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Making waves
With a new regional venture, a consultancy and plans to invest in an African carrier, Air Mauritius is taking an increasingly aggressive stance in exploiting its standing in the region. When Air Mauritius chairman and managing director Nashir Mallam-Hasham arrived at his new desk a little over a year ...
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Narita nears new runway
The second runway at Tokyo/Narita airport moved a step closer to reality in late May when another of the holdout farmers declared he was willing to sell. Japan's Ministry of Transport has taken the unusual step of predicting a date for opening Narita's second runway, even though two reluctant ...
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Feeding frenzy
The small regional jet has become firmly established as a significant competitive weapon for feeding the North American majors' hubs. If all the regional jets now on order and option by US carriers were delivered tomorrow, the collective number of seats would exceed that provided by all the regional ...
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US alliances face scrutiny
The US General Accounting Office has planted serious seeds for concern in politicians' minds by claiming that proposed US domestic alliances could mean a reduction in competitive service to almost 101 million American passengers. The GAO highlights the Delta Air Lines/United Airlines partnership as especially worrying because of its ...
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Regionals prepare to play politics
The folks in Ohio and Kentucky have been provided with an infinitely easier path to paradise. On 6 June, a nonstop flight was launched that will transport sunseekers the 1,053 miles from Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky Airport to Nassau in the Bahamas each Saturday and Sunday. It is not a major ...
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American and BA compromise to break alliance deadlock
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES American Airlines has guaranteed not to fully implement its proposed alliance with British Airways until 14 slots have been made available to enable other airlines to begin new daily services between the US and London Heathrow. The US airline believes the compromise could help break ...
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American ponders DC-10s' fate
Guy Norris/DALLAS FORT WORTH American Airlines will decide on the fate of its remaining McDonnell Douglas DC-10s by the end of the month as part of a major restructuring process that will see its total jet fleet increase to more than 700 aircraft from 2000 onwards. "By the ...
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ARIA fumes over tax delays
Aeroflot-Russian International Airlines (ARIA) has hit out at the Moscow Government for delaying signature of a decree exempting the airline from paying taxes on imported aircraft. Speaking during the delivery of ARIA's first Boeing 777, director-general Valeri Okulov (son in law of Russian president Boris Yeltsin) criticised the Government, saying: ...
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Air Canada sells Air Alliance
Air Canada is selling its Quebec regional airline, Air Alliance, just two weeks after Canadian Airlines International sold its Quebec feeder, Inter-Canadian, to private investors. Air Alliance has been a drain on Air Canada's finances for several years. It lost several million dollars last year because of a prolonged ...
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Mesaba to double RJ85 fleet
Mesaba Airlines, a US regional feeder for Northwest Airlines, is to double its fleet of Avro RJ85 regional jets in a move that is bound to anger Northwest pilots who are already in bitter contract negotiations. The Northwest Airlink affiliate agreed to amend its regional jet agreement to increase ...
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Jersey European adds five 146-300s to fleet
Jersey European Airways has added five British Aerospace 146-300s to its regional jet fleet following a deal to lease aircraft previously operated by Thai Airways International. The Exeter, UK-based airline is planning to use the aircraft on new routes, such as the service from London Luton to Belfast, starting ...
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Qantas embarks on European charter routes from Heathrow
Ian Sheppard/LONDON Qantas has started operating Boeing 747-400 charter flights in Europe by leasing its aircraft to other carriers during layover at London Heathrow Airport. Qantas pilots and cabin crew will operate five trips to Barcelona and four to Istanbul, flying P&O cruise passengers to and from the ...
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Routes
Royal Jordanian and Air Canada are introducing a code share between Amman and Canada. The deal starts on 2 July and relates to economy seats on four Air Canada flights a week between Montreal/Toronto and Heathrow, connecting with Royal Jordanian services to Amman. Jet Airways is expanding routes following ...
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Swissair moves to reduce fuel bill
Swissair is aiming to save SFr14 million ($10 million) a year and boost its environmentally-friendly image by cutting fuel consumption by 3%. It plans to achieve the reduction by reducing aircraft operating weights and improving operating procedures. Studies conducted jointly by Swissair flight operations and US company Flight Sciences ...
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Workshop
Dee Howard has sold its maintenance activities at San Antonio,Texas to Code, Hennessy & Simmons, a private equity investment fund, allowing Dee Howard to focus on its thrust reverser business Vietnam Airlines has awarded Lufthansa Technik subsidiary Lufthansa AERO a three-year contract to overhaul its ATR 72 turboprop fleet's ...
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Third Airbus A300 for HeavyLift
HeavyLift Cargo Airlines is to acquire a third Airbus A300B4-200 freighter and is planning to increase its fleet by one aircraft every six months for the next two years. The first two are already in service, operating European flights for KLM Cargo and Lufthansa Cargo. A customer for the third ...
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Emirates turns down Star for its own global network plans
Doug Cameron/Dubai Emirates has turned down an offer to join the Star Alliance, the Dubai-based flag carrier opting instead to develop its own global network following an order for up to 12 ultra long haul aircraft. A decision between the Airbus Industrie A340-500 and Boeing 777-200X - for six firm ...
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Courting trouble
By the time that the European courts actually got round to ruling on the Air France state aid issue, it is a fair bet that few people remembered that the case was still pending. It is, after all, four years since the European Commission waved through approval for the French ...
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HUDs for hubs
Tony Booth/Basle Switzerland's Crossair has completed the installation of head-up displays (HUDs) in its Saab 2000s, thus providing the schedule reliability required for its EuroCross strategy to turn Basle Airport into a major European regional hub. With careful arrival and departure co-ordination, Crossair now guarantees more than 500 ...
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Open for business
The success of Hong Kong's Chek Lap Kok, due to open on 6 July, will depend on keeping costs down Paul Lewis/HONG KONG Hong Kong's new international airport makes its operational debut on 6 July - the culmination of a remarkable eight-year undertaking. The $20 billion infrastructure investment was initiated ...