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Phoenix Fanjet's future waits on court decision
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON Alberta Aerospace's (AAC) plan to certificate and deliver its single-engined Phoenix Fanjet by the end of the year has been thwarted by a legal battle over the rights to the aircraft, formally known as the Promavia Jet Squalus. Canada's AAC secured a licence agreement with Belgium's ...
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Portuguese flag carrier to join SAirGroup stable
TAP Air Portugal will become the latest European carrier to come under the partial ownership of SAir Group if plans for the Swiss company to acquire a 20% stake in the Portuguese state-owned flag-carrier are approved by the European Commission. SAir Group says it hopes to complete the purchase ...
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Ryanair introduces first 737-800 to expand European network
Ryanair has taken delivery of the first of 25 Boeing 737-800s ordered last year to expand its European network. Ryanair, which operates 21 Boeing 737-200s, including seven Stage 3 hushkitted machines, also has options for 20 737-800s. The airline 33 routes from London Stansted to Belgium, France, Ireland, Italy, Norway, ...
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Making a mark
Max Kingsley-Jones/DOHA Qatar Airways has restructured from a low-cost operator to a high-quality international carrier The Qatar government recognised that action was needed to ensure that its capital, Doha, was not isolated as the country's economy grew during the early 1990s. While the nation's shared flag carrier, Gulf ...
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Emirates' global vision
Max Kingsley-Jones/DUBAI Emirates had a handful of routes and aircraft when it began in 1985 - now it is a major force and is eyeing the A3XX The Past 14 years have been an exciting ride for Emirates. The airline has topped the growth tables for national carriers ...
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Emerging power
Max Kingsley-Jones/MUSCAT Oman Air is embarked on a programme of expansion and restructuring OMAN, on the Gulf's eastern side, rests in the shadows cast by the cosmopolitan regions to its west, such as Abu Dhabi, Bahrain and Dubai. The country has chosen not to follow its neighbours ...
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Deregulated Greek market spawns another start up
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Julian Moxon/PARIS The launch of Greek scheduled carrier Axon Airlines is the latest in a string of developments in the country's air transport market, following the recent introduction of deregulation. The growing band of Greek independent carriers is taking advantage of last year's lapse of the ...
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Israeli skies are opened up
Israel has laid down the basis for a competitive airline industry. Not only has the Government granted international passenger rights to domestic carrier Israir, it has also licensed the Tel Aviv-based air transport company, Cargo Airlines (CAL), to compete fully with El Al on international freight routes. Against ...
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THY awaits election, privatisation
THY Turkish Airlines is awaiting the country's national elections on 18 April with bated breath, as its future privatisation and relationship with Qualiflyer partner Swissair hang in the balance. The hope is that a strong coalition government will emerge with the political backing to implement a package of ...
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Mexicans divided over Cintra
Mexican ministers have failed to agree on the future of Cintra, the holding company for Aeromexico and Mexicana. Unless they find a way to resolve their differences, the issue could be decided by Mexico's President Zedillo. The immediate question is what sanctions the competition commission can impose on Cintra ...
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Three's a crowd
The narrowbody engine market has heated up since International Aero Engines snatched the market lead from CFM International on the A320. And a third competitor, Pratt & Whitney, is set to make the chase even more intense. Report by Karen Walker. A large banner hangs over workers at the CFM56 ...
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PIA takes action on fleet renewal
It was a decision years in the making, but Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has taken action over its fleet renewal. The long-troubled state-owned carrier has signed a letter of intent with Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways to lease all six of its Boeing 747-300s, to replace ageing 747-200s. ...
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Cheating on aviation
Electronic systems continue to transform the airline industry, bringing savings, efficiency gains and-an increase in fraud. The potential to "earn" big money quickly in a multi-million-dollar business like the airline industry has already bred fraudulent activities in the shape of bogus spare parts, false maintenance records and fictitious frequent flyer ...
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Fictitious aircraft
Some transactions that may fall short of criminal fraud can nevertheless result in heavy losses, court actions and deep unhappiness. When businessman Thor Tjontveit and his Dallas-based company Air Alaska (also trading as World Pacific Air Lease Inc) were ordered by a New York court to pay compensatory and ...
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Spanair in the works
Straddling the charter-schedule boundary, Spanair is making a name for itself in Europe while also trying to gain a foothold in the transatlantic market. This will be a pivotal year for Spanair, Spain's fast-growing, charter-cum-scheduled airline. Eleven years old this spring, Spanair started scheduled flights just five years ago, ...
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Premium Sales
With the worst over in the airliner discount wars, John Leahy is focused on securing a premium for Airbus technology. Salesmen stuck with a mundane commodity product must look with green-eyed longing at the airliner market. What could be further from the stack it high and sell it cheap philosophy ...
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All kinds of everything
Boeing believes its comprehensive range of airliners sets it up well for the next industry upturn, when each airline will seek out the product that most closely matches its requirements. All the sizes in all the colours. If Boeing's product range was available in the local department store, even the ...
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Get your aircraft economics right
Operating ageing aircraft can be an expensive business, as cost figures for the US majors clearly demonstrate. But how great is the cost difference between old and new? There has always been a trade-off between the cheap acquisition cost of older aircraft and the slick operating economics of modern types. ...
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Iberia gets down to business
With the BA equity deal all but sealed, membership of oneworld under its belt and full privatisation slated by year end, Iberia has much to be cheerful about. But while the Spanish flag carrier reinvents itself as a serious international business airline, it will need to keep a close eye ...
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Maintenance gets smart
Every business has its dark corners. Secret fiefdoms or forgotten Cinderellas, where planning is a black art and true costs difficult to pin down. By tradition, maintenance has been one such corner of the airline industry. The label may be an exaggeration, but the boardroom drive to get a stronger ...