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2000
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AIR TRANSPORT MARKETPLACE ++ Egyptian carrier Midwest Airlines has ordered two Airbus A320s for delivery in 2002 and taken two additional options. ++ Furtherto last week's report on Cathay Pacific's fleet expansion, the three Airbus A330s which are to be taken on lease are thought to be Pratt & Whitney PW4000-pow- ered -200s from Korean Air. The deal includes confirmation of the acquisition of the prototype Boeing 777-200 (with Rolls-Royce Trent engines) for delivery in December and an R-R RB211-powered 747- 400 freighter for delivery in April 2001. ++ Flight International's sister on-line service Air Transport Intelligence reports that Atlas Air has confirmed plans to purchase two General Electric CF6-powered Boeing 747-300 Combis, which will be converted to full freighters by Boeing in Wichita. The aircraft are believed to be ex-KLM. ++ Boeing has confirmed JMC Airlines' order for two R-R RB211- powered 757-300s, plus three options, for delivery from early next year. The UK charter airline will also take delivery of two 757-200s in mid-2000 on lease from GATX. ++ America West will receive a new International Aero Engines V2524-powered Airbus A319 on 12-year lease from ILFC next April. ++ Virgin's recently named Australian low-cost arm, Virgin Blue, will receive its first 737-300 leased from Brussels-based Virgin Express in July. ++ Air Mauritius has ordered two CFM International CFM56-powered A319s, for delivery in the third quarter of 2001 and third quarter of 2002. ++ Mexicana will take delivery of a new Pratt & Whitney PW2040-powered Boeing 757- 200 on lease from ILFC on a six- year lease next March. ++ World Airways is negotiating to lease three McDonnell Douglas DC-10 freighters, to be delivered this September/November and March 2001. ++ Malaysia Airlines has concluded a 13-year sale and lease back deal with GECAS for a two-year-old PW4000-powered Boeing 747-400 and a Rolls-Royce Trent-powered 777-200ER. Scope deal lets Trans World play regional catch-up PAUL LEWIS/ORLANDO TRANS WORLD Airlines plans to extend its regional feeder coverage to California and further increase the number of regional jets in a move to catch up with competing major carriers. TWA has declared its intention to establish a new regional airline partnership to service Los Angeles. The additional Trans World Express operation would initially link with five Californian destina tions comprising Bakersfield, Monterey, Palm Springs, San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara. No decision has been taken on whedier to use its partners or sign a new carrier, says TWA. Express operator Trans States Airlines only recendy halted its Californian ser vice which it undertook on behalf of Northwest Airlines and Alaska Commuter. The move is part of a wider expansion of TWAs Los Angeles presence, which includes an added daily frequency to New York and an application to open the first nonstop service from Washington National three times a day. It has also recendy boosted connections to Hawaii, San Juan and St Louis. Regional jets are one of four key factors that will detennine a carri er's ability to "improve service, win customers and build a strategic advantage," says TWA chief execu tive William Compton. The carri er has lagged badly behind other airlines' regional operations as die result of strict union scope clauses. The local Air Line Pilots Association has now agreed to effectively lift scope restrictions, which had capped regional jets numbers at 15 until die mainline carrier fleet had reached 188 or more aircraft. This has been raised to 45 jets and once die 188 mainline figure is exceeded, one more regional jet can be added for every two additional larger aircraft. Trans States already operates three Embraer RJ-145s for Express and wants to exercise options on another 12 aircraft transferred from United Airlines. Chautuaqua Airlines will put the first of 15 ERJ- 145s into Express service in August, with the conversion of options this will increase to 30 by the end of next year. Corporate Airlines in die mean time has begun taking over smaller Express routes from Trans States, which it is dropping with the with drawal of British Aerospace J32s. Corporate has leased five of the 19-seaters from die manufacturer for five years and is operating for TWA to five destinations in Illinois, Iowa and Missouri from St Louis. The carrier, which also operates 10 J32s for Midway Airlines, is in talks with TWA about using 30-seat turboprops.Q Dolomiti confirms jet move with 50-seaters AIR DOLOMITI has con firmed its move to jets with a deal with Bombardier for up to six CRJ200LRs. The Italian regional airline, which has oper ational bases in Trieste and Verona, will take delivery of the three firmly ordered 50-seaters in late 2000 and early 2001. Its three options can be exercised as the CRJ200 or the larger 70-seat CRJ700. Nine-year-old Air Dolomiti is 26% owned by Lufthansa and has been evaluat ing regional jets to supplement its fleet of 17 ATR 42/72s since last year (Flight International, 29 September-5 October). The air line has considered standardis ing on the Fairchild 728JET family ordered by Lufthansa, but now has the option of taking the similarly sized CRJ700. Air Dolomiri serves 14 Italian cities and Cologne, Frankfurt, Paris, Barcelona. It operates a hub at Munich through partnership with Lufthansa. ILFC tops up its jet orderbooks INTERNATIONAL Lease Finance (ILFC) has finalised its expected order for 50 more Airbus aircraft, exclusively revealed by Flight International (14-20 March, P4). An order for 50 more Boeing 737s has also been confirmed. The US leasing company has signed a contract with Airbus Industrie for 50 aircraft, including 40 A3 20 family types and 10 wide- bodies - seven A3 3 0-2 00s and three A340-600s. The aircraft will be delivered between 2001 to 2008, and ILFC has the flexibility to switch orders between the types of each family to meet demand. The Airbus deal brings ILFC's total orders with the European consortium to 391, aircraft, con firming its position as Airbus' largest single customer. ILFC's Boeing orderbook now totals 604 aircraft. J 10 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 16 - 22 May 2000
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