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Face The Facts with...Nick Godwin
The regional aircraft sector has stolen the limelight at recent airshows. A string of blockbuster deals, renewed fierce competition in the market and a raft of new products on the drawing board have made the sector a byword for dynamism. Against this background, British Aerospace Regional Aircraft pursues a policy ...
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Rising fuel costs drive Russian carriers to tough measures: ATI
Struggling to cope with soaring aviation fuel prices, Russia¹s airlines are set to boost air fares by as much as 50% and cut back their flights. This year the cost of jet fuel in Russia has risen steadily in line with mounting world oil prices. In January, a tonne of ...
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Delta, Comair to head off litigation: ATI
Delta Air Lines and Comair have taken steps to smooth the major's proposed acquisition of the Cincinnati-based regional with an agreement-in-principle to settle litigation started by some Comair shareholders. The Atlanta-based airline says the agreement-in-principle has been reached to avoid the "burden, expense and distraction" of further litigation. The two ...
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$76m Oasis deal boosts leasing fleet to 10 aircraft
DUBAI Abu Dhabi-based Oasis International Leasing has bought three aircraft for its leasing portfolio. The $76.5 million deal brings the Oasis fleet to 10 aircraft. The three aircraft are: -A 1990-build Boeing 737-300 that is currently on lease to GO, the British Airways low-cost airline; -A 1992-build Boeing ...
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Merger creates a giant - ATI
Lessors AerFi Group and Indigo Aviation are to merge in a move that the companies say will create one of the world's largest independent aircraft leasing entities. AerFi of Ireland - the renamed GPA Group - and Indigo of Sweden say in a joint statement that the merger will occur ...
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Kuwait Airways, PAL link for Bangkok-Manila flights - ATI
Kuwait Airways (KAC) and Philippine Airlines (PAL) are entering into a co-operation agreement under which PAL passengers will be carried on the Kuwaiti carrier¹s flights between Bangkok and Manila - flights operated only because of the need for a technical stop. A PAL source says from Manila that the agreement ...
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Orders bonanza hope in wake of a Middle East travel boom
Alan Peaford/DUBAI Passenger air travel in the Middle East will grow at a faster rate than Europe or North America according to Boeing Commercial Airplanes Group. This will mean a huge demand for new aircraft over the next 20 years. Boeing spokesman Mark Hooper, addressing a pre-show briefing, says ...
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South Africa enters the jetliner business
South Africa is entering the jetliner business following a deal by Denel to manufacture components for the British Aerospace RJ airliner. The two companies have signed a letter of intent under which Denel Aviation will deliver rudders and ailerons to BAe Regional in the UK. Covering 18 sets a year, ...
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Shell riding high on Sukhoi
Mark Hannant/DUBAI Shell is flying at Dubai 2000 - on the wings of a Sukhoi Su-29. The Su-29, sporting the Shell red and yellow pecten, appears in the daily display flown by Rehan Van Tonder who's taking time out from his day job as a pilot with Emirates. Shell has ...
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Face the facts with...Chuck Grieve
Maurice Flanagan, Group Managing Director of Emirates, the Dubai-based international airline, believes the general public is being badly-served in many parts of the world for a variety of reasons Q: Have alliances grown too strong? A: I think alliances, if they're not controlled, would be the same as cartels. ...
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Go focuses on 737-700 or A319 for long-term fleet plans
UK low-fare airline Go expects to finalise its long-term fleet plans early next year. This will enable it to begin introducing a new fleet of Airbus A319s or Boeing 737-700s in 2001. The airline was set up in May last year by British Airways as a low-cost short-haul subsidiary ...
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Tenzing aims for e-mail flight trials next year
Internet service provider Tenzing plans to launch flight trials of its in-flight e-mail/Internet services by next September. The Redmond, Washington-based company demonstrated its FlightConnect e-mail service for the first time at the World Airline Entertainment Association (WAEA) show last month. It has signed up an airline for flight trials, says ...
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Regional deal heralds China breakthrough
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Paul Lewis/WASHINGTONBombardier has signed a breakthrough deal with China's Shandong Airlines to supply five Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) series 200s. It will also look at establishing a dedicated training centre as local interest in regional aviation picks up. The Jinan-based provincial operator is the first Chinese carrier to ...
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Raising cain
The paperless cockpit and passenger cabin will soon be a reality if the Rockwell Collins/Condor-led Integrated Information System (I²S) programme shows the future of airline communications. A marvellous but obvious idea - applying the universal components of the ground-based computer industry to airline communications. Such information management systems linking ...
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Chautauqua to fly TWA's jet feed
Trans World Airlines (TWA) has agreed a marketing tie-up with Chautauqua Airlines to launch its first regional jet services. The deal involves Chautauqua parent Wexford Management committing to orders and options for up to a further 60 Embraer RJ-145s. The 10-year agreement calls for Chautauqua to launch the first ...
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Virgin 'will join' alliance
Chris Jasper/CHICAGO Virgin Atlantic Air-ways says it is now inevitable that it will link up with a global alliance. Chairman Richard Branson has revealed the UK carrier has been approached by three major groupings. Sources at Virgin confirm that the UK carrier has entered a dialogue with at least one ...
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Brazil's airlines snub VASP idea
Brazilian airline VASP says the country's other three major carriers have snubbed its proposal to create a single holding company. An offer from Brazil's development bank to finance a merger between the struggling airlines also continues to be rejected. At the start of the month, Varig, Transbrasil and TAM Brazil ...
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Impulse plans float to fund regional jets
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS Impulse Airlines aims to expand into regional jets and is to fund its growth with a share flotation, following its severing of links with Ansett Australia last month. Impulse, based in Newcastle, New South Wales, operates feeder and hub-bypass services. It is preparing to raise funds ...
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Airbus wraps up Chinese package
A package of orders for 28 Airbus aircraft for Chinese carriers was announced by French president Jacques Chirac in late October, while hosting a visit by China's president Jiang Zemin. Although Chirac revealed that the deal includes eight A340-500/600s, 10 A318s and 10 A319s, details such as the identity ...
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El Al compromises with A330/777 deal
Arie Egozi/TEL AVIV Airbus Industrie is set to conclude its first sale to El Al following the Israeli national airline's decision to split its medium-capacity fleet replacement order between the European consortium and Boeing. El Al is to acquire a mix of aircraft and has ordered three Boeing ...