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Southwest Airlines makes plans for Florida expansion
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES plans to expand into Florida early in 1996. Share prices of airlines already serving the leisure-dominated Florida market fell sharply with the news of Southwest's first expansion eastward since it established a presence at Baltimore/Washington Airport in September 1993. Dallas, Texas-based Southwest will begin services to ...
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Turbulence injures US airline passengers
AT LEAST 26 passengers and crew were injured when an American Airlines Airbus A300-600R hit clear-air turbulence (CAT) en route from Miami to San Juan, Puerto Rico, on 19 July. On 25 June, a Continental Airlines A300 en route to San Juan hit CAT, which injured 20 passengers and crew. ...
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High-speed trains pose no threat to aircraft services
Sir - A recent report to the International Civil Aviation Organisation-CAEP, High-speed trains - competition and competitive power, written by Jan Veldhuis (Netherlands Civil Aviation Authority), Alf Schmitt (Germany) and myself, provides minimal support for the apprehensions put forward by "name withheld" and Haluk Taysi of Airbus (Flight International, Letters, ...
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Japan/USA agree on air cargo deal
THE JAPANESE AND US Governments have reached a compromise agreement on air-cargo rights, clearing the way for FedEx to start its Subic Bay-based intra-Asian freight network. Under the agreement reached in Los Angeles, FedEx has been granted "beyond rights" to seven destinations in Asia. Nippon Cargo ...
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Lufthansa achieves first-half profits as Weber hits out outsubsidies
LUFTHANSA CHAIRMAN Jurgen Weber has hit out at government subsidies, saying that European governments are "still ploughing DM10 million [$7.1 million] of taxpayers' money daily into their ailing airlines". Weber says that subsidised airlines are "...either expanding with more capacity than they can sell, or are too sluggish ...
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TransBrazil ditches 777
TRANSBRASIL HAS cancelled its order for three Boeing 777s. The Brazilian carrier informed Boeing of its decision just days before the Paris air show, held during June, but the US manufacturer has yet to announce the move officially. Transbrasil ordered the aircraft in 1993, originally for delivery starting ...
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Egyptair Buys A340
Egyptair has become the 37th customer for the Airbus Industrie A330/A340 with an order for three A340s, and options on two more. The airline plans to use the aircraft to open up new routes, including from Cairo to Japan, the US West Coast, and Australia. Delivery of the first aircraft ...
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Aer Lingus A330 launches new service
Aer Lingus put its fourth Airbus A330 into service on 13 July on a new transatlantic service linking Belfast in Northern Ireland with New York and Boston via Shannon. The aircraft, originally built for Air Inter, has been leased for seven years. The new service is being marketed as Vacation ...
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Europe plans 12-month trial to advance ADS forward
Kieran Daly/LONDON THE WORLD'S BIGGEST trial of satellite-based automatic dependent surveillance (ADS) will begin in Europe by the end of the year. The European Commission-funded ADS Europe programme will gather data from at least 11 aircraft - ten of them airliners on revenue flights. ADS ...
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Vietnam expansion
Vietnam Airlines has launched two new twice-weekly services from Hanoi to Singapore and Seoul, following the delivery of its eighth leased Airbus A320. The rapidly growing carrier now operates 25 international routes, and has recently signed additional air-services agreements with Slovakia and Bahrain. Source: Flight International
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Jersey
George McKenzie has been appointed to the new position of Stansted route manager for Jersey European Airways, of the UK. He was formerly a station manager for Air UK. Marsall Barrand becomes retail sales manager. Andrea Hayes is appointed commercial accounts manager with responsibility for Ireland, the Isle of Man ...
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Safety review
If world airline safety in 1995's first six months continues to be as good through the whole year, it could set a record. David Learmount/LONDON THERE WERE 305 deaths in world air transport during the first six months of 1995, but 150 of them were caused by hostile ...
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Ecuatoriana sale
The Ecuadorian Government will sell 50.1% of flag carrier Ecuatoriana on 27 July through the local stock exchange. A further 24.9% will be sold through the stock exchange within 180 days of privatisation. The Government will keep a 25% stake in the airline, which is debt-free with assets of $15 ...
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European ground-handling controversy intensifies
Julian Moxon/PARIS THE EUROPEAN Parliament has come under conflicting pressures from aviation bodies over the liberalisation of ground handling at European airports. At stake is the entire range of air- and land-side ground-handling operations, ranging from ramp, baggage and passenger handling, through to aircraft servicing and ...
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Continental in leasing rethink
CONTINENTAL Airlines has renegotiated the leases on most of the 35 aircraft (mainly Airbus A300s) grounded in January in a move to cut capacity. The aircraft have been returned to lessors, but Continental will save $152 million in 1995 and 1996, eliminate substantial operating-lease payments after 1996, and defer certain ...
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Thinking big
THE 800-SEAT AIRLINER is, it appears, an idea whose time has not yet come. Boeing and the Airbus partners have put the concept on ice, at least for several months, because the airlines have not demonstrated enough enthusiasm to justify proceeding with it. In the short-term, that is probably the ...
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FAA and airlines launch next-generation communications
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration has joined with industry to develop the Aeronautical Telecommunication Network (ATN) offering rapid and reliable information exchange, including air-traffic-control instructions and engine-performance data, among pilots, controllers and airline operations worldwide. The deal was struck between the FAA and ...
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Airlines finalise Stuttgart plans
EUROPE'S AIRLINES are finalising their plans for maintaining services to Stuttgart Airport, Germany, ahead of the partial closure of the airport at the end of July. British Aerospace 146s and Avro International Aerospace Avroliners will be the only jet-powered passenger aircraft able to be operated to and from ...
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Harrods Air Service Now!...
Harrods Air Service Now! At Harrods Passenger Service Bureau on the 2nd floor, adjoining the Library Lounge, you can now book for journeys by air with exactly the same ease as you book for travel by sea or land. Air travel is now a proved, safe and established thing, ...
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Rationalisation bears fruit for South African Airways
Chris Yates/JOHANNESBURG A SERIES OF COST-reduction measures, including rationalisation of its European network and the closure of offices worldwide, should allow South African Airways (SAA) soon to report significantly improved financial results. "Our official results will be made known within the next two weeks, for the ...