Fleets – Page 942
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Air China agrees deal to acquire 737-800s
Air China has signed a purchase agreement with Boeing for five 737-800s and taken options on another 15 as part of China Aviation Supplies' (CASC) recently announced order for 50 widebodies and narrowbodies. The five 167-seat aircraft are the first Next Generation 737s to be officially purchased by a ...
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Boeing perseveres as EVA discusses A340 order
EVA Airways has opened contractual negotiations with Airbus Industrie on ordering six A340-500s, plus six options, but has not ruled out placing orders with Boeing. It holds an unsigned letter-of-intent (LoI) for a similar number of proposed 747-200ERXs. Despite EVA having earlier signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with ...
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Iberia delays order plans following Air Europa deal
Iberia Has alleviated its fleet-capacity shortfall in the near term by signing a franchise agreement with its Spanish rival Air Europa, while at the same time delaying its planned acquisition of new aircraft. Iberia has been wet-leasing two Boeing 757s from Air Europa for the past six months, along ...
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Airbus set for A319 order from Royal Brunei
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Royal Brunei Airlines (RBA) has reached a tentative agreement with Airbus Industrie to place an initial order for two A319s, in a move which will affect its wider-ranging selection of a new fleet of widebodies. The airline has accepted an Airbus offer on two A319s available ...
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Airlines want Regional's Saabs
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Two European airlines, Business Air and CityJet, are in negotiations to acquire secondhand Saab 2000s from Regional Airlines, the second-largest operator of the type, which is preparing to standardise on the Embraer RJ145 regional jet. Regional has a fleet of 11 Saab 2000s, including six delivered new to ...
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Dasa achieves record figures
AndrzejJeziorski/MUNICH Daimler-Benz Aerospace (Dasa) has underlined the turnaround in Germany's long-suffering aerospace industry, revealing record sales for 1997 and promising profits across the group. Full profit figures will be revealed on 8 April, but Dasa chairman Manfred Bischoff claims that the results will exceed expectations, with every business unit back ...
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Asian crisis sees Asiana drop A330
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Asiana Airlines is scrapping its plans to purchase Airbus A330s and is cutting back drastically on an Airbus A321 order. Overall, the number of cancelled aircraft orders and deferred deliveries in Asia continues to grow, with Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (SALE) rescheduling Boeing 777-200 deliveries and Thai Airways ...
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Turbulence surfaces in crash probe
Turbulent weather has emerged as a possible factor in the SilkAir Boeing 737-300 accident, about which there has been, so far, no statement by the Indonesian investigating authorities. The aircraft disappeared from cruising flight near Palembang, Sumatra, on 19 December on a scheduled flight from Djakarta, Indonesia, to Singapore. ...
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Marketplace
-Bahamasair has acquired two ex-Canadian Airlines International Boeing 737-200s from PLM International. -Azerbaijan Airlines has finalised its contract with Boeing for two Boeing 757-200s. Delivery and engine selection details have not been disclosed, although the airline has held commitments for six Rolls-Royce RB.211-powered 757s since 1994. -South African Airways ...
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Airbus firms up A3XX freighter
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Airbus is firming up its plans for combi and all-freight derivatives of its proposed A3XX airliner, as it works towards a launch decision by early 1999. As envisaged, both cargo versions of the baseline 560-seat, A3XX-100 will feature a main-deck 3.43 x 2.54m cargo door in ...
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Air Malta aims to finalise fleet revamp in 1998
Air Malta hopes to move forward with its aircraft re-equipment plans by the end of 1998, as it ponders a switch to a one-manufacturer fleet. The airline operates a mixed fleet of seven aircraft, including two Boeing 737-200s, three 737-300s and two Airbus A320s. Four Aero International (Regional) RJ70s acquired ...
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British Airways and LOT Polish plan a strategic alliance
British Airways and LOT Polish Airlines have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to begin negotiating a strategic alliance. BA's prime aim is to develop its Central European network, but LOT says that there is the option of extending the deal in future to include other alliance partners. BA's prospective ...
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Mesa ceases United's west coast feed
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC US regional Mesa Air Group is to sell or close down its Fresno, California-based WestAir Commuter division, which operates as United Express, after it failed to reach agreement with United Airlines to renew the codesharing agreement. The Westair agreement expires on 31 May and United ...
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++ Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (SALE) has received the first of up to 24 Airbus A320 family aircraft, with the delivery of an International Aero Engines V2500-powered A320, which is being leased to Ireland's TransAer. SALE has a further 13 firm orders - 12 A320s and one A321 - scheduled ...
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Taiwanese carriers look towards Malaysian services
Taiwan's second-tier airlines have set their sights on Malaysian destinations in the wake of the open-skies accord signed in October 1997 between the two countries. The airlines face saturated domestic markets, steady increases in capacity and a slight decline in overseas travel. UNI Air hopes to fly from Kaohsiung ...
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Indonesia agrees to put clamps on state hand-outs for IPTN
Indonesian aircraft manufacturer IPTN will no longer receive state hand-outs, under sweeping economic reforms announced by the Jakarta Government under heavy pressure from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). A halt to Government funding for the state-run aerospace company was one of the pre-conditions demanded of Jakarta in return ...
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737 is back under FAA quality control microscope
Boeing is expecting, on 21 January, the results of a US Federal Aviation Administration audit of its quality control which was triggered - along with inspections of 211 Boeing 737s - by the unexplained crash of a SilkAir 737-300 on 19 December. The FAA's quality-assurance audit is focused on ...
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Asiana and MAS attempt to offload widebody orders
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Asiana Airlines is circulating a letter to rival international carriers offering newly ordered and existing aircraft for sale or lease. There appear to be few takers in Asia, though, with Malaysia Airlines (MAS) offering its Boeing 777 delivery positions in 1998 to Delta Air Lines and other struggling ...
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R-R and American in US maintenance venture
Rolls-Royce and American Airlines have signed a letter of intent to form a 50:50 engine repair joint venture based at American's existing Alliance maintenance base in Fort Worth, Texas. The tie-up follows the US carrier's selection in November of Trent 800 engines for 11 Boeing 777-200IGWs (Increased Gross Weight) ...
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Flight Dynamics sells HGS to SAS for 737s
SAS has selected the Flight Dynamics HGS-4000 head-up guidance (HGS) system for its forthcoming fleet of Boeing 737-600s. The choice marks another significant victory for the US company in the intensifying head-up-display battle with the UK's GEC-Marconi Avionics and Sextant Avionique of France. The SAS order, for 41 systems ...