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New York start-up strikes blue note
JetBlue Airways is the name selected by New York-based US start-up New Air, formed by Morris Air founder David Neeleman. Backing worth $125 million in capital is coming from US-based entrepreneur George Soros, through his company Private Equity Partners Fund, and Weston Presidio Capital and Chase Capital Partners. The ...
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China Eastern nears decision on MD-11 fleet replacement
Chris Jasper/SHANGHAIChina Eastern Airlines is finalising plans to order new long-haul aircraft to replace its Boeing MD-11s, as it agrees a new delivery schedule for 10 A320s with Airbus Industrie. China Eastern operates five Boeing MD-11 passenger aircraft and a single cargo version, but will remove the type from its ...
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Gemini set to double cargo capacity
Gemini Air Cargo plans to double the number of freighters it operates by the end of 2000 from nine aircraft. The increase is the result of major US investor The Caryle Group acquiring a majority stake in the carrier. "Caryle will be an excellent financial partner in the next ...
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Routes
Air Canada has launched thrice-weekly Vancouver, Canada-Taipei, Taiwan non-stop schedules using Airbus Industrie A340s, in harmony with codeshare partner EVA Air's three Boeing 747 nonstop flights. Delta Connection Atlantic Southeast Airlines is introducing jet services between between Atlanta and Austin, Houston and San Antonio on 1 August using 50-seat Canadair ...
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Star Alliance pursues French and German rail options
Julian Moxon/PARIS French railway company SNCF is considering a move that could see it become the first "non-airline" member of the Star Alliance - although it has not yet dismissed alternative options which could see it do a "train/plane" deal with a single airline, or open its route network ...
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Airports
Aeroports de Paris, the operator of Charles de Gaulle and Orly airports, has signed a partnership agreement with Chateauroux-Deols Airport to study the potential of the latter to handle increased freight traffic. Chateauroux-Deols is located in the Paris area and offers a 24h operation. Passenger numbers at London Luton Airport ...
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Marketplace
Cathay Pacific has signed a short-term, wet-lease agreement with Atlas Air for a single Boeing 747 freighter. The deal is the airline's first with the US freight leasing specialist. Denver-based Frontier Airlines has leased two ex-Winnair 737-200 Adv for 51 months and an ex-TACA Boeing 737-300, all from Swedish lessor ...
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SAA's cost cutting turns loss into profit
South African Airways (SAA) has revealed a R51 million ($8.32 million) profit for the 12 months to the end of March. The state-owned airline, which last month agreed to sell a 20% shareholding to SAirGroup of Switzerland, recorded a R244 million loss the previous year. The turnaround in fortunes ...
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Boeing tackles winglet erosion in MD-11 modification package
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Boeing plans to complete work by the end of the year on improvements to tackle long-standing operational problems on the MD-11. They include new coatings to prevent excessive erosion to the winglets, modifications to stop skin cracks and changes to system fittings and valves to prevent ...
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China Southern begins merger talks with Air China
Chris Jasper/SHANGHAI China Southern Airlines has confirmed that it has held talks with flag carrier Air China over a possible merger that would bring together two of the country's three biggest airlines. China Southern says that its parent, Southern Airlines Group, has held preliminary talks with Air China which ...
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Mesa's preference for 35-seat regional jet favours Embraer
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTONMesa Air Group wants early delivery of a new 50-seat regional jet. It has an additional requirement for a smaller complementary aircraft, giving the Embraer RJ-145 the edge over the competing Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet CRJ-200. Phoenix, Arizona-based Mesa plans soon to announce the acquisition of up 40 new ...
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BM widens the field for Fokker replacement
British Midland (BM) is widening its evaluation of 100-seat aircraft to replace its Fokker 70/100 and warns that, with the increasing number of new types becoming available, Boeing will have to make a "very attractive offer" to win the UK carrier's order for its 717 twinjet. The airline has ...
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Routes
Japan Airlines (JAL) plans to codeshare with Iberia on Amsterdam-Madrid and Amsterdam-Barcelona routes from October. JAL and KLM co-operate on the Amsterdam-Spain routes, but this would end if the JAL/Iberia link is confirmed. Continental Airlines launched the first non-stop connection between Cleveland, USA, and London Gatwick, UK, on 1 July, ...
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Carriers put transpolar plans on ice
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC North American carriers are being forced to shelve plans for new non-stop direct services between US and Asian destinations as infrastructural and political problems delay the opening of transpolar routes . Trial flights over the North Pole have stopped only 12 months after the inaugural ...
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EasyJet gains Gatwick foothold
EasyJet is to begin its first services from London Gatwick this year. London Luton-based low-fares carrier easyJet has been seeking to gain access to the capital's other airports - Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted - and will use its Gatwick slots to launch daily scheduled services to Geneva for the winter ...
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Free flight
The UK's new air traffic services supremo believes privatisation is the way forward for ATC David Learmount/LONDON Airlines are condemned to face serious air traffic control delay in European airspace for the foreseeable future unless there is a revolution in how policy decisions governing the continent's air traffic services ...
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Holding on
Mexico's aviation industry is battling regulations as well as competitors Roberto Mena/MEXICO CITY Despite significant advances in the past four years, Mexico's commercial aviation industry is struggling. Not only does it face intense competition from the onslaught of international carriers following deregulation, but government regulators seem determined to crush it. ...
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Exclusion zone
The unusual became the unprecedented last week when Boeing, having launched its original 777 programme giving airlines the choice of three competing engines, decided it would revert to a single exclusive supplier for a new variant of the aircraft, to the exclusion of the two rival powerplant manufacturers. This is ...
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Aeroel enters the jet age with two 737s
Private Israeli airline Aeroel Airways is expanding operations with its first jet aircraft. The seven-year-old Tel Aviv- based carrier has purchased two Boeing 737-200Advs from El Al for a combined cost of $13 million. The first aircraft will enter service with Aeroel before the end of July, with the ...
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Iberia takes A321 for European services
Iberia has introduced the first of 19 Airbus A321-200s on to its European network. The 186-seat CFM International CFM56-5-powered aircraft will supplement the airline's 24 A320s and were ordered as part of a $2.6 billion deal last year for up to 76 A320 family aircraft. The airline placed firm orders ...