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Air India plans to sell 747-200s in effort to improve revenues
Air India is offering three ageing Boeing 747-200s for sale as the airline attempts to revamp operations and routes to boost revenue. The move means that the airline has backed away from plans to lease two 747-200s to UK aircraft broker Air Charters. Air India had signed a ...
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Boeing has delivered the last 737-500 on firm order, leaving just 26 examples of the 737 "Classic" models (-300/400/500) to be delivered this year. The last -500 was handed over to Air France on lease from Pembroke Capital. Boeing has built 387 737-500s since deliveries began in 1990. CityFlyer Express ...
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Fairchild talks continue as ATR revises Airjet
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Fairchild Aerospace and ATR partners Aerospatiale and Alenia have failed to resolve the main obstacles to their possible collaboration on a family of regional jets. Talks continue in an effort to find a compromise. While differences remain over the location of final assembly lines, engines and ...
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Air France close to A318 signings
Julian Moxon/HAMBURG Air France has confirmed that it is close to ordering the Airbus A318 to replace its Boeing 737-500s, but director general Pierre-Henri Gourgeon says the airline remains in "tough negotiations" on powerplant selection. Airbus chose the Pratt &Whitney PW6000 as the sole powerplant for the A318, ...
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SAS outlines fleet-wide renewal plans
Max Kingsley-Jones/STOCKHOLMAirbus Industrie remains favourite to win an order from SAS for its new long-haul fleet, as the carrier evaluates a new larger aircraft type for its European trunk routes. Flight International revealed in January that SAS had chosen Airbus Industrie's package of up to 15 A330-300s and A340-300s over ...
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Crossair chooses ERJ-145 regional jet to replace Saab turboprops
Andrew Doyle/BASLE Crossair has selected the Embraer RJ-145 regional jet to replace its Saab 340 turboprops. It aims to complete negotiations with the Brazilian manufacturer in time for a deal to be announced at the Paris air show in June. The Swiss regional stresses that a final decision ...
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Airbus readies for A318 launch
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DCAirbus Industrie is on the verge of finally launching the A318 twinjet. At the same time the European consortium has signed Egyptair as a launch customer while engine supplier Pratt & Whitney is pursuing a trade-in deal with Air China to exchange old Boeing 747s for A318 orders. ...
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United polar route launch awaits Russian go-ahead
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC United Airlines hopes to be the first international carrier to launch a non-stop scheduled commercial service between New Delhi and Chicago, via central Russia and the Polar region. The service will start from late October, provided that Moscow gives it the go-ahead. The North American carrier ...
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Sweden's Novair plans long haul fleet revamp
Swedish charter airline Novair is phasing out its fleet of Lockheed L-1011 TriStar 500s, as it prepares to update its long haul fleet with Boeing 767 twinjets. The wholly owned subsidiary of Apollo, Scandinavia's third largest tour operator, has appointed UK remarketing agent Cabot Aviation to find buyers for ...
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Further to last week's report, the three Airbus A320s being acquired by Airtours International German associate Fly FTI are being leased from Japanese Lessor Orix. The Munich-based charter airline is also leasing a Boeing 737. Fortis Aviation has placed two 11-year-old ex-Philippine Airlines Shorts 360-300s on two-year leases with German ...
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Boeing pledges to enforce get tough policy on loss-makers
Peter La Franchi/SYDNEY Chris Jasper/LONDON Boeing chief executive Phil Condit has warned that 'value-destroying' programmes identified as lost causes will either be "shut down" or sold off. Confirming Boeing's commitment to a zero-tolerance approach to loss-making operations, introduced by new chief financial officer (CFO) Debby Hopkins, Condit says ...
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Airtruck threatened by order drought
Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) is struggling to launch its planned Airtruck cargo turboprop project, having failed to secure any firm orders for the aircraft. IAI developed the Airtruck to a FedEx requirement for a new turboprop cargo aircraft to replace its Fokker F27 turboprop freighters (Flight International, 20-27 August, ...
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Sting in the tail
After years of economic woes, at least one of Brazil's airlines could disappear by the end of the year. For the survivors, however, long term prospects look brighter Brian Homewood/RIO DE JANEIROBrazilian airlines have survived major financial troubles over the past 15 years, but officials and analysts fear that ...
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Airbus offers model mix to El Al
Arie Egozi/TEL AVIV Airbus is offering El Al up to 10 A330/A340s as the Israeli national carrier finalises its long-haul fleet renewal plans. A Boeing offer of various widebody twinjets is also being studied, and the airline expects to finalise its selection within the next two months. The Airbus ...
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Embraer revels in record year
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Brazilian regional aircraft manufacturer Embraer says 1998 was the most successful year in its history, after a record net profit of $103 million for the 12 months, compared with a loss of $29.6 million in 1997. Embraer says the improvement stemmed from a 75% increase in ...
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Air Foyle consortium takes controlling stake in CityJet
Chris Jasper/LONDON A consortium led by UK cargo carrier Air Foyle has purchased a controlling stake in Irish independent airline CityJet for a sum in excess of Ir£5 million ($6.8 million). Sources close to the deal say that it should stabilise Dublin-based CityJet and allow it develop its ...
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Sole A340-8000 may be put up for sale
The one and only Airbus Industrie A340-8000, completed in the middle of last year, faces an uncertain future because of the financial crisis surrounding controversial Brunei Prince Jefri, who placed the launch order. The four-engined jet, an ultra-long-range derivative of the A340-200, has been parked at Berlin's Schönefeld Airfield ...
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Ansett Australia ponders fleet rationalisation
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS Ansett Australia is aiming to define its fleet development plan by the end of this year. It will decide on a new widebody type to serve domestic trunk and Asian routes and on the rationalisation of the carrier's domestic narrowbody fleet. Executive chairman Rod Eddington says: ...
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Irish commuter carrier takes 146s
Aer Lingus Commuter's British Aerospace 146 fleet has been expanded to eight with the delivery of an ex-Thai International -300 leased from BAe Asset Management. The regional division of Aer Lingus operates two 146-200s and six -300s, alongside six Fokker 50 turboprops, with lease commitments extending to 2007. Source: Flight ...
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BMW R-R offers new BR700 for ERJ family
Guy Norris/MUNICH Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC BMW Rolls-Royce is proposing a new version of the BR700 turbofan to power Embraer's planned family of 70/90-seat regional jets, the ERJ-170 and -190, as the Brazilian manufacturer seeks bids from suppliers for systems and structures. Potential risk-sharing partners are expected to submit bids this ...