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Airbus guns for 60% market share after business surge
Guy Norris/SANTIAGO Airbus Industrie aims to secure as much as 60% of the world's large civil airliner market in the future, and is confident that Boeing's share may drop to 40%. "We have moved to our goal of 50-55% of the market, and I really think airlines want to ...
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Routes
Palestinian Airlines has initiated services between Gaza and Larnaca and will add Rome and Istanbul to its network this year. French train operator SNCF and United Airlines have added eight new destinations to the Paris Charles de Gaulle-Lyon route. From the end of March, Angers, Le Mans, Rennes, Poitiers, Tours, ...
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Marketplace
US low-cost carrier Vanguard Airlines has exercised purchase options on two of six Boeing 737-200Advs covered by a letter of intent signed with US Airways Leasing & Sales last November. Algeria's Khalifa Airways has signed a letter of intent with Sabena for the lease of the airline's two Airbus A340-200s, ...
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Simulator lease
BAE Systems has signed a memorandum to lease a A320 full-flight simulator to Flight Training Systems Chile, a joint venture between Lufthansa Flight Training and LanChile Airlines. The simulator is due for delivery next April and will join a 737-200 device at the centre. Source: Flight International
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Delta signs massive CRJ deal
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Delta Air Lines has signed a $10 billion, 500-aircraft, regional jet deal with Bombardier which will provide Delta Connection carriers with 40-, 44- and 50-seat versions of the Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) 200, and 70-seat CRJ700s. The yet-to-be launched 90-seat CRJ900 is not included. Delta ...
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Air Canada loath to sell regional
Chris Jasper/LONDON Air Canada is to put Canadian Regional Airlines (CRA) up for sale "in the near future", although it hopes no buyer will come forward as it plans to fold the carrier into its own regional operation. CRA must be offered for purchase as a condition of Air Canada's ...
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Bombardier aims to retain diversity in business boom
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DCBombardier is looking to shore up its non-aviation businesses in an effort to remain diversified in the face of the continued growth of its aerospace sector. Aerospace accounted for almost 60% of the Canadian company's revenues of C$13.6 billion ($9.3 billion) for the year ended 31 January, up ...
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El Al faces bleak future as plans to privatise slip down Israel's agenda
Arie Egozi/TEL AVIVIsrael has effectively suspended preparation for the privatisation of El Al, causing the flag carrier's president Joel Feldschu to warn that its entire future may be under threat. Feldschu says that while it remains under state control, El Al - which is banned from flying on the Jewish ...
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JAL reveals 777X plans
Japan Airlines (JAL) is the first of the Boeing 777X launch customers to reveal its orders, confirming its long-expected deal for up to 10 aircraft. The Japanese flag carrier has placed firm orders for eight 777-300ERs and taken options on two more. Deliveries of the 300-seaters will take place ...
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Boeing to detail 717X options
Boeing plans to meet airlines and "partners" in Rome next week to present options for potential future 717X regional jet derivatives as the market continues to push for smaller, rather than larger, family members. Although doubtful of achieving sufficiently low operating costs with the smaller derivatives, Boeing says it ...
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528JET schedule may rule Fairchild out of Eurowings order battle
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH The Fairchild 728JET family has emerged as Eurowings' favourite for its planned order for up to 30 regional jets. But the carrier says it may have to switch to another manufacturer because the 50-seat 528JET model will not be available until at least 2005. The Dortmund-based ...
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Spread of A320s leads to power struggle among maintainers
The growing influx of International Aero Engine (IAE) V2500-powered Airbus A320s is generating intense competition among powerplant maintenance companies vying for a share of the potentially lucrative after-sales support market. LanChile, TAM and Grupo Taca have collectively ordered 103 A319/A320s and hold options on another 84, all powered by ...
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Baggage space limitations hit DaimlerChrysler A319CJ
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH DaimlerChrysler Aviation has had to remove four of the 48 seats installed in its recently delivered Airbus A319 Corporate Jet (CJ) because there is insufficient space in the cargo hold for passengers' baggage. The Stuttgart-based operator is looking, meanwhile, at the possibility of launching intra-European flights ...
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EasyJet orders 17 more Boeings
EasyJet has ordered up to 47 Boeing 737-700s, including options and 17 firm orders, as it prepares to create a new hub at Amsterdam Schiphol by the end of the year. The London Luton-based low-cost airline is gearing up for a tripling of traffic to 15 million passengers annually ...
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Airbus targets Farnborough air show for launch of A330-100
Guy Norris/SANTIAGO Airbus Industrie hopes to launch its proposed mid-range A330-100 at the Farnborough air show in July, providing the basis of a twin-aisle replacement of the ageing A300-600 and A310. Revealing the plan at the FIDAE 2000 air show in Chile last week, Airbus senior vice-president, commercial, John ...
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When size matters
The debate over the size of market for a new very large aircraft has become similar to a poker game; until the first cards are on the table, no-one knows which way the deck will fall. During a recent briefing in Washington, Airbus Industrie's senior vice- president, commercial, John Leahy ...
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Life at the top
KAREN WALKER SINGAPORE Airbus is right to feel proud of its 1999 performance, as it overtook Boeing on new orders. But the fight to stay on top will be fierce. If Airbus Industrie's managers find the heights to which they climbed in 1999 overwhelming, they show no signs of vertigo ...
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Soft Landing
Tom Gill and Colin Baker LONDON There are all the classic signs of a downturn in the cycle, with aircraft prices weakening and deliveries slowing, but this time it looks more like a gentle decline rather than bust When the airline industry cycle last turned down a decade ago, it ...
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WestJet eyes move to number one
Calgary's second airline is on its way to becoming first. WestJet, which only started flying four years ago, is seizing the opportunity it senses following Air Canada's takeover of Canadian Airlines. WestJet plans to take nationwide the formula that has been the basis of its success in western Canada ...
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Vietnam-USA seal deal
NICHOLAS IONIDES ATI SINGAPORE Vietnam and the USA have finally signed a bilateral to allow codesharing. That could be the prelude to a full air-services accord when talks resume in June. The codeshare agreement was signed early in March in Hanoi and is described as a "memorandum of discussions", although ...