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The rouble plays Russian roulette
First it was the crisis in South East Asia. Now it is meltdown in Russia's financial system that is spreading panic in global markets. The lesson from Asia is that what may start with currency collapse swiftly and inevitably translates into damage for the real economy of production, output and ...
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The price of peace
Airbus and Boeing kicked off the Farnborough air show with modest price rises, giving the first signs of a truce in the cut-throat battle for market share After years of undignified acrimony it seems that the feuding could finally be over. As the aerospace world gathered for the Farnborough air ...
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Lease for SALE
Dubai-based Emirates has converted one option for an Airbus A330-200, adding to the 16 Rolls-Royce Trent 700-powered A330s it already has on order. The previously announced order for six A340-500s, and options for 10 more, was signed on 8 September. The airline has also said it will lease Singapore Aircraft ...
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Hub wars
The big five US interior airports are fighting it out to become the top international gateway in the heart of North America. Patterns of international air service to and from the US are changing. A cluster of airports tucked well inside the continental US are starting to win significant ...
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FLEET
Varig has signed for four Boeing 777-200s, 10 737-800s, four 737-700s, six 767-300ERs and has placed options for another four 777-200s and 11 737-700s. Another 777 customer is American Airlines, with 15 more 777-200ERs for delivery from March 2000. Package delivery company UPS has ordered 30 Airbus A300F4-600Rs, plus ...
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Hercules ends Fine merger
Fine Air and Southern Air Transport have scrubbed merger plans after failing to agree what to do with Southern's Lockheed L-1011 Hercules. The two US second-tier cargo carriers will go their separate ways, even though Miami-based Fine wants to expand its Latin American and Caribbean network. Fine was interested ...
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Russia crisis hits home
A contraction in the Russian airline industry is now almost inevitable, after nearly a month of financial uncertainty left the rouble heavily devalued from its level of mid-August. The devaluation will almost certainly lead to a general economic downturn in Russia with passenger numbers and cargo traffic both dropping off ...
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Braathens raises Swedish stakes
The battle for dominance in Scandinavian skies has taken another twist, with Norway's Braathens taking over Swedish regional Malmo Aviation. The SKr600 million ($74 million) acquisition is the latest in a series of aggressive manoeuvres, redrawing the aviation map of Scandinavia. Braathens has already taken over Transwede (now Braathens Sweden), ...
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Asians climb out of currency crisis
Two of the flag carriers worst hit by the Asian currency collapse - Philippine Airlines and Indonesia's Garuda - have taken vital steps back from the abyss. PAL has resolved key labour problems while Garuda has renegotiated crippling US-dollar aircraft leases and gained government approval to increase domestic fares. ...
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Eagle eyes all-jet fleet
American Airlines regional subsidiary American Eagle is planning to become an all-jet operation - a declaration that will put pressure on other US regionals to follow suit. American Eagle confirmed at the UK's Farnborough air show in September that it is to buy 75 Embraer RJ-135 37-seat jets. The ...
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British Airways GOes into cut-throat price battleground
Less than five months after British Airways started up its controversial low-cost operation at London Stansted, GO has sparked off what promises to be a cut-throat price war in Europe. The battle began on 7 September, the day before GO launched onto the high density London-Edinburgh route. Determined to face ...
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Bombardier muscles into 90-seat battle
Bombardier expects to launch a 90-seat regional jet in the next 12 months. The plan not only edges the Canadian manufacturer into the territory of Airbus Industrie and Boeing, but also throws down the gauntlet to Fairchild Dornier, which has its own 90-seat jet ambitions. Bombardier admits that its ...
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BA power play
Rolls-Royce has secured a deal with British Airways to supply Trent 895 engines, worth over $600 million, to power 16 777-200ERs, plus 16 options it has on order. R-R beat General Electric Engines to the contract after the US company failed to convince the airline to maintain commonality with the ...
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Routes
-Alaska Airlines will suspend its once-weekly winter service to the Russian Far East on 8 October, because the recent circumstances with the Russian economy have made its operations uneconomical, says the airline. Alaska plans to provide connecting services to the region through its marketing partner, Reeve Aleutian Airways, when government ...
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Marketplace
-SilkAir has taken delivery of its first International Aero Engines V2500-A5-powered Airbus A320. The regional division of Singapore Airlines is replacing its Boeing 737-300 fleet with four A320s and four A319s, and holds options on another 10 aircraft. -ING Lease International Equipment Management has sold and delivered an ex-Pan American ...
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Royal gets a result from Signature deal
Canadian Charter carrier Royal Airlines expects to add C$100 million ($66 million) a year in revenue from a recent agreement to carry most of the passengers for Signature Vacations of Toronto. Under the agreement, previously held by rival airline Canada 3000, Signature will fill 75% of four Royal Airbus A310-300s ...
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Low cost maintenance
FLS Aerospace has secured its second big low-cost airline maintenance contract this year with a deal to support UK carrier easyJet. In April the London Stansted-based maintenance company won a similar contract with British Airways low-cost carrier Go covering total support, from line maintenance through to heavy maintenance checks. Monarch ...
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TEA eases into schedules as it prepares for identity change
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH TEA Switzerland is to begin scheduled operations in November in the run up to its withdrawal from the charter market and a change of identity to become easyJet Switzerland. The change will also see the disposal of its Boeing 737-400, and the addition of four new 737-300s from ...
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PAL collapse causes new chaos
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE The almost unprecedented demise of Philippine Airlines (PAL) has left the country's domestic carriers scrambling to find additional capacity to fill the void, while creditors and bargain hunters are beating a path to Manila to pick over the bones of the defunct flag carrier. The decision ...
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Canadian company claims first for new European FTD approval
Canadian company Mechtronix Systems is claiming to be the first manufacturer to have a flight training device (FTD) approved under new European regulations. An FTD operated by Atlantic Flight Training in the UK has been approved under the Joint Aviation Authorities' new Flight, Navigation and Procedures Trainer (FNPT2) category. ...