All Fleets articles – Page 928
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Arianespace signs Ellipso deal
Julian Moxon/PARIS Arianespace has signed a unique partnership agreement with satellite telecommunications provider Ellipso, which involves the launch of a constellation of 20 satellites aboard the Ariane 5 and an investment in the system by the launch company. The memorandum of agreement, which covers four launches from early 2002, ...
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BM widens the field for Fokker replacement
British Midland (BM) is widening its evaluation of 100-seat aircraft to replace its Fokker 70/100 and warns that, with the increasing number of new types becoming available, Boeing will have to make a "very attractive offer" to win the UK carrier's order for its 717 twinjet. The airline has ...
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Exclusion zone
The unusual became the unprecedented last week when Boeing, having launched its original 777 programme giving airlines the choice of three competing engines, decided it would revert to a single exclusive supplier for a new variant of the aircraft, to the exclusion of the two rival powerplant manufacturers. This is ...
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Marketplace
Air Nostrum has bought three Fokker 50s off lease from Kenya Airways. The Spanish regional carrier has operated the aircraft on lease from Kenya for a year. Premiair has signed operating leases for three new Airbus A330-300s for delivery next summer. The Rolls-Royce Trent 772B-powered aircraft will be operated ...
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Sound solutions
BFGoodrich's campaign to quieten Boeing 727s is making rapid progress Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Spending serious money to extend the life of an airliner is tough, but spending more to re-engine it is harder. Despite the apparent economic headwind, BFGoodrich's Super 27 Boeing 727 re-engining programme is rapidly gaining momentum and ...
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Workshop
Air France Industries has concluded a seven-year agreement with Airtours International for the provision of full component repair and exchanges services to support the Airbus Industrie A320 and A321 fleet of aircraft operating within the Airtours Group. The fleet comprises 24 aircraft flying throughout Europe, North America and Canada. This ...
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Greek start-up chooses 717 for fleet expansion
Greek start-up Axon Airlines has launched services with two leased Boeing 737-700s, and is set to expand operations with up to five Boeing 717s. The Athens-based privately owned carrier gained its air operator's certificate last month, and is initially operating services to Brussels, Milan, Paris and Rome, with two ...
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JAA addresses in-seat power problem
Europe's Joint Aviation Authorities will complete guidance material for airlines this month on the installation of in-seat power supply systems for portable electrical devices (PEDs). The material, compiled with the US Federal Aviation Administration, will be passed to the JAA's Requirements Committee for approval and publication at the end ...
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Eurowings aims to finance new regional aircraft with flotation
Andrew Doyle/NUREMBERG Eurowings is reining in capacity to bolster its bottom line ahead of an initial public offering (IPO),aimed at helping finance a $1 billion fleet renewal. The carrier could order up to 40 new regional jets before the end of the year. Dortmund-based Eurowings is to replace most of ...
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UPS buys cargo carrier in drive for Latin America
United Parcel Service (UPS) aims to improve its position in the Latin American market with the purchase of Challenge Air Cargo (CAC), a freight-only carrier flying to 17 cities in that region from Miami and Dallas. CAC founder and president Bill Spohrer says the deal includes the acquisition of ...
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Estonian revival
Western philosophies are about to pay dividends for Estonian Air, which is on the verge of its first operating profit Andrew Chuter/TALLINN Looks are deceiving, I hoped, as the taxi approached the dowdy Soviet-style offices of Estonian Air at Tallinn Airport. I had come to the Estonian capital to report ...
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Sea Launch wins four orders
The Boeing-led international Sea Launch operation has received four confirmed launch orders, valued at about $350 million, from Hughes Space & Communications. This brings to 14 the number of Hughes satellites on the company's manifest. Space Systems/Loral also has five launches booked. The four new firm orders, for launches ...
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Marketplace
Regional start-up Shuttle America plans to grow its 50-seat Bombardier Dash 8-300 fleet from three aircraft to six by the end of the year. The airline, which operates three secondhand aircraft leased from the manufacturer, holds lease options for 18 more Dash 8-300s. Atlas Air has signed a long-term lease ...
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Paris Order Book
Airbus and Boeing combined sales announced during the Paris Air Show totalled $8.9 billion in firm orders. Airbus' total was for 93 aircraft worth $4 billion and Boeing's was 72 aircraft worth $4.9 billion. International Lease Finance Corp was a big buyer during the show, with an order for 60 ...
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Northwest Firms Options
Northwest Airlines has converted 30 options on Airbus A320 family aircraft to firm orders. Deliveries will take place between 2002 and 2004 on 18 A319s and 12 A320s. Northwest, which was the US launch customer for the A320 at the Paris air show two years ago, has received 70 of ...
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Delta defers 777s as pilots pay protest proves costly
Delta Air Lines has deferred delivery of its remaining Boeing 777s on order and has decided to sell or lease two already in operation. The airline blames an ongoing dispute with its pilots and cites their failure to accept new pay rates and work rules for the aircraft type. ...
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Alliances battle over LOT and Malev
Peter Bennett/VIENNA British Airways could be thwarted in its ambitions to buy an equity stake in Poland's LOT and Hungary's Malév, following better offers from Star Alliance and the Qualiflyer Group. British Airways was favourite to take a 38% equity stake in Lot, but relations between the two have deteriorated. ...
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Cathay narrowly averts pilots strike
Nicholas Ionides ATI/SINGAPORE Cathay Pacific Airways narrowly avoided an all-out pilots' strike early in June by reaching an eleventh-hour agreement with cockpit crew on forced wage cuts. Cathay Pacific is widely seen as having won its longstanding dispute with cockpit crew over new contract terms, after narrowly averting an all-out ...
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Circling the globe
Jackie Gallacher Antitrust immunity has allowed many of the global alliances to pursue schedule co-ordination and joint pricing initiatives. But as the "customer-driven" oneworld hopes to prove, there is still plenty alliances can do without it. There are no prizes for identifying the main landmark in airline strategy over ...
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Lufthansa links may help ease PAL's problems
Two Lufthansa units are in talks with Philippine Airlines (PAL) on business tie-ups as the troubled Asian flag carrier continues the battle to rehabilitate itself. Lufthansa chairman Jürgen Weber says Lufthansa Technik has "intensified" talks with PAL on a possible investment in its engineering operation at the carrier's ...