Company Watch - Shanghai Airlines.Sep 3, 2007 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]. said it plans to buy five Airbus A321 planes from Airbus to expand its fleet. The moves were approved by the company's board to help expand the company's fleet, improve service and cut costs, Shanghai Airlines said in a notice to the Shanghai Stock Exchange Shanghai Stock Exchange One of two major securities markets in China. . The actual price of the five Airbus jets will be below the catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C. price of about US$370 million ([euro]272 million), said the Shanghai-based carrier. Delivery of the planes is expected between 2011 and 2012. Aug 31, 2007 Shanghai Airlines said it will sell four Boeing aircraft, which have a total book value of US$63.24 million ([euro]46.5 million), to aircraft leasing company Aircastle Ltd. for US$66 million ([euro]48.5 million). It will lease them back from Aircastle to leverage use of its assets, the airline said. With air traffic demand expected to grow 9 percent a year, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. industry estimates, China is forecast to take more than 3,000 new jet deliveries over the next two decades. Aug 31, 2007 Alteon Training said it will open a training center at Shanghai Pudong by year end that eventually will house China's first Boeing 787 full flight simulator Full Flight Simulator (FFS) is a term used by National (civil) Aviation Authorities (NAA) for a high technical level of flight simulator. Such authorities include the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in the United States and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) in Europe. and a 757/767 FFS (Flash File System) Software from Microsoft that made flash memory look like a disk drive. It was superseded by the Flash Translation Layer (FTL) from PCMCIA and M-Systems. See flash memory. for center partner Shanghai Airlines and "other regional operators." The 787 simulator will be ready in the first half of next year. Aug 28, 2007 Editorial eMail: edit@AirGuideOnline.com For Air Transport & Travel Business Experts contact our Director of Content Aram Gesar eMail: bizintel@AirGuideOnline.com For more global news, reviews, features and analysis, please 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 AirGuideFlightTracker is a new real-time service that keeps travelers informed on flight and airport status, delays, security wait times via the Web. For more go to http://www.airguideonline.com/airline_tracker.htm Copyright [c] 2007 Pyramid Media Group / Air Travel Media. All rights reserved. |
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