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LOT orders additional 737s
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH LOT POLISH Airlines is expanding its fleet with an order for four new Boeing 737s, including two new-generation -800s, in response to rising domestic and international traffic. The order, believed to be worth $160 million, is for two 144-seat 737-400s and two ...
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Virgin expands
Virgin Express is forging ahead with the expansion of its scheduled low-fares services. In September, the airline plans to add Geneva and Copenhagen to the cities being served from its Brussels base. Virgin set up the operation in April after acquiring Euro Belgian Airlines. Source: Flight International
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Relaunch emphasises Saudi Arabian's new commercialism
Max Kingsley-Jones/JEDDAH IN ITS FIRST major revamp for over two decades, Saudi Arabian Airlines has unveiled a new corporate identity and pledged a new sense of commercialism within the state-owned carrier. The revamp, which includes the dropping of the name Saudia, is described by the ...
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Deja deja vu
THE JAPANESE AND US Governments are once again going to the edge in the latest round of bilateral-air-service negotiations by threatening each other with sanctions and counter-sanctions. The news has been greeted by industry observers, in Tokyo and Washington, with a collective cry of "here we go again". ...
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Chinese Boeing deal signals relaxation in Sino-US relations
IN A SIGN OF gradual thawing of relations between Washington and Beijing, Air China has ordered three Boeing 747-400s, while McDonnell Douglas (MDC) has agreed to deliver its first MD-90 TrunkLiner to China Northern. The three new Boeing 747-400s are scheduled for delivery in May and August 1997 ...
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Air Malta outlines plans for Azzura Air
AIR MALTA has purchased two AI(R) Avro RJ85s to start its new Italian-based venture AzzuraAir. The airline expects to add a third aircraft to the order by the end of July (Flight International, 22-28 May). Joseph Tabone, the Air Malta chairman, says that he expects to launch AzzuraAir ...
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Asian governments are offered Saeaga shareholding
MALAYSIAN timber tycoon Ting Pek Khiing has offered the governments of Brunei, Indonesia and Philippines each a 10% stake in his struggling start-up regional carrier Saeaga Airlines. Ting's offer follows recent talks between Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohammad and Philippine president Fidel Ramos on establishing a joint regional ...
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Hub crack is blamed for MD-88 fan failure
A FATIGUE crack in the fan hub is the likely cause of the uncontained failure of a Pratt & Whitney JT8D-219 powering a Delta McDonnell Douglas MD-88. Two passengers were killed and four injured when the left-engine fan disintegrated, sending debris into the cabin during the take-off run of Flight ...
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First New Zealand Airbus goes to Kiwi International
Kiwi International Airlines has become the first New Zealand airline to operate an Airbus type, with the acquistion of an A320 on lease from Orix. It will be used for flights to Australia, serving Sydney and Brisbane, and to extend the airline's network to include Melbourne and Perth. ...
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Mainland China may take China Airlines shareholding
CHINA AIRLINES' (CAL) largest shareholder, China Aviation Development Foundation, is to reduce its share in the Taiwan carrier from 82%, to just over 50%. CAL's stock price rose sharply on the news, sparked by speculation that mainland Chinese investors may buy shares. The rumour of Chinese interest has ...
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Jet finalises regional-fleet plan
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON JET AIRWAYS IS finalising plans for the acquisition of a fleet of regional aircraft to operate on services in north-eastern India. ,Jet Airways' chairman Naresh Goyal says that the airline is committed to initiating regional services: "We are vigorously pursuing plans to induct smaller ...
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Flying into the future
Communications, navigation and surveillance in European airspace will be substantially different in the next decade - but how different? Kieran Daly/LONDON AROUND THE WORLD, air-traffic-services (ATS) providers are coming to terms with how the advent of the future air-navigation system will affect their airspace. For dozens of nations, ...
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Lufthansa Cargo cuts costs and capacity
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON LUFTHANSA CARGO IS clamping down on costs and capacity, as the world's largest international freight carrier steels itself for another couple of tough years in the heavily oversubscribed international freight market. The operation ended its first year of independence in 1995, showing a DM20 ...
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London Luton
Frank Pullman has been appointed chief executive at London Luton Airport of the UK, with effect from 1 August. Pullman, former airport director, was previously with British Airways, where he held several senior management positions. Source: Flight International
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Robinson makes surprise move to Dornier
JIM ROBINSON, the former president of AlliedSignal Engines, who recently took over at Learjet, has surprised the aerospace world by becoming president of Dornier. Robinson will be based at Dornier's Oberpfaffenhofen headquarters, near Munich, to oversee the integration of the company with Fairchild Aircraft, which bought the majority ...
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Family fortunes
Braathens SAFE celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, with the founder's grandson at the helm Max Kingsley-Jones/OSLO AT THE LAST COUNT, the Norwegian population totalled some 4.5 million. In 1995, Norway's flag carrier, Braathens SAFE, carried more than 4 million passengers on its domestic routes, representing 52% ...
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Out of the wilderness
The new chief executive of Air Niugini, Moses Maladina, is leading the national airline of Papua New Guinea towards privatisation. Paul Phelan/PORT MORESBY AIR NIUGINI'S new chief executive and former company secretary, 31-year-old lawyer Moses Maladina, faces daunting tasks in his work of grooming the airline ...
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KLM tries to pacify Northwest
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON KLM HAS MOVED to patch up its strained boardroom relationship with Northwest Airlines, proposing that the carriers be locked into their alliance agreement for up to five years at a stretch. Until now, the agreements have been ratified annually, but KLM chairman Pieter ...
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Third-party maintenance directory
Part 2: The Americas Jennifer Pite/LONDON IN THE USA, many providers of third-party maintenance are having a difficult time. Significantly, however, Sabretech has leased the ex-Page Avjet site in Orlando, Florida, and is planning to offer heavy maintenance and modifications, initially for Boeing 737s and Lockheed L-1011 TriStars, ...