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Aeroflot introduces 737-400
Aeroflot Russian International Airlines has introduced its first Boeing aircraft acquired directly from the US manufacturer, one of 10 Boeing 737-400s ordered by the airline. The remainder of the 131-seaters will be introduced by February 1999 to be operated on European routes. The Russian carrier has been operating two leased ...
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Airtours anticipates summer with 747
Airtours International has boosted its summer 1998 season charter capacity with the damp lease of a Boeing 747-200 from Air New Zealand (ANZ) for operation on transatlantic flights from Belfast, Cardiff and Manchester. The 416-seat 747, which is being crewed by ANZ pilots and Airtours cabin staff, is being flown ...
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China plans new cargo carrier
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE China Eastern Airlines (CEA) and partner China Ocean Shipping (Cosco) are planning to launch the country's first international air cargo carrier, equipped with a fleet of converted Boeing MD-11 freighters. Local industry sources say the carrier is to be named China Air Cargo and will be a ...
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Cathay Pacific nears decision on strategic airline alliance
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Cathay Pacific Airways expects to make a decision on a strategic alliance within months, as the carrier continues to struggle to increase revenue and cut costs further to extract itself from financial difficulties. A massive drop in international traffic since July 1997 is causing the Hong Kong ...
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US airline alliances to undergo scrutiny
The Clinton administration has vowed to put recently proposed strategic alliances between US airlines under the microscope. Patrick Murphy, a senior US Department of Transportation (DoT) official, told a Congressional hearing that planned pacts between Northwest/Continental, American/US Airways and United/Delta "-represent nothing less than a major transformation of the ...
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AlliedSignal expands EGPWS applications
AlliedSignal Aerospace is developing a version of its enhanced ground proximity warning system (EGPWS) to fit corporate aircraft. It is responding to proposed US Federal Aviation Administration regulations requiring installation of terrain avoidance and warning systems in all aircraft with six or more seats . The two air transport ...
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El Al seeks European co-operation for hub
El Al is trying to reach codeshare agreements with Lufthansa and Air France to enable it to set up a hub in Europe. The Israeli national airline wants to sign codeshare agreements with the two European airlines and to co-ordinate timetables so that its passengers will be able to ...
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Brazil fare fight hots up with new cuts
A Brazilian fare war has intensified, with Varig and TAM announcing new price cuts. Both airlines have introduced discounts on regular flights of up to 60% as the affects of the recent market liberalisation raise questions over some rival services. Air fares have tumbled since the end of last ...
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Greenlandair expands into jets with 757 purchase
Greenlandair has taken delivery of a Boeing 757, its first jet airliner, which was scheduled to begin operations in competition with SAS on scheduled services between Greenland and Copenhagen from 12 May. The Nuuk-based airline already operates only two de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otters and four Bombardier de ...
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Pacific nations call for reforms
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS The aviation ministers of 14 Pacific nations are calling for a region-wide air traffic management (ATM) plan, a single aviation market, and the harmon- isation and updating of civil aviation regulation and security following a South Pacific Forum meeting in Suva, Fiji on 4 May. The ...
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RBA chooses V2500 for A319s
Royal Brunei Airlines (RBA) has selected the International Aero Engines V2500 turbofan to power its planned new fleet of Airbus A319s, an initial order for which is due to be finalised shortly. The carrier is understood to have opted for the 105kN (23,500lb) thrust V2524-A5 engine over the competing ...
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Routes
-Alaska Airlines is to offer a twice-weekly roundtrip service from Los Angeles to La Paz in Mexico from 25 October, using a Boeing MD-80 originating in Seattle. -Aero Lloyd will operate a weekly service from Alicante, Spain to Linz, Austria, from June. -Braathens has started a three times daily service ...
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Fool's gold ?
Is it right to assume, in the wake of Continental Express' order for 37-seat Embraer RJ-135s to operate alongside its 50-seat ERJ-145s, that the regional turboprop is dead and that, to survive, particularly in North America, all regional airlines must move to jet-power even for their smallest needs? Or ...
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IAM union trades its Learjet 35A for a 60
The International Association of Machinists (IAM), the labour union representing US aerospace workers, has traded in its 18-year-old Learjet 35A for a Model 60 built by its members at Bombardier Learjet. With more than 750,000 members scattered across Canada, Guam, Canada and the USA, the IAM's international officers travel ...
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Schiphol Airport earns safety black mark from pilots
David Learmount/LONDON Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport has been blacklisted as unsafe by the International Federation of Airline Pilots (IFALPA) for putting pressure on pilots to use runways chosen for environmental considerations rather than flight safety. IFALPA chief Rob McKinnis says that the Federation is concerned that environmental lobbies will ...
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TNT prepares for large fleet of dedicated A300 freighters
Max Kingsley-Jones/PARIS TNT Express Worldwide will introduce the first dedicated widebody freighter on to its European network later this year, marking the start of a plan to acquire a large fleet of Airbus A300B4 freighters to feed its new European hub in Liege, Belgium. The Amsterdam-based express parcels carrier has ...
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Survival of the fastest ?
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Airline industry analysts are "unabashedly bullish" over the future of regional jet aircraft, which are expected to produce fundamental changes in the airline business over the next five years. Merrill Lynch's Byron Callan says that 32- to 70-seat regional jets comprise "the most rapidly growing market segment" ...
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Brazilian work-out
Max Kingsley-Jones/ISLE OF MAN Julian Moxon/NANTES Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Embraer spent a long time bringing its 50-seat RJ-145 to the marketplace. It was almost a full eight years from the original EMB-145 programme launch in June 1989 to service entry with launch customer Continental Express in April 1997, with the ...
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HeavyLift takes A300 for Lufthansa
HeavyLift Cargo Airlines has taken delivery of its second Airbus A300B4 freighter on lease from C-S Aviation Services, and signed a contract with Lufthansa Cargo to operate the aircraft on European night-time freight flights. Both aircraft were converted by British Aerospace Aviation Services, and the first has been in ...
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British Regional gets ready for June flotation
British Regional Airlines (BRAL) is gearing up for a stock market listing by the end of June, in a move which managing director Terry Liddiard says will help it make a final break from its former sister airline British Midland as it develops its role as the largest British Airways ...