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AIR TRANSPORT STRATEGY MAX KINGSLEY-JONES / LONDON Fokker seeks more overhaul sites as Future 100 takes off Dutch company in talks to help remarket more than 130 aircraft under joint venture Fokker Services says it has been "amazed by the response" to its Future 100 initiative to revive inter est in the Fokker 100, and is actively seeking additional maintenance capacity to support the programme. The Future 100 programme was launched in February as a joint venture led by Fokker Services and Rolls-Royce to help remarket the R-R Tay-powered 100-seat twinjet, providing turnkey and "TotalCare" guaranteed maintenance cost pack ages (Flight International, 11-17 February). Fokker Services vice- president marketing and sales Erik Goedhart says that there are "seri ous negotiations" for over 130 air craft with TotalCare packages. Seventy of the 270 Fokker 100s worldwide are stored, and 70 more are earmarked for withdrawal over the next two years. Forty of the idle aircraft are ex-US Airways, but 27 of these have either been, or are close to being placed. Germania has signed a deal for 17, and is in talks for two more. Other deals include two for Mexican regional Aerolineas Internacionales; four for a UK VIP customer; and two for a Spanish regional. Meanwhile Montenegro Airlines has leased one ex-TAM aircraft and Irish start-up EUJet two - the latter having signed for the TotalCare package. Iran Asseman Airlines has taken three ex-Korean Air aircraft plus options on three more and is in discussions for the package. According to Goedhart, the seri ous offers under discussion include 74 aircraft for European airlines; 33 in Asia; 10 for an Indian operator; six for South American and Carib bean carriers; and six for Libyan Arab Airlines. "Now we are seeking more overhaul capacity," he says. The company's main facility is in Woensdrecht, the Netherlands, and it is to create two maintenance bays at its old plant at Amsterdam Schiphol. "Third-party suppliers in Europe are being considered," says Goedhart, as are facilities in South- East Asia and South America. Meanwhile, the "Future 50" ini tiative for the Fokker 50 turboprop with Pratt St Whitney Canada will be launched in May. LOW-FARE AIRLINES Snowflake goes it alone Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) will launch its European low-fare leisure arm Snowflake this week. The separately branded division will start with four 150-seat Boeing 737-800s transferred from the mainline fleet, on a net work to 15 European points from Copenhagen and Stockholm. "Pilots and cabin crew are from SAS. However, this is a separate business unit, standing on its own feet," says Eva-Karin Dahl, SAS's director of business and concept development, who is responsible for Snowflake. The airline will offer a simpli fied cabin service with fares starting at Skr580 ($68). Destinations will include Alicante, Athens, Barcelona, Bologna, Budapest, Dublin, Istanbul, Lisbon, Malaga, Nice, Palma de Mallorca, Pristina, Prague, Rome and Sarajevo. You want someone you can rely on for all your aircraft lighting needs? EXIT, ^^^•H. ^e <- •» t»' '-* — ;' - £* • We're on it." When you require a shorter time to market for your new aircraft, you'll be considering using system integrators. We have the proven capability to take all the tasks necessary to equip your aircraft with the appropriate lighting from specification through development, testing, certification support, pro duction to flight operations. Use the one stop shop as the specialist for all aircraft lighting needs. When searching for leading edge technology in aircraft lighting equipment, whether exterior, interior or cockpit lighting, you will want to contact us at GOODRICH Goodrich Hella Aerospace Lighting Systems GmbH www.goodrich-hella.com info@goodrich-hella.com www.fliqhtinternational.com FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 25-31 MARCH 2003 13
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