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Airbus hunts MAS with A320 offer
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Malaysia Airlines (MAS) is being offered an attractive financial package deal by Airbus Industrie to roll over its narrowbody fleet and replace it with new A320 family aircraft. The move comes as Airbus seeks to bolster an earlier A340-500/600 proposal and undermine support for the yet-to-be launched ...
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Premiair takes first A330-200 for long haul winter flights
The first of two Airbus A330-200s for Scandinavian charter airline Premiair is poised to enter service on a six-month wet lease from sister company Airtours International. The Rolls-Royce Trent 772B-powered A330-200 has been delivered new to Premiair. The second A330-200 is due this month, while three Trent-powered A330-300s will arrive ...
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Study reveals steady safety improvement
David Learmount/LONDON Airline safety is improving more quickly than traditional statistics indicate, says a study by Airclaims in association with the European Union. The annual number of aircraft totally destroyed in airline accidents has been steady since 1970, despite a 350% expansion of the world fleet and an increase ...
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BA's regionals eye 70-110 seater jets
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON British Airways regional carriers CityFlyer Express, British Regional Airlines (BRAL) and Brymon are undertaking independent evaluations of 70-110-seat regional jets, but could link for a major joint order next year. The three airlines, of which two - CityFlyer and Brymon - are wholly owned by BA, have ...
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Restructuring airspace fix 'best for European ATC'
Complete restructuring of Franco-Swiss, German and Central European airspace is the best solution to Europe's air traffic management (ATM) woes in the short and medium term, reveals a report by Eurocontrol's Performance Review Commission (PRC). The second report issued by the PRC, which comprises 12 independent airline and air ...
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BA tests wireless gatelink at Heathrow
British Airways plans to launch a six-month trial of wireless gatelink communication technology at London Heathrow Airport, starting in March or April. Initially, a Boeing 747-400 will be equipped with a gatelink antenna, radio modem unit and an airborne server in a project also involving SITA, Rockwell Collins and Penny ...
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JEA ready to take over CityJet
Chris Jasper/LONDON UK cargo and wet-lease specialist Air Foyle is planning to pull out of Irish carrier CityJet, with regional operator Jersey European Airways (JEA) favourite to step into the breach. Air Foyle took control of CityJet earlier this year, but industry sources say the Dublin-based airline "has proved to ...
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Marketplace
Wet-lease specialist Air Atlanta Icelandic has taken two more Rolls-Royce RB211-powered Boeing 747-200s from Cathay Pacific on two-year leases, with an option to extend. Meanwhile, Air Atlanta has placed one 747-300 each with Saudi Arabian and Garuda on wet-lease. Royal Jordanian has leased a General Electric CF6-powered, ex-Emirates A310-300 from ...
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Routes
LanChile and Alaska Airlines are to form a commercial alliance which will include a unilateral codeshare agreement and joint frequent flier programmes. LanChile's code is now applied to Alaska flights from Seattle, Washington and Portland, Oregon. Air Maldives is introducing twice weekly service from Manchester to Male in the Maldives, ...
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Grounded TAESA awaits inspection
TAESA, Mexico's third largest airline, is to remain grounded until Mexican authorities complete a full safety inspection. The transport ministry says the discovery of "anomalies and incidents" had led to the decision. Suspension of the low-fare carrier's operating certificate has come two weeks after the crash of one of ...
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BA gambles
British Airways is on course to save more than £1.2 billion ($1.9 billion) from its three-year Business Efficiency Programme; enough, one might think, to guarantee respectable profitability even in the hardest of times. Yet analysts expect BA to barely break even this year, while the UK flag carrier last week ...
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No borders, please
In documenting a sorry year for European air traffic management (ATM) - so far - the independent Performance Review Commission (PRC) has nevertheless thrown the industry more than a few crumbs of comfort. There is considerable latent traffic capacity, it says, which is waiting to be released, and all that ...
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British Airways launches corporate rescue plan
Chris Jasper/LONDON British Airways has launched a corporate plan with the aim of tackling problem areas, including low yields at London Gatwick Airport, loss-making airline subsidiaries and domestic operation and poor aircraft usage. The plan is part of a bid to secure the massive profit improvements BA financial controller ...
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Peru back in Miami LanPeru, in which LanChile has a 49% shareholding, has started a daily service between Lima and Miami. Calling Pittsburgh US Airways chairman Stephen Wolf has called for a restoration of Pittsburgh- London services, abandoned by British Airways. The Bermuda II treaty bars the ...
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Alliances take hold in Asia-Pacific
NICHOLAS IONIDES/ATI SINGAPORE Alliance activity is on the rise in Asia-Pacific, with Korean Air (KAL) having won a place in the new global alliance being formed by Delta Air Lines, Air France and Aeromexico. Malaysia Airlines (MAS) is meanwhile edging closer to membership in the so-called Wings alliance based ...
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JFK Reconstructs
CAROLE SHIFRIN NEW YORK Billions of dollars are being pumped into New York's once run-down Kennedy airport to make the USA's east coast gateway fit for the 21st century A largely faded symbol of the new world of international aviation, New York's John F Kennedy International Airport is undergoing a ...
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Venezuela's Aserca moves togain access to USA
Venezuela's Aserca Airlines is looking to its Caribbean subsidiary to expand a US presence otherwise frozen for Venezuelan airlines. Air Aruba, which is 70% owned by Aserca, is expanding its Aruba hub with three more McDonnell Douglas DC-9s, more flights to Caracas, and listings in more computer reservation systems. ...
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VASP merger proposal rejected
BRIAN HOMEWOOD RIO DE JANEIRO Brazilian aviation is again in confusion over mergers, with VASP proposing a single holding company for the four main companies and the government's development bank repeating an offer to finance fusion. For the second time this year, Andrea Calabia, president of The Brazilian National Development ...
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Aer Lingus quits Stansted In a re-evaluation of its London strategy, Aer Lingus has added services from Dublin to London City and London Gatwick airports, while ceasing its services to London Stansted. The London City service in particular, says Group CEO Garry Cullen, represents a "key opportunity" for Aer ...
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Malév sees alliance as top priority
PETER BENNETT VIENNA Malév has admitted for the first time that it is to seek direct talks with all five of the global alliances, after a consultancy report from SH&E labelled this a top priority for the Hungarian flag carrier's privatisation. A Malév board meeting in early November decided to ...