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1989
1989 - 0020.PDF
Malaysian plans $5 billion expansion Malaysian Airline System plans to spend £5 billion in the next five years on^ aircraft, as it expands services and promotes tourism to the country. Six additional Boeing 747-400s will be bought, increasing its fleet to nine, according to MAS managing director Abdul Aziz Ramhan. Two 747-400s will be delivered this year, increasing the airline's Boeing 747 fleet to five. MAS also expects to buy 16 new narrow-bodied aircraft, of which nine are Fokker 50s already on order to replace its Fokker F.27s. MAS is also look ing at replacing its Boeing 737s over the next two to three years. The airline intends to extend its services to Europe, Pakistan, Japan, and India over the next two years. ORDERBOOK Puerto Rico-based Executive Air Charter, part of the Ameri can Eagle network, has ordered two A'erospatiale/Aeritalia ATR72s. The aircraft, to be delivered in November and December 1989, will join three ATR42s already in service. Independent Chinese operator Shanghai Airlines has ordered three Boeing 757-200s powered by Pratt & Whitney PW2037 engines. They will be used initially on domestic routes to Beijing, Guangzhou, and Xian. Phoenix-based America West has ordered 15 more Boeing 737-300s and ten more 757s together worth about $800 million. America West has also taken options on ten additional 737-300s and 15 more 757s. The new CFM56-powered 737s and RB.211-535E4-powered 757s will be delivered between 1992 and 1995. America West's original orders for four 757s and 22 737s will be completed in 1989 and 1990 respectively. The airline also operates six additional 757s. Emirates, the United Arab Emirates international airline, has ordered three Airbus A300-600R aircraft in a contract worth around $330 million. The order follows Emirates' acquisition of one -600R in 1987. The aircraft are due for delivery in the middle of the vear. Emirates operates two A310-300s, an A300-600 and two Boeing 727-200s, serving 12 destinations from Dubai. The new aircraft will be used to HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL EXHIBITORS AND VISITORS, WHO WILL ONCE MORE CONTRIBUTE TO ANOTHER SUCCESS OF THE FIRST AIR SHOW IN THE WORLD IN JUNE 1989 launch new routes to the Far East and Europe, and will increase frequencies on existing routes. Thai Airways International is buying two British Aerospace 146-300s for use on internal routes from Bangkok. The aircraft, configured with 110 seats, will be delivered in the first half of 1989. BAe 146 orders now stand at 145. Venezuelan flag-carrier Viasa has signed a letter of intent to order two McDonnell Douglas MD-11 trijets and take an option on a third. Delivery of the first two Viasa MD-lls is scheduled for April and July 1992, and the third aircraft.in July 1993. Viasa has not yet chosen an engine for the type. China Eastern Airlines, form erly operating as part of the Civil Aviation. Administration of China, has ordered three A300-600Rs powered by General Electric CF6-80C2s. The airline already has five A310s, and the new aircraft will allow growth on regional routes. Tyrolean Airways of Innsbruck, Austria, has bought its third de Havilland Canada Dash 7, the last of the type to be built. The airline will replace one of its earlier Dash 7s with a Dash 8 early next year. DHC has delivered 111 Dash 7s to 35 customers in 22 countries. 18 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL, 7 January 1989
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