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-Hawaiian Airlines has purchased two McDonnell Douglas DC-9-50s from the Italian airline Meridiana, for delivery in February. The airline already operates 13 DC-9-51s on its inter-island route network, and is exempt to the US Stage 2 phase-out noise legislation that takes full effect at the end of 1999, because Hawaii ...
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Routes
-San Juan-based Sun Airways, a charter air carrier, has initiated services between Puerto Rico and Orlando and Fort Lauderdale with one Boeing 727-200. -Sabena has begun daily direct flights from Brussels to Catania (Sicily) and four weekly flights to Palma de Mallorca (Spain) and Faro (Portugal) from 18 December. -Virgin ...
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Asian crisis will continue 'well into next decade'
The Australian Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation predicts that the crisis affecting Asia's airline industry will continue "well into the next decade". "The original shock was sharp and painful, but the bleeding will continue well beyond 1999," says Peter Harbison, managing director of the Sydney-based airport and aviation research ...
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Avant Airlines links with Continental for international feed
Avant Airlines of Chile has signed a marketing alliance with Continental Airlines in an effort to expand its international traffic feed and further strengthen its position as the country's second largest carrier. The two carriers plan to begin joint marketing activities and codeshare services early in the new year ...
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Sundstrand boosts Airbus APU life
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Sundstrand's Auxiliary Power International (APIC) plans to boost the in-service life of its APS 3200 auxiliary power unit on the Airbus single-aisle aircraft family with a block upgrade in the next few months. APIC is confident of growing business on the 100-seat A318 after being selected ...
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SIA forges alliance with Air Canada
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Air Canada to form a strategic partnership, possibly bringing SIA closer to Star Alliance membership. SIA has been named by Lufthansa as being likely to join Star in 1999, alongside Air Canada, Lufthansa, SAS, United Airlines, Varig and ...
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Continental Express aims for all-ERJ fleet within five years
Paul Lewis/SAO JOSE DOS CAMPOS Continental Express is committed to replacing its entire fleet of 98 turboprop aircraft with new Embraer ERJ-135/145 jets within five years, but has ruled out a near-term requirement for a larger 70-seat regional transport. The Continental Airlines subsidiary has ordered 75 ERJ-145s and ...
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Euralair takes first leased 737-800
French charter carrier Euralair International Airlines has introduced the first of two Boeing 737-800s on lease from GATX Capital, with the second aircraft scheduled for delivery in January. The 737s will be operated on charter routes to Mediterranean and African destinations. The first aircraft is painted in the colours of ...
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Debonair extends AB Airlines link with Boeing 737 lease
Debonair has expanded its co-operation with fellow UK low fare airline AB Airlines and boosted its fleet capacity with a nine-month deal to lease a 139-seat Boeing 737-300. The London Luton-based carrier will use the aircraft to supplement its fleet of 12 smaller British Aerospace 146s, initially to increase ...
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Horizon brightens orderbook for CRJ-700 with $580 million deal
Paul Lewis and Ramon Lopez/ WASHINGTON DC The Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) Series 700 orderbook has been given a major end-of-year boost with the $580 million sale of 25 aircraft to US domestic carrier Horizon Air. The Canadian manufacturer has also secured another order for the smaller CRJ-200ER ...
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Crossair predicts big profit for 1998 but warns on ATC delays
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Swiss carrier Crossair is forecasting bumper results for 1998 on the back of a 26% surge in scheduled passenger traffic. But the SAirGroup regional subsidiary complains that European air traffic control (ATC) delays reached their worst ever level last year - a situation it describes as ...
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Viasa routes reallocated
Venezuela's new secretary of transport, Julio Marti, has reversed his predecessor's course and redistributed the routes of bankrupt Viasa to three airlines. Aeropostal is the big winner, gaining rights on three continents. Aeropostal has been awarded Canada, Chile, Cuba, France, Germany, The Netherlands, and Switzerland. Aserca has won Brazil ...
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Money well spent?
Interactive inflight entertainment technology may not have lived up to its promise as a lucrative new revenue stream, but carriers are spending more than ever on the technology to retain a competitive marketing edge. Airlines have already spent a fortune on inflight entertainment (IFE) and the sums are getting ...
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Italy phases in open skies
This January the Italian Government will select the first carriers to fly to the USA under the first stage of the phased open skies agreement signed between the two countries in November. The new air services agreement allows for one daily return service out of the USA and another ...
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Herculean task for Olympic
After extreme protectionism for the Greek national carrier, the walls come tumbling down. The latest business plan, approved by the European Commission last July, will change the Greek aviation environment forever. That is, of course, if this plan succeeds where the last effort failed through what managing director Theodore Tsakiridis ...
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Global outlook
With the world economy poised to slow in 1999, the airline industry may finally get the chance to show whether it has learned the lessons of the last recession. Even the most experienced of forecasters has been forced to admit that 1998 was a difficult year to call. As ...
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Just keep on flying
When Russia was entering the last few days of normality in July and early August of last year, its national carrier Aeroflot was worrying about its new Boeing aircraft and grappling with a 25% increase in passenger numbers. A few weeks later and it was talking about schedule cuts, capacity ...
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TAM seeks foreign fish
Transportes Aereos Meridionais (TAM) of Brazil, which has seen profitability fall at home following a fare war and recession, was to launch its first international flights on 28 December with a daily Sao Paulo-Miami service. "It's much easier to tap a lake with fish than an empty lake," says Rolim ...
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Vanity fare
Luxury seats, gourmet meals and complimentary amenity kits are all commonplace in business class. As premium products continue to improve is there a future for first class or will its adepts start to want more value for money? The fallout from the global financial crisis in the second half ...
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Is Europe ready for recession?
Europe's major airlines are faced with the prospect of falling profits and traffic in 1999, but are they doing enough to limit the damage? If current traffic predictions hold true, then Europe should have a relatively easy ride over the coming year or so, despite the spectre of a ...