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AIR TRANSPORT Condor studies long-range 757 GUY NORRIS/LOS ANGELES GERMAN CHARTER airline Condor Flugdienst is study ing a longer-range version of the Boeing 757 as well as the recently launched 767-400 as part of a long- term strategy to introduce extend ed range and higher payload air craft into its fleet. Condor, which was die first cus tomer for the stretched 757-300 with an order for 12 aircraft in 1996, says that its studies of a pro posed longer-range 757 are a fall out of its "decision to stay with the aircraft", says airline managing director, Dr Dietmar Kirchner. lie says: "We are here discussing a 757-200 with more range as well as the 767-400." The extended-range 757-200, known to Boeing alternatively as the -200ERX or simply as the -200X, would have a payload roughly equal to that of the 707- 320, says Kirchner. "We would love to do more non-stops with the 757 and this could be the way," he says, adding that the -200X pro posal, which was first detailed by Boeing in 1996, is attracting inter est from several European charter airlines as well as British Airways. The airline's interest in the 767- 400, on the other hand, appears to be less intense. It says that it is satisfied with the size, "...but the problem with a stretch like this is that it loses quite a hit of range. We like the capacity it offers but we would like Boeing to consider a longer-range version". The airline already operates nine 767-300ERs in its fleet as well as five .McDonnell Douglas DC- 10s, 18 757-200s and four 737- 300s. Condor has six Airbus A320s on order to replace the 737s from 1998 onwards and is looking for higher-capacity aircraft to gradual ly replace its DC-lOs. The 757- 300s will replace the DC-10s ini tially on routes from Europe to the Canary Isles holiday destinations. The aircraft will also be provided with "ER" features to enable them to substitute for 767s on transat lantic charter services. Kirchner says: "Boeing seems to be on track with the design of die 757-300 and has reduced empty weight by 3 501b [ 160kg] compared with original specifications." The first aircraft is scheduled for deliv ery in January 1999, with a further five aircraft due to be handed over in the second quarter of that year. The following six aircraft will be delivered in the year 2000. While the modernisation of die cabin on the 757-300 is praised, Kirchner adds: "We would have preferred a 737 Next Generation cockpit. We expected more in die cockpit, but minimum change comes witli min imum costs, so you can't complain too much." • NEWS IN BRIEF • PAL DROPS FLIGHTS Philippine Airlines (PAL) has suspended services from Ma nila to Los Angeles and New ark because of "staggering losses" from the drop in the value of the peso, less than a year after their launch. The carrier has been forced to use wet-leased World Airways Boeing MD-lls on the routes rather than its own air craft, because of the US Federal Aviation Admini stration's Category 2 rating of safety and security at Manila Airport. PAL is returning two of its four MD-1 Is to World. • SINGAPORE/CHINA SIGN Singapore and China have signed a memorandum of un derstanding to expand air ser vices between the two coun tries by 43% over the next three years. AIRFAX. A NEW WAY TO KEEP YOUR PASSENGERS IN BUSINESS. GEC-Marconi Electro-Optics, the established supplier of airborne passenger telephone systems to airlines and airframe manufacturers, announces the AirFAX: designed from the beginning as an integrated aircraft system, not a modified commercial unit. • Evolved in consultation with airlines and cabin installers • Separate printer for confidentiality • Easy to operate for passengers and crew • Compatible with ARINC 746 cabin interfaces • Multi-language instructions • Vertical or horizontal mounting. If you'd like to know more about the revolutionary new AirFAX, call the number below, or contact us by e-mail. Or even send us a fax. Marconi Electro-Optics GEC-Marconi Electro-Optics, Airadio Division, Basildon, Essex SSI4 3EL, United Kingdom Tel & Fax (Int) 44 1268 883333. E-mail marketing.sensors@gecm.com FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 10 - 16 September 1997 15
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