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US Airways increases Airbus order
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC US Airways has confirmed orders for another 26 Airbus Industrie A320s and an additional three A330s as the carrier continues to expand its domestic and international services. The latest aircraft order tally released by Airbus shows unannounced orders for 26 CFM56-5-powered A320s and three Pratt & Whitney ...
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LanChile eyes converted 767Fs
Paul Lewis/MIAMI LanChile is interested in Boeing 767 freighter conversions as replacements for its McDonnell Douglas DC-8s. The Chilean national carrier operates 13 767-300ER passenger aircraft, but will begin to replace these twinjets with seven new Airbus A340-300s, the first of which is to be delivered next September. ...
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Airlines cut millennium flights
David Learmount/LONDON Airlines are cutting flights 24h either side of midnight 31 December in response to lower than normal passenger bookings. Overall passenger demand is following a "seasonal pattern", according to scheduled and charter carriers, people are travelling earlier for a longer New Year holiday and want to be at ...
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Sony Trans Com sell-off near
Emma Kelly/SALT LAKE CITYAn unidentified avionics manufacturer, widely believed to be AlliedSignal, is conducting a due diligence review of Sony Trans Com with a view to buying the in-flight entertainment (IFE) supplier from Sony. Sony Trans Com declines to confirm the identity of the suitor, saying only that the company ...
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Virginia-based Raytheon Beech 1900 operator Colgan Air is to drop its marketing pact with Continental Airlines to enable it to become a US Airways Express carrier in December. The new partnership adds six new cities to the US Airways route system, while expanding service at others. CityBird and the Congolese ...
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European low cost carriers fold as competition hots up
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Increasing competition between Europe's low fare airlines has forced two more independent carriers to cease operations. One-year-old Norwegian scheduled airline Color Air has been shut down by its parent company after failing to show signs of turning around its mounting losses, while the UK's ...
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DHL completes British Airways 757 deal
Max Kingsley Jones/LONDON DHL has concluded its long- running negotiations with Boeing and British Airways for the acquisition of a massive fleet of converted Boeing 757 freighters, and will take the first of 44 aircraft in mid-2001. An announcement was expected on 5 October. Discussions between DHL, BA ...
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Service suspension
Air services between the Philippines and Taiwan were suspended indefinitely on 1 October, after a breakdown in talks between the two governments. The Philippines has been trying to revise downwards an agreement that allows carriers from each country to provide 9,600 seats a week on the route. Source: Flight International
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FedEx extends Subic lease
FedEx has agreed to extend its lease at its Asia-Pacific hub at the Subic Bay Freeport Zone in the Philippines for another five years, to 2007. FedEx established its hub operation at Subic Bay in 1995 and its Asia-Pacific express air cargo transport network, dubbed Asia One, connects 17 cities ...
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Labouring in Europe
TOM GILL LONDON Industrial relations appear to have improved and European workers are becoming more efficient. But will the changes be far-reaching enough to enable airlines to cope with cyclical downturn? The British Airline Pilots Association(BALPA) describes itself as "serene". The UK white-collar union MSF says it is ...
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New challenge to charter
European low-cost scheduled operators have begun to make small inroads into traditional charter markets. But, despite some aggressive noises, they have some way to go before posing a serious threat. Europe's low-cost carriers may continue to grab the headlines, but one sector remains resolutely unimpressed. The traditional charter airlines ...
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Routes
Stockholm bound -Eurowings is starting a new scheduled service in October, using an ATR 42-500. The flight will be operated in conjunction with partner KLM. Emirates, will be codesharing with SriLankan Airlines code-sharing on three times weekly flights between Dubai and Stockholm, starting this November. BA heads to Hannover ...
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Iberia prepares to float
The delayed flotation of a 54% stake in Iberia will start in the last week of November, according to the Spanish flag-carrier's chief executive, Angel Mullor. The initial public offering (IPO) should raise Ptas300 billion ($2 billion) for Iberia's parent, the state-owned holding group Sepi. The sale marks the ...
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CAL sanctions bite
NICK IONIDES ATI SINGAPORE Calls have been made for a shake-up in both Taiwan's aviation bureaucracy and in China Airlines' (CAL) management team following a crash in Hong Kong in August. So far, the carrier's relatively new management team, installed following an Airbus A300 crash at Taipei ...
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Vietnam in US link-up deal
The prospect of air links between the USA and Vietnam has strengthened following successful negotiations on a codesharing deal, designed as an interim measure until a full air services agreement is reached. The memorandum was to have been signed in Hanoi early in September during a visit to ...
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New Zealand agreement - New Zealand and Switzerland have signed an air services agreement allowing for scheduled services between the two countries. Air New Zealand has applied to operate to Switzerland and initial services are considered likely via a route-specific codeshare agreement with Swissair. The air services agreement allows any ...
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The Airport Awards
The aviation industry is hardly short of awards events, but the Airport Awards can perhaps claim to be different. Uniquely, these awards aim to recognise the success of airports in developing and implementing marketing strategies - not just for the benefit of passengers and profits, but in partnership with the ...
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Aloha grows beyond the Hawaiian islands
In the boldest move of its 53-year history, Aloha Airlines has decided to launch scheduled flights beyond the Hawaiian islands. In September, the carrier started weekly flights to the Republic of the Marshall Islands in the central Pacific, and also plans its first flights to the US mainland in February. ...
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Canadians spar over single airline
DAVID KNIBB SEATTLE October will be a decisive month in Canada as its airline industry struggles to define its future. Only one major carrier is likely to survive, but fundamental questions must be settled before a 10 November deadline about who will own and control the airline. ...
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Cintra's chief faces challenge
DAVID KNIBB SEATTLE Jaime Corredor Esnaola, the new head of Cintra, takes over the holding company for Aeromexico and Mexicana Airlines at a challenging time. After replacing Ernesto Martens, who retired at the end of August, one of his first moves was to announce that Mexico's federal ...