Aircraft News - Latin America / Caribbean.For more aircraft news, data, fleets and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/professional.htm Jul 3, 2006 Boeing, Embraer, Copa Airlines Copa Airlines this month will take delivery of a 737-700 and two 94-seat, GE CF34-10E-powered Embraer 190ARs, bringing its fleet to 27 aircraft. The 737 will be operated on Copa's Montevideo route while the RJs will be used on flights to Santiago de los Caballeros Santiago de los Caballeros (säntyä`gō dā lōs käbäyā`rōs), city (1993 pop. 364,859), N Dominican Republic, on the Yaque del Norte River. , Manaus, Maracaibo, San Pedro Sula San Pedro Sula (säm pā`thrō s  `lä), city (1997 est. pop. 417,000), capital of Cortés dept., NW Honduras. It is the second largest city in the country. and Port of Spain Port of Spain, city (1990 pop. 50,878), capital of Trinidad and Tobago, on the Gulf of Paria. It is the industrial and commercial center of the country. From 1958 to 1962, Port of Spain was the capital of the dissolved Federation of the West Indies; in 2005 it became . Jun 27, 2006 Boeing, Gol Gol placed its 49th and 50th 737s into service yesterday and revised its fleet plan for 2006-08, adding two 737-700s this year, one next year and another in 2008. The additions follow a more extensive fleet plan revision announced last month. Jun 28, 2006 Boeing, TAM TAM Will Acquire 37 Additional Airbus Aircraft. Company Substitutes F100 Fleet and Signs a MOU (Minutes Of Usage) A metric used to compute billing and/or statistics for telephone calls or other network use. With Airbus Following Increase in Domestic and International Demand. Brazil's largest airline company, has just signed a MOU (Memorandum of Understanding A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is a legal document describing a bilateral or multilateral agreement between parties. It expresses a convergence of will between the parties, indicating an intended common line of action and may not imply a legal commitment. ) to acquire 37 additional Airbus aircraft. The order includes 15 Airbus A319, 16 A320 and 6 A330 to be delivered until 2010. The new MOU comes in addition to last year's signed contract of 29 A320 to be delivered during the same period and the option of another 20 aircraft of the same models. TAM expects to be operating 41 A320s, 13 A319s, 22 F100s and 10 A330s by year end. It will phase out the F100s by 2010, at which time it will fly 111 A319s/A320s and 16 A330s. Jun 28, 2006 Embraer Embraer President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Mauricio Botelho said he is pleased with the success of the company's new Phenom very light jet program to date and expects to capture one-third of the market and produce up to 1,000 VLJs. Speaking at the Aero Club of Washington yesterday, Botelho said, "We believe the VLJ VLJ Very Light Jet (aircraft) will play an important role in the transportation market," citing its "exceptional performance and lower operating costs." The first Phenom delivery is expected in 2008. Botelho also said Embraer expects to deliver its 100th ERJ-145 later this year. When asked if the company plans to take another look at turboprops in light of rising fuel costs, he said that it is satisfied with its current line of products and he doesn't believe there will a be a significant market for turboprops. Jun 29, 2006 |
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