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CityBird threatens Sabena
The dispute between Belgian independent CityBird and its shareholder Sabena has reached a new low, with CityBird planning to file a complaint with the European Commission against what it says is unfair competition. The move follows a row between the carriers over whether CityBird should have notified Sabena about plans ...
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Ageing airliner census 1999
Time marches on for the world's ageing jet and turboprop airliners Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON The average age of the Western world's fleet of airliners that qualify for this year's census is 25 years. Some individual aircraft types have been subject to more intense scrutiny after recent events or incidents, as ...
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Malpensa row simmers on as airlines prepare fresh protests
Andy Nativi/GENOA The European Commission (EC) is renewing its interest in Italian moves to switch airline operations from Milan Linate Airport to the expanded airport at Malpensa, just as user airlines, led by Lufthansa, prepare to raise new objections to the plans. The airlines, which include British Airways ...
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Marketplace
Air Nostrum has bought three Fokker 50s off lease from Kenya Airways. The Spanish regional carrier has operated the aircraft on lease from Kenya for a year. Premiair has signed operating leases for three new Airbus A330-300s for delivery next summer. The Rolls-Royce Trent 772B-powered aircraft will be operated ...
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Fairchild 328JET receives European certification
The Fairchild Aerospace 328JET has gained European Joint Aviation Authorities certification, with US approval set to follow before the end of the month. The certification comes as the company moves closer to finalising a 110-aircraft contract from a US carrier, believed to be Atlantic Coast Airlines (ACA). The approval, ...
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Airsat deliveries
AlliedSignal has begun initial shipments of the new Airsat 1 satellite communication avionics for use with the Iridium satellite system. The single-channel Airsat 1 will provide voice communication services on corporate and general aviation aircraft. The system costs $29,500, with telephone calls priced from $3.50/min within the same country to ...
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Winair folds
US carrier Winair has folded after eight months of operation as a low-cost carrier. The Salt Lake City-based airline, which had its hub at Long Beach, California, shut down last week having lost $15 million. Winair was launched as a charter carrier but switched to cut-price scheduled flights in November. ...
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Travel agents revolt
The uprising by travel agents was prompted last year when Cintra reduced their commission from 10% to 7% on domestic ticketing. At the heart of the reaction to the move, which put commission rates at international levels, is a deeply rooted resistance and inability of many Mexican business sectors to ...
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Estonian revival
Western philosophies are about to pay dividends for Estonian Air, which is on the verge of its first operating profit Andrew Chuter/TALLINN Looks are deceiving, I hoped, as the taxi approached the dowdy Soviet-style offices of Estonian Air at Tallinn Airport. I had come to the Estonian capital to report ...
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Fit to survive
LanChile is determined to flourish in the an unpredictable economic climate that has already claimed two airlines David Learmount/SANTIAGO DE CHILE Latin American airlines are punch drunk. They have been successively hit by precarious home economies, a diving Brazilian currency, the Asia-Pacific economic crisis and a wave of ...
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SITA members say yes to IT separation
SITA members have approved plans to form its information technology businesses into a separate company, raising the prospect of substantial windfalls for airlines when the new entity goes on the stock market. The move has been prompted partly by SITA's success in creating Equant, which provides data services to ...
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Airline stance stalls UK-US bilateral talks
The UK has cancelled talks on a new air services treaty with the USA after failing to persuade UK carriers to adopt a position likely to lead to agreement on a liberal "open skies" bilateral. Formal negotiations had been due to resume in Washington DC during the week beginning ...
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Korean Air signs for pilot training
Korean Air (KAL), struggling to improve its safety record, has signed a $30 million pilot training contract with FlightSafety Boeing, a joint venture between Boeing and FlightSafety International. The carrier has suffered 12 serious accidents since 1990, leading to a management reshuffle in April. The five-year contract, signed in ...
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US carriers agree to passenger rights plan
Prodded by US lawmakers and the Administration of US President Bill Clinton, the USA's major airlines have adopted voluntary measures designed to address a growing number of complaints by passengers and to stave off consumer protection legislation. The industry plan is aimed at heading off Congressional proposals to write passenger ...
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US cargo carriers ready to launch ADS-B tests
UPS Aviation Technologies and the US Cargo Airlines Association will start flight trials of their automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) technology on cargo aircraft this month. A dozen freighters, operated by FedEx, UPS and Airborne Express, have UPS Aviation Technologies' datalink technology to allow them to broadcast real-time position information, ...
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Swissair sued over IFE system
Emma Kelly/LONDON Swissair will not reactivate the in-flight entertainment (IFE) system on its Boeing MD-11s and 747s until the investigation of the crash last year of the MD-11 flight SR111 off Nova Scotia is complete. The airline had hoped to restart the system in October during maintenance downtime. ...
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GTE to sell in-flight telephone business
GTE is to sell its in-flight communications division, GTE Airfone, as part of ongoing efforts to divest itself of "non-strategic operations". At the same time, new satellite system operator Iridium has pulled out of plans to acquire fellow in-flight telephone service provider Claircom Communications from AT&T and Rogers Cantel. ...
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SIA adds audio/video to long-haul
Singapore Airlines (SIA) intends to have audio- and video-on-demand (A/VOD) service available on all of its long-haul flights by the end of next year. The airline's A/VOD service, dubbed Wisemen, was introduced in the first and business class cabins on a Boeing 747-400 last month. Wisemen, which runs off Matsushita ...
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Globalstar finds funds as Iridium struggles
While questions remain about the survival of Iridium's mobile communications satellite system, competitor Globalstar has arranged a further $500 million credit facility. This brings to $3.8 billion the amount raised to set up the system. Initial Globalstar commercial services will start in September, with 32 operational satellites and nine ...
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Eurowings aims to finance new regional aircraft with flotation
Andrew Doyle/NUREMBERG Eurowings is reining in capacity to bolster its bottom line ahead of an initial public offering (IPO),aimed at helping finance a $1 billion fleet renewal. The carrier could order up to 40 new regional jets before the end of the year. Dortmund-based Eurowings is to replace most of ...