All Fleets articles – Page 966
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Qantas considers A340/777 competition
Qantas' new order will lift its 747-40 Qantas is evaluating the Airbus and Boeing 300-seat models, and has confirmed orders for three additional Boeing 747-400s, worth some A$650 million ($478 million)including engines and spares. According to chief executive James Strong, Qantas has been studying closely its ...
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Airbus supplement: A330 A340
When Airbus first discussed the A340 seriously with potential customers in the mid-1980s, "...the maximum range requirement was not much more than 6,000nm [11,100km]," recalls Airbus vice president strategic planning Adam Brown. "By launch in 1987 this had grown to 6,600nm [12,200km], and the A340-300 now in production can fly ...
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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 ...
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Airbus supplement: A300 A310
When Airbus Industrie rolled out its first A300 at Toulouse in September 1972, the aircraft received perhaps less attention from the assembled crowd than it deserved. Parked opposite was one of the prototype Concordes, which was still grabbing headlines around the world. Yet, while the sleek supersonic airliner may have ...
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Ryanair reveals plans to double fleet by 2002
Ryanair has revealed plans to expand its fleet as part of a wide-ranging strategy to push its low-cost services further into the mainstream European market. Michael O'Leary, chief executive of the Dublin, Ireland-based carrier, says that the airline is "-actively negotiating with Boeing and Airbus" for new aircraft ...
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Unions side with Boeing in Sabena order battle
Unions at Sabena have intervened in the fight between Boeing and Airbus to secure a contract to replace the carrier's Boeing 737-200 with a threat of industrial action if the airline decides in favour of the Airbus A319. The Belgian flag carrier is due to make a decision ...
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China Airlines begins fleet modernisation
China Airlines (CAL) is undertaking a fleet-modernisation programme, phasing out its older Boeing 747s from passenger operations, and closing on an order for ten long-range widebodies. Two of the carrier's three remaining Pratt & Whitney JT9D-powered Boeing 747- 200Bs will be removed from the fleet for conversion by ...
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Airbus transformation progresses
The process of transforming Airbus Industrie into a fully fledged company is back on track, with a joint statement from the four consortium partners that they now plan to see the new structure in place by the start of 1999. The partners confirm that they will work towards ...
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Air Littoral cancels Bombardier CRJ options
Air Littoral has cancelled options for five Bombardier CanadairRegional Jets (CRJs) due to be delivered in 1998. The action follows a pilots' strike begun on 13 October and was still under way as Flight International went to press. The dispute, which has hit up to 60% of flights, ...
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China Eastern Airlines adds first MD-90 to its fleet
Shanghai-based China Eastern Airlines has taken delivery of the first two of nine 157-seat Boeing MD-90s on order under China's 40-aircraft TrunkLiner programme, 20 of which are being built at the Douglas Products Division in Long Beach. The remaining 20 are being produced by the Shanghai Aircraft Manufacturing Factory. ...
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Stretched 777 takes to the air
The first Boeing 777-300 had a "flawless" maiden flight from the company's Everett site on 16 October, completing the 4h 6min test mission at Boeing Field, Seattle, with no technical problems. Boeing 777 programme chief pilot Frank Santoni says: "We spent 4h shaking the aircraft down thoroughly. You ...
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American 777 decision holds key to engine-growth plans
American Airlines has been given until 3 November by Boeing to define its 777 fleet requirements as engine makers General Electric and Rolls-Royce study growth powerplants for the proposed long-range -200X and stretched -300X versions in response to a revised request for proposals from the US carrier. American ...
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Airbus aims at A320 production boost
Airbus Industrie chief operating officer Volker Von Tein has raised the possibility of an increase in the production rate of the A320 family from the planned 18 per month - but only if the consortium secures an order for 120 aircraft from US Airways. The current rate of ...
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Tunisair is first Arab customer for A319
Tunis Air has signed a contract for seven A320-family aircraft. The four A320s and three A319s will make it the first customer for the smallest Airbus in both Africa and the Arab world. Tunis Air, which operates eight CFM International CFM56-powered A320s and one A300B4, will take its ...
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Volga-Dnepr leases Tu-204Cs
Volga-Dnepr is to take two Tupolev Tu-204C-120 freighters equipped with Rolls-Royce RB211-535E4B engines on lease in a deal about to be signed with the leasing company Sirocco Aerospace International. The Russian cargo airline is also spending nearly $30 million upgrading its Antonov An-124 fleet. Volga-Dnepr president Alexei Isaikin ...
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Air China steps towards 1998 listing
Air China has begun the first steps towards a public flotation in 1998, becoming the last of the mainland China's big three carriers to go for a listing following successful launches by China Southern and China Eastern in New York and Hong Kong. According to China's state-run media, ...
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Marketplace
+Express One Airlines has taken delivery of the first of two ex-Northwest Airlines Boeing 727-200Adv in a transaction arranged by Fortis Aircraft Management Services. The aircraft are being acquired on eight-year lease-purchases from Airlease Finance via the First Security Bank of Utah. ++ Lufthansa has completed the sale of its ...
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KAL steps up plans for new narrowbody
Korean Air Lines (KAL) is accelerating plans to phase out its entire fleet of Fokker 100s and Boeing MD-82/83s with the purchase of up to 40 replacement narrowbody aircraft. Industry sources say that KAL's evaluation has intensified in recent weeks and that a type selection is expected by ...
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Fokker responds to reliability protest
A joint protest by several European operators of Fokker aircraft expressing grievances over poor reliability has forced Fokker Services to introduce support measures. In a letter to Jan van der Giessen, the Dutch company's technical vice-president, the group of airlines - the "Fokker 70/100 Customer Community" - details ...
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Parts shortages slow down Boeing production
Boeing has halted production of the 747 and Next Generation 737 temporarily, to give suppliers time to make up parts shortages which have delayed deliveries. The company will deliver between five and ten fewer Next Generation 737s, and four or five fewer 747s, than planned this year. Production ...