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Orders pass the peak
Alan Mulally, president of the Boeing Commercial Airplanes Group, conceded at the Paris air show that he expects the value of airliner orders this year to be at only 60-70% of 1998 levels and stay at around that mark in 2000. Initially, confusion reigned as journalists understood him to have ...
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surfing for value
Nancy Schwartz and Michael Zea at Mercer Management Consulting in Washington DC Many airlines have begun using the Internet to market and distribute their products, but few have yet made a success of the medium. Internet-related market value has exploded over the past few years, especially in the USA, so ...
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Lack of interest stalls sell-offs
Despite renewed efforts at privatisation, airline sell-offs in the eastern Europe continue to be dogged by a lack of political will and scant interest from Western foreign investors. The Romanian Government is to begin searching for investors to buy a majority stake in its national carrier Tarom. ...
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French gamble on growth
Are Air France's fortunes looking up? Strong fourth quarter performance partially compensated for the pilots strike of mid-1998, limiting the damage to a 11% drop in profits. Higher load factors, meanwhile, have been aided by transatlantic codeshares and the its expanding Charles de Gaulle hub. The carrier has ...
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Family matters
Report by Kevin O'toole and Karen Walker IN PARIS The launch of a new family of regional jets and a flurry of orders from European carriers took much of the limelight at the Paris air show. Four regional jet contenders, as well as Airbus and Boeing, now offer 100-seater jets. ...
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SAA bid offers no alliance tie
When it first began, the contest to take a 20% stake in South African Airways (SAA) had seemed like a straight choice between the rival global alliances. Yet, as a decision nears, it seems that the contest is leaning in favour of a bid which does not require the carrier ...
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UK cargo's agenda
As US-UK passenger talks begin, UK cargo carriers are pressurising the USA to include their demands on wetleasing rules in any new bilateral. The British Cargo Alliance (BCAA) points out that US cargo carriers "have a large and profitable business" leasing freighters to airlines such as British Airways - ...
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Delta defers 777s as pilots pay protest proves costly
Delta Air Lines has deferred delivery of its remaining Boeing 777s on order and has decided to sell or lease two already in operation. The airline blames an ongoing dispute with its pilots and cites their failure to accept new pay rates and work rules for the aircraft type. ...
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Workshop
Aloha Airlines has selected Pratt & Whitney's Columbus Engine Center in the USA to repair and overhaul the Hawaii-based airline's JT8D engines. Motores Rolls-Royce is to build a new International Aero Engines V2500 repair and test cell at Guarulhos Airport in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The company is spending $20 million ...
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Routes
India and China are negotiating a bilateral air services treaty, which they hope will be signed by December. On the negotiating table are gateways, fare levels, and the designation of authorised airlines. Air India is expected to get rights to fly beyond Hong Kong, but direct routes to Chinese destinations ...
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Regional wars
Access to the US market is critical if Embraer, Bombardier and Fairchild are to see any payback Paul Lewis/PARIS The fight for the 70/100-seat regional jet market early in the 21st century has already begun with an opening exchange of fire between Fairchild Aerospace and Embraer. Also manoeuvring into ...
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Speedwing to tackle Olympic problems
Chris Jasper/LONDON Speedwing, the consultancy division of British Airways, has won a 30-month contract to manage state-owned Greek airline Olympic Airways, with the UK flag carrier concluding a parallel deal which may allow it to take a stake of up to 20% in the ailing airline. Greek transport minister ...
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Marketplace
Northwest Airlines has agreed to firm up 30 Airbus A320 family options, including 18 A319s and 12 A320s, for delivery between January 2002 and 2004. The deal for the CFM International CFM56-powered aircraft takes the airline's A320 family orders to 150 aircraft, of which 70 have been delivered. Air Transat ...
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French fillip
The task now is to create European alliances to counter the USA Julian Moxon/PARIS The first Paris air show since he took power in June 1997 gave French prime minister Lionel Jospin a prime opportunity for self-congratulation. Within only a few months of assuming office, Jospin and his ...
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Nigerian start-up makes domestic debut
Sky line, the new Nigerian airline set up by Israel's Arkia, has begun operations on domestic services. The new carrier, which is operating two de Havilland Dash 7 turboprops leased from Arkia, launched services on 22 June, from Lagos to Port Harcourt. Arkia, Israel's largest private airline, has ...
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Contracts
CASA has won a five year, Ptas18,000 million ($113 million) contract to upgrade the tactical mission system of the Spanish air force's five Lockheed P-3 Orion maritime patrol aircraft. Northrop Grumman has won a $15.8 million contract to supply 16 ALQ-131 Block II electronic countermeasures pods to the Norwegian ...
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Europeans boost Chinese industry with component work
Airbus Industrie and BMW Rolls-Royce (BMW R-R) are boosting relations with China's aerospace industry by handing out subcontracts to Chinese manufacturers. The move will see Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) participating in the new Airbus A318 development programme. Airbus, which has partnerships with Shenyang Aircraft and Xian Aircraft, ...
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The big numbers
Airbus and Boeing continue to dispute the sales prospects for large airliners Max Kingsley-Jones/PARIS Airbus Industrie and Boeing renewed their long-term debate over the size and timing of demand for very large capacity aircraft at the Paris air show by releasing their market forecasts for the next 20 years. ...
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Deutsche BA could prosper from parent's cuts
Jens Flottau/BERLIN British Airways subsidiary Deutsche BA says it is keen to fly more routes on behalf of its parent and could take over some of the services to be shed by BA as part of the planned rationalisation of its European route network. In addition to cutting destinations, farming ...
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Ansett cuts services
Ansett Australia has reduced its British Aerospace 146 services in the Northern Territory and the northwest region of Western Australia, handing over under-performing routes to independent Darwin-based regional carrier Air North. Air North has acquired two Embraer EMB-120 Brasilias to operate 30 services a week on Ansett's behalf. "As ...