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528JET schedule may rule Fairchild out of Eurowings order battle
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH The Fairchild 728JET family has emerged as Eurowings' favourite for its planned order for up to 30 regional jets. But the carrier says it may have to switch to another manufacturer because the 50-seat 528JET model will not be available until at least 2005. The Dortmund-based ...
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Malév to shake up fleet
Julian Moxon/BUDAPEST Malev's new chief executive, Ferencs Kovacs, is planning major fleet rationalisation as the Hungarian airline prepares for privatisation and entry into a global alliance. "I inherited an airline with five different types," he says. If things go according to plan that will be reduced to Boeing ...
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Marketplace
US low-cost carrier Vanguard Airlines has exercised purchase options on two of six Boeing 737-200Advs covered by a letter of intent signed with US Airways Leasing & Sales last November. Algeria's Khalifa Airways has signed a letter of intent with Sabena for the lease of the airline's two Airbus A340-200s, ...
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On Safari shelves schedule after investor fall-out
New South African operator On Safari Airlines has shelved plans for scheduled services between London and South Africa, after a fall-out between potential investors. The airline had planned to operate daily flights between Cape Town, Hoedspruit (near the Kruger National Park) and London Heathrow using two Boeing 767-300ERs acquired ...
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Routes
Palestinian Airlines has initiated services between Gaza and Larnaca and will add Rome and Istanbul to its network this year. French train operator SNCF and United Airlines have added eight new destinations to the Paris Charles de Gaulle-Lyon route. From the end of March, Angers, Le Mans, Rennes, Poitiers, Tours, ...
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SAA pulls out of Ugandan talks
Michael Wakabi/KAMPALA South African Airways (SAA) has scrapped plans to buy 49% of Uganda Airlines, claiming that delays in the latter's privatisation have affected its value. SAA executive vice-president William Meaney says his airline took the decision after commercial realities in Uganda changed markedly during nearly a year of ...
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KLM and UTC to expand alliance
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Netherlands flag carrier KLM and United Technologies (UTC) are discussing a major expansion of their nascent maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) alliance, likely to lead to the creation of a joint venture between the Netherlands airline and the US company's Pratt &Whitney unit. The move appears to ...
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Seamless system
Central European nations are pushing for a unified ATC system Julian Moxon/BUDAPESTThe European air transport community is looking to central Europe to provide an example of what Eurocontrol is trying to achieve elsewhere. The latest step in unifying a large portion of European airspace involves seven historically diverse countries that ...
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Baggage space limitations hit DaimlerChrysler A319CJ
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH DaimlerChrysler Aviation has had to remove four of the 48 seats installed in its recently delivered Airbus A319 Corporate Jet (CJ) because there is insufficient space in the cargo hold for passengers' baggage. The Stuttgart-based operator is looking, meanwhile, at the possibility of launching intra-European flights ...
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Boeing to detail 717X options
Boeing plans to meet airlines and "partners" in Rome next week to present options for potential future 717X regional jet derivatives as the market continues to push for smaller, rather than larger, family members. Although doubtful of achieving sufficiently low operating costs with the smaller derivatives, Boeing says it ...
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UPS primes 90 aircraft for ADS-B implementation
Guy Norris/SALEM United Parcel Service (UPS) Airlines aims to have 90 aircraft provisioned for automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) by the end of 2000. It plans to equip all its 230 aircraft with operational systems by the end of 2002 - the deadline for installing collision avoidance systems in US heavy ...
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Volare eyes Air Europe link
Italian scheduled and charter carrier Volare Airlines has drafted ambitious expansion plans as it discusses a strategic link or merger with fellow SAirGroup airline Air Europe. Volare has eight Airbus A320s in service and this fleet will be expanded to 11. Of these, six will be employed on scheduled services, ...
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Aeroflot and Volga-Dnepr plot new courses
Alexander Velovich and Paul Duffy/MOSCOW Aeroflot Russian International Airlines has launched a new corporate strategy with the introduction of its summer timetable. It incorporates the results of a 600-page report produced after a four-month study by US analysts McKinsey. The Russian carrier's new timetable features 450 scheduled weekly flights ...
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Air France tightens market stranglehold
Air France has consolidated its hold on the French domestic and international markets, with passengers boarded up by 10.6% last year, compared with 1998, to 37.05 million. Statistics released for the first time by the French civil aviation authority the DGAC show the number of passengers carried by French ...
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Bombardier aims to retain diversity in business boom
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DCBombardier is looking to shore up its non-aviation businesses in an effort to remain diversified in the face of the continued growth of its aerospace sector. Aerospace accounted for almost 60% of the Canadian company's revenues of C$13.6 billion ($9.3 billion) for the year ended 31 January, up ...
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El Al faces bleak future as plans to privatise slip down Israel's agenda
Arie Egozi/TEL AVIVIsrael has effectively suspended preparation for the privatisation of El Al, causing the flag carrier's president Joel Feldschu to warn that its entire future may be under threat. Feldschu says that while it remains under state control, El Al - which is banned from flying on the Jewish ...
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China revenue share
The Civil Aviation Administration of China is to introduce a revenue-sharing policy on 100 key domestic routes from 1 April. Ticket revenue on each route will be divided among airlines based on the number of flights and seats offered on that route. Sources reportedly say the move does not ...
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Airbus targets Farnborough air show for launch of A330-100
Guy Norris/SANTIAGO Airbus Industrie hopes to launch its proposed mid-range A330-100 at the Farnborough air show in July, providing the basis of a twin-aisle replacement of the ageing A300-600 and A310. Revealing the plan at the FIDAE 2000 air show in Chile last week, Airbus senior vice-president, commercial, John ...
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Ansett's Eddington in line for top BA post
British Airways is expected within the next few weeks to name Ansett Australia executive chairman Rod Eddington as its new chief executive. If final negotiations are completed he will succeed Robert Ayling. Eddington was recruited by Ansett's 50% shareholder News Corporation in 1997, having previously occupied the top job at ...
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EasyJet orders 17 more Boeings
EasyJet has ordered up to 47 Boeing 737-700s, including options and 17 firm orders, as it prepares to create a new hub at Amsterdam Schiphol by the end of the year. The London Luton-based low-cost airline is gearing up for a tripling of traffic to 15 million passengers annually ...