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KLM-Alitalia alliance moves ahead
It could take up to six months before normality is restored for airlines flying to Milan's new Malpensa airport, despite claims by the hub's owner, SEA, that normality will be restored by the year-end. The opening was marked by chaos, with long delays and an unintentional recoating of airline ...
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West African optimist
Plagued by debts, short of aircraft and without a strategic partner, the outlook remains tough for Air Afrique. But chairman Sir Harry Tirvengadum is banking on a new privatisation plan. It is difficult not to be impressed by how calm and collected Sir Harry Tirvengadum has remained since his arrival ...
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BA and American agree 10% Iberia stake
While the alliance across the Atlantic appears to have been scaled back, British Airways and American Airlines are moving ahead with their European and Latin American links. BA and American are taking a 10% stake in Iberia, according to Spanish state industrial holding company SEPI, with BA taking at ...
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Executive decisions
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELESAlan Mulally, the newly appointed president of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, walks eagerly to the corner of his office and turns on the computer. Like an instant "state of the nation" monitor, the screen summarises the status of every single Boeing Commercial aircraft coming off the production ...
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Thomson reveals expansion plans for Orbit subsidiary
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Thomson Training & Simulation (TTS) has outlined plans to expand its Orbit Flight Training simulator operating subsidiary. TTS-built Airbus A320 and A340 full-flight simulators have entered service with Orbit at a centre near London Gatwick Airport. The company will also offer A310 training from December at its ...
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Routes
-Air Mauritius has launched a weekly flight from Mauritius to the Mozambique capital Maputo with a Boeing 767-200ER. The same-day return leg flies via Harare, replacing the airline's non-stop flights between Mauritius and the Zimbabwean capital. Lagos is added to the African network on 3 December with two weekly 767 ...
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Marketplace
-International Lease Finance (ILFC) has placed two new Boeing 777-200ERs with Varig Brazil. The two General Electric GE90-powered aircraft will be delivered in March and April 2000 on 10-year leases with extension options. -The last Fokker 70 built has been delivered to Austria's Tyrolean Airways. The aircraft was originally ordered ...
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BWIA plans cash injection to expand fleet
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON BWIA International Airways will undertake a major fleet expansion programme in 1999, funded by a soon-to-be-unveiled initial public offering (IPO). The move follows the successful implication of a restructuring plan earlier this year by chief executive Conrad Aleong, as the airline prepares for the first profit in ...
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Brymon places CRJ options to cover expansion
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Brymon Airways is poised to undertake a major fleet expansion programme, and the carrier has plans to acquire Bombardier Dash 8-400s and Canadair Regional Jets (CRJs). The Plymouth, UK-based carrier, a wholly owned regional division of British Airways, operates its all turboprop fleet of 16 50-seat Bombardier Dash ...
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US DoT stalls alliance frequent-flier tie-up
The US Department of Transportation has blocked Northwest Airlines and Continental Airlines from merging their frequent-flier programmes until at least early December while it continues to review all provisions of a planned wider tie-up. Meanwhile, the USA's second-largest pilots' union has asked the Clinton Administration to block Northwest from ...
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Airports
-The Dutch transport ministry has announced the government's intention to allow Amsterdam Schiphol Airport to grow beyond the present 450,000 movements and 44 million passengers a year to 600,000 movements and 80 million passengers, a strategic decision designed to safeguard Amsterdam's prominent role in intercontinental air transport. The government is ...
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Gaza Airport prepares for launch operations
The new airport belonging to the Palestinian authority in the Gaza strip is about to open, with Royal Air Maroc set to be the first international airline to operate scheduled flights. The Israeli Government was expected to give approval for flights to begin as Flight International closed for press ...
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Delays continue for Europe's air traffic
Air traffic delays in European airspace during the summer were "among the worst on record",according to the Association of European Airlines (AEA). The figures, which reveal that 25.9% of intra-European flights were delayed by more than 15min, come despite traffic growth being 2% less than the predicted 7%. ...
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American races to Reno Air
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC American Airlines has acquired Reno Air in a deal worth $124 million. The acquisition is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 1999, after which the airlines will begin integrating the route networks and work forces. American, the second-largest airline in the USA, plans to ...
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Emery examines 767 and A300 freighters as DC-8 replacements
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Emery Worldwide Airlines is evaluating the Airbus A300 and Boeing 767-200 as potential replacements for its fleet of McDonnell Douglas DC-8 freighters. It expects to finalise its long-term fleet plan during 1999. The Dayton, Ohio-based airline division of US freight forwarder Emery Worldwide (itself a division ...
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Continental deal revives 767-200ER
Continental Airlines has signed a deal with Boeing for 10 new 767-200ERs to boost its long-haul fleet. The order signals a revival of the smaller 767 variant which has been out of production for airline customers since 1994. Delivery of the 176-seaters will begin in 2000 with the first ...
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US association predicts record profits for 1999
Major US airlines are expected to earn record profits this year and surpass them in 1999, predicts David Swierenga, chief economist for the US Air Transport Association (ATA). He says ATA's member airlines will post $5.4 billion in net profits in 1998 and record as much as $6.5 billion ...
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KLM's alpine deal
KLM has signed a partnership deal with new Austrian airline Air Alps Aviation, due to begin operations in mid-1999, with two 31-seat Fairchild Dornier 328. Air Alps, 49% owned by Air Engiadina, will serve Amsterdam Schipol three times daily from Salzburg and Innsbruck. Source: Flight International
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Routes
-Alitalia Cargo and KLM Cargo have started a joint freighter service. Using two KLM Boeing 747-300s and three Alitalia 747-200s, the airlines have a multihub arrangement based on Amsterdam Schiphol, Milan Malpensa and Rome Fiumicino. The agreement enables Alitalia Cargo to add Amsterdam, Dubai, Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Singapore and Tel ...
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Marketplace
-Atlas Air has placed one Boeing 747-200F and two Boeing 747-400Fs with FedEx on wet-lease, by the end of the year. -Cebu Pacific is boosting its McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 fleet to ten with the addition of three more aircraft.The first aircraft, an ex-Air Canada example, was delivered last month. Two ...