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Korean downturn
Asiana Airlines and Korean Air are cutting over 20 international passenger and cargo services and reducing frequencies on a number of domestic and international routes. South Korea's worsening financial woes have also resulted in Air New Zealand and Qantas stopping services to Seoul. Source: Flight International
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Boeing delivery delay forces Hokkaido to defer start-up
A delay in the delivery of aircraft has forced the Japanese start-up Hokkaido International Airlines to postpone its launch of regular services until mid-1998. The airline's first aircraft, a new Boeing 767-300ER leased from Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services, was scheduled for delivery in February but will now be up to ...
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DHL-Europe boosts fleet of A300B4 freighters
The European arm of US express-parcels carrier DHL has increased its Airbus A300B4-200F freighter acquisition programme to nine aircraft. The airline has also received its first Daimler-Benz Aerospace Airbus (Dasa Airbus)-converted aircraft, following certification of the cargo conversion. The aircraft, one of three ex-Egyptair A300B4s being leased from ...
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BA outsources maintenance of A320/DC-10 in FLS deal
Andrew Chuter/LONDON British Airways is to outsource maintenance and component support for the airline's entire fleet of Airbus A320s and McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30s to FLS Aerospace. A contract is due to be signed later this month. The tie-up with BA will be the culmination of a hectic month ...
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ACA wants O'Hare
Atlantic Coast Airlines (ACA) is seeking to establish a major presence at Chicago O'Hare Airport, using its recently acquired Bombardier Canadair Regional Jets. It aims to compete against American Eagle, which will operate its Embraer ERJ145s at O'Hare. ACA also maintains a major hub at Washington Dulles International where it ...
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Proteus bolsters Beech 1900 fleet for franchise operations
Julian Moxon/PARIS Proteus Airlines is set to more than double the size of its Raytheon Beech 1900 fleet with a $50 million order for ten 20-seat 1900Ds. The airline has also taken options on a further ten aircraft. The French regional carrier already has eight 1900s in service, ...
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Cathay warns of more cuts as troubles multiply
Cathay Pacific Airways' management is warning of further deep cuts ahead in equipment and possibly staff numbers, as the financially troubled Hong Kong-based carrier struggles to pull out of an increasingly steep downward plunge. The airline is negotiating with manufacturers to defer decisions on some of its 25 outstanding ...
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Charter airlines sign up A330-200s to use on long-haul services
Three long-haul charter airlines will introduce the Airbus A330-200 in 1999 and 2000, including UK carriers Airtours International and Leisure International Airways (LIA), and Air Transat of Canada. Airtours, which selected the A330-200 some time ago to supplement its Boeing 767-300ERs on long-haul charters (Flight International, 24 December, 1997-6 ...
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BAe buys Australian Aviation College
British Aerospace Training Services has acquired the Adelaide-based Australian Aviation College from BTR-owned Hawker de Havilland. The purchase, for an undisclosed sum, places Australia's two biggest training organisations under full BAe control, following the UK company's acquisition of Ansett's 50% stake in the Tamworth, New South Wales-based Australian Air ...
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Crossair bases new sister in France
Andrzej Jeziorski/Basle Crossair has launched a new Alsace, France-based carrier aimed at avoiding European Union (EU) rules which have denied the Swiss airline access to a variety of destinations. Switzerland is not a member of the EU and cannot operate under its liberalised internal traffic arrangements. The Crossair-dominated ...
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Forecasts 98': Airlines
Paul Lewis/Singapore Kevin O'Toole/London For the world airline industry, 1998 begins much as 1997 ended, with two issues on top of the agenda: the fall-out from Asia's economic woes and the next step in the industry's increasingly rapid consolidation. Both issues should make 1998 a busy one for airline ...
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Reed new editor of 'Flight International'
Reed Aerospace has announced that Carol Reed is to succeed Allan Winn as editor of Flight International. Reed, who is now editor of Jane's Defence Weekly, will take up her new post on 2 February. Winn is now editor in chief of the Reed Aerospace titles, which include Airline Business, ...
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Swissair signs A340-600 deal to replace MD-11s
Swissair is to phase out its Boeing MD-11s early in the next decade after concluding a major deal for more Airbus widebodies at the end of 1997, following the board's earlier approval to order the A340-600. Swissair has long been expected to be among the launch customers for the ...
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Suppliers
International Lease Finance has announced orders for $1.74 billion worth of engines for its 126 Airbus and Boeings on order: $500 million with CFM International, $200 million with General Electric, $490 million with Pratt & Whitney and $550 million with International Aero Engines. The Rolls-Royce Trent 772B engine is ...
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BA/AA gives up on slots
American Airlines is hoping for a breakthrough in 1998 in its continued battle to win approval for an alliance with British Airways. But concessions will have to be made, particularly at Heathrow. Some 20 months after the proposal first surfaced, the level of frustration in Texas is nearing boiling ...
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IRI passes the buck
A cynic might say that Alitalia wants to have its cake, eat it and then complain about the recipe; the carrier is being accused of misusing state funds just as it pushes for softer state aid conditions. State holding company IRI said in November that it would reduce its ...
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African turf fight
Fanie Brand is a juggler. Not of clubs, swords or firetorches, but of airline concepts. At present the senior marketing manager of Uganda-based Alliance Air has no fewer than four concepts on his drawing board, with two due to launch in March. All are part of a complex matrix which, ...
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Help is at hand
Competition officials in Brussels celebrated November by resigning in disgust at the lack of resources available to them. These overseers in the Belgian capital couldn't even clear their desks; they didn't have any. Fortunately for supporters of airline competition in Europe, the departures were from Belgium's own fledgling anti-trust ...
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A matter of faith
By definition, a shock always originates where you least expect it. Early in 1997, as the global economic boom continued, the nature and timing of the next downturn were far from most people's minds. Then came economic turmoil in the region where experts least expected it - Asia. Now, Asia's ...
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Roll out the changes
'Change is good' has become something of an unofficial mantra in the offices and on the factory floor of Boeing. Sometimes whispered through gritted teeth, sometimes just a shared joke, it is an acknowledgement between colleagues that their company has been all about change in the past year. A new ...