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Vanguard Variations
The Merchantman's origins lay with the 100- to 140-seat Vickers Vanguard of the early 1960s. The four-engined turboprop was first flown from the Vickers-Armstrongs factory at Brooklands on 20 January 1959, and entered service with British European Airways (BEA) in December 1960. Although very economical to operate, the design was ...
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Vanguard retreats
Vanguard Airlines is ending service to four US cities "-in the first step in a process of building a more focused route strategy". The low-fare US carrier is dropping services to Cincinnati, Phoenix, Salt Lake City and Seattle because the routes failed to produce acceptable results, says John Tague, Vanguard's ...
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LOT expands fleet as traffic and profits grow
Andrjez Jeziorski/WARSAW LOT Polish Airlines expects passenger numbers to top 2 million this year, following solid growth so far in 1996, and plans for further expansion of the network in the remainder of the year. The airline's fleet has also been growing, and now numbers four ...
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Kiwi International rescue is in doubt, while ValuJet sees red
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC The future of Kiwi International Airlines remains in doubt and liquidation of the low-fare US airline entrant is a distinct possibility as a rescue effort turns sour. Kiwi, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on 30 September and suspended its scheduled flight ...
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ModiLuft grounded by Lufthansa action
INDIAN DOMESTIC carrier ModiLuft has been effectively grounded following court action by Lufthansa, which is trying to repossess lease-expired aircraft. The case is the latest in a series of disputes which have arisen between Western aircraft lessors and private Indian carriers which have allegedly failed to meet their financial obligations. ...
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FSF launches final assault on 'killer' CFIT accident rate
David Learmount/DUBAI THE FLIGHT SAFETY Foundation (FSF) is this week launching the final phase of its attack on the airline industry's worst killer-accident category, controlled flight into terrain (CFIT), insisting that it intends to halve the annual number of CFIT accidents by 1998. Over the last ...
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BA switches colours
Flying Colours says that it is in detailed negotiations with British Airways to take over a contract now undertaken by Caledonian Airways, which would see it flying scheduled services on behalf of the UK flag carrier under a franchise agreement between London Gatwick and San Juan in Puerto Rico, Nassau ...
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Polynesian revamp
Following financial restructuring a year ago, Polynesian Airlines has reported a net profit of $720,000 on sales of $25.8 million. The airline, which operates a Boeing 737-300 on regional routes, funded the purchase of a second de Havilland Twin Otter for inter-island routes. Source: Flight International
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Volga passengers
The Russian heavyweight cargo specialist Volga-Dnepr Airlines has begun scheduled passenger services between its base in Ulyanovsk and Moscow. The carrier is flying 30-seater Yakovlev Yak-40s on the route, leased from the Ulyanovsk-based regional airline JSC Simbirsk Aero, which ceased flying in September because of debts of over 14 billion ...
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United picks E-Ticket marketing team
United Airlines has teamed with IBM and British Airways' Speedwing consulting arm to market its E-Ticket electronic-ticketing system to carriers worldwide. United says that more than 30% of eligible customers now use the E-Ticket service introduced a year ago on the US carrier's 4,000 daily domestic flights. United plans to ...
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Langkawi direct
Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has launched a new thrice-weekly direct service between Langkawi and Taipei, using an Airbus A330-300. Source: Flight International
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Canadian future is threatened if cost cuts are not endorsed
Brian Dunn/MONTREAL Canadian Airlines International could be forced out of business by the turn of the year if employees and shareholders fail to endorse a sweeping programme of cost-cutting being proposed by the management, warns president Kevin Benson. The cost cuts, which are planned to add ...
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Transavia makes 'D-Check' on cost base
Peter Legro, chairman of KLM subsidiary Transavia, says that the spiralling reduction in European air fares and the resultant erosion of yields has forced it to make a bottom-up study of its operations, to cut costs. "We are looking at every aspect of the airline, from the in-flight ...
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Australia turns up pressure on Papua New Guinea
Australia's Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) has warned Papua New Guinea 's (PNG) Office of Civil Aviation (OCA) that it will not hesitate to rescind the Australian air-operators' certificates of PNG operators if the OCA cannot meet its regulatory commitments. The warning was issued after the OCA's deputy ...
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German buyers thwart IPTN hopes for stake in ASL
Three anonymous German investors have emerged as buyers for the former Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA) maintenance subsidiary Aircraft Services Lemwerder (ASL), ending plans by Indonesia's Industri Pesawat Terbang Nusantara (IPTN) to take a 25.1% stake. Two local investors from Lower Saxony, where ASL is based, and a third from ...
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Alitalia/Alpi Eagles conclude codeshare deal
Marco Messalla/ROME Alitalia and Italian low-cost carrier Alpi Eagles have agreed a code-sharing deal, which includes the transfer of five Fokker 70s from Alitalia's former regional subsidiary Avianova -which has now been absorbed into the national carrier. Code-sharing operations will begin on 11 November, with Alpi ...
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Air Liberte/TAT merger possible, says British Airways
British Airways says that there is "every chance" of a merger between French independent carriers Air Liberté and TAT European Airlines, to create a single entity flying under BA colours. The combined carrier would be the second largest in France. In its business plan, submitted to the commercial ...
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Ansett A330-200 order decision imminent
Max Kingsley-Jones/London Ansett Australia says that it will decide by the end of the year whether to become the Australasian launch customer for the Airbus Industrie A330-200, which would see it placing orders for up to 14 aircraft for delivery starting in mid-1998. According to the ...
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Boeing ups 777-200X weights
Boeing's studies of a heavyweight, very-long-range "-200X" derivative of the standard-body 777 are now focusing on an even heavier maximum take-off-weight design which has a strengthened wing, increased fuel capacity and a new wingtip design. "We're getting feedback from the airlines on these models", says 777 product development ...
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Warming relations
China Airlines of Taiwan has for the first time in 47 years opened a representative office in Beijing, further fuelling speculation that direct flights between the island and the Chinese mainland might soon be allowed. All traffic must now be routed through a third country, like Hong Kong or Macau. ...