News from FlightGlobal – Page 2320
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Boeing plans to push up 777-200 weight
Boeing is planning a further incremental increase in the 777-200IGW (increased gross weight)'s maximum take-off weight (MTOW), in an effort to meet improved range and payload performance requirements from Air France, which is already a customer, and potential client Qantas. The proposed new weight offering would increase the MTOW ...
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British Airways outlines short-haul fleet details
British Airways has confirmed some details of its planned tender for new aircraft, revealing that it will issue a formal request for proposals (RFP) to Airbus Industrie and Boeing early in 1998 for at least 50 120- to 160-seat aircraft. The airline confirms that it is in discussions with ...
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Iberia hopes pay deal will clear way for 727 replacement order
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Iberia is optimistic that it will complete contract negotiations with staff shortly, enabling an order for Airbus Industrie or Boeing narrowbodies to be finalised early in 1998. The airline says that it is evaluating the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737-800 to replace its 28 Boeing 727-200s, ...
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ING sells A300s to fund updated portfolio
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON The equipment-leasing division of Dutch financial institution ING is disposing of the Airbus A300B4s in its portfolio to fund an expansion of newer aircraft for its operating-lease business. ING Lease International Equipment Management (IEM) has sold eight of its 12 ex-Eastern Airlines A300B4-200s to A300 freighter-leasing ...
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Lufthansa board clears plans for long-range fleet expansion
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH Lufthansa's supervisory board has cleared plans to expand the airline's long-range fleet with a launch order for the Airbus A340-600, plus additional Boeing 747-400s. The order, worth at least DM3.6 billion ($2 billion), is for ten stretched A340-600s and five 747-400s. It means that Lufthansa's long-range ...
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Marketplace
++ Aeromar has placed orders with Aero International (Regional) (AI(R)) for two more ATR 42-500s, plus four options, for delivery during 1998. The airline already flies eight ATR 42s, including two -500s. ++ Sun-Air has introduced the first of two secondhand British Aerospace ATPs on lease from BAe Asset Management ...
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IATA establishes N Korean trials
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has invited five Asian and US carriers to participate in flight trials through North Korea's Pyongyang Flight Information Region (FIR), following the installation of a new direct-communications landline to South Korea. A Cathay Pacific Airways Boeing 747-400 freighter, en route from Anchorage to ...
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Routes
++ British Midland (BM) is planning to launch services between London Heathrow and Manchester in the UK, in direct competition with British Airways' 12 daily services. BM services are expected to begin in March 1998. ++ Sabena and TAP Air Portugal have signed a codesharing agreement, which will become effective ...
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Alitalia plays down privatisation but closes on alliance decision
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Alitalia chairman Fausto Cereti is downplaying the chances for a quick privatisation of the Italian flag carrier, despite the announcement by its parent state-holding company, IRI, that it will cut its stake. The choice of a European alliance partner is promised within weeks, however. Cereti says ...
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Finnair records double profits as passenger numbers boom
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Finnair saw profits more than double over the first half of its financial year, making it the latest northern European airline to benefit from a passenger boom which has already contributed to record results for Lufthansa and gains at SAS over the latest quarter. Finnair posted ...
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Western Pacific wins court approval for re-organisation
Western Pacific Airlines has won bankruptcy court approval for its own re-organisation plan, backed by the Smith Management Company (SMC), after the withdrawal of a rival bid from Frontier Airlines. Frontier helped to precipitate WestPac's descent into Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in October when it withdrew from a merger. ...
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Global warning
As the world's environment experts began to assemble in Kyoto, Japan, for the United Nations (UN)summit on global warming, amid the general pronouncements on climate change come some timely reminders that aviation remains firmly among the industries on the target list for environmental activists. Among its other positioning papers ...
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Moscow airports rebuild
Moscow's four main airports need more money and more passengersVnukovo airport ramp from the control tower Sheremetevo has retained passenger volume Domodedovo is Moscow's second-largest airport Zhukovski is a base for charter airlines Paul Duffy/MOSCOW In 1990, before the collapse of the Soviet Union, Moscow's four civil airports handled ...
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Dornier signs new deal to supply Airbus parts
The Dornier division of Fairchild Dornier has signed a five-year contract with Airbus covering parts manufacture for the consortium's entire product line. Fairchild Dornier says that the contract is worth some DM500 million ($285 million) to the company, and covers the delivery of parts for 1,400 aircraft up to ...
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Netherlands begins search for new airport site
Studies into a new location for Amersterdam's noise-limited Schiphol Airport are being stepped up as the Netherlands Government attempts to placate growing pressure from environmental groups. In a policy decision on 28 November, the Government rejected calls to put an absolute cap on the volume of aviation growth within ...
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Crossair adds more aircraft to
Crossair has finalised plans to boost its fleet, with deals to acquire up to 14 additional aircraft, including Saab 2000s, Aero International (Regional) Avro RJ100s and Boeing MD-83s. The Swissair regional subsidiary, based at Basle, operates a fleet of some 65 aircraft, including Saab 340s, Saab 2000s, British Aerospace ...
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P&W plans for hybrid PW4000
Guy Norris/EAST HARTFORD Pratt & Whitney is planning a new family of hybrid PW4000 engines to meet the thrust requirements of widebodies under study by Airbus Industrie and Boeing. News of the development emerged as the company gave its long-awaited commitment to develop a 454kN (102,000lb)- thrust engine for ...
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Bombardier plans to establish Malaysian centre
Bombardier is planning to establish a new Malaysian-based regional service centre to support the growing number of Challenger, Global Express and Learjet business aircraft which are entering service or are on order for Asian customers. In the longer term, it is also exploring the possibility of a regional fractional-ownership scheme. ...
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Slow Dash
Pelangi Air has put on indefinite hold the delivery of three completed Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8-300s until operational and shareholding issues are resolved. The 50-seat turboprops, ordered in 1995, had been due for delivery in June and July, but have been delayed by Malaysia Airline moves to acquire a ...
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Currency crisis delays Saeaga's launch plans and A320 purchase
Malaysia's Saeaga Airlines is postponing plans to order new Airbus Industrie A320s, and the launch of its first scheduled international services, in the face of the recent Asian currency crisis and economic downturn. "We're looking to buy five A320s, but this has now been deferred," says Ting Pek Khiing, ...