News from FlightGlobal – Page 2224
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Sun rises for Northwest low-fare rival in Minneapolis
Sun Country Airlines, the USA's second largest passenger charter carrier, plans to become a low fare scheduled airline in June. The move by the Minneapolis/St Paul-based airline will be a thorn in the side of incumbent rival Northwest Airlines. The airport is Northwest's most important hub, and the US ...
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Rule change
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC The aero engine service business has undergone a fundamental overhaul since 1995, when manufacturers began to recognise the untapped potential of the aftersales market to boost revenue. Airlines, struggling to cut costs, have been moving meanwhile to spin off their engineering divisions or to exit the ...
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Visionaire workers suffer cutbacks
Dave Higdon/WITCHITA Visionaire has laid off the bulk of its workforce pending the conclusion of a continuing design review, and receipt of a substantial cash injection sought to fund the development of its Vantage single engined jet. The second wave of layoffs in as many months displaced about ...
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Big Skywest order
SkyWest Airlines has ordered 25 Bombardier CRJ 200LRs as a partial replacement for its turboprop fleet and to enable the Utah-based carrier to expand its regional services, including United Express codeshares, to the US West Coast and mountain areas. "Our plan is to use the first five aircraft to replace ...
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Telephone approval
AirCell has received a waiver of approval from the US Federal Communications Commission, allowing operation of its airborne telephone system, which connects with ground-based cellular networks. The system is targeted at general aviation and airline markets by the Louisville, Colorado-based company. Source: Flight International
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Airbus forecasts lower sales for 1999 as demand dwindles
Julian Moxon/PARIS Airbus Industrie expects to achieve "significantly lower" sales during 1999, following its record breaking year of orders and deliveries, but insists it will continue the near-50% market share achieved in 1998 in all areas where it competes with Boeing. Commercial vice-president John Leahy declines to predict the ...
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Airports
-The French minister of transport has confirmed his intention to restrict flights from Paris' second airport, Orly, to those with a range of less than 5,000km (2,700nm). The move, which is expected to take effect in 2001, means that a few slots (2.5% of the total) will be released for ...
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Debonair takes first 737-300
Debonair's fleet has been expanded with the introduction of its first Boeing 737-300, on wet lease from AB Airlines. The 139-seater is being deployed on services from London Gatwick to Barcelona, replacing smaller British Aerospace 146s. The airline is aiming to add the 737 type to its certificate during 1999, ...
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CIT Group gears up to place large Airbus/Boeing orders
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC The CIT Group is set to announce an order for up to 50 Airbus and Boeing narrowbody and widebody aircraft, representing the US financing and leasing company's first major purchase of new passenger jets. CIT's planned order is understood to include 25 Airbus A320s and ...
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EVA opts out of plans for a stake in Myanmar
Taiwan-based EVA Airways has dropped plans to buy a 50% stake in Myanmar Airways International (MAI). Talks ran aground in December, according to EVA deputy senior vice-president Nieh Kuo Wei. "We studied the market and we did want to have co-operation with Myanmar, but after careful study, we still ...
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Marketplace
-US passenger/cargo charter airline Omni Air International has taken delivery of a McDonnell Douglas (MDC) DC-10-30 from Lufthansa, which is operated by charter subsidiary Condor. The aircraft will join Omni's fleet of two DC-10-10s and one -30, and a second ex-Condor DC-10-30 will arrive in June. -Boeing won orders from ...
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JAL forms new links with oneworld partners
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Japan Airlines (JAL) has entered into a new partnership with British Airways and is deepening its ties with American Airlines in a move bringing it a step nearer to possible future membership of the oneworld alliance. JAL remains coy about its membership ambitions, ...
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PAL talks to resume as President steps in
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Philippine Airlines' (PAL) creditors have agreed to resume talks to rework the airline's rehabilitation plan, after overwhelmingly rejecting it in their initial analysis, according to the Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The announcement follows Philippine President Joseph Estrada signing an executive order making the SEC ...
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Routes
-KLM will begin operating between Amsterdam and Shanghai from 29 March, twice-weekly with a Boeing 747-400 Combi. -Northwest Airlines and Continental Airlines have begun codesharing on about 850 domestic and international flights to 95 destinations despite US Justice Department anti-trust objections. -Luxair will start a four times weekly direct scheduled ...
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Swisscargo drops spin-off proposal
Swissair's cargo division, Swisscargo, has ditched proposals to spin off its own freight airline and will instead expand its existing strategy of wet-lease and block space agreements. The tentative plan to set up the cargo airline was studied in 1997, when an initial three of five Boeing 747-300 passenger ...
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Government bank plans CAL bid
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE The Taiwanese Government-owned China Development Bank (CDB)has declared an interest in buying a 35.5% stake in China Airlines (CAL), days after Singapore Airlines (SIA) dropped its bid. CDB is an investment arm of Taiwan's ruling Nationalist Party and owns about 2% of CAL together with another ...
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Thriving business
Andrew Doyle/TEL AVIV In an era when airline bosses preach the merits of focusing on "core activities", Arkia Israeli Airlines has learned to thrive through diversification. As Israel's largest domestic carrier, Arkia built its international charter unit into a major leisure travel business, selling everything from hotel rooms ...
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Management actions
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Flight management systems (FMS) are no longer luxury items found only on large airliners, but essential equipment on commercial aircraft of all sizes and ages. The reason is the navigation accuracy now possible and the cost benefits available to airlines in the form of fuel and ...
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LHT expands
Lufthansa Technik (LHT) has opened a 4,000sq3, maintenance hangar at Stuttgart Airport in Germany. The building replaces a smaller facility that is closing to allow expansion of the airport's passenger terminal. The DM15 million hangar will be used to perform line maintenance work on the 20 aircraft that night-stop at ...