All Fleets articles – Page 1074
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Virgin bucks Oz trend
Virgin Atlantic appears intent on bucking the trend on the highly competitive Kangaroo route. As the UK carrier threatens legal action to gain access, the incumbents are reassessing their independent approach on the route. Virgin's threat follows hard on the heels of a cooperation deal with Malaysia Airlines, ...
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China feels the pinch
Just when China's airlines are facing a struggle, Bank of China is pressuring them to find at least some unguaranteed finance for 1995 aircraft deliveries. As a result CAAC affiliates, including flag carrier Air China, are testing the market by notifying Hong Kong financiers of their desire to ...
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Support for the customer
The creation by Airbus of a new finance corporation has focused more attention on the arcane world of manufacturer support. David Knibb reports.The decision by Airbus Industrie to form a separate finance corporation raises questions about the attraction and use of such units. Ten billion dollars worth of customer support ...
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North-South divide
Southern European carriers will struggle as recovery continues in the north. The efforts of the southern European majors in bridging the divide with their resurgent northern counterparts will dominate the aviation calender in the year to come. Any restructuring will be heavily influenced by the attitude of a new-look ...
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TWA hits more snags
Highly publicised problems at TWA and numerous successes at Northwest Airlines do not tell the full story at either carrier. TWA, though in the midst of a difficult financial restructuring in an attempt to stave off bankruptcy, may not be compromised in its negotiating position. Northwest is still carrying a ...
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Pragmatic progress
To combat the global presence of British Airways, British Midland is forming its own worldwide network through alliances. Yet at the same time its sister regional airlines are being franchised to BA. In an interview with Sara Guild, British Midland's managing director Austin Reid explains the group's strategy over alliances ...
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Douglas concentrates on proposal for MD-11 Twin
Guy Norris/ LOS ANGELES McDONNELL DOUGLAS has revealed new details of the medium-range twin-engined version of the MD-11 now emerging as an early leader in Douglas Aircraft's (DAC) studies of potential developments of the tri-jet. The twin would be aimed primarily at the McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 ...
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Entertainment problem hits delivery of Cathay's A330
DELIVERY OF the first Rolls-Royce Trent 700-powered Airbus A330 to Cathay Pacific Airways has been delayed by problems with the aircraft's Matsushita inflight-entertainment (IFE) system. Cathay was due to accept the aircraft in mid-January, but that has slipped to 23 February because of "teething problems with the Matsushita ...
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China Yunnan 767s replace 757 order
CHINA YUNNAN Airlines' recently announced order for three Rolls-Royce RB.211-524H-powered Boeing 767-300s (Flight International, 18-24 January) replaces a previously unannounced order for three 757-200s. The Kunming-based carrier had been scheduled to receive three 757s from state-owned China Aviation Supplies (CASC). The aircraft are among 13 RB.211-535-powered 757s originally ...
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ANA swaps Airbuses in review
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS (ANA) has reached an agreement with Airbus Industrie to order ten A321s and defer delivery of five A340-300s to at least the year 2000. The Japanese carrier expects to announce shortly the results of a sweeping review of the airline's future ...
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Airlines face prospect of dearer leases as capacity shortages begin to bite
AIRLINES COULD begin to face a shortage of aircraft capacity as soon as 1996, leading to a steep rise in leasing rates according to industry specialist, GATX Air. "There's going to be a scarcity again," warned GATX Air executive vice-president Glenn Hickerson, when he addressed airline representatives at ...
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Beijing beckons
Paul Lewis/BEIJING In the 16 years since China opened its doors to reform, the country has emerged as a major trading partner of the West and is on course to become an economic superpower in the next century. Underlining its emerging importance are the many corporations beating a ...
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Turboprop market ripe for mergers
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON THE TURBOPROP market showed few clear signs of recovery in 1994, lending weight to moves for industry consolidation in the run-up to the alliance between ATR and Jetstream; exclusively reported in Flight International, 18-24 January issue. Overall delivery numbers appear to be largely unchanged ...
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R-R wins China Yunnan 767 deal
CHINA YUNNAN Airlines is to become the second operator of Rolls-Royce-powered Boeing 767s when it takes delivery in May 1996 of the first of three aircraft on firm order. The subsequent RB.211-524H-powered -300s will be delivered in June 1996 and January 1997. Until Yunnan's order, only British Airways ...
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Orders hit the bottom
Orders for jet-powered airliners in 1994 were the worst for more than a decade Kevin O'Toole/LONDON The jet-airliner market provided little to shout about in 1994, but the performance may prove more encouraging than some of the headline figures suggest. Boeing is right to point out ...
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Croatia seeks code-share as long-haul plan is deferred
Andrzej Jeziorski/ZAGREB CROATIA AIRLINES has shelved plans to buy long-haul aircraft this year and is instead seeking a code-sharing partnership with a US airline. According to senior vice-president Kresimir Magdic, the airline had intended this year to purchase either an Airbus A340 or an extended-range Boeing ...
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Boeing and Airbus tie on 1994 order intake
Kevin O'Toole/London BOEING AND AIRBUS have ended 1994 virtually tied on the volume of new aircraft orders taken during the year, according to preliminary figures released by Seattle and Toulouse. Early returns suggest that Airbus may even have beaten its rival by a single aircraft, after ...
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Tupolev to collect Russian approval for Tu-204 airliner
TUPOLEV IS DUE to receive formally its Russian type certificate for the Tu-204 after winning certification on 29 December 1994. Protocol issues have postponed the presentation until 10 January, but the delay means that the manufacturer is still uncertain whether, as it suspects, the certification will include a ...
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PW4084-powered 777 undergoes service-ready tests
BOEING BEGAN a 1,000-flight service-ready testing programme of the Pratt & Whitney PW4084-powered 777 on 29 December 1994, almost two months later than hoped. It says that cyclic testing is going better than expected, however. Approval for extended-range twin-engine operations (ETOPS) with the 777 when the twinjet enters ...
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ANA, the 777...and Rolls-Royce
To listen to British Airways and Boeing describe the "working-together" programme, in which the manufacturer invited an unprecedented degree of customer involvement in the design of its 777, is to hear a remarkable tale indeed; one of serendipity of requirements and almost supernatural harmony between the participants. The concept worked, ...