All Networks articles – Page 1395
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Cambodian Expansion
Royal Air Cambodge (RAC) of Cambodia plans to add a second Boeing 737-400 and an ATR 72 turboprop to its fleet, and extend services to Kunming and Guangzhou, in China, and Vientiane, in neighboring Laos. The Cambodian-Malay joint-venture carrier, launched in January, already operates a 737-400 leased from Malaysia Airlines, ...
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FAA approves Horizon HGS
HORIZON AIR, the Alaska Air Group regional operator, has received US Federal Aviation Administration approval to operate its fleet of de Havilland Dash 8s to Category IIIa minima, using a Flight Dynamics head-up guidance system (HGS). The clearance enables Horizon to land the Dash 8 in visibility conditions ...
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Foreign alliance on offer from Kenya
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON KENYA AIRWAYS, FRESH from a radical restructuring and now back in profit, is preparing to open discussions with potential foreign-airline partners in the first step towards privatisation. Foreign airlines will be offered a stake of around 20% in the Kenyan national carrier and, ...
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Alitalia breaks new ground in entertainment
ALITALIA HAS selected a new entrant to supply in-flight-entertainment systems for its fleet of McDonnell Douglas MD-11s. The Italian flag carrier is the launch customer for an on-demand video system developed by Las Vegas, Nevada-based Interactive Flight Technologies (IFT). A single MD-11 will be equipped with IFT's In-Flight ...
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Japanese airlines climb back as recovery accelerates towards profits
JAPAN'S BELEAGUERED airlines have posted a brighter set of figures in the latest round of results for the 1994/5 financial year. The improvements come largely from a mix of cost-cutting programmes and a gathering recovery in the Japanese passenger market. Japan Airlines (JAL) managed to slash its ...
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Pratt & Whitney PW4084
THE BOEING 777 Pratt & Whitney PW4084 was granted US Federal Aviation Administration approval on 30 May to fly 180min extended-range twin-engine operations (ETOPS) at service entry. The "ETOPS-out-of-the-box" initiative was a key target for Boeing from the start, and was achieved just a week before the start ...
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Boeing 777-300 launch at Paris
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES BOEING IS TO launch the stretched 777-300 at the Paris air show later this month on the back of firm orders for around 30 aircraft from Asian and Middle Eastern airlines. Launch customers are expected to include All Nippon Airways ...
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Interactive Flight Technologies 3
Interactive Flight Technologies is exhibiting at Paris for the first time, displaying the video-on-demand in-flight entertainment network (IFEN) which Alitalia has selected for its McDonnell Douglas MD-11s. The system will allow passengers to select from up to 30 films, stored digitally and downloaded to each seat, all of which can ...
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BFGoodrich 5 B17
BFGoodrich Aerospace subsidiary Rosemount Aerospace has completed operational testing of a prototype broad-area contamination system on a Northwest Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-80. The system, called the HALO, uses ultrasonic waves transmitted through the wing skin to detect icing and other contamination. In the production version, to be available by late ...
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Fly America in the ointment
The failure of US and UK aeropolitical negotiators to reach agreement on a proposed 'mini deal' in mid-April was just another chapter in years of fractious negotiations between the two countries. But the tripping point was so small that even veteran negotiators turned away in disgust at their inability to ...
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Airports
The privatisation of the UK Civil Aviation Authority's National Air Traffic Services has been postponed indefinitely. Lockheed Air Terminal is currently completing a feasibility study for the conversion of Zolotaya Dolina Air Base to a commercial passenger and cargo airport. The former air base is in Nakhodka on ...
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Orders
Aero Lloyd has ordered four A321s and two A320s direct from Airbus Industrie, worth $306 million. In addition the German charter will lease four A320s and six A321s from Los Angeles-based lessor ILFC. Delivery of the V2500 powered aircraft will begin in early 1996. United Airlines has ordered ...
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Name change
PWA Corporation, parent company of Canadian Airlines International, has changed its name to Canadian Airlines Corporation. Meanwhile, American Airlines is to phase in codesharing on all transborder routes with Canadian from mid-June, with full implementation by the end of the year. Source: Airline Business
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Weber wins Nordic prize
For SAS the search is over. But KLM now finds itself without any major European partner and is fast running out of available options. The Scandinavian flag carrier solved its European partner problem by forging close ties - but no equity swap - with Lufthansa. The alliance is ...
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A mighty match
Can the Boeing 747-400 freighter be more profitable than an older conversion? Mark W Lyon reports.A new freighter aircraft can be a financial conundrum. How can one be confident of financing a $150 million investment over 20 years when cargo yields fluctuate wildly and show a disturbing long-term decline? Between ...
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Making it work
Though airline alliances will come and go in the years to come, this survey demonstrates that they will almost certainly remain a strong feature of the industry. Despite some significant deletions since last year, particularly in the realm of route specific cooperation, each time an agreement has died another partnership ...
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Pushing the limits
Failure to agree a new international system quickly could mean that all airlines will face unlimited financial liability for the injury or death of their passengers. David Knibb reports.It may already be too late, but even those who still champion the Montreal Protocols now acknowledge that time is running out ...
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Virgin hopes for Oz link
Malaysia Airlines' codeshare link with Virgin Atlantic Airways on the Kangaroo Route hit unexpected turbulance when the Australian government declined to approve it. However, at presstime Virgin officials were hopeful of a positive outcome by mid-May, allowing the codesharing to start by early June. Canberra's refusal to clear ...
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Western help Uzbek style
Forget airline consultants. Uzbekistan Airways has come up with a novel way of obtaining western expertise: invest in a UK airline. European Airways, which operates a single domestic route, is 40 per cent owned by the CIS carrier. In exchange, managing director David Allen and board members are ...
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Qantas/BA green light
British Airways and Qantas are set to win approval from Australia's Trade Practices Commission (TPC) for their controversial revenue pooling and price arranging plans for the loss-making Kangaroo Route, though with some tough conditions attached. Approval will be strictly limited to cooperation on flights between Australia and Europe ...