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++ British Midland (BM) is planning to launch services between London Heathrow and Manchester in the UK, in direct competition with British Airways' 12 daily services. BM services are expected to begin in March 1998. ++ Sabena and TAP Air Portugal have signed a codesharing agreement, which will become effective ...
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Alitalia plays down privatisation but closes on alliance decision
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Alitalia chairman Fausto Cereti is downplaying the chances for a quick privatisation of the Italian flag carrier, despite the announcement by its parent state-holding company, IRI, that it will cut its stake. The choice of a European alliance partner is promised within weeks, however. Cereti says ...
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Finnair records double profits as passenger numbers boom
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Finnair saw profits more than double over the first half of its financial year, making it the latest northern European airline to benefit from a passenger boom which has already contributed to record results for Lufthansa and gains at SAS over the latest quarter. Finnair posted ...
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Moscow airports rebuild
Moscow's four main airports need more money and more passengersVnukovo airport ramp from the control tower Sheremetevo has retained passenger volume Domodedovo is Moscow's second-largest airport Zhukovski is a base for charter airlines Paul Duffy/MOSCOW In 1990, before the collapse of the Soviet Union, Moscow's four civil airports handled ...
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Netherlands begins search for new airport site
Studies into a new location for Amersterdam's noise-limited Schiphol Airport are being stepped up as the Netherlands Government attempts to placate growing pressure from environmental groups. In a policy decision on 28 November, the Government rejected calls to put an absolute cap on the volume of aviation growth within ...
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Crossair adds more aircraft to
Crossair has finalised plans to boost its fleet, with deals to acquire up to 14 additional aircraft, including Saab 2000s, Aero International (Regional) Avro RJ100s and Boeing MD-83s. The Swissair regional subsidiary, based at Basle, operates a fleet of some 65 aircraft, including Saab 340s, Saab 2000s, British Aerospace ...
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Currency crisis delays Saeaga's launch plans and A320 purchase
Malaysia's Saeaga Airlines is postponing plans to order new Airbus Industrie A320s, and the launch of its first scheduled international services, in the face of the recent Asian currency crisis and economic downturn. "We're looking to buy five A320s, but this has now been deferred," says Ting Pek Khiing, ...
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First class goes
Sabena will drop its first-class service from 25 February, 1998, having discovered that most passengers travelling in the section were either upgraded from business class or were travelling free because of other privileges. The airline operates with first-class cabins to Johannesburg, Kinshasa, New York and Tokyo. Source: Flight ...
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Continental is open to merger offers from major US airlines
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Continental Airlines chairman Gordon Bethune says that the carrier is still open to merger offers from its major US rivals, but, in the meantime, plans to push ahead with its rapid international expansion outside any global alliances. Bethune confirms that an approach was made to Delta Air Lines ...
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AB Airlines will acquire up to 13 737s for network expansion
AB Airlines will introduce the first of up to 13 Boeing 737s in April 1998, as it expands its operations from its London Stansted and Gatwick bases. The UK airline, which introduced services from Gatwick to Berlin Schönefeld in early December, will add three seven-year-old 737-300s in April 1998, ...
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Airtours International closes on order for A330-200
Airtours International is believed to have selected the Airbus A330-200 for its long-haul fleet needs, and is in negotiations on an order for up to three aircraft. The UK charter airline, based in Manchester, has been evaluating the Airbus long-haul twinjet, along with the Boeing 777-200IGW (increased gross weight), ...
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Braathens settles into KLM alliance
Ian Sheppard/OSLO Braathens SAFE has entered into a co-operation agreement with Northwest Airlines, strengthening its alliance with KLM and allowing it to link its Scandinavian routes to the US carrier's Detroit and Minneapolis hubs through Amsterdam's Schiphol and London Gatwick. Anders Fougli, Braathens director of planning, says that ...
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Eurowings adapts services in the face of rail competition
Regional air routes shorter than three hours are no longer worth flying because of competition from high-speed trains, says Reinhard Santner, chairman and chief executive of German carrier Eurowings. Competition with Germany's high-speed Inter-City Express (ICE) trains has become increasingly strong, forcing regional airlines to shift their focus from ...
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France's Fairlines poised for December start-up
Julian Moxon/PARIS Fairlines, the exclusively first- and business-class French airline, will be launched on 8 December, with services linking Paris/Charles de Gaulle, Milan/ Malpensa and Nice. Initially operating a pair of leased, ex-Sunjet International Boeing MD-81s, but with ambitions to add up to eight more, Fairlines president Francois ...
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Winair ready
The US Department of Transportation has tentatively cleared Utah-based charter start-up Winair to launch services. The airline wants to start operating in December within the western USA and to Mexico and Canada, with two leased Boeing 737-200s. Source: Flight International
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++ United Parcel Service (UPS) has launched a service to Penang six times a week as an en route extension to its existing operation from the carrier's Taipei hub to Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. ++ New Zealand has signed an open-skies agreement with Malaysia, permitting each national carrier the right ...
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Royal Wings ponders fleet-expansion strategy
Royal Wings will add a second 50-seat Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8-300 at the end of 1997, but is considering the larger -400, or a regional-jet type, for its longer-term plans. The airline, which is studying a number of route additions and frequency increases, says that, ultimately, its fleet ...
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Tenders invited to supply 50 regional airliners for Russian airlines
The 70-seat An-140 will be among the candidates vying for selection The Russian Aviation Consortium (RAC), acting for Vnukovo Airlines, Murmansk Airlines and Tyumen Aviatrans, has invited tenders for the supply of 50 regional airliners in the 30-, 50- and 70-seat categories. Ilyushin will offer the Il-114 and ...
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Asia-Pacific economic crisis hits South Korea
South Korea's carriers have become the latest of Asia-Pacific's airlines to be marked down by financial analysts as economic problems continue to reverberate throughout the region. Analysts warn that flag carrier Korean Air (KAL) and its competitor, Asiana, are facing hefty end-of year losses, as the South Korean economy ...
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Shugrue is eased out as Pan Am chief
Pan American World Airways has eased out its co-founder and chief executive, Martin Shugrue, to be replaced by airline veteran David Banmiller, who is charged with turning around the start-up's heavy losses and seeing through the merger of operations with Carnival Air Lines. Pan Am confirms that Shugrue has ...