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FLIGHT International, 10 January 1981 55 Air Ecosse wants Jetstream 31s for scheduled services SCOTTISH airline Air Ecosse intends to order two British Aerospace Jet stream 31 19-seat commuter airliners for delivery in 1962. Air Ecosse wants Jetstreams to replace Embraer Bandei- rantes on some of its longer scheduled routes, where the British type's pres- surisation can be used to full advan tage. A letter of intent is being lodged with BAe's Scottish Division at Prest- wick, where the Jetstream 31 is being developed. Air Ecosse financial director Paul Mulligan states that "initially, we will be taking options on two aircraft [worth a total of £1-8 million], but may eventually want as many as ten if we decide to replace all ten of our Bandeirantes with Jetstreams." BAe Scottish Division's marketing manager Robert Watt confirms that talks with Air Ecosse have taken place. BAe is approaching a launch de cision on the Jetstream 31 and is con centrating efforts on the civil market now that the question of a Royal Air Force order has been put on ice. If launched, the Jetstream 31 commuter airliner version will feature improved payload/range performance compared with figures which were quoted at last year's CAAA Convention. Short hauls ... • Trans World Airlines is leasing the former National Airlines terminal at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport for $6 million a year, under a contract negotiated with the terminal's owner, Pan Am. Pan Am has declared the building surplus to requirements since its merger with National. TWA plans to concentrate domestic operations at the terminal from March 1981, and intends to build a connecting struc ture between the leased building and its own adjacent terminal. n Cathay Pacific Airways plans to operate daily services on the London- Hong Kong route from July 1, 1981. The airline is meanwhile increasing its London services from four to five a week on January 8, 1981. • An Indian Airlines subsidiary is being set up to operate third-level air Short hauls ... services to connect 14 cities in the north-east of the country, says Indian Minister for Tourism and Civil Avia tion Chandulal Chandrakar. The com pany will begin operations on January 26 using Hindustan Aeronautics-built BAe 748s. The Indian Government is also considering similar services in other paTts of the country. Q British Caledonian Airways and Laker Airways will index-link staff pay to the UK Retail Price Index in 1981, in a bid to maintain salary levels in the face of inflation. British Caledonian is already operating an index-linked pay scheme, but the two airlines may end up paying higher salaries than British Airways for the first time because of the state-owned carrier's plans to impose a pay freeze on its workers during the first half Ghana Airways is new DC-10 customer GHANA AIRWAYS has become the 48th DC-10 customer airline, with an order for one long-range -30 placed with McDonnell Douglas. The last new DC-10 customer signed up by the Long Beach manufacturer was Mexicana, which ordered two "hot-and-high field" DC-lO-lSs in autumn 1979. The Ghana Airways order ends a period during which there has been a drift away from the long-haul DC-10 version, under market pressure from the Boeing 747 and Lockheed TriStar 500. The DC-10 firm orderbook now stands at 369 aircraft. The DC-10 is Ghana Airways' first widebodied type, and the airline has been operating a -30 since December leased from Netherlands flag carrier KLM. The aircraft will be leased until April 1982, when the new DC-10 will be delivered. KLM is providing train ing and technical support for Ghana Airways' DC-10 operations. The leased DC-10 is being used on the Accra-London run route and Ghana Airways plans to use the new aircraft on Accra-London, Accra-Rome and any future European services. It will be laid out with 24 first-class and 251 economy seats. Short hauls ... of 1981. British Caledonian will give pay increases after every four-point rise in the RPI, and Laker after every five-point rise. Q Air Jamaica plans to acquire a new long-haul type, with sufficient range for Jamaica-UK-Europe routes, for service in 1984. • Boeing has announced the sale of eight more 727-200s to Mexicana. The eight aircraft, worth $135 million, bring total 727 sales to 1,800. Two of the aircraft were delivered last month and thei remaining six will be de livered in 1982 and 1983. Six aircraft from a previously announced order will be delivered to Mexicana this year, adding to 40 already in service with the airline. D Nigeria Airways has ordered four Boeing 737s, worth $65 million with spares, for delivery in 1982. Total 737 orders stand at 867. • British Airways has concluded the sale of two Pratt & Whitney-powered Boeing 747s to Trans World Airlines. The two aircraft (UK registrations G-AWNI and NG) were originally de livered to BA in 1972 and each has flown some 30,000hr. They will be de livered to TWA in March, leaving BA with 27 747s, 16 powered with P&W JT9Ds and 11 powered by Rolls-Royce RB.211s. Three new R-R powered 747s, which were scheduled for delivery in the spring, have been put into storage by Boeing while BA decides what to do with them. They were ordered when traffic was expected to grow, but the current recession has left BA with no immediate requirement for more 747 capacity. The aircraft could be leased or sold, but no decision will be taken until the traffic trend for 1981 becomes clearer. • Aerolineas Argentinas paid nearly Airliner market $51 million for the almost-new Boeing 747SP purchased from Braniff last year (Flight, August 23, page 654). • American Airlines is to sell surplus Boeing 707-123Bs and -320Cs, and 727-100s, under a joint marketing agreement with Dee Howard Aircraft Sales of San Antonio, Texas. • All Nippon Airways has sold a second Boeing 727-200 to Korean Air Lines and plans to sell another by March this year. The sales will re duce ANA's 727 fleet to 22 aircraft. All Nippon is also negotiating the pos sible sale of part of its 21-strong Lockheed TriStar fleet with foreign airlines. • Canadian carrier Nordair has pur chased a Boeing 737-200 from Far Eastern Air Transport of Taiwan for $11 million. The aircraft has flown some 4,000hr and is Nordair's 11th 737. • US regional carrier Republic Air lines has sold a new Boeing 727-200 to the Government of Dubai and is offering two more new 727s for sale at nearly $16 million each. The aircraft were ordered by Hughes Airwest be fore it was taken over by Bepublic. Republic has also sold three Fairchild F-27J twin turboprops to Chilean car rier Aero Norte-Sur, and 15 McDon nell Douglas DC-9-14/15s to an un named customer. Q CP Air has orderd its seventh McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 for de livery in the second quarter of 1982, at a price of $60 million. • Hawaiian carrier Mid-Pacific Air lines has purchased two NAMC YS-lls from Japanese carrier Toa Domestic Airlines for nearly $2J2 million each.
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