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AIR TRANSPORT CAPACITY REDUCTIONS NICHOLAS IONIDES / SINGAPORE PAL scraps 747 leases as traffic continues to plunge Singapore Airlines reduces capacity by bringing forward maintenance on 747-200s Philippine Airlines (PAL) is scrap ping leases on three Boeing 747- 200s, while Singapore Airlines (SIA) has reduced capacity by bringing forward maintenance on 747-400s as traffic continues to decline. PAL president and chief operat ing officer Avelino Zapanta said the 747-200s will be grounded from 16 January after the peak holiday travel period comes to an end. Zapanta says the three aircraft are operated as "back-ups" as well as for expanded services during peak times. They are wet-leased from Air Philippines, a domestic carrier con trolled by PAL's chairman and majority owner Lucio Tan. "They are relatively old aircraft and we have to spend money on maintenance and to hire cabin crew for them. We calculated that it was better for us to dispose of the three aircraft because of the current situation," says Zapanta. He adds that PAL is also dismissing around 150 recently hired cabin crew in a bid to cut costs, and that since the carrier has been suffering from a sharp drop in business in recent months, the target of profitability for the year ending 31 March, 2002, is now unlikely to be met. SIA, meanwhile, is still suffering from sharp declines in traffic, and says it has brought forward mainte nance on 747-400s. It denies rumours that it has parked aircraft, however, like Hong Kong-based rival Cathay Pacific Airways, which is grounding seven widebodies. "In Singapore, because of capacity reduction, our 747-400s are used less and, as a consequence, they are being put through an accelerated maintenance pro gramme," SIA says. "This increases the amount of time the aircraft are on the ground and it may give the false impression they are 'parked'. All our 747-400s continue to be flown." SIA has been suffering particu larly badly in recent months, as it has no domestic traffic base and earns much of its revenue from long-haul services. The airline has already sus pended services on several routes and reduced frequencies on others, in addition to deferring deliveries of Airbus A340-500s and taking other internal cost-cutting action. • Rolls-Royce has signed a 15-year, $400 million contract to maintain the Tay 650 engines powering Brazilian airline TAM's fleet of 50 Fokker 100s. The company has also signed a 10- year, $50 million agreement to maintain AE3007 engines pow ering Embraer ERJ-145 regional jets, operated by Brazil's Rio Sul. Work will be performed at R-R Brasil in Sao Paulo under fixed cost per flight hour agree ments. • Malmo Aviation has signed a long-term contract with Portuguese maintenance organ isation OGMA for heavy maintenance services on its fleet of nine Avro RJs and two BAe 146-200S. • Pratt & Whitney is to provide a 10-year fleet man agement programme covering maintenance of 18 PW4074 engines powering Japan Air Systems' Boeing 777-200s under an agreement valued at $204 million. • Reykjavik-based Islandf lug has signed a total maintenance support agree ment with Filton, UK-based BAE Systems Aviation Services for its Airbus A310-300F. Announcement CAE announces organisational changes in Commercial Simulation and Training Toronto, December 10, 2001 - Following the recent acquisition of Netherlands-based Schreiner Aviation Training B.V. (SAT), CAE's Commercial Simulation and Training Division (CS&T) has been restructured. Nick Leontidis has been appointed Executive Vice-President, Simulation Products, CS&T. Mr. Leontidis succeeds Steve Wilson, who was Executive Vice-President, CS&T. He will assume responsibilities for the commercial simulation product line, sales and marketing, and will continue to lead CAE's integrated efforts to ensure a balanced approach is presented to our customers, representing both simulation products and training services. Mr. Leontidis joined CAE in 1988 as a software engineer. He has successively held positions in Program Management and was promoted to Vice-President of Visual Systems then to Vice-President, Sales and Marketing, CS&T. Bob van Balen has been appointed Executive Vice-President, Aviation Training, CS&T. He will manage the global operations of the training business. Mr. van Balen brings with him many years of experience in the commercial and military aviation training industry. Mr. van Balen, former Chief Executive Officer of Schreiner Aviation Training B.V. (SAT) joined CAE in 2001 following the acquisition of the company. After ten years of service in the Royal Dutch Navy, he became a flight inspector with the Holland Civil Aviation and joined Schreiner Aviation Training B.V. in 1982 as Director of Operations. Mr. Leontidis and Mr. van Balen will report directly to Derek H. Burney, CAE's President and Chief Executive Officer. CAE's Commercial Simulation and Training will continue to operate as one division, having one integrated strategy and sharing common functions for marketing, business development, finance and human resources. CAE is a global leader in the provision of simulation and control technologies and training solutions for aerospace, defence and marine markets. Headquartered in Canada, CAE employs more than 7,000 people around the world and generates annual revenues in excess of C$1 billion. For more information about CAE, visit our Web site at www.cae.com www.fliqhtinternational.com FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 814 JANUARY 2002 9
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