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Beachbound Airtran
AirTran Airways is starting new non-stop services between Atlanta, Georgia, and Myrtle Beach, Florida. The Orlando-based low-fares carrier plans three daily roundtrips. Source: Airline Business
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Atlantic Coast for Louisville
United Express carrier Atlantic Coast Airlines is starting regional jet services between Washington Dulles and Louisville from 8 June. It plans a four times daily roundtrip service. Source: Airline Business
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Emirates gets Milan link
Dubai-based Emirates is to introduce a three times a week service between Dubai and Milan Malpensa, via Rome. In addition, services between Dubai and Rome will be doubled to six times a week. The route will be served by Emirates' new Airbus A330-200. Source: Airline Business
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Flier programme connects
Northwest Airlines, Alitalia and KLM have introduced reciprocal frequent flier programmes as well as codeshares to 42 cities in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the USA. Northwest is also launching daily non-stop services from Detroit to Rome and Milan Malpensa. Source: Airline Business
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EU fuel tax proposal criticised
A proposal by the European Commission that individual member states take steps to levy tax on aviation fuel has been criticised as "confused and confusing" by the Association of European Airlines. The proposal, a follow-up to the wide-ranging Communication issued at the end of last year, calls for member states ...
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PAL restores Cebu-HK link
Philippine Airlines (PAL) is restoring Cebu-Hong Kong services after an absence of nearly two years. The thrice-weekly services were due to have resumed on 26 March. PAL also operates to Hong Kong from Manila and will be adding an extra flight per week on that route. Source: Airline Business
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New tie-up for EVA
EVA Airways is to codeshare with Qantas Airways on flights between Taiwan and Australia, replacing a scrapped tie-up with Australia's second carrier, Ansett. Services are due to start on 1 May. EVA will operate thrice-weekly Taipei-Brisbane flights while Qantas will operate thrice-weekly Sydney-Taipei flights. Source: Airline Business
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Qantas to lease BA Boeings
Qantas Airways is to lease seven Boeing 767-300s from 25% owner British Airways. The aircraft are to be delivered between June this year and March 2001. The extra capacity will be used on new services between Australia and Singapore, connecting with Qantas and BA services to the UK and other ...
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Dragonair fleet expansion challenges Cathay Pacific
Nicholas Ionides ATI SINGAPORE Hong Kong's Dragonair has confirmed a major fleet expansion in what observers say is a clear sign that the carrier intends to mount a more direct challenge to the dominance of the former colony's de facto flag carrier, Cathay Pacific Airways. China-controlled Dragonair announced details of ...
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Hungary for a change?
Tom Gill BUDAPEST With a new chief executive and new investors on the horizon, things might be looking up for Malév Ferenc Kovacs is cautiously confident. Appointed Malév's chief executive in October after 23 years with the company, he is well aware of the many false starts that the Hungarian ...
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Back to Business: Alan Mulally, president of Boeing Commercial Airplanes
For Alan Mulally, president of Boeing Commercial Airplanes Group, this is the year the company can finally put its troubles behind it with new launches, a growing services business and, above all, a renewed focus on the customer
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Soft Landing
Tom Gill and Colin Baker LONDON There are all the classic signs of a downturn in the cycle, with aircraft prices weakening and deliveries slowing, but this time it looks more like a gentle decline rather than bust When the airline industry cycle last turned down a decade ago, it ...
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Spain set for regional battle
Andrew Doyle/GERONA Boeing is close to securing a second European airline customer for its 717 following Spanish regional start-up AB Bluestar's announcement that it intends to order six of the twinjets and take nine options. Spanish rival Air Nostrum, meanwhile, has concluded a major deal with Canada's Bombardier ...
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Carriers queue for La Guardia
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Continental Airlines and Delta Air Lines are moving quickly to claim additional slots promised for regional services at New York's La Guardia Airport as the result of newly approved Congressional legislation. Contained in the US Federal Aviation Administration reauthorisation Bill is a provision to grant ...
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JMC considers planning pact with Hapag-Lloyd for long-haul fleet
Max Kingsley-Jones/BARCELONA JMC Airlines, the newly formed UK charter carrier, expects to choose between Airbus and Boeing for its new long-haul fleet later this year after concluding its long-expected order for up to five Boeing 757-300s. The long-haul deal could signal the start of a joint fleet planning ...
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Lufthansa snaps up KLM student pilots
Lufthansa is recruiting 60 trainee pilots graduating from the KLM Flight Academy in the Netherlands, following the Dutch flag carrier's decision to cut unprofitable routes and remove aircraft from its fleet in an effort to restore profitability. Industry sources say that KLM will also offer to second to Lufthansa ...
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BAE approves regional launch
Emma Kelly/LONDON BAE Systems hopes to announce the launch airline for its RJX regional jet family in the next three weeks following the formal launch of the Avro RJ derivative on 21 March. Peter Connolly, BAE Systems senior vice-president for sales and marketing, says an order for the ...
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US Airways gets set to form international partnership
Ramon Lopez/TOULOUSE US Airways will become a partner in an international airline alliance in the next few months, says chairman Stephen Wolf. At the same time, the airline is gearing up for long-haul expansion with the delivery of the first of up to 30 Airbus A330-300s. Until now, ...
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Aegean considers global alliances
Aegean Airlines is "probing" global alliance possibilities with a view to joining one of the networks by next March to let it launch international routes, having given up hope of co-operating with Greek carrier Olympic Airways. The airline plans international expansion around the opening of the new Athens Spata ...
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Air France/Delta court Aeroflot
Julian Moxon/BUDAPEST Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW Air France and Aeroflot have agreed a deal that should see the Russian carrier join the former's global alliance with Delta Air Lines, while the French flag carrier is also emerging as the most likely partner for Hungary's Malev, with its Budapest Ferihegy hub. The ...