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Olympic tackles management problems
Julian Moxon/Paris Olympic Airways is stepping up efforts to resolve its latest management problems in an attempt to unblock its final tranche of state aid and to prepare the airline for the pending liberalisation of the domestic Greek air market. The state-owned carrier lost another president in late December and ...
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Marketplace
++ Aer Lingus has signed an agreement with World Airways to provide a Boeing MD-11 on wet-lease to be operated on services between Ireland and the USA between May and October 1998. Aer Lingus has an option to renew the lease for the same period in 1999. ++British Midland has ...
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Workshop
++ AMR Eagle's Regional Aircraft Maintenance Center, located at the former K I Sawyer AFB, Michigan, will perform C checks on 12 Aero International (Regional) (AI(R)) ATR 72s turboprops operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines. The work began in early December 1997, and each aircraft visit will last for between five ...
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Embraer orders
Trans States Airlines has firm orders for seven Embraer RJ145 regional jets and options on a further 18, an application by the airline for slot exemptions at Chicago's O'Hare Airport has revealed. The St Louis-based carrier wants to serve three Appalachian region cities from Chicago. First delivery of the aircraft ...
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BA outsources maintenance of A320/DC-10 in FLS deal
Andrew Chuter/LONDON British Airways is to outsource maintenance and component support for the airline's entire fleet of Airbus A320s and McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30s to FLS Aerospace. A contract is due to be signed later this month. The tie-up with BA will be the culmination of a hectic month ...
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Swissair signs A340-600 deal to replace MD-11s
Swissair is to phase out its Boeing MD-11s early in the next decade after concluding a major deal for more Airbus widebodies at the end of 1997, following the board's earlier approval to order the A340-600. Swissair has long been expected to be among the launch customers for the ...
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Proteus bolsters Beech 1900 fleet for franchise operations
Julian Moxon/PARIS Proteus Airlines is set to more than double the size of its Raytheon Beech 1900 fleet with a $50 million order for ten 20-seat 1900Ds. The airline has also taken options on a further ten aircraft. The French regional carrier already has eight 1900s in service, ...
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Charter airlines sign up A330-200s to use on long-haul services
Three long-haul charter airlines will introduce the Airbus A330-200 in 1999 and 2000, including UK carriers Airtours International and Leisure International Airways (LIA), and Air Transat of Canada. Airtours, which selected the A330-200 some time ago to supplement its Boeing 767-300ERs on long-haul charters (Flight International, 24 December, 1997-6 ...
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Boeing pushes service entry of 777-200X/300X back to 2001
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Boeing has pushed back the planned in-service date of the 777-200X/300X until at least the first quarter of 2001, largely because of its inability to secure a major launch customer. The company has confirmed that it is "decreasing effort" on development of the 777 derivatives, ...
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DHL-Europe boosts fleet of A300B4 freighters
The European arm of US express-parcels carrier DHL has increased its Airbus A300B4-200F freighter acquisition programme to nine aircraft. The airline has also received its first Daimler-Benz Aerospace Airbus (Dasa Airbus)-converted aircraft, following certification of the cargo conversion. The aircraft, one of three ex-Egyptair A300B4s being leased from ...
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Forecasts 98': Air transport
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON It was back to the boom for Airbus Industrie and Boeing in 1997, as each manufacturer returned to record production levels. Despite some local difficulties in attempting to keep pace with the surge in demand, both are cautiously optimistic of a more settled 1998. Boeing's highly publicised and ...
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Forecasts 98': Airlines
Paul Lewis/Singapore Kevin O'Toole/London For the world airline industry, 1998 begins much as 1997 ended, with two issues on top of the agenda: the fall-out from Asia's economic woes and the next step in the industry's increasingly rapid consolidation. Both issues should make 1998 a busy one for airline ...
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First Boeings delivered to Saudi Arabian
Saudi Arabian Airlines received its first Boeing 747-400, 777-200, MD-11F and MD-90 during a ceremony in Seattle on 22 December. The $7.5 billion order, placed in 1995, for up to 61 aircraft, includes 23 777-200s, five 747-400s, four MD-11Fs and 29 MD-90s. Delivery has been delayed by several months while ...
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Boeing delivery delay forces Hokkaido to defer start-up
A delay in the delivery of aircraft has forced the Japanese start-up Hokkaido International Airlines to postpone its launch of regular services until mid-1998. The airline's first aircraft, a new Boeing 767-300ER leased from Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services, was scheduled for delivery in February but will now be up to ...
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Cathay warns of more cuts as troubles multiply
Cathay Pacific Airways' management is warning of further deep cuts ahead in equipment and possibly staff numbers, as the financially troubled Hong Kong-based carrier struggles to pull out of an increasingly steep downward plunge. The airline is negotiating with manufacturers to defer decisions on some of its 25 outstanding ...
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Olympic signs up for Next Generation
Olympic Airways has finalised its order with Boeing for the Next Generation 737, and concluded a $408 million deal for eight 737-800s. The Greek flag carrier, which revealed its fleet-renewal plans in August 1997, will begin receiving the new 737s in early 2000. Olympic now operates a short-haul fleet ...
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Jet-airliner sales stagnate but shipments rise
Jet-airliner sales were flat in 1997, according to provisional order and delivery figures, with the two major manufacturers together taking a total of around 1,000 orders, a similar tally to that recorded in 1996. The number of shipments was up considerably on the previous year, however, despite Boeing's recent ...
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Suppliers
International Lease Finance has announced orders for $1.74 billion worth of engines for its 126 Airbus and Boeings on order: $500 million with CFM International, $200 million with General Electric, $490 million with Pratt & Whitney and $550 million with International Aero Engines. The Rolls-Royce Trent 772B engine is ...
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Roll out the changes
'Change is good' has become something of an unofficial mantra in the offices and on the factory floor of Boeing. Sometimes whispered through gritted teeth, sometimes just a shared joke, it is an acknowledgement between colleagues that their company has been all about change in the past year. A new ...
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Tarom heads over two
Tarom Romanian Airlines is closing in on a union agreement to restructure the carrier after the government revamped its senior management again last year. Gheorge Racaru has been reappointed as managing director after being sacked from the position in mid-1996 after succumbing to union opposition for his plans to ...