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Portugal signs for Eurocopter EC635
The Portuguese army has signed a c35 million ($37.4 million) contract with Eurocopter for nine EC635s, the military version of the EC135. The EC635s will be used for medical evacuation, fire support "and to help civilian populations in emergency situations", says Eurocopter. The contract is part of a broader ...
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IAI warns Raytheon on Phalcon pricing
Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI)has told Raytheon, its airborne early warning (AEW) programmes partner, that a high price on its proposal for Turkey could mean an end to their teaming agreement. An IAI/Raytheon team was one of the losers in the Australian Wedgetail AEW competition, won by Boeing offering 737-700s ...
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Congressman urges UK ban
US Transportation Committee chairman Bud Shuster has called for a ban on all UK carrier flights to Chicago O'Hare and New York Kennedy airports unless an open skies agreement, allowing greater access to London, Heathrow, for US carriers, is finalised within six months. Congressman Shuster has also introduced a bill ...
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Top 50 Cargo Airline Ranking - 1998
Top 50 Cargo Airline Ranking - 1998 Ranking 1998 Airline Country Cargo Traffic Cargo share Total RTK's Cargo revenue $ million Cargo share of revenue Cargo yield USC/RTK Period End RTK million Change ...
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A lesson in low cost
Debonair's demise has provided a salutary lesson to other of Europe's low-fares carriers not to stray too far from the low-cost formula. Conventional wisdom may be much maligned, but it is not always wrong. Almost from the day that Franco Mancasola sketched out his plans to launch a ...
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More to come says Star, as it welcomes new members
BEN MCMILLAN/ATI TOKYO Singapore Airlines (SIA) took centre stage at the inauguration of Japan's All Nippon Airways (ANA) into the Star Alliance in Tokyo in October by confirming its widely anticipated entrance into the multilateral airline grouping from spring next year. ANA was to join Star on 31 ...
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Lufthansa eyes cargo alliance
Lufthansa Cargo is undertaking a feasibility study into a worldwide air cargo alliance. Lufthansa has signed memoranda of understandings with SAS Cargo and Singapore Airlines, which could lead to a more binding arrangement early next year. Source: Airline Business
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Air Canada's allies prepare rescue bid
DAVID KNIBB SEATTLE A showdown is expected by 8 November on the bid by Onex to acquire Air Canada and merge it with Canadian Airlines. With high stakes for the Star and oneworld alliances, United and Lufthansa Airlines appear ready to intervene on Air Canada's behalf. Onex ...
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Travel agents outraged by commission reductions
KAREN WALKER WASHINGTON DC Taking their lead from United Airlines, most major US carriers have slashed travel agent commission rates from 8% to 5%. The cuts have provoked outcry from travel agent groups, already reeling from efforts by the airlines to steer customers towards Internet bookings. Within days of ...
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Travelocity merger with Preview stirs on-line fight
JANE LEVERE NEW YORK Global distribution system company Sabre has merged its Travelocity unit with Preview Travel in a step-up in the battle for the growing on-line travel market. The new company, Travelocity.com, will have projected sales this year of more than $1 billion. Travelocity was already top-ranked in ...
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Boeing reverses policy to create full-service finance unit
DAVID KNIBB SEATTLE In a major policy reversal, Boeing is turning the customer finance unit it inherited from McDonnell Douglas (MDC) into "a full-service financing organisation". The former MDC finance unit, renamed Boeing Capital, will be combined with the finance services of its treasury as part of the move ...
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Delta buys Comair
Delta Air Lines is buying Comair Holdings, parent of Comair, in a $1.8 billion deal. Comair, based in Cincinnati, Ohio, is a Delta Connection regional carrier which feeds passengers from cities in the midwest and Florida to Delta's hubs in Cincinnati and Orlando. Comair chairman and chief executive David Mueller, ...
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Ansett NZ wins pilot contract battle amid sale talk
New Zealand's second airline has won the struggle with its pilots over a new contract, but it is dogged by reports that it is preparing the airline for sale. Ansett New Zealand and its pilots have been at odds most of this year over a company demand that they ...
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In brief
Joint operations - Qantas Airways and British Airways are to merge commercial operations in Hong Kong from next April. The carriers say the new organisation is designated to integrate commercial operations such as telephone sales, ticketing and marketing. The two have joint operations in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. ...
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One Chinese merger plan fails, but another takeover is revived
NICHOLAS IONIDES BEIJING Merger talks between Air China and China Southern Airlines have ended in failure but supporters of consolidation in China's bloated airline sector will be pleased with another positive development: two other Chinese carriers have forged a tentative deal. Beijing-based industry sources say China National Aviation (CNAC), ...
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Shanghai opens second airport
With the opening of Pudong in October, Shanghai became China's first city with two international airports. Now the question is how to co-ordinate the two. Under a three-phase plan approved by Beijing, Pudong will boost operations in stages. During its first month, Shanghai Airlines and China Eastern planned to shift ...
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Freeing up the skies
PETER BENNET VIENNA Free flight promises to solve chronic capacity problems and, although it is 15 years away, Europe's aviation industry is moving ahead with creating the infrastructure. "Free flight is a misunderstood concept," says Lars Lindberg, president of AvTech aviation technology consultants in Sweden. "Some people think it is ...
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A year to forget
PETER CONWAY LONDON It took a while for the Asian downturn to affect the air cargo industry, but last year the bad news really hit home. There is little hiding from the fact that 1998 was a dismal year for the air cargo industry. And final figures from the ...
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Arabian dream
CHUCK GRIEVE DUBAI A new commuter airline in the Arabian Gulf, is linking the UAE cities of Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Will it succeed where others have failed? Robin Cutts is a man for a quote. Like this one: "Airlines publish ambitions and then charge you for it." And: ...
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Facing the markets
TOM GILL CASABLANCA Moroccan flag carrier Royal Air Maroc is preparing for privatisation and hopes to join Air France's global alliance. But it has not escaped the market turmoil hitting the rest of the industry. "When you make a lot of profit it is a bit worrying. You say ...