Fleets – Page 984
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Delta selects Trent to power Boeing 777s
Rolls-Royce has secured its first US airline customer for the Trent 800, with the selection by Delta Air Lines of the Trent 892 to power its ten optioned Boeing 777-200s. The US carrier has placed a $500 million contract with General Electric to power the Boeing 767 component of the ...
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Vietnam Airlines revises growth plans
State-run Vietnam Airlines is revising plans to expand its passenger fleet in the wake of slower-than-expected traffic growth. In 1996, Vietnam Airlines carried 2.5 million passengers, an 18% increase over 1995. Senior airline officials, however, had been projecting growth of between 25% and 28%. As the result of ...
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Air France re-activates Concorde from storage
Air France is boosting its operational BAC/Aerospatiale Concorde fleet to six, with the planned return to service in early July of an aircraft which has been in storage at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport for the past five years. Despite plans for an expanded fleet, however, the French ...
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Ill fated ambitions
The Romaero Rombac BAC One-Eleven programme is rooted in former Romanian leader Nicolae Ceausescu's ambitions to make Romania independent of the Soviet Union. As a maverick among the former Communist Bloc leaders, Ceausescu had refused to take part in the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, and later exploited initially good ...
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British Midland selects Airbus A320 family for fleet renewal
British Midland Airways (BM) expects to sign a $1 billion firm order with Airbus Industrie for A320s and A321s in May, having concluded an initial memorandum of understanding in early April for up to 20 aircraft. The airline, which selected the Airbus single-aisle family over Boeing's 737-800 and ...
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MDC talks up MD-80 freighter for China
McDonnell Douglas (MDC) remains optimistic that its MD-80 cargo conversion plan proposed to Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) earlier this year will receive the go-ahead before the end of 1997, despite uncertainty caused by the planned merger with Boeing. A key aspect of the plan is the supply ...
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Gulf Air reactivates TriStars following disposal of 767s
Gulf Air is planning to return up to three of its five stored L-1011 TriStar 200s to service, for operation on services within the Gulf, and to the Indian sub-continent. The move comes in the wake of the sale of six Boeing 767-300ERs to Delta Air Lines. One ...
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Indian carriers receive aircraft import...
India's Civil Aviation Ministry has given the go-ahead for three domestic private airlines to increase their fleets by importing more aircraft. The approval, announced by the ministry's Aircraft Acquisition Committee (AAC), affects Skyline NEPC, JVG Group and Bengal Air. Bombay-based NEPC Skyline will add two Boeing 737-200s to ...
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Egypt's AMC orders launch MD-90-30ER
AMC Aviation of Egypt has placed the launch order for the McDonnell Douglas MD-90-30ER (extended range), with a contract for two aircraft. The MD-90ER features increased maximum take-off weight (MTOW) and additional fuel tanks, to boost range to over 4,000km (2,200nm). Compared to the standard MD-90, ...
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Slovenian CRJs
Adria Airways, the national airline of Slovenia, has signed a deal with Bombardier for two Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) Series 200LRs, plus two options. The two aircraft on firm order, valued at $43 million, will be delivered in January and February 1998, while the options are due in 1998 and ...
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Romaero admits defeat on One-Eleven launch
Romanian aircraft manufacturer Romaero has given up a longstanding ambition to manufacture upgraded, re-engined One-Eleven airliners for the world market. The Bucharest-based company struggled for years to find the necessary $100 million funding to proceed with the revamped aircraft, known as the Airstar 2500. A launch ...
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Airbus/AVIC AE-100 agreement is not expected until year-end
Airbus Industrie Asia (AIA) is not now expected to reach a full agreement with Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) and Singapore Technologies (ST) on the joint development of the planned AE-100/A318 until the end of the year. The three sides are hoping to sign a "framework agreement" by ...
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Air China looks to build on initial 777 order
Boeing hopes that the planned visit to the USA of Chinese president Jiang Zemin later this year will clear the way for Air China to order its remaining Boeing 777s, following its confirmation of an order for an initial five. After nearly two years of delay, the Chinese ...
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Finnair order contest warms up
Finnair has invited final bids from Airbus and Boeing to replace its fleet of 12 ageing 121-seat McDonnell Douglas DC-9-51s, after completing technical evaluations of the A320 family and next-generation 737. The carrier also plans to eventually replace its 25 142-seat MD-80s with whichever type is selected. The ...
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Special relation
Rolls-Royce executives have often been heard to remark that, when it comes to selling engines in Asia, there is, arguably, no better sales tool than Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways. The unique relationship which the engine manufacturer has with the Swire Group's airline operation is about to be strengthened further ...
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Happy families?
The debate in the aerospace industry over future product lines is sharply focused on the two extremes - the regional jet and the 'superjumbo'. Karen Walker looks ahead as the manufacturers vie to fill the gaps in the market, and Mark Odell presents a summary of current and planned jets. ...
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Too few sales but lots of potential
Despite much recent fanfare about airline participation in the online revolution, ticket-selling on the Internet is still a relatively rare phenomenon and has yet to have much positive impact on carriers' bottom lines. But its potential is undisputed and airlines uniformly consider their experience to be an invaluable education about ...
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AA pilots to strike deal?
Presidential intervention may have prevented a strike, but as another deadline loomed in the American Airlines pilots dispute, AMR chairman Bob Crandall admitted he was unsure how to resolve the central issue of regional jets. The Allied Pilots Association, which represents American's pilots, is haggling for wage increases. ...
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Boeing tries to convince
Boeing's attempts to clinch a second big exclusive aircraft deal, similar to the one signed with American Airlines last November, comes at a time when the US manufacturer is trying to persuade regulators on both sides of the Atlantic to approve its merger with McDonnell Douglas. The company's ...
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Private funds elude Alitalia
Put your wallet away: Alitalia's no longer for sale. The carrier has abandoned its quest for private investors and turned to state holding company IRI for the full capital injection. The Italian treasury has now confirmed that IRI will inject the remaining L1.5 trillion (US$880 million) of fresh ...