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-Bombardier has confirmed the BWIA International Airways order for two new Dash 8Q-300s for delivery in mid-January 1999, plus options on another two. -Icelandair has converted two of its five options for Rolls-Royce RB211-powered Boeing 757-200s, for delivery in 2000 and 2003. -Danish charter airline Sterling European Airlines will ...
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Northwest eyes regional jets
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Northwest Airlines is expected to decide early next year whether to equip its Memphis, Tennessee-based Northwest Airlink subsidiary, Express Airlines I, with regional jets, according to industry sources. The matter was discussed at the US major's recent board meeting, but a decision was put off ...
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Routes
-Air Kilroe is to open direct flights from London Luton Airport to Galway in the west of Ireland on 23 November with 18-seat British Aerospace Jetstreams. -Canada 3000 is expanding its summer 1999 schedule to include two additional flights from Dublin to Toronto and and an extra weekly service from ...
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Shuttle America launches services
Regional start-up Shuttle America has begun operating at Bradley Airport, Windsor Locks, Connecticut. Three secondhand 50-seat Bombardier Dash 8-300 turboprops leased from the manufacturer are in operation and the fleet will grow to six aircraft by mid-January. Shuttle America holds lease options for 18 more Dash 8-300s. The ...
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Workshop
-Sogerma's maintenance group has begun a nine-week programme to carry out the five-year "C" checks on two of Sabena's Airbus A340-300s, which the company says will include structural ageing inspections that have never before been performed on the type. The contract also includes cabin refurbishment. -Lufthansa Technik has been contracted ...
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Mixed fighter purchase finds favour with Israeli air force
Arie Egozi/TEL AVIV The Israeli Air force is leaning towards a split purchase of Boeing F-15Is and Lockheed Martin F-16s, according to sources close to the combat aircraft procurement process. A decision on whether to select either or both types is expected soon. Sources say that the service ...
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A300B2/B4 retrofit provides global positioning capability
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON An electronic retrofit developed by Airbus Industrie for the A300B2/B4 twinjet, which provides increased efficiency and meets new navigation requirements, has been certificated. The B2/B4 variants - the first examples of the A300 to be produced - are equipped with analogue, electromechanical-instrument cockpits and, with a few ...
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Top 50 Airports first half Jan-Jun 1998
Rank City Airport Country Code Pax Jan-Jun Freight Jan-Jun Mvmts Jan-Jun Full year ‘97 ‘98 ‘97 Million Change 000t Change 000 Change Pass m rank ...
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Airport financial results 1997/8
Airport company/authority Country Main city/airport Revenue $ Million Net result $ million Year end 1997/8 change 1997/8 1996/7 BAA UK London Heathrow/Gatwick 2818.4 22.3% 624.0 469.1 ...
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Transbrasil reshapes
Transbrasil, which admitted earlier this year that it was the Brazilian carrier most vulnerable to the effects of the country's partial deregulation, has announced a series of changes aimed at regaining the local market share it has lost over the last three years. Founded by Omar Fontana 40 years ...
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ROUTES
Indian inauguration - Air Madagascar has begun a weekly Boeing 767 service between Antananarivo and Singapore. Emirates share Emirates has increased its codeshare flights between Dubai and Melbourne to daily frequency. Emirates has also signed a codeshare deal with British Airways for flights between the UK and the UAE. ...
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Seoul cuts Korean flights
South Korea's transport ministry has spanked Korean Airlines (KAL) with a cutback of 20% in domestic flights. For the next six months, KAL cannot operate 138 weekly flights on 10 of its best domestic routes and must suspend two of its 28 weekly flights to Tokyo. The carrier stands to ...
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Royal Air Maroc gets back on track with record
Royal Air Maroc has staged a dramatic turnaround, underlined this year by what promises to be a record haul of profits and some ambitious expansion plans. Official figures have yet to be published for the Moroccan flag carrier's latest 1997/8 financial year to October, but it is confident that ...
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Russian rates hit North Korea income
"Open your skies and they will come." That was the message North Korea heard when it agreed with the International Civil Aviation Organisation to allow commercial flights through its heavily guarded airspace. Yet, since that agreement took effect in April, use of North Korean airspace has been below projections. ...
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SAA dumps sale guidelines
Widely accepted guidelines for the privatisation of South African Airways (SAA) have been turned on their head by chief executive Coleman Andrews. The South African Government had said that it would sell off 49% of SAA, with 30-35% going to a single foreign partner and the balance finding its ...
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Latin Americans braced for crisis
The financial crisis which rolled out of Asia's once rapidly growing economies and enveloped Russia and the countries of the former Soviet Union, is now hovering over the Latin American region just when its growth had reached record levels. The political and economic restoration of South America - after the ...
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Preparing for downturn
Any analysts keen to spot signs of an end to the boom, will have found much to whet the appetite as the major US airlines posted their third quarter financials. Even before the results were fully out, nervous equity markets had begun to downgrade earnings estimates for next year. It ...
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FLEETS
Lufthansa largest - Launch customer Lufthansa has ordered 10 more Airbus A340-300s and six A321s. This brings its Airbus orders to 164, including 41 A340s, making it the largest airline customer for the aircraft. Debonair delivers - Low-fare carrier Debonair is adding three more British Aerospace 146-200s, taking its ...
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Cretans welcome Dutch move
Dutch scheduled and charter airline Transavia has become the first non-Greek airline to operate a domestic schedule in Greece, following a change in the rules by the Greek aviation authorities in line with European Union (EU) rules. Transavia, which has built up a strong following in Greece over many ...