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More problems detailed at HK airport inquiry
The public inquiry set up to investigate the troubled opening of Hong Kong's new airport at Chek Lap Kok has heard further evidence of apparent mismanagement. Yeung Kwok-keung, Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals (HACTL) deputy managing director, has spoken of bungled fire safety tests that ultimately led to the ...
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Air Canada continues search for Air Alliance buyer
Air Canada is still seeking a buyer for its Air Alliance subsidiary, three months after putting the unprofitable Quebec-based regional on the block. The company continues to drain Air Canada's resources, despite annual sales of around $35 million. A strike last year resulted in the loss of several million ...
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Thai Airways prepares for revamp
Thai Airways International chief executive Mahidol Chantrangkun is preparing a sweeping proposal designed to revamp the airline's domestic and international operations. Mahidol, who also serves as the Thai government's permanent secretary for transport, is heading the working group tasked with addressing repeatedly delayed privatisation plans, loss-making routes and outstanding ...
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UPS deal heads $8bn Airbus spree
Karen Walker Airbus Industrie chalked up yet another coup yesterday when it announced two multi-billion-dollar deals and secured a new customer, United Parcel Service (UPS), which has selected the A300-600 freighter for its widebody fleet. Wednesday's UPS order, worth $4.8 billion, combined with a $2 billion order from ...
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American Eagle to launch Dallas-Houston Hobby jet service
American Eagle is beginning jet service between Dallas/Fort Worth and Houston's Hobby Airport on 7 December with Embraer ERJ-145s. Although the regional carrier - the world's largest - is initially only replacing two of 11 daily turboprop round-trip services between the two airports, American Eagle says it will add ...
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US government to file suit against Northwest, Mesaba
The US government is to file suit against Northwest Airlines and its affiliate Mesaba Airlines in a bid to force the resumption of air services to 13 cities affected by the continuing Northwest pilots' strike. The suit is to be filed by the Department of Transportation (DOT) and the ...
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FAA wants to lead
TEXT: Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Despite intense domestic criticism of its lateness in getting to grips with the year 2000 computer problem, the US Federal Aviation Administration sees itself leading the world's aviation industry safely into the new century. Exactly what the USA will do to safeguard American travellers ...
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Kinnock's slot sale
European Union transport commissioner Neil Kinnock says that he wants to see a formal and legal structure created for slot trading, but says this could take up to three years to set up. This revelation comes after British Airways had been told by the European Commission that it should not ...
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City Bird orders A300 freighters
City Bird has concluded a deal with Airbus Industrie for two new A300-600 freighters for dedicated cargo operations. The Belgian airline will acquire the two aircraft next year under a 12 year lease purchase. The first will be delivered in early April, with the second arriving a month later. ...
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Delta/United alliance dies
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC The refusal of Delta Air Lines directors to give its pilots a voting seat on the board have scuttled plans for a wide ranging alliance with United Airlines. The strategic alliance proposal included a code-share which had to be approved by pilots' groups represented by the ...
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Escalating European delays reach record level
The European Airlines Association (AEA) has declared 1998 a "black year" for delays, with the figures for June reaching similar levels to those for the same month in 1989, the worst on record. Brussels, Belgium-based Eurocontrol says it has "no dispute" with the AEA statistics, which show that 29.1% ...
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New Canadian cargo carrier ready
A new Canadian cargo carrier, Canada West Airlines, is preparing to launch long-haul freight operations following clearance from Transport Canada. The Toronto-based startup has been under formation since last year and is in negotiations to acquire Boeing 747 freighters for scheduled cargo services to Frankfurt and Paris. Transport Canada ...
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New Italian airlines gear up for 1999 operations
Marco Messalla/ROME Two new Italian airlines are planning to start operations early next year, reflecting the continuing liberalisation of the country's internal market. Gandalf Airlines is considering purchasing either the Fairchild Dornier 328JET or Embraer ERJ-145 and will announce its decision on an initial purchase of two aircraft ...
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Mesa prepares to incorporate CCAir after stock transaction
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Mesa Air Group has signed a letter of intent to merge Mesa Airlines with Charlotte, North Carolina-based CCAir. The two carriers were already linked through the Barlow Investment partnership, which has minority shareholdings in both. The transaction, valued at about $60 million, which includes $15 ...
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Air Atlantic closes down after Canadian kills agreement
Canadian regional carrier Air Atlantic will cease operations in October, following a decision by Canadian Airlines Inter- national (CAI) to end its long-standing agreement with its regional connector. The void will partly be filled by Inter-Canadian, another regional carrier recently sold by CAI to a group of Montreal investors. ...
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Routes
-Continental Airlines and British Midland have signed a code-sharing agreement for routes between and Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow in Scotland and New York Newark, via Manchester. -Lufthansa franchise partner Augsburg Airways will launch services from Hof and Bayreuth to Frankfurt, operating Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8 turboprops in Team Lufthansa ...
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Strikes ground North American airlines
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Brian Dunn/MONTREAL The first week of strikes by pilots at Northwest Airlines and Air Canada have crippled the two carriers' operations. Estimates put the revenue losses in the two unconnected labour disputes at over $150 million by 5 September. Northwest was the first to be ...
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Tata consigns plans for new Indian carrier to scrapheap
The Tata Group has finally thrown in the towel and abandoned plans to launch a privately owned domestic Indian airline in the face of more than three and half years of government procrastination, as well as repeated changes to its aviation policy. Tata dropped plans to launch the new ...
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Fight for control of Transaero heads for court dates in Moscow and Orel
The fight for control of Russian carrier Transaero has gone to court as founder Alexander Pleshakov seeks retribution for his recent ousting by Boris Berezovsky after a hostile take-over of the airline (Flight International, 26 August-1 September). Court action is being taken in Moscow and the southern Russian town ...
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Results dampen Air New Zealand and Ansett prospects
Challenging regional market conditions are expected to continue dampening the prospects of Air New Zealand (ANZ) and its 50%-owned partner Ansett Australia. The tougher conditions were already evident in the results for the 12 months ending 30 June. ANZ relied on marginal improvements to domestic performance to produce a ...