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Skyways code-share
Utah-based regional SkyWest Airlines, has signed a code-share agreement with Continental Airlines. SkyWest says that its agreement will not affect its status as a Delta Connection carrier. The airline's 115 daily departures from Los Angeles will carry Continental and Delta codes. Source: Flight International
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John Wayne prepares for shoot-out
OFFICIALS PROPOSING the sale of John Wayne Airport, Orange County, says that Federal laws and the site's complex ownership could make a successful sale "almost impossible." The Californian airport, well known for its tight noise restrictions, was offered for sale earlier this year after its local authority owner ...
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BA/KLM set records as traffic takes off
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON BRITISH AIRWAYS impressed analysts with record profits in the June quarter, while KLM followed with another robust performance, helping to underline the strength of demand in Europe's air markets. BA's net profits rose above £100 million ($160 million) for the quarter, the first ...
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Phoenix Airways rescued
PRIVATELY OWNED South African airline Phoenix Airways has been taken over by Cape Town-based charter operator Atlantic Air. The buy out, follows weeks of speculation on imminent bankruptcy hotly denied by the low-fare airline's managing director, Hugo Smit. The uncertainty surrounding Phoenix in the weeks before ...
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Cathay profits turn up over first half of 1995
CATHAY PACIFIC produced a better-than-expected performance for the first half of 1995, after overcoming what the airline admits was a poor start to the year. Japan's Kobe earthquake early in the year resulted in the cancellation of ten Cathay flights and added further gloom to the already depressed ...
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Northwest and KLM increase US-Europe frequencies
NORTHWEST AIRLINES and KLM will inaugurate a joint daily non-stop service between Washington's Dulles International and Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport on 29 October, replacing the present thrice-weekly frequencies. The new service will be flown with McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30s. The two airlines now offer joint schedules from 11 North American ...
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More Alitila 767s
Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (SALE), in conjunction with Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services, has wet-leased three new-build Boeing 767-300ERs to Alitalia. The first aircraft was delivered in early August, with the remaining two scheduled for delivery in November and February 1996. The three 767s were ordered from Boeing by SALE in ...
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SIA considers new regional-jet options
SINGAPORE AIRLINES (SIA) is considering a longer-term requirement for a smaller regional passenger jet, in addition to its yet-to-be selected "Y-aircraft", to complete replacement of its Airbus A310-200/300 fleet. The airline is examining options for a "W-aircraft" to supplement its future Y-aircraft and replace the A310 on lower-density ...
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Regional Realities
A REGIONAL JET used to be defined as one for regional services: now it seems that a regional jet is best defined as one that every region in the world wants to build. It is a want that not every region, (nor the world), can afford. The line-up ...
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IFEN certificated
Interactive Flight Technologies' video-on-demand In-Flight Entertainment Network (IFEN) has received US Federal Aviation Administration supplemental type-certification following test flying in an Alitalia McDonnell Douglas MD-11. Alitalia is evaluating the US company's in-seat video system. Source: Flight International
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Spar markets 'virtual-reality' ADAAPS safety-analysis system
David Learmount/ LONDON SPAR AEROSPACE is to market the "virtual-reality" safety-incident analysis system developed by Canada's National Research Council (NRC). The Canadian Company says that almost all the major North American carriers are showing significant interest (Flight International, 5-11 July). Spar Applied Systems is to ...
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Passengers become more sophisticated
Sir - The recent stand made by a group of UK charter carriers against low-quality flight operations is long overdue (Flight International, 12-18 July, P8 and Letters, 26 July-1 August, P39). In all markets, passengers are price-sensitive, but they are also quality-conscious. Premium-class passengers, in particular, have become ...
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Canadian Airlines shakes up as results continue to weaken
DETERIORATING financial results at Canadian Airlines have prompted a top-management shake out at the carrier. The day after reporting worsening losses for the second quarter (Flight International, 2-8 August) the airline's president, Kevin Jenkins, announced that seven of his top 22 executives would be departing. They will be ...
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El Al plans to switch from purchasing to leasing
Arie Egozi/TEL AVIV EL AL HAS APPROVED a new strategic plan in which the Israeli carrier will freeze a scheme to purchase new aircraft over the next five years and switch to a policy of leasing. El Al has previously purchased all of its aircraft. ...
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Hong Kong and Taiwan agree on routes deal
HONG KONG HAS agreed to Taiwan's demand that two airlines from each country can serve the lucrative route between the two. The two sides have been wrangling for months over the opening up of competition between the two destinations. The previous agreement expired at the end ...
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EC expresses 'serious doubts' about Lufthansa/SAS alliance
THE EUROPEAN Commission (EC), has written to Lufthansa and Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS), expressing "serious doubts" about the two airlines' planned strategic alliance. Although the EC says that it is "unlikely" to reject the proposed alliance completely, it may impose conditions. The details of the EC's concerns are ...
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Vietnam signs for Fokker 70s
VIETNAM AIRLINES HAS signed a contract to purchase two Fokker 70 twinjets for use on domestic routes and as Government VIP aircraft. The deal, reportedly worth $50 million, calls for the two 70-seat aircraft to be delivered by the first quarter of 1996. Vietnam Airlines plans to use ...
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Zagreb Abandoned
Austrian Airlines has joined Lufthansa and Swissair in suspending its flights into Zagreb, in response to the worsening situation between Croatia and Serbia over Krajina. Flights were suddenly suspended on 3 August, leaving return passengers to make their way back to Vienna by train or rented cars. Air travelers still ...
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Russian Aviation Consortium flexes its muscles to push Tu-204 sales
Paul Duffy/SHANNON THE NEWLY formed Russian Aviation Consortium has called for the resignation of transport minister Vitali Yefimov following his opposition to the grant of state funding for Tupolev Tu-204 production. A new plan to fund Tu-204 sales is also proposed. The consortium, which won ...
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USAir changes tack on unions...
USAIR HAS ABANDONED efforts to win $2.5 billion in union concessions over the next five years, and plans instead to negotiate labour savings in contract talks. The decision to drop the talks with four unions follows disclosure of a $113 million second-quarter net profit. Union workers appear to ...