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Flightlease and GATX strike SAA deal
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH SAirGroup leasing subsidiary Flightlease and GATX of the USA are to supply the bulk of the 21 Boeing 737-800s being acquired by South African Airways (SAA) to replace its Airbus A320s, A300s and Boeing 767s on medium-haul routes. The decision by SAA in favour of the ...
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Asian industry positions for freighter conversion boom
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Aerospace companies in Singapore and Taiwan are manoeuvring to claim a greater share of an expected boom in narrow and widebody airliner freighter conversions over the next few years. In Taiwan, Boeing has signed a conversion agreement with Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation, Air Asia, China Airlines (CAL) and ...
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Air transport 'contributes' to warming
Commercial aviation contributes significantly to global warming, and the problem will worsen with industry growth despite technical improvements, a US General Accounting Office (GAO) report has concluded. The Congressional watchdog agency found that, in the USA, aviation emissions in 1997 accounted for only about 3% of greenhouse gases and ...
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New Zealand report on F-16 deal imminent
The New Zealand Government was expected on 6 March to release a review of a controversial Lockheed Martin F-16 lease-to-buy deal. No final decision on the deal's future is likely until later this month, however. The office of New Zealand defence minister Mark Burton says the public report will ...
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Boeing unwraps avionics upgrade technique
Boeing has demonstrated a low-cost avionics upgrade technique that allows existing software to run unmodified on new commercial processors. The technique involves a computer program which "wraps" around the legacy software and allows it to operate with new commercial software and hardware. Boeing's demonstrations involved the C-17 Globemaster ...
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Boeing goes ahead with 777 variants but declines to reveal customers
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Boeing is to go ahead with the ultra-long range 777-200LR and -300ER derivatives, previously called the 777 200X/300X. The company plans to deliver the first aircraft in September 2003. News of the long-delayed launch was dampened by Boeing's refusal to name a launch customer. Candidates ...
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Midland determined on long haul
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON British Midland (BM) is adamant that it will begin long-haul services next year, but is tight lipped about its contingency plans should it not receive clearance for transatlantic flights. The airline had expected to be in a position to detail its plans for transatlantic flights from London Heathrow ...
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Star seeks busier fleet
Julian Moxon/PARIS French charter carrier Star Airlines has isolated improved aircraft utilisation as the key to matching 1999's financial performance during the current year. Star posted an after-tax profit of Fr11.72 million ($1.75 million) last year, up 128% on 1998, with operating profit up even more sharply, increasing to ...
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Marketplace
Air France has signed a five-year lease agreement with International Lease Finance (ILFC) for three General Electric GE90-powered Boeing 777-200ERs. The aircraft will be delivered between April 2001 and February 2002. Brymon Airways has taken delivery of the first of seven Embraer RJ-145s it has on order. Sabena has firmed ...
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Sibir targets second spot
Sibir Airlines plans to establish a hub at Moscow's Vnukovo Airport while expanding its network of subsidiaries in Siberia and Russia's Far East. The proposals could make it the country's number two carrier. The airline expects to carry up to 1.5 million people this year, doubling its 1999 load of ...
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Snecma sales rise
France's Snecma, General Electric's partner on the CFM56 engine programme and parent of landing gear and brakes specialists Messier-Dowty and Messier-Bugatti, has announced a 12% rise in sales to Fr31.88 billion ($4.75 billion) for last year, with operating profits up 51% on 1998 to Fr3.1 billion. A hefty tax bill ...
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Jet power
The potential for Indian air transport has never been greater Julian Moxon/MUMBAIWith a population of close to 1 billion people, most of whom travel by train, India offers immense potential for air transport. That potential was unlocked with the Indian Government's liberalisation of the domestic civil aviation industry in 1990. ...
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Early date set for BRJ-X launch
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DCBombardier plans to move ahead with the BRJ-X large regional jet as early as mid-year. The company is also set to make a launch decision by the end of the month for the proposed CRJ900 stretch of the Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ). Bombardier says there is "no overlap" ...
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R-R on the up
UK aero-engine giant Rolls-Royce saw aerospace sales climb nearly 9% last year to £3.77 billion ($6 billion), producing a trading profit of £555 million, up 29%. Group sales from continuing operations rose 10% to £4.74 billion, and pre-tax profits rose 11% to £360 million. Civil sector sales were strongest, up ...
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Hawaiian twinjets
Hawaiian Airlines has confirmed its planned order for 13 Boeing 717s and taken rights to purchase another seven of the twinjets. Deliveries will begin in February 2001 and conclude by the end of the year. The 123-seaters will replace 15 McDonnell Douglas DC-9s. Orders for 717s total 143. Source: Flight ...
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What's so special?
Passenger service levels are back on the agenda, with major airlines on both sides of the Atlantic under customer pressure to raise their game. But that may be only a symptom of a deeper need for airlines to look again at what differentiates their product. What is the difference ...
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China eases limits on Hong Kong carriers
Hong Kong and its rulers in Beijing have negotiated an air services "arrangement" that allows for a major increase in flights to and from the former UK colony and the Chinese mainland. The accord was signed in Beijing on 2 February and took immediate effect. Hong Kong's secretary for ...
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Continental doubles order for regionals
US regional Continental Express opened Asian Aerospace 2000 with a new order for 100 Embraer regional jets, doubling the number of small jets it has on firm order. The $1.8 billion deal takes Continental Express' total confirmed orders for ERJ-145s and 135s to 200. It will continue to take ...
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Avensa flights suspended
Avensa's financial condition has forced it to suspend all flights to Europe. The Venezuelan airline returned its two McDonnell Douglas DC-10s to their lessor in early February. By some accounts the lessor seized them, but Avensa insists it returned the jets as their leases expired. Either way, this is ...
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BA underscores its African presence
ROGER MAKINGS JOHANNESBURG British Airways and its oneworld alliance could be about to strengthen its challenge in sub-Saharan African, following the UK carrier's decision to buy into regional partner Comair. BA plans to take an 18% stake, worth around R168 million ($28 million) in Johannesburg-based Comair, which signed as a ...