One of the big problems concerning ILFC is its aging fleet, declining fleet size and declining lease rate.
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One of Schneider's biggest challenges is maintaining its fleet size, since drivers often burn out and leave the company.
Utilization rates are a measure of how many rigs are working on contracts in comparison to total fleet size.
Under the plan, AirAsia, Southeast Asia's largest carrier by fleet size, is to own a 49% stake in the joint venture.
The problem: Contract selection is never random but influenced by factors such as fleet size, usage level, types of product and risk aversion.
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.
The Air Force discussions are focused more on whether the military's drone fleet is the right size and composition for future conflicts.
The collapse of the Soviet Union deprived Russia of key ports and cut the size of its fleet.
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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Ryanair will use the new jets to increase the size of its fleet to over 400 planes, and grow capacity by more than 100 million passengers per year across Europe by the end of 2018.
But in the meantime, it will have a chance to get the size of its fleet back above 300 vessels, and it will be buying a warship well suited to emerging threats at surprisingly low prices.
First Solar, founded in 1999, has been able to build a large fleet of factories that rivals the size of those owned by Chinese companies.
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Even in the absence of such an agreement, Pentagon analysts and congressional committees are drawing up plans for reducing significantly the size of the American fleet.
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Overall, Toyota has under 3% of the European market, and even that is thanks largely to its success in selling medium-size models into the fleet market in Britain.
It will deploy all the political clout at its disposal to preserve the size of the current fleet, and right now, that clout looks likely to outweigh the influence of budget cutters.
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Mr. Branson disclosed that in the wake of Monday's success, "I would like to speed up the program" by increasing to three from two the size of the initial fleet of rocket ships intended to carry passengers.
Famous for his exuberance and sometimes mercurial nature, Mr. Branson disclosed that in the wake of Monday's success, "I would like to speed up the program" by increasing to three from two the size of the initial fleet of rocket ships intended to carry passengers.
Air China told Reuters the total investment and overall size of the joint venture's fleet had yet to be agreed, but it hopes to have a deal finalized before the Shanghai World Expo begins in May 2010.
Unsafe cars, coupled with the South American nation's often dangerous driving conditions, have resulted in a Brazilian death rate from passenger car accidents that is nearly four times that of the United States, according to an Associated Press analysis of Brazilian Health Ministry data on deaths compared to the size of each country's car fleet.
The once-mighty Vladivostok fleet, for example, is a tenth its former size, says Sergei Khromykh, a former senior officer on a nuclear armed destroyer who now runs a travel agency.
Most animals can travel in the belly of passenger planes, but Lufthansa also has a fleet of 18 freight aircraft which can accommodate all shapes and size of animal -- be it hippopotamuses en route to the Philippines from Israel or rhinos and even crocodiles.
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