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European airports caution on passenger growth
EUROPE'S CONGESTED airports managed to overcome capacity constraints to post an 8% rise in passenger traffic during 1994, but the region's leading hubs at London and Paris warn that growth cannot be maintained without new infrastructure investments. Although passenger growth within Europe was close to the world average, ...
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Airbus settles Boeing suit out of court
AIRBUS INDUSTRIE and its member companies have settled out of court with Boeing over the US Company's lawsuit alleging patent infringement of a slat mechanism. Boeing demanded "an inquiry as to damages" or the payment with interest of Airbus profits related to the device when it sued in ...
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Insurers press for rate rises after record loss
LONDON underwriters have warned that there is a renewed push to raise airline insurance rates following the worst losses in aviation history. Rising passenger liability losses, are likely to put US and Japanese carriers among the targets for rate rises. Total airline claims are being put at $2.2 ...
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Delta puts MD-90 into service
THREE MCDONNELL Douglas MD-90s entered service with launch customer Delta Airlines on 2 April. The aircraft are based at Dallas/Fort Worth, where Delta has a major McDonnell Douglas MD-88 crew base, and pilots are being trained to fly both types, resulting in increased scheduling flexibility and reduced training costs, the ...
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Boeing trims Trent 890 flight tests
BOEING PLANNED to reduce the flight test programme for the Rolls-Royce Trent 890 destined for the 777, following a successful first flight test. The engine was flown on Boeing's 747 testbed aircraft on 29 March, with a further flight planned for each of the following two days. ...
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Boeing notches 737 orders with another due shortly
BOEING HAS won orders for a further 14 737-700s and is virtually assured of at least another six commitments for the new 737 family. German charter operator Germania Fluggesellschaft has ordered 12 aircraft, worth about $512 million, and Bavaria Fluggesellschaft has confirmed an order for two more, which ...
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PAL looks to jets as Fokker 50s go
PHILIPPINE AIRLINES (PAL) is considering a plan to replace its Fokker 50 turboprops with a fleet of new turbofan aircraft. The move is designed to enable domestic fares to be raised and airline losses reduced. The airline operates ten Fokker 50s, leased from AFT, for use on domestic ...
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Final A319 assembly begins
FINAL ASSEMBLY of the first 124-seat Airbus A319 has begun at Daimler-Benz Aerospace Airbus' Hamburg site. Assembly of the major airframe components began on 23 March. The A319 - the smallest member of the Airbus family - is the second Airbus type after the A321 to be assembled at the ...
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Sweden looks at range of duties for CL-215
SWEDEN IS LOOKING for two water bombers - probably Canadair CL-215s or CL-215Ts - to combat forest fires between May and the end of August. The move follows a feasibility study, which also examined possible alternative uses for the aircraft, including Coast Guard activity and joint operations with neighbouring countries. ...
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Appointments
Gaston Hébert has been named president of de Havilland, replacing Ken Laver. John Horne has been appointed airport director for London/City airport. Rick Ellis has been appointed chief executive of Ansett New Zealand. He replaces Craig Wallace, who has taken a senior position with Ansett Australia. ...
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Orders
Air Atlantic has ordered 10 Jetstream 41s. The first five are to be delivered in the second quarter to the Halifax, Nova Scotia-based carrier. Mesa Air has ordered 25 Dash 8-200s from Bombardier worth $250 million. The New Mexico commuter airline has options on a further 25 aircraft. ...
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Suppliers
PROS Strategic Solutions has installed its bid price based origin-destination revenue management system at Continental Airlines. BehavHeuristic yield management system has been installed at Icelandair. FLS Aerospace has won a five year contract from Irish independent Ryanair to provide heavy maintenance for 11 Boeing 737-200s. The ...
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Vietnam on for sell-off
The wide-ranging ambitions of Vietnam Airlines are set to receive a boost in the near future with an expected government decision to clear the way for partial privatisation, including a measure of foreign investment. At presstime, airline officials were awaiting details of a planning package which is expected ...
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Peace pays off for Jordan
The peace process in the Middle East has brought mixed fortunes for Royal Jordanian. While the carrier stands to gain from co-operation with El Al and Israeli overfly rights, the government is slow in its plans to commercialise the airline. From the summer schedule, Royal Jordanian and El ...
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A firmer future
As the industry recovers, aircraft values are hardening and surpluses falling but some types are faring better than others. Clive Medland of SH&E explains why. Predicting the outlook for the commercial aviation industry is somewhat analogous to forecasting the weather. We can accurately predict that there will be winters and ...
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Overhauling costs
The US carriers are proving slow to react to calls for over-reliance on labour cost cuts to give way to a reengineering of the entire way in which airlines do business. Jane L Levere reports. While cost-cutting is nothing new to the US airline industry, the term 'reengineering' represents a ...
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China order thaw on way
Pressure is mounting for Beijing to relax its freeze on new aircraft orders. It looks as if the Civil Aviation Administration of China will permit two, and perhaps all three big carriers, to place firm orders. Senior Air China officials recently visited Toulouse and Seattle in anticipation that ...
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Mexican bailout hits mighty buck
There are potent signs that the long reign of the US dollar as the world's main reserve currency may be drawing to a close. As this change starts to take place, reflecting the deep seated changes in the global economic and financial system, the American currency - like sterling for ...
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Make believe airline
Airline Business editor Richard Whitaker learned from his mistakes when he helped run an airline for four years. But the shareholders were not pleased with the result. 'We saw it coming . . . We took too long to do anything . . . We turned it around ...
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SAS: MD-95 blow
SAS dealt a heavy blow to McDonnell Douglas' plans to launch the MD-95, by opting for the Boeing 737-600. The MD-95 or a mix of Fokker 70s and 100s were thought to be the frontrunners in SAS' fleet renewal plan, especially as the carrier helped to specify the MD-95. SAS ...