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UPS to fit freighter fleet with satellite navigation systems
United Parcel Service (UPS) is to equip its 229 freighters with next-generation satellite navigation systems using the global positioning system (GPS)-based wide-area augmentation system (WAAS). The equipment will be made by the US express parcels specialist's subsidiary UPS Aviation Technologies (UPSAT). Development of the GPS/WAAS combination is expected ...
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Canada 3000 aims to fill void left by Canadian takeover
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Canada 3000 Airlines is positioning itself to become the country's second international carrier. It plans a major expansion in scheduled services and fleet size, following the recent takeover of Canadian Airlines by Air Canada. Toronto-based Canada 3000 has unveiled plans to launch services to India, Japan and ...
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KLM uk's no-frills buzz gets off the ground
Buzz, the new low-cost subsidiary of KLM uk, began operations on 4 January with promises of "strong market growth" in the European low-cost sector over the next five years. Based at London Stansted, UK, the carrier competes with the existing UK-based low-cost airlines Ryanair, easyJet and British Airways subsidiary Go. ...
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Air Canada takes action to restructure Canadian debt
Brian Dunn/MONTREAL Air Canada is moving to restructure the debt and other long-term obligations of Canadian Airlines International after getting the go-ahead to buy its rival. Canadian owes bondholders, lessors and banks C$1 billion ($680 million). Over C$2.2 billion in capital and operating-lease payments are due over the next few ...
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Routes
America West will begin services from its Phoenix hub to Hartford, Connecticut, in April, using an Airbus A319. British World Airlines has been awarded a five-year contract from Integrated Aviation Consortium to transport oil workers between Aberdeen and Scatsta in the Shetland Islands from April. Up to three British ...
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Marketplace
Debis AirFinance has selected the CFM International CFM56 to power 10 of the 30 Airbus A320 family aircraft it has on order. Martinair has taken delivery of a Rolls-Royce RB211-powered Boeing 757-200 on a four-year lease from ING Lease International Management Equipment. Negotiations are under way for a second example. ...
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Uganda slashes services ahead of SAA takeover
Michael Wakabi/KAMPALA Ailing Uganda Airlines has reduced its services to a minimum in anticipation of its takeover by South African Airways (SAA) in March. A top-level meeting between Uganda's president Yoweri Museveni and an SAA delegation last month appeared to iron out remaining obstacles to the deal. Uganda is to ...
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SIA/Virgin work out fine print
Chris Jasper/LONDON Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Virgin Atlantic are hammering out the details of their recently agreed deal. Under it, the Asian giant takes a 49% stake in the UK holding company, which owns Virgin Atlantic Airways, Virgin Holidays, Virgin Sun and cargo operation Virgin Aviation Services. The £600 ...
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Ansett plans major regional merger
Ansett Australia is planning to merge its three regional subsidiaries - Kendell Airlines, Skywest Airlines and Aeropelican Air Services - into a single carrier. It will take over a significant chunk of the mainline airline's regional operation, based around British Aerospace 146s. Ansett has also replaced senior management and ...
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BA studies CityFlyer transfer in Gatwick route shake-up
Chris Jasper/LONDON Andrew Doyle/MUNICH British Airways is considering a radical restructuring of its London Gatwick-based operations that would see all routes of less than 800km (430nm) - or around 35% of services - transferred to its CityFlyer subsidiary. The move, among several under consideration, aims to exploit the lower ...
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Satcoms progress
Back in the 20th century, they said people would not want telephones on airliners; that they did not wish to be contactable while they dozed in comfort or ate a fine meal. How times have changed. In the 21st century, passengers slip on virtual reality glasses and join the crew ...
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Flight of fantasy
Airline operations in the 21st century will be conducted in an integrated information environment, linking passengers, cabin and cockpit crew with the ground The airliner passenger cabin and the flightdeck are getting closer technologically. No longer are capabilities exclusively designed for the cockpit, with applications increasingly being found in ...
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Buying Power
KEVIN O'TOOLE & TOM GILL LONDON The global alliances are only just starting to use their combined buying power. Airline analysts are not alone in anxiously awaiting signs of how the global alliances may change the industry's landscape. There are hopes and fears among service providers too over how the ...
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Partners in IT
KEVIN O'TOOLE LONDON IT suppliers are reworking their relationships with airline customers, looking for long-term partnerships based on measures of business success. SITA is joining the revolution Speak to a supplier of information technology (IT) these days and you are likely to hear some highly untechnical language. Once the talk ...
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In Brief
LOT qualifies for Swiss deal SAirGroup's $33.7 million purchase of a 10% stake in in the Polish flag carrier LOT was officially signed in November. The purchase will be combined with a share issue, increasing SAir's stake to 37.6%. Financial assets from the share issue, equalling close to $150 ...
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JetBlue prepares for February launch
JetBlue Airways has taken delivery of its first Airbus A320 and expects another one soon as it gears up for an early February take-off. The 10 aircraft to be delivered this year will sport three different livery patterns using various shades of blue - the favourite colour of chief executive ...
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Meridiana seeks strategic partner after labour deal
Italy's second-largest carrier, Meridiana, has appointed the UK's Lloyds Bank to advise it on seeking a European strategic airline partner. The airline's president Franco Trivi expects a deal to be agreed within six to eight months. Long-established Meridiana had run the risk of losing market share to new rivals, ...
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Routes
Down Mexico way Continental Express, the regional subsidiary of Continental Airlines, plans to start a service from its hub at Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport to San Luis Potosi, Mexico, next March, subject to government approval. By adding San Luis Potosi, Continental and Continental Express will serve 18 destinations ...
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Virgin moves on Australia
DAVID KNIBB SEATTLE Richard Branson's decision to launch a low-cost domestic Australian airline is the biggest threat yet to the Qantas-Ansett duopoly During a whirlwind tour of Australia, Richard Branson announced that Virgin Australia would start mid-year with five Boeing 737s that could quickly grow. Focusing initially on the busy ...