All Fleets articles – Page 956
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EGPWS deal
Lufthansa has signed a 10-year agreement to buy AlliedSignal enhanced ground proximity warning systems (EGPWS) for its aircraft and those of its subsidiaries. The deal covers the initial purchase of 175 systems for its fleet, including that of Lufthansa Cargo, but is expected to grow to cover at least 400 ...
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Lufthansa clears plans for $2.3 billion fleet expansion
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH Lufthansa has cleared plans for $2.3 billion of new aircraft orders for the airline and its regional and freight subsidiaries. A total of 42 new aircraft is to be ordered for delivery from 2000. The airline says that this order is in line with anticipated traffic increases in ...
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EF2000 deal firms up first batch order
Eurofighter, Eurojet and the NATO Eurofighter and Tornado Management Agency have signed fixed-price agreements covering production of the first batch of 148 EF2000 fighters and 363 engines. The so-called "Supplement 2" agreements have translated the maximum prices defined in the production contracts signed in January into fixed-price firm orders, ...
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EVA ditches plans for A340-500
Brent Hannon/TAIPEI EVA Airways has dropped plans to purchase 12 Airbus A340-500 and -600s after posting its first loss in over three years. The privately owned Taiwanese airline was among the launch customers for the new Rolls-Royce Trent 500-powered 313/380-seat A340 family, even though it never got beyond placing ...
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Kendell gets 50-seaters in Ansett's regional reshuffle
Paul Phelan/MELBOURNE Ansett Australia is to restructure its regional operations in a move which will see subsidiary Kendell Airlines acquiring a fleet of 50-seat regional jets. Meanwhile, a decision on Ansett's long-term route and fleet strategy is expected by the year-end. Kendell is finalising a deal for 12 ...
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Air Pacific 737-700 prepared for delivery
The first of three Next Generation Boeing 737s for Fijian flag carrier Air Pacific is being prepared for delivery at Boeing's Renton plant. The South Pacific-based carrier has one 737-700 (pictured) and two -800s on order. Source: Flight International
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Boeing finds home for Garuda 737s
Boeing has found a home for two of the 737-300s that had been destined for Garuda. The manufacturer is also believed to be negotiating to place other aircraft previously destined for the Indonesian carrier with Air New Zealand. Heller Financial has signed a deal for the two "whitetail" 737-300s ...
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Italy rethinks airport proposals after Malpensa rejection
The Italian Government is revising its proposals ordering airlines to transfer from Milan Linate to Malpensa Airport after the European Commission (EC) had rejected the plan, calling it "discriminatory, disproportionate and therefore illegal". Despite the decision, Italian transport minister Claudio Burlando still insists that the airport will open as ...
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Northwest faces mechanics after pilot deal
Northwest Airlines managers face more unrest as they turn their attention to mechanics who are threatening to strike over pay and work rules. This follows resolution of a pilot strike earlier this month. The 27,000 maintenance workers of the USA's fourth-largest airline, who are represented by the International Association ...
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Russian airlines hit as financial crisis bites deep
Paul Duffy/MOSCOW Russia's civil aviation industry has begun to suffer serious losses, including bankruptcies and lease cancellations, as a result of the economic and political turmoil which has hit the country in the last month. Transaero is to return two of its three McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30s to lessor ...
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American IFE
American Airlines has selected Rockwell Collins' Total Entertainment System as the in-flight entertainment (IFE) system for its new Boeing 777 fleet, with deliveries beginning in early 1999. The airline has also selected the US avionics manufacturer as the supplier of video monitor systems for 75 new Boeing 737-800s and 12 ...
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Deep impact
Max Kingsley-Jones/FARNBOROUGH Airbus Industrie's recent, relentless pounding of Boeing continued through the Farnborough air show week, with the European consortium announcing some $12 billion worth of sales, taking orders past 3,000. The string of recent successes, combined with a new product launch, look set to ensure that Airbus will indeed ...
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GATX and Flightlease form major leasing venture
GATX Capital, a leading US operating lessor, has linked with the SAirGroup leasing division Flightlease to create what is claimed to be the world's third-largest leasing company. The new company, GATX Flightlease Management, will be jointly owned and based at SAir's head office near Zurich Airport. Flightlease and GATX ...
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Regional jam ?
Paul Lewis and Graham Warwick/FARNBOROUGH The regional aircraft market has undergone a radical shake-up in recent years, during which time supply has been dramatically curtailed in the face of finite demand. The casualties have been numerous - Fokker, Jetstream and Saab to name a few. The market has shifted from ...
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Workshop
-AvAero will supply Stage 3 hushkits for five Boeing 737-200s operated by Calgary, Canada-based WestJet Airlines. -Lucas Aerospace, which supplies 14 different line replacement units (LRUs) for the Embraer RJ-145, has signed a 10-year spares deal with Trans States Airlines to provide LRUs, plus maintenance on a cost-per-flight-hour basis. -United ...
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Sextant/Smiths win
The second-generation flight management system (FMS) being jointly developed by Sextant Avionique and Smiths Industries for the Airbus A320 and A330/A340 families has been selected by several airlines for their existing fleets and future orders. The airlines are Air France, America West, Asiana, China Northwest, China Southwest and US Airways ...
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GECAS signs $3.2 billion Airbus/Boeing contracts
General Electric Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) has placed orders worth an estimated $3.2 billion with Airbus Industrie and Boeing for up 52 aircraft. The deal with Airbus, for 30 A320 family aircraft plus options on a further 10, takes the US leasing company's orders for the twinjet to 82 ...
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Rolls-Royce ties up RB211 Qantas upgrade
Rolls-Royce has secured a deal with Qantas to upgrade its fleet of RB211-524 turbofans to the new -524G/HT standard and a further $1 billion worth of Trent 500 engine orders from Emirates and International Lease Finance (ILFC). The Qantas order covers modernising airline's fleet of 18 RB211-powered Boeing 747-400 ...
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TNT A300F lease paves way for BAe deal
TNT is finalising a major Airbus A300B4 conversion contract with British Aerospace Aviation Services (BAeAS), following the signing of a lease deal with C-S Aviation Services (CSAS) for four A300B4 freighters. The deal with CSAS, and another with Airbus Industrie's Asset Management division for three A300B4s, comes as part ...
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Airbus confirms UPS A300 freighter deal
Airbus Industrie has confirmed its long-awaited deal with United Parcel Service (UPS) for up to 60 new A300-600 freighters. The estimated value of the contract is around $5 billion. The order, revealed exclusively in Flight International earlier this year, follows a bid battle involving new and used aircraft from ...