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Kenya's African hub
Kenya Airways reports 21% growth in business on African routes last year as it continued to expand the hub concept at Nairobi, which is now connected to 19 destinations throughout the continent. Overall, the airline reports an 8.8% rise in sales for its 1997/8 financial year to KSh11.6 billion ($196 ...
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EC allows American/BA alliance in exchange for Heathrow slots
Carriers on both sides of the Atlantic are stressing that there is still all to play for despite the European Commission's long-awaited ruling on the British Airways and Lufthansa transatlantic alliances. Major US airlines are already gearing up to lobby the US Department of Transportation to increase access to ...
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Indonesia is hit the hardest as traffic plunges in Asia-Pacific
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Passenger numbers at Asia-Pacific airports tumbled by nearly 10% in March, with individual gateways in the region down by as much as half. The Asian downturn also appears to be affecting international traffic through US West Coast gateways. Worst hit in the region was Indonesia, with ...
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Aeropostal enters widebody world with A310s
Venezuela's LAV Aeropostal has added its first widebodied types - two Airbus A310s - on lease from Airbus Industrie. The Latin American airline has concluded a deal to acquire two 11-year-old Pratt & Whitney PW4000-powered ex-Pan Am/ Delta Air Lines A310-300s on five-year leases from Airbus Industrie Leasing. Deliveries ...
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A310 seizure forces Afrique suspension
Debt-laden Air Afrique has been forced to suspend its long-haul route network following the seizure of its four Airbus A310-300s by creditors. The Abidjan, Ivory Coast-based carrier, which is owned by 11 French-speaking West African nations and the French Government, has been struggling financially since the CFA Franc, the ...
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Bombardier rethinks turboprop marketing
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Bombardier has acknowledged the need to rethink the marketing strategy for its de Havilland Dash 8 family as the growing success of regional jets makes selling turboprops airliners more difficult. "The road is going to be bumpy, as the excitement is around jets," says Bombardier ...
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Launch of Falklands airline is put back
Plans to launch an airline to serve the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic from the South American mainland have been postponed until later this year. British South Atlantic Airlines (BSAA) had been planning to start operations between the Islands and Sao Paulo, Brazil, in April with a wet-leased ...
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Kyrgyzstan begins fleet update with debis A320
Kyrgyzstan Airlines has become the first CIS operator of an Airbus fly-by-wire type, with the introduction of a leased A320. The airline plans to take additional Western aircraft, including two A319s, as part of its fleet modernisation programme. The four-year-old Airbus A320 has been acquired on a four-year operating ...
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Marketplace
-A New Tahitian carrier, Air Tahiti Nui, will launch services to points on the US West Coast and Japan later this year with an ex-Air France Airbus A340-200 leased from Airbus Industrie Financial Services. -SAS Commuter has increased its firm orders for Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8-400 from 15 to ...
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Cathay flight breaks record and leads to series of polar trials
Polar flight trials conducted by four carriers between North America and Asia are scheduled to begin on 15 July following a record-breaking inaugural flight, dubbed Polar One, by Cathay Pacific Airways, non-stop from New York to Hong Kong. The Federal Aviation Authority of Russia has given permission for a ...
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A320 beats 737 in Qatar fight
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Qatar Airways has selected the Airbus A320 over the rival Next Generation Boeing 737 for its new short-haul fleet, and concluded a deal with Airbus for up to 11 aircraft. The Gulf airline is now turning its attention to the replacement of its A300s. The airline ...
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Routes
-United Airlines and Delta Air Lines are seeking permission to offer daily services to Brazil - Delta from New York's Kennedy Airport to Sao Paulo, and United from Los Angeles. A new bilateral agreement provides seven additional weekly frequencies from 1 October. -US Airways is seeking permission to add a ...
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Swissair goes ahead with Stansted response
Swissair plans to fly three times a day between Zurich and London's Stansted Airport from October using 126-seat Airbus A319s, countering the growing threat from UK no-frills carriers such as easyJet and Go. Stansted-based British Airways subsidiary Go has applied for slots to launch services to Geneva from October ...
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Taiwan's U-Land links up with Air Philippines
Brent Hannon/TAIPEI Taiwan's U-Land Airlines has wet-leased the first two of three Boeing MD-82s to Air Philippines as the first step towards acquiring a 35% stake in the Philippine domestic carrier. Talks between the two airlines have been speeded up because of the Philippine Airlines (PAL) strike. Since ...
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Aer Lingus renews hunt for an alliance as Team sale nears
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON With the sale of its loss-making maintenance arm now back on course, Irish flag carrier Aer Lingus is preparing to reactivate its search for a strategic alliance partner and could be heading for a partial privatisation. The airline's state owners asked Aer Lingus management to submit ...
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Kuwait Airways advances towards privatisation
A draft law for the privatisation of Kuwait Airways has been approved by its state owners backed by improving finances at the carrier. The Government draft still has to undergo a parliamentary debate in the Kuwaiti National Assembly, but airline chairman Ahmed al Meshari believes the airline could now be ...
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Quicksilver machine
Guy Norris/DALLAS-FORT WORTHWithin the next five years, the combined fleets of American Airlines and its regional affiliate, American Eagle, will number almost 1,000, of which the vast majority will be jet powered. Managing these huge fleets, and restructuring them to meet the changing needs of the 21st century, has become ...
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FAA and Coast Guard to maintain Loran-C
The US Federal Aviation Administration and Coast Guard have agreed to keep the Loran-C navigation system in service beyond its planned termination date of 31 December, 2000 in a move which will be welcomed by the general aviation sector. The decision, which must be approved by transportation secretary Rodney ...
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BA ponders engine switch for big new 777 acquisition
British Airways is considering buying 20 more Boeing 777s in a $2 billion deal that could see it switch engine suppliers. The carrier selected the General Electric GE90 engine for its current fleet of 777-200s, having rejected an offer from traditional supplier Rolls-Royce, but it is now seeking bids ...
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EC allows American/BA alliance in exchange for Heathrow slots
Carriers on both sides of the Atlantic are stressing that there is still all to play for despite the European Commission's long-awaited ruling on the British Airways and Lufthansa transatlantic alliances. Major USairlines are already gearing up to lobby the USDepartment of Transportation to increase access to London Heathrow, while ...