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Routes
-Jersey European Airways is introducing three daily flights between Edinburgh and Paris for Air France, which will be operated by British Aerospace 146s. -India's Jet Airways will introduce services from Chennai (Madras) to Port Blair in the Andaman Islands from January, using Boeing 737s. -US Airways will begin services with ...
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Star picks managers as it gears up for fight
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH The six airline members of the Star Alliance have appointed a dedicated management team to take over the day-to-day running of their operation in a bid to achieve more effective co-operation in key areas. The move forms part of aggressive plans by Star, the largest members ...
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The spectrum challenge
Chris Yates/MANCHESTER The aeronautical community must pool its resources and protect its strategic interests if it is to avoid losing the hundreds of millions of dollars invested in satellite navigation. The threat comes from an Inmarsat-sponsored proposal, currently before the International Telecommunications Union-World Radio Council (ITU-WRC), to share frequencies ...
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Boeing to revise twin-aisle development strategy
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Boeing Commercial Airplanes is revising its twin-aisle development strategy because of the collapsing Asian market. The board is due to be briefed on the plan by 18 December. Product development cost cuts ordered as a result of the downturn will affect key programmes, including the ...
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Northwest to decide soon on regional jet order
Paul Lewis/SAO JOSE CAMPOS Northwest Airlines is expected to decide soon on a new regional jet, ahead of a critical ruling by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) over the dispute between Bombardier and Embraer on the use of state subsidies to sell competing aircraft. The US carrier is ...
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TWA twin-source deal surprises market
Trans World Airlines' decision to set up deals with Airbus Industrie and Boeing for competing 100-seaters - totalling 250 aircraft, including options - has raised questions over the US airline's future strategy. The deal remains to be finalised, but TWA has signed letters of intent (LoIs) for 50 717-200s, ...
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Indian Airlines to order six ATR 42-500 turboprops
Indian Airlines is to order six ATR 42-500 turboprop airliners from the Franco-Italian ATR company. The deal also marks the start of a manufacturing cooperation between Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) and the European aerospace concern. "Indian Airlines has not conveyed its decision to us, but its board has approved the ...
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HAL and Airbus sign on A320 freighter
Hindustan Aeronautics and Airbus Industrie have signed a memorandum of understanding to study cargo versions of the A320 family. Initially, the study will explore the commercial and technical aspects of the project. Freighter, Quick Change and Convertible versions of the A319, 320 and 321 are under consideration. The aircraft ...
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Garuda pushes to renegotiate 737 leases
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Garuda Indonesia is in talks with the US Export-Import Bank, Boeing and General Electric to renegotiate leases on six Boeing 737s. The airline says talks attended by airline president Abdul Gani and president commissioner Robby Djohan began on 11 December in Seattle, focusing on credit terms ...
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AirOne results
Italian airline AirOne has reported a turnover increase of 40% for the first nine months of this year, to L226.7 billion ($135 million) compared with the same period last year. The carrier has also recorded an operating profit for the first time in its three years of operation. The L5.8 ...
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Volvo expands
Volvo Aero has acquired a 66.6% holding in Norwegian engine repair and component manufacturer Norsk Jetmotor. The take-over of the Kongsberg-based company is still subject to Norwegian Government approval. Source: Flight International
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Airports
-Augsburg Airport, near Munich, is to undergo a DM50 million ($31 million) upgrade. It will involve the introduction of a new passenger terminal, a runway extension to accommodate aircraft up to the size of the Airbus A319, and the installation of instrument landing systems at both ends. Work is due ...
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Delayed maintenance blamed for Nigerian 707 engine loss
Herman De Wulf/BRUSSELS Delayed C-check maintenance on a Nigerian Boeing 707-320C freighter is being linked to the loss of its No 3 engine over Southern Belgium on 14 October. Belgian accident investigators say that the IAT Cargo aircraft, which made an emergency landing at Ostend, should have had ...
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KLM reveals plans for cargo alliance
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON KLM has revealed a three-stage plan that will lead to the setting up of a standalone cargo airline early in the next decade in a joint venture with its alliance partners, Alitalia and Northwest Airlines. The plan is part of the recently finalised link between KLM ...
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Marketplace
-Boullioun Aviation Services has ordered three Boeing 737-300s, to increase its orderbook with the manufacturer to 63. The -300s will be delivered in the second half of 1999. -Varig has leased a Boeing 737-700 from GE Capital Aviation Services. -French charter airline Euralair will take delivery of the first of ...
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Oneworld infrastructure begins to take shape
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Airline efforts to establish working arrangements for the recently unveiled oneworld alliance are intensifying, with the first meeting of chief executives from the five founding members and the proposed creation of a new common ground-handling operation in Europe. The heads of American Airlines, British Airways, ...
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PAL hunts for fresh funding as Northwest turns its back
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Philippine Airlines (PAL) is again involved in a desperate search for fresh financing, as Northwest Airlines shows little interest in coming to the rescue of the stricken national carrier after Cathay Pacific Airways pulled out of investment talks. Cathay has officially confirmed that it has ...
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Pembroke breaks Boeing 717 drought with order for 10
Irish lessor Pembroke Capital has broken the Boeing 717 order drought with an order for 10 of the 100-seat twinjets, for delivery between March 2000 and May 2001. The contract, valued at about $320 million based on list prices, takes the 717's firm order backlog to 65 aircraft. Pembroke ...
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PS-90A overtakes 6,000h milestone
The lead Aviadvigatel/ Perm Motors PS-90A turbofan passed the 6,000h on the wing mark at the end of November, on an Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-96-300 flying a regular scheduled flight. Aviadvigatel general director Yuri Reshetnikov says that the engine will shortly be removed and given a full stripdown examination, a ...
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Routes
-Royal Brunei Airlines gives "the regional economic situation" as its reason for "temporarily" suspending scheduled services between Bandar Seri Begawan in Brunei and Osaka, Japan. -Northwest Airlines is to double its seasonal frequency between Tokyo, Japan and Anchorage, Alaska, by operating two weekly McDonnell Douglas DC-10 flights. -Royal Air Maroc ...