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When you choose SHL landing gear, you can relax. Rely on SHL for built-to-spec and built-to- print solutions that are the ultimate in reliability and safety. Our vast design, manufacturing and MRO experience is enhanced by a systems house approach, strengthened by our membership in a world class aerospace group - Israel Aircraft Industries. From landing gear to servo control and test systems, we deliver a safe solution that makes sound business sense. Both your aircraft and budget have a safe and sound landing. SHL DIVISION Commercial Aircraft Group ISRAEL AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIES LTD E-mail: uloewenthal@shl.iai.co.il • www.iai.co.il ISRAEL Tel: (9?2) 3-935-6103, Fax: (972)3-935-6203 U.S.A. Tel: (l)?03-8?S-3?35, Fax: [l)?03-8?5-3?40 EUROPETel: (33)l-46.40.4?.4?, Fax: (33)1-46.40.47.48 AIR TRANSPORT EXPANSION DAVID FULLBROOK / BANGKOK Air Andaman seeks more Fokker 50s More passengers and expansion plans stretch capacity Bangkok-based Air Andaman needs to lease two more Fokker 50s to meet an increase in passenger numbers expected later this year on domestic routes and for possible international expansion. Air Andaman now serves more cities in Thailand than any other private airline and will be number one if Thai Airways International withdraws from routes operated jointly by the two carriers, says Air Andaman president Atichart Athakravisunthorn. Three Fokker 50s are unlikely to be enough to serve the domestic network, which has grown quickly this year after Thai's exit from many routes. "We probably won't be tak ing on any more routes for the fore seeable future," says Atichart. Air Andaman's next move is likely to be international routes. "We are talking to other airlines about operating flights into the area as a codeshare or on a contract basis, especially from the provincial airports," says Atichart. Charter flights to industrial areas of southern China are also under discussion, plus towns in Indonesia and Malaysia from Had Yai, Thai land's southern commercial capital. A deal with at least one Indonesian airline should be signed soon. Air Andaman is carrying 15,000 passengers a month. Interline agreements with for eign carriers could be tied up by year-end. Last month, Thai agreed a codeshare deal with Air Andaman and PB Air on domestic routes. TURBOPROPS ASA mulls more ATRs for hub diversification Delta Connection carrier Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) is considering acquiring additional ATR turboprops to support possible expansion outside its main Atlanta hub. ASA executives have visited ATR in France to discuss a possible purchase, but the airline has yet to decide whether it has a requirement beyond its 19- strong fleet of ATR 72s. "It would be hard to find enough short-haul markets to support more than 19 aircraft," says ASA senior vice-president Bryan LaBrecque. He says three of the carrier's ATR 72s will replace Bombardier CRJs operated by sister carrier Comair on select flights between Cincinnati and seven central US cities. LaBrecque says ATRs are "more appropriate" than CRJs on high-frequency, short-haul markets from Cincinnati and their deployment beyond Atlanta sup ports Delta Connection's hub diversification strategy. ASA will join Atlantic Coast Airlines and Comair as Delta Connection carriers that are feeding the Cincinnati hub. "ATR has more of a chance to sell aircraft because of the hub diversification issue," LaBrecque says. ASA's ATR 72s have a niche role in the Delta Connection network, serving very short and high-frequency routes exclusively from Atlanta. LaBrecque says there are several markets near Cincinnati where the ATR 72 could provide Delta Connection with a similar solution. ATR 72s would not work in the Dallas/Fort Worth hub because ASA com petes with other jet operators on its CRJ Dallas/Fort Worth routes, he says. The airline is, however, considering replacing its 13 Dallas-based Embraer EMB-120 Brasilias with ATR 42s, although it has not decided on a timeframe. Despite a dearth of sales in recent years, ATR said earlier this year that it was confident that it could revive the US market "in the next three years". 16 16-22 JULY 2002 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL www.flightinternational.c
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