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Alitalia plans more links
Once its restructuring plan is finally in place Alitalia will start the search for more alliances, and it may even invite partners to take a share in developing the new hub at Milan/Malpensa, according to new chairman Fausto Cereti. 'We plan to be a piece of a global ...
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Airline news
Unijet Group is to take over full ownership of Leisure International Airways by the end of April 1997, increasing its shareholding from the current 40 per cent. Continental Airlines introduced a daily route from New York/Newark to Quito via Bogota, a weekly flight to Düsseldorf, and second daily ...
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Fresh threat to Air France
The creation of a powerful private French competitor to threaten Air France's domestic dominance is closer to reality, following the signing of a cooperation agreement between Air Liberté and AOM. Although the two medium-sized French airlines are limiting themselves to a codesharing agreement, Air Liberté admits that the ...
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Seoul seeks North accord
South Korea is trying to block Pyongyang's attempts to end years of isolation by widening commercial aviation links, unless North Korea agrees to extend its offer of opening its airways to all carriers and sign a joint air traffic control accord for the peninsula. The latest manoeuvring by ...
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Latin moves
British Airways will switch its Latin American services from London Heathrow to Gatwick, along with three Boeing 747-400s, next March. The airline will serve Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Venezuela from Gatwick's North Terminal. By its 1997 summer season, BA will be operating over 1,000 flights a week from ...
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Gallois moves to take over at French railways
Julian Moxon/PARIS THE FRENCH Government has appointed Aerospatiale president Louis Gallois to run the state-owned railway company, SNCF, leaving at least four men in contention for his vacated position. The decision to move Gallois has been prompted by the poor state of SNCF's finances and the ...
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UK first in Germany
DEBONAIR HAS become the first UK airline and first independent EU carrier to operate scheduled services between major German cities since the country's re-unification, with flights between Munich and D_sseldorf. The new Luton-based carrier has also introduced daily flights from Munich to Barcelona. Source: Flight International
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Gabon connection
Air Gabon has inaugurated direct services from Libreville, Gabon, to London Gatwick in the UK, with its Boeing 747-200 Combi. The service is the first direct scheduled link between the two cities. The airline is also offering a connection to Johannesburg in South Africa, which will also use the 747. ...
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Swanwick delays cost CAA dearly
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON THE UK CIVIL AVIATION Authority has confirmed that delays to the UK's new Swanwick en route air-traffic-control centre will leave it with a bill of around £10 million ($15.6 million), but says that it hopes to avoid raising user charges to meet the costs. ...
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Interstate approval
Interstate Electronics' IEC 9002 global-positioning-system-based flight-management system has received US certification for en route and terminal navigation and non-precision approaches. Source: Flight International
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FAA approval
The US Federal Aviation Administration has certificated Interstate Electronics' IEC 9002 global-positioning system flight-management system, approving it for en route, terminal and non-precision approach navigation. The system is aimed mainly at the air-transport retrofit market as well as larger corporate aircraft. Source: Flight International
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NTSB analyses 'sound' on TWA recorder
INVESTIGATORS ARE analysing a brief sound on the cockpit-voice-recorder (CVR) tape recovered from the wreckage of Trans World Airlines Flight 800, looking for clues as to why the Boeing 747-100 exploded soon after take-off from New York Kennedy on 17 July, killing all 230 on board. Initial ...
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The Top Fifty Airlines
The world airline industry made record profits in 1995, but will the boom last? The signs are mixed from this year's ranking of the world's top 50passenger-airline groups. Kevin O'Toole/LONDON IT HAS TAKEN a long time to arrive, but recovery in the world airline industry appears to ...
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US airlines on a roll
A SPECTACULAR ROUND of second-quarter results from the major US airlines has put the industry on course for the best quarterly results in its history. The big nine network carriers collectively earned net profits of more than $1.5 billion in the quarter, on the back of soaring traffic ...
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Bangkok Airways president aims for second carrier slot
Julian Moxon/BANGKOK THE PRESIDENT and owner of Thailand's privately owned airline Bangkok Airways wants to start a new airline to respond to the Thai Government's imminent call for offers for a second carrier to operate services on domestic and regional routes. Prasert Prasarttong-Osoth, who owns ...
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Boeing to review 777 cabin pressure after diversion
BOEING IS AGAIN reviewing the design of the 777 cabin-pressurisation system, following the diversion of a United Airlines (UAL) aircraft to Gander, Newfoundland, while being flown on a transatlantic flight. The 777 suffered "a loss of pressure" rather than a sudden depressurisation, says the airline, which adds that ...
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Finnair leases 757s from ILFC
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON FINNAIR HAS concluded a lease deal with International Lease Finance (ILFC) which will lead to the introduction of four new Boeing 757s from September 1997. The airline has signed an eight-year lease agreement, with extension options. All four aircraft, powered by Pratt & ...
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Thai plans MoU for six 747-Xs
Paul Lewis/BANGKOK THAI AIRWAYS International is discussing signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for up to six new Boeing 747-500/600X aircraft, but the carrier is now waiting for Government approval for its earlier fleet modernisation before committing itself. The airline is among a group of ...
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Continental switches to 737-700/800s
CONTINENTAL Airlines has renegotiated its orders with Boeing, substituting 48 737-700/800s for 18 737-300/500s and 12 767s previously on firm order, and deferring delivery of five 777s by three years. The carrier has taken options on 15 additional 737-700/800s, and added options for eight 757s to its order for eight ...
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ARIA looks to PW2000s to improve Il-96-300s
ILYUSHIN IS TO DEVELOP modifications to the Il-96-300 to allow Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines (ARIA) to re-engine its Il-96 fleet with Pratt & Whitney PW2037 turbofans, and improve reliability. A formal agreement on the design work, which was signed recently by ARIA's general director Marshal Evgeni ...