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Koreans fail to agree on Pyongyang
A RECENT MEETING of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has failed to resolve differences between South and North Korea over the planned opening up of the Pyongyang Flight Information Region (FIR). According to ICAO, "-some progress was made", during the meeting in Bangkok between representatives from China, ...
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Sabena agrees cost-reduction deal with unions
SABENA HAS reached agreement with its three main unions over the implementation of key parts of the airline's Horizon 98 cost-reduction plan. The scheme, proposed by Sabena president Paul Reutlinger, differs little from the one proposed by his predecessor Pierre Godfroid, who was forced to resign in the ...
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Australia and New Zealand
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS AUSTRALIA AND New Zealand have endorsed a deal creating a single aviation market (SAM), effective from 1 November. The move came 24h after aviation regulators of both nations sanctioned the A$475 million ($377 million) acquisition by Air New Zealand of a 50% stake in Ansett Holdings. ...
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Caribbean crusader
Gilles Filiatreault has set out to change the way in which BWIA does business. Kevin O'Toole/LONDON IF EVER AN AIRLINE were in need of some clear, decisive, management, then it is BWIA International Airways. After experiencing privatisation, a major management-upheaval and gearing up for an ambitious expansion plan, ...
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British Midland invests £15 million to upgrade its image
BRITISH MIDLAND has invested some £15 million ($25 million) on a re-launch of its image as a European business airline, with a new corporate livery and a package of service upgrades which includes the introduction of business class for the first time on its UK routes. The measures ...
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Losses make New Zealand's Kiwi flightless
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS LOSSES AT KIWI Travel International Airlines, the New Zealand low-cost carrier, have forced it to cease operations, while two Australian airlines have also run into financial difficulties. Kiwi Travel went into voluntary liquidation with losses estimated at NZ$3 million ($2 million) over the past ...
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British Mediterranean plans more services to Middle East
Gunter Endres/LONDON FOLLOWING ITS franchise link with British Airways on the Eastern Mediterranean market, British Mediterranean Airways is planning an expansion of its services in the region, but has ruled out the acquisition of widebody aircraft. The two airlines reached a franchise agreement in August (Flight ...
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BA aims to silence new UK noise rules
Andrew Doyle/LONDON BRITISH AIRWAYS is preparing the way for a possible court challenge to new noise limits at the three major London airports, due to be imposed by the UK Government from 1 January, 1997. The carrier expects to complete an internal review within the next ...
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MDC sets October date for MD-XX
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) hopes to begin offering its MD-XX, the MD-11 tri-jet derivative, to airlines as early as October and "-will launch as soon as possible after that, probably in early 1997", says Walt Orlowski, MDC vice-president and general manager of the programme. ...
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New Pan American poised for take-off
THE NEW PAN American World Airways is awaiting final US Department of Transportation (DoT) approval to start low-cost, long-haul scheduled services. On 20 August, the resurrected Pan Am gained tentative approval, but interested parties were given 15 days to comment on the DoT's decision to let the carrier begin services. ...
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Alitalia urges Air Europe
ALITALIA IS PUSHING for the charter operations of Air Europe Italy and Eurofly to be merged into a single airline, in an effort to prevent a damaging fare war between the two carriers. The move has been prompted by Eurofly's plans to enter long-range charter markets served by ...
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Emery
Scot Dunsmore, has been appointed Emery's Worldwide general manager, for Birmingham UK, by the Redwood City, California-based freight carrier. He was previously sales manager at Birmingham. Robert Bongaerts (right) is named logistics manager for Europe, based initially at Maastricht, Netherlands. He was formerly operations director for Europe at UPS Worldwide ...
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Behind the screens
Karen Walker/ATLANTA NEW TECHNOLOGIES are bringing new ways of entertaining and informing passengers while they fly, as well as helping them to use their time productively. The resulting changes in services, which might routinely be offered to passengers in the near future, could have most impact ...
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BAe's asset management effort reaps return with more deals
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON BRITISH AEROSPACE says that its aggressive drive to limit losses from the group's extensive turboprop leasebook is beginning to produce results, with a series of new deals including the first sales of Jetstream J31s. BAe Asset Management Turboprops (AMT) announced plans to step up ...
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A coming of age
The powerful Trent 800 is carving out a big slice of the engine market for Rolls-Royce. Guy Norris/LOS A little over a year from now the world's longest jet airliner is due to fly from Everett, Washington. Powering the first flight of the Boeing 777-300 will be Rolls-Royce ...
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Air New Zealand poised to take a 50% stake in Ansett airline group
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS AIR NEW ZEALAND (ANZ) has finally concluded an agreement to take over TNT's 50% stake in the Ansett airline group, ending a round of negotiations which has dragged on for nearly 12 months. ANZ will pay A$325 million ($257 million) for the stake, ...
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BA optimistic on open-skies
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON British Airways chief executive Bob Ayling is hopeful that the US/UK open-skies negotiations will be back on track by the end of September, despite the breakdown in the latest round of talks. Doubts were raised over the state of relations between the two sides ...
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...while signalling caution on a new Japanese alliance deal
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS British Airways has signalled that the signing up of an alliance partner in the Asia-Pacific region will take a back seat as the airline first attempts to see through its tie-up with American Airlines. Chief executive Bob Ayling told a meeting of Australia's National ...
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Boeing launches 757 stretch
BOEING IS going ahead with its long-awaited 757-300 stretch variant after negotiating "a proposal" for up to 24 aircraft with the German charter airline, Condor Flugdienst. The deal covers firm orders worth $875 million for 12 aircraft (formerly designated the -300X) and 12 options. Boeing says: "The order ...
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Satellite-landing system approval is postponed
US CERTIFICATION OF the Honeywell/Pelorus SLS-2000 satellite-landing system (SLS) has been put back by six months, to the end of 1996. The first satellite-landing system will be certificated to US Federal Aviation Administration special-category 1 (SCAT 1) levels at Newark, New Jersey, rather than at Minneapolis/St Paul, as ...