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United Airlines has ordered eight Boeing 767-300s, with four deliveries in 1998, one in 1999 and three in 2000. Air Canada has ordered five Airbus A330-300s and three A340-300s, plus 20 options, with deliveries starting in October 1999. Brit Air has ordered two Bombardier RJ 100s, ...
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Suppliers
Galileo International's initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange raised US$784 million, giving the company a market value of $2.45 billion. Galileo acquired the Traviswiss distribution company for $8 million in July. The Sabre Group is to install its passenger reservation, yield management, passenger control, frequent ...
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Boeing talks up its MD-95
Boeing talks up its MD-95 fter clearing the last regulatory hurdle in Brussels at the eleventh hour, the newly merged Boeing-McDonnell Douglas is making one last bid to breathe new life into marketing efforts for the MD-95. The 'new' Boeing, which began operations on 4 August, has a ...
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Hun postures as war rages
In a bid to revive Cambodia's standing in the region and the world, new leader Hun Sen played the aeropolitical card while the country was still reeling from a civil war sparked by his bloody coup in early July. As foreign airlines cancelled services and refugees fled into ...
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China yields to fare hike
Beijing's move to hike air fares across the board shortly after scrapping the domestic surcharges for foreign travellers could stunt passenger growth further but should help boost domestic yields. The fare hike is based on proposals put to the government by the Civil Aviation Administration of China. This ...
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How much value on human life?
Despite a strong safety culture, accident rate must improve to avoid more deaths. Ask an airline chief what his or her number one priority is, and the reply will probably be: 'Safety'. It certainly should be. While they struggle with all the other priorities, from service standards to costs and ...
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Euro alliance shape shifts
The European alliance merry-go-round is turning at full tilt during the northern hemisphere's summer, with loose ends tidied up and new combinations entering the arena. With the holidays more or less shutting the regulators in Brussels down for the month of August, the frustrated officials at British Airways ...
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FAA falters over charges
Under a barrage of protest from overseas governments and pressure at home, the Federal Aviation Administration may back down and modify its position on overflight fees. A senior official at the FAA confirms that most of the comments received on the overflight ruling are negative. Before the current ...
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Olympic sees the endgame
The European Commission looks set to authorise Olympic Airways' outstanding state aid and once the funds are in place, the flag carrier plans to implement ambitious restructuring measures. Olympic chief executive Jordan Karatzas is confident that the Commission will shortly unfreeze Olympic's outstanding state aid, amounting to GDr35 ...
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Northern delights?
Routes Oslo '97, the third route development forum organised by Airline Business and Airport Strategy & Marketing, takes place in Oslo on 15-16 September and is sponsored by Gardermoen Airport and the Norwegian Civil Aviation Authority. In this preview, Sally Gethin examines the role of Oslo's new airport at Gardermoen, ...
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PAL sues the home team
It looks like an aeropolitical first. The sudden abandonment of planned open skies talks between Singapore and the Philippines in late July had nothing to do with a dispute between the two nations and all to do with Philippine Airlines initiating legal action against the head its own country's negotiating ...
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Pro to take on Northwest
The US has a new low-cost carrier in the north-east, something of a rarity in the post-ValuJet era, but Pro Air will have a tough time establishing itself in a market dominated by Northwest Airlines. The management of Detroit-based Pro Air has illusions of an easy ride. The ...
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State grip on Tunisair slips
It's out with the old and in with the new for Tunisair. The airline's new president is gearing up to take the airline out of state control by renewing the fleet and shedding staff. Since taking over as Tunisair's president and director general in March, Ahmed Smaoui has ...
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Giant leap forward?
Varig may still be the undisputed giant of the Brazilian airline industry, but will restructuring efforts be enough to keep it ahead of burgeoning competition? Lois Jones reports.When you start off at the top, the danger is that there's only one way to go - and that's down. Five years ...
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Stretched to the limit
Vasp's ambitions spread far and wide, but are its financial resources equally expandable? Lois Jones reports. Vasp chairman and president Wagner Canhedo Azevado is a man who likes to think big and be in control. The chairman likes to consider South America, and not just Brazil, as a single ...
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Bosman controls
Dutch manufacturer Bosman Powersource Support has been awarded a contract by MTU of Munich to manufacture the active clearance-control system for the low-pressure system of both the International Aero Engines V2500 and Pratt & Whitney PW2037 engines. Source: Flight International
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Luscombe rebirth?
Monkton, Maryland-based Renaissance Aircraft is studying the market for new-build, updated, versions of the classic Luscombe 8 light aircraft. The "EuroLuscombe" would be powered by a Czech LOM or Textron Lycoming engine. LOMs are marketed by Moravia, of Thunder Bay, Ontario. Source: Flight International
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GE acquires Greenwich
General Electric plans to complete its acquisition of Greenwich Air Services on 2 September after gaining approval from the US competition authorities. The final part of the take-over is due to fall into place later next month when shareholders of UNC vote on whether to accept the prior offer from ...