Networks – Page 1394

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    Vietnam looks for A320 substitute

    1995-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE VIETNAM AIRLINES IS negotiating for the supply of new Western-built 150-seat passenger aircraft to replace its Airbus Industrie A320s wet-leased from Air France. The carrier operates seven A320s, three of which are due to be returned to owner Air France by the end ...

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    UK CAA calls for changes to be made to slot rules

    1995-02-22T00:00:00Z

    THE UK CIVIL AVIATION Authority is calling for Europe's airport slot-allocation rules to be changed, to make slot trading for cash legal and to use vacant slots more efficiently. It says that the existing, two-year old, European Commission (EC) regulation "...is not working" and warns that the business ...

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    Chess master moves in

    1995-02-22T00:00:00Z

    AAI keeps up with the weather There is little doubt that Russia's occasionally chaotic aviation industry could benefit from the application of a fine strategic mind. It is about to get one. World chess champion Gary Kasparov has now formally launched a consultancy, aimed at helping ...

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    Canadian carriers ask Government for slots

    1995-02-22T00:00:00Z

    AIR CANADA and Canadian Airlines International have asked their Government for all of the slots which available to Canadian carriers at New York La Guardia and Chicago O'Hare airports under the proposed open-skies agreement with the USA. The pact, is expected to be signed when US President Bill Clinton visits ...

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    Booz pushes Russian route plans

    1995-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Kieran Daly/VIENNA A NEW air-traffic management (ATM) system for the Russian Far East, which will bring huge savings for airlines operating in the North Pacific, could be fully operational by August 1997. The programme is designed to open up at least three more routes through ...

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    Eurowings shifts focus to international routes

    1995-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH EUROWINGS, the German regional carrier, has shifted its focus onto developing international routes, because of intensifying domestic competition from Germany's rail and road networks. According to Eurowings marketing and sales chief, Karl-Friedrich Muller, Germany's ICE high-speed trains and improved road links with eastern ...

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    Fokker prepares for new round of cuts

    1995-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Kevin O'Toole/LONDON FOKKER IS CLOSE TO announcing a new wave of restructuring, with further workforce cuts expected to be on the agenda as the Dutch manufacturer attempts to match cutbacks made by its major competitors. A decision on the scope of the rationalisation is due ...

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    Denver braces for airport switch-over after delays

    1995-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Ramon Lopez/DENVER DENVER International Airport officials say that they are ready for 27 February, when Stapleton International will be shut down and the much-delayed new airport will take over. The opening of the airport has been delayed four times because of technical problems with the ...

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    Alenia rebuffs Airbus to chase MDC stake

    1995-02-22T00:00:00Z

    EFFORTS BY THE AIRBUS consortium, to woo Alenia away from its proposed airliner alliance with McDonnell Douglas (MDC), have been given a clear rebuff during a hearing by the Italian Senate, into the future of its aerospace industry. In evidence to the Italian upper house, Alenia's state-owned parent ...

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    Air Inter battles for French leadership

    1995-02-15T00:00:00Z

    Gilbert Sedbon/PARIS AIR INTER HAS SWUNG back into profit for the first time in four years, but the carrier warns that it is preparing to defend itself against savage competition expected in the French domestic market. Air Inter posted a net profit of Fr21 million ($4 ...

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    BA and KLM turn in impressive performances to end 1994

    1995-02-15T00:00:00Z

    Kevin O'Toole/LONDON BRITISH AIRWAYS and KLM continue to set the pace for the European airline industry with further strong performances in the December quarter. A leap in profits at BA for the last three months of 1994, has the airline on course for a record performance ...

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    Glimmers show through the gloom

    1995-02-15T00:00:00Z

    Russia's aviation industry remains in crisis, but could be getting over the worst. Paul Duffy/MOSCOW Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Given the fragile state of its economy, it comes as little surprise that Russia's aviation industry had another tough year in 1994. Traffic continued a steady downward drift, which has already ...

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    Airbus wins A330 ETOPS tickets

    1995-02-15T00:00:00Z

    THE AIRBUS A330 has been awarded three simultaneous type-approvals by the European Joint Aviation Authorities for extended-range twin-engine operations (ETOPS). The General Electric CF6-80E1-powered version, which has had a year's service with Air Inter of France and Aer Lingus of Ireland, has won 180min approval. Aer Lingus aircraft ...

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    R-R details Trent 890 flight-test schedule

    1995-02-15T00:00:00Z

    Kieran Daly/DERBY ROLLS-ROYCE WILL begin flight testing of the Trent 890 for the Boeing 777 on the airframer's 747 testbed in late March. The company had hoped to avoid the 747 test phase, but Boeing insisted, following unexpected events with the rival Pratt & Whitney and ...

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    Valujet thrives as other US start-ups hit trouble

    1995-02-15T00:00:00Z

    TWO FLEDGLING US carriers - USAfrica Airways and Leisure Air - have suspended operations and a third airline - Kiwi International Air Lines - has drastically revamped its top management. Atlanta-based Valujet, however, reports strong profits for 1994 and is expanding services aggressively, at the expense of USAir. ...

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    Manchester will buy explosive- detection system

    1995-02-15T00:00:00Z

    INVISION Technologies is to supply Manchester Airport in the UK with ten explosive-detection systems. All ten of the CTX 5000 systems are expected to be integrated into Manchester's baggage-handling system by March 1996. The purchase will allow the airport to comply with UK requirements that 100% ...

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    Caribbean start-up

    1995-02-08T11:23:00Z

    Start-up Caribbean regional carrier Carib Express is to begin services on 15 February, employing 100 staff. The first of its British Aerospace BAe 146s was due to arrive on 10 February, permitting daily services between Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, St Lucia and St Vincent. The second and third aircraft are due ...

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    Continental cuts

    1995-02-08T11:23:00Z

    Continental Airlines cut its average daily departures, from 2,283 to 2,115, on 10 January, in line with previously announced capacity cuts aimed at saving $150 million a year. The cuts included commuter division Continental Express and low-cost operation Continental Lite.   Source: Flight International

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    ANA re-jigs aircraft orders in fleet plan

    1995-02-08T00:00:00Z

    Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS (ANA) has announced major new aircraft purchases, order deferrals and cancellations, resulting from a review of its fleet requirement up to 2000 and beyond The changes cover the purchase of 18 new Airbus A321s and A320s and Boeing 767s and 777s, ...

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    Second production Citation X flies

    1995-02-08T00:00:00Z

    A SECOND PRODUCTION aircraft has joined Cessna's flight-test programme for the Citation X high-speed business-jet. By the end of January, the Wichita, US, manufacturer had logged some 535h on 355 flights of the prototype and first two production aircraft. The second production Citation X was flown for the ...