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EVA victory rings hollow
Five years after it started clamouring to end China Airlines' monopoly on the world's busiest air route, EVA Airways has finally gained the right to compete on the lucrative Taipei-Hong Kong sector. With the simultaneous prize of Macau, one might expect EVA to rejoice, but both victories ring somewhat hollow. ...
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Virgin plans receive cool reception
AIRLINE ANALYSTS have greeted with scepticism the declaration by Virgin Atlantic Airways that it plans to lease or buy up to $5 billion-worth of aircraft within the next three years in a bid to become one of the world's leading long-haul carriers. The airline has announced plans to ...
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Ryanair UK plans foray into Europe
RYANAIR UK IS planning a substantial expansion of the low-fare, no-frills, service concept pioneered in Europe by its Irish parent company. While keeping details under wraps until plans have been finalised, Ryanair UK managing director Tim Jeans confirms that more UK routes and a determined foray into Europe ...
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Slovenian stimulus
Deutsche Lufthansa and Slovenian carrier Adria Airways have signed a long-term co-operation agreement. From 1 January 1996, two daily frequencies from Frankfurt and a daily service from Munich to Ljubljana will be operated by Adria Airways under a code-share, and schedules will be coordinated to provide better connections to Lufthansa ...
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Czech Saab 340
Czech regional airline Air Ostrava is acquiring two secondhand Saab 340s for its expanding network, now linking Ostrava in the east of the country with Amsterdam, Prague, Salzburg, Verona and Vienna. The airline also flies corporate shuttles for VW-Skoda to Braunschweig in Germany. The first 340A, an ex-Deutsche BA aircraft, ...
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Nakanihon repeat
Nagoya-based Japanese commuter airline Nakanihon Airline Service has ordered and taken immediate delivery of a third Fokker 50, for its routes from Nagoya to Toyamu, Takamatsu, Yonago, Fukushima and Hakodate. The airline, which is owned 80% by Meitetsu and 20% by All Nippon Airways, took delivery of its first Fokker ...
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From Brabazon to Viscount
VICKERS TURNED the 1942 Brabazon Committee's requirement for a postwar Brabazon IIB into the winning VC2 design. Originally, it was to have Napier Naiad, Armstrong Siddeley Mamba or Rolls-Royce Dart engines, but it went into service with the Dart. The prototype V630 was flown on 16 July 1948, and was ...
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British World's Viscounts soldier on
BRITISH WORLD AIRLINES (BWA) is now the largest operator of Viscounts, with eight active at the end of 1995. At one stage, BWA and its predecessors operated 18 of the aircraft. Of the eight left, five have been converted to freighters and three soldiers on in passenger guise, ...
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Fair comparisons are needed on Airbus aircraft
Sir - I read the article "Battle of the big twins" (Flight International, 22-28 November, P16), which contains a number of errors and misleading comments. The airliners competing for the 300- to 350-seat market are the Airbus Industrie A330 and A340, the Boeing 777-200A, -200B and -300, ...
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Avatar eyes bigger logistics role
AIRCRAFT-PARTS reseller Avatar Alliance, formed earlier this year to acquire the Delta Air Lines surplus-parts inventory, is restructuring to offer logistics services to new low-cost airlines. Avatar says that it plans a full set of services, from parts sales through to spares provisioning and management, potentially offering start-up ...
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Irish connection
AIR BRISTOL SUBSIDIARY AB Shannon inaugurated a twice-daily service between London Gatwick and Shannon on 7 December, responding to demand for additional capacity between London and the mid-west of Ireland. The new service, flown with a BAC One-Eleven leased from Bournemouth-based European Aviation, is receiving the full start-up support of ...
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Air Macau expected to add Airbuses
Brett Hannan/MACAU START-UP CARRIER Air Macau expects to add two narrow body aircraft a year to its fleet for the next five years. The new aircraft will almost certainly be additional Airbus A320s and A321s, says airline marketing executive Dominic Ching. Air Macau, which now operates ...
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Europe agrees on ground-handling
Julian Moxon/PARIS IN A LANDMARK decision, European transport ministers have agreed to a full liberalisation of the region's airport ground-handling from 1 January 2003. Germany and Austria have refused to sign the agreement, but will still be bound by the decision, which is expected to ...
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JAA group will define tests for evacuations
JAA group will define tests for evacuations NEW CRITERIA for cabin emergency-evacuation tests are to be defined by the European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) to enable the safety of a greater variety of exit configurations to be accurately assessed, according to JAA secretary-general Klaus Koplin. After a 12 ...
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Airtours phases out MD-83s
UK CHARTER AIRLINE Airtours International has begun phasing out its fleet of seven McDonnell Douglas MD-83s, in favour of the Airbus A320. The first two aircraft have already been returned to the lessor for onward lease to Taiwanese carrier Far Eastern Air Transport. One aircraft will leave the ...
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Romanian An-24 crashes in Italy
A BANAT AIR Transport flight, operated by Romavia-owned Antonov An-24, crashed shortly after take-off from Verona, Italy, bound for Timisoara and Bucharest, Romania. All eight crew and 41 passengers died when the Romanian flight, having taken off in darkness on 13 December at about 19:00 local time in ...
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TAT posts further heavy losses
BRITISH AIRWAYS' French regional partner TAT has revealed that it again racked up heavy operating losses, of Fr583 million ($117 million), over the last financial year, up to the end of March 1995. The deficit, which has been recorded on sales of nearly Fr1.9 billion, is the second ...
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Boeing regroups as strike ends
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES BOEING IS WORKING flat out to catch up on delayed airliner deliveries and resume production after 32,000 machinist-union workers voted overwhelmingly on 13 December to return to work . The 68-day strike stopped deliveries of more than 30 airliners and suspended production ...
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Boeing defines plans for a 'simple' 777-300 stretch
Guy Norris/SEATTLE DETAILED PLANNING for the design of the stretched Boeing 777-300 is to be completed by mid-February 1996. Half of the design will be released to manufacturing by September, and major assembly is due to begin in late March 1997. Boeing is keeping the ...
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It's not where you are, it's who you are
Sir - The article "US airlines move to end passenger-liability limits", (Flight International, 15-21 November, P17) signals a welcome development as the new inter-carrier agreement addresses the long-overdue question of airline liability on a global scale. The new agreement will permit passengers to make unlimited claims under their national law, ...