Fleets – Page 933
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SIA wants more time to study 777-200X long haul proposal
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Singapore Airlines (SIA) has again postponed a decision on purchase of a new ultra long haul aircraft. The airline wants more time to evaluate a Pratt & Whitney PW4000-powered Boeing 777-200X engine/airframe proposal. US carrier Tower Air, meanwhile, looks likely to be the next airline to ...
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Overnight parcel carriers face noisy opposition
Herman De Wulf/Brussels Express parcel carriers, which fly the bulk of their operations at night, are facing growing opposition in Europe on environmental grounds. The latest development is the rejection by a Bavarian court of an appeal by DHL International against a ban on night operations at Nuremberg Airport, which ...
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Routes
++ Continental Airlines and VASP of Brazil will codeshare on flights between the USA and Brazil from mid-1998, pending Government approvals. ++ SAS Cargo is to introduce a DHL-owned McDonnell Douglas DC-8-70 freighter between New York and Gothenburg, Sweden, and will share an Antonov An-26 between Copenhagen and the ...
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Embraer heads for profits after sales soar
Embraer has produced its promised turnaround, coming close to breakeven last year and likely to show its first profits for seven years in 1998. The overall result for 1997 showed the Brazilian manufacturer with a net loss of $13.2 million, stemming from heavy costs in the first half of the ...
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US Airways talks fuel US alliance speculation
The US airline industry may be on the verge of a new wave of consolidation through major alliances rather than mergers and acquisitions. Speculation of pending marketing alliances was fuelled by the Wall Street Journal, which reported that US Airways is again in talks with both United Airlines and ...
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Manx mulls options for growth
Max Kingsley-Jones/Isle of Man The continued traffic growth experienced by Manx Airlines and sister company British Regional Airlines (BRAL) is forcing the two airlines to examine the acquisition of aircraft larger than the British Aerospace 146-200. The carriers operate a centrally managed fleet of some 36 aircraft with operations divided ...
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Airbus/Boeing pin hopes on China orders
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Airbus Industrie and Boeing are hoping that forthcoming visits of US and European leaders to Beijing will produce follow-on aircraft purchases, as China Aviation Supplies (CASC) completes the final allocation of the 80 airliners ordered last year. Boeing is believed to be working on the sale ...
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Marketplace
MARKETPLACE ++ American Airlines has confirmed its order for a further eight Rolls-Royce Trent 800-powered Boeing 777-200ERs, increasing its 777 order to 19. Delivery of the newly ordered aircraft will begin in 1999. Delta Air Lines has converted two options for R-R Trent 800-powered 777s. ++ Aerotec/ USA, ...
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Garuda Indonesia
Cash-strapped Garuda Indonesia, meanwhile, is seeking to renegotiate the financing for the 12 737-300/500s it is due to receive in 1998, plus a $660 million operating lease agreement on six Airbus A330-300s in service. The airline was only able to take delivery of a batch of five 737-500s late last ...
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CAL rethinks orders after crash
Brent Hannon/TAIPEI China Airlines (CAL) is considering deferring aircraft orders because of a 10-15% drop in load factors after one of its Airbus A300s crashed at Taipei in February, killing over 200 people. CAL is considering the deferral of two Airbus A300-600Rs due for delivery this year, say ...
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Air Canada expands fleet hushkit plans
Air Canada is to expand its hushkitting programme to keep its older and noisier aircraft in service beyond the USA's final Stage 3 noise compliance deadline of 31 December, 1999. The carrier will use the refurbished McDonnell Douglas (MDC) DC-9s to expand services to the USA. When the airline ...
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Russian regional tender fails to find a winner
The Russian Aviation Consortium (RAC) has declared that there will be no winner in its tender for delivery of 50 regional airliners for three Russian airlines. The deals will now be negotiated independently. Last year the RAC revealed that it was seeking bids from manufacturers to supply aircraft for ...
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Edelweiss to replace MD-80s with A320s
Swiss charter operator Edelweiss Air has ordered three new Airbus A320s to replace its Boeing MD-80 fleet. The Zurich-based carrier, which operates three 162-seat MD-83s, two on operating lease from GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) and the third on financial lease from Credit Agricole, will take delivery of the ...
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Air Lanka orders A330-200s following Emirates stake
Air Lanka has placed orders for six Airbus A330-200s, after Emirates Airlines agreed to take a 40% stake in the Sri Lankan flag carrier. The Dubai based airline will manage Air Lanka for 10 years, says the Sri Lankan Public Enterprises Reform Commission (PERC). Emirates has also agreed to ...
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Harbin agrees North American Y-12 sales deal
Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing (HAMC) of China has concluded a joint venture agreement to supply Y-12(IV) turboprop airframes to the Canadian Aerospace Group for modification, final completion, certification and sale to the North American market. The deal concluded in Beijing covers the supply of to 50 Y-12s over the next ...
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Airbus in AE31X dilemma
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Airbus Industrie is looking for a collaborative programme to substitute for the AE31X to placate its Chinese aerospace industry joint venture partners in the regional jet project. The Chinese are increasingly irritated that the proposed 100-seat A319M5 derivative is gaining momentum as a quick fix alternative to compete ...
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Crossair and CityLine move closer to 728JET launch order
Andrzej Jeziorski/BASLE Crossair and Lufthansa CityLine have signed letters of intent (LoI) with Fairchild Dornier to continue work on the manufacturer's proposed 55-90 seat family of regional jets. Swiss-based Crossair may place a major launch order by the end of this year (Flight International, 25-31 March). According to ...
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Shake-out time on the horizon for European low fare operators
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Europe's low-cost airlines could be heading for a shake-out within the next year warns airline veteran British Midland (BM) chairman Sir Michael Bishop, highlighting a slowdown in growth and the prospect of a steep rise in airport charges. "Some of the special advantages that low cost carriers have ...
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Domestic upheavals
Brent Hannon/TAIPEI A series of fatal accidents has halted 11 years of rapid expansion by Taiwan's second-tier airlines, and an era of mergers and consolidation is at hand. The nine commercial airlines than once flew Taiwan's domestic skies will soon be cut to five, with further reductions likely. EVA Airways ...
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Marketplace
++ Australia's biggest independently-owned regional carrier, Brisbane-based Flightwest Airlines, will buy at least four 19-seat British Aerospace Jetstream 32EP (enhanced performance) to replace Raytheon Beech King Airs on routes to remote-areas. The airline has also upgraded several regional routes formerly flown by Embraer EMB-120 Brasilias, with the acquisition of a ...