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China plans 777 lease for US service
CHINA SOUTHERN Airlines is negotiating to lease three more Boeing 777-200IGWs (increased gross weight) from International Lease Finance to support its planned start-up passenger service to the USA. The Chinese carrier is understood to be discussing taking the three leased aircraft in 1997. The airline needs more long-range ...
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Engine-makers line up options for 747X
Guy Norris/LOS ANGLES GENERAL ELECTRIC and Pratt & Whitney expect to finalise by the end of the month their joint-venture plans for the new -500/600 growth versions of Boeing 747. The two manufacturers have "-quickly reached agreement on an engine configuration", but have yet to reach ...
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Airbus revises A340 development
Julian Moxon/TOULOUSE Andrew Doyle/VANCOUVER AIRLINES ARE PUSHING Airbus to study a 15,700km (8,500nm)-range derivative of the A340, combining the fuselage of the -300 with the wing and engines of the -600 "Super Stretch", as an alternative to the smaller, 14,800km- range, A340-8000. At a recent meeting ...
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Airbus A3XX plans find market favour
Julian Moxon/toulouse AIRBUS INDUSTRIE is receiving "very positive responses" from the market on financing for its planned 555- to 960-seat A3XX family. "We hope we will soon be in a position to integrate people into the programme", says Jurgen Thomas, head of the newly created large-aircraft division within ...
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SIA sells
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has completed the sale of two Boeing 747-200s to United Parcel Service for conversion into freighters. The two form part of SIA's sale of six surplus aircraft. The aircraft, including a fourth 747-200 for an unidentified US carrier, are due for delivery by September. SIA has sold ...
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Transavia profits fall as tourism slumps
DUTCH CHARTER carrier Transavia Airlines reports a steep slide in profits for its last financial year, blaming the slump on a stagnant Dutch holiday market and a resultant dip in yields. President Peter Legro, announcing the results at the airline's base in Schiphol Airport, reported that operating profits ...
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Canadian granted immunity from anti-trust rules
THE US DEPARTMENT of Transportation (DoT) has tentatively decided to grant American Airlines and Canadian Airlines International immunity from US anti-trust laws, to allow them to co-ordinate air services. The Administration of US President Bill Clinton, however, has placed some restrictions on the immunity, which is valid for ...
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British Airways lines up multi-billion dollar deal
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON BRITISH AIRWAYS is expected soon to finalise a $2 billion order for around 20 Boeing aircraft, which could include a mix of 747-400s, 757s and some 777s. The deal will be the airline's first major order since 1991. BA declines to comment on the ...
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Japanese make joint approach to Boeing for 747-X workshare
FIVE OF JAPAN'S principal aerospace manufacturers have joined forces to approach Boeing for a share in developing the proposed growth 747-500/600X. The companies are Japan's three "heavy industries" - Fuji, Kawasaki and Mitsubishi - together with ShinMaywa Industries and the smaller Japan Aircraft Manufacturing, or Nippi. Boeing is ...
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SALE ties up A320 order
SINGAPORE AIRCRAFT Leasing Enterprise (SALE) is finalising an order for ten Airbus Industrie A320s, to add to its recently purchased start-up fleet of Boeing 777s. SALE, a joint venture between Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Boullion Aviation, is understood to be negotiating to take the aircraft from 1998. It ...
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Politics turn sweets sour
Political interference has left South African Airways seriously out of pocket and the airline's management quietly seething after a clash between two government departments over the interpretation of trade rules led to the delay of desperately needed new aircraft. The debacle centres on SAA's order for seven B777s ...
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Immune deficiency syndromes
US transportation officials have long been quietly offering antitrust immunity as a gift for opening up international markets to their airlines. Now immunity is being sought on a grand scale, but the Department of Justice is wary. Mead Jennings reports.The question won't be asked officially for another year, but Elliott ...
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More cash as heads roll?
Indonesian flag carrier Garuda is undergoing more management upheaval as it struggles to implement a critical fleet modernisation programme and lift performance after one of its toughest years. In the face of intense competition on key domestic and international routes from local rival Sempati and more efficient foreign ...
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Thai weighs cargo option
Thai International wants to take full ownership of a proposed national all-cargo operator being set up to tap into the impressive 15 per cent growth in freight traffic - almost double the annual rise in passenger numbers. Thai's management is proposing to set up the as yet unnamed ...
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Virgin buys into Europe
With the Virgin Group's takeover of 90 per cent of Euro-Belgian Airlines (EBA), continental Europe is getting its first taste of the US low-fare, short-haul carrier craze. In return, the US management team of Brussels-based Virgin Express is getting its first taste of the vagaries of the European market. ...
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Sun shines on BA empire
Danish regional Sun-Air has signed a franchise agreement which will see it operating as British Airways Express from August. The deal marks the first time BA has franchised its Express brand to an airline based outside the UK, although 49 per cent-owned TAT European Airways of France is licensed to ...
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Aircraft news
German carrier Eurowings has ordered three A319s for charter operations. CSA Czech Airlines has ordered 10 Boeing 737-500s, seven of which are subject to reconfirmation. Japan Air System has ordered six more MD-90s plus one option, while Swissair has ordered a further two MD-11s with four ...
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Swire pledges long-term involvement with Cathay
Paul Lewis/SEATTLE SWIRE PACIFIC, the UK parent of Cathay Pacific and Dragonair, is emphatic that it intends to remain a major participant in Hong Kong's aviation industry. It dismisses speculation that its grip may be weakening following the recent deal with China which will put a large ...
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Delta chairman calls for speedy open-skies deal
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DCJulian Moxon/BRUSSELS DELTA AIR LINES chairman Ronald Allen, speaking as initial anti-trust immunity was granted for his airline's alliance with Swissair and Sabena, has called for the European Union (EU) to move "boldly and swiftly" towards a full open-skies deal with the USA. ...
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...while South Korea attempts to salvage China deal
SOUTH KOREA IS trying salvage plans to develop a new 100-seat passenger aircraft in co-operation with China, following the renewal of direct industry-level discussions between the countries. A Samsung Aerospace team, led by vice-president Yu Moo-Sung, has met Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) in Beijing, in an ...