All air transport news – Page 2611
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Oz taxman to take his toll
Australia's big operators Qantas and Ansett could be in for a rude shock when the taxation time rolls around later this year. Canberra's tax overlords have ruled that manufacturer credits do not qualify as a discount on the price of new aircraft but as assessable income and should be treated ...
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Rome recalls its old hands
Two years after Alitalia's management underwent a radical shakeup with the hiring of two private sector managers to fill the senior posts, the top dogs are out of the door, seven other executives are on 'holiday' and the status quo has returned with the appointment of trusted, politically astute, aviation ...
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SAS fingers French lead
Air France clearly enjoys sailing close to the wind. But this time it may have capsized the boat, following SAS' complaint to the European Commission that the French flag's recent weekend break promotions undercut market prices. The French flag carrier is strictly prohibited from price leading under the ...
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Delta set for solo quest?
After 14 months, Delta Air Lines and AT&T may be parting ways as joint equity holders of TransQuest Information Solutions, the information technology concern primarily serving Delta but also set up to rival AMR's Sabre to sell services to other airlines. NCR, the computer division of AT&T and ...
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FAA hurts its neighbours
The US Federal Aviation Administration's controversial rating of the oversight practices of foreign civil aviation authorities is threatening the existence of Venezuelan carrier Avensa and starting to harm the international expansion plans of Air Jamaica. After an FAA safety audit, Venezuela was categorised as a Category II country ...
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Air Ops closes down
SWEDISH-BASED charter airline Air Operations of Europe will cease operations by May. All 170 employees, mainly those at the airline's headquarters in Sollentuna, outside Stockholm, will lose their jobs. The airline, better known as Air Ops, was started by pilot/businessman Thomas Johansson on behalf of Dutch bank ING. ...
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Swissair will cut 1,200 more jobs
SWISSAIR IS CUTTING a further 1,200 jobs from its workforce in a bid to reduce costs. The redundancies come on top of the lay-off of 1,600 employees in September 1995. The airline says that the move is part of a scheme to add a further SFr500 million ($415 ...
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Mesaba setback hits Dornier workforce
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH DORNIER HAS PUT half of its production workforce on short time after losing to Saab Aircraft on the order for 72 turboprop aircraft from US regional carrier Mesaba Airlines. The short working begins on 1 April, and will continue for six months. What ...
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Embraer increases EMB-145 flying
EMBRAER IS FLIGHT-TESTING THREE EMB-145 regional jets and plans to fly a fourth aircraft by 31 March. The Brazilian manufacturer is aiming for certification by late October/early November and for first deliveries to airlines in Australia and France by the end of 1996. The 50-seat aircraft had its international debut ...
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Lining up
BOEING ANNOUNCES a production rate increase and the world is convinced, that the airline recession is over. Why is that so? Because Boeing, is both a bastion and a bellwether of the industry. Boeing has been particularly successful recently with customers seeking a family of aircraft, whether ...
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Aerospatiale supports Airbus restructure
AEROSPATIALE HAS finally given its public support to calls for Airbus Industrie to transform itself from a consortium into a normal company. The German and UK partners, Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA) and British Aerospace, have been pushing for such a change for several years, but have been blocked by ...
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Tu-144 supersonic testbed rolled out
A MODIFIED Tupolev Tu-144LL was rolled out at Zhukovsky Flight Test Centre on 17 March, marking the beginning of a six-month joint Russian-US flight-test programme in support of NASA's high-speed-research programme. The project is aimed at developing technology for a next-generation US high-speed civil transport. The US industry ...
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Mig-AT makes maiden flight
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW The MAPO-MiG MiG-AT advanced trainer had its maiden flight at Zhukovsky airfield, near Moscow, on 16 March. The manufacturer is competing with Yakovlev, fielding its Yak-130, to replace hundreds of Czech Aero L-39s in service with the Russian air force and other CIS republics. ...
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Charter collaboration
As an extension of the Sabena/Swissair equity alliance, the respective charter subsidiaries will begin joint flights in July. Sobelair and Balair/CTA, the latter operated by Swissair subsidiary Crossair (but retaining the name for long-haul flights), are co-operating on a Brussels-Zurich-San Francisco route, to be flown by the Belgian company's 270-seat ...
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Tentative Agreement
FedEx has tentatively agreed a new five-year contract with its 3,000 pilots, including pay increases partly linked to profitability and work-rule changes to improve flexibility and productivity. FedEx pilots, who took industrial action when talks broke down, have yet to vote on the deal. The carrier began direct US-China cargo ...
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Bankruptcy fails to prevent Fokker 50 handover
INDEPENDENT BELGIAN COMMUTER AIRLINE VLM took delivery of its fourth Fokker 50 on 15 March - the day that Fokker went bankrupt. The airline, which operates daily scheduled services linking Antwerp and Rotterdam with London City Airport, will use the aircraft on its new Dusseldorf-London route, to be inaugurated on ...
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A330 finance deal
Garuda Indonesia has signed an operating-lease agreement with Deutsche Morgan Grenfell for its first six Rolls-Royce Trent 700-powered Airbus Industrie A330-300s. Delivery of the 293-seat aircraft is scheduled to begin in December. Garuda originally ordered nine A330s, but financing for the remaining three has still to be arranged. ...
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Hong Kong delay
China National Aviation has reportedly delayed the start-up of its planned Hong Kong-based carrier until June. The provisionally named China Hong Kong Airlines had intended to begin operations from 1 April, with a single leased Boeing 737-500, but now needs more time to complete its application for a Hong Kong ...
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Czech delivery
Czech Airline CSA has taken delivery of its two Aero International (Regional) ATR 42-400 turboprops. The airline is the launch customer for the new version of the ATR 42, powered by a pair of Pratt & Whitney PW121As.The Czech airline already operates four ATR 72s and two basic ATR 42s. ...
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Atlas contract
Atlas Air has signed a long-term contract to operate a Boeing 747-200 freighter for Swissair Cargo. The aircraft, the first of five leased from FedEx, enters service this month. Atlas already operates 11 cargo 747s. Source: Flight International