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European flag carriers line up for AOM stake
France's largest independent carrier, AOM, has been put up for sale and it is understood that offers have been sent to major European flag carriers, including existing alliance partner Swissair. The sale comes as the carrier also looks to upgrade its long-haul fleet. AOM's majority shareholder, the Credit Lyonnais ...
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Aviation Sales agrees to purchase
Growing US spares group Aviation Sales (AVS) has emerged as the buyer of Triad International Maintenance (TIMCO), in a move which adds widebody work to its expanding aircraft maintenance portfolio. AVS will pay $70 million for TIMCO, which was put up for sale by its parent, Primark group, which ...
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Commercial aircraft of the world
Part 2:the large airliners New models and increasing production are in prospect as the millennium approaches, but the manufacturers are taking heed of the warning signals that a slowdown is in prospectMax Kingsley-Jones/LondonData Tables/Air Transport Intelligence Large airliner production will break all records this year as the market moves towards ...
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FedEx prepares for Loadmaster training
FedEx has selected Pan Am International Flight Academy to provide training for the Ayres LM200 Loadmaster. The Academy will build a training centre at FedEx's Memphis, Tennessee, hub to house a Level D full-flight simulator for the turboprop-powered feeder freighter. FedEx has 50 Loadmasters on order and 50 more ...
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Gemini to acquire four of BA's DC-10-30s for cargo role
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Gemini Air Cargo is finalising a deal to acquire four of British Airways' eight McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30s, while the rest of the aircraft are expected to be placed with passenger airlines in the short term. BA's eight DC-10-30s are operated on its long-haul network from London Gatwick, but ...
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Delta takes Next Generation 737 sales beyond 1,000
Sales of Boeing's Next Generation 737 have passed 1,000 with part of a new order placed by Delta Air Lines under the latest phase of a deal agreed with Boeing in March 1997. The orders for eight 737-800s take total announced Next Generation sales to 1,003 and means that ...
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Israeli airline decides to buy Air France 767s
El Al has decided to purchase two Boeing 767-200ERs directly from Air France in a deal worth $86 million. The Israeli airline had originally planned to lease the two widebodied aircraft from Arkia but was finalising a decision to purchase the aircraft as Flight International closed for press. The ...
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FlightSafety Boeing picks London to be European training hub
FlightSafety Boeing Training International, a joint venture commercial training operation between FlightSafety Inter-national and Boeing Enterprises, will decide next month on the final location of a UK based $85 million European training hub. The greenfield site, located near either London Gatwick or Heathrow airports, will be the first of ...
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Marketplace
-Singapore Airlines has concluded a sixth sale and lease-back deal on a Boeing 747-400 for five years. The agreement with special purpose company Sansome Planes II was again brokered by San Francisco-based Babcock and Brown. -Shaanxi Aircraft has leased two Chinese licence-built Y-8 turboprop transports to Iran for an undisclosed ...
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Uzbekistan Airways takes first production Il-114 turboprop
Uzbekistan Airways has become the first airline to take delivery of an Ilyushin Il-114 turboprop, with the handover of a production aircraft from the Tashkent Aircraft Production factory (TAPO). The airline remains the only firm customer for the type, which first flew in March 1990, and received provisional certification in ...
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Cathay makes history with first loss as public company
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Cathay Pacific Airways has posted the first net loss in its history as a public company, as the airline struggled with tumbling Asian traffic and plumetting yields. The Hong-Kong carrier announced a net loss of HK$175 million ($23 million) for the first six months, in stark contrast to ...
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Cuban revolution
Andrzej Jeziorski/HAVANA The Franco-Italian regional aircraft consortium ATR scored a coup when it became the first manufacturer outside the ex-Communist Bloc to sell aircraft to Cuba since Fidel Castro's revolution in 1959. The sale is the start of a massive fleet renewal programme covering all of the Caribbean island's ...
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Parts partnerships
Paul Seidenman/SAN FRANCISCO Fewer air carriers want to be in the business of stocking and maintaining huge inventories of parts, so they are looking to shift the burden to those companies which supply everything from bearings and seals to engines and airframes. "Until the early 1990s, the industry was more ...
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Boeing aims at TrunkLiner gap
Guy Norris/SEATTLE Boeing is in talks with China over a wide range of potential ventures, including possible involvement in the 717-200, as the company seeks to fill the void left by China's recent decision to scrap the MD-90 TrunkLiner effort. Boeing Commercial Airplane Group president Ron Woodard says: ...
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China Airlines aligns with SIA as it ponders 777 acquisitions
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE China Airlines (CAL) has reached an internal decision to order a fleet of Boeing 777s, but final board approval remains pending as it weighs the full scope of potential co-operation with newly announced strategic partner Singapore Airlines (SIA). The Taiwanese carrier has in principle selected the 777-200 as ...
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NG737 HUD goes to American
Following American Airlines' order for GEC-Marconi's HUD 2020 head-up display for 75 new Boeing 737-800s in January (Flight International, 4-10 February), the UK company has delivered the first production-standard examples to the American Airlines Flight Academy in Dallas, Texas. It will be installed in a simulator, and has integrated another ...
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Atlas studies mid-size freighter
Guy Norris/SEATTLE Atlas Air has confirmed interest in expanding its operations beyond the Boeing 747-200F and 747-400F freighters with a new mid-size aircraft. "We are considering a 50-60t aircraft" says the Colorado-based cargo airline's president and chief executive, Michael Chowdry. Although Atlas has expanded its fleet with used ...
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CityFlyer outlines plans to operate all-jet fleet
Max Kingsley-Jones/WOODFORD British Airways franchise partner CityFlyer Express expects to be an all-jet operator within five years, with its growing fleet of 105-seat Avro RJ100s set to be the smallest aircraft it operates. The airline, however, denies suggestions that it is set for an imminent change of ownership. CityFlyer has ...
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EasyJet raises stakes with 737-300 deal
Easyjet, the UK low-cost operator, has placed a major follow-on order with Boeing for at least 15 Next Generation 737s, which will boost its fleet to over 30 aircraft within five years. The deal includes firm orders for 15 737-700s worth some $650 million, with options for a similar ...
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Domestic rivalry in Japan gets fiercer
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Competition in the Japanese domestic airline market is set to hot up, following the first Government approval in 35 years for a new carrier. The go-ahead for a second start-up carrier is also pending, with two more new entrants planning to fly in 2000. Skymark Airlines ...