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Lessors raise regional jet interest as demand rises
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH The major leasing companies are stepping up talks with Bombardier, Embraer and Fairchild over potential large orders for regional jets as airline demand for 50- to 100-seat aircraft accelerates. Deutsche Bank-owned Boullioun Aviation Services is being tipped by industry sources as a likely front-runner with a ...
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Routes
British Airways is restructuring its Caribbean network from London Gatwick with a redeployment of flights operated under franchise by the paper airline Airline Management (AML) from March. AML services are operated by two-class Boeing 777s, with BA providing pilots and Flying Colours (to be renamed JMC Air) the cabin crew. ...
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Tatarstan supports Tu-214 lease scheme
Production of the Tupolev Tu-214 in the Russian republic of Tatarstan is gearing up, following agreements to support production and leasing of the 200-seat twinjet. Meanwhile, local carrier Sibir Airlines is finalising a lease deal for three examples. The Perm and Novosibirsk regions of Tatarstan have signed agreements to ...
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Aviation Sales moves to do deal with Malev's Aeroplex
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Aviation Sales of the USA is discussing a possible tie-up with Malev Hungarian Airlines' Aeroplex maintenance subsidiary, in line with plans to establish a major facility in Europe. The move may threaten a previously announced joint-venture agreement between Aeroplex and Lufthansa Technik (LHT) to overhaul Boeing 737s ...
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Leasing companies drop 767-400ER commitments after poor demand
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Leasing companies General Electric Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) and International Lease Finance (ILFC) have dropped their combined orders for seven Boeing 767-400ERs after failing to find sufficient market interest in the stretched twins. ILFC says it has switched its four remaining -400ER commitments for ...
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DASA reveals EADS structure
Julian Moxon/PARIS Chris Jasper/LONDON DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (Dasa) has unveiled the proposed organisational structure of the new European Aeronautics, Defense and Space (EADS) company to be formed through the merger of Aerospatiale Matra and Dasa. But the plan could face opposition from British Aerospace, which is concerned about its impact on ...
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UK plans partial ATC sell-off
David Learmount/LONDONUK air traffic control (ATC) is on course for partial privatisation by the middle of next year, with the government last week announcing plans to put a bill transforming the National Air Traffic Services (NATS) into a "public private partnership" before parliament during the 1999/2000 session. As the government ...
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Europeans think radically
Julian Moxon/TOULOUSE Airbus Industrie and its partner companies have begun looking at configurations that could lead to the introduction of radical designs for new airliners in the next century. The first of a series of meetings to consider future concepts takes place in Toulouse, France, this week. "We are examining ...
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LAAS trials show Category 3 accuracy
The US Local Area Augmentation System (LAAS) has demonstrated the required accuracy for Category 3 approach and landings in the latest in a series of flight trials. The GPS-based LAAS is being developed as a government-industry partnership to replace the existing Cat 1/2/3 instrument landing systems in the USA. ...
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LTU starts fleet update with A320s
Andrew Doyle/MUNICHGerman charter carrier LTU International Airways is acquiring 12 Airbus A320s in the first stage of a fleet restructuring that will lead to the selection of a new widebody type to replace its Boeing 767-300ERs. The company, 49.9%-owned by the SAirGroup, is also considering concluding a sale and leaseback ...
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Long-range workout
How has the latest long-range A330 performed since its entry into service? Andrew Doyle/ZURICH Max Kingsley-Jones/LUTON Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC In its latest market forecast, Airbus Industrie predicts that 210/250-seaters like the A330-200 will make up one-fifth of the 14,800 new aircraft to be delivered over the next 20 years. The ...
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City Bird moves to short-haul as Branson deal expires
Herman De Wulf/BRUSSELS City Bird is undertaking a strategic change in direction early next year when the low-cost, long-haul airline begins short-haul charter operations with a fleet of Boeing 737s. The move was signalled when Brussels-based City Bird signed a lease deal with Boullioun Aviation Services for two Boeing ...
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Industry is warned over Wall St
US Deputy Defense Secretary John Hamre has warned that Wall St demands for strong quarterly returns could undermine the long-term health of the defence industry. At the same time, British Aerospace has been elevated to the status of a US company, opening the door to further transatlantic tie-ups. Hamre ...
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KAL boss arrested on tax evasion charges
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE South Korean police have arrested Korean Air (KAL) chairman Cho Yang-Ho on charges of tax evasion and embezzlement. Cho was arrested on 11 November. Prosecutors have reportedly charged him with evading 62.9 billion won ($54 million)of taxes and embezzling billions of won in company funds. ...
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EC faces rethink on safety authority
David Learmount/RIO DE JANEIRO Julian Moxon/PARIS The creation of a European Aviation Safety Authority (EASA) has virtually been put on hold after a European Commission (EC) working party, looking at the issue, uncovered constitutional problems involving individual member states giving up their aviation rulemaking powers. Its findings have resulted ...
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Tu-334 production set to take off
MAPO aims to reach a production rate of 24 Tupolev Tu-334 twinjets a year by 2007, but will need over $300 million to fund the production programme. It plans to utilise cash earned from its military export contracts to fund the production launch. The Moscow-based production plant was recently ...
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Marketplace
Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise has firmed up a commitment for 23 more A320 family aircraft, taking the Singapore Airlines/Boullioun Aviation joint venture's Airbus narrowbody orders to 41. The deal includes 20 A320s and three A321s for delivery between early 2001 and 2008. Engine selections have not been announced. Malaysia Airlines' ...
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Mexican crash kills 18
Investigators are searching for evidence in the crash of a TAESA McDonnell Douglas DC-9 on 9 November. The crash happened shortly after the aircraft left Uruapan airport in central Mexico. All 18 people on board, including five crew, were killed when the DC-9-31 (XA-TKN), operating TAESA flight 725, nose-dived into ...
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Workshop
Lease management provider C-S Aviation Services has entered into a five-year tripartite agreement with Air India and Aviation Sales Distribution to perform maintenance on its General Electric CF6-50C2 engines on an exclusive basis. The contract, worth $100 million, stipulates a five-year option to extend the agreement. Air India will perform ...
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Falling down
The boom-bust cycle of airliner production is raising its ugly head again in Seattle, but this time it's not the industry cycle that is ringing the alarm bells around Puget Sound. For although Boeing is set to slash rates by at least 20%, it cannot take solace in the fact ...