Fleets – Page 1046
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MD-82 For Korean Air
Korean Air has ordered another McDonnell Douglas MD-82, for delivery in December 1995. The airline already operates eight Pratt & Whitney PW8D-217-powered MD-82s and has two more of the 155-seat twinjet on order for delivery in July 1995. Source: Flight International
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SIA signs deal for new A340 fleet
SINGAPORE AIRLINES (SIA) has signed a contract confirming its previously announced order for ten Airbus Industrie A340-300E long-haul passenger aircraft and 20 options. SIA announced in June 1994 its intention to buy up to 30 A340s, worth a total of $5.4 billion (Flight International, 29 June-5 July 1994). ...
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Dornier 328s to Star in Texas
TEXAS-BASED regional carrier Lone Star Airlines has ordered four Dornier 328s and taken options on a further four of the 30-seat high-speed turboprops. The first aircraft will enter service in January, replacing the 19-seat Fairchild Metros, used on routes from Dallas/Forth Worth, to Chihuahua and cities in Mexico. ...
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Delta orders 727 hushkits
DELTA AIR LINES has ordered 46 FedEx Stage 3 hushkits for its Boeing 727-200s and placed options on a further 52 shipsets. Deliveries will begin in late 1996. The US carrier has yet to announce its plans to hushkit Boeing 737-200s to meet Stage 3 noise limits. AvAero, ...
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ILFC orders more from Airbus
INTERNATIONAL Lease Finance (ILFC) has placed orders and options worth $1.5 billion for the Airbus A319/320/321 family. Deliveries are to begin in February 1996 and continue to the year 2000. The order brings Airbus Industries' firm-order total for the year to 110 aircraft, compared with Boeing's 111, the European consortium ...
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China Airlines to take another two Airbus A300s
CHINA AIRLINES (CAL) of Taiwan is expected to place an order soon for two more Airbus Industrie A300-600Rs, as part of its ten-year fleet-renewal and expansion plan. A purchase agreement is expected early this month, according to a senior CAL source. The deal is understood to be worth ...
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Boeing starts work on UPS freight 767
BOEING WAS DUE to begin building the first 767 freighter on 6 January at its Everett assembly site, with work scheduled to start on the front spar of the wing. The cargo floor will also be "loaded" on to production jigs one week later. The aircraft will be ...
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Orders/Leases
Trans States Airlines has ordered 25 Jetstream 41s, with options on a further 35, for a total cost of $420 million. The St Louis-based carrier will take its first J41 in January 1995. Regional Airlines has ordered three Saab 2000, with delivery beginning May 1995. The French regional ...
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US sweats over Saudia
Delays over Saudi Arabia Airlines' expected huge orders for Boeing and McDonnell Douglas aircraft are linked to the Saudis' need to spread the cost of heavy national capital expenditure projects in the power, telecommunications and transport industries. At presstime, the Saudis were not expected to place firm aircraft ...
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Canada: it's in the timing
The two Canadian majors are prepared to support the concept of US-Canada open skies, but are split on the phase-in period and remain doubtful whether their US alliances will help put them on an equal competitive footing with the larger US carriers. US and Canadian negotiators appear set ...
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Airlines, take your partners - again
Many airlines are re-evaluating policy on strategic alliances. They'd better get it right. Alliance fever is hotting up again. Airlines that don't have strategic partners are rushing to find them. Some existing partnerships are collapsing or looking shaky. And even airlines which are happily married are continuing to court ...
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Coded warnings
Aeropolitics The industry should be sending clear signals to the US government to leave codesharing alone. Michael F Goldman argues the case for its deregulation. Codesharing policy is taking centre stage again. In early December both the US Department of Transport ation's outside consultants and the General Accounting Office ...
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China signs off on MDC
President Clinton's attempt to capitalise on China's decision to shift part of the production of its Trunkliner aircraft order from Shanghai to California ignores fundamental changes in China's position that do not bode well for McDonnell Douglas. Three days before US Congressional elections, Clinton said that the revised ...
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Africa target for Emirates
Dubai-based Emirates is looking to open up markets in Africa and develop a customer loyalty programme before entering a major expansion phase with the arrival of the first of seven B777 aircraft. The ambitious Middle Eastern carrier is currently looking at a number of African destinations, including South ...
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A fly in the ointment?
The Spanish government appears to be pursuing brinkmanship tactics with the unions in an attempt to settle the chaos surrounding troubled flag carrier Iberia. As pilots walked away from the negotiating table at presstime, industry minister Juan Manuel Eguiagaray threatened to go ahead with 5,200 layoffs and plans ...