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Japan retires
Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways have launched enhanced early retirement plans to encourage employees to leave as young as 51 in an attempt to cut staff numbers. Source: Airline Business
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Star member
The Star Alliance formally welcomed Varig as a full member on 22 October. Varig joins fellow alliance members Air Canada, Lufthansa, SAS, Thai Airways and United Airlines. Source: Airline Business
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CAL connects
China Airlines has signed a strategic alliance with American Airlines linking their FFPs and incorporating codesharing between the US and Japan. Source: Airline Business
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737-700 undergoes preparation for last JAA test
Boeing is preparing the Next Generation 737-700 for its final test for the European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA), with certification now anticipated by the end of December. The aircraft has also had a boost from a major deal with Argentina's LAPA. Boeing says that the aircraft passed the ...
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Boeing begins hybrid Trent tests on 747
Boeing has begun flight tests of the Rolls-Royce RB.211-524G/H-T engine on a new British Airways 747-400. The engine, a hybrid combination of the Trent 700 high-pressure O4 module and the existing -524G/H low-pressure system, has been ordered by Cathay Pacific and South African Airways (SAA). R-R is using ...
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Unions approve United Express jet operations
United Airlines' pilot unions have cleared the way for Atlantic Coast Airlines (ACA) to launch United Express services with its Bombardier Canadair Regional Jets (CRJ). The regional airline began a United Express regional-jet service between Washington's Dulles International to two Florida points, Nashville and Raleigh-Durham, in late November. ...
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Airlines may link on African ATC problems
Long-haul carriers could soon become involved in modernising Africa's dilapidated air-traffic-control (ATC) infrastructure, following a call by South African Airways (SAA) for airlines regularly flying in African airspace to take a more pro-active safety role. At the same time, South Africa has reported success in improving ground communications ...
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Air Namibia maintains plans to replace its 747SP, despite heavy financial losses
Despite suffering heavy financial losses, Air Namibia has pledged to go ahead with replacing its ageing Boeing 747SP, but may downgrade its ambition to acquire a new-generation aircraft. The airline had been considering acquiring a new aircraft such as the Boeing 777 or Airbus Industrie A340, but is ...
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Boeing completes 737-600 assembly
Final assembly of the first Boeing 737-600 is being completed at the company's Renton, Seattle, plant, with roll-out scheduled for December. The aircraft will be joined by two other -600s in the six-month flight-test programme, which is expected to culminate in certification in mid-1998. Deliveries to SAS will begin soon ...
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El Al focuses on A319 for short-haul needs
El Al has selected the Airbus A319 over the Boeing Next Generation 737 for its short-haul needs, but hurdles must be overcome before it can finalise an order with the European consortium. El Al has been evaluating the A319/A320 and the 737-700/800 to meet its need for new ...
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Airlines express their concerns over Eurocontrol ATM strategy
Julian Moxon/PARIS Eurocontrol's newly launched air-traffic management (ATM) strategy for the next century is already raising doubts among airline organisations. They are concerned about the agency's ability to overcome competing national priorities among the states which will ultimately implement it. Although the aviation industry gave a ...
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Weber demands new runway at Frankfurt
Lufthansa chairman Jürgen Weber has demanded a new runway at Frankfurt Airport, saying that the airport's capacity is already reaching its limits. Weber says that the airport is not capable of handling more than 70 or 80 take-offs an hour, and has nearly reached this limit. In a ...
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ICAO grasps global safety-oversight
Members of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) have endorsed a wide-ranging plan set of recommendations to expand its Safety Oversight Programme (SOP) and give it policing powers for the first time. During a landmark conference on 10-12 November in Montreal, attended by 148 of the 185 member ...
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Swissair's offer stops Gemini from closing LTU MD-11 deal
A last-minute offer from Swissair for LTU's fleet of four Boeing MD-11s has blocked Gemini Air Cargo's attempt to acquire the aircraft for use as freighters. William Stockbridge, president of US supplemental cargo carrier Gemini, says that his failure to secure the aircraft is "very disappointing". On 17 ...
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Mesaba Airlines boosts Saab 340 backlog for 1998
Mesaba Airlines has firmed up its remaining 22 options for new and used Saab 340s, which will extend Saab's airliner production into late 1998. The Minneapolis-based airline will take delivery of 19 new Saab 340B Plus between February and December 1998, plus three used Saab 340As. The Northwest ...
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Marketplace
++ Tyrolean Airways has placed firm orders with Bombardier for three more de Havilland Dash 8Q series 300s and one Canadair Regional Jet series 200BLR. Deliveries are expected to be completed by the end of this year. The airline is acquiring the Dash 8Qs to accelerate the replacement of its ...
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Delta's Latin plan
Delta Air Lines says that it will increase its services to and from Latin America. The airline is building on its codeshare relationship with Transbrasil and Aeromexico, and is poised to introduce services to Argentina, Chile and Peru, in conjunction with its codesharing partners. Source: Flight International
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Polar resurrects 747 freighter
Polar Air Cargo will put into service in December a Boeing 747-200 freighter which was written off by its insurers a year ago after a mercury spill was found in its cargo bay. The 1979-build 747-200F was being operated by Southern Air Transport when, during routine maintenance in ...
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Swiss World faces delay in services
Swiss World Airways, Geneva's planned rival to Swissair, may have to postpone the start of its services to North America until March because of delays in getting its leased Boeing 767s onto the Swiss register. The carrier, which was proposed after Swissair withdrew most of its long-haul operations ...
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ValuJet/AirTran merger approved
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Valujet has completed the final step in its merger with AirTran Airways, after shareholders from both airlines voted to approve the deal. The new AirTran Airlines emerges into a struggling US low-cost sector, however, which is fighting for new competition- legislation ...