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Canadian airlines fill capacity
CANADIAN AIRLINES' pilots have ratified a new three-year labour agreement which will save the carrier around C$41 million ($30 million) a year. Under the deal, the carrier's 1,200 pilots have accepted a 5% cut in pay in exchange for shares in the airline. The deal was ...
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Caribbean airlines make fleet plans
Graham Warwick/MIAMI NEWLY PRIVATISED Caribbean airlines Air Jamaica and BWIA International Airways are moving ahead with fleet replacements and acquisitions of local regional carriers. Progress was detailed at the SH&E/Airline Business conference on Latin American aviation in Miami, Florida, held on 2-3 November. Air Jamaica has ...
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Boeing triumphs in S African contest
BOEING HAS EMERGED as the winner of the South African Airways (SAA) aircraft competition with an order for seven 777-200s and two extra 747-400s. Engines have yet to be selected, says SAA, but the airline has asked for proposals from General Electric, Pratt & Whitney and Rolls-Royce, with ...
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Appointments
Mauricio Botelho has been appointed president and chief executive officer of Embraer. At KLM Cargo, Jan Meurer has been appointed vice president, operations, Enno Osinga is named vice president customer service, and Michael Kimman becomes business systems manager. Sjaak Hofstra becomes operations and marketing director, cargo service centre ...
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UK deal close
US and UK aviation negotiators were ready for liberalisation talks at presstime which were expected to end with the US getting three new service rights into Heathrow, and the UK obtaining more access to Fly America traffic. Though both sides felt agreement was close, the potential takeover of USAir (p10) ...
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Inter out
Air France has taken the first step to integrate Air Inter into its European operations. Air Inter Europe will take on some of Air France's European routes from January 1996, offering a no frills service. This will extend to most of the European network in 1997, when the Inter branding ...
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Canadian ends Shanghai
Canadian Airlines International has dropped its service from Vancouver to Shanghai via Beijing, citing "huge" losses. Twice weekly Vancouver-Beijing flights will continue. Source: Flight International
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European rules must be tighter
Sir - In your editorial "Associate membership" (Flight International, 20-26 September), "bizarre anomalies just around the corner" is a good description of what is being allowed to happen to civil aviation within the European Union. This particular club (non-affiliated) must be the only such to charge high subscription ...
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Alaskan start-up
Air Cargo Express, a new Fairbanks, Alaska-based freight airline, has begun operations with a single Douglas DC-6. The carrier, which now runs a four times weekly cargo between Fairbanks and Barrow, plans to acquire further DC-6s and enlarge its network. Source: Flight International
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SIA warms to 777-100X
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE SINGAPORE AIRLINES is showing increasing interest in the extra-long-range Boeing 777-100X, and was given detailed briefings with 12 other major carriers on the aircraft during a "brain-storming" session in Seattle at the start of October. Other airlines attending the 777-100X briefing included Cathay Pacific, ...
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EasyJet launches with easy fares
THE EASYJET Airline Company (Flight International, 9-15 August) is to start scheduled services from London Luton Airport on 10 November, with three daily services (two at weekends) to Glasgow, adding similar frequencies to Edinburgh on 24 November. Services will initially be operated by GB Airways with Boeing 737-200s, until EasyJet ...
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USA awards Vancouver rights to six
THE US Transportation Department has awarded rights to six US airlines to operate new services to Vancouver, which become available during the second year of the liberalised US/Canada air-service pact. The Department has also opened the bidding, for seven new carriers, to bid for services to Quebec and ...
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USA targets South America
CONTINENTAL AIRLINES will offer flights between Newark (New Jersey) and Lima in Peru, via Bogota in Columbia, and American Airlines will increase services to Brazil, under liberal new bilateral agreements secured by the USA with Peru and Brazil. Continental is the third US carrier to serve Peru, but ...
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Strong results encourage SIA
SINGAPORE AIRLINES (SIA) turned in another strong profits rise over the first half of its financial year and is "cautiously optimistic" that the improvement will continue, helped by signs of an upturn in passenger traffic. Group net profits for the six months to the end of September were ...
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British World retains Black Gold route in the Shetlands
BRITISH WORLD Airlines (BWA) has won a fierce contest to renew a five-year deal to ferry oil-industry workers between Aberdeen and Sumburgh in the Shetland Islands. The £50 million ($88 million) contract awarded by Shell UK Exploration and Production, is also believed to have been fought for, by Newcastle-based Gill ...
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Embraer delivers 300th Brasilia
EMBRAER HAS DELIVERED its 300th EMB-120 Brasilia, the third for one of Brazil's newest airlines, Interbrasil Star. The company is the regional-branch airline of Transbrasil: it started operations on 3 July and now flies three EMB-120s on routes out of the capital Brasilia and Sao Jose do Rio Preto in ...
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China Hongkong may fly domestic as well
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE CHINA NATIONAL Aviation's (CNAC) planned start-up carrier China Hongkong Airlines is considering operating domestic services within China as well as flights to Hong Kong. The company is moving quickly to begin operations as soon as it is granted a Hong Kong Air Operator's Certificate. ...
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Hong Kong and Taiwan agree deal
HONG KONG AND Taiwan have reached a tentative agreement on a new commercial air accord, extending beyond the UK colony's 1997 hand over date to Chinese rule. The five-year deal clears the way for a second carrier from each side to operate on the highly lucrative trunk routes ...
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US airlines break records
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON NET PROFITS for the major US airlines topped $1 billion in the third quarter after a clutch of record-breaking performances. Although passenger and capacity figures remained virtually unchanged, yields rose by 5.5% across the industry, with none of the carriers posting a decline. ...
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Bilateral talks collapse as USA snubs UK concessions
THE USA HAS WALKED away from the latest round of bilateral talks with the UK, despite an offer of two new routes to Heathrow within a year and the possibility of giving a third US carrier access to the airport. Sources close to the talks, which were broken ...