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Air Algérie could select Airbus to renew its fleet, according to "Le Journal du Dimanche". The order could be for as many as 40 planes. The negotiations between the airline, which currently uses mainly Boeing aircraft, and the European constructor would be at the final stage.

<t>South African Airways suspends the Thursday flights to Hong Kong from Johannesburg, because of a low demants for seats. There are also higher security and health checks on this flights that are operated by their new Airbus A340-600 aircraft.<br/> <br/> Flights will resume as the demand for seats ...

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<r>L-Air Holding Inc announces today that in anticipation of the acquisition of 49% of the shares of Belgium Universal Airways, it has finalized the complete due diligence process, and closing will take place on or before April 11th 2003. <br/> <br/> More information on<br/> <URL url="http://biz.yah...

A Boeing 777-300 ER took the air last week. The aircraft manufacturer has orders for 56 777-300ERs, and first delivery to ILFC is scheduled for April 2004. ILFC will lease this aircraft to Air France.

South African Airways announced that it has leased ex-Lufthansa A340-200 from Airbus Asset Management, and plans to lease 4 more aircraft. The aircraft is the first of 6 to be traded in by Lufthansa as part of December 1997 order for 10 A340-600s.

Iberia aanounced it is deferring delivery of three new A320s

Air France announced it is deferring deliveries of 2 A330s, 4 A319s and A320s, and 2 ERJ 145s for Regional Airlines, and is also retiring its final 4 767-300ERs in mid-2003.

January load factor @ Buzz was just 48%.

European Union Competition Commissioner Mario Monti plans to give SN Brussels Airlines and British Airways the go-ahead for their planned code-sharing agreement.

According to several sources in the industry, Emirates is close to finalizing an order for more Airbus A380s that could be announced mid-year, possibly joined by some orders for Boeing 777-300ERs and some more long-range A340s.

Italian Agentair plans in mid-2003 to begin its low-cost service with eight Boeing 737-300s from Milan to 12 European cities. Its main competitor will be VolareWeb, the low-cost subsidiary of Volare and Ryanair (Italian hub in Bergamo)

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<r>Boeing will broadcast worldwide the Feb. 24, 2003 first flight of its newest jetliner, the 777-300ER (Extended Range).<br/> <br/> The broadcast will be available for viewing on the Internet beginning at 3 p.m. Pacific Feb. 24 at <URL url="http://www.boeing.com/commercial/777family/rollout">http:/...

Charleroi Airport is in talks with French start-up and low-cost carrier FlyEco according to La Libre Belgique. FlyEco will fly with Boeing 737-300s and start its operations in June.

<t>Source: Daily Express<br/> <br/> <br/> The first of the three Airbus A330-200 aircraft leased by Malaysia Airlines (MAS), to cope with the increased capacity demand for its current and future operations, touched down at Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport, Subang Thursday at 9.20pm.<br/> In a statemen...

It is expected that Alitalia and SN Brussels Airlines will announce in the days to come that they have signed a code share agreement for flights between Belgium and Italy to start on 30Mar03

96 minutes on board of VG Airlines Airbus A330-200

http://www.worldairroutes.com/VGAir.html

ILFC has returned the Boeing 777 to Varig after receiving overdue payments; aircraft was seized last week at Charles de Gaulle Airport, through a court order, due to nonpayment of rentals.

Boeing delivered following airplanes in January 2003

717: 1
737-700: 5
737-800: 5
767-300ER: 3
777-200ER: 1

It delivered 30 in January 2002.