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1978
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226 Air Canada likely to buy independent Nordair FLIGHT International, 28 January 1978 lordair - \ \ AIR CANADA intends to take over Montreal-based regional and charter airline Nordair. The State airline has agreed with a control group of Nordair shareholders to buy all the outstanding shares of the smaller air line for a total of $25 million. The Air Canada offer is subject to the approval of the Canadian Transport Commission and acceptance by 90 per cent of the remaining minority of Nordair shareholders. Air Canada says that the first approaches were made by Nordair shareholders. In support of its deci sion to invest, the carrier says that Nordair "has a consistent record of profits, is well managed and in a sound financial condition." If the acquisition goes ahead the name of Nordair will continue and the existing management will be retained. Air Canada notes that Nordair's "highly successful" charter operation is of particular interest because of Air Canada's determina tion to become more active in this area. Nordair is predominantly a 737 operator, while Air Canada's short- haul network is based on the McDon nell Douglas DC-9. Nordair operates scheduled services to points in Ontario, Quebec and the Arctic as well as inclusive tour flights to southern destinations. The airline also operates transatlantic advance-booking charter flights in the summer season. Airliner market Aerolineas Argentinas has ordered three Boeing 727s, bringing the total sold to 1,494 (keep trying, Boeing, you'll make 1,500 yet). They will be delivered in November and December this year and April 1979. It is the air line's first 727 buy, and follows the lease of a single aircraft from Hughes AirWest starting last month • Air Florida has bought its fifth McDonnell Douglas DC-9 from Air Canada and plans to put it into service next month. The carrier holds options on three SALES SCOREBOARD '77 more DC-9s from the same source • Braathens SAFE has taken options on three more Boeing 737s to supplement its fleet of eight, following a 13 per cent increase in domestic traffic last year • Britannia is also to expand its 737 fleet, having confirmed two options for December delivery • Dan-Air's Aberdeen-based fleet of oil-support British Aerospace HS.748s now num bers ten aircraft, and another may be required by the end of the year • El Al is to take delivery of a sixth Boeing 747, a convertible, in June. The airline has decided to buy a second all-freight, nose-loading 747 for delivery late this year or early next, and has taken an option on an eighth 747 for delivery in August next year • Evergreen International has bought a McDonnell Douglas DC-8-61CF from Nordair and will take delivery in April • Flying Tiger is looking for three to five convertible "stretch 8s" to help in 1977 1976 Airbus Industrie A300 British Aerospace One-Eleven British Aerospace HS.748 Boeing 707-3Z0C Boeing 727-200 Boeing 737-2001 Boeing 7472 DHC Dash 7 Fokker-VFW F.273 Fokker-VFW F.28 Lockheed TriStar McDonnell Douglas DC-9 McDonnell Douglas DC-10' Shorts 330 VFW-Fokker614 18 0 3 3 135 39 40 2 1 4 113 16 TOTAL 3 12 8 48 33 4 3S1 3 i 6 ( 5 26 ; 1 i "16 1 1 1 3 239 Aerocondor 1, Air France 2, Air Inter 2, Hapag- Germanair2, Lufthansa 5, SAS 2, Thai 4 Air Liberia 1, Trinidad 4 Tobago Air Services 2 Saudia 2, undisclosed 1 Air Canada 3, Alaska 2, Alitalia 4, All Nippon 3, American 9, Ansett 3, Braniff 16, Delta 24, Eastern 9, Hughes AirWest 4, International Lease Finance 1, LAB 2, Libyan Arab 2, Lufthansa 6, Mexicana 2, Northwest 4, PSA 2, SIA3, Sterling 1.TAA2, THY1, United 18, VASP2, Western 7, Yemen 5 Air Gabon 1, Air Nauru 1, Aloha 2, Braathens 2, CP Air 2, Frontier 8, Gulf Air 2,1 AC 3, Iranian Government 1, International Lease Finance 1, Luxair 2, Maersk Air 1, Nigerian Governmentl, Piedmont 3, Pacific Western 1, Saudia 3, Sobelair 1, Southwest (Texas) 4, Yemen 1 Air Canada 1, Air France 1, Air Gabon 1, Air-India 2, Air Madagascar 1, Alia 2, All Nippon 3, Avianca 1, British Airways 2, China Airlines 1, Cargolux 1, KLM 4, Korean 1, Kuwait 3, Lufthansa 7, Pan American 4, Royal Air Maroc 1, SAS 1, SIA 2, Saudi Government 1 Emirates Air Service 1, Greenlandair 1, Spantax 1, Wardair2 Air Tanzania 2, Burma Airways 1 Garuda 7, Ivory Coast Government 3, KLM 2 All Nippon 3, Delta 3, Saudia 2 30/40/50: Austrian 2, Avensa 3, Finnair 4, Ghana 1, Inex-Adria 1, LAV 2, SAS 4, Swissair 2, Toa Domestic 2. Super 80: Austrian 8, Southern 4, Swissair 15 American 6, Balair 1, B.CAL 2, CP Air 2, Garuda 21 JAL 2, JAT 2, Martinair 1, SIA 4, Viasa 3, World 3, Laker 3, Western 2 Golden West 2, Henson Aviation 2 Production terminated 1 All the orders listed last year as unconfirmed tor 1976 were taken up in 1977. 2 The unconfirmed Alia order of 1976 was confirmed in 1977, while that for Saudia was not. The order for King Khaled's personal 747SP was confirmed In November 1977, according to industry sources. 3 In addition, four aircraft for the Senegal AFare likely to be used on airline-type operations. 4 The unconfirmed Laker order in 1976 was confirmed, while the Sabena one was not. Unconfirmed orders are currently Wardair 2, PALL its planned route expansion following the deregulation of US all-freight ser vices • Iran Air intends to expand its 747/747SP fleet by three aircraft between now and 1982 • Singapore Airlines has confirmed options on its eighth and ninth Boeing 747s, for de livery in August and September next year. They will be used on the air line's recently awarded services to the US West Coast. The airline will decide in March whether the new aircraft are to be powered by General Electric CF6-50E2s, similar to the C2s of its DC-lOs, or by Pratt & Whitney JT9D- 7Qs. Scoreboard '77 ALL the main manufacturers had a better year in 1977 than in 1976, with a particularly marked improvement in wide-body sales. With new-order prices pushing past the $50 million mark, Boeing's 747 sales will be the most important element in the com pany's plans over the next few years. Although 727 sales have beaten even the 1976 figure, they have not risen in concert with the world market, most of the big orders were taken in the first half of the year, and sales will slump when any new aircraft goes ahead. Sales of the 737 continue stable, while those of its arch-rival from Long Beach, the DC-9, were boosted by launch orders for the new Super 80. McDonnell Douglas too can look back with some satisfaction on a year which doubled DC-10 sales and brought three brand-new customers —CP Air, JAT and SIA—into the fold. Airbus may have laid the foundations for a 32-aircraft Eastern order last year, as well as picking up 17 very hard options from SAS and Lufthansa. Its bounce back from the bad days of 1976 is therefore all the more strik ing. On the dark side, business has been slow for Fokker-VFW, even leaving aside the demise of the 614. Lockheed, British Aerospace and Shorts likewise experienced no dramatic changes in their fortunes in 1977, although business improved slightly.
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