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Sabena denies Swissair rumours
Sabena chief executive Paul Reutlinger has denied growing speculation that Swissair is preparing to pull out from the alliance with its struggling Belgian partner if the carrier's unions fail to agree on new working conditions and wage structures. Rumours of a possible pull-out were revived by confirmation that ...
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Cathay will launch FANS 747 flights by year's end
Cathay Pacific Airways plans to finish equipping its entire fleet of Boeing 747-400s with future-air-navigation system (FANS-1) equipment by March and hopes to be operating on the first communications, navigation and surveillance/air-traffic-management (CNS/ATM) route across the northern Pacific Ocean by the end of the year. The Hong Kong ...
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The big issue
BOEING'S REVELATION that it will not be competing in the very-large-airliner market with a derivative of the 747, thus apparently leaving Airbus Industrie's A3XX with a clear run, has certainly raised more questions than answers. While attention has focused on Boeing's doubts about lack of "sufficient market demand" ...
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British Mediterranean continues partner search
British Mediterranean Airways (BMed) is working to overcome the failure of its planned franchise agreement with British Airways by instigating the expansion plans originally envisaged as part of the link-up (Flight International, 18-24 September 1996, P9), and is continuing its search for a new airline partner. Des Hetherington, ...
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Polar Logistics serves Antarctica with Hercules
Polar Logistics has started direct passenger and cargo flights between Cape Town, South Africa and Queen Maud Land, Antarctica, using a Lockheed Martin L-100-30 Hercules leased from Southern Air Transport. The 4,230km (2,300nm) flight takes around nine hours, carrying a 6.8t payload. Polar, which specialises in "high-latitude" operations, initially plans ...
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Alliance launched
Austrian Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Sabena and Swissair, will start their Atlantic Alliance programme on 1 February, harmonising reservation, sharing income and streamlining fare policies. On 15 May, Sabena will inaugurate codeshared scheduled services from Brussels to Cincinnati, Ohio. Delta will restructure its operations at Frankfurt (Germany), and add services ...
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JAL adds flights
Japan Airlines (JAL) is to introduce an increase in flights to Asian and domestic destinations to meet growing competition. From April, JAL plans to add two new additional weekly flights from Nagoya to both Manila and Singapore, and one more to Bangkok. JAL's fleet of aircraft will increase in size ...
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UK ignores EC warning on BA
The UK Government has brushed aside warnings from the European Commission (EC) that it could be taken to court if it approves the proposed British Airways alliance with American Airlines, without imposing tougher conditions to ensure transatlantic competition. The spat has also exposed more fundamental legal questions over the extent ...
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AirOne takes on Noman
Italian domestic airline AirOne has strengthened its challenge to Alitalia on the key Milan-Rome route with a deal to take on the operations of small domestic carrier Noman. Despite its size, Noman has built up a 4%market share on the Milan-Rome route, helping to add to AirOne's existing 25%, and ...
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Competing powers
"The EC competition commissioner's interest in the BA/AA alliance is curious - the competition department has failed to involve itself in more significant airline competition issues." By seeking to stamp his authority on the proposed alliance between British Airways and American Airlines, the European Commission (EC) competition commissioner, ...
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Building a new India
Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) boss R N Sharma's announcement at the Aero India '96 show in December that he intended to start negotiations to license-build a 50-seat turboprop, and to buy a stake in a regional-jet programme, raised a few smiles among the Indian press corps. They had heard it all ...
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Japanese airlines finalise low-cost plans
Japan Air System (JAS) and Japan Airlines (JAL) are planning to incorporate new low-cost subsidiary carriers shortly, in the face of growing domestic liberalisation and the entry of new competing start-up airlines. JAS also announced that its new subsidiary operation, Harlequin Air, was to have been established on ...
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Manchester approval
The UK Government has granted Manchester Airport permission to construct a second runway. The new 3,050m (1,000ft) runway will open in early 2000 . Flying colours extra Flying Colours is to lease an Airbus A320 from Air France, and carry out charter flights from Glasgow, UK, ...
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EMB-145 wins Portugalia verdict over CRJ
Portugalia has selected the Embraer EMB-145 to operate on its expanding regional network from Portugal, following a two-way contest involving the Brazilian aircraft and the Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet. The privately owned carrier says that it will shortly sign firm contracts covering four EMB-145s, for delivery in May, ...
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Approval granted for Slovakian airline
A new Slovakian national airline is to be set up, operating a fleet of Russian airliners, following government approval of the plans. The new carrier, named Slovenske Aeroline, is expected to begin operations by the end of the year, initially concentrating on services between Slovakia and Russia, using ...
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Bombardier gets Dash 8-400 order boost from Tyrolean
Austria's Tyrolean Airways has become the second European customer, after Wider¿e, for the high-speed, 70-seat de Havilland Dash 8-400 with an $83 million order for four aircraft. The airline, which has also taken an additional four options, will take delivery of the four firm Dash 8s between ...
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Gulf Air restructures fleet and network
Gulf Air is to dispose of six aircraft and cease operating certain routes, as the airline attempts to turn round its heavy losses and reduce its debt mountain. The announcement comes only a week after the four Gulf States which own the airline again failed to agree on terms for ...
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Heathrow responds to Fokker 50 delay
Sir- In response to N Malle's letter (Flight International, 8-14 January, P37), about the landing of a damaged Fokker 50 at Heathrow in December, I would like to make the following points. Landing-gear failure was apparent on final approach. By the time the aircraft had been manoeuvred in ...
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Transworld moves to GHI
Transworld Airlines (TWA) has appointed Gatwick Handling (GHI) as its ground-handling agent at the London airport in south-east England. GHI managing director Peter O'Boyle (left) is seen here confirming the deal with TWA station manager, Mike Spencer. TWA operates a daily Boeing 767 transatlantic service from Gatwick to St Louis ...
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Reaching for free flight
Forecasts of extraordinary growth in civil air traffic have become commonplace. The details vary, but a projected doubling of traffic by 2010 and a tripling by 2020 are widely accepted. There is just one problem - those numbers are not feasible, given the existing operational infrastructure. The problem is worst ...