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China Hongkong may fly domestic as well
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE CHINA NATIONAL Aviation's (CNAC) planned start-up carrier China Hongkong Airlines is considering operating domestic services within China as well as flights to Hong Kong. The company is moving quickly to begin operations as soon as it is granted a Hong Kong Air Operator's Certificate. ...
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US airlines break records
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON NET PROFITS for the major US airlines topped $1 billion in the third quarter after a clutch of record-breaking performances. Although passenger and capacity figures remained virtually unchanged, yields rose by 5.5% across the industry, with none of the carriers posting a decline. ...
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DASA's closure plans anger German unions
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH PLANS FOR massive job cuts and a string of plant closures outlined by Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA) have raised a chorus of dissent from the German unions. IG Metall, which represents the bulk of DASA's workforce, responded to the announcement with a pledge to use "...all ...
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Saudis finally sign for 61 airliners
SAUDI ARABIA has signed a $6 billion deal to buy 61 US-built airliners on 26 October, but details of financing have yet to be revealed. The order, to re-equip state-owned Saudi Arabian Airlines, consists of 23 Boeing 777-200s and five 747-400s, worth around $4 billion, plus 29 McDonnell Douglas (MDC) ...
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Boeing admits strike is biting
BOEING CHAIRMAN Frank Shrontz has warned that the group's profitability, already hit by heavy restructuring charges and depressed airliner-sales, will be damaged further as the machinists' strike drags into its fourth week. He admits that the group now faces a "substantial" number of delivery delays over the remainder ...
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Slow ahead in Europe
So far liberalisation has produced only a small increase in the level of competition on European air routes, and fares have generally risen, says a new report by the UK Civil Aviation Authority. Two and a half years after Brussels deregulated the European Union's aviation market only 7 ...
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UK secures Airbus alone
The UK's Export Credit Guarantee Department has completed its first aircraft securitisation, but without the involvement of its German and French counterparts, Hermes and Coface. ECGD says its partners 'did not want to come with us on this' and that its government approval was hard won. 'We have ...
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Hawaiian set to post profit
American Airlines has reprieved Hawaiian Airlines for the fourth time over $6.9 million in payments due on its leased DC10s, as the carrier continues its restructuring efforts after emerging from bankruptcy 14 months ago. The payments Hawaiian owes American represent lease and maintenance charges that accumulated late last ...
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More power to the unions
United Parcel Service faces the prospect of dealing with stronger unions that rival Federal Express, following a ruling that the Kentucky-based express freight company is covered by laws favouring unions. Unless reversed on appeal, UPS will be subject to the general US law that protects union rights to ...
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Two birds, one stone
In a major strategy shift, Indian Airlines will transfer its unprofitable routes into a stand-alone subsidiary, operating a mix of turboprops and jets. But the main aim is to counter its parent's shortage of senior pilots. Airlines Allied Services will operate Indian Airlines' short haul flights, and take ...
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Past keeps AmWest shy
With the resolve of a carrier that has returned to health but the hesitancy of one that only emerged from bankruptcy protection last year, America West Airlines has instituted its first growth programme in four years. Its 29 per cent growth plan over two years is conservative compared to the ...
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Bonn eyes open skies
US and German transport officials are planning a round of December talks that could lead to open skies between the two countries by early 1996. However, what has become a strong link between open skies and antitrust immunity - sought by the United-Lufthansa alliance - could be a stumbling block ...
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Express trial grinds to halt
After a year's trial of its innovative Lufthansa Express product, the German carrier has cherry-picked parts of the pilot scheme for a revamp of its domestic operation. A poor performance halted the extension of the pilot to the whole system as originally planned. The German flag carrier was ...
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Airline news
Singapore Airlines has started twice-weekly services to both Cairns and Macau using A310 aircraft. SilkAir has launched a twice-weekly service between Singapore and Vientiane in Laos with Fokker 70s. ANA is seeking regulatory approval to start services between Osaka/Kansai and Rome. The carrier has also completed ...
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International tactics
Taiwan's international carriers are engaged in a bitter battle for market share. Paul Lewis/TAIPEI COMPETITION IS heating up between Taiwan's two established international players, flag carrier China Airlines (CAL) and four-year-old Eva Airways. Ambitious fleet-expansion plans, the opening up of profitable trunk routes to Hong Kong and ...
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Enough is enough for falling economy- class standards
Sir - I congratulate Mr Bamberg on his letter about British Airways' expenditure on first-class improvements (Flight International, 11-17 October, P49). I frequently fly London-Sydney (in economy and business class). BA and Qantas offer poor long-haul economy class and the seats are no better than a London Hyde Park deck ...
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Indecision rules in Asia
China and South Korea must overcome major stumbling blocks if they are to realise their ambition of building a 100-seat aircraft. Paul Lewis/BEIJING TIME IS RUNNING out for two of Asia's aspiring aviation nations. One year after announcing ambitious plans to share the building of ...
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Latest Galileo failure threatens the Cassini
Tim Furniss/WASHINGTON DC A FAULTY TAPE recorder aboard NASA's $1.4 billion Galileo spacecraft could prevent much of its data and images being returned from the planet Jupiter this December, after its protracted six-year journey across the solar system. Should it prove impossible to correct the ...
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Lord quietens Cessna and Beech
LORD, THE Pennsylvania-based noise-control specialists has confirmed major contracts received from Cessna for its Citation X, and from Stevens Aviation, which will act as US distributor for its NVX active noise system, on the Raytheon Beech King Air 200 and 300. Lord has worked with Cessna for some ...
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IR energy to be used for de-icing
AN AIRCRAFT DE-ICING system in which infra-red (IR) heaters are used instead of environmentally damaging glycol-based fluids is ready to become operational at airports at Rheinlander, Wisconsin, and Rochester, New York. A prototype, developed by Process Technologies of Cheektowaga, New York, has already been tested at Greater Buffalo ...