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Swissair goes ahead with Stansted response
Swissair plans to fly three times a day between Zurich and London's Stansted Airport from October using 126-seat Airbus A319s, countering the growing threat from UK no-frills carriers such as easyJet and Go. Stansted-based British Airways subsidiary Go has applied for slots to launch services to Geneva from October ...
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Taiwan's U-Land links up with Air Philippines
Brent Hannon/TAIPEI Taiwan's U-Land Airlines has wet-leased the first two of three Boeing MD-82s to Air Philippines as the first step towards acquiring a 35% stake in the Philippine domestic carrier. Talks between the two airlines have been speeded up because of the Philippine Airlines (PAL) strike. Since ...
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Aer Lingus renews hunt for an alliance as Team sale nears
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON With the sale of its loss-making maintenance arm now back on course, Irish flag carrier Aer Lingus is preparing to reactivate its search for a strategic alliance partner and could be heading for a partial privatisation. The airline's state owners asked Aer Lingus management to submit ...
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Kuwait Airways advances towards privatisation
A draft law for the privatisation of Kuwait Airways has been approved by its state owners backed by improving finances at the carrier. The Government draft still has to undergo a parliamentary debate in the Kuwaiti National Assembly, but airline chairman Ahmed al Meshari believes the airline could now be ...
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Quicksilver machine
Guy Norris/DALLAS-FORT WORTHWithin the next five years, the combined fleets of American Airlines and its regional affiliate, American Eagle, will number almost 1,000, of which the vast majority will be jet powered. Managing these huge fleets, and restructuring them to meet the changing needs of the 21st century, has become ...
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FAA and Coast Guard to maintain Loran-C
The US Federal Aviation Administration and Coast Guard have agreed to keep the Loran-C navigation system in service beyond its planned termination date of 31 December, 2000 in a move which will be welcomed by the general aviation sector. The decision, which must be approved by transportation secretary Rodney ...
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BA ponders engine switch for big new 777 acquisition
British Airways is considering buying 20 more Boeing 777s in a $2 billion deal that could see it switch engine suppliers. The carrier selected the General Electric GE90 engine for its current fleet of 777-200s, having rejected an offer from traditional supplier Rolls-Royce, but it is now seeking bids ...
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EC allows American/BA alliance in exchange for Heathrow slots
Carriers on both sides of the Atlantic are stressing that there is still all to play for despite the European Commission's long-awaited ruling on the British Airways and Lufthansa transatlantic alliances. Major USairlines are already gearing up to lobby the USDepartment of Transportation to increase access to London Heathrow, while ...
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Boom continues for Airbus and Boeing
A surge of narrowbody business kept the order boom going for Airbus and Boeing over the first half of 1998, although both will be watching for signs of a slowdown in the second half, when the full impact of the Asian recession is likely to be felt. The two ...
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Huge UPS contract provides A300-600 lifeline for Airbus
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON UPS Airlines has chosen the Airbus A300-600 for its long-awaited widebody regional freighter requirement, with a deal for up to 100 aircraft, including 40 new build examples. The deal, which was won over a several bidders, including Boeing, provides a vital boost to the flagging A300 ...
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GE formalises remote monitoring venture
Ian Sheppard/LONDON General Electric and Harris have formed a joint venture to develop remote data monitoring for engines, following a successful two-year pilot project involving Canada 3000 aircraft. GE Harris Aviation Information Solutions, based in Melbourne, Florida, is to produce and market information network products and decision support ...
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Pratt & Whitney begins UMC acquisition talks
Pratt & Whitney has opened negotiations to purchase Indonesia's Universal Maintenance Centre (UMC) from IPTN to complement its joint venture with Singapore Airlines (SIA) and join the US manufacturer's planned global engine overhaul and maintenance network. Cash-strapped IPTN is looking to sell its Bandung-based subsidiary as part of a ...
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Dragonair forges independence
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Dragonair has taken a further step towards independence from Cathay Pacific Airways with the purchase of an Airbus A320 full flight simulator from CAE Electronics. The Hong Kong-based airline, which has also taken an option with CAE for an Airbus A330 simulator, will open its own ...
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Eurowings sales up
German regional carrier Eurowings saw sales leap by over 20% last year to hit DM586 million ($322 million). Passenger numbers increased by nearly one-third. A similar rise is in prospect this year, with a sales target of DM720 million. Growth comes on the back of a steady expansion of the ...
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Debonair seeks tie-ups
Kevin O'Toole/ROME Debonair chairman Franco Mancassola is attempting to pull together a coalition of smaller European airlines to share frequent flier programmes (FFPs) and is hoping to move towards closer links on marketing and maintenance with some. Mancassola says that around 18 airline executives have agreed to meet ...
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Italian charmer
Kevin O'Toole/ROME There was no stinting as Debonair travelled to Rome to celebrate its second year of operations. Franco Mancassola, the flamboyant chairman and founder of the UK low cost airline, was on excellent form in his native Italy, with a classic stream of good stories, outlandish metaphors and ...
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Eurocontrol free flight show PHAREs favourably
Julian Moxon/PARIS A key "free flight" element of Eurocontrol's ATM2000 air traffic management programme has been demonstrated. The exercise was part of the Brussels-based agency's programme for harmonised air traffic management research (PHARE), which is designed to enable aircraft to fly preferred flight paths in the proposed future ...
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ATR begins Cuban revolution
Andrzej Jeziorski/HAVANA European regional aircraft manufacturer ATR has begun delivering aircraft to Cuban carriers, marking the start of a massive fleet renewal programme in response to Cuba's tourist boom. On 24 June, the Franco-Italian consortium signed a contract with the state-run holding Corporacion de la Aviation Cubana (CACSA) ...
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Eurolot begins ATR 42 fleet build-up
LOT Polish Airlines regional subsidiary Eurolot has begun to build up its own fleet with the delivery of the first two of five secondhand ATR 42-300 turboprops at the beginning of July. The aircraft, which are between eight and ten years old, were previously operated by German regional carrier ...
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France tightens up noise regulations
The French Government has imposed strict new noise regulations at Paris Charles de Gaulle and Le Bourget airports as part of concessions won by the local community allowing it to build a further two runways. In the run-up to the European Union's total ban on older, non-Chapter 3 compliant, ...