Networks – Page 1368

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    AeroMexico restructures

    1995-08-23T00:00:00Z

    AEROMEXICO, THE largest carrier in Mexico, has completed a financial restructuring which gives banks and creditors 90% ownership of the airline. AeroMexico was owned by a group of investors when it was privatised several years ago. The financial arrangement includes conversion of Np3.25 billion ($530 million) in debt ...

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    Marshall predicts TriStar cargo demand

    1995-08-23T00:00:00Z

    MARSHALL AEROSPACE, IS predicting demand for at least 50 Lockheed L-1011 TriStar freighter conversions, during the life of the programme it is now undertaking and says, that it needs to perform around 15 for the project to break even. The Cambridge, UK-based company has so far booked 12 firm orders ...

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    KLM studies fleet revamp based on 777 acquisition

    1995-08-23T00:00:00Z

    KLM ROYAL DUTCH Airlines is studying a sweeping re-organisation plan involving the replacement of its Boeing 747-300 and McDonnell Douglas (MDC) MD-11 fleets with the Boeing 777-300. The strategic plan is believed to involve the sale of its new MD-11 fleet to US partner Northwest Airlines, which is ...

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    Airlines 'abuse CFMU' warns Eurocontrol

    1995-08-23T00:00:00Z

    Julian Moxon/PARIS MULTIPLE FLIGHT-plan bookings by "unscrupulous" airlines using Eurocontrol's new central flow-management unit (CFMU) are causing significant delays for traffic using French and Swiss airspace, says the head of the CFMU unit. The problem centres on the CFMU's recently introduced automated flight-plan processing system, ...

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    Lauda Air lease

    1995-08-23T00:00:00Z

    Lauda Air is leasing a Boeing 767-300ER from Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services for delivery on 22 August. The new aircraft will join four other 767-300ERs in Lauda Air's fleet and will be flown mainly on its Australian routes from Vienna to Sydney and Melbourne. Source: Flight International

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    US regionals rebound

    1995-08-16T00:00:00Z

    A first-half review finds the USA's regional and national carriers in improving health. Kevin O'Toole/LONDON THE MAJOR CARRIERS are not the only ones beginning to benefit from an upturn in the US airline market. With traffic growing relatively robustly and yields at last drifting upwards, the second ...

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    Skyways code-share

    1995-08-16T00:00:00Z

    Utah-based regional SkyWest Airlines, has signed a code-share agreement with Continental Airlines. SkyWest says that its agreement will not affect its status as a Delta Connection carrier. The airline's 115 daily departures from Los Angeles will carry Continental and Delta codes. Source: Flight International

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    John Wayne prepares for shoot-out

    1995-08-16T00:00:00Z

    OFFICIALS PROPOSING the sale of John Wayne Airport, Orange County, says that Federal laws and the site's complex ownership could make a successful sale "almost impossible." The Californian airport, well known for its tight noise restrictions, was offered for sale earlier this year after its local authority owner ...

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    BA/KLM set records as traffic takes off

    1995-08-16T00:00:00Z

    Kevin O'Toole/LONDON BRITISH AIRWAYS impressed analysts with record profits in the June quarter, while KLM followed with another robust performance, helping to underline the strength of demand in Europe's air markets. BA's net profits rose above £100 million ($160 million) for the quarter, the first ...

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    Phoenix Airways rescued

    1995-08-16T00:00:00Z

    PRIVATELY OWNED South African airline Phoenix Airways has been taken over by Cape Town-based charter operator Atlantic Air. The buy out, follows weeks of speculation on imminent bankruptcy hotly denied by the low-fare airline's managing director, Hugo Smit. The uncertainty surrounding Phoenix in the weeks before ...

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    Cathay profits turn up over first half of 1995

    1995-08-16T00:00:00Z

    CATHAY PACIFIC produced a better-than-expected performance for the first half of 1995, after overcoming what the airline admits was a poor start to the year. Japan's Kobe earthquake early in the year resulted in the cancellation of ten Cathay flights and added further gloom to the already depressed ...

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    Northwest and KLM increase US-Europe frequencies

    1995-08-16T00:00:00Z

    NORTHWEST AIRLINES and KLM will inaugurate a joint daily non-stop service between Washington's Dulles International and Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport on 29 October, replacing the present thrice-weekly frequencies. The new service will be flown with McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30s. The two airlines now offer joint schedules from 11 North American ...

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    More Alitila 767s

    1995-08-16T00:00:00Z

    Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (SALE), in conjunction with Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services, has wet-leased three new-build Boeing 767-300ERs to Alitalia. The first aircraft was delivered in early August, with the remaining two scheduled for delivery in November and February 1996. The three 767s were ordered from Boeing by SALE in ...

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    SIA considers new regional-jet options

    1995-08-16T00:00:00Z

    SINGAPORE AIRLINES (SIA) is considering a longer-term requirement for a smaller regional passenger jet, in addition to its yet-to-be selected "Y-aircraft", to complete replacement of its Airbus A310-200/300 fleet. The airline is examining options for a "W-aircraft" to supplement its future Y-aircraft and replace the A310 on lower-density ...

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    Regional Realities

    1995-08-16T00:00:00Z

    A REGIONAL JET used to be defined as one for regional services: now it seems that a regional jet is best defined as one that every region in the world wants to build. It is a want that not every region, (nor the world), can afford. The line-up ...

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    IFEN certificated

    1995-08-16T00:00:00Z

    Interactive Flight Technologies' video-on-demand In-Flight Entertainment Network (IFEN) has received US Federal Aviation Administration supplemental type-certification following test flying in an Alitalia McDonnell Douglas MD-11. Alitalia is evaluating the US company's in-seat video system. Source: Flight International

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    Spar markets 'virtual-reality' ADAAPS safety-analysis system

    1995-08-09T00:00:00Z

    David Learmount/ LONDON SPAR AEROSPACE is to market the "virtual-reality" safety-incident analysis system developed by Canada's National Research Council (NRC). The Canadian Company says that almost all the major North American carriers are showing significant interest (Flight International, 5-11 July). Spar Applied Systems is to ...

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    Passengers become more sophisticated

    1995-08-09T00:00:00Z

    Sir - The recent stand made by a group of UK charter carriers against low-quality flight operations is long overdue (Flight International, 12-18 July, P8 and Letters, 26 July-1 August, P39). In all markets, passengers are price-sensitive, but they are also quality-conscious. Premium-class passengers, in particular, have become ...

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    Canadian Airlines shakes up as results continue to weaken

    1995-08-09T00:00:00Z

    DETERIORATING financial results at Canadian Airlines have prompted a top-management shake out at the carrier. The day after reporting worsening losses for the second quarter (Flight International, 2-8 August) the airline's president, Kevin Jenkins, announced that seven of his top 22 executives would be departing. They will be ...

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    El Al plans to switch from purchasing to leasing

    1995-08-09T00:00:00Z

    Arie Egozi/TEL AVIV EL AL HAS APPROVED a new strategic plan in which the Israeli carrier will freeze a scheme to purchase new aircraft over the next five years and switch to a policy of leasing. El Al has previously purchased all of its aircraft. ...