Aircraft News - Europe.For more aircraft news, data, fleets and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/professional.htm Aug 21, 2006 Airbus, UPS UPS took delivery of its 53rd and final A300-600F earlier this month. Aug 16, 2006 Boeing, Centralwings Centralwings added a sixth 737-400 and will lease a third 737-300. Aug 15, 2006 Boeing, Monarch Airlines Boeing and Monarch Airlines of the United Kingdom announced today that the airline has ordered six Boeing 787-8 purchase rights for another four. The order is worth $916 million at list prices. With first delivery starting in 2010, the airline will use the new advanced, fuel-efficient 787s as the basis of its future long-haul operations. Monarch's current long-haul fleet comprises Boeing 767s The Boeing 767 is an American mid-size, wide-body twinjet airliner produced by Boeing's Commercial Airplane division. The 767 can carry between 181 and 245 passengers in a standard three-class configuration and has a range of 5,200 to 6,590 nautical miles (9,400 to 12,200 km) , A300s and A330-200s. The Dreamliner's size, extended range and superior fuel efficiency make it ideally suited for Monarch Airlines' business model, which includes both scheduled and charter operations. Aug 18, 2006 Boeing, SilverJet SilverJet, the soon to be launched Luton-based all-business class airline, has confirmed a Letter of Intent to secure two ex-ThomsonFly (formerly Britannia Airways Britannia Airways was the largest charter airline in the United Kingdom, rebranded as Thomsonfly in 2005. Its main bases were London Gatwick, London Luton, Birmingham, Manchester and Newcastle. ) Boeing 767-200 aircraft. Delivery is scheduled for no later than March 2007 and October 2007 respectively. The airline is also in advanced negotiations for a further three similar aircraft, the first due by the end of October this year. Sicma Aeroseat has been contracted to supply its award winning new 75" flat beds for each of its aircraft. Laurence Hunt, chief executive, says that the airline plans to start operations in December 2006 flying daily from Luton's private jet terminal to Newark New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . http://www.flysilverjet.com Aug 19, 2006 Boeing, Thomsonfly Thomsonfly said it will purchase two 737-300s and three new dash 800s, taking delivery in the first quarter of 2007. It also said it will sell two 767-200s to Silverjet, an all-business-class startup scheduled to commence operations at London Luton in December. Silverjet will take the aircraft in March and October 2007. Thomsonfly said it will dispose of two 737-500s next spring but offered no further details. It currently operates 47 Boeing aircraft. Aug 17, 2006 Boeing, VSMPO-AVISMA Boeing announced a 50/50 joint-venture agreement with VSMPO-AVISMA of Russia for the machining of titanium forgings for the 787. The companies have been working together since 1997 and signed an MOU (Minutes Of Usage) A metric used to compute billing and/or statistics for telephone calls or other network use. on the titanium JV in April. VSMPO-AVISMA will perform rough machining in Verkhnaya Salda before final machining and processing is completed by Boeing in Portland, Ore. Aug 14, 2006 Lufthansa CityLine Lufthansa CityLine GmbH is an airline based in Cologne, Germany. It is a wholly owned subsidiary regional airline of Lufthansa and member of the Lufthansa Regional network. It is the largest regional airline in Europe. Lufthansa CityLine is cutting 50-seat CRJs as larger jets arrive. LH CityLine introduced the first four of 12 84-seat CRJ CRJ Canadair Regional Jet CRJ Chiropractic Research Journal CRJ Commission for Racial Justice CRJ Cylinder Reduction Jumper 900s into its fleet with a flight from Cologne-Bonn to Westerland.Deliveries will continue through November and the fleet will be based at Munich, Lufthansa's second hub. With the arrival of the CRJ900s, CityLine will phase out 20 of its 43 CRJ200s and reduce its total fleet from 81 aircraft to 73. Lufthansa CityLine will operate its 18 Avro RJ85s three years longer than expected, until 2012, and may even bring the fleet to 20. They will feed Frankfurt. Over the long term, however, LH Group will have to make a decision about replacing the approximately 60 RJs/BAe 146s operated by CityLine, Air Dolomiti Air Dolomiti L.A.R.E. S.p.A is a regional airline based in Verona in Italy. It is part of Lufthansa Regional linking 11 domestic destinations and Vienna with the Lufthansa network via Munich and Frankfurt. , Swiss International Air Lines Swiss International Air Lines (short: Swiss) is the principal airline of Switzerland operating scheduled services in Europe and to North America, South America, Africa and Asia. Its main hub is Zurich Kloten Airport (ZRH). and Eurowings. Aug 16, 2006 Lufthansa CityLine is evaluating an order for new narrowbodies intended to replace not only the 146s but also its 737 Classics and older A320s. Some 60% of CityLine's business comprises feeder service to Franfurt and Munich, where it will lease Hangar 4 for CRJ900 maintenance. It has based eight aircraft in Hamburg Hamburg, city, Germany Hamburg (häm`b  rkh), officially Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg (Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg), city (1994 pop. , offering fares to European destinations starting from [euro]99 ($125.9) including taxes. Aug 16, 2006 Lufthansa Technik Lufthansa Technik signed a five-year Total Component Support contract with Ural Airlines Ural Airlines is an airline based in Yekaterinburg, Russia. It operates scheduled and charter, domestic and international flights. Its main base is Koltsovo International Airport (SVX). covering its six A320s. Aug 15, 2006 Monarch Airlines, Boeing Monarch Airlines, the long established Luton-based carrier, now predominately a scheduled airline, has taken the Boeing route for its future aircraft requirements. Currently operating a mixed long haul Long distance. Long haul implies traversing a state or a country. Contrast with short haul. fleet of Airbus A300, A330-200 and Boeing 767, the airline has opted for the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliners with a firm order for six and option for a further four. First deliveries will start in 2010. To date, including Monarch, 32 customers have logged 420 orders and commitments for the new wide body, due to make its maiden flight Noun 1. maiden flight - the first flight of its kind; "the Stealth bomber made its maiden flight in 1989" flying, flight - an instance of traveling by air; "flying was still an exciting adventure for him" next year. http://www.flymonarch.com Aug 19, 2006 |
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