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BWA expansion
British World Airlines' (BWA) offshore oil support contract with Integrated Aviation Consortium (IAC) began on 1 April. The five-year deal with IAC, members of which include BP Amoco and Shell UK, involves transportation of oil workers between Aberdeen and Scatsa in the Shetland Islands, off the northern coast of Scotland, ...
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US Army rolls out aviation modernisation plan
Ramon Lopez/FORT WORTHThe US Army plans to procure 1,213 Boeing/Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche helicopters, but seems to be stepping back from its aim of converting all Boeing AH-64As into the more capable Apache Longbow configuration. A March 2000 draft of the aviation modernisation plan obtained by Flight International shows that the ...
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EasyJet orders 17 more Boeings
EasyJet has ordered up to 47 Boeing 737-700s, including options and 17 firm orders, as it prepares to create a new hub at Amsterdam Schiphol by the end of the year. The London Luton-based low-cost airline is gearing up for a tripling of traffic to 15 million passengers annually ...
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Lufthansa Cargo drops Hinduja link
Lufthansa Cargo has suspended its co-operation with Hinduja Cargo Services covering flights to the Indian subcontinent from its Sharjah hub in favour of direct services from Frankfurt. The agreement is being terminated because demand for cargo flights to the region has "grown beyond expectations". Direct flights from Germany yield ...
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Sri Lankan crashes
An Antonov An-12 cargo aircraft crashed on its third approach to Kadirana Airport, Sri Lanka, on 24 March. Six of the eight people on board were killed, with three fatalities on the ground. On 30 March, a Sri Lanka air force-operated An-26 crashed on an emergency diversion to Thalawa. Its ...
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FAA makes TAWS compulsory
The US Federal Aviation Administration has issued an airworthiness directive making terrain-awareness warning systems (TAWS) compulsory in all US turbine-powered aircraft with six or more passenger seats. Aircraft built before 29 March, 2002, must have the appropriate equipment by 29 March, 2005, and aircraft manufactured from the end of March ...
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Air Canada loath to sell regional
Chris Jasper/LONDON Air Canada is to put Canadian Regional Airlines (CRA) up for sale "in the near future", although it hopes no buyer will come forward as it plans to fold the carrier into its own regional operation. CRA must be offered for purchase as a condition of Air Canada's ...
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Giants extend reach via Internet
Emma Kelly/LONDON BAE Systems, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon and e-commerce expert Commerce One have formed the aerospace and defence industry's biggest e-commerce initiative. The participants believe the move will "revolutionise the aerospace industry". The partners have signed a memorandum of understanding to form the unnamed venture, with a ...
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FAA Bill approved
Following a three-year fight, the US Federal Aviation Administration's $40 billion three-year reauthorisation Bill has been approved by both the House and the Senate and looks set to be signed into law by President Bill Clinton. The Bill represents a triumph for FAA Administrator Jane Garvey, who has fought hard ...
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A people business
The departure of Bob Ayling from British Airways may have had more than one simple cause, but his apparent lack of ability to motivate staff and sell his vision provide important lessons as the airline looks for a new head. It may be a well-worn maxim, but the airline ...
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SIA left in the air by Air New Zealand
DAVE KNIBB SEATTLE The long-awaited decision on whether Singapore Airlines (SIA) would plump for Virgin's Australian operation or Air New Zealand (ANZ) as its Australasian partner is still in the balance after talks between SIA and ANZ broke down. SIA chief executive Dr Cheong Choong Keong flew to Auckland ...
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KLM gives profit plan details
COLIN BAKER LONDON KLM has detailed its plans to bring the airline back to profitability next year. The measures include a cost-cutting programme and a change in fleet deployment to bring total savings of DFl700 million ($307 million). The airline says the measures, aimed to tackle rising fuel costs, ...
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Alliance additions in June?
June is the likely date for an announcement of the next partner for the Air France/Delta alliance. The alliance was launched last year with Aeromexico, but hopes that Austrian Airlines and/or British Midland would join did not materialise. Additional partners were expected to join in February or March, but a ...
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US majors fight for new China routes
KAREN WALKER WASHINGTON DC The availability of rights for 10 new weekly non-stop flights between the USA and China has pitched US passenger airlines into an unusual battle against cargo carriers. Under an updated US-China aviation agreement, China is granting the US Government the 10 new flights as well ...
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Canada proposes tougher rules
DAVID KNIBB SEATTLE Canada's transport administration, Transport Canada, proposes to rewrite the country's aviation laws, but the Competition Bureau thinks it is not enough. In response to Air Canada's takeover of Canadian Airlines, a parliamentary committee has completed a review of the laws. Ottawa believes these need revision to ...
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Washington loses WTO appeal
The US Government may seek a settlement with the European Union rather than accept a World Trade Organisation (WTO) ruling that its foreign sales programme is an illegal subsidy. The WTO upheld that ruling on appeal. If it stands, Boeing could lose $130 million in tax savings, plus a financing ...
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Struggling VASP looks to domestic market
BRIAN HOMEWOOD RIO DE JANEIRO VASP, Brazil's third-biggest airline, is struggling to maintain its credibility after a run of embarrassing problems caused by an apparent lack of cash. The beleaguered airline, which has cut several international routes and returned four Boeing MD-11s, nearly had its landing rights suspended at Brazilian ...
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TAESA faces bleak future
DAVID KNIBB SEATTLE The rise in Mexico's credit rating to investment grade may have come too late to save Taesa, the country's third largest airline. Grounded since mid-November and under government orders to raise more capital before it resumed flying, the carrier entered bankruptcy in late February. Its future depends ...
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Taiwan-Philippines dispute back on
Scheduled flights between the Philippines and Taiwan have again been halted as a dispute over capacity has re-erupted. China Airlines, EVA Airways and Philippine Airlines all suspended services between Taipei and Manila in mid-March, one month after resuming them. This followed a settlement to a dispute between Taiwan's Civil Aeronautics ...
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All parcelled up
PETER CONWAY LONDON The long awaited shake-out in the logistics sector could be about tore-write the rules for airline cargo departments and express operators alike When Ocean Group and NFC, two UK companies with global logistics businesses, announced a merger a month ago, it probably did not create much ...