The pride of the Eastern Fleet, the carrier Minsk, for example, has been turned into a tourist attraction in southern China.
While on any given day these numbers may be somewhat different, the fact remains that the aircraft carrier fleet is kept busy with operational requirements, training, and maintenance.
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To put this in perspective, that is what Apple was worth earlier in the year and numerous other items identified in this link including the annual prescription drug sales in the US, the US entire aircraft carrier fleet, retail sale of electricity in the US, or the entire coffee industry.
Under the plan, AirAsia, Southeast Asia's largest carrier by fleet size, is to own a 49% stake in the joint venture.
Among the more disturbing provisions of the current defense budget is its slashing of the United States Navy carrier battle fleet.
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AirAsia, Southeast Asia's largest carrier by fleet size, and its local partners will now have to seek approvals from the civil aviation ministry and other authorities to start the airline, Mr. Mayaram said.
Wilhelmsen, an international shipping company in Scandinavia, had just added a ninth large carrier to its fleet.
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The United Arab Emirates national carrier increased its fleet by six to 70 aircraft in 2012 and plans to take delivery of a further 14 planes in 2013.
The carrier currently has a fleet of 118 planes, and orders for more than 350.
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Potter added nine planes to Frontier's fleet and signed contracts with regional carrier Horizon Air to fly nine 70-seat jets on shorter routes.
State-owned Ariana Afghan Airlines, the nation's only other carrier, was rebuilding its fleet from one plane and had jobs to protect.
Iranian exports are made by crude carrier and the Iranians run their own fleet of VLCCs.
Once the carrier is commissioned, it will stay in the fleet for 50 years, making it by far the longest-lived class of warships in the modern Navy.
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With one exception: since the review's publication there has been simmering rage over a plan to scrap 80 Harrier jump-jets and Ark Royal, an aircraft-carrier, and to keep the RAF's Tornado fleet.
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It suggests the service could increase the intervals between beginning each new carrier without having any near-term impact on the size of the fleet.
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However, the airline is trying to make up for the higher labor costs through efforts like fleet replacement aimed at deriving fuel efficiencies and the recent spin-off of its regional carrier, American Eagle to access more competitive rates from other carriers.
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