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US Airways A330s get their P@ssports
Airbus Industrie has started to install Sony Trans Com's P@ssport interactive in-flight entertainment (IFE) system on the first of US Airways' A330-300s. Installation of the fully interactive IFE system on the A330 - the first aircraft to feature P@ssport throughout the cabin - follows the approval of the system's software ...
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CAA's hands are tied on foreign operators' safety standards
Peter Gray expressed the view that the UK Civil Aviation Authority should have a role in excluding airlines with a dubious safety history from operating in the UK (Letters, Flight International, 18-24 January). The CAA Safety Regulation Group [SRG] supports the contention that a strong safety culture is an essential ...
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AEA calls for details of countries' radio capacity plans
The Association of European Airlines (AEA) has written to the directors general of civil aviation of seven countries requesting information on their plans to open new sectors following the implementation of 8.33kHz channel-spacing last year. The mandatory carriage of 8.33kHz-compatible airborne radio equipment came into effect in October above ...
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Dash 8Q-400 deliveries hit by manufacturing delays
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Bombardier has informed a key Dash 8Q-400 customer that production problems delaying deliveries of the 70-seater by up to four months will take longer to rectify than expected. Augsburg Airways expected to receive its first aircraft in June, but was told last week by Bombardier ...
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Dragonair plans massive order
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Hong Kong airline Dragonair is to add 26 aircraft to its fleet by 2005 in an expansion connected to air services negotiations between Hong Kong and Beijing. The first step will be an order for one Airbus A330-300 widebody, with two options, and five Airbus A320 ...
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BA stake gains seats on Comair's board
British Airways has taken a minority stake in South African regional carrier Comair in a move that cements the latter's status as a franchisee of the UK flag carrier, which will get two seats on its board. The 18.3% holding cost BA R168 million ($28 million) and was bought from ...
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Government cash lets Domodedovo buy fuel
Domodedovo Airlines plans to resume scheduled flights in early February after being promised cash owed by the Russian Government. Domodedovo, based at the Moscow airport of the same name, had its accounts frozen and had to cease flights last month after it defaulted on debts and could no longer ...
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Garuda joins Asian recovery
Garuda Indonesia claims to have broken-even last year, reversing seven years of losses. The carrier's president, Abdulgani, says preliminary, unaudited, figures for 1999 show a 600 million rupiah ($83,000) net profit, after 1998's two trillion rupiah ($275 million) net loss. He says recent restructuring efforts are paying off. Abdulgani ...
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Legend battles for February launch
Embattled Legend Airlines plans to initiate services from Dallas Love Field, Texas, late this month if it overcomes legal challenges from American Airlines, the city of Fort Worth and Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. Legend, which planned to begin interstate business-class operations last September, using six 56-seat McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30s, ...
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Marketplace
British World Airlines has begun replacing its ageing BAC One-Elevens, with the delivery of its first Boeing 737-300, an ex-Garuda aircraft on lease from Babcock and Brown. A second aircraft is due for delivery in April, with four more to arrive in 2001-2. Turkish charter airline Pegasus Airlines will take ...
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Austria's Rheintalflug gears up to take extra ERJ-170s
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Rheintalflug is preparing to confirm options on six more Embraer regional jets in a move likely to see it join the list of customers for the 70-seat ERJ-170. "We are quite sure that we are going to convert all these options into firm orders," says Rheintalflug marketing manager ...
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Routes
Calgary-based low-cost carrier WestJet Airlines has revealed details of its new east Canadian operation, based in Hamilton, Ontario. Launch routes will serve Thunder Bay and Winnipeg from 9 March, with Ottawa, Montreal and Halifax to be added by mid-2000. Sabena has added the Slovenian capital Ljubljana to its network, with ...
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Transmile Air revamps fleet to focus on cargo
Malaysian carrier Transmile Air is restructuring its fleet to concentrate on cargo operations in the Asia-Pacific region. The airline, which until now has operated seven Boeing 737-200s, took delivery of its first Boeing 727-200 Adv, an ex-THY Turkish Airlines aircraft, on 22 January. Aircraft project and planning controller ...
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TWA banks on Middle East and Caribbean for recovery
Ramon Lopez/NEW YORK After a decade of losses, two trips to the bankruptcy court and the crash of Flight 800, Trans World Airlines is counting on the Middle East, the Caribbean and regional jets to help it pursue its recovery plan. TWA, the USA's eighth-largest airline, in early ...
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Tenzing/SITA alliance
Airline communication specialist SITA has formalised its alliance with Tenzing, which is developing e-mail services for in-flight passenger use. Last October they signed a memorandum of understanding to offer e-mail/ Internet-based services to passengers via SITA's satellite communication network. Tenzing aims to introduce its FlightConnect service, enabling passengers to use ...
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Airports
More than 10 groups are preparing to deliver detailed proposals to acquire a 41.33% stake in SAGAT, which runs Turin Caselle Airport. The identity of the bidders has not been disclosed, but sources suggest they include the main Italian airport operators, such as Milan and Rome, along with some private ...
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Boeing targets 'out of box' 207min ETOPS for 777X
Guy Norris/SEATTLE Boeing is to certificate its proposed ultra-long range 777X variants for 207min extended-range twin-engine operations (ETOPS) for "out of the box" entry into service in September 2003. The radical move comes as the US Federal Aviation Administration gives its long-delayed green light to 207min ETOPS for current ...
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Air Canada begins restructure
Air Canada is to merge three regional subsidiaries, Air Nova, Air Ontario and AirBC, as one of the first moves in the restructuring of domestic operations after the Canadian Airlines takeover. Joseph Randell, president and chief executive of AirNova and interim president of Air Ontario and AirBC, is to be ...
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Cathay seeks more aircraft as it revives growth plan
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Cathay Pacific Airways is to buy and lease more aircraft this year as it revives plans to double its passenger traffic as the economic situation improves in Asia. The airline confirms statements made to the Hong Kong press by Cathay chairman James Hughes-Hallett, and to an aerospace industry ...
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LanChile ponders Argentina launch
LanChile may set up a subsidiary carrier in Argentina after failing to make headway with plans to invest in flag carrier Aerolineas Argentinas, Flight International's sister on-line service, Air Transport Intelligence, reports. Spanish holding company SEPI, the majority shareholder in Aerolineas, is trying to agree terms on its operation ...