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Pilots hamper TAP privatisation
SAirGroup has agreed to take a stake in Tap Air Portugal, but a dispute over pilots' pay may jeopardise the Portuguese carrier's fragile profitability and remaining privatisation plans. As expected, Swissair's parent is to cement its relationship with the Portuguese flag carrier by taking a 20% stake, pending ...
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Iberia sues pilots for strike damages
Iberia is the second major airline in less than two months to sue its pilots, but American Airlines pilots have jumped to their help. Spanish pilots' union Sepla, which has announced a halt in months of escalating industrial action, is facing a possible fine of Ptas4.3 billion ($29 ...
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Alitalia defends Italy
Alitalia is considering setting up a southern Italian regional operation which observers believe may be a defensive action against similar plans by British Airways. Alitalia is carrying out a feasibility study, to be completed in June, into setting up a regional operation connecting southern Italy with other destinations ...
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News in Brief
Slot exchange - A UK high court has ruled that the former Air UK, now KLM uk, did not illegally sell its Guernsey slots at London Heathrow to British Airways. According to the presiding judge in the case brought by Guernsey, the fact that the exchange was unequal - Air ...
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LOT sell-off revived
The Polish Government has revived plans to privatise its national carrier LOT, six years after the sell-off was first announced. It aims to raise capital for the carrier and get it into a global alliance. According to Treasury Minister Alicja Kornasiewicz, a search for a partner is to ...
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Air China joins prospective A318 launchers
Air China has signed a tentative agreement with Airbus Industrie and Pratt & Whitney to order eight PW6000-powered A318 twinjets as a trade-in for four Boeing 747SPs. A second potential launch customer, Air France, has asked CFM International to offer the CFM56-5A as an alternative powerplant (Flight International, 21-27 ...
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Old pals act
Just when it seemed that Philippine Airlines was on a plausible road to recovery, the road has been spiked by the carrier's major shareholder. Controversial beer and tobacco mogul Lucio Tan is one of the wealthiest men in the Philippines. He already owns about 70% of the Philippines national ...
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New York's New Air aims for new year start with Airbuses
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC New Air, which plans to launch low-fare services from New York Kennedy International in January, has ordered 25 Airbus Industrie A320 family aircraft worth an estimated $1 billion. The new US entrant also holds 25 options and 25 purchase rights on A320 family aircraft, with ...
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African Star ships in aircraft as it claims licence approval
Hilka Birns/CAPE TOWN South Africa's first independent and majority black-owned international airline, African Star, may have jumped the gun by announcing that the government has granted it an international air service licence. According to sources at the country's transport department, Pretoria's Air Services Licensing Council has given only ...
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European airlines call for ATC rethink
Emma Kelly/LONDON The Association of European Airlines (AEA) has called for a radical rethink on European air traffic control (ATC), after the latest capacity and delay predictions. European air navigation organisation Eurocontrol had originally targeted accommodating 8% more traffic this year, compared with the previous year, with a ...
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Humbled Korean Air stages management upheaval
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE After the latest of a string of air safety disasters, Korean Air (KAL) is undergoing a management shake-up in an attempt to convince politicians, passengers and partners that it is turning over a new leaf. Chairman and founder Cho Choong-Hoon has resigned, "taking the entire responsibility ...
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Alliance attacks US pilot scope clauses
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Pilot contract scope clauses, which limit the number of regional jets US airlines can operate, are to come under attack from a widely based alliance to be unveiled at the US Regional Airlines Association meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, in May. The "Proposition RJ" alliance plans to lobby ...
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US majors beat expectations
Chris Jasper/LONDON Most large US carriers have reported a stronger-than-expected performance for the first quarter of this year on the back of strong domestic demand and improving international markets. Bad winter weather took its toll, but while several airlines posted poorer results than for the same period last year, ...
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CIT steps up with Airbus buy
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC The CIT Group has signalled its intent to compete as a major international aircraft lessor with its first direct purchase of 30 Airbus Industrie A320 and A330s. The portfolio is expected to be supplemented shortly with a similar size order for new Boeing Next Generation 737s. CIT ...
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Pan Am buys Reflectone centres
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Pan Am International Flight Academy (PAIFA) is to acquire Reflectone's training centres at Washington Dulles International Airport and St Louis, Missouri. The former British Aerospace facilities house simulators for the BAe 146 and for the Jetstream 31 and J41. The Dulles site will accommodate the ...
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FlightSafety wins Northwest CRJ deal
Northwest Airlines has selected FlightSafety International to provide pilot and maintenance training for Bombardier Canadair Regional Jets (CRJs) on order for its Northwest Airlink regional affiliates. Under the 10-year contract, extendible to 15 years, FlightSafety will locate Level D simulators for the 50-seat CRJ-200 at training centres convenient for Northwest ...
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Northwest Training upgrades systems
Northwest Aerospace Training (NATCO), the training arm of Northwest Airlines, is to upgrade the visual systems on eight of its full flight simulators. NATCO, based at Eagan, Minnesota, has awarded Evans & Sutherland (E&S) a contract for nine ESIG-3350 visual systems - eight of them to upgrade Airbus A320, ...
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Delta aims for north-east USA
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) is to expand into the north-eastern USA, under the first combined schedule drawn up since Delta Air Lines took over the carrier earlier this year. Atlanta, Georgia-based Delta Connection carrier ASA, will operate three daily regional jet flights from Islip, Long Island, ...
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Chileans to select new widebody
David Learmount/SANTIAGO LanChile is to decide on acquiring long-range widebody aircraft by the end of July, says chief executive Enrique Cueto. Chile's leading airline, Lanchile is also expected to decide whether to join the American Airlines/British Airways-led oneworld alliance next month. The requirement for the new aircraft has ...
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Aegean Airlines joins attack on Olympic
Julian Moxon/ATHENS Greek scheduled carrier Aegean Airlines has taken delivery of the first two of up to four British Aerospace Avro RJ100s, as it joins the attack on the former monopoly of state-owned Olympic Airlines. Aegean will begin operating scheduled services with the aircraft to Thessaloniki, Heraklion, Chania and ...