Fleets – Page 601
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Middle East leasing companies continue to expand
High profile start-up DAE is one of four leasing firms in the Middle East with bold expansion plans. Is there room for so many new big players? Dubai...
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NewsGoing the distance: Samer Majali steers Royal Jordanian into privatisation
At the same time as he was engineering a financial turnaround at Royal Jordanian, Samer Majali was guiding the carrier to become the first Arab flag carrier...
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MRO special - Inside the engine market
Among manufacturers, airlines and independents, who maintains the most engines in the air transport market? The answer, according to Flight's ACAS database,...
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MRO special - How polymer coating keeps Virgin Blue's livery from fading
Paint Polymer coating stops virgin BLue fading "Slip-Slop-Slap" was the name for what was probably Australia's most high-profile health campaign,...
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Widebody shortage a boon for lessors
Although Boeing 787 delays will likely prompt affected airlines to extend leases on their existing widebodies, these moves will not necessarily result in...
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Adam Aircraft cuts workforce, seeks capital
Colorado-based Adam Aircraft , maker of the all-composite A500 twin-engine piston-powered aircraft and the A700...
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More pilot training with standby instruments urged after Airbus A319 power loss
Investigators are recommending that pilots be trained more rigorously to fly with sole reference to standby instruments following a serious incident in which...
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Anticipation mounts for new 787 delivery dates as airlines eye contingencies
Airlines and aircraft lessors worldwide are anxiously awaiting word from Boeing on when they can expect to receive delivery of their initial 787s, following...
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Airbus poised to select A350 XWB flightdeck
Airbus is poised to select the supplier for the A350 XWB's all-new flightdeck, which could...
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Boeing's lean plan for 787 stumbled over supplier issues
Boeing's dream of a lean 787 production line only performing final assembly, integration and testing...
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Comment - Can Boeing keep to its latest timetable?
If Boeing can keep to its latest 787 programme timetable, there will be relief all around. If it has to tell its customers of yet more delays, the buck will stop very firmly at Scott Carson
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Thai set to order 20 A321s and lease 14 787-9s
Thai Airways International has revised a fleet modernisation plan approved by its board last year and will seek government...
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PICTURE: Continental launches 737-900ER in the Americas
Continental Airlines has received its first of 27 Boeing 737-900ERs, becoming the first airline in the Americas to operate this higher-capacity, longer-range...
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PAL's US plans in doubt after FAA downgrade
Philippine Airlines' (PAL) plans for a major expansion of US services have been thrown into disarray after...
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Leasing survey 2008
This year's survey, spread over pages 40, 42 and 44, provides a snapshot of the aircraft fleets owned and managed by the world's top 50 operating lease companies...