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Hawaiian set to sell stake
Hawaiian Airlines looks set to sell a controlling stake to a group of US east coast investors for $20 million, ending the carriers intensive search for additional capital which has been underway since its emergence from bankruptcy. Hawaiian has declined to identify investors in the group, called Airline ...
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Makers face merger block
Before Boeing and McDonnell Douglas go much further with merger talks they will need to assess their chances of overcoming antitrust concerns. A merger of the defence divisions may succeed because of Boeing's limited exposure and US policy favouring strong defence companies over competition. But a commercial aircraft merger would ...
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Leases get out of pickle
The Pickle lease seems to have survived attempts by US tax officials to kill it. Lawyers have found at least two ways around Internal Revenue Service proposed regulations that were widely seen as the death knell for this cross-border tax lease. Pickle leases have involved a cat and ...
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FAA issues regional rules
THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration issued final rules on 14 December, bringing Part 135 regional carriers operating ten- to 30-seat aircraft up to the same safety and training standards as those of Part 121 major long-haul US airlines. The harmonised rules are contained in new Part 119 carrier certification requirements. ...
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EC and Spain agree on Iberia rescue plan
Julian Moxon/PARIS THE EUROPEAN Commission (EC) and the Spanish Government have finally agreed on a rescue plan for Iberia, ending nine months of often, acrimonious negotiations. The key to the agreement is the EC's definition of the agreed Ptas 87 billion ($600 million) cash injection as ...
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Cathay drops out of Xiamen Airport joint-venture plan
CATHAY PACIFIC Airways has pulled out of a proposed joint-venture deal to develop and manage China's Xiamen International Airport, in Fujian. The Hong Kong carrier scrapped its planned HK$366 million ($47.5 million) investment after resistance from the Civil Aviation Authority of China (CAAC). Cathay says that the CAAC ...
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Canadian navigation
The Canadian Government is selling the country's air-navigation system to a non-profit-making corporation owned by Canada's airlines, aircraft manufacturers and unions. NAV Canada has agreed to pay C$1.5 billion ($1.09 billion) for the system. The sale, operative from 1 April 1996, will mark the first time that a national air-navigation ...
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Virgin plans receive cool reception
AIRLINE ANALYSTS have greeted with scepticism the declaration by Virgin Atlantic Airways that it plans to lease or buy up to $5 billion-worth of aircraft within the next three years in a bid to become one of the world's leading long-haul carriers. The airline has announced plans to ...
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A matter of incentive
THAT BRITISH AEROSPACE and Dassault, are working together on defence projects, is welcome but is not in itself remarkable. After all, they have been partners before, not least on Sepecat, the joint parent of the Jaguar fighter-bomber. What is remarkable is that, this time, the companies are co-operating on their ...
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Ryanair UK plans foray into Europe
RYANAIR UK IS planning a substantial expansion of the low-fare, no-frills, service concept pioneered in Europe by its Irish parent company. While keeping details under wraps until plans have been finalised, Ryanair UK managing director Tim Jeans confirms that more UK routes and a determined foray into Europe ...
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Slovenian stimulus
Deutsche Lufthansa and Slovenian carrier Adria Airways have signed a long-term co-operation agreement. From 1 January 1996, two daily frequencies from Frankfurt and a daily service from Munich to Ljubljana will be operated by Adria Airways under a code-share, and schedules will be coordinated to provide better connections to Lufthansa ...
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Muddy end for 747
AN EMPTY CHINA AIRLINES Boeing 747-200 swerved off the runway and crashed at Manila's Ninoy Aquino International Airport on 12 December, during an attempted three-engine take-off. The aircraft, with only the aircrew aboard, was being returned to Taiwan for repairs after earlier hitting a truck when landing, damaging one of ...
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Stevens
Jim Amador has been named vice-president for aircraft sales at maintainer and technical-service company Stevens Aviation, of Greenville, South Carolina. A member of Stevens' sales team since 1994, Amador was formerly vice-president for aircraft sales at JetCorp of St Louis, Missouri. Source: Flight International
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AAR
James Whaylen has been promoted to director of business-aviation maintenance services at fixed-base operator AAR Oklahoma, of Will Rogers World Airport, Oklahoma City. He was formerly manager of business-aviation service sales, where he is replaced by David Chapman. Jack Hawkins is promoted to manager of business-aviation maintenance services. Hank Pruitt ...
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BWIA
John Bird has been appointed general manager for the UK and Europe at BWIA International Airways. He was a senior manager with British Airways. Gilberto Duarte becomes vice-president for Latin America and cargo. He was previously vice-president and general manager of ground-handling agency Universal Aviation Services, of Miami, Florida. ...
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Bristol Airport
Peter Clayson is named as managing director of Bristol Airport, in the UK. With Bristol since 1979, he was formerly deputy managing director. Source: Flight International
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FlightSafety
Thomas Eff has been named general counsel for FlightSafety International, of La Guardia, New York. He was formerly vice-president and associate general counsel of The Continental Corporation. Source: Flight International