News from FlightGlobal – Page 2153
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Colgan Air leases with Saab
Newly-announced US Airways Express carrier Colgan Air has placed an order with Saab Aircraft Leasing for three Saab 340Bs plus options for three more, for an undisclosed amount. Saab Aircraft Leasing says the aircraft are scheduled for delivery during the first quarter 2000. Additionally, says the lessor, Colgan's acquisition of ...
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Denmark's Cimber Air to grow: ATI
Danish regional airline Cimber Air, quarter-owned by SAS, has ordered two 50-seat Bombardier Canadair Regional Jets (CRJ-200) and taken four options. The deal follows an order a year ago for two ATR 72-500s with two options, one of which has since been exercised, to add to the carrier's 13 ATR ...
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Germany's OLT to start UK services: ATI
German independent regional OLT is commencing its first service to the UK with a route linking the industrial cities of Bremen and Manchester. Currently operating domestic routes and connections to islands in the North Sea, the Bremen-headquartered carrier begins its new daily scheduled service using a 33-seat Saab 340 turboprop. ...
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Rising fuel costs drive Russian carriers to tough measures: ATI
Struggling to cope with soaring aviation fuel prices, Russia¹s airlines are set to boost air fares by as much as 50% and cut back their flights. This year the cost of jet fuel in Russia has risen steadily in line with mounting world oil prices. In January, a tonne of ...
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Delta, Comair to head off litigation: ATI
Delta Air Lines and Comair have taken steps to smooth the major's proposed acquisition of the Cincinnati-based regional with an agreement-in-principle to settle litigation started by some Comair shareholders. The Atlanta-based airline says the agreement-in-principle has been reached to avoid the "burden, expense and distraction" of further litigation. The two ...
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KLM drops Bonaire: ATI
KLM is dropping its current Amsterdam-Bonaire-Curacao-Amsterdam service from next summer¹s schedule as it re-arranges its routes to the Netherlands Antilles in the Caribbean. But the airline will continue to operate 16 flights to the Antilles by replacing its Bonaire service with an additional frequency on its Amsterdam-Aruba-Curacao-Amsterdam service. From next ...
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Saudi airports opt for Alenia Marconi radar
Alenia Marconi Systems has announced a £7 million ($11million) deal for the supply and installation of two radar systems for the air traffic control of the King Abdul Aziz airport in Jeddah and the King Khalid airport in Riyadh, two of Saudi Arabia¹s international airports. The joint venture has already ...
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$76m Oasis deal boosts leasing fleet to 10 aircraft
DUBAI Abu Dhabi-based Oasis International Leasing has bought three aircraft for its leasing portfolio. The $76.5 million deal brings the Oasis fleet to 10 aircraft. The three aircraft are: -A 1990-build Boeing 737-300 that is currently on lease to GO, the British Airways low-cost airline; -A 1992-build Boeing ...
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Chautauqua add Saab 340s - ATI
Chautauqua Airlines has placed an order with Saab Aircraft Leasing for ten Saab 340As, plus options for two more, with which it plans to replace its 19-seat British Aerospace Jetstream 31 aircraft and expand its services as a US Airways Express carrier. According to Saab Aircraft Leasing, the first 340A ...
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Merger creates a giant - ATI
Lessors AerFi Group and Indigo Aviation are to merge in a move that the companies say will create one of the world's largest independent aircraft leasing entities. AerFi of Ireland - the renamed GPA Group - and Indigo of Sweden say in a joint statement that the merger will occur ...
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Qantas quells runway rumours - ATI
Qantas Airways says Thai aviation authorities have finally released the flight data recorder (FDR) from its Boeing 747-400 that was involved in a September landing incident at Bangkok airport. "Our investigators are now carefully analysing a considerable amount of technical information relating to critical aspects of the flight, the landing ...
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Kuwait Airways, PAL link for Bangkok-Manila flights - ATI
Kuwait Airways (KAC) and Philippine Airlines (PAL) are entering into a co-operation agreement under which PAL passengers will be carried on the Kuwaiti carrier¹s flights between Bangkok and Manila - flights operated only because of the need for a technical stop. A PAL source says from Manila that the agreement ...
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Orders bonanza hope in wake of a Middle East travel boom
Alan Peaford/DUBAI Passenger air travel in the Middle East will grow at a faster rate than Europe or North America according to Boeing Commercial Airplanes Group. This will mean a huge demand for new aircraft over the next 20 years. Boeing spokesman Mark Hooper, addressing a pre-show briefing, says ...
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South Africa enters the jetliner business
South Africa is entering the jetliner business following a deal by Denel to manufacture components for the British Aerospace RJ airliner. The two companies have signed a letter of intent under which Denel Aviation will deliver rudders and ailerons to BAe Regional in the UK. Covering 18 sets a year, ...
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Eastern seeks waiver
China Eastern Airlines is seeking an exemption from a new government tax on aircraft operating leases to allow it to revive a plan to acquire Airbus A340-600s from International Lease Finance (ILFC). Industry sources told ATI last week that the tentative deal under which the Shanghai-based carrier would lease four ...
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FedEx expands China ops
DUBAI Federal Express (FedEx) is continuing its expansion drive in China with the formation of a joint venture with Da Tian W Air Service Corporation to provide express delivery services. FedEx says the joint venture company , Federal Express - DTW, based in Beijing, provides "fast, time-definite and reliable ...
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Shell riding high on Sukhoi
Mark Hannant/DUBAI Shell is flying at Dubai 2000 - on the wings of a Sukhoi Su-29. The Su-29, sporting the Shell red and yellow pecten, appears in the daily display flown by Rehan Van Tonder who's taking time out from his day job as a pilot with Emirates. Shell has ...
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Alphas set to better Hawks in UAE deal?
Tim Ripley/DUBAI An Anglo-German dogfight looks on the agenda at Dubai 2000 over the fate of the United Arab Emirates requirement for new ground attack aircraft. Germany is now the hot favourite to win the lucrative deal with an offer of 32 ex-Luftwaffe Dassault Alpha Jet trainers, which looks ...
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Face the facts with...Chuck Grieve
Maurice Flanagan, Group Managing Director of Emirates, the Dubai-based international airline, believes the general public is being badly-served in many parts of the world for a variety of reasons Q: Have alliances grown too strong? A: I think alliances, if they're not controlled, would be the same as cartels. ...
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KAL chairman arrested on tax charges - ATI
Korean Air (KAL) chairman Cho Yang-ho, 50, has been arrested on charges of evading taxes and embezzling millions of dollars. Prosecutors say Cho's younger brother Cho Su-ho and their father Cho Choong-hoon have also been implicated in the scandal, which is said to be the largest tax evasion case ...