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FedEx takes American's MD-11 fleet
AMERICAN AIRLINES IS to sell the bulk of its McDonnell Douglas MD-11 fleet to FedEx for conversion into freighters. Confirming details of the long-rumoured sale, American says that 12 MD-11s will be delivered to FedEx between January 1996 and October 1999. FedEx also has the option to buy ...
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SIA and Tata to defy critics inside India
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE SINGAPORE AIRLINES (SIA) and Tata Industries are confident that their proposed joint venture to set up an Indian domestic carrier will go ahead, despite local political and airline opposition. The planned SIA-Tata partnership has been attacked by Pramod Mahajan, general secretary of India's main ...
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Gulfstream opens London City option
GULFSTREAM Aerospace has won approval to operate the Gulfstream IV-SP into London City Airport (LCY). The certification allows the business-jet to serve the airport which is the closest to London's financial district. Aircraft require special approval to use LCY because of its steep glide-slope. The GIV-SP ...
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Southern to develop L-100 combi
SOUTHERN AIR Transport (SAT) is developing a passenger/cargo "combi" modification for the Lockheed Martin L-100 Hercules transport, for relief and other missions when a combination of people and freight needs to be carried. Hondo, Texas-based Knight Aerospace is performing and certificating the modification, says SAT president Bill Langton. ...
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Crossair seeks cash for RJ100s
SWISS REGIONAL Crossair is to help finance its purchase of 12 Avro RJ100 regional jets with a new offering of shares. Swissair has signalled its intention to take part in the issue, raising its stake in the carrier to a two-thirds holding. Crossair commercial vice-president Thomas Hoffman says ...
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Air India pessimistic on 1996 results
Veena Singh/BOMBAY AIR INDIA EXPECTS to post a loss for the coming financial year after only narrowly staying in the black for 1994/5, according to bleak predictions from the airline's board. An initial estimate of the airline's performance for the year to the end of March ...
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ARIA Shannon hub delayed by New York negotiations
Paul Duffy/SHANNON THE LAUNCH OF the Aeroflot Russian International Airlines (ARIA) hub at Shannon, Ireland, has been delayed by negotiations with the Port of New York over slots at Kennedy International airport. The required slots have now been obtained, but operations will not begin until 26 ...
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Aer Lingus is back in the black
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON AER LINGUS IS BACK making profits after the crises of the past two years, which executive chairman Bernie Cahill admits brought the Irish flag-carrier close to collapse. The group has had to fight its way back from "the very edge of a precipice", says ...
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Clinton presents ATC reshuffle plan
THE US CLINTON Administration has delivered to Congress a reorganisation plan which would shrink the Federal Aviation Administration through the creation of a quasi-governmental corporation responsible for air traffic control (ATC). About 40,000 FAA workers would transfer to the new US Air Traffic Services Corporation. The FAA would ...
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United overhauls fleet expansion
UNITED AIRLINES IS revamping its fleet plan in a move which will reduce the rate at which capacity is added, but will bring down the average fleet age faster than expected. The carrier's latest five-year plan includes the replacement of 94 in-service aircraft with Boeing 777s and Airbus ...
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ARIA shows first Tu-204
AEROFLOT RUSSIAN INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES (ARIA) received its first Tupolev Tu-204 at Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport on 7 April. The aircraft, RA64010, is the first of four 204C cargo variants to be produced this year and was delivered in a new ARIA livery under consideration for the carrier's entire fleet. Two of ...
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Rivals capitalise on Air Inter strike woe
AIRLINES, WHICH have been taking advantage of liberalisation, to compete with French domestic carrier Air Inter at Paris Orly Airport, are reaping the benefits of continuing strikes at the Air France subsidiary. Since January, AOM and Air Liberte have been operating flights to Marseilles and Toulouse respectively - ...
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Boeing drives 777 ahead but loses Gulf Air orders
BOEING IS continuing its intensive effort to push the 777 into service on time after confirming that it has lost Gulf Air's order for six aircraft, with six options. The Bahrain-based carrier dropped its commitment to the General Electric GE90-powered aircraft after deciding that it would end ...
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Laminar-flow testing begins on Airbus A320
DAIMLER-BENZ Aerospace (DASA) Airbus has begun flight tests of an Airbus A320 fitted with a hybrid laminar flow (HLF) fin. The tests are taking place in Toulouse, in co-operation with the German Aerospace Research Establishment (DLR) and the other Airbus partners. The programme aims to fly an aircraft ...
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Vietnam Airlines to use Region Air A320
REGION AIR OF Singapore is near to finalising a deal to lease its first Airbus Industrie A320 to Vietnam Airlines, as negotiations continue for the lease of a further eight narrow body aircraft. Vietnam Airlines is expected to take delivery of the aircraft - its eighth A320 - ...
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Struggling TWA details 1994 loss
TRANS WORLD Airways (TWA) has revealed that it ended 1994 with losses of $436 million, although the struggling airline takes some comfort from an improvement in its unit costs and a reduced operating loss. Unit costs fell by more than 2%, because of early returns from a new ...
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Alitalia plans for more job cuts
ALITALIA IS understood to be keen to press ahead with plans to cut another 2,600 jobs over the next two years as the Italian flag carrier continues the struggle to win wage concessions from its workforce. In its 1994 annual results, Alitalia revealed that it shed 1,600 jobs ...
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ANZ poised to take stake in Ansett
Air New Zealand (ANZ) is expected to make a direct entry in to the Australian domestic market by taking a stake in the Ansett group. Ken Cowley, chief executive of News Corporation, which jointly owns Ansett, is due to meet Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating to discuss the ...
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Dawn of Apollo
GREEK CHARTER CARRIER APOLLO Airlines began operations on 25 March, using a single leased Airbus A300B4. A second aircraft is due to arrive in May. Initial planned routes will link the Greek mainland and islands to Scandinavian destinations initially. Services to other European cities will begin once the second machine ...
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Kendell confirms Saab 340 orders
Wagga Wagga-based Kendell Airlines, owned by Ansett partners News Corp and TNT, has confirmed orders for two new Saab 340Bs for July delivery. The two aircraft, which had been under preparation for another operator, will be flown on two New South Wales regional routes which Kendell now operates ...