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Ansett International will suspend its thrice-weekly services between Sydney and Taipei from 12 February because of declining yields. The Boeing 767-300ER used on the service will be re-deployed to domestic services. EVA Air will reinstate services between Taipei and Sydney in its own right. Ansett will increase Sydney-Hong Kong services ...
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Finnair focuses on cost reduction target
Finnair is continuing its aggressive programme to reduce costs with a deal to sell a 60% stake in Finnair Gateway Restaurants to Gourmet Nova. The deal follows hard on the heels of the sale of tour operator Fintours, to the Thomson Travel Group, as it offloads non-core activities. Chief ...
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Nigeria continues rebuilding as privatisation looms
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Nigeria Airways has begun the next phase of rebuilding its network as it gears up for partial privatisation in early 2001. The airline has expanded its joint weekly services with British Airways between Lagos and London Heathrow from three to six frequencies, and introduced a dedicated Boeing ...
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Airbus closes on Hong Kong sales
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Hong Kong's two passenger airlines are on the verge of placing new aircraft orders as business picks up in the Asian market. Industry sources say Cathay Pacific Airways is close to placing a new order for at least three Rolls-Royce Trent-powered Airbus A330-300s and is looking ...
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Five crew killed as Ilyushin Il-114T crashes at Moscow
An Ilyushin Il-114T twin-turboprop freighter crashed on take-off at Moscow Domodedovo Airport on 4 December, killing five of the seven crew and seriously injuring the other two. The aircraft, UK91004, banked suddenly from an altitude of 80-100ft (24-30m) immediately after take-off, hit the concrete fence surrounding the airfield and ...
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Qantas discusses BA 767 lease
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS Qantas is finalising a deal to take up to seven surplus Boeing 767-300ERs from its oneworld partner and shareholder British Airways, to help it boost capacity ahead of next year's Sydney Olympics. The airline is also moving to counter a successful initiative by competitor Air New Zealand ...
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Continental lowers sights on capacity growth plans
Continental Airlines is to rein in capacity growth next year, to 4.6% from the planned 6% through the early disposal of six of its 31 McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 widebodies. Chairman and chief executive Gordon Bethune says the move, in line with industry trends, will help the airline and its Continental ...
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Asia Pacific's carriers rally
Andrzej Jeziorski/TOKYO Asia's airline industry has staged a convincing recovery from the downturn which shook the sector following the region's 1997 financial crash. The Association of Asia-Pacific Airlines (AAPA)reveals that most of its member carriers have exhibited 11 months of growth. Asia Pacific is enjoying a resurgence of traffic, ...
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Airports
Delta Shuttle has re-opened its Marine Air Terminal facilities at New York La Guardia, from which services to Washington DC and Boston operate, following a $7.5 million refurbishment. Rome Fiumicino Airport has inaugurated a new satellite terminal which will be used exclusively for extra European Union flights, and will be ...
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BAE targets bigger Airbus stake
Andrew Doyle & Laura Hailstone/LONDONNewly launched BAE Systems aims to secure a bigger stake in Airbus Industrie when the consortium is transformed into a single corporate entity. The size of the holding will be based on new valuations of the partner companies' Airbus assets and will be determined in negotiation ...
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Oneworld looks to JAL to seal global network
Paul Lewis/NEW YORK The oneworld alliance is making Japan Airlines (JAL) its next priority in cementing a global network, while simultaneously considering throwing a collective financial lifeline to founding member Canadian Airlines. Oneworld admitted Aer Lingus as its ninth partner during a gathering of oneworld chief executives in New ...
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Spain's CASA becomes EADS member
Julian Moxon/MADRID CASA has joined the European Aeronautic Defence and Space (EADS) company only seven weeks after the merger of Aerospatiale Matra and Daimler-Chrysler Aerospace (Dasa). The addition of the Spanish company as a founding member of the grouping is seen as a logical step after the announcement in ...
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Air France turns in 'best-ever' figures
Air France performed "better than at any time in its history" during the first six months of its current financial year, says president Jean-Cyril Spinetta. Its 52.3% increase in net income, compared to the previous year, to Fr2.03 billion ($313 million), left its main European competitors standing. Operating income ...
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Commissioner urges action over inefficient ATS
The need for action to rectify European air traffic services (ATS) inefficiency has been highlighted by European Commission (EC) transport commissioner Loyola de Palacio. She has issued a communication just before Europe's transport ministers gather for their biennial policymaking meeting in Brussels on 9 December. A "high level working party" ...
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GB ready for A320 expansion
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON British Airways franchise airline GB Airways is gearing up for expansion under new leadership, aiming to benefit from the UK flag carrier's short-haul restructuring. The independent, based at London Gatwick, will take delivery of the first of at least 10 Airbus A320 family aircraft in May. ...
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Revamped Guyana plans to expand international flights
Recently relaunched Guyana Airways 2000 plans to lease a second Airbus A300-600R to expand international services to South America and the Caribbean. It has also opened collaborative talks with Virgin Atlantic to connect with Europe. GA 2000 chief executive Anthony Mekdeci claims the airline has taken back 60% of ...
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A320 wet lease boosts Libyan
Andrew Chuter/TRIPOLI Libyan Arab Airlines is taking a significant step towards rebuilding its route structure with the scheduled arrival on 10 December of two Airbus A320s at its base in Tripoli. The wet-leased aircraft being provided by Irish airline TransAer are due to be pressed into service almost immediately. Libyan ...
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Malaysia Airlines considering overhaul of its regional fleet
Andrzej Jeziorski/TOKYO Malaysia Airlines is finalising its long-term fleet plans, which include a study of its options for the replacement of its regional fleet. Malaysia Airlines (MAS) chairman Tajudin Ramli says that the airline is studying its fleet programme up to 2007-2010, covering both domestic and international requirements. He says ...
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Midway starts to boost its Eastern US network
Midway Airlines plans to bolster frequencies, capacity and reduce seat kilometre costs on its eastern US network with the delivery this month of the first of 17 Boeing 737-700s. It will also receive further smaller, 50-seat, Bombardier Canadair Regional Jets (CRJs) next year. The carrier, based in Raleigh/ Durham, ...
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The inside story
Improved software has added a new dimension to Dassault's Falcon Jet Completion Center Paul Seidenman/SAN FRANCISCODassault has completed the installation of the latest version of a state-of-the-art digital design system at its Falcon Jet Completion Center at the Little Rock National Airport in Arkansas. The system, CATIA R, was originally ...