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| 09.01.2008 |
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Profitability of Lessors At Peak
ILFC Expects Lease Rentals to Weaken Lessors, in continuing to post substantial profits, demonstrates that the market still has considerable flexibility before reliving the turmoil of the early 1990s and post 2001. Engine leasing has become a popular form of...
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| 09.01.2008 |
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Collapse of Gemini Highlights Cargo Problems
The complete collapse of Gemini Air Cargo, resulting in the disposal of eight DC10-30Fs and four MD11Fs, underlines the continued the severity of the market facing the cargo market. The combination of higher fuel prices, and declining economic activity have...
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| 09.01.2008 |
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Lease Rentals for Fokker 100 Seemingly High
While the market for older aircraft may seem to be waning due to the high price of fuel the demand for some aircraft types seems to suggest otherwise. With Aircastle indicating that the average value of its B737 Classics has fallen to approximate $6 million...
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| 09.01.2008 |
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Values of Newer Aircraft Start to Falter
To date the principal focus of the effects of the downturn have focused on the older generation aircraft but as operators face every tougher conditions, the weakness in values has begun to spread to newer types. Gaps have begun to appear in delivery schedules...
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| 09.01.2008 |
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50-Seat Lease Rentals Face Uncertainty
Even the fall in the price of fuel cannot disguise the fragility of the 50 seat market and preference for larger aircraft. In the last recession, the major operators in the U.S. sought replace mainline fleets with 50 seaters as a means of quickly reducing...
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| 09.01.2008 |
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CRJ200ER Problems Mount
The considerable demand for the CRJ200ER in the late 1990s and the early part of this decade was mostly fuelled by artificial demand in the form of scope clauses. Instead of an orderly change to larger gauge equipment, the rapid transformation of the market...
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| 09.01.2008 |
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Aircraft Asset Assessment: CRJ200
Market Presence. While the oldest CRJs are more than 16 years of age, Canadair made great strides in adapting the basic corporate jet design to the needs of the tougher commercial market such that its heritage should not be any more of a significant issue...
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| 08.29.2008 |
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Aviall to Distribute JT9D Parts
Dallas, Texas-based Aviall Services has secured a distribution agreement to supply Pratt & Whitey JT9D spare parts to operators around the world. By having Aviall...
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| 08.29.2008 |
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Virgin Blue Gets OnPoint
GE Aviation has signed a six-year deal to provide its OnPoint maintenance and overhaul program for Virgin Blue and its international carrier...
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| 08.29.2008 |
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FAA Stops EWR Slot Auction
After the Federal Aviation Administration ordered the Department of Transportation to stop plans to auction slots at Newark, Continental Airlines and the Air Transport Association applauded the order which halted the planned September 3 auction. FAA Chief...
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| 08.29.2008 |
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AK Completes Boeing Transition
Alaska Airlines completed its transition to an all-Boeing 737 aircraft fleet with the retirement of its last MD-80 series airplane, part of a two-year plan to increase the airline's operational efficiency and improve fuel conservation. The move will be...
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| 08.29.2008 |
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Oxygen Bottle Culprit on Qantas Flight
Aviation safety investigators said on Aug. 29 that an exploding oxygen cylinder ripped a large hole in a Qantas Boeing 747 on July 25, but said they still don’t know why the air tank failed, according to the Australian Transport Safety Bureau’s...
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| 08.29.2008 |
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UAE Beefs Up Airport Security
March Networks says Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) International Airport has selected its VideoSphere intelligent video management solution to enhance passenger and asset security in its main terminal and adjacent facilities. Located...
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| 08.28.2008 |
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NMG Wins US Airways Contract
Scottsdale, Ariz.-based National Maintenance Group has secured an agreement to provide janitorial cleaning services...
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| 08.28.2008 |
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Delta Exits CVG Concourse C
After announcing it was cutting capacity at Cincinnati by 25 percent this fall, the latest in years of similar cuts, Delta is...
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| 08.28.2008 |
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Impasse Between FAA and SW
Southwest Airlines says it won’t pay the FAA a $10.2 million penalty for safety violations. Barring a last-minute resolution, the dispute appears to be headed for court in September. The U.S. aviation agency stated that it expected the payment by Aug...
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| 08.28.2008 |
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Hijackers of Sudanese Jetliner Surrender
Two hijackers gave up to Libyan authorities a day after they hijacked a Sun Air Boeing 737, with nearly 100 passengers on board, shortly after takeoff from Nyala, Darfur’s largest...
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| 08.28.2008 |
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Ornge Buying AW139s
Ontario-based Ornge, a Canadian company that provides transport medicine to the rural corners of the province, announced it is...
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| 08.27.2008 |
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Trainees Start Aviation Careers
Lufthansa Technik Group is planning to provide courses designed around various aircraft maintenance career paths for 285 students with the start of its 2008 training year. A total...
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| 08.27.2008 |
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ExelTech Opens MRO Complex
Canadian company ExelTech Aerospace has dedicated its $19-million, 153,000-square-foot maintenance facility at Pierre Elliott Trudeau Intl...
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