Aircraft News - Asia / Pacific.Oct 30, 2006 Airbus, Shanghai Airlines Shanghai Airlines (上海航空) is an airline based in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. It operates domestic and international services. Its main bases are Shanghai Pudong International Airport and Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport [1]. Airbus's commitment to build an A320 assembly line in China has also played a role in prompting Shanghai Airlines to consider buying its planes. Earlier this year Airbus received official blessing to make the narrow-body jets in the northern port city of Tianjin. Oct 24, 2006 Airbus, Shanghai Airlines Shanghai Airlines executives confirmed that the carrier was likely to add Airbus jets to its fleet, but did not disclose the size of the possible order. Shanghai Airlines said the carrier, which operates roughly 50 jets mostly supplied by Boeing and currently has no Airbus planes in its fleet, saw the need to diversify diversify To acquire a variety of assets that do not tend to change in value at the same time. To diversify a securities portfolio is to purchase different types of securities in different companies in unrelated industries. . Earlier this year, Zhou said it planned to double its fleet size in four years. Oct 24, 2006 Boeing, Shanghai Airlines Shanghai Air May Order Airbus Jets. Chinese regional carrier Shanghai Airlines, a long-time customer of Boeing, may turn to Airbus as it expands its fleet, executives of the airline said on Tuesday. Oct 24, 2006 Philippine Airlines Philippine Airlines, also known historically as Philippine Air Lines (PAL), is the national airline of the Philippines.[1] It is the first commercial airline in Asia and the oldest of those currently in operation. , Airbus, Boeing Philippine Airlines will decide by year end whether to order eight widebodies from Boeing or Airbus, President Jaime Bautista told reporters last week. He said PAL (1) (Programmable Array Logic) A type of programmable logic chip (PLD) that contains arrays of programmable AND gates and predefined OR gates. PALs are defined by their number of inputs and outputs; for example, a 22v10 PAL means 22 inputs and 10 outputs. is considering the A340-600 and 777-300ER as part of an expansion plan that includes an order for 20 (15 firm plus five option) A320 family aircraft from both the manufacturer and GECAS GECAS General Electric Commercial Aviation Services . It took delivery of the first aircraft from that order, an A319-100, last week. The aircraft features "a new coastal-themed interior design that calls to mind the country's picturesque picturesque, term used in 18th-century England to refer to a landscape that looked as if it had come out of an academic painting. Used as derogatory criticism of such painting, the picturesque was considered pretty rather than beautiful. coastline" and a "21st-century enhanced cabin that is the first for an Asian carrier," PAL said. The A319s have eight business-class seats and 126 in economy, while the A320s will have 12 in business and 144 in economy. PAL plans to take two more A319s this year, six A320s and one A319 next year and five A320s in 2008. Oct 23, 2006 Z Editor: Aram Gesar, eMail: edit@AirGuideOnline.com For more global news, reviews, features and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/onlinenews.htm To Subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; our Newsletters: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm#news To Advertise: advert@AirGuideOnline.com Oct 23, 2006 |
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