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Kitty Hawk follows Fine Air and drops plans to buy Southern Air
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Kitty Hawk has terminated negotiations to buy financially troubled Southern Air Transport (SAT), after the two companies failed to reach a final agreement. Neither airline would say what led to the decision to break off talks, which started soon after Miami, Florida-based Fine Air Services ...
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Lufthansa clears plans for $2.3 billion fleet expansion
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH Lufthansa has cleared plans for $2.3 billion of new aircraft orders for the airline and its regional and freight subsidiaries. A total of 42 new aircraft is to be ordered for delivery from 2000. The airline says that this order is in line with anticipated traffic increases in ...
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Italy rethinks airport proposals after Malpensa rejection
The Italian Government is revising its proposals ordering airlines to transfer from Milan Linate to Malpensa Airport after the European Commission (EC) had rejected the plan, calling it "discriminatory, disproportionate and therefore illegal". Despite the decision, Italian transport minister Claudio Burlando still insists that the airport will open as ...
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Northwest faces mechanics after pilot deal
Northwest Airlines managers face more unrest as they turn their attention to mechanics who are threatening to strike over pay and work rules. This follows resolution of a pilot strike earlier this month. The 27,000 maintenance workers of the USA's fourth-largest airline, who are represented by the International Association ...
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Workshop
-AvAero will supply Stage 3 hushkits for five Boeing 737-200s operated by Calgary, Canada-based WestJet Airlines. -Lucas Aerospace, which supplies 14 different line replacement units (LRUs) for the Embraer RJ-145, has signed a 10-year spares deal with Trans States Airlines to provide LRUs, plus maintenance on a cost-per-flight-hour basis. -United ...
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Two's Company
The announcement of the American Airlines/British Airways-led strategic alliance brings into sharp focus the long term destiny for the world's airlines. The move, which was announced on 21 September, creates a second major power to rival the Star Alliance, which until now has existed in splendid isolation. Working on ...
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Regional jam ?
Paul Lewis and Graham Warwick/FARNBOROUGH The regional aircraft market has undergone a radical shake-up in recent years, during which time supply has been dramatically curtailed in the face of finite demand. The casualties have been numerous - Fokker, Jetstream and Saab to name a few. The market has shifted from ...
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Power struggle
Andrzej Jeziorski and Guy Norris/FARNBOROUGH International Aero Engines (IAE) may be celebrating its biggest ever V2500 order, the $2.5 billion deal to power up to 188 Airbus A320 family airliners for British Airways, but the partner companies seem intent on carving up the consortium rather than enjoying its belated ...
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Deep impact
Max Kingsley-Jones/FARNBOROUGH Airbus Industrie's recent, relentless pounding of Boeing continued through the Farnborough air show week, with the European consortium announcing some $12 billion worth of sales, taking orders past 3,000. The string of recent successes, combined with a new product launch, look set to ensure that Airbus will indeed ...
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European Union carriers quietly plug JAT gap
European Union (EU) airlines are expected to take advantage of a new flight ban imposed on Yugoslavian carriers operating to EU destinations as part of the recent economic sanctions against Belgrade following its military actions against the civil population in Kosovo. Lufthansa has replaced 130-seat Boeing 737-300s normally used ...
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GATX and Flightlease form major leasing venture
GATX Capital, a leading US operating lessor, has linked with the SAirGroup leasing division Flightlease to create what is claimed to be the world's third-largest leasing company. The new company, GATX Flightlease Management, will be jointly owned and based at SAir's head office near Zurich Airport. Flightlease and GATX ...
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Last talks to save PAL
Efforts were being mounted by the Philippines Government, as Flight International went to press, to stave off the collapse of Philippines Airlines (PAL) after a warning from the carrier's owner that it will cease to operate on 24 September unless labour and debt problems are resolved. Source: Flight International
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AA/BA unveil 'world' alliance
Andrew Chuter/LONDON American Airlines and British Airways have finalised the first stage of their global expansion plans with an alliance that pulls the two carriers together with Cathay Pacific, Qantas and Canadian Airlines International. The group, which has been put together under the working title of "World Alliance", ...
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EF2000 deal firms up first batch order
Eurofighter, Eurojet and the NATO Eurofighter and Tornado Management Agency have signed fixed-price agreements covering production of the first batch of 148 EF2000 fighters and 363 engines. The so-called "Supplement 2" agreements have translated the maximum prices defined in the production contracts signed in January into fixed-price firm orders, ...
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Russian airlines hit as financial crisis bites deep
Paul Duffy/MOSCOW Russia's civil aviation industry has begun to suffer serious losses, including bankruptcies and lease cancellations, as a result of the economic and political turmoil which has hit the country in the last month. Transaero is to return two of its three McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30s to lessor ...
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American IFE
American Airlines has selected Rockwell Collins' Total Entertainment System as the in-flight entertainment (IFE) system for its new Boeing 777 fleet, with deliveries beginning in early 1999. The airline has also selected the US avionics manufacturer as the supplier of video monitor systems for 75 new Boeing 737-800s and 12 ...
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Routes
-Aer Lingus is to launch services from Dublin to Los Angeles via Shannon in June 1999, using an Airbus A330-200. -Singapore Airlines will suspend indefinitely services to Sendai, Japan, and Cairns, Australia, from 1 October. -Emirates Airlines is to provide South African Airlines with Johannesburg-Dubai services through an extension of ...
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Sextant/Smiths win
The second-generation flight management system (FMS) being jointly developed by Sextant Avionique and Smiths Industries for the Airbus A320 and A330/A340 families has been selected by several airlines for their existing fleets and future orders. The airlines are Air France, America West, Asiana, China Northwest, China Southwest and US Airways ...
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Boeing goes to the limit as it examines 777X growth
Boeing is studying an increase in the weight of the 777X to close to the ultimate design limit as it struggles to find a launch customer and stick to its late 2002 entry into service target. News of the weight boost option emerged as General Electric reversed policy and ...
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Aer Lingus seeks US suitor to beat off alliance threat
David Learmount/LONDON Aer Lingus is seeking a US airline partner prepared to inject equity into the Irish state-owned carrier. The Government intends to maintain a controlling interest in the airline. A study by the carrier into the strategic alliance plan has been approved by the minister for public ...