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UK/US bilateral deal not such a 'big bang'
Chris Jasper/LONDON UK transport secretary John Prescott will meet his US counterpart, Rodney Slater, this week for talks which, according to government sources, will move the two countries further along the path to a new bilateral air services agreement. Prescott was due to meet Slater during a visit to ...
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Canadian Airlines ponders no-frills
Canadian Airlines is considering setting up a discount carrier to cut costs and boost revenues, sources at the Calgary-based airline say. The move is part of a restructuring aimed to make it easier for money-losing Canadian to attract new investors. It is unclear how the new entrant would operate, ...
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Asian crisis hits worldwide air cargo, dents passenger growth
Chris Jasper/LONDON ASIA's economic crisis took a major toll on the air cargo sector worldwide last year, while severely denting growth in passenger traffic. The slowdown hit hardest at airports within Asia, although several US terminals also suffered, figures released by Airports Council International (ACI) reveal. ACI, which ...
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British Midland weighs up 717 but pushes for shrink option
Chris Jasper/LONDON British Midland (BM) has emerged as a potential first European airline customer for the Boeing 717 twinjet. Chairman Sir Michael Bishop suggests the carrier might opt for the aircraft if Boeing can be persuaded to develop it as a family, including a smaller shrink model. The ...
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Air India plans to sell 747-200s in effort to improve revenues
Air India is offering three ageing Boeing 747-200s for sale as the airline attempts to revamp operations and routes to boost revenue. The move means that the airline has backed away from plans to lease two 747-200s to UK aircraft broker Air Charters. Air India had signed a ...
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Crossair chooses ERJ-145 regional jet to replace Saab turboprops
Andrew Doyle/BASLE Crossair has selected the Embraer RJ-145 regional jet to replace its Saab 340 turboprops. It aims to complete negotiations with the Brazilian manufacturer in time for a deal to be announced at the Paris air show in June. The Swiss regional stresses that a final decision ...
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Sting in the tail
After years of economic woes, at least one of Brazil's airlines could disappear by the end of the year. For the survivors, however, long term prospects look brighter Brian Homewood/RIO DE JANEIROBrazilian airlines have survived major financial troubles over the past 15 years, but officials and analysts fear that ...
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Routes
Aeroflot Russian International Airlines will introduce a new route from Yerevan, Armenia, to Los Angeles via Moscow this summer under the recently signed co-operation agreement with Armenian Airlines. Aeroflot is expanding its short-haul network, with new direct flights from Moscow to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and Krasnoyarsk. At the same time, the airline ...
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Marketplace
Further to last week's report, the three Airbus A320s being acquired by Airtours International German associate Fly FTI are being leased from Japanese Lessor Orix. The Munich-based charter airline is also leasing a Boeing 737. Fortis Aviation has placed two 11-year-old ex-Philippine Airlines Shorts 360-300s on two-year leases with German ...
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Japanese domestic price war intensifies
The price war gripping the Japanese domestic market is poised to turn more vicious with the launch of new routes operated by start-up carrier Skymark Airlines. Japan Airlines (JAL) and All Nippon Airways (ANA) have announced fresh price cuts ahead of the commencement of Skymark services from Osaka to ...
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Spring clean
There is no point in an airline carrying out a safety audit unless its employees, from chief executive to check-in clerk, are prepared to hear the truth, to recognise it as the truth, and then implement the findings. That may not be easy. Implementation may demand a total change ...
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Eurocontrol to present Mode S business case
Eurocontrol will present the business case for Mode S enhanced surveillance to airlines at a workshop later this month. European Mode S requirements call for the carriage and operation of Mode S transponders for new aircraft from January 2001, with all aircraft to be equipped by 2005. Europe ...
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Boeing pledges to enforce get tough policy on loss-makers
Peter La Franchi/SYDNEY Chris Jasper/LONDON Boeing chief executive Phil Condit has warned that 'value-destroying' programmes identified as lost causes will either be "shut down" or sold off. Confirming Boeing's commitment to a zero-tolerance approach to loss-making operations, introduced by new chief financial officer (CFO) Debby Hopkins, Condit says ...
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BA to Tripoli
British Airways is planning to launch a three times weekly service between London and Tripoli following the lifting of a United Nations ban on flights to Libya imposed after the Lockerbie bombing. Terrorist suspects have now been handed over, and BA will begin flights this month subject to government approval. ...
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United polar route launch awaits Russian go-ahead
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC United Airlines hopes to be the first international carrier to launch a non-stop scheduled commercial service between New Delhi and Chicago, via central Russia and the Polar region. The service will start from late October, provided that Moscow gives it the go-ahead. The North American carrier ...
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Protests swell over 'too high' Hong Kong Airport landing fees
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE British Airways and DHL have added their voices to a rising chorus of disapproval over landing charges at the new Hong Kong International Airport at Chek Lap Kok. According to Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Airways, the 60-plus airlines which operate into Chek Lap Kok are lobbying ...
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France copes with greatest air traffic levels as delays creep up
Average flight delays in France increased by a minute, to 16.1min, last year, as the country experienced the biggest jump in air traffic for 10 years, according to its civil aviation authority, the DGAC. Compared with 9.4% a year earlier, 10.1% of flights were delayed during the year by more ...
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Air Foyle consortium takes controlling stake in CityJet
Chris Jasper/LONDON A consortium led by UK cargo carrier Air Foyle has purchased a controlling stake in Irish independent airline CityJet for a sum in excess of Ir£5 million ($6.8 million). Sources close to the deal say that it should stabilise Dublin-based CityJet and allow it develop its ...
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Air Macau in red
Air Macau has plunged into the red, taking a 75.7 million pataca ($9.5 million) loss for 1998 after profits of 79 million patacas over the previous 12 months. The loss comes despite a reported 14% increase in passenger traffic and a 42% rise in cargo turnover during the year. Air ...
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China-US agreement
China and the USA were poised to sign a new air services agreement, doubling flights between the two countries, as Flight International closed for press. The deal will see the 27 weekly flights available to each country rise to 54 by April 2001, when both will also add a fourth ...