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Air Canada has received the first of six Rolls-Royce Trent 700-powered Airbus A330-300s. Qatari wet-lease specialist Gulf Falcon Group has arranged to acquire five ex-Japan Airlines Boeing 747s, including two -100s and three -200s, from Itochu Air Lease, for delivery from December. Indigo Aviation has sold two CFM International CFM56-powered ...
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TWA and Delta expand hub feed
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Trans World Airlines is to launch a regional jet operation as part of an expansion of its feeder service. Another US carrier, Delta Air Lines, has moved to further strengthen its Connection network by acquiring partner airline Comair. TWA plans to have eight 50-seat regional ...
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Lufthansa's Lido scoops BA flight planning contract
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH British Airways has chosen Lufthansa Group subsidiary Lido to provide its new advanced flight planning system after a two-year selection process. The UK carrier will use Lido Operation Centre (Lido OC) for all flight planning and dispatch procedures, replacing the SWORD system bought from American Airlines ...
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Injury payment
China Southern Airlines will pay up to HK$5,000 ($645) compensation and medical costs to passengers hurt when a Boeing 757 hit severe turbulence injuring 45 on board, some of them seriously. The aircraft dropped 2,000ft (600m) in 10s from 21,000ft before the captain regained control. The co-pilot, who was not ...
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Burning issues
A new report challenges aviation's complacency about the long-term effect it may have on the atmosphere Julian Moxon/PARIS Look at the sky on a clear day and you are likely to see contrails produced by high-flying aircraft, their criss-cross patterns melting slowly to form light, wispy cirrus-type clouds before they ...
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SIA gets set to join Star Alliance
Jens Flottau/TOKYO Singapore Airlines (SIA) is to join the Star Alliance by the start of the second quarter of next year after an on-off saga in which the Asian giant seemed to distance itself from the group after clashing with Star member Air New Zealand over ownership of Ansett Australia. ...
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Fine looks to replace DC-8s
Paul Lewis/MIAMI Recently merged cargo carriers Fine Air and Arrow Air are looking to acquire freighters to replace their McDonnell Douglas DC-8-50s. The newly amalgamated company intends to acquire eight freighters by the middle of next year to replace an equal number of Fine Air's DC-8-50Fs. Both companies ...
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BA snubs 717 and stays with Airbus for short-haul fleet strategy revamp
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON British Airways' decision to order more Airbus narrowbodies rather than the Boeing 717 for its 100-seat needs is part of a major short-haul fleet strategy revamp. According to sources within the carrier, the three-year-plan, which comes as part of the airline's strategy of reducing capacity and ...
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Air Botswana fleet is wrecked
Linden Birns/CAPE TOWN Air Botswana has wet-leased aircraft from South Africa's SA Express to reinstate services after almost all its aircraft were destroyed in a bizarre pilot suicide crash last week. An enraged pilot, recently grounded for medical reasons by the small southern African airline, apparently vented his ...
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American Eagle starts phasing out Saabs
American Eagle Airlines has begun to phase out its massive Saab 340 fleet, with the entry into service of the new Embraer ERJ-135 and gradual transition to a predominantly turbofan-powered operation by 2005. The AMR-owned regional carrier has put the first nine of its 115 Swedish twin-turboprops on the ...
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Airbus wins more business in USA
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC The Airbus A318 has received another major sales boost. America West, Frontier Airlines and Air China are to announce orders for 33 aircraft days after British Airways concluded its deal for up to 24 of the new jets. Boeing chairman Phil Condit has publicly conceded ...
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Polar Air Cargo has introduced two additional Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7Q-powered 747-200 freighters and retired one of its older747-100s. Cathay Pacific has ordered two additional Rolls-Royce RB211-524H-powered Boeing 747-400 freighters, for delivery in September 2000 and August 2001. The Hong Kong-based carrier has also concluded its lease deal with Air ...
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Airports
Caracas Maiquetia Airport is undergoing the first phase of a $100 million upgrade project, dubbed "Maiquetia 2000". This will see the airport's main passenger terminal reconstructed within a two-level departure/arrival layout, due to open in 2001. The airport's runway is also undergoing major repairs. Work has begun at Knoxville's McGhee ...
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Purchase moves Aegean up to second
Julian Moxon/PARISGreek start-up Aegean Airlines will be the second-largest airline in the country, after state-owned Olympic Airways, as a result of a forthcoming purchase of a majority share in Air Greece. Aegean has agreed to take over the 54% share of Air Greece held by shipping company Minoan Lines. It ...
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MRO merger talks fade amid legal suits
Chris Jasper/LONDON BFGoodrich and US aircraft maintenance specialist Aviation Sales have held talks about a possible merger, say industry sources, adding that negotiations have petered out as Aviation Sales faces a possible court action over claims that it issued misleading statements on demand for its services and likely earnings. ...
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Atlantic Excellence ends after leaders split
Chris Jasper/LONDON Hilka Birns/CAPE TOWN The Atlantic Excellence Alliance has been wound up, formalising the split between the group's leaders, Delta Air Lines and Swissair, which emerged following the US giant's bilateral agreement with Air France. The alliance was formed in June 1996, bringing together Swissair, Austrian Airlines, Belgium's ...
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Latin America deals to strengthen Wings
Continental Airlines is moving to strengthen the presence of the planned Wings alliance in Latin America through tie-ups with smaller carriers. The plan is to compete for access with oneworld and the Star Alliance. The Houston-based carrier confirms it would like Venezuelan partner Aserca Airlines to join the Wings ...
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Tailored to fit
Airbus has developed a flexible aircraft system, reducing lead times, cutting costs and trimming parts inventories Julian Moxon/TOULOUSE Until recently, the manufacture of aircraft was driven by forces that had little in common with the markets into which the resulting products were sold. Lead times were long and out of ...
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Squabble over Iberia resolved
Spanish flag carrier Iberia is to be privatised on 22 November following the resolution of a dispute between prospective shareholder British Airways and another investor over how much voting control should be granted to the UK major. Although BA is due to take a 9% stake in Iberia, with ...
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Airbus closes on Libya deal
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Airbus Industrie is set to clinch a major aircraft order from Libyan Arab Airlines (LAA) as the carrier prepares to relaunch its international network after the lifting of United Nations sanctions on Libya. The Libyan flag carrier has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with European ...