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American races to Reno Air
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC American Airlines has acquired Reno Air in a deal worth $124 million. The acquisition is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 1999, after which the airlines will begin integrating the route networks and work forces. American, the second-largest airline in the USA, plans to ...
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KLM's alpine deal
KLM has signed a partnership deal with new Austrian airline Air Alps Aviation, due to begin operations in mid-1999, with two 31-seat Fairchild Dornier 328. Air Alps, 49% owned by Air Engiadina, will serve Amsterdam Schipol three times daily from Salzburg and Innsbruck. Source: Flight International
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American thinks again on 1999 expansion plans
The weakening international economy has caused American Airlines to rethink its growth programme for 1999, with proposals for certain new routes being dropped and aircraft retirements increased. The US major is to retire eight McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10s and two Boeing 727-200s several years earlier than planned, bringing its total ...
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Lufthansa objections to Aeroflot 737 services resolved
A dispute over Aeroflot's use of its new Boeing 737-400s, which are not registered in Russia or the European Union, on services to Germany has been resolved. A ban on the operations had been implemented in early October, after an objection was made by Lufthansa. The Bermudan registered Boeings ...
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Amakusa takes Dash 8 for island link
Amakusa Airlines, a new Japanese regional carrier, is to start operations with a recently ordered Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8, according to Bombardier Aerospace. Delivery of the 39-seat Dash 8-100 will take place next October, but the airline does not plan to launch revenue services until early 2000. Amakusa ...
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Britannia 737 deal heralds regional return
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Britannia Airways has confirmed its move back to the sub-200-seat market after an eight year break, with a deal for up to 10 Boeing 737-800s. The move will enable the UK charter carrier to increase services from UK regional airports and boost its Scandinavian operations. Britannia has ...
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Mandarin/Formosa set to merge in June
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Taiwan's China Airlines (CAL) has fixed a June target date for the merger of its two subsidiaries, Mandarin Airlines and Formosa Airlines. The move is intended to create a new domestic carrier, allowing CALto concentrate on international services. It has been under examination since mid-1998, following ...
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Litton flight tests gyro retrofit on Boeing 727
Litton Aero Products is flight testing its LTR-97 fibre optic gyro-based system on a Boeing 727-200 as a strap-down replacement for potentially thousands of aircraft equipped with older electro-mechanical, vertical and directional gyros. The market, estimated to be for around 5,000 systems, includes McDonnell Douglas DC-8s, DC-9s and MD-80s, ...
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Marketplace
-Atlas Air has placed one Boeing 747-200F and two Boeing 747-400Fs with FedEx on wet-lease, by the end of the year. -Cebu Pacific is boosting its McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 fleet to ten with the addition of three more aircraft.The first aircraft, an ex-Air Canada example, was delivered last month. Two ...
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ANA/China agreement
All Nippon Airways (ANA) and China Eastern have signed a commercial deal, including codesharing, to come into effect on 1 February, subject to a Government go-ahead. Initially there will be 18 codeshare flights a week from Osaka to Shanghai and Beijing via Qingdao. Source: Flight International
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Routes
-Alitalia Cargo and KLM Cargo have started a joint freighter service. Using two KLM Boeing 747-300s and three Alitalia 747-200s, the airlines have a multihub arrangement based on Amsterdam Schiphol, Milan Malpensa and Rome Fiumicino. The agreement enables Alitalia Cargo to add Amsterdam, Dubai, Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Singapore and Tel ...
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Pension problems threaten to delay SAA sell-off
Lufthansa chairman and chief executive Jürgen Weber says that the privatisation of South African Airways (SAA) is unlikely to take place before next year. Lufthansa and Singapore Airlines (SIA) are seen as front runners to take a 20-35% stake in the South African flag carrier, which was expected to ...
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SAirGroup buys 49% of LTU and eyes full access to EU market
Andrew Doyle/DÜSSELDORF SAirGroup has finally completed its long-awaited acquisition of a 49.9% stake in German tour operator LTU as the latest step in its plans for a major expansion of its operations in the European leisure travel market. The deal comes as senior executives at the Swissair parent are expressing ...
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Winnipeg consortium launches Canada's first scheduled cargo operation
Canada's first scheduled widebody cargo flights are being launched by Winnport Logistics, a consortium of 43 transportation companies. The Winnipeg, Manitoba-based consortium has leased a Boeing 747 freighter from Evergreen International Airlines, and will operate three flights a week between Winnipeg and the Chinese cities of Nanjing and Shenzhen. ...
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BA realigns fleet after pre-tax profits fall
British Airways is reacting to disappointing first half results and an impending economic downturn by realigning its fleet and route network. Pre-tax profits for the airline dropped 10.5% to £385 million ($639 million) for the first six months to 30 September as a downturn in the world economy and ...
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EVA offers to take control of Myanmar
Taiwan-based EVA Airways has made a provisional proposal to take a controlling stake in loss-making Myanmar Airways International (MAI). EVA says it could provide the manpower and expertise which Yangon-based MAI lacks, and support the cost of expanded operations. EVA believes there is strong potential for growth in the ...
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Order boost for Italy's General Avia
The Italian Aero Club has ordered 12 single-engined General Avia F.22B Piguinos for basic training and 3 F.22Cs for instrument flight rules (IFR) training. Deliveries will run from April 1999 to the end of the year. Designed by Stelio Frati, the F.22B has fixed gear and a 160hp (120kW) Textron ...
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Airbus may ditch A3XX thrust reversers to slow down costs
Andrew Doyle/LONDON Airbus Industrie is discussing with airlines a plan to remove the thrust reversers from its A3XX ultra-high capacity airliner design as part of efforts to further reduce the aircraft's direct operating costs. Airlines have generally reacted favourably towards the idea of dropping the system from the outboard engines ...
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Cathay's effort to revive PAL earns approval from receiver
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE A conditional offer by Cathay Pacific to invest up to $100 million in debt-ridden Philippine Airlines (PAL) has been accepted by PAL's interim rehabilitation receiver committee. The two airlines say they will jointly draft a "rehabilitation plan" for PAL, to be submitted to the Philippines Securities ...
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A330s head for Brazil after currency hiccup
Joe Sims/MIAMI TAM expects to take delivery of its first two Airbus A330s by the end of the month after a delay of over a month caused by a currency crisis in Brazil. The carrier, based in Sao Paulo, had been due to receive its first of five Pratt & ...