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JAL takes keys of first 777
JAPAN AIRLINES WAS HANDED the keys to its first Boeing 777-200 at a ceremony in Seattle on 16 February. The aircraft, which has 389 mainly economy seats, will begin services between Tokyo's domestic hub at Haneda and Kagoshima on 26 April. The airline has ten 777-200s on order and another ...
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North-east expansion
Southwest Airlines is to extend its low-fare services into the north-east USA, launching flights to the Boston area as early as November, according to the Wall Street Journal. Southwest entered the Florida market in early 1996 and now serves all regions of the USA except the northeast. ...
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Examination of safety enhancement
Sir - I refer to the letter from Jerry Wilmot, "The criteria for flight paths are incomplete", (Flight International, 14-20 February, P51. Wavionix recognises that en route flight paths are not included in document 8168 PANS-OPS. Because of the demand received from procedure specialists, the Wavionix ...
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Making waves
Not only has Mexican carrier Aeromar survived the recession, but it has done so by expanding. Gilbert Sedbon/MEXICO CITY AFTER SURVIVING the Mexican economic crash of 1995, Transportes Aeromar, the country's newest domestic carrier, is back in a growth pattern aimed at breaking through the 1 million ...
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Aircraft news
GE Capital Services has ordered 102 B737s, including 82 next generation models, and five B777s. The company has options on a further 76 B737s in a $4 billion deal. Vietnam Airlines will take 10 A320s on operating leases from Regionair and 3 B767-300s from Gecas. KLM ...
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Appointments
Changes at Air France Europe include chief operating officer Patrick Alexandre also assuming the title of executive vice president. Marc Lemidey becomes EVP planning and development, Michael Enneser is appointed EVP station operations and cargo and Pierre-Alain Jeanneney is EVP finance and administration. Swissair has appointed Armin Daume ...
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Jobs on offer
For once job creation is on the agenda. British Airways is taking on 1,000 new employees to continue the build-up of the London/Gatwick hub, which includes the transfer of most of its African network from Heathrow. KLM will add 2,500 cabin crew over the next three years to cover its ...
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Pilot problems
Sabena and Air France pilots are resisting management attempts to cut costs in the two carriers' regional subsidiaries - DAT and Air Inter Europe. Meanwhile, Lufthansa is facing demands from its shorthaul cockpit crews to cut their maximum flight times. Source: Airline Business
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Financial results
A restructuring charge of $533 million relates to early retirement programmes, writing down DC-10s and retiring turboprops. Traffic increases accounted for the 44% increase in profit. BA's yield was up 2.3%, with 1.3% due to exchange rate gains. Passenger revenue per ASM was up 1.6 cents ...
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Fokker's future hangs in balance
Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker is fighting for survival as a split emerges between the two main partners in the proposed Asian Express 100-seat aircraft project. Richard Whitaker reports from the Asian Aerospace show in Singapore.The 30 companies considering bids for all or part of crisis-torn regional aircraft manufacturer Fokker face ...
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More aircraft up for Sale
Singapore Airlines' leasing joint venture, Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (Sale), is in expansion mode and could have 50 aircraft in its portfolio within five years. Current plans envisage 25 widebodied aircraft by 2001, but Sale is considering entry into the narrowbody market which could result in a doubling ...
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Malays scrap over airport
Indo-China's airport authorities are striving to catch up with the rapid pace of modernisation but at least one is finding to its cost that dipping into airline revenues is a recipe for confrontation. Plans by a Franco-Malaysian-Cambodian airport management consortium to part fund an ambitious redevelopment programme for ...
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Japan set to tie down
Tokyo is hoping the new pragmatism demonstrated by Washington on fifth freedom issues with Thailand will carry over into passenger talks it hopes to start in April. Thai-US negotiators reached agreement on a new bilateral surprisingly fast, thus ending a six year impasse over US fifth freedoms. The ...
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One problem, three Chinas
Beijing's sovereignty claims over the 'territories' of Hong Kong and Taiwan are having repercussions throughout Asia and could yet spread to other parts of the world. China's attempts to disrupt Taiwan's presidential election in March have left the status of air services between several Asian points in limbo. ...
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DAC to take Tarom slack
Tarom Romanian Airlines is preparing to hive off its unprofitable domestic routes and part of its regional operation to a new private enterprise, DAC Air. At presstime, the Romanian government was negotiating the conditions of the transferral of route rights with George Paunescu, entrepreneur and chairman of the ...
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More than a name change
Chairman Christian Blanc is using the UK market to trial his plans to merge Air France's European operations with Air Inter - already legally known as Air France Europe. Air France's sister carrier is taking over all operations on routes from Paris/Orly and the French regional destinations to ...
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Kinnock aims for mandate
European transport commissioner Neil Kinnock is hoping to turn a potentially serious threat to securing the external negotiating mandate to his advantage as the Commission aims to secure at least part of the elusive holy grail this year. On the surface, the tentative open skies accord reached between ...
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ANZ rejigs Ansett deal
Air New Zealand's tortuous attempts to forge an equity alliance with Australian operator Ansett are fast taking on more shades than a chameleon. After prolonged discussions to reach an agreement to make a phased purchase of TNT's 50 per cent holding, new talks are underway to change the shape of ...
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Gang of four menace MAS
Malaysia Airlines' traditional monopoly on domestic and international air services is coming under increasing threat from four other carriers. The national flag's much-vaunted potential competitor, Air Asia, is set to join forces with Malaysian regional startup Saeaga Airlines in a joint venture with services to major regional destinations. ...
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Airline speak: a beginner's guide
In this industry people rarely mean what they say. Here's what they really mean.As airline startups multiply and established carriers recruit new management teams, there is a steady influx of new blood into this industry. Newcomers listening to the old hands talking might make the cardinal error of assuming that ...