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Palestinian expands network and signs deal for two CRJ-200s
Palestinian Airlines is to expand its regional network with new destinations, and plans to introduce 50-seat Canadair Regional Jets (CRJs). According to chairman Fayez Haidan, the Government-owned airline hopes to launch new services this month to Dubai and Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. Palestinian has just been ...
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Routes
Air Canada launched daily non-stop Airbus A319 services between Chicago and Calgary on 17 May, with plans for twice-daily flights. United Airlines will codeshare on the route. Lufthansa Cargo will reintroduce and increase freighter service to Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, on 31 May, having previously announced that it would suspend flights ...
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Datalink team aims at year-end
Emma Kelly/LONDON A business case for the implementation of datalink communications in Europe will be completed by an industry team involving airlines, air navigation service providers, airframe manufacturers and associations by the end of this year. The European working group - the CAFT/Euro Datalink Focused Group - has been ...
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Virgin Sun launches European charter services
Virgin Sun, the new charter airline division of Virgin Holidays, has launched operations with two leased Airbus A320s on services to European tourist destinations. The carrier's initial fleet, which flies from London Gatwick and Manchester, is being leased from GE Capital Aviation Services. Additional A320s are expected to join the ...
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Marketplace
American Airlines has placed orders for three additional Boeing 737-800s for delivery in 2000. The 146-seaters will replace three aircraft operated by Reno Air that will not be integrated into American's fleet when the airlines are merged. Beirut-based Trans-Mediterranean Airways (TMA) is seeking finance to fund the acquisition of ...
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Airlink Swaziland prepares for take-off
Hilka Birns/CAPE TOWN A new southern African airline, Airlink Swaziland, will take to the skies on 13 June as a joint venture between South African regional carrier, SA Airlink, and the government of Swaziland. The new carrier takes over from Royal Swazi National Airways which will close after ...
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Air Scandic adds TriStar
European supplemental charter carrier Air Scandic has added a 26-year-old ex-Cathay Pacific Lockheed L-1011 TriStar 1 to its fleet of two Airbus A300s. The TriStar, which is based at Manchester to provide additional capacity on its European subcharter flights this summer, is operated by Irish charter carrier Aer Turas. The ...
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Workshop
British Airways has selected its subsidiary BAAE to undertake avionics maintenance of its Airbus fleet. The airline has orders and options on 188 single-aisle A320 family aircraft. Subject to raising the required investment funding, BAAE will undertake the maintenance at its South Wales facility for the next 10 years. Sextant ...
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Korean Air incurs fresh penalties
Korean Air (KAL) has suffered a new round of government sanctions on its domestic operations following the release of findings from the investigation into the recent runway overrun of a KAL Boeing MD-83. The South Korean Government has forced KAL to cut frequencies on its Seoul-Pohang route from 35 ...
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UK will seek phased US open skies deal
The UK government has admitted it will seek a phased open skies agreement on services between the UK and USA when formal negotiations on a new bilateral treaty resume in mid-June. Following two days of informal talks in the UK, which ended on 20 May, the two sides say that ...
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US Q400 order on horizon as targets are bettered
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Bombardier and US regional carrier Horizon Air are negotiating a deal for at least 20 Dash 8 Q400 turboprops. An order from Horizon would represent a critical breakthrough in the North American market for the Canadian manufacturer. Although not confirmed by either party, ...
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Aeroflot bucks trend as Russian airlines suffer declining market
Paul Duffy/MOSCOW Jens Flottau/MOSCOW Passenger traffic figures for Russia's many airlines reveal that most suffered a significant decline last year, with Aeroflot Russian International Airlines one of the few to have bucked the trend. The flag carrier reported an increase in emplanements and claims to have returned a profit, albeit ...
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A charged affair
Sky-high landing and navigation charges are driving airlines from key Japanese airports Andrejz Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Japanese "capsule" hotels which offer their guests space not much bigger than a mortuary drawer are symbolic of the overcrowding and overpricing of Tokyo and other Japanese population centres. The lack of available space ...
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In recovery
Asia's economic slump continues to colour aviation statistics - but the worst may be over Chris Jasper/LONDON From a statistical point of view, the global airport picture last year was dominated by the Asian economic collapse, with the Asia-Pacific region suffering a major decline in passenger traffic and aircraft movements. ...
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Partnership imperative
Latin American carriers are searching for international partners and injections of capital to survive into the 21st century Paul Lewis/MIAMI Financial reform, regulatory liberalisation and growing competition are transforming the face of air transportation in Central and South America. As political barriers are lowered progressively, airlines from Mexico to Chile ...
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Rising Star
Global alliances are in style, but their benefits are only now becoming clear Chris Jasper/SYDNEY Global airline alliances are the height of fashion, with two major groupings operating and possibly two more hurrying to enter the fray. Yet despite this scramble, the true importance of alliances has been ...
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European airlines' profits slip
Julian Moxon/BRUSSELSEuropean airlines remained profitable last year and ordered record numbers of aircraft, but it was a "black" year for punctuality, according to the Association of European Airlines (AEA) Operating profits, at $1.94 billion, were $400 million lower than for the previous year. Although 1997 figures were a record, much ...
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Delta completes acquisition of Atlantic Southeast
Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) has become a wholly owned subsidiary of Delta Air Lines following the approval of a shareholders' meeting of ASA Holding, the parent company of the regional airline. Delta and ASA have announced schedule changes, beginning on 1 June, that will include ASA jet service to ...
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BFGoodrich goes for growth
Guy Norris/SAN DIEGOBFGoodrich's newly enlarged Aerospace business is forecasting continuous growth from this year, thanks largely to sustained high volumes, fresh acquisitions and special diversification initiatives at its California-based Aerostructures Group, formerly known as Rohr. The growth strategy hinges on staying closely allied to Boeing and its future airliner programmes. ...
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Embraer expands ERJ designs
Embraer has revealed a surprise, 108-seat, stretch of its ERJ-190 regional jet which effectively provides the Brazilian manufacturer with a direct competitor to Bombardier's proposed BRJ-X. The move comes in response to input from Embraer's recently completed airline advisory board survey which helped freeze the smaller ERJ-170 design at ...