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British Airways
BRITISH AIRWAYS John Wood has been named director for Asia-Pacific at UK national carrier British Airways. Wood, most recently general manager/ vice-president for Canada, based in Toronto, replaces Val Gooding, who is to leave the airline. LITTON Steven Lambert has been appointed president ...
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Qantas aims to keep on saving
QANTAS CHAIRMAN Gary Pemberton has warned that, despite improved profits, further fleet expansion will have to be backed by renewed cost savings. Qantas ended its latest financial year to the end of June with net profits up by more than one-third at A$247 million ($190 million), comfortably ahead ...
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BWIA confirms cancelled Airbus orders
GILLES FILIATREAULT, incoming chief executive at BWIA International Airways, has confirmed that the Caribbean carrier does not intend to take two Airbus A340-300s it had ordered. Filiatreault says that, when he took over the job in August, he was reassured by BWIA's shareholders that the Airbus orders were effectively cancelled. ...
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Manx takes over BA's 'loss-making' Scottish services
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON BRITISH AIRWAYS is to withdraw from its loss-making network of services in the Scottish "Highlands and Islands", and the operations taken over by its franchise affiliate Manx Airlines. The network, which is now served by BA's fleet of British Aerospace ATPs, includes services ...
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Spanish regional aims for November start-up
A NEW SPANISH regional airline, Canarias Regional Air, is targeting November to start low-fare services on routes within the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands and mainland Spain. The carrier, which is based in Tenerife, in the Canary Islands, will have operating bases in Madrid, Palma da Majorca and ...
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Boeing faces delay in plans to launch its longer-range 777X
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES BOEING'S PLANS to launch an ultra-long range version of the 777 for service entry by May 1999 are expected to be delayed by airline uncertainty over the derivative choice, and the emergence of new offerings from Airbus and McDonnell Douglas (MDC). Boeing announced ...
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Boeing counters A3XX-200 with new 747-700X proposal
Andrew Doyle/LONDON and Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES BOEING PLANS to tackle Airbus Industrie's proposed ultra-high-capacity A3XX-200 head-on with a radical development of its next-generation 747, designated the -700X. In a move seen as an attempt to pre-empt efforts by Airbus to persuade potential customers to wait ...
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Saeaga plans for major expansion
THE MALAYSIAN OWNER of Saeaga Airlines has unveiled plans to acquire larger jet-powered aircraft and expand the ten-month-old domestic carrier internationally. According to Malaysian tycoon and Saeaga chairman Ting Pek Khiing, the airline plans to order ten Boeing 737-700s. "We will be signing a deal with Boeing next ...
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Air Philippines plans
Alec Almazan/MANILA AIR PHILIPPINES is planning to launch new regional services and expand its domestic network, using five Boeing 737-200s which it will introduce through to the end of the year. Further expansion is envisaged, with the acquisition of widebodied types planned. The ten-month-old carrier now ...
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Honeywell and Rockwell
HONEYWELL AND Rockwell are on course for further conflict in the traffic-alert and collision-avoidance (TCAS) market as both companies announce progress with their product lines. British Airways is to be the launch customer for Honeywell's TCAS II system (dubbed TCAS 2000). The unit is scheduled for certification in ...
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Pyongyang trials cancelled
SOUTH KOREA has forced the cancellation of international-airline flight trials through the Pyongyang Flight Information Region (FIR), until procedural issues have been resolved with North Korea. Trials had been planned for 1-5 September by Cathay Pacific Airways, Delta Air Lines, Korean Air, Northwest Airlines and United Airlines. Selected westbound flights ...
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Saab sells 2000s and gains 340 customer
SAAB AIRCRAFT HAS SOLD two further Saab 2000s to French carrier Regional Airlines and added an Egyptian customer to its list of Saab 340 operators. The 2000 deal boosts the French carrier's numbers of the type to seven - making it the second-largest operator of the aircraft, behind Crossair. The ...
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ValuJet take-off
THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration reinstated ValuJet's air-carrier operating privileges on 29 August, allowing the grounded US low-cost carrier to resume flight operations as early as 4 September. ValuJet successfully completed a series of "proving runs" for FAA inspectors in late August, and the US Department of Transportation ...
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ATA retrenches
American Trans Air (ATA) will stop offering flights from Boston soon, in the face of stiff competition. As a result, the US carrier is cancelling leases on five Boeing 757-200s, which will be returned to lessors by the end of November. It is phasing out scheduled services between Boston and ...
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New Munich Airport is 'too small'
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH LUFTHANSA IS WARNING that it will soon encounter shortages of terminal capacity at Munich Airport, just a year after declaring its intention to turn the new airport into a major hub. "We have one problem in Munich: the airport is too small," says Christoph ...
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Boeing's £6 billion bonanza
Boeing Commercial Airplane set the show alight yesterday with the announcement of 68 jetliner orders worth $6.3 billion. The company also revealed it is to launch a new version of the 757 twinjet - the 757-300 which will seat 20 per cent more passengers than the 757-200. Launch ...
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Boeing's trump card is a new 650-seat Jumbo
Boeing has plans for a 650-seat version of the 747, dubbed the 700X, it was revealed at Farnborough yesterday. Although the company says it does not expect to build the aircraft, it is clearly gearing up to take on Airbus Industrie if it launches its 555-800 seat A3XX double-decker ...
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French buy three RJs
Bombardier Regional Aircraft, having just enjoyed a record-breaking week of new orders, kicked off Farnborough ‘96 with another $60 million worth of business. Brit air of Morlaix, France took the opportunity of a visit to the Show to sign a contract for three Canadair Regional Jets and indicated that ...
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Warm interest in proposed MD-XX
McDonnell Douglas has received six letters of interest from airlines indicating possible orders for more than 40 of its proposed new 300-seater airline, the MD-XX. MDC president and chief executive officer Harry Stonecipher says he cannot reveal how many potential orders would be required to launch the MD-XX officially, ...
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Stahlwille makes a science of tool control
Not everyone who exhibits at Farnborough jets in from overseas or travels hundreds of miles along the motorway network. Just ask that chaps at Stahlwille Tools who base their operations a mere stone's throw from the showground in nearby Camberley. As the company name may suggest, there is ...