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British Midland applies for bilateral exemption
British Midland (BM) has applied to the US Department of Transportation (DoT) for an exemption from the UK/US air services agreement to allow it to launch transatlantic services in late March 2000. The UK airline is initially seeking approval for the London Heathrow-New York Kennedy route. To introduce the ...
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Yugoslav crisis delays Hungarian ATC upgrade
Julian Moxon/PARIS The Hungarian air traffic and airport administration LRI has been forced to delay the service entry of its new air traffic control (ATC) centre by seven months because of the conflict in Yugoslavia. Other central European administrations introducing new ATC equipment are likely to follow suit. Hungary's ...
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Israeli authority opens up local aviation market options
The Israeli civil aviation authority has recommended that the country's private airlines be allowed to operate 13 regional routes from Tel Aviv. The approval follows a decision by the Israeli Government in August 1997 to open up the local aviation market. The recommendations, which still require final approval ...
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BFGoodrich goes for growth
Guy Norris/SAN DIEGOBFGoodrich's newly enlarged Aerospace business is forecasting continuous growth from this year, thanks largely to sustained high volumes, fresh acquisitions and special diversification initiatives at its California-based Aerostructures Group, formerly known as Rohr. The growth strategy hinges on staying closely allied to Boeing and its future airliner programmes. ...
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Embraer expands ERJ designs
Embraer has revealed a surprise, 108-seat, stretch of its ERJ-190 regional jet which effectively provides the Brazilian manufacturer with a direct competitor to Bombardier's proposed BRJ-X. The move comes in response to input from Embraer's recently completed airline advisory board survey which helped freeze the smaller ERJ-170 design at ...
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Swissair takes partners on first step towards marketing merger
Swissair and Sabena plan to merge their sales, marketing, product management and network activities into a single organisation which may eventually take over the commercial operations of all Qualiflyer Group carriers. "Project diamond", as it is known, involves setting up a central commercial unit called Airline Management Company (AMC), ...
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Partnership imperative
Latin American carriers are searching for international partners and injections of capital to survive into the 21st century Paul Lewis/MIAMI Financial reform, regulatory liberalisation and growing competition are transforming the face of air transportation in Central and South America. As political barriers are lowered progressively, airlines from Mexico to Chile ...
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In recovery
Asia's economic slump continues to colour aviation statistics - but the worst may be over Chris Jasper/LONDON From a statistical point of view, the global airport picture last year was dominated by the Asian economic collapse, with the Asia-Pacific region suffering a major decline in passenger traffic and aircraft movements. ...
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Regional revolution
Carl Albert, chief executive of Fairchild Aerospace calls it a revolution, a description delegates at the Regional Airline Association meeting in Arizona would have been hard pressed to disagree with. The revolution in question was the switch to regional jets, and not just 50 and 70-seaters, but 30, 40 and ...
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Rising Star
Global alliances are in style, but their benefits are only now becoming clear Chris Jasper/SYDNEY Global airline alliances are the height of fashion, with two major groupings operating and possibly two more hurrying to enter the fray. Yet despite this scramble, the true importance of alliances has been ...
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Routes
Canadian Airlines has started codesharing with British Airways on the latter's routes from London to Brussels, Belgium and Stockholm, Sweden. Qantas and Western Samoa-based Polynesian Airlines have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop a "commercial relationship" which will include codesharing. UK cargo carrier Channel Express is launching a weekly ...
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Israel is key to F-15 production
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON Boeing's hopes of keeping the F-15 fighter production line open beyond early next year rests on an order from Israel, following its failure to dissuade Greece from purchasing additional Lockheed Martin F-16C/Ds and Dassault Mirage 2000-5s. The company's St Louis plant is to deliver its final outstanding ...
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Airlines push Airbus to speed up plans for A3XX freighter
Andrew Doyle/TOULOUSE Airbus Industrie is accelerating development of the freighter version of its proposed A3XX ultra-high capacity airliner, in response to strong demand from potential operators. The consortium has also revised the design of the cargo variant, to carry an increased payload of 150t over 10,545km (5,700nm) following ...
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EVA Airways orders three 747-400 freighters
EVA Airways is undertaking a significant expansion of its cargo operations, with a deal for three General Electric CF6-80C2-powered Boeing 747-400 freighters. The first delivery is for next year. EVA deputy senior vice-president K W Nieh says the aircraft "is ideal for long-haul routes from South-East Asia to Europe and ...
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757s face axe as BA tackles falling yields
Chris Jasper/LONDON Andrew Doyle/MUNICH British Airways plans to replace Boeing 757s operating from its London Heathrow hub with smaller Boeing 737s and possibly Airbus A320s as part of a strategy to tackle its crisis of falling yields on short-haul routes. The move represents a U-turn in BA's strategy at ...
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Marconi aims to crack Brazilian deal
Marconi Electronic Systems and partner Lockheed Martin are seeking to take advantage of Elbit's troubled Northrop F-5E/F upgrade negotiations by offering Brazil a revived proposal that includes the option for a future beyond visual range (BVR) missile capability. Negotiations between Brazil, local F-5 upgrade prime contractor Embraer and Elbit ...
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TNT restructuring signals an end to contract with Air Foyle
TNT's decision to restructure its air cargo operations under a single grouping based at its hub in Liège, Belgium, will see Air Foyle cease flying for the express package company when its contract expires in May 2000. TNT's director of airline operations, Niky Terzakis, says it aims to have an ...
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Uganda discusses airline sale with SAA
Michael Wakabi/KAMPALA Unresolved issues over routes left Uganda's government with only one bidder in the sale of 49% of Uganda Airlines on 30 April. A decision to enter direct negotiations with South African Airways (SAA) was taken after British Airways and Sabena declined to submit bids by the 23 April ...
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Star lines up recruits as Singapore delays entry into alliance
Chris Jasper/SYDNEYAir China, Mexicana, British Midland and Emirates are all being lined up for possible membership of the Star Alliance, while Singapore Airlines (SIA) has delayed signing up to the global grouping until at least October. Thai Airways International president Thamnoon Wanglee, speaking exclusively to Flight International, detailed Star's recruitment ...
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Safety audit seals China Eastern/Qantas deal
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS Qantas and China Eastern Airlines have finalised their partnership deal which will see the two airlines launching codeshare operations from mid-year. The conclusion of the deal, which had been planned to take effect at the end of March, is understood to have come after the Chinese ...