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Report highlights FAA air traffic deficiencies
A sweeping report on air traffic management (ATM) in the USA points to major flaws in nearly all aspects of the US Federal Aviation Administration's air traffic control (ATC) operations. The survey, conducted by FAA and US airline officials, reveals problems in ATM, decision-making, staffing and equipment at 33 ATC ...
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Australia World bids to extend funding deadline
Australia World Airways, the proposed start-up carrier with plans to fly from Melbourne to Sri Lanka, Greece and the Netherlands, wants Australia's International Air Services Commission (IASC) to extend its funding deadline to 20 October. The airline's first application in February 1996 failed because of uncertainties over funding. The ...
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Marketplace
Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) is boosting its ATR 72-210 fleet with an additional seven aircraft. The ex-Air New Zealand Mount Cook aircraft will join 12 of the type that are already operated by the Delta subsidiary. Air New Zealand Mount Cook is replacing the -210s with ATR 72-500s. US freight ...
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Routes
British Airways will codeshare with Swiss regional Crossair on the London Heathrow-Basle, Switzerland, route from next month when the major drops its own services. Boeing MD-83s will fly the service, which is one of a number of underperforming routes BA is dropping. US low-fare carrier Pro Air will launch the ...
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El Al nears decision on widebody fleet
Israeli flag carrier El Al is entering final negotiations with Boeing and Airbus on its medium-sized widebody requirement and is expected to make a selection by the end of September. Boeing proposes three 777-200ERs, plus options on two additional aircraft, which could be 767s, 777s or 747-400s. Sources close ...
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Mergers
Thomson-CSF subsidiary Sextant has become the sole owner of in-flight entertainment provider Sextant In-Flight Systems after acquiring the 49% of shares held by B/E Aerospace. Sextant took an initial 51% stake when the joint venture was created in January. The European Commission's review of the proposed AlliedSignal-Honeywell merger has entered ...
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BA shakes up top team
British Airways has announced major changes to its top management. The airline is to restructure into six business units, which together with the chief executive's office will form a new Management Team, replacing the former Executive Team. Deutsche BA chief executive Carl Michel heads a new Commercial unit, integrating all ...
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R-R grapples with European Trent overhaul strategy
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Rolls-Royce (R-R) has failed to reach agreement with SAirGroup maintenance unit SR Technics over the structure of their proposed Trent engine overhaul joint venture, despite a year of talks on the scheme. Lufthansa Technik, having pondered participation in the venture, is no longer involved in the discussions. ...
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JAL/JAS link launches 'Big Three' entente
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Andrew Mollett/TOKYO Japan Airlines (JAL) and Japan Air System (JAS) are planning to launch joint international services from late October in what is seen as a significant move towards closer co-operation among the country's three major airlines. The carriers were expected to make a formal application to ...
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Gloves come off in Canada
Brian Dunn/MONTREAL Air Canada has responded to attempts to merge it with Canadian Airlines by introducing a shareholder rights plan to be activated in the event of any takeover bid. It is also aiming to delay a vote on the merger plan until 7 January. Both strategies are aimed at ...
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Commercial Aircraft Directory: Part 2
Boeing and Airbus keep the new airliner developments flowing as the Russian industry struggles due to lack of funding Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON While Airbus Industrie has busied itself with the detailed definition of its new A3XX and launched production of the A340-500/600, Boeing has been quietly introducing major derivatives. ...
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Aloha Airlines sets its sights on first services to US mainland
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Aloha Airlines plans to start services to the US West Coast next February, marking the first time in the airline's 53-year history that it has ventured away from its Hawaii-based Pacific inter-island network. The new services will include two daily round-trip flights between Hawaii and Oakland, ...
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Boeing prepares 767-400ER for ambitious flight test effort
Guy Norris/SEATTLE Boeing is preparing for a hectic, seven-month test effort for the stretched 767-400ER, which was rolled out from the company's Everett site in Washington on 26 August. The first aircraft, due to make its maiden flight in early October, will fly most of the 850h flight ...
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Pembroke plans to increase 717 orderbook
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Irish lessor Pembroke Capital is negotiating a large follow-on order for Boeing 717s and hopes to conclude a deal by the end of next month. Boeing has failed to secure an order for the regional twinjet this year. Pembroke chief executive Shane Cooke says his company ...
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Star partners unite to repel oneworld bid for Air Canada
Brian Dunn/MONTREAL Chris Jasper/LONDON Air Canada and its Star Alliance partners are gathering their forces in a bid to fight off an attempted takeover of the flag-carrier masterminded by rival oneworld leader American Airlines, acting in tandem with the Toronto-based Onex conglomerate, owner of caterer Sky Chefs. The Onex/American ...
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Q400 full flight device approved
FlightSafety International has won interim Level C certification from Transport Canada for its Toronto-based Bombardier Q400 full flight simulator - the first approval for the stretched, 70-seat derivative of the de Havilland Dash 8 regional airliner. European certification has also been received and Q400 launch customer SAS Commuter has ...
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Consultants assess Malpensa
Two UK consultancy firms are compiling a dossier on transport links at Milan Malpensa Airport to help determine whether most of the flights remaining at the city's Linate Airport should be transferred to the new hub on 31 October, as planned. The European Commission-appointed companies - London-based Alan Stratford ...
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Boeing-GE 777X deal sparks EC probe into exclusivity
Chris Jasper/LONDON The European Commission (EC) is poised to launch an investigation into airframe-engine exclusivity deals following the sole supplier agreement between Boeing and General Electric on the Seattle giant's planned ultra-long-range 777X. Outgoing EC competition chief Karel Van Miert ordered that a file be opened on exclusivity deals ...
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PAL enters cargo venture talks with Lufthansa
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Struggling Philippine Airlines (PAL) is talking to Lufthansa about a joint cargo service between Manila and Frankfurt, which could mark PAL's return to Europe after a year away. According to PAL, the proposed block space agreement will come into effect on 1 November, with PAL buying ...
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Airports
Brussels Zaventem Airport is planning to spend BFr1 billion ($26 million) to build a new air traffic control tower. This has become necessary because the view of one of the runways from the existing tower will be obstructed when terminal construction work is completed. The new 75m (246ft)-high tower will ...