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BA steps up the class war
Chris Jasper/LONDON British Airways has launched a radical overhaul of its premium cabins, introducing aft-facing and flat-bed seats in business class and a new "upper economy" product. The move is aimed at increasing the proportion of business travellers on BA's long haul services, and cements its strategy of targeting high-yield ...
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Hong Kong/Beijing bilateral clears way for Dragonair
Mainland China and the Hong Kong Government have swept away a rule limiting Hong Kong carriers to operating one-third of the capacity on routes to the mainland. According to the Hong Kong Government, a new air services arrangement signed with Beijing guarantees that "airlines of both sides enjoy equal ...
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BM acts as US/UK bilateral talks fail
Chris Jasper/LONDON Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Airlines in the UK and USA are coming to terms with the failure of bilateral air services talks. British Midland (BM) - worst hit by the collapse of negotiations - has responded by filing a joint codeshare application with partner United Airlines that suggests it ...
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Executives to go in Argentine rescue
Guy Norris/BUENOS AIRES Paul Lews/WASHINGTON DC Aerolineas Argentinas' majority owner SEPI will present a new business plan to the Argentine Government to revive the financially ailing carrier. This follows SEPI's rejection of American Airlines parent AMR's restructuring proposal and the removal of key US national managers. The airline's ...
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American eyes aircraft for Asia
American Airlines is looking at its aircraft acquisition options to extend the range of its fleet to open planned new non-stop routes from Chicago and Dallas/Fort Worth to Asia. The US carrier has applied to the US Department of Transport to operate to Beijing and Shanghai under a revised ...
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Airbus slips delivery plan for A3XX
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Airbus Industrie is targeting October 2005 for first production delivery of the A3XX-100 if it can muster sufficient market support by mid-year for the consortium's supervisory board to commit to a simultaneous launch offer of passenger and cargo variants of the ultra-large aircraft. The October ...
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Marketplace
Air Alps Aviation of Innsbruck, Austria, has acquired an ex-PB Air Dornier 328-110 turboprop, in a deal arranged by Aircraft Leasing & Management. The deal boosts Air Alps' (which operates as KLM Alps) fleet of 328s to four. Safair of South Africa has placed two Boeing MD-82s with French carrier ...
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Routes
Swissair is withdrawing its six-times weekly scheduled service between Basle and New York Newark from 26 March, citing poor demand with an average load factor of less than 60%. The flights, operated using an Airbus A310 and codeshared with the Swiss flag carrier's regional subsidiary Crossair, were introduced a year ...
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Start-up SolAir signs for 328/728JETs
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Italian start-up SolAir has become the second announced airline customer for the Fairchild Aerospace 728JET, with a letter of intent for two aircraft, plus two 34-seat 328JETs. The Naples-based carrier plans to begin operations with the two 328JETs from next January, serving Barcelona, Paris, Tirana and ...
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Taiwan and Philippines resume links
Air links between Taiwan and the Philippines are to resume, following the signing of an agreement on 28 January. It ends a bitter dispute that grounded scheduled flights for four months. China Airlines (CAL) will resume a full 24 flights a week service on 16 February, while EVA Air ...
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Virgin picks Brisbane as new airline HQ
Brisbane has been selected over Melbourne for low-cost start-up Virgin Australia's A$200 million ($133 million) operational, reservations and administrative headquarters. Virgin chairman Richard Branson says Melbourne lost because of a dispute over terminal space and the design and costs of a proposed A$7 million common-user terminal, which would be ...
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Payment suspension
Canadian Airlines suspended C$135 million ($92 million) in payments to creditors on 2 February, the same day that new owner Air Canada reported operating profits of C$503 million for the year ended 31 December, against C$359 million in 1998. Creditors are owed close to C$3.5 billion. Source: Flight International
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Turkish Bribes arrest
General manager of the Turkish Civil Aviation Authority Sermet Unel has been arrested on a charge of taking bribes from airlines. He was video recorded by police apparently receiving money from Turkish airline Air Rose, which had warned the authorities in advance of Unel's alleged $50,000 demand, according to Reed ...
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Virgin deal raises doubts over SIA's role within Star
DAVID KNIBB SEATTLE Sir Richard Branson, newly knighted in the UK's millennial honours list, calls the deal between his Virgin Atlantic group and Singapore Airlines (SIA) a "marriage made in heaven", but Star alliance members in Australasia are having heartburn over its implications. The codeshare access that SIA gains ...
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US-UK mini deal threatens to sideline cargo
PETER CONWAY LONDON The latest in the seemingly unending round of open skies talks between the USA and UK in Washington on 4-5 January failed to produce the widely predicted "mini deal" over access to London Heathrow. But most observers still expect some kind of interim compromise to emerge when ...
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Air Canada free to ring the changes at Canadian
Air Canada has taken over Canadian Airlines following Ottawa's approval, ending a long and bitter battle for control of Canada's skies. Changes are already becoming apparent. Canadian had suspended Hong Kong and Manila flights and sold its Tokyo Narita slots to Air Canada, but Air Canada has started further ...
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Taiwan and China edge closer
DAVID KNIBB SEATTLE Direct Taiwan-China flights, operated by pseudo-third country airlines, could start this year. The first hint of a thaw came after remarks by Shen Yuankang, Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) deputy director, at a Shanghai aviation seminar. Shen suggested that direct flights could start with Air ...
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In Brief - Asia-Pacific
Cathay orders Cathay Pacific Airways has ordered three more Airbus A330-300s to help cope with current and forecast rates of passenger traffic growth. The Rolls-Royce Trent 700-powered aircraft are to be delivered early next year. JAL sells DHL stake Japan Airlines (JAL) has sold most of its ...
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Taiwan bars all flights as Philippines talks collapse
DAVE KNIBB SEATTLE Talks between the Philippines and Taiwan to resolve the dispute over air services between the countries collapsed in December just as a solution looked close. As a result, Taiwan barred charter flights by three of its carriers to the Philippines and no new talks are planned. The ...
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Lending a hand
JACK SELLSBY LONDON Fuelled by intense competition, financing from Airbus and Boeing, backed by the export credit agencies, is running at record levels. Europe and the USA have been squabbling for years over the support given to their rival civil aerospace champions Airbus and Boeing. With the manufacturers now neck-and-neck ...