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++ CS Aviation Services has placed an ex-Alitalia Airbus A300B4 freighter with the Dutch general sales agents Jet Link Holland. Delivery is scheduled for February following conversion by BAe Aviation Services. ++ New Argentinian airline AeroVIP has leased three Jetstream 32EPs from British Aerospace Asset Management - Turboprops, for delivery by the end of November. Aero-VIP plans feeder services to hubs at Cordoba and Buenos Aires' downtown airport. ++ Air Canada is to lease an additional Airbus A340-300 from International Lease Finance (ILFC) from May 1998, and extend the leases on two A340-300s scheduled for return to ILFC in June 1998, to provide interim capacity until deliveries of three A340-300s and five A330s ordered recently, begin in 1999. ++ Kenya Airways has taken delivery of the second of three Boeing 737-300s, which have replaced leased 737-200s on its regional routes. ++ Lufthansa has exercised options for two 747-400s valued at $330 million. ++ Iran Asseman Airlines is planning to add two 260-seat Airbus A310s to its fleet during 1998. ++ Channel Express has purchased a third A300B4 (ex-Continental) for conversion to freighter, and the aircraft has been delivered to Daimler-Benz Aerospace (Dasa) Airbus' plant at Dresden for modification. Meanwhile, the conversion of Channel's second A300 freighter is nearing completion at the Dasa plant. ++ Finnair has completed the sale and lease back of four Boeing MD-80s to specialist finance companies, in a deal valued at 43 million Finnish marks. The aircraft will be returned to the lessors when the airline's new A320s are delivered. ++ Malev is adding two ex-Alitalia/Avianova Fokker 70s which will boost its fleet to five, on lease from Debis AirFinance. ++ Ghana Airways has introduced the first of two McDonnell Douglas DC-9-51s purchased from Avensa, Venezuela. The first aircraft was bought for $7.65 million, and the second will be introduced this month. ++ CityFlyer Express has ordered a fourth AI(R) Avro RJ100, for delivery in June 1998.
Source: Flight International
