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Low cost maintenance
FLS Aerospace has secured its second big low-cost airline maintenance contract this year with a deal to support UK carrier easyJet. In April the London Stansted-based maintenance company won a similar contract with British Airways low-cost carrier Go covering total support, from line maintenance through to heavy maintenance checks. Monarch ...
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Iberia to double A340 fleet
Max Kingsley Jones/LONDONIberia is planning to boost its Airbus A340 fleet to almost 20 aircraft, with a deal for up to 11 additional examples of the four-engined long-range airliner. Xabier de Irala, president of Iberia, has signed a memorandum of understanding for six firm orders, plus five options. The airline ...
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Marketplace
-SilkAir has taken delivery of its first International Aero Engines V2500-A5-powered Airbus A320. The regional division of Singapore Airlines is replacing its Boeing 737-300 fleet with four A320s and four A319s, and holds options on another 10 aircraft. -ING Lease International Equipment Management has sold and delivered an ex-Pan American ...
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Saudi Arabian studies 717 for regional services
Saudi Arabian Airlines is focusing attention on its short- haul regional requirements, with the Boeing 717 reportedly under serious consideration. The airline began a fleet renewal process late last year which will see 29 Boeing MD-90s, five Boeing 747-400s and 23 777-200s introduced through to 2001. The airline originally ...
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TEA eases into schedules as it prepares for identity change
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH TEA Switzerland is to begin scheduled operations in November in the run up to its withdrawal from the charter market and a change of identity to become easyJet Switzerland. The change will also see the disposal of its Boeing 737-400, and the addition of four new 737-300s from ...
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Air Littoral set for development after SAir Group takes stake
Julian Moxon/PARISThe SAir Group has taken a 44% stake in French regional airline Air Littoral, giving it an entry into the south of France market and meeting the loss-making carrier's need for recapitalisation and development funding. The move came after speculation that another French independent, Britair, was in line to ...
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Royal gets a result from Signature deal
Canadian Charter carrier Royal Airlines expects to add C$100 million ($66 million) a year in revenue from a recent agreement to carry most of the passengers for Signature Vacations of Toronto. Under the agreement, previously held by rival airline Canada 3000, Signature will fill 75% of four Royal Airbus A310-300s ...
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Healthy future ?
The European regional airline industry has once again beaten all records, with this year's European Regions Airline Association (ERA) meeting in Hanover, Germany, reporting double digit growth in passenger traffic, re-equipment by carriers with new regional jet aircraft and reasonable profit margins. The health of the regionals is traceable ...
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Maintenance: Europe and the CIS
Andrew Chuter/London and Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC, Data supplied by Air Transport Intelligence After a Farnborough air show at which airliner sales exceeding $20 billion were announced, any talk of recession seems like scaremongering. But the air transport industry is already bracing itself for the next downturn - the ...
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Focus falls on solo airlines after tie-ups
With British Airways and American Airlines having confirmed their move to counter the Star Alliance - with the five-airline "oneworld" alliance - attention is now turning to potential responses by major airlines which have not yet committed to one of the global blocks. The oneworld link, formally unveiled in ...
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Embraer boss holds back on 70-seater launch
Julian Moxon/HANOVER Embraer president Mauricio Botelho has played down expectations of a quick decision on the launch of a 70-seat regional jet by the Brazilian airframe builder, believing that market conditions in the USA and Asia do not warrant a speedy move. Speaking at the European Regions Airlines ...
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Latin section
LanChile, TACA Group of El Salvador and TAM of Brazil have ordered AlliedSignal's enhanced ground proximity warning system, 131-9(A) auxiliary power units and flight data and cockpit voice recorders for their existing and newly ordered fleets of Airbus A320s. The deals are worth a total of $100 million. Source: Flight ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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 ...