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More than a fleeting gain?
At Malev Hungarian Airlines, a major improvement in efficiency is one of the main outcomes of a modernisation programme that started back in 1991 but only really started to take root last year. Indeed, commercial director Ferenc Turi says the restructuring has really only just begun in earnest. 'We are ...
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Financial results
Aeromexico was helped by US traffic growth, a stronger peso, and cuts of 600 employees and seven aircraft. Second-quarter net was $98m. Air NZ improved 36% despite the Kobe earthquake and the temporary grounding of its B737s. Alitalia's first-half loss was better than last year's, but ...
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The CAA is targeting New Zealand's poor general-aviation safety record
Aviation morale in New Zealand is sky high, with Air New Zealand among the beneficiaries of economic reform Paul Phelan/Auckland To the casual observer, New Zealand may appear to be the poor relation of its neighbour, Australia. Nothing could be further from the truth, particularly in ...
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DASA is being forced to contract again as it struggles to return a profit
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH IT HAS BEEN a bad year for Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA). After having hopes of profits dashed by the low dollar exchange rate, leading to a record DM1.6 billion ($1.14 billion) first-half loss, the company has now raised the axe over nearly 9,000 jobs and at least ...
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Airbus should not fuss about 737
Up Tempo Sir - I do not understand Airbus Industrie's concern over the fact that, the Boeing 737 is allowed to be certificated to an older standard. Surely passengers will be so appreciative of the new safety standards to which Airbus aircraft are certificated that they will seek ...
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CIS buys 757s and 767s
Boeing has taken orders for 757s and 767s worth almost $400 million from CIS carriers. Two 767-300ERs and one 757 have been ordered by Uzbekistan Airways, while the National Civil Aviation Authority of Turkmenistan has ordered two 757s. The Turkmenistan carrier already operates a single 757 and three Boeing 737-300s. ...
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SIA warms to 777-100X
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE SINGAPORE AIRLINES is showing increasing interest in the extra-long-range Boeing 777-100X, and was given detailed briefings with 12 other major carriers on the aircraft during a "brain-storming" session in Seattle at the start of October. Other airlines attending the 777-100X briefing included Cathay Pacific, ...
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Fokker 70 trials nearing completion
Fokker says that completion of flight trials of the Fokker 70 in Granada, Spain, clearing the aircraft for steep descents to airports such as London City is "imminent". European Joint Airworthiness Authorities approval will allow Air France to introduce Fokker 70s now operated by Air Littoral in time for the ...
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EasyJet launches with easy fares
THE EASYJET Airline Company (Flight International, 9-15 August) is to start scheduled services from London Luton Airport on 10 November, with three daily services (two at weekends) to Glasgow, adding similar frequencies to Edinburgh on 24 November. Services will initially be operated by GB Airways with Boeing 737-200s, until EasyJet ...
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Safety spotlight shifts on to loss of control
IN-FLIGHT LOSS of control is now the biggest single killer of airline passengers, replacing controlled flight into terrain (CFIT), according to a recent Boeing analysis of the subject. Boeing's chief engineer for aeroplane safety engineering Paul Russell says that from 1990 to 1994, 1,056 people died in loss-of-control ...
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Safer seats 'too costly' for use
David Learmount/LONDON SEAT-DESIGN CHANGES, which could improve passenger safety, are unlikely to be adopted because of their extra weight, according to a Japanese research agency. The Japanese Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB) confirms that the changes are effective, but concludes that manufacturers and carriers will ignore them because ...
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Boeing acts on data dispute
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA BOEING HAS MOVED to resolve a growing dispute, between avionics suppliers and simulator manufacturers, over the data required, to simulate aircraft systems. The manufacturer says that it was forced to intervene by the volume of complaints received from suppliers and airlines. Tom Goldade, ...
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Chinese A320 boost
Airbus Industrie has ordered an A320 flight simulator from Thomson Training and Simulation for use at its new integrated China support centre, under construction at Beijing Capital Airport. The $15 million A320 simulator is the first of two systems planned for the Beijing site. It is scheduled for installation by ...
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Strong results encourage SIA
SINGAPORE AIRLINES (SIA) turned in another strong profits rise over the first half of its financial year and is "cautiously optimistic" that the improvement will continue, helped by signs of an upturn in passenger traffic. Group net profits for the six months to the end of September were ...
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British World retains Black Gold route in the Shetlands
BRITISH WORLD Airlines (BWA) has won a fierce contest to renew a five-year deal to ferry oil-industry workers between Aberdeen and Sumburgh in the Shetland Islands. The £50 million ($88 million) contract awarded by Shell UK Exploration and Production, is also believed to have been fought for, by Newcastle-based Gill ...
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Embraer delivers 300th Brasilia
EMBRAER HAS DELIVERED its 300th EMB-120 Brasilia, the third for one of Brazil's newest airlines, Interbrasil Star. The company is the regional-branch airline of Transbrasil: it started operations on 3 July and now flies three EMB-120s on routes out of the capital Brasilia and Sao Jose do Rio Preto in ...
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SAS ups 737 buy to 41
Scandinavian Airlines System has increased its Boeing 737-600 launch order to 41 firm orders and 35 on option, an increase in six firm orders over the initial announcement. The first 737-600s will be delivered to SAS in August 1998. Source: Flight International
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United fined after 747 breaks noise limits
UNITED AIRLINES HAS been fined A$15,000 ($11,000) for violating Sydney's new noise-limiting flight-paths, after a United Boeing 747-400 diverged 2km (1nm) off a designated corridor in April, also crossing the approach path of another runway. AirServices Australia says that it is "...investigating, with a view to prosecution, a ...
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CAL crash relatives to sue
RELATIVES OF VICTIMS killed in the 1994 China Airlines (CAL) Airbus Industrie A300-600R crash, in Nagoya Japan, were expected to file claims against the carrier and aircraft manufacturer on 1 November. Lawyers representing 138 Japanese and Taiwanese families are to sue CAL and Airbus in the Nagoya District ...
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VASP acquires Bolivia's LAB
BRAZILIAN AIRLINE VASP has taken control of Lloyd Aero Boliviano (LAB), following the Bolivian flag carrier's privatisation. VASP has taken a 49% stake in the airline, which gives effective control under the terms of the privatisation programme. The share is valued at $48 million, although the bulk of ...