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    United 777s: heavy but happy

    1995-09-13T00:00:00Z

    Guy Norris/Los Angeles UNITED AIRLINES admits that its first Boeing 777s is overweight, but is still satisfied with the aircraft's performance. New 16G crash-worthy seating is the largest single contributor to the higher-than-expected operating empty weight (OEW) of the initial aircraft, says the carrier. In United's ...

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    Cathay moves its simulators Australia

    1995-09-13T00:00:00Z

    CATHAY PACIFIC Airways is to relocate most of its flight- simulator capability from Hong Kong to an Australian site yet to be decided. The move follows an A$15 million ($11.2 million) concession from the Australian Government against tax which would have been due on the company's five simulators. The first ...

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    TWA to drop regional

    1995-09-13T00:00:00Z

    TRANS WORLD Airlines (TWA) regional subsidiary Trans World Express (TWE) is to cease operations on 6 November. Its services will be taken over by independent carrier Trans States Airlines. TWE employees will be laid off and its fleet of 11 leased ATR 42s disposed of, along with the airline's maintenance ...

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    Swissair in preliminary negotiations on Austrian stake

    1995-09-13T00:00:00Z

    SWISSAIR PRESIDENT Otto Loepfe says that preliminary talks have taken place over taking an increased stake in Austrian Airlines. Loepfe says that he has already held discussions with Austria's new finance minister, Andreas Staribacher, but that he is still waiting for "a concrete reaction" from the Austrian Government, ...

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    Oriental headache

    1995-09-13T00:00:00Z

    Western manufacturers seem to be tripping over themselves in their eagerness to sign collaborative agreements with Asian partners as a low-cost route to developing new airliners. Their potential Asian partners seem to be tripping over themselves to sign such agreements, as a low-cost route to acquiring new airliner technology. If ...

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    Aeromexico profit

    1995-09-13T00:00:00Z

    Aeromexico has reported net profits of $98 million for the second quarter of 1995, turning around a loss of $33 million. The carrier says that the improvement came because it held down costs, increased sales and benefited from the stronger Mexican peso. Aeromexico has cut its fleet by seven aircraft ...

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    Kiwi Travel runs inaugural service

    1995-09-13T00:00:00Z

    Kiwi Travel International Airlines became New Zealand's second scheduled international carrier on 23 August when it ran its inaugural service between Hamilton in New Zealand's North Island and Sydney, Australia, using a Boeing 727 leased from Av Atlantic in the USA. Operating under the new Tasman open-skies policy agreed between ...

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    KLM

    1995-09-13T00:00:00Z

    Jan Meurer has been named vice-president for operations at Dutch national carrier KLM, replacing Henny Essenbert, who becomes group managing director for Air UK. Enno Osinga succeeds Meurer as vice-president for customer service at KLM Cargo. He was formerly manager of cabin- crew divisions and deputy to the manager of ...

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    Cimber co-operation

    1995-09-13T00:00:00Z

    Danish regional airline Cimber Air has joined with Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) to offer additional flights between Copenhagen and Karup and Aarhus and Aalborg from 29 October. The increased frequencies will be flown, by a mix of SAS and Cimber Air aircraft, with the latter using, 46-seat ATR 42-300 turboprops. ...

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    AirTran spin-off

    1995-09-13T00:00:00Z

    AirTran shareholders have approved the spin-off of the company's fast growing AirTran Airways (ATA) charter subsidiary. Formed in October 1994 with two Boeing 737-200s, Orlando, Florida-based ATA will operate eight 737-200s by the end of 1995. AirTran also owns Meseba. Source: Flight International

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    USAfrica returns

    1995-09-06T00:00:00Z

    USAfrica plans to resume operations later this year, flying Boeing 747-200s or McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30s from New York Newark to South Africa via Dakar, Senegal. Launched in June 1994, flying McDonnell Douglas MD-11s from Washington Dulles, USAfrica suspended operations in February 1995 when it ran out of money. The company ...

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    Computer-aided washing system

    1995-09-06T00:00:00Z

    LUFTHANSA ENGINEERING and Operational Services (LEOS), of Frankfurt-Main Airport, Germany, will put the first production Skywash automated aircraft washing system into operation before the end of September. Lufthansa Technik subsidiary LEOS claims that the Skywash will slash the time taken to wash a Boeing 747 from 10h to just 3h. ...

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    Avro emerges the winner in Sabena regional contest

    1995-09-06T00:00:00Z

    SABENA HAS SELECTED the Avro RJ85 to replace its regional-jet fleet, in a 23-aircraft order, which marks another major coup for the UK manufacturer among Europe's flag carriers. The first four aircraft will be delivered at the end of the year, with the remainder arriving by the end ...

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    KLM signs up Indian ally

    1995-09-06T00:00:00Z

    Gunter Endres/LONDON KLM HAS AGREED the basis of a far-reaching commercial partnership with India's second- largest private airline, Jet Airways. An initial memorandum of understanding was signed on 29 August and executives from the two carriers will meet soon to flesh out the proposed co-operation and ...

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    Tupolev unveils shrunk -204

    1995-09-06T00:00:00Z

    ALONGSIDE ITS NEW Tu-334, Tupolev unveiled a shortened, trunk-route, version of its Tu-204 medium-range airliner - the Tu-234. Formerly known as the Tu-204-300, the Aviadvigatel PS-90A-powered prototype Tu-234 was rolled out at MosAero on 25 August. The new 160-seater has a fuselage 6m shorter than its 214-seat stable ...

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    Tupolev rolls out Tu-334

    1995-09-06T00:00:00Z

    TUPOLEV ROLLED out its newest medium-range airliner, the 102-seat twin-turbofan Tu-334, at the MosAero show on 26 August. Intended as a successor to the earlier Tu-134, the aircraft will be operated on routes of up to 3,000km (1,600nm), and will have a maximum take-off weight of 46t. ...

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    Blanc revamps Air France

    1995-09-06T00:00:00Z

    Gilbert Sedbon/PARIS Air France chairman Christian Blanc has carried out a radical shake-up of the group's top management, which includes the departure of managing director Rodolphe Frantz. Blanc, who has received strong backing from France's new centre-right Government, will now tighten his personal control of ...

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    Great Lakes starts

    1995-09-06T00:00:00Z

    Great Lakes Aviation will begin services from Raleigh/ Durham to Myrtle Beach and Hilton Head, South Carolina, on 1 October as Midway Connection, using 19-seat Beech 1900s. Great Lakes will feed Midway Airlines, which has taken over operation of American Airlines' Raleigh/Durham hub. Source: Flight International

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    FAA issues TriStar AD

    1995-09-06T00:00:00Z

    An emergency airworthiness-directive (AD), requiring checks for cracks or breaks in Lockheed L-1011 TriStar aft pressure-bulkhead stringer fittings, was issued by the US Federal Aviation Administration on 29 August, after the sudden depressurisation of a Delta Air Lines L-1011-1 over the Pacific, en route Los Angeles to Hawaii on 23 ...

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    Lifeline for USAfrica?

    1995-09-01T15:07:00Z

    Just when World Airways thought it was safe to file for US-South Africa traffic rights held by bankrupt and grounded airline USAfrica, along came Continental Airlines. The Houston carrier has given the international startup with clipped wings a lease of life - if it can find the financing and convince ...