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ANA searches for more international passengers-
ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS (ANA) plans to expand further its international network and frequencies, in an effort to boost revenues and reduce its heavy dependence on the Japanese domestic market. The airline is aiming for an 18% increase in its international capacity by the end of the financial ...
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US airlines voice concern despite records
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON LATEST RESULTS coming in from the major US airlines point towards another round of record profits in the third quarter, but beneath the headline figures there is growing concern in the industry over how much longer the boom will last. Continental led off the ...
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Flight Safety acquired by investment giant Buffet
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA FLIGHT SAFETY International (FSI) is to be acquired by US financier Warren Buffet, after the aviation-training company accepted a surprise take-over offer from his investment firm, Berkshire Hathaway. The cash and/or stock offer values the US-based company at $1.5 billion. New York-based FSI ...
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FAA uses Cessna in 'free-flight'
DEMONSTRATIONS of "free flight" for general-aviation aircraft are now under way as part of a larger evaluation of the USA's future air-traffic-management concept. The trials involve a Cessna 401, equipped with avionics supplied by Magellan Systems and Arinc, and a ground-based free-flight evaluation system which was developed ...
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. . . as newcomers target local Japan market
TWO PRIVATE Japanese companies have announced plans to launch new domestic airlines. This move follows recent initiatives by the transport ministry to liberalise parts of the country's over-regulated airline industry, which carries 75 million passengers annually, and is the second-largest domestic market in the world. Cut-rate Japanese ...
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Deutsche BA undergoes major revamp
DEUTSCHE BA HAS announced a major restructuring, which will see the fast- growing, but loss-making, British Airways subsidiary withdraw from unprofitable international routes and expand its domestic network. The move follows the carrier's decision to sell its turboprop operation to France's Regional Airlines, dispose of its five Fokker ...
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Kiwi International forced to suspend operations
KIWI International suspended flight operations on 15 October after failing to gain a cash infusion from investors. The US airline had filed for bankruptcy protection two weeks before, and cut services, blaming high debts and the fall-out on other low-cost start-ups from the ValuJet crash. Kiwi has struggled ...
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Inchon incoming
Seoul is struggling to meet targets for its new airport. Paul Lewis/SEOUL THE GROWING IMPORTANCE of Asia as a world economic powerhouse is best illustrated by the fact there are no less than four major new international airports, either being planned or built in the ...
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Good business
Scottish regional airline Business Air is to add two ex-American Eagle Saab 340As to its fleet, bringing the total to ten. The airline wants to develop further its Manchester-based routes and take advantage of its new code-sharing agreement with Continental Airlines. Business Air, which recently became part of the Airlines ...
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Good business
Scottish regional airline Business Air is to add two ex-American Eagle Saab 340As to its fleet, bringing the total to ten. The airline wants to develop further its Manchester-based routes and take advantage of its new code-sharing agreement with Continental Airlines. Business Air, which recently became part of the Airlines ...
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Cargo change
Swissair is to take over Sabena's cargo operations as part of a programme aimed at radically cutting costs at the Belgian airline, in which the Swiss carrier has a 49.5% share. Swissair will integrate Sabena's operations with effect from 1 January, 1997 (Flight International, 28 August-5 September). ...
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Momentum versus kinetic energy
Sir - In his letter, Alan Mason says that, "mass times velocity says it all" (Flight International, 25 September-1 October, P55). Actually, it does not - he seems to be mistaking momentum for kinetic energy, which makes more than a slight difference when talking of speeds of 27,000kt (50,000km/h). ...
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Rainbow Samurai
Japan Air System is raising its international profile. Paul Lewis/TOKYO JAPAN AIR SYSTEM (JAS) celebrated its 25th anniversary in April but, outside its home base, the airline continues to be relatively unknown. In spite of its overseas obscurity, JAS boasts annual traffic statistics and a fleet of ...
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LF507 reliability levels 'not acceptable' says Crossair
Julian Moxon/HANOVER LOWER-THAN-expected despatch reliability of the AlliedSignal Engines LF507 turbofan powering Aero International Regional (AI(R)) RJ100 Avroliners has forced the engine manufacturer to spend $30 million on developing solutions. Crossair president Moritz Suter criticised the engine's 99.3% dispatch reliability during the recent European Regional Airlines ...
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Low Alitalia prices anger low-cost carriers
THE ARRIVAL OF several new low-cost carriers in Italy has prompted flag carrier Alitalia to join the fares war on domestic routes by offering ultra-low prices on some flights. The move, which cuts one-way weekend fares to all destinations to just L99,000 ($66), and to L65,000 on several ...
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Asian service
Thai Airways International is planning to launch a new route from Bangkok to the Portuguese enclave of Macau. The service will operate three times a week. Emirates Airlines, in the meantime, will begin a thrice-weekly service between Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and Saana, in the Yemen, from 27 October. ...
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US Court threatens GAIN safety system
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC David Learmount/LONDON A COURT DECISION ordering USAir to provide lawyers with internal safety-audit data which the airline thought was protected from compulsory public release by the Federal Aviation Administration could seriously damage US efforts to set up an international safety programme. The Supreme ...
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Iberia cuts
Iberia has cut fares on major domestic trunk routes by 20-25% from 1 October. Rival Spanair matched the new fares almost immediately and Air Europa is planning a similar move. The European Comunity independent airline organisation ACE says that it is considering complaining to the European Commission on the grounds ...
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Sun seeks strategic overseas partner
Andrew Doyle/JOHANNESBURG THE SOUTH AFRICAN Government's plans for privatising domestic carrier Sun Air could get the go-ahead later this month, clearing the way for a sale by mid-1997. Trade-union representatives on the Government's transport sectoral task team, which is charged with evaluating restructuring options for the ...
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Airbus Industrie creates freight airline for Belugas
AIRBUS INDUSTRIE has set up a subsidiary to operate its A300-600ST (Super Transporter) "Beluga" outsized transports on commercial cargo charters. It is estimated that the new division, Airbus Transport International (ATI), could earn the consortium up to $15 million-worth of revenue each year using spare capacity on the Beluga fleet. ...