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Why leasing makes sense as market gets back on its feet
Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (SALE) has seen phenomenal growth since its establishment in 1993. The Singapore-based aircraft operating lessor, the shareholders of which include Boullioun Aviation Services, Singapore Airlines and two investment arms of the Singapore government, today has a portfolio of 26 aircraft. With 32 more on firm order, ...
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SIA leads regional recovery
Mike Martin Singapore Airlines is in the market for up to 19 widebody and narrowbody aircraft plus 22 options. The launch of the long-awaited W-aircraft requirement, as reported in today's Flight International, is to replace the Airbus Industrie A310. SIA has issued a formal request for proposals ...
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P&W addresses 'green' concerns with PW6000
As the search to improve the impact of aviation on the Earth's environment goes on, Pratt & Whitney is talking up the advantages of its PW6000 engine, the only engine designed specifically for 100-passenger aircraft. The PW6000's balanced approach to low emissions produces the lowest overall emissions while satisfying ...
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Regionals crack important China and Japan markets
Nicholas Ionides/ATI The world's top regional jet (RJ) makers have cracked two important markets over the past six months - China and Japan - leading to hopes that the sales success of RJs in the USA and Europe may now be spreading to Asia. Fairchild was the first, ...
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Air Foyle plans widebody arm
Chris Jasper/LONDON UK cargo carrier and wet-lease specialist Air Foyle is to revamp its freight business around widebody long-haul operations, using four Boeing 747-200Fs. It plans to lease Boeing 737 Classics as it rethinks its passenger strategy after selling a controlling stake in Ireland's CityJet to Air France. Air Foyle's ...
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CFMI and Airbus discuss new powerplant to revitalise A340
Guy Norris/CINCINNATIAirbus Industrie and CFM International (CFMI) are in talks on proposed development of an upgraded A340-200/300 with an engine variant combining the CFM56-5C with the core of the CFM56-5B/P. At the same time, the General Electric/Snecma venture is adopting automotive assembly techniques to improve production efficiency. No firm agreement ...
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Caribbean start-ups muscle in on the action
Airline competition in the Caribbean is set to heat up with the planned entry of two new start-ups Eastern Caribbean Express and Caribbean Star Airlines, putting added pressure on the region's financially struggling regional operators to restructure and realign operations. Eastern Caribbean aims to start in April, using three Bombardier ...
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CFM and Russians tie the knot on Il-76MF
Tashkent Production Plant TAPO, Ilyushin and CFM International (CFMI) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) covering development of an Ilyushin CFM56- powered Il-76MF freighter. The agreement calls for the potential launch of the programme by the end of the year, pending the sale of "at least five" aircraft, ...
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India wins fifth-freedom rights for UK- USA
Indian carriers have been granted fifth-freedom rights to extend their UK services to the USA following the signing of a new bilateral air services agreement between India and the UK. New Delhi also negotiated bilateral deals with Austria and Uzbekistan earlier this month. Indian carriers, which are permitted to ...
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Lockheed Martin enters the airline training marketplace
Lockheed Martin has surprised the airline training industry by announcing the creation of a commercial flight simulator centre. The Orlando, Florida-based facility will open in the second quarter of this year. The company says the move reflects its need to diversify while remaining close to its core business. A ...
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Insidious training
Perhaps the time has come to look again at the traditional content of pilot recurrent training. The fundamental emergency which all pilots know that they will face in their simulator session is engine failure at or soon after take-off decision speed (V1). In every simulated take-off they are ready and ...
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Globalstar is ready to go
A Boeing Delta II booster placed four more Globalstar satellites into orbit on 8 February after lift-off from Cape Canaveral. One will become the 48th and final craft in the operating constellation for the Space Systems/ Loral-led worldwide global mobile communications system. The other three will be in-orbit spares. ...
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Bad company
Asia's poor safety performers tarnish airlines in the region with good records David Learmount/LONDON By the end of the 1990s, South Asia and Asia Pacific had earned a poor reputation for airline safety, although not all of the region's airlines deserved it, but they suffer for the sins of others, ...
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Islander noise tests beat expectations
Flight tests of Hartzell three-bladed propellers on a Britten-Norman BN2B piston-engined Islander have exceeded original projections, revealing a noise reduction of up to 7dB(A), according to the UK general aviation aircraft manufacturer. "The experimental props, through the lower tip speed and scimitar shape, reveal significant performance and efficiency benefits ...
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Road to recovery
The gloom of the past two years has been replaced by a cautious optimism Chris Jasper and Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON When the aerospace industry last gathered in Singapore, for Asian Aerospace '98, the sense of gloom was almost palpable. Subsequent events fully justified that pessimism. Only now are Asian orders beginning ...
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EVA deal boosts 777X launch prospects
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Taiwan-based EVA Airways has signed a letter of intent with Boeing for seven 777Xs, helping the programme towards its delayed full launch. EVA had opted for the rival ultra-long-range Airbus A340-500. Although Boeing declines to confirm the deal, EVA's commitment is believed to include four ...
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Airbus lines up huge MAS order
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Malaysia Airlines (MAS) is in the final stages of negotiations with Airbus Industrie on an order for up to 80 aircraft, including 18 A340-500/600 widebodies and up to 62 examples of the A320 family. Industry sources say the aircraft types have been agreed ...
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Routes
Channel Islands-based Aurigny will launch twice-daily services between Guernsey and Manchester in the UK next month, using a Saab 340. Air France and Italian start-up Gandalf Airlines have signed a codeshare agreement on the Bergamo-Paris route, which Gandalf will operate with its Fairchild 328JETs. The agreement could be expanded to ...
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SAS studies candidates for 70-seat regional jet order
Andrew Doyle/COPENHAGEN SAS expects to launch a competition early next year to select a 70-90-seat regional jet family. The carrier requires around 20 aircraft for use on long thin routes, mainly from Stockholm and Oslo. The Scandinavian carrier, which does not operate regional jets, plans to complete a ...
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Regional jets steal output lead
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON The booming regional market continued its climb skyward last year, as more airlines made the inevitable move to jets. The regional jet order backlog has increased by almost 50%, putting further pressure on the few turboprops still in production. Last year represented the cross-over point in ...