Fleets – Page 898
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Impulse moves to lease Bavaria 717s
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Paul Phelan/CAIRNS Impulse Airlines is close to reaching a deal with Bavaria Leasing to take delivery of a pair of Boeing 717-200s as part of the Australian carrier's plans to launch interstate jet services. The Newcastle, New South Wales-based airline is expected to announce within the ...
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JAL boosts use of low-cost subsidiaries
Japan Airlines (JAL) plans to increase the use of its low-cost subsidiaries in the next fiscal year, which starts on 1 April, to deal with "the changing business environment more flexibly and rapidly". JAL says it will transfer four more Boeing 737-400s to domestic subsidiary JAL Express (JEX) up ...
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Airbus takes top slot
Julian Moxon/PARIS Airbus Industrie comprehensively outsold Boeing for the first time in its 30 year history last year, booking 476 orders worth $30.5 billion. The European consortium's order intake represented 55% of the total order business, with Airbus ending the year 85 orders ahead of its US rival's tally of ...
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Airbus achieves A321 break in North America with US Airways
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Julian Moxon/PARIS US Airways has become the first North American carrier to order the Airbus A321, by converting 34 of its existing orders from the smaller A319 version. No official announcement has been made by Airbus Industrie or the carrier, but the manufacturer's final end ...
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Late boom lifts 1999 simulator figures
A flurry of orders in the final months of the year boosted commercial flight simulator sales for 1999 beyond 50 machines. Thomson Training & Simulation (TTS) ended the year with its largest order ever, from Saudi Arabian Airlines to build or upgrade nine full-flight simulators. The long-expected order included ...
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ANA and JAL pushed for 777X deal
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Boeing and General Electric have stepped up efforts to sign All Nippon Airways (ANA) and Japan Airlines (JAL) as launch customers for the Boeing 777X growth derivative as a trade-off against deferring nearer term 777-200/300 and 747-400 deliveries. The US partners are understood to have ...
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AMR eyes Aerolineas Argentinas shares in ownership argument
American Airlines parent AMR is bidding for Spanish holding company SEPI's majority stake in Aerolineas Argentinas as it strives to diffuse a row over ownership of the carrier. A source at American says AMR is heading a consortium of investors negotiating with SEPI and its sleeping partners, Merrill Lynch ...
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Big two neck and neck
Airbus' sales put Boeing in the shade last year, as their order backlogs swung into equilibrium Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON The airliner order and production cycles reached significant points on the graph during 1999, with output peaking but global demand in descent. Airbus Industrie's order performance was its second best ever, ...
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Marketplace
Atlas Air has signed an aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance (ACMI) lease contract with China Southern Airlines for a Boeing 747 freighter which will begin later in the first quarter. Flight International's sister on-line news service Air Transport Intelligence reports that Krasnoyarsk Airlines' (Kras Air) plans to acquire up to ...
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Workshop
Gemini Air Cargo has contracted Boeing Wichita and Israel Aircraft Industries to undertake freighter conversions of two leased ex-Varig McDonnell Douglas MD-11s. London Heathrow-based British Airways franchise operator British Mediterranean Airways has awarded Monarch Aircraft Engineering a four-year base maintenance contract for its three Airbus A320s. Overhaul specialist Triumph Air ...
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Boullioun eyes the big two
Boullioun Aviation Services and affiliate Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (SALE) are striving to place some of nearly 100 Airbus A320 family aircraft and Boeing Next Generation 737s ordered in the past 15 months as they aim to build on their new status as the world's third-largest aircraft lessor. "Looking ...
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Canada 3000 aims to fill void left by Canadian takeover
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Canada 3000 Airlines is positioning itself to become the country's second international carrier. It plans a major expansion in scheduled services and fleet size, following the recent takeover of Canadian Airlines by Air Canada. Toronto-based Canada 3000 has unveiled plans to launch services to India, Japan and ...
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Year-end Boeing deals bolster order intake
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON The "big two" airliner builders - Airbus Industrie and Boeing - passed the 800 order mark between them in the closing days of 1999. Both manufacturers also achieved their output targets, delivering a record 914 aircraft between them. Boeing spent last month rapidly gaining ground on ...
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Boeing plans 'automotive' line for 717
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Boeing is finalising confidential plans to introduce a new production concept for the 717-200 twinjet that uses methods adopted by the automotive industry and which have never been applied to an aerospace line. The company aims to have everything in place for the switchover to the new ...
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Marketplace
Debis AirFinance has selected the CFM International CFM56 to power 10 of the 30 Airbus A320 family aircraft it has on order. Martinair has taken delivery of a Rolls-Royce RB211-powered Boeing 757-200 on a four-year lease from ING Lease International Management Equipment. Negotiations are under way for a second example. ...
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SIA/Virgin work out fine print
Chris Jasper/LONDON Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Virgin Atlantic are hammering out the details of their recently agreed deal. Under it, the Asian giant takes a 49% stake in the UK holding company, which owns Virgin Atlantic Airways, Virgin Holidays, Virgin Sun and cargo operation Virgin Aviation Services. The £600 ...
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El Al resists US pressureand opts for Trent
Israeli flag carrier El Al is buying Rolls-Royce Trent 800s to power three Boeing 777-200ERs on firm order, despite efforts by the US Government to have the powerplant selection overturned in favour of the General Electric GE90 (Flight International, 15-21 December 1999). The R-R Trent-powered 777s will be delivered ...
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Olympic takes 717s on Bavaria lease
Olympic Aviation accepted two Boeing 717-200s at Long Beach, California, on 7 January and plans to begin services with the new aircraft by the end of this month. The 717s have been leased from Bavaria International Aircraft Leasing, which placed firm orders for five aircraft in May 1998. Four of ...
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777-100X revived to counter A330 at Singapore Airlines
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Boeing is looking at reviving the shelved 777-100X shrink derivative as a counter to Airbus Industrie's A330-200 and its proposed -100 variant ahead of an expected Singapore Airlines (SIA) request for proposals (RFP) for an A310 replacement. SIA is expected to release ...
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WestJet looks to replace 737-200s
WestJet Airlines is talking to Airbus Industrie, Boeing and leasing companies about replacing its 14 Boeing 737-200s from next year, as it expands services to eastern Canada. The Calgary-based low-cost carrier is evaluating 100-130-seat twinjets, including the Boeing 737-600/700 and the Airbus A318/A319. A decision is expected during the ...