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Start-up SolAir signs for 328/728JETs
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Italian start-up SolAir has become the second announced airline customer for the Fairchild Aerospace 728JET, with a letter of intent for two aircraft, plus two 34-seat 328JETs. The Naples-based carrier plans to begin operations with the two 328JETs from next January, serving Barcelona, Paris, Tirana and ...
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Taiwan and Philippines resume links
Air links between Taiwan and the Philippines are to resume, following the signing of an agreement on 28 January. It ends a bitter dispute that grounded scheduled flights for four months. China Airlines (CAL) will resume a full 24 flights a week service on 16 February, while EVA Air ...
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Virgin picks Brisbane as new airline HQ
Brisbane has been selected over Melbourne for low-cost start-up Virgin Australia's A$200 million ($133 million) operational, reservations and administrative headquarters. Virgin chairman Richard Branson says Melbourne lost because of a dispute over terminal space and the design and costs of a proposed A$7 million common-user terminal, which would be ...
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Payment suspension
Canadian Airlines suspended C$135 million ($92 million) in payments to creditors on 2 February, the same day that new owner Air Canada reported operating profits of C$503 million for the year ended 31 December, against C$359 million in 1998. Creditors are owed close to C$3.5 billion. Source: Flight International
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Turkish Bribes arrest
General manager of the Turkish Civil Aviation Authority Sermet Unel has been arrested on a charge of taking bribes from airlines. He was video recorded by police apparently receiving money from Turkish airline Air Rose, which had warned the authorities in advance of Unel's alleged $50,000 demand, according to Reed ...
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Virgin deal raises doubts over SIA's role within Star
DAVID KNIBB SEATTLE Sir Richard Branson, newly knighted in the UK's millennial honours list, calls the deal between his Virgin Atlantic group and Singapore Airlines (SIA) a "marriage made in heaven", but Star alliance members in Australasia are having heartburn over its implications. The codeshare access that SIA gains ...
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US-UK mini deal threatens to sideline cargo
PETER CONWAY LONDON The latest in the seemingly unending round of open skies talks between the USA and UK in Washington on 4-5 January failed to produce the widely predicted "mini deal" over access to London Heathrow. But most observers still expect some kind of interim compromise to emerge when ...
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Air Canada free to ring the changes at Canadian
Air Canada has taken over Canadian Airlines following Ottawa's approval, ending a long and bitter battle for control of Canada's skies. Changes are already becoming apparent. Canadian had suspended Hong Kong and Manila flights and sold its Tokyo Narita slots to Air Canada, but Air Canada has started further ...
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Taiwan and China edge closer
DAVID KNIBB SEATTLE Direct Taiwan-China flights, operated by pseudo-third country airlines, could start this year. The first hint of a thaw came after remarks by Shen Yuankang, Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) deputy director, at a Shanghai aviation seminar. Shen suggested that direct flights could start with Air ...
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In Brief - Asia-Pacific
Cathay orders Cathay Pacific Airways has ordered three more Airbus A330-300s to help cope with current and forecast rates of passenger traffic growth. The Rolls-Royce Trent 700-powered aircraft are to be delivered early next year. JAL sells DHL stake Japan Airlines (JAL) has sold most of its ...
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Taiwan bars all flights as Philippines talks collapse
DAVE KNIBB SEATTLE Talks between the Philippines and Taiwan to resolve the dispute over air services between the countries collapsed in December just as a solution looked close. As a result, Taiwan barred charter flights by three of its carriers to the Philippines and no new talks are planned. The ...
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Lending a hand
JACK SELLSBY LONDON Fuelled by intense competition, financing from Airbus and Boeing, backed by the export credit agencies, is running at record levels. Europe and the USA have been squabbling for years over the support given to their rival civil aerospace champions Airbus and Boeing. With the manufacturers now neck-and-neck ...
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Prince of Airlines
ALAN PEAFORD DUBAI Emirates chairman, Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, has overseen his carrier's rise to fame and fortune over the past 15 years. Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum looks every millimetre the Arabian prince that he is. A member of the ruling family of Dubai, the vibrant ...
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Cargo on-line
PETER CONWAY LONDON A new system aims to bring air cargo into the Internet age. But is the model right for the market? For the past year, former McKinsey consultant Todd Morgan, together with his colleague Doug Ash, ex-managing director of global freight forwarder MSAS, have been touring airline and ...
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Ahead of the game
PETER MORRELL & CHERIE H-Y LU CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY The 1990s have seen substantial improvements in productivity and costs in the airline industry, even if the gains have not been uniform. When Cranfield University last probed the productivity and efficiency of the industry five years ago, the emphasis was on lean ...
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Australian challengers faced with airport constraints
Severe airport capacity constraints are a major obstacle to plans by Virgin Australia, Impulse Airlines and Spirit Airlines to take on Australia's established carriers. Their problems date back to 1988, when Australia still operated its tightly-regulated Two Airline Policy. At that time Canberra granted Ansett and Australian Airlines (later ...
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Routes - Asia-Pacific
China Southern heads for USA China Southern Airlines is preparing to launch its first dedicated cargo services using a wet-leased Boeing 747-200 freighter between the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen and the US city of Chicago. The three times-weekly service is due to begin in March. The aircraft is ...
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Peru claims bigger piece of Miami pie
DAVID KNIBB SEATTLE AND DENNIS BLANK ORLANDO United Airlines is the first casualty of a push by Peruvian airlines to claim more traffic between Peru and the USA. For years the trend throughout Latin America has been towards more US dominance of north-south routes. But LanPeru and AeroContinente ...
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Canadian hopefuls flex their muscles
DAVID KNIBB SEATTLE Two start-ups and two incumbents are moving to fill the vacuum expected to result from Air Canada's takeover and makeover of Canadian Airlines. While none aspire to become a new Air Canada or Canadian, they foresee profitable low-cost, low-fares niches. Regional Airlines Holdings, led by ...
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Routes - Americas
Southwest adds Albany Southwest Airlines is adding Albany in New York to its list of cities served, continuing its spread into the US north east. Flights will begin in May. Southwest, which has added seven north-east cities to its network since 1993, says expansion will continue. Mexican Express ...