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Life in the Hot Seat
NICHOLAS IONIDE COLOMBO After a tough year, SriLankan Airlines chief executive, Peter Hill, is confident that the future of the troubled carrier will improve As he takes his seat in the boardroom, SriLankan Airlines chief executive officer Peter Hill has a request: that he is not quoted verbatim. His request ...
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Battle for the Big Apple
JANE LEVERE NEW YORK The USA's north-east corridor, long a hotbed of airline competition, is entering a new phase of battle as traditional players face new rivals. And not all of them come with wings. There is much at stake in the lucrative north-east corridor of the USA. Salomon Smith ...
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Mixed messages from Japan
On the surface, results from Japan's big three carriers seemed to offer a few grounds for optimism. All showed better operating profits for the first half of their latest financial years, yet concerns linger. Lower fares have stimulated traffic and changes in depreciation have skewed results so it is still ...
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Brimstone test
Alenia Marconi Systems has conducted a second ground based flight test of the anti-armour Brimstone missile. The flight control, inertial navigation system, missile body-to-seeker communication and the millimetre wave seeker's target acquisition capabilities were tested. Source: Flight International
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Continental paints 777 for New York's millennium celebration
Continental Airlines has painted its latest Boeing 777-200ER in a novel colour scheme designed by renowned pop artist Peter Max to commemorate the City of New York's millennium celebration, dubbed "NYC 2000". The airline operates 14 Boeing 777s and the type has begun its ninth transatlantic route for Continental, replacing ...
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BWIA aims to revive LIAT link
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON BWIA hopes to revive plans to link with LIAT on regional services, as the two carriers face up to competition from Air Jamaica-backed start-up Eastern Caribbean (EC) Express. The airline is also poised to cement codeshare links with United Airlines from its hub in Washington Dulles, which ...
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Cirrus Airlines to introduce regional jet services
German regional carrier Cirrus Airlines is expanding into jet operations, with a deal for up to four Embraer RJ-145s. Saarbrücken-based Cirrus, which operates three Bombardier Dash 8 and Fairchild Dornier 328 turboprops, has placed a firm order for one 50-seat ERJ-145 for delivery in February, plus options on three ...
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EgyptAir data fail to supply any answers
David Learmount/LONDON Initial evaluation of the crashed EgyptAir Boeing 767-300ER cockpit voice recorder (CVR) and flight data recorder (FDR) has failed to confirm the causes of the dive which began the fatal manoeuvre sequence, says US National Transportation Safety Board chairman Jim Hall. On 17 November, Hall released ...
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JMC eyes 757-300 deal for 2001
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Newly formed UK charter airline JMC Airlines is preparing its long-term fleet plans, with Boeing's stretched 757-300 at the top of its shopping list. JMC will officially launch operations next March, with the formal amalgamation of Flying Colours and Caledonian Airways under a single air operator's ...
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Egyptian start-up expands with A320 acquisition
Egyptian start-up Midwest Airlines is expanding operations with the acquisition of Airbus A320s and planning to launch scheduled operations. Privately owned Midwest launched operations in June with two ex-Air Afrique Airbus A310-300s. Based in Cairo, the airline operates charters between Egyptian tourist destinations and Europe. The airline has ordered ...
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Catching African bugs
Age is beautiful for many African airports, which have avoided the biggest problems in becoming Y2K compliant Michael Wakabi/KAMPALA Africa is never short of contradictions. In the run-up to the year 2000, the very things that made some African airports the laughing stock of yesteryear are the reason that ...
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Extra earns approval
Extra Flugzeugbau was planning to receive instrument flight rules (IFR) certification for its Extra 400 touring aircraft on 20 November from the German civil aviation authority, the LBA. The German manufacturer, which began production of its DM1.4 million ($745,000), six-seat piston single late last year from its Huenxe, Düsseldorf ...
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Emirates eyes 120-seater for new regional network
Emirates will shortly start talks with Airbus and Boeing to acquire 120-seat aircraft to launch a network of regional services from its Dubai hub. The carrier is also studying airline alliances, to allow it to decide whether to join a grouping, says Emirates chairman Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum. ...
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Air Gulf Falcon will launch next month
Air Gulf Falcon is to launch charter operations with nine Boeing 747s next month and is evaluating narrowbody types for expansion next year. The company is to be launched by the Sharjah, United Arab Emirates-based Falcon Air group, which includes Falcon Air Leasing and Falcon Aircraft Maintenance Centre. Air ...
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Repair overhaul
Kuwait Airways has renewed its Airbus landing gear repair and overhaul contract with Messier Services. The $8 million contract covers Kuwait's fleet of Airbus A300-600s, A310-300s, A320s and A340s. The work will be carried out at Messier's Molsheim plant in France. Messier Services Asia has also won a six-year $5 ...
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Marketplace
DHL Worldwide Express is purchasing two Boeing 757-200 freighters for its European and African networks, from Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services (AWAS) in a deal worth over $60 million. The aircraft, one of which is already leased by DHL for its Dubai/Bahrain-Brussels services, will be delivered in January and March. DHL ...
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Raisbeck LEAPS on 727 slat deployment
Raisbeck Commercial Air Group has won approval for a stand-alone version of its leading edge aerodynamic performance system (LEAPS), which repositions the slats on the Boeing 727. The LEAPS modification shortens the travel of the leading-edge slats by about 60mm and provides performance and noise benefits, says Raisbeck. These ...
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Lessors raise regional jet interest as demand rises
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH The major leasing companies are stepping up talks with Bombardier, Embraer and Fairchild over potential large orders for regional jets as airline demand for 50- to 100-seat aircraft accelerates. Deutsche Bank-owned Boullioun Aviation Services is being tipped by industry sources as a likely front-runner with a ...
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Routes
British Airways is restructuring its Caribbean network from London Gatwick with a redeployment of flights operated under franchise by the paper airline Airline Management (AML) from March. AML services are operated by two-class Boeing 777s, with BA providing pilots and Flying Colours (to be renamed JMC Air) the cabin crew. ...
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Southern Air ready to go after DoT vote
Start-up cargo carrier Southern Air has won US Department of Transportation approval to begin operations, but will have to do so without routes from bankrupt Southern Air Transport (SAT). Services will begin next year. The Columbus, Ohio-based company plans to offer aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance (ACMI) wet-lease services ...