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    Domestic rivalry in Japan gets fiercer

    1998-08-05T00:00:00Z

    Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Competition in the Japanese domestic airline market is set to hot up, following the first Government approval in 35 years for a new carrier. The go-ahead for a second start-up carrier is also pending, with two more new entrants planning to fly in 2000. Skymark Airlines ...

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    Marketplace

    1998-08-05T00:00:00Z

    -Aer Lingus will take delivery of a new General Electric CF6-80E1-powered Airbus A330-200 in May 2000 on a six-year lease from International Lease Finance, with extension options. -Kitty Hawk Air Cargo has completed conversion of an ex-Middle East Airlines (MEA) Boeing 747-200 combi to cargo configuration at its Oscoda, Michigan, ...

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    Arkia plans for Nigerian carrier

    1998-08-05T00:00:00Z

    Israel's largest private carrier, Arkia, has revealed plans to start an airline operation in Nigeria and at the same time to boost its fleet with new aircraft, including Boeing 757-300s. The airline operates 12 de Havilland Dash 7 turboprops, four Boeing 737-200s and a leased 757-200 on regional scheduled ...

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    Routes

    1998-08-05T00:00:00Z

    -United Airlines will cease its daily services between Honolulu and Osaka in October as a result of the Asian economic downturn and losses on the route. -Cathay Pacific Airways has been cleared to begin services between Hong Kong and San Francisco in December, with Airbus A340-300s. -British Airways has been ...

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    UK proposal may end grandfather rights

    1998-08-05T00:00:00Z

    A call by a UK cross-party parliamentary committee to rewrite the slot allocation system in Europe has met with a frosty reception from airlines. The proposal comes as the European Commission (EC) is in the process of preparing its own report on the revision of regulations governing slot trading. ...

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    US Airways and American begin marketing pact

    1998-08-05T00:00:00Z

    US Airways and American Airlines have merged their frequent flier programmes in the first phase of a wider marketing pact announced earlier this year. From 1 August , each airline's club members also gained access to private airport lounges operated by both carriers. The two airlines have agreed to ...

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    Mesa shareholders reject sale or merger

    1998-08-05T00:00:00Z

    The new management at Mesa Air Group have seen off a potential shareholder rebellion after the defeat of a vote on proposals to hire an investment banker to explore a merger or sale of the regional airline operation. The proposal, tabled at the annual shareholders meeting on 28 July, ...

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    Wheel of fortune

    1998-08-05T00:00:00Z

    Hard to believe, but fewer people are flying to Las Vegas these days. Perhaps the slot machines and gaming tables are losing their appeal. No, say the casinos, people still want to come to the Nevada resort, they just cannot find the flights or the fares they want. The ...

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    Russian promise

    1998-08-05T00:00:00Z

    Ian Sheppard/LONDON A worldwide observation campaign to define more precisely the characteristics of the Russian Glonass satellite navigation system will run from September to December this year. It will be conducted by the geodetic community, which is relying on combining the Glonass with the US global positioning system (GPS) to ...

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    Building on basics

    1998-08-05T00:00:00Z

    Paul Phelan/CAIRNS There are still light-aircraft owners who mentally associate buyer-assembled "kitplanes" with two-stroke engines, wooden propellers and doped fabric stretched over wire-braced wings with alloy tube spars attached to plywood ribs. The reality is that many home-built aircraft are now more sophisticated that any single-engined general aviation ...

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    Celestial Internet

    1998-08-05T00:00:00Z

    Tim Furniss/LONDON Of all the advances in satellite communications since Telstar, the most interest is being created by the $9 billion Teledesic programme. Now that Teledesic has assembled a powerful industrial team to build and launch its 300-satellite constellation, the project is moving into high gear. Teledesic's copyrighted "Internet in ...

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    EC unveils alliance plan details

    1998-08-05T00:00:00Z

    Kevin O'Toole/LONDON The European Commission (EC) has published details of its proposed conditions for the British Airways and Lufthansa-led transatlantic alliances, including a call for the governments involved to open up national airports to other European carriers wanting to start US services. The official publication of the proposals, ...

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    EC dismisses Olympic gripes

    1998-08-05T00:00:00Z

    Julian Moxon/PARIS The European Commission (EC) has come in for further criticism over its latest decision to unblock the final tranche of state aid for Olympic Airways, but Brussels has brushed off complaints that it is going softon government handouts, pointing to new conditions being imposed on the Greek ...

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    Afghan veto stymies Delta/Swissair code-share

    1998-08-05T00:00:00Z

    The US Federal Aviation Administration has issued a revised regulation banning US carriers and registered aircraft from flying over the northern half of Afghanistan, including the use of two newly opened international air routes across the centre of the country. The move has already forced Delta Air Lines and Swissair ...

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    Expanding Air Europa Express wants to double its ATP fleet

    1998-08-05T00:00:00Z

    Balearic regional Air Europa Express plans to double its fleet of British Aerospace ATPs to 12 aircraft by early next year to cope with expansion on the Spanish mainland. The Palma de Majorca-based airline launched services in late 1996 as one half of a two-pronged regional operation set up ...

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    Fiji sees double

    1998-08-01T16:45:00Z

    Fiji has approved a second international carrier. Starting in November, Fiji Airways plans to fly from Nadi to Singapore, Mumbai and London with an Airbus A310 and Boeing 747-300 leased from Singapore Airlines. Fiji Airways is owned 60 per cent by Fijians and 40 per cent by UK company PanAsia ...

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    Peru seconds it

    1998-08-01T16:42:00Z

    Aero Continente has become Peru's second international airline. It will operate daily between Lima and Miami using Boeing 727s and 737s. Aero Continente sought 21 weekly frequencies, and has asked transport minister Antonio Paucar Carbajal to reconsider his grant of only seven. Source: Airline Business

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    AA goes for Aerolineas

    1998-08-01T00:00:00Z

    American Airlines has been cleared to proceed with its acquisition of 8.5 per cent of Aerolineas Argentinas. However, the Department of Justice's go-ahead comes with restrictions that will limit American's influence over the Argentinian carrier and its national market. The DOJ has forced American to restructure its deal so ...

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    And now for something . . . completely different

    1998-08-01T00:00:00Z

    The term 'survivor' may be sorely overused in the airline industry, but it remains the most appropriate description for AirTran Airlines, the product of a merger with the ill-fated ValuJet whose once-bright future ended abruptly in 1996 with a controversial crash in a Florida swamp. Not that there is ...

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    No dumb deals

    1998-08-01T00:00:00Z

    American Airlines' new chairman and chief executive officer, Don Carty, is keen to stress that it's business as usual since the smooth handover from the high-profile Robert Crandall to his heir apparent. But business as usual for American, of course, includes a slow struggle to put in place its proposed ...