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EJM expands
Executive Jet Management (EJM), of Cincinatti, Ohio, has added four business jets to its aircraft and charter management operations. The inclusion of two Bombardier Challenger 600s, a Cessna Citation III and a Dassault Falcon 50 boosts EJM's managed fleet to 25 aircraft. Source: Flight International
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French independent taps into new routes
French independent airline AOM has signed a codesharing agreement with TAP Air Portugal under which the two carriers will jointly develop routes to cities in the south of France, Portugal, LatinAmerica and the Caribbean. The deal follows last year's agreement with Swissair, which AOM business director Jean-Marc Janaillac admits ...
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Loss of control is key to China Airlines accident
David Learmount/LONDON Loss of control appears to have been the cause of the China Airlines (CAL) crash at Taipei Airport, Taiwan, on 16 February, according to information which has been made available by the Taiwan Civil Aeronautics Administration (TCAA). Preliminary flight data recorder readings downloaded for the TCAA by ...
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Continental Micronesia fights Asia crisis
Guy Norris/GUAM Continental Micronesia is expanding its route network, revising its Guam hub operation and modernising its fleet with Boeing 757s and Next Generation 737s as part of plans to counteract the downturn in traffic following the Asian economic crisis. The first of two new 757-200s due for ...
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Emery selects DC-10 for freighter requirement
Emery Worldwide Airlines has picked the McDonnell Douglas (MDC) DC-10 for its widebody freighter needs and signed for an initial five aircraft. The Dayton, Ohio-based integrated freight carrier has arranged to lease five ex-Continental Airlines DC-10-10s from US lessor Pegasus Aviation Group. The aircraft will undergo freighter conversion by Aeronavali ...
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GE/P&W shrug off Airbus A3XX delay
The General Electric/ Pratt & Whitney GP7000 engine alliance is maintaining its original technical goals for the A3XX, despite Airbus' decision to delay the programme. The alliance is aiming to launch the GP7000 at the end of next year. "We've kept all the engine milestones the same for 1998 ...
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Japan prepares for domestic battles after deregulation
Andrew Mollet/TOKYO The Japanese Government is preparing to deregulate domestic air fares in fiscal 1999 in a move that analysts say will serve to further stiffen competition in an already highly contested market. A draft report from a transport ministry panel has urged the lifting of restrictions that ...
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Maersk takes Europe's first Boeing 737-700
Maersk Air is in talks with Boeing over contractual penalties after taking delivery of its first Boeing 737-700 five months later than originally scheduled, on 2 March. The US manufacturer met problems in certification of the type, including unexpected snags with the horizontal stabiliser. The Copenhagen airline is expecting to ...
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Marketplace
-British Airways regional partner Maersk Air has ordered two additional Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) Series 200LRs for delivery in early 1999. The move marks a continuation of the company's BAC One-Eleven replacement programme, which began late last year with an order for three CRJ-200s. -Alaskan carrier Taquan Air will ...
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Japan prepares first North Korean flights
Japan has agreed to open its first route into North Korean airspace following the successful completion of international trial flights through the Pyongyang flight information region (FIR). The new route, tentatively designated B332, will run due north from point Miho within the Tokyo FIR, through neighbouring South Korean airspace, ...
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United Airbus boost
United Airlines has signed up for 30 more Airbus A320 family aircraft. The purchase, worth more than $1.33 billion, will boost its order for the single aisle models to 111. The new deal includes 20 A320s and 10 A319s for delivery in 2000 (seven A320s) and 2001 (13 A320s and ...
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R-R studies -535 derivative
Ian Sheppard/LONDON Rolls-Royce (R-R) is studying the development of a major RB.211-535 derivative which it believes could offer an 8% reduction in specific fuel consumption (SFC) by incorporating the core being developed for the new Trent 500. The -535 is available on the Boeing 757 and Tupolev Tu-204. ...
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Routes
-The US Transportation Department has allowed seven weekly flights each to American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and Continental Airlines for US-Tokyo services following the new US-Japan bilateral agreement. American will inaugurate its Chicago-Tokyo Narita service on 1 May, Delta is to start its new daily Atlanta-Tokyo service on 3 June, ...
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Indonesian gloom forces Sempati Air to retrench
Sempati Air Transport has axed all international routes, laid off nearly 60% of its staff and reduced its fleet to just five Boeing 737-200s as Indonesia's deepening economic crisis threatens many of the country's smaller carriers with bankruptcy. Privately owned Sempati cut around 1,000 of its 1,700-strong workforce from ...
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UPS develops people carrying package for charter companies
UPS aims to double the number of weekend charter passengers it carried last year under contract to US cruise lines, tour operators and professional sports organisations. The carrier, better known for transporting parcels than people, is conducting charter flights with five Boeing 727-100 freighters, modified to accept a quick ...
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European airline trio shows profit turnaround
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON After eight years of wavering finances, punctuated by some spectacular losses, Alitalia's turnaround has begun to take shape with a solid profits performance in 1997. The news comes as part of a series of better results for European airlines, including Swissair and Sabena. Alitalia, which a ...
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Record figures lift French aerospace industry
Julian Moxon/PARIS The French aerospace industry has revealed some of its its best ever performance figures, with industry body Gifas president Jean-Paul Béchat promising the trend will continue over the next two years. Overall sales for 1997 increased by more than 19% to Fr130 billion ($21 billion). Orders were up ...
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Lufthansa travel arm sold to Kuoni Reisen
Lufthansa and its partner Karstadt have sold their jointly owned travel subsidiary Euro Lloyd Reisebüro to Swiss holding company Kuoni Reisen. It clears the way for their new C&N Touristik travel venture. Lufthansa is being forced to back out of other travel ventures, including the sale of stakes in ...
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Reno pins hopes on new boss
Reno Air has become the latest of the US low fares airlines to undergo a management shake-up, appointing a new chief executive to help steer the struggling carrier back to profits. The Reno board says that it decided that the carrier "would benefit from a change in leadership", especially ...
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Thomson-CSF looks for partner
Carol Reed/PARIS Denis Ranque, Thomson-CSF's new chairman, has pledged to find a strategic international partner, with GEC high on the list of favoured candidates Ranque was in buoyant mood as he unveiled a threefold increase in the group's profits for 1997, arguing that the French group is now ...