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LanChile ponders Argentina launch
LanChile may set up a subsidiary carrier in Argentina after failing to make headway with plans to invest in flag carrier Aerolineas Argentinas, Flight International's sister on-line service, Air Transport Intelligence, reports. Spanish holding company SEPI, the majority shareholder in Aerolineas, is trying to agree terms on its operation ...
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Continental aims to take up reins from Northwest
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Continental Airlines has revealed that it wants to buy back control from Northwest Airlines, while continuing to jointly develop the pair's planned global alliance with KLM and Alitalia. Northwest has a 14% equity stake in Continental, acquired in 1998 via a $519 million cash and stock ...
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Promising future
The 1990s were years of unprecedentedly intense activity aimed at improving airline safety. So what happened? There were more fatal accidents and more human casualties in that decade than in the 1980s. Despite active flight safety campaigns by major international agencies, more modern aircraft and air traffic control systems, ...
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IATA proposes airline membership safety audits scheme
David Learmount/LONDON The "IATA" logo used in airline marketing may become a sign of quality and, particularly, safety - if an audit scheme proposed by the International Air Transport Association for applicant airlines goes ahead. At present, although IATA has a standards scheme for approved travel agents, it does ...
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Marketplace
Air Cairo has leased three more Rolls-Royce RB211-powered Tupolev Tu-204-120s from Sirocco. The carrier already has three Tu-204-120s in service - two passenger models and a freighter. Two of the new aircraft are expected to join the passenger examples which are already subleased to Egyptair for use on North African ...
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Routes
Austrian Airlines is initiating two transatlantic flights at the end of March from Vienna. Daily services to Chicago O'Hare will be introduced, along with five weekly services to Washington Dulles. KLM uk's low-cost carrier buzz, which launched services earlier this month, is starting three new routes - Jerez, Montpellier and ...
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Workshop
Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering (GAMECO) has won approval for Airbus A320 and A321 maintenance up to C3 check level and Boeing MD-11 line maintenance from the European Joint Aviation Authorities. The approval is reflected in revised JAR-145 certification, which the Sino-US joint venture has received, having been certificated to this ...
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Air France strengthens its grip with Regional stake
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH François Legros/PARIS Air France has acquired a controlling stake in franchise partner Regional Airlines, strengthening the French flag carrier's grip on feeder traffic into its Paris Charles de Gaulle hub. The deal will see Air France Finance, a wholly owned subsidiary of the airline, buy the Dubreuil ...
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CityFlyer in jet deal talks
CityFlyer Express is negotiating with BAE Systems to more than double its Avro RJ fleet, as it prepares for the possible transfer of routes from British Airways at London Gatwick. CityFlyer, a regional subsidiary of BA, is at the centre of a plan by its parent to restructure its ...
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AmTran examines 727 replacements
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC American Trans Air (AmTran) has purchased nine Saab 340Bs from American Eagle to re-equip its subsidiary feeder Chicago Express in the run-up to a larger decision on acquiring between 30 and 34 new narrowbody jets to replace its fleet of Boeing 727s. Chicago Express has ...
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Damaged Crossair recorders go to Canada for analysis
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH The damaged flight data and cockpit voice recorders recovered from the wreckage of the Crossair Saab 340B which crashed shortly after take-off from Zurich on 10 January have been dispatched to the Transport Safety Board of Canada (TSB) for analysis. All 10 passengers and crew were ...
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Anonymous syndicate nears Ansett NZ takeover
An unidentified New Zealand syndicate with close links to Qantas is finalising a deal with News Corporation to take over Ansett New Zealand. Industry sources suggest Qantas is sponsoring the takeover and plans to transfer six of its Boeing 737s to the new owner's fleet. A block of six ...
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GE Capital expands commercial training
GE Capital is expanding its commercial flight training business under agreements with Thomson-CSF and Cathay Pacific Airways. Under a joint venture agreement, Thomson-CSF will transfer its Orbit training centre operations to GE Capital Aviation Training (GECAT), which also operates the former Raytheon/Hughes training centre at London Gatwick. GECAT ...
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ANA and JAL pushed for 777X deal
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Boeing and General Electric have stepped up efforts to sign All Nippon Airways (ANA) and Japan Airlines (JAL) as launch customers for the Boeing 777X growth derivative as a trade-off against deferring nearer term 777-200/300 and 747-400 deliveries. The US partners are understood to have ...
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Airbus unveils details of A330 derivative
Julian Moxon/PARIS Airbus Industrie has revealed details of the A330-100 derivative it is offering airlines to replace the A310 and A300-600 medium-range airliners. Demand for a new aircraft in the 165-250-seat range is growing, and Airbus and Boeing are preparing solutions based around the A330-200 and 777 (Flight ...
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AMR eyes Aerolineas Argentinas shares in ownership argument
American Airlines parent AMR is bidding for Spanish holding company SEPI's majority stake in Aerolineas Argentinas as it strives to diffuse a row over ownership of the carrier. A source at American says AMR is heading a consortium of investors negotiating with SEPI and its sleeping partners, Merrill Lynch ...
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Regional relations
The rush by major airlines into global alliances has been repeated at a regional levelGünter Endres/LONDONGlobal alliances with fancy names like oneworld, Wings and Star have become fashionable in the airline industry. But a quiet revolution has also taken place at a regional level in Europe, where flag carriers have ...
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ANA assists latest Japanese regional
All Nippon Airlines (ANA) will provide operational assistance to Japan's latest regional newcomer, Fair Inc, as Japan's aviation market continues to liberalise. The agreement comes as Japan's government prepares to drop restrictions on route entry and withdrawal and remove all ticket price controls at the start of February. "The ...
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New SA airline goes on safari
A new South African operator, On Safari, wants to start scheduled services to London in the UK from Hoedspruit (Northern Province) and Cape Town. Sources say On Safari is planning to use Boeing 767 twinjets. The applicant was to present its case to Pretoria's Air Service Licensing Council on ...
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Workshop
Gemini Air Cargo has contracted Boeing Wichita and Israel Aircraft Industries to undertake freighter conversions of two leased ex-Varig McDonnell Douglas MD-11s. London Heathrow-based British Airways franchise operator British Mediterranean Airways has awarded Monarch Aircraft Engineering a four-year base maintenance contract for its three Airbus A320s. Overhaul specialist Triumph Air ...