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    Sun Air to close?

    1999-09-01T00:00:00Z

    A row has erupted over plans by South African Airways (SAA) to close down Sun Air, shortly after having agreed to acquire a controlling 75% stake in its domestic competitor. At the end of August, SAA apparently gained control of Sun Air and promptly announced plans to wind it ...

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    A crowded market

    1999-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Lois Jones BEIJING & SHANGHAI Still shuddering from Asia's economic crisis, China's aviation industry is restructuring with domestic tie-ups and the home market high on the agenda. The Hainan Airlines aircraft took off and spread its wings over the sprawling mass of Guangzhou, south China - one of the most ...

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    Ottawa ponders Canadian Airlines rescue options

    1999-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Canada's federal government has been forced to intervene to avert a looming crisis at Canadian Airlines. Ottawa stepped in because of a growing threat that Canadian might not survive this coming winter. The beleaguered carrier has reported an annual profit in only one of the past 10 years, ...

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    American opens door for Latin alliance

    1999-09-01T00:00:00Z

    David Knibb SEATTLE A common alliance with a US partner has spawned a ground-breaking venture between two Latin American airlines. LanChile and Aerolineas Argentina have launched an air cargo joint venture, citing their common connections with American Airlines as a catalyst for the deal. "The relationship with American Airlines ...

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    United offers more business legroom

    1999-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Jane Levere NEW YORK Battling, like every other carrier, for the higher-yield market, United Airlines is installing improved seating at the back of the cabin in its domestic fleet in order to reward its most frequent or full-fare economy passengers. The carrier is reconfiguring the first six to 11 rows ...

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    Venezuela retaliates against US "safety" freeze

    1999-09-01T00:00:00Z

    David Knibb SEATTLE Caracas is sitting on applications from American Airlines' subsidiaries to operate into Venezuela because of Washington's Category 2 freeze on Venezuelan airline flights to the USA. The government of Hugo Chavez is showing its nationalistic face by refusing to grant extra-bilateral US rights while Washington continues ...

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    Brazilians refute merger speculation

    1999-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Brian Homewood RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil's four major airlines have described reports that they are considering merging into two as "mere speculation". But the Brazilian airline industry remains awash with rumours that Varig, Vasp, Transbrasil and Tam could join forces. Varig says that company president Fernando Pinto, who went on ...

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    AA/BA antitrust crumbles

    1999-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Karen walker WASHINGTON DC If American Airlines and British Airways gambled that their application for an antitrust immunised alliance would not be refused in the wake of other high-profile immunities, then it has proved a bad bet. Two-and-a-half years later, those alliance hopes have been dashed by the US ...

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    US carriers sign DoD MoU

    1999-09-01T00:00:00Z

    The US Department of Defense (DoD) has moved to ensure that foreign airlines that codeshare with US carriers have equal standards of safety. Six major US carriers signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the DoD on 6 August agreeing that their codeshare partners will undergo an initial safety ...

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    AeroPeru's hopes crash

    1999-09-01T00:00:00Z

    AeroPeru entered bankruptcy in August, putting an end to remote hopes of a rescue deal for Peru's flag carrier. The decision by creditors to reject any last-minute bids for AeroPeru did not surprise observers, who believed that an earlier failed attempt by Continental Airlines to invest in the Peruvian ...

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    Management teams

    1999-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Carriers in need of change are looking to new boardroom teams for results. Analysis is by Michael Bell, who leads the Global Aviation Practice for senior-executive search firm Spencer Stuart The past few months have brought into focus a new form of leadership at troubled carriers around the world: management ...

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    Punctuality hits new lows

    1999-09-01T00:00:00Z

    When the Association of European Airlines (AEA) issued its punctuality report for the first quarter of the year, it warned that delays in 1999 were shaping up to be worse even than the infamous summer of 1989 when European delays last hit a peak. The prediction was on target. ...

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    Reading the signs

    1999-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Major carriers appear to be signalling their intent to rein back on excess capacity. Chris Tarry at Commerzbank looks at the signs and the possible influence of alliances in the equation. It does not take a degree in rocket science to realise just how testing this year has already been ...

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    Passenger seat restraint

    1999-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Kevin O'Toole Continuing fall-out from Asia's economic crisis reverberated around markets last year as is clear from the latest passenger airline rankings. But it is concerns over falling yields rather than traffic that are now taking centre stage. Last year posed something of a test of resolve for airline ...

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    US Airways Express seeks up to 400 small regional jets

    1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

    Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC US Airways Express has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for up to 100 small regional jets and options for up to 300 larger aircraft for its subsidiary and affiliate regional operators. The RFP specifies a firm requirement for an initial 100 regional jets seating ...

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    Skunk Works: responding to changing times

    1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

    Things are no longer black and white for the Skunk Works. The still-secretive Lockheed Martin unit is having to adjust to the reality that much of its future business opportunities are in the commercial, and not the classified, arena. Not that the two worlds are so vastly different - both ...

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    In the works

    1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

    Tailless fighters, reusable space vehicles, blended wing body transports and hypersonic strike missiles are just some of the technologies on the drawing board at Boeing's Phantom Works Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Boeing's Phantom Works appears increasingly aptly named as it becomes a "virtual" organisation linking the aerospace giant's advanced development centres. ...

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    Taiwan institute redesigns ARL-1 as 19-seat utility aircraft

    1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

    Andrzej Jeziorski/TAIPEI Taiwan's Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology (CSIST)has redesigned the five-year-old ARL-1 twin turboprop aircraft concept as a 19-seat utility after seeing the results of market research. The ARL-1 began life as a six- to nine-seat concept designed by the Aeronautical Research Laboratory of the former ...

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    Ground effect Sky Wing certificated

    1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

    Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) is studying the development of medium and large wing-in-ground effect aircraft after receiving initial Chinese domestic certification for the DXF-100 Sky Wing - a 15-passenger amphibious aircraft developed in Jingmen, Hubei province. The first DXF-100, developed by an AVIC research institute, carried passengers on ...

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    Arianespace keeps commercial lead

    1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

    Tim Furniss/LONDON Arianespace is maintaining its lead in the commercial launcher market with contracts to launch three more satellites, bringing to 43 the number of satellites on its orderbook, worth $3.5 billion. The contracts push Arianespace's satellite launch orders past 200 since it was created in 1980. The ...