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KAL acknowledges damning safety report
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE David Learmount/LONDON The existence of a damning report of dangerous Boeing 747 operations has been acknowledged by Korean Air (KAL), which has suffered 11 serious accidents since 1990. KAL, however, insists that the report was not part of the safety audit being carried out by Delta ...
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BWA is to begin fleet renewal with 737-300 operating lease
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDONBritish World Airlines expects to begin replacing its BAC One-Elevens later this year, as it moves to standardise on a two-type fleet of Boeing 737-300s and British Aerospace ATPs (above). The UK independent airline plans to introduce its first 737-300, a second-hand aircraft on operating lease, by the middle ...
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Continental and Boeing perform Y2K flights
Continental Airlines has staged the first flight in a simulated year 2000 (Y2K) environment to test aircraft communication addressing and reporting system (ACARS) compatibility. Boeing, meanwhile, is close to concluding its own flight testing of Y2K modified flight management systems (FMS) and inertial navigation systems (INS). The Continental ...
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Routes
British Airways is launching direct once-weekly services from London Gatwick to Havana, Cuba, i n April using Boeing 777s. From May, the airline's London-Baku service will continue on to Tashkent in Uzbekistan. Air Canada is launching daily services between Toronto and San Diego in June, and between ...
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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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Little relief in taxing times
Jack Sellsby/LONDON Tax law changes have put paid to cheap deals Until the final quarter of last year, potential aircraft purchasers could take advantage of major rivalry in the aircraft finance markets between finance houses and banks in different jurisdictions offering airlines attractive tax-based finance structures. These made financing aircraft ...
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Rising forces
Rapid growth in Gulf air transport has spawned new carriers and put pressure on others. Max Kingsley-Jones reports. The developing air transport market in the Gulf has been one of the 1990s' most fascinating stories as well as one of the most difficult to unravel - for observers outside the ...
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Southwest plans for expansion of non-stop services
Southwest Airlines is to add non-stop services between 20 cities as it continues to take delivery of new Boeing 737-700 narrowbodies. The Dallas, Texas-based low fares carrier expects to take delivery of 29 Next Generation 737s this year, and retire its six oldest 737-200s, taking its fleet to 306 ...
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European regionals unite for US travel pass programme
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Chris Jasper/LONDON A group of 15 second tier and regional European airlines is to press ahead with a radical plan aimed at maximising their exposure in the USA through an innovative travel pass scheme. The programme, run by Los Angeles-based Europe by Air, is modelled ...
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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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EC delays hushkit rules as US talks go on
Julian Moxon/PARIS The European Commission (EC) has agreed to delay by four weeks the introduction of tough rules on hushkitted aircraft while negotiations with the USA continue on a compromise deal. The move follows US objections to the ruling, which would ban hushkitted aircraft after 2002 and prohibit ...
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Credit search
Jack Sellsby/LONDON Financing aircraft can be a nightmare for some airlines and a hazard for lenders Airlines spend billions of dollars on new aircraft deliveries each year, and manufacturers - aided by their ever-willing and export-minded governments - ensure comparable amounts of commercial jets are financed. Airlines with ...
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United takes on rivals with US East Coast shuttle
United Airlines and regional affiliate Atlantic Coast Airlines (ACA) are combining to offer a Washington DC- New York shuttle service to compete with those operated by Delta Air Lines and US Airways. Hourly flights will operate to New York LaGuardia from Washington Dulles. The Delta and US Airways shuttle ...
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Gulf bites back
Max Kingsley-Jones/BAHRAIN Gulf Air is fighting back from financial crisis with a clear strategy for the future Gulf Air has been through considerable pain over the past four years. Losses mounted to over $130 million and debts rose to $1.5 billion during two financially disastrous years in the ...
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Ansett Australia ponders fleet rationalisation
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS Ansett Australia is aiming to define its fleet development plan by the end of this year. It will decide on a new widebody type to serve domestic trunk and Asian routes and on the rationalisation of the carrier's domestic narrowbody fleet. Executive chairman Rod Eddington says: ...
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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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SIA and Lufthansa Cargo start anew
Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Lufthansa Cargo have launched a joint cargo express programme, broadening each other's route networks from 1 April. The airlines have signed an interline agreement, giving each other's aircraft priority handling at their respective hubs. SIA will be able to ship freight to 15 new destinations in ...
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ANA fears unexpectedly high loss
All Nippon Airways (ANA) admits it is heading for a higher-than-expected loss in its 1998-9 fiscal year, which ended on 31 March. The Japanese carrier says press reports that it will suffer a loss of around ´11 billion ($92 million) on sales of ´900 billion are "probably" close to ...
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Airlines keep options open
Jack Sellsby/LONDON A wide choice of financial packages brings its own complications Ask an aircraft financier about the best way to pay for an airliner and there is never a simple answer - either in healthy economic times or poor. But airlines may have a surprisingly wide choice of finance ...