News from FlightGlobal – Page 2468
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BA is first to pick Roll-Rolls 'hybrid'
British Airways has become the first airline to select the Rolls-Royce RB.211-524HT "hybrid" engine, having signed a letter of intent (LoI) with the UK manufacturer specifying the powerplant for 14 Boeing 747-400s, ordered in September 1996. The engine deal will be worth more than $500 million to R-R, ...
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Continental will choose DC-10 replacement soon
CONTINENTAL Airlines says that it could enter a long-term sole-supplier pact with Boeing in the process of picking an aircraft to replace the airline's ageing fleet of 27 McDonnell Douglas DC-10 passenger aircraft. Gordon Bethune, Continental's chairman and chief executive, says that he is initially seeking 40 aircraft ...
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Crossair considers launching airline in France
Swissair regional airline Crossair is studying launching a new airline to be located in France. It would be majority-owned by French investors to get round Switzerland's non-membership of the European Union (EU). Crossair says that it will "...decide on our plan of action in late June." It says ...
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Messier-Bugatti scores brakes-orders success
French aircraft-brake maker Messier-Bugatti has signed orders with seven airlines for its Sepcarb III carbon brakes. China Northwest, Constellation, Croatia Airlines, Iberia, Star Europe, Transasia and Zhejiang Airlines have all, within a month, ordered Sepcarb brakes for Airbus A319s and A320s, on a total of 58 aircraft. ...
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Judge by market, not political agenda
Sir - I read the article "The big question", referring to the Boeing 747 versus the Airbus A3XX (Flight International, 19-25 March, P29). The debate really should centre on the cost of acquisition and return on investment. For example, a 747-400 on a Hong Kong-Europe flight may be ...
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Airline Navigation '96 - a...
Airline Navigation '96 - a Flight International/Air Navigation International Conference 9-11 October, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Contact: The Conference Desk, First Conferences, 5th Floor, 85 Clerkenwell Road, London EC1R 5AR, UK; tel: +44 (171)404 7722;fax: +44 (171) 404 7733;email: confdesk@1stconf.co.uk. what's on 12th Annual Seaplane Safety Seminar 26 April, Lake Hood, Alaska, ...
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Weight of the world
Until 1993, the world of freighter wet-leasing was an obscure one. This relatively minor niche in the air-transport business had few participants, most of them well-established, specialist all-cargo carriers. In 1993, however, Michael Chowdry, chairman and chief executive of Atlas Air, entered the scene with a "lone flyer" ...
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Centre of excellence
The market for cargo conversion of widebodied aircraft has been booming recently, as suitable aircraft have become available at the "right price" to make conversion programmes cost-effective. Although the Boeing 747 has been the prime candidate, the European specialists have developed conversions for the smaller, twin and tri-jet widebodies, the ...
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Explosive progress
On 5 May, 1987, a British Aerospace 146-200QT "Quiet Trader" freighter operating between Prestwick in the UK and a hub at Nuremburg, Germany, launched the European freight operations of Australia's TNT Transport group, which now trades as TNT Express Worldwide. In the ten years since then the company has established ...
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Varig restructuring effort begins to pay dividends
Varig's tough restructuring measures now appear to be bearing fruit, with the Brazilian carrier reporting an underlying profit for 1996 and looking for expansion this year backed by a fleet refurbishment and a new codeshare agreement with United Airlines. The Varig figures are complicated by the issue of ...
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Down to earth
Full deregulation (in theory, at least) of European air services is admittedly only a few weeks old, but even its most ardent enthusiasts must be disappointed at the apparent lack of effect so far. Those who predicted a more obvious impact from deregulation may, however, not have long to wait. ...
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-as Southern Air plans to treble 747-200F fleet
Southern Air Transport (SAT) plans to add another six Boeing 747 freighters to its fleet over the next three years, but has not yet established from where the aircraft will be sourced. The US freight carrier, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary, operates a fleet of 15 Lockheed ...
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Transaero will lease intrim 767s and 737s
Russia's privately owned Transaero plans to add three Boeing 767-200ERs and six 737-400s to its fleet during 1997, in an effort to boost capacity until deliveries of next-generation Boeing 737s commence in 1999. The first of the leased aircraft, a 767 and three 737s, are due to join ...
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East African Alliance merger moves ahead
Criticism has begun to emerge over the proposed merger of the national flag carriers of Tanzania and Uganda into Alliance, the joint-venture carrier led by South African Airways (SAA). Alliance is pressing ahead with plans for fleet and network expansion, however. Ministers from Tanzania and Uganda agreed "in ...
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AMJ sells BAe 146s
British Aerospace Asset Management-Jets (AMJ) has sold four more BAe 146s, as its campaign to cut the group's liabilities on its regional-jet fleet begins to gather momentum. Three BAe 146-200s on lease to Air Atlantic have been sold to the Canadian carrier for $21 million. It has also ...
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China Airlines hopes for overseas partner
Taiwanese national carrier China Airlines (CAL) has confirmed that it is hoping to attract an overseas strategic partner, with the planned sale of up to 16% of the airline's stock by its main shareholder, the China Aviation Development Foundation (CADF). The quasi-Government controlled CADF wants to reduce its ...
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JAL renews attack on costs
Japan Airlines (JAL) is stepping up efforts to cut costs and restructure the company, including the shedding of 2,000 jobs, as the group once again faces a return to losses. The airline's newly unveiled medium-range plan for the five years through to March 2002 also calls for a ...
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More stoppages may hit TAT and Air Liberté
STAFF AT British Airways' French subsidiaries TAT and Air Liberté are threatening further strike action following stoppages over pay and working conditions on 9/10 April. The action follows strikes at Air France over the merger of its domestic operations with the Air France Europe/Air Inter subsidiary. Unions claim ...
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S Korea signs AI(R) JET deal
Aero International (Regional)'s planned AI(R) JET 70 regional-aircraft development has been given a boost, with South Korea signing a preliminary agreement to join the programme, angling for a stake of up to 40%. The Korean Commercial-Aircraft Development Corporation (KCADC) and a team from AI(R), headed by chief executive ...
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DHL signs MoU with Airbus for A300 freighters
DHL Airways has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Airbus Industrie for the acquisition of seven used A300B4 freighters for its US express-parcels network, and could later add additional aircraft for its European operations. The airline will take delivery of the seven aircraft, which are General Electric ...