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VLM turns to RJ85 as timescale rules out Fokker 70 and 728JET
Herman de Wulf/BRUSSELS Belgian commuter airline VLM is negotiating with British Aerospace for two Avro RJ85s, to allow it to introduce longer routes within 12-18 months. The Antwerp-based airline, which operates eight Fokker 50 turboprops, had considered the Fokker 70 and Fairchild Dornier 728JET, but neither aircraft is ...
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ACA orders 328JETS for new subsidiary
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Atlantic Coast Airlines (ACA) Holdings has ordered a further 25 Fairchild Aerospace 328JET regional aircraft to equip a planned new subsidiary carrier to partner Delta Air Lines on north-east USA services. Under a newly concluded 10-year partnership, the new airline will operate as a Delta ...
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Budapest maintenance venture sparks fresh Malév speculation
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Lufthansa and Hungary's Malév have announced the formation of a maintenance joint venture to be sited in Budapest. It adds to speculation that the German flag carrier may be winning the race to invest in the soon-to-be privatised east European airline. The move will also further expand the ...
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Cargo flights halted after explosion
Lufthansa Cargo has suspended freighter flights to Pakistan by subsidiary Lufthansa Cargo India after reports of a mid-air explosion near one of its aircraft. The pilot of a Lufthansa Cargo India Boeing 727-200F en route to Sharjah, in the United Arab Emirates, reported a flash and an explosion near ...
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Report highlights FAA air traffic deficiencies
A sweeping report on air traffic management (ATM) in the USA points to major flaws in nearly all aspects of the US Federal Aviation Administration's air traffic control (ATC) operations. The survey, conducted by FAA and US airline officials, reveals problems in ATM, decision-making, staffing and equipment at 33 ATC ...
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Namibia's QuickJet heads for South African start in BA livery
Hilka Birns/WINDHOEK New Namibian airline QuickJet Aviation has confirmed it is negotiating with South Africa's Comair to launch a joint operation between Namibian capital Windhoek and South Africa on 1 November, using a British Aerospace 146. QuickJet's chief executive Frank Aldridge, formerly the commercial manager at Air Namibia, says ...
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Boeing focuses on cargo with conversion programme
Guy Norris/SEATTLE Boeing Airplane Services (BAS) plans to launch 757-200SF (special freighter) and 767-200SF passenger to freighter conversion programmes by the end of the year as part of plans to mount a broad attack on the cargo conversion market. It estimates the market could be worth up to $15 ...
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Australia World bids to extend funding deadline
Australia World Airways, the proposed start-up carrier with plans to fly from Melbourne to Sri Lanka, Greece and the Netherlands, wants Australia's International Air Services Commission (IASC) to extend its funding deadline to 20 October. The airline's first application in February 1996 failed because of uncertainties over funding. The ...
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Marketplace
Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) is boosting its ATR 72-210 fleet with an additional seven aircraft. The ex-Air New Zealand Mount Cook aircraft will join 12 of the type that are already operated by the Delta subsidiary. Air New Zealand Mount Cook is replacing the -210s with ATR 72-500s. US freight ...
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Routes
British Airways will codeshare with Swiss regional Crossair on the London Heathrow-Basle, Switzerland, route from next month when the major drops its own services. Boeing MD-83s will fly the service, which is one of a number of underperforming routes BA is dropping. US low-fare carrier Pro Air will launch the ...
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Airbus flies towards FANS approval
Airbus is expecting certification of its FANS-A (future air navigation system) avionics next spring following extensive in-flight trials of the system and the first tests in an operational environment. The system, developed for the A330/A340, supports satellite communications (satcoms), datalink communications and automatic dependent surveillance (ADS). The first operational trial ...
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CityBird cargo flight forces Sabena action
Belgian carrier CityBird began wet-lease cargo operations for Lignes Aeriennes Congolaises (LAC), the national carrier of the Democratic Republic of Congo, on 30 July with the delivery of the first of two A300-600 freighters originally destined for Kuwait Airways. Belgian flag-carrier Sabena is planning to sell all shares in CityBird ...
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Mergers
Thomson-CSF subsidiary Sextant has become the sole owner of in-flight entertainment provider Sextant In-Flight Systems after acquiring the 49% of shares held by B/E Aerospace. Sextant took an initial 51% stake when the joint venture was created in January. The European Commission's review of the proposed AlliedSignal-Honeywell merger has entered ...
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Financial turnaround
KAL has performed better than expected this year after its worst ever result in 1997 and despite its dubious safety record Andrzej Jeziorski/SEOUL Shim Yi-taek, president of Korean Air, says the airline has outperformed financial expectations, with operating revenue hitting 2.2 trillion won ($1.9 billion). This is "112% of ...
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Safety first
Korean Air is making a concentrated effort to improve safety and save itself from isolation - and possible collapse Andrzej Jeziorski/SEOUL Korean Air (KAL) executives speaking to the press these days face an unusual dilemma: how can an airline confirm, and simultaneously deny, that it has a problem with its ...
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FAA selects Arinc to develop datalink
ARINC has been awarded a five-year contract by the US Federal Aviation Administration to support the development and initial operational capability of controller-pilot datalink communications (CPDLC) in the US national airspace system (NAS). The aeronautical communications specialist will develop a prototype CPDLC system in conjunction with the FAA's William ...
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Taiwan rejects CAL safety planning
The Taiwan Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) has ordered China Airlines (CAL) to cut frequencies and retrain its pilots in the wake of the carrier's latest crash. Its Boeing MD-11 accident at Hong Kong on 22 August brought the total of CAL's widebody hull losses since 1993 to four (Flight International, ...
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JAL/JAS link launches 'Big Three' entente
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Andrew Mollett/TOKYO Japan Airlines (JAL) and Japan Air System (JAS) are planning to launch joint international services from late October in what is seen as a significant move towards closer co-operation among the country's three major airlines. The carriers were expected to make a formal application to ...
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Soft landing
Expressions of optimism about the future prospects of high-profile industries are rarely well-received, and the aerospace sector has established itself as a market leader in delivering overly bleak assessments of its own prospects. But it is hard to maintain the frown in the face of a healthy set of balance ...
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BWIA/Air Canada move towards codeshare
Trinidad's BWIA International Airways is close to sealing a commercial agreement with Air Canada, industry sources say. BWIA is initially expected to codeshare on Air Canada services between Toronto and Barbados and Antigua, as well as Trinidad, and later on flights beyond Toronto to Montreal, Calgary and Vancouver. BWIA ...