturing electrical-wire harnesses for AVIC's planned AE-100 regional jets and other new types. Called Lang Fang Fokker, the new company is 60%-owned by Fokker Elmo, part of the ...
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Air Philippines plans
Alec Almazan/MANILA AIR PHILIPPINES is planning to launch new regional services and expand its domestic network, using five Boeing 737-200s which it will introduce through to the end of the year. Further expansion is envisaged, with the acquisition of widebodied types planned. The ten-month-old carrier now ...
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New Chinese A320 customers revealed
AIRBUS INDUSTRIE is set to expand its Chinese operator base, following an agreement to allocate units from the previously unplaced batch of 20 A320s to China Northwest Airlines and Zhejiang Airlines. Under a deal reached with state-run China Aviation Supplies (CASC), ten A320s will be delivered to China ...
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Large order revives R-R Tu-204 programme
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDONPaul Duffy/CAIRO KATO GROUP of Egypt has revived the Rolls-Royce-powered Tupolev Tu-204 programme with a contract for 30 aircraft, as part of a planned commitment for 200 examples of the Russian twinjet. Kato will set up an international aerospace group to market and support the aircraft ...
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UK police forces order MD Explorers
THE UK'S POLICE Aviation Services has ordered ten McDonnell Douglas MD900 Explorer helicopters, making it the largest single purchase of the type to date in Europe. The first eight-seat helicopter will be delivered in June 1997 and enter service with the Wiltshire Constabulary Air Support Unit. The aircraft will be ...
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American breaks new ground with warning system
AMERICAN AIRLINES, which suffered a Boeing 757 controlled-flight-into-terrain accident in December 1995 near Cali, Colombia, is the launch customer for AlliedSignal Aerospace's new enhanced ground-proximity warning system (EGPWS). The system is expected to be awarded US Federal Aviation Administration certification in October. The US carrier has placed a $20 million ...