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Olympic starts on fleet review
Chris Jasper/LONDON Olympic Airways is reviewing contracts for Boeing 717s, Next Generation 737s and Airbus A340s as it works towards a cost-cutting business plan. The Greek carrier is also considering leasing in Boeing 737-300s or -500s as replacements for maintenance-intensive 737-200s. The fleet review has been ordered by the ...
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NJS and BWA link for BA's Italian franchise
Chris Jasper/LONDONBritish Airways is poised to launch an Italian franchise operation with the aid of Australian regional carrier National Jet Systems (NJS). The airline is expected to operate as National Jets Italia and will use the air operator's certificate (AOC) of UK charter carrier British World Airlines (BWA). BA had ...
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CAL aims for TATE order announcement
China Airlines (CAL) has provisionally scheduled signing ceremonies for a total of 25 new Airbus and Boeing aircraft to take place during the Taipei Aerospace Technology Exhibition (TATE). If the announcement takes place as expected, it will confirm the surprise selection of seven A340-300s to meet the airline's medium-and ...
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Air France A318 win fuels CFMI ambitions for power sharing
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES CFM International has identified potential orders for up to 150 Airbus A318s which it hopes to secure within the next few months, following the formal selection of the CFM56-5B by Air France to power 15 aircraft on firm order and 10 on option in a deal ...
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Alliance groups aim for share in LOT
The world's three established airline alliance groupings have each bid for a stake of up to 38% in Polish carrier LOT, with British Airways representing oneworld, Lufthansa the Star Alliance and Swissair the Qualiflyer group. Poland's state treasury, which owns LOT, initially received expressions of interest from six carriers, ...
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717 emerges as favourite for BA requirement
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON British Airways could be poised to boost the Boeing 717's flagging sales fortunes, with the twinjet emerging as front runner for a requirement to purchase up to 40 of the 100-seaters. A request for proposals (RFP), covering 20 firm orders, plus up to 20 options, has ...
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KLM-Alitalia seal 'unprecedented' deal
Chris Jasper/LONDON KLM and Alitalia have agreed details of their alliance, to be launched on 1 November, claiming it "represents a new industrial model for air transport in Europe". In an Alliance Settlement Agreement signed last week, the pair defined an earnings-sharing formula according to which they will divide ...
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CityBird prepares for 747Fs
Herman de Wulf/BRUSSELS CityBird is finalising its planned order for Boeing 747-400 freighters, as it introduces its first Airbus A300 freighters. Brussels-based CityBird last year revealed plans to set up a cargo operation, placing orders for two whitetail General Electric CF6-powered A300-600 freighters originally destined for Kuwait Airways. ...
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Continental Express prepares for 200 jets as turboprops go
Paul Lewis/SAO JOSE DOS CAMPOS Continental Express plans to double the size of its regional jet fleet to 200 aircraft as the carrier begins to accelerate the disposal of turboprops and transition to an all-jet operation. "We think we're about half-way there in terms of placing our firm orders with ...
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Chautauqua tackles cost and pilot problems
US Airways Express operator Chautauqua Airlines is moving to overcome spiralling costs and pilot defections, while trying to mould operations around partner US Airways' requirements. The operator's new chief executive Bryan Bedford says "the last year has not been very good for Chautauqua-escalating costs and high pilot attrition are ...
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USA/Russia argue over Il-96 Exim Bank deal
The delivery of 20 Ilyushin Il-96M/Ts to Aeroflot Russian International Airlines is being held up by a US/Russian wrangle over import duties on new Boeing aircraft for the Russian national carrier. The US Government is believed to have linked the release of $1 billion in Exim Bank funding for ...
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CRJ-700 nets UK customer Maersk
British Airways franchise carrier Maersk Air has confirmed plans to operate the 70-seat Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ), as flight testing of the Series 700 gets in to its stride. The Birmingham, UK-based subsidiary of Denmark's Maersk Air has placed orders for three CRJ-700s for delivery in 2001/2002, and taken ...
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Serving Africa
For East African airlines it is cheaper to send for spares from Europe than keep them in stock Michael Wakabi/KAMPALA What Links Europe to a small scheduled operator in East Africa? A lot, according to Dick Turinawe, Uganda Airlines' general manager. Fleet size and configuration, capital constraints, frequencies and ...
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Materiel gains
Airbus Industrie Materiel Support has overhauled its image and is embracing the Internet to boost customer service Andrew Doyle/HAMBURG Airbus Industrie Materiel Support plays a key role in European consortium Airbus' growing sales success. As vice-president Peter Kloepfer puts it, the division is "never a deal maker, but we ...
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JetBlue takes on Big Apple
Carol Shifrin NEW YORK The largest metropolis of the USA - New York City - is about to gain its first low-fare, home-town airline in more than a dozen years. JetBlue Airways, the best-financed of any start-up since US airline deregulation, plans an early 2000 launch from New York's underused ...
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Copa reveals new image
Brian Homewood RIO DE JANEIRO Copa Airlines of Panama has unveiled a new company image, the result of an alliance with Continental Airlines. The new look is shown on a Boeing 737-700, one of 12 scheduled for delivery over the next few years to replace existing aircraft. Copa Airlines ...
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SIA inspires Airbus wrath with A340 sale to Boeing
Singapore Airlines (SIA) sparked a storm of controversy in late June with the surprise announcement that it was not only firming up options on 10 Boeing 777-200IGWs, but trading in its Airbus widebody fleet to do so. While the 777 order was straightforward enough, SIA revealed that Boeing had ...
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Speedwing tackles Olympic problems
Tom Gill/Lois Jones LONDON Next month Speedwing will reveal a rescue plan for Olympic Airways, as the initial phase of the 30-month management contract it won in June. Olympic remains tightlipped about its future and Speedwing says it is too early to say what changes will have to be ...
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IT Trends Survey
Kevin O'Toole GENEVA Joint industry research conducted by Airline Business and SITA attempts to establish how far the airline industry is keeping pace with the new wave of information technology and the dawn of the Internet age. Is the airline industry keeping step with information technology? Less than a decade ...
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Netting a bargain
Now in their third year, sales of discount fares via the Internet appear to be a rousing success for US carriers. Is this a glimpse of the future? American Airlines started it all three years ago. Other US majors were quick to follow. Now, Internet discount fares are beginning ...