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Regional rivalry
The Embraer EMB-145's Farnborough debut will help to focus attention on regional airliners. Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON WHILE THE 1996 show is the first occasion on which the three major airliner manufacturers - Airbus Industrie, Boeing and McDonnell Douglas (MDC) - will be exhibiting their latest commercial wares at ...
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X-tended players
Airbus Industrie, Boeing and McDonnell Douglas are all poised to move forward with their X projects. Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDONGuy Norris/LOS ANGELES THE LATEST AIRCRAFT models of the big three airliner manufacturers are all now carrying revenue passengers, and the industry is standing by for the next ...
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Australia and South Africa reach agreement on capacity boosts
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS AUSTRALIA HAS AGREED to several capacity increases on international routes, which will enable carriers to step up the number of services operated. South Africa and Australia have lifted capacity restrictions and approved codeshare arrangements between the two countries. This will enable a fourth ...
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Ireland launches scheduled services
IRELAND AIRWAYS STARTED OPERATIONS on 16 August, using a 24-seat Shorts 330, on scheduled services between Dublin and Donegal. A Dublin-Sligo service, using a soon-to-be-acquired 44-seat Fokker F27, may be added in October. Ireland Airways, was formed by Dublin-based charter company EI-Air Exports, which aims to create Ireland's third major ...
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Relative safety
Europe is joining the USA in pressing less-powerful nations to put aviation safety at the top of their national-budget priorities. David Learmount/LONDON THE EUROPEAN UNION decision to join the USA in invoking its own aviation-safety assessment rules will raise the pressure for the less- powerful nations of ...
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Seoul Air calls a halt to turboprop operations as BAe reclaims aircraft
SEOUL AIR International has ceased its turboprop-aircraft operations amid serious financial difficulties, and most of its aircraft have been returned to lessor British Aerospace. The South Korean airline acquired two ATPs and one Jetstream 41 in early 1995, directly from Jetstream Aircraft. Two used Jetstream 31s were also ...
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GE prepares Snecma invitation to A340-600 engine project
Julian Moxon/PARIS GENERAL ELECTRIC Aircraft Engines says that Snecma will "-definitely be invited" to join development of a power plant for the Airbus A340-600, if Airbus Industrie accepts the US company's proposal to supply an engine for the aircraft. Under a six-month exclusivity deal signed ...
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Air France looks to year-end for US link
Julian Moxon/PARIS AIR FRANCE has set the end of the year as its preferred deadline for a commercial alliance with a US airline. The French state-owned carrier says that a deal is the final priority in its restructuring plan, which is otherwise coming close to completion, although ...
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Cargo and Catering departments face Sabena axe
Herman de Wulf/BRUSSELS SABENA PLANS to shed its cargo and catering departments, with the possibility that they will be merged into the larger operations being run by the carrier's alliance partner and effective owner Swissair. Paul Reutlinger, who was brought in as Sabena president by Swissair ...
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Dollar rise takes toll of SAS profit
SAS HAS BECOME the latest of the northern European carriers to suffer a slump in operating profits, largely blamed on the rise of the US dollar. The Scandinavian carrier ended the first half of the year with operating profits down by nearly 40% at SKr930 million ($142 million) ...
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FDR upgrade
Southwest Airlines is to upgrade the flight-data recorders on its Boeing 737s at a cost of $20 million. Two-thirds of the fleet will be upgraded by the end of 1996, the Dallas, Texas-based airline says. The upgrade will double the number of parameters recorded, to 22. Source: Flight ...
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Lufthansa to sell 737-400 fleet in cost-cutting move
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH LUFTHANSA IS TO SELL its fleet of six Boeing 737-400s as part of a major cost-cutting programme under way at the German national airline. According to Lufthansa, cost-cutting probes have exposed unnecessary capacities and unprofitable routes. "We have pinpointed the 737-400 as an ...
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ValuJet misses 23 August target date for service resumption
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC VALUJET AIRLINES has failed to resume flights by the 23 August start-up target, which it had set earlier in the month. The carrier says that "proving runs" were to take place on 20-21 August for the benefit of US Federal Aviation Administration inspectors. ...
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Boeing fights airline doubts in bid for 747-X go-ahead
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES BOEING IS MOUNTING an intensive last-minute push to launch the Boeing 747-500/600X growth derivatives at the Farnborough air show, which starts on 2 September, but the US manufacturer is struggling to win sufficient airline support - partly caused by the $230 million price ...
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Mesa
MESA AIR GROUP has agreed to purchase 16 Bombardier Canadair Regional Jets, and take options on 16 more of the 50-seat twinjets. The firm orders are valued at $320 million, with deliveries to the US regional airline to begin in early 1997. Farmington, New Mexico-based Mesa began evaluating ...
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Californian Fokkers
Californian airline Air 21 has added its fifth ex-USAir Fokker F28-4000 since starting operations in December 1995 and says that it will operate eight by year-end and 15 by the end of 1997. The airline, which has a marketing agreement with Reno Air, says that the F28 does not require ...
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Air India lease
Air India may offer some of its unused routes for lease to airline partners on a revenue-sharing basis, say reports quoting the country's civil-aviation minister CM Ibrahim. Air India would take 40% of revenues on the routes, which it does not use because of lack of aircraft capacity. ...
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ANA launch
All Nippon Airways (ANA) plans to launch a new service from Tokyo's Narita Airport to Jakarta, Indonesia, from 30 October. The new route will served twice weekly by a Boeing 767-300 aircraft. ANA is also intending to add Bombay, Frankfurt, Milan and New Delhi to its network of international destinations, ...
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Skyhigh healthcare
Airlines are finally considering fitting telemedicine equipment. Patrick Hook/LONDON DESPITE THE HUGE costs involved every time a scheduled service is diverted from its route to off-load a sick passenger, airlines have always demonstrated a reluctance to fit their aircraft with telemedicine equipment which might improve ...
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Rush to hush
Different approaches to hushkits exist in Europe and the USA. Andrew Doyle/LONDON HUSHKIT SALES are booming, but the US domestic market is eclipsing that of Europe, highlighting the radically different approaches being taken by the airlines and airports of the two regions. The major passenger ...