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EVA offers to take control of Myanmar
Taiwan-based EVA Airways has made a provisional proposal to take a controlling stake in loss-making Myanmar Airways International (MAI). EVA says it could provide the manpower and expertise which Yangon-based MAI lacks, and support the cost of expanded operations. EVA believes there is strong potential for growth in the ...
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Order boost for Italy's General Avia
The Italian Aero Club has ordered 12 single-engined General Avia F.22B Piguinos for basic training and 3 F.22Cs for instrument flight rules (IFR) training. Deliveries will run from April 1999 to the end of the year. Designed by Stelio Frati, the F.22B has fixed gear and a 160hp (120kW) Textron ...
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Airbus may ditch A3XX thrust reversers to slow down costs
Andrew Doyle/LONDON Airbus Industrie is discussing with airlines a plan to remove the thrust reversers from its A3XX ultra-high capacity airliner design as part of efforts to further reduce the aircraft's direct operating costs. Airlines have generally reacted favourably towards the idea of dropping the system from the outboard engines ...
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Cathay's effort to revive PAL earns approval from receiver
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE A conditional offer by Cathay Pacific to invest up to $100 million in debt-ridden Philippine Airlines (PAL) has been accepted by PAL's interim rehabilitation receiver committee. The two airlines say they will jointly draft a "rehabilitation plan" for PAL, to be submitted to the Philippines Securities ...
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A330s head for Brazil after currency hiccup
Joe Sims/MIAMI TAM expects to take delivery of its first two Airbus A330s by the end of the month after a delay of over a month caused by a currency crisis in Brazil. The carrier, based in Sao Paulo, had been due to receive its first of five Pratt & ...
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Tupolev carries on with cryogenic fuel research
Tupolev is continuing research on cryogenic fuel tanks for its Tu-204 and Tu-334 twinjet airliners. It is also researching an innovative design of a twin-turboprop Tu-136 transport, with the layout determined by cryogenic fuel considerations. It is planned to conduct aerodynamic tests of the Tu-136 model in the TsAGI ...
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Airports
-The long-awaited start of construction of the Guangzhou New Airport in China has moved closer with the award of the initial design contract for the passenger terminal to Parsons Greiner of the USA. The deal, worth about $10 million, represents one of the first significant contracts to be awarded since ...
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British Midland goes regional with ERJ-145s
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON British Midland (BM) has confirmed its expected move into regional jet operations, with a $200 million order for up to 15 Embraer RJ-145s. The airline, however, has not yet finalised its fleet plans for long haul aircraft, but has held delivery positions with Airbus Industrie and Boeing ...
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China Airlines shares will go on the market
Taiwan's state-controlled China Aviation Development Foundation (CADF) has approved the proposed sale of half of its 71% majority stake in China Airlines (CAL) to yet to be identified local or foreign investors. CADF plans to reduce its holding in CAL to 35.5%, as part of a move to revamp ...
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Boeing's Mulally details 'better plan' for profits
Andrew Doyle/SEATTLE New Boeing Commercial Airplanes president, Alan Mulally, has pledged to get the manufacturer's troubled airliner production lines back on track within the next 12 months as part of what he calls his "better plan" for restoring the company's flagging profitability. Mulally, brought in to replace Ron Woodard, ...
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Royal Brunei is forced to delay A319s by new management
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Royal Brunei Airlines (RBA) has been forced to postpone taking delivery of two Airbus A319s in the wake of a senior management shake-up within the company, and after having failed to meet payment deadlines to the manufacturer. RBA had been scheduled to take delivery of the ...
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Routes
-Dutch carrier Transavia is to become the first non-Greek airline to operate scheduled domestic services between Greek territories when, from 2 November this year to 27 March 1999, it sets up flights between Rhodes and Heraklion, Crete. -Martinair Cargo will increase both routes and capacity in the Latin American region ...
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Financial troubles force Transaero to cut back
Paul Duffy/MOSCOW Transaero, Russia 's third largest carrier, has scaled back its operations by about 30%, with further reductions expected to follow in the face of continuing financial problems at the airline and the worsening domestic economy. Among the first services to be dropped are flights on the Moscow-Riga-London ...
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Air Niugini reduces debt with Government cash
Papua New Guinea (PNG) has boosted Air Niugini's capital base to over kina60 million ($22 million) with a kina50 million cash injection, as part of a wider effort to restructure the airline. The injection will allow the carrier to reduce its debt to PNG Banking, believed to exceed kina150 million. ...
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SAir Group acquires major Air Europe stake
Marco Messalla/MILAN Swissair parent SAir Group is to grow its increasing portfolio of small European airlines by taking the maximum permitted stake in Italian long-range charter carrier Air Europe, through the purchase of 49.9% of Dutch-based holding company Tegel. The move follows the recent purchase of 44%of France's Air ...
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Lithuanian fleet boosted with Saab
Lithuanian Airlines is to boost its Saab turboprop fleet with the lease of two Saab 2000s from the manufacturer's leasing division. The two aircraft, which were previously operated by Deutsche BA and France's Regional Airlines, will arrive at the Lithuanian national carrier's Vilnius base this month, joining two Saab ...
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Gathering clouds threaten European open skies deals
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Julian Moxon/PARIS Any prospects of an immediate UK-US open skies agreement have disappeared, following the confirmation by British Airways that it is postponing its plans for a full-blown strategic alliance with American Airlines. Meanwhile, France is pressing ahead with implementing its bilateral aviation agreement with the ...
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SIA profits down
Singapore Airlines (SIA) blamed the Asian economic downturn for its poor financial performance for the first half of its 1998 financial year with operating profits plummeting 44% to S$246 million ($x million), a drop of S$195 million on 1997 first half figures. Revenues were down $87 million at $3.43 billion. ...
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USA moves to block Northwest bid for Continental
The civil lawsuit which the US Department of Justice (DoJ) filed in late October to block Northwest Airlines from purchasing a controlling stake in Continental Airlines could take federal courts years to resolve. The airlines describe the DoJ's claims as groundless, and Northwest still plans to buy the 51% ...
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MD-11 probe leads to entertainment disconnection
Swissair has voluntarily disconnected the in-flight entertainment systems on its Boeing 747 and MD-11 fleets as a precaution because some heat-damaged wiring associated with it has been found in the MD-11 which crashed off Nova Scotia, Canada, on 2 September. Both the airline and the Transportation Safety Board of Canada ...