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Safety audit seals China Eastern/Qantas deal
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS Qantas and China Eastern Airlines have finalised their partnership deal which will see the two airlines launching codeshare operations from mid-year. The conclusion of the deal, which had been planned to take effect at the end of March, is understood to have come after the Chinese ...
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Routes
Delta Air Lines has terminated its codeshare with Aer Lingus across the Atlantic following a decision by the Irish carrier to recommend to the Dublin government that it approve an alliance with American Airlines and British Airways. Air Canada and Mexicana have formed a code-share and marketing partnership between Canada ...
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SkyWest orders more CRJs to boost Delta Connection flights
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DCSkyWest Airlines has ordered additional 50-seat Bombardier Canadair Regional Jets (CRJs) for Delta Connection services. Chautauqua Airlines, meanwhile, will begin US Airways Express service with Embraer RJ-145 regional jets in July. St George, Utah-based Sky-West has ordered 10 CRJ-200LRs for delivery between May 2002 and January 2003. SkyWest ...
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TNT restructuring signals an end to contract with Air Foyle
TNT's decision to restructure its air cargo operations under a single grouping based at its hub in Liège, Belgium, will see Air Foyle cease flying for the express package company when its contract expires in May 2000. TNT's director of airline operations, Niky Terzakis, says it aims to have an ...
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Hurel-Dubois records strongest performance
French thrust reverser and nacelle manufacturer Hurel-Dubois has posted its strongest performance since the company was formed in 1947. A 34% increase in sales, to Fr1.34 billion ($.21 billion) and a 61% jump in net profits, to Fr 52.6 million ($8.4million), came after a restructuring effort in 1998. ...
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Interactive makes connection in latest IFE industry shake-up
In-flight entertainment (IFE) system supplier Interactive Flight Technologies (IFT) is aiming to complete its purchase of fellow IFE hardware manufacturer, the Network Connection (TNCi) on 15 May. The move is the latest stage in the shake-up of the IFE hardware supplier industry, which has seen the departure of some players ...
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Uganda discusses airline sale with SAA
Michael Wakabi/KAMPALA Unresolved issues over routes left Uganda's government with only one bidder in the sale of 49% of Uganda Airlines on 30 April. A decision to enter direct negotiations with South African Airways (SAA) was taken after British Airways and Sabena declined to submit bids by the 23 April ...
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Marconi aims to crack Brazilian deal
Marconi Electronic Systems and partner Lockheed Martin are seeking to take advantage of Elbit's troubled Northrop F-5E/F upgrade negotiations by offering Brazil a revived proposal that includes the option for a future beyond visual range (BVR) missile capability. Negotiations between Brazil, local F-5 upgrade prime contractor Embraer and Elbit ...
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Israel is key to F-15 production
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON Boeing's hopes of keeping the F-15 fighter production line open beyond early next year rests on an order from Israel, following its failure to dissuade Greece from purchasing additional Lockheed Martin F-16C/Ds and Dassault Mirage 2000-5s. The company's St Louis plant is to deliver its final outstanding ...
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Putting the family to work
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Max Kingsley-Jones/STOCKHOLM Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Guy Norris/LOS ANGELESWhen Boeing began to study a replacement for its successful 737-300/400/500 "Classic" family of narrowbody twinjets in the early 1990s, it faced difficult decisions. Airbus Industrie was on the scene with its technologically advanced fly-by-wire A320 family, but many of Boeing's ...
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Star lines up recruits as Singapore delays entry into alliance
Chris Jasper/SYDNEYAir China, Mexicana, British Midland and Emirates are all being lined up for possible membership of the Star Alliance, while Singapore Airlines (SIA) has delayed signing up to the global grouping until at least October. Thai Airways International president Thamnoon Wanglee, speaking exclusively to Flight International, detailed Star's recruitment ...
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Airlines push Airbus to speed up plans for A3XX freighter
Andrew Doyle/TOULOUSE Airbus Industrie is accelerating development of the freighter version of its proposed A3XX ultra-high capacity airliner, in response to strong demand from potential operators. The consortium has also revised the design of the cargo variant, to carry an increased payload of 150t over 10,545km (5,700nm) following ...
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Internet at work
Internet ordering has spread to aircraft parts Paul Seidenman/SAN FRANCISCOIf current industry trends hold, the Internet will become a major factor in aircraft parts sales and inventory management. That is the consensus of parts suppliers and re-sellers, many of which have web sites on line or in the planning stage. ...
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Manufacturers' perspective
Production, reliability and certification issues have dominated the 737's debut Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Between them, Boeing and CFM International faced the fastest ramp-up in production and delivery of any commercial airliner with the 737NG. Since delivery of the first aircraft to Southwest Airlines in December 1997, some 250 examples ...
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Boeing maintains 717 campaign
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Boeing aims to boost sales of its 717 regional jet by taking a role in maintenance support and certificating a "Lite" version that could cut airport and navigation charges for airlines. The move comes as Greek flag carrier Olympic signs as the type's first European airline operator. Its ...
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Delta-ALPA skirmish may start scope clause battle
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Delta Air Lines and the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) have locked legal horns over the use of Comair regional jets on the new Boston-Washington DC shuttle in what could be the opening shots of a much wider battle over pilot scope clauses. ALPA is ...
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Air Europe A320s arrive for Alitalia challenge
Marco Messalla/ROME Italy's Air Europe has received the first two of five leased Airbus A320s for its new north-south domestic network in competition with Alitalia. One more A320 will be delivered in time for the 8 May start of scheduled services from Milan's Malpensa Airport to Catania and Palermo, ...
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Airlines move back to Libya
Alan George/BRUSSELS Airlines have moved quickly to resume flights to Libya after the suspension of UN aviation and other sanctions following the North African country's surrender of the Pan Am 747 Lockerbie bombing suspects. EgyptAir has started two flights a week from Cairo to Tripoli and two weekly round ...
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WAEA aims for DVD specification
The World Airline Entertainment Association (WAEA) aims to have a final specification for digital versatile disk (DVD) by the end of the third quarter, paving the way for the technology to be introduced in flight. DVD is the latest consumer technology to have captured the imagination of the in-flight ...
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US Airways joins the P@ssport providers
Emma Kelly/LONDON Sony Trans Com has secured a third customer for its P@ssport interactive in-flight entertainment system, with US Airways ordering the equipment for an initial seven Airbus A330-300s. The P@ssport order could increase, as the carrier holds options on a further 30 A330s. The first A330, which will ...