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American attacks United's 'hypocrisy'
AMERICAN AIRLINES (AA) says that rival carrier United Airlines is "hypocritical and unprincipled" in its position on international airline alliances. The airline's comments were contained in a Department of Transportation filing over United's request for anti-trust immunity to allow it to pursue a marketing pact with Air Canada. ...
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IATA plans trial flights over North Korea
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE THE INTERNATIONAL Air Transport Association (IATA) expects to conduct the first trials of international flights through North Korean airspace by October, following agreement with Pyongyang to open up its flight-information region (FIR). IATA hopes that the proving flights will lead to new air ...
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TAM to buy LAPSA
Fast-growing Brazilian domestic carrier TAM is to take over Paraguayan airline Lapsa, allowing it to start international operations. The acquisition, which is due to go ahead by September, will allow TAM to operate on routes to the USA and Europe as well as within South America from the base in ...
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KLM suffers setback as costs increase
KLM has worried financial markets with an unexpectedly poor set of first-quarter figures, revealing a steep rise in costs and further bad news from its cargo operations. Attention has focused on a drop in the Dutch carrier's operating profits, which slumped by half over the quarter to the end of ...
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FBI agents raid SabreTech premises
US FEDERAL BUREAU of Investigation (FBI) agents have raided Miami-based SabreTech, maintenance contractor to ValuJet and alleged to be implicated in the cause of the 11 May crash, seizing company documents. FBI officials will not discuss the reasons for the search. Meanwhile, Lewis Jordan, president of grounded ValuJet, ...
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Leaked figures lead to suspension of Lauda Air shares
Shares in Lauda Air were suspended on the Vienna stock exchange after a bank official prematurely released first-half financial figures showing a sharp increase in first-half losses. Following the leak on 6 August, shareholders fought to sell off Lauda shares ahead of the official announcement, which was brought ...
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Lufthansa Technik warns against maintenance monopoly dangers
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH LUFTHANSA TECHNIK (LHT) chairman Wolfgang Mayrhuber has criticised manufacturers which offer their own maintenance packages for aircraft and aero engines. LHT says that aircraft and engine manufacturers are increasingly attempting to "-elbow their way" into the maintenance and overhaul market and restrict current ...
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PW4090 flight-test programme starts on first Boeing 777
PRATT & Whitney's 400kN (90,000lb)-thrust PW4090 engine has entered a five-month flight-test programme on the first Boeing 777 aircraft, WA001. The engine will power 777-200IGW versions on order from Korean Air and United Airlines, the first of which will enter service in March 1997. The engine is an ...
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Delta launches low-cost Express from Florida base
Karen Walker/ATLANTA DELTA AIRLINES has entered the low-fare market with the launch of Delta Express, a single-class service providing non-stop flights between Florida and cities in the mid-western and north-eastern USA. Services, using a dedicated fleet of 25 Boeing 737-200s, will begin on 1 October ...
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Maintaining success
European maintenance company FLS Aerospace is to undertake heavy maintenance on three Boeing 747-100Fs belonging to US freight operator Polar Air Cargo. The programme will be performed "nose to tail" at the FLS hangar at Stansted in the UK, starting on 11 August. The Danish-owned company has also secured a ...
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DHL eyes widebody freighters for European operations
DHL AIRWAYS is targeting late 1997 or early 1998 to introduce widebodied freighters on to its European network, as it seeks to modernise and upgrade its fleet. The US-based package carrier operates some 50 aircraft on its European cross-border network, including 24 Stage 3 Boeing 727-100/200 freighters. Two more -200Fs ...
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September debut for unique A300
A SPECIALLY CONVERTED EARLY Airbus A300 prototype will begin parabolic microgravity flights in September, operated by French companies Novespace and Sogerma, part-owned by French space agency CNES and Aerospatiale, respectively. The commercial venture has so far booked only two firm flights, carrying customers with processing and other equipment being evaluated ...
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US airlines exploit the boom
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON THE MAJOR US AIRLINES have followed up their latest round of record profits with predictions that their spectacular performances will continue into the second half of the year. The airlines turned in their best-ever net profit - of more than $1.5 billion - ...
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SAS ends Saab 2000 order drought
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDONRamon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC SAS COMMUTER has ordered up to six Saab 2000s, which ends the aircraft's two-year new-customer drought. This comes as Saab concludes a three-week sales tour of the aircraft in the USA, where it is still seeking its first airline customer for the 50-seat ...
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Lufthansa introduces the A319
LUFTHANSA HAS PUT THE FIRST of 20 Airbus A319-100s on to its European network, making it the third operator of all three Airbus single-aisle models. The 126-seat aircraft is mainly being operated on scheduled services from Frankfurt to Vienna and Istanbul, and on domestic routes. The new type, which will ...
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Boeing settles baseline for 747-500X/600X designs-
Andrew Doyle/LONDON BOEING HAS INCREASED the range of its 747-600X and reduced the size of the -500X following consultations with its airline working group. The revised configurations are now being offered as the baseline aircraft to potential customers. The move follows the US manufacturer's recent ...
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Merpati leases A310s for use on services to Australia
MERPATI NUSANTARA Airlines is to introduce its first widebodied aircraft, on services to Australia. The Jakarta-based airline is adding three Airbus A310-300s on lease, as part of its network expansion to new destinations in Asia and Australia. The first A310, believed to be an ex-Kuwait Airways aircraft, is ...
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easyJet threatens KLM
UK LOW-COST AIRLINE easyJet is threatening to take KLM to court over what it alleges are the Dutch flag carrier's "-unlawful attempts to drive easyJet from the Dutch market". easyJet claims that KLM's decision to cut its lowest fare on the Amsterdam-London route to Dfl95 ($57), below easyJet's ...
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USAir goes to court to break up BA plans
USAir goes to court to break up BA plans Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC USAIR HAS finally declared its position on the pending alliance between British Airways and American Airlines in dramatic fashion, by filing a lawsuit against its UK partner for breach of contract. ...