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PAL faces home threat
Faltering deregulation in the Philippines will receive a boost this month with the startup of the first serious domestic competition for the country's flag carrier. Grand International Airways (GrandAir), set up by a group of former senior Philippine Airlines officials, will operate two Airbus A300s on a four ...
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Virgin bucks Oz trend
Virgin Atlantic appears intent on bucking the trend on the highly competitive Kangaroo route. As the UK carrier threatens legal action to gain access, the incumbents are reassessing their independent approach on the route. Virgin's threat follows hard on the heels of a cooperation deal with Malaysia Airlines, ...
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Beijing beckons
Paul Lewis/BEIJING In the 16 years since China opened its doors to reform, the country has emerged as a major trading partner of the West and is on course to become an economic superpower in the next century. Underlining its emerging importance are the many corporations beating a ...
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Douglas concentrates on proposal for MD-11 Twin
Guy Norris/ LOS ANGELES McDONNELL DOUGLAS has revealed new details of the medium-range twin-engined version of the MD-11 now emerging as an early leader in Douglas Aircraft's (DAC) studies of potential developments of the tri-jet. The twin would be aimed primarily at the McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 ...
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LOT signs three airlines to co-operate in Europe
LOT POLISH AIRLINES has signed co-operation agreements with three European carriers, while reporting a significant increase in 1994 passenger traffic. The Polish flag carrier experienced a 13% growth in passengers carried in 1994 - more than double the world average. The co-operation agreements are with Austrian ...
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Airlines face prospect of dearer leases as capacity shortages begin to bite
AIRLINES COULD begin to face a shortage of aircraft capacity as soon as 1996, leading to a steep rise in leasing rates according to industry specialist, GATX Air. "There's going to be a scarcity again," warned GATX Air executive vice-president Glenn Hickerson, when he addressed airline representatives at ...
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China Yunnan 767s replace 757 order
CHINA YUNNAN Airlines' recently announced order for three Rolls-Royce RB.211-524H-powered Boeing 767-300s (Flight International, 18-24 January) replaces a previously unannounced order for three 757-200s. The Kunming-based carrier had been scheduled to receive three 757s from state-owned China Aviation Supplies (CASC). The aircraft are among 13 RB.211-535-powered 757s originally ...
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Middle Eastern airlines report mixed results
CARRIERS IN THE Middle East are looking for an upturn in 1995, improving on a patchy performance over the past year among the region's national carriers. Privatisation also remains on the agenda. Saudi Arabian carrier Saudia could be back on course for break-even this year because of an ...
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Zambia troubles spark regional-airline hopes
THE COLLAPSE OF Zambia's flag carrier is proving the catalyst for the probable creation of a new domestic carrier and the possible formation of a network of southern African regional airlines. South Africa's SA Express (SAX) has told Zambia that it is willing to fund 40% of the ...
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Swissair strikes blow for satellite links
Kieran Daly/LONDON SWISSAIR HAS dealt would-be providers of terrestrial-based air-to-ground telephones a major blow by opting to fit its domestic European fleet with satellite communications. It is understood, however, that Lufthansa is about to sign up to use the competing terrestrial flight-telephone system (TFTS). ...
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Expressly Alabama
Alabama Express Airways is to provide daily short-haul flights within Alabama, USA, using five British Aerospace Jetstream 31s. The new regional carrier will be based in Tuskegee, Alabama, but will centre operations on Montgomery and Mobile until Tuskegee's municipal airport is expanded. Source: Flight International
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JAS pulls back
Japan Air System (JAS) plans to suspend Tokyo-Singapore flights from 1 April, as part of cutbacks in international services in favour of more profitable domestic routes. Aircraft and crews will be redeployed on ten new domestic routes planned for launch in 1995. JAS scrapped its Honolulu service in 1994 after ...
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Germany embarks on GPS testing
THE GERMAN air-navigation-services agency, the DFS, has begun a satellite-navigation test programme which could lead to satellite-based non-precision approaches being allowed this year. The programme, begun in December, 1994, is being carried out in co-operation with the Federal Aviation Office (LBA) and Nuremberg-based regional carrier Eurowings. ...
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Orders hit the bottom
Orders for jet-powered airliners in 1994 were the worst for more than a decade Kevin O'Toole/LONDON The jet-airliner market provided little to shout about in 1994, but the performance may prove more encouraging than some of the headline figures suggest. Boeing is right to point out ...
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Expensive mistakes
The number of airline accidents rose a little in 1994, and insurance costs beat all records. David Learmount/LONDON World airline accident fatalities increased in 1994, compared with 1993, and exceeded the decade annual average. The increase is an insignificant variation in the context of annual figures during the ...
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PNG begins shut-down of aviation infrastructure
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS PAPUA NEW Guinea has begun the progressive withdrawal of major elements of its aviation infrastructure because of a lack of funding. The closures could eventually result in a complete shut down of the country's airways system and its airports. Air-traffic-control (ATC) services ...
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ATR/BAe ready to tie regional-airliner knot
Kieran Daly/LONDON ATR AND BRITISH Aerospace are on the verge of announcing the long-awaited combination of their regional-airliner activities. Under the deal, BAe's Jetstream operation will merge with the Franco-Italian consortium. Its Avro regional-jet division will also be brought into the deal, possibly through a joint marketing arrangement. ...
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Russians seek new US routes
TWO RUSSIAN airlines, Transaero and Krasnoyarsk Airlines, have filed applications with the US Department of Transportation (DoT) to start passenger services from Russia to the USA. Three Russian airlines now hold DoT licences to operate to the USA, but only Aeroflot carries passengers. The others, Moscow Airways and ...
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Insurers face record claims bill
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON THE GROWING COST of passenger-liability claims has begun to raise alarm in insurance markets, following early predictions that 1994 was a record year for airline losses. The total bill for major hull and liability losses on Western-built passenger jets leapt to more than $1.5 ...
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Alitalia pilots to strike over wages
ALITALIA PILOTS planned a . strike on 18 January, in an attempt to apply further pressure on the carrier's management to concede pay increases in return for productivity improvements. The strike threat comes amid talks between Alitalia and its two pilots' unions over the need for major cost-savings ...