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African Star licence continues, despite troubles
Hilka Birns/JOHANNESBURG South Africa's Department of Transport (DoT) is continuing to process the licence application of African Star, despite the start-up's chief executive facing charges of contravening the country's Customs & Excise Act. Investigators refuse to comment on the case, but sources say that the diversion of duty-free ...
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Germany's DFS eyes Euro ATC liberalisation and NATS tie-up
Andrew Doyle/LANGEN German air traffic services provider Deutsche Flugsicherung (DFS)is interested in forming a strategic alliance with the UK's National Air Traffic Services (NATS), as part of efforts to kick-start the rationalisation of Europe's fragmented air traffic control (ATC) infrastructure. "We think that, in the longer term, we ...
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Aeromexico and Mexicana join rival alliance groupings
Chris Jasper/LONDON Roberto Mena/MEXICO CITY Mexicana Airlines has become the tenth airline to sign with the Star Alliance, while the country's second major carrier, Aeromexico, is set to become a founder member of the Delta Air Lines/Air France global alliance, likely to be launched later this year. Mexicana will ...
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SAirGroup to buy stake in TAP rival Portugalia
TAP Air Portugal and regional rival Portugalia are set to work together for the first time after SAirGroup's deal to take a 42% stake in the latter from majority owner Grupo Espirito Santo. The Swiss company already has a deal to buy 20% of TAP from the Portuguese Government, although ...
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Austrian checks on alliance options after Franco-US deal
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Austrian Airlines may ditch its Qualiflyer alliance partners in favour of a rival grouping - partly due to the recent Air France-Delta Air Lines tie-up and partly as a knock-on effect of an Austrian Government block on plans by Qualiflyer leader SAirGroup to increase its share in the ...
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CityBird threatens Sabena
The dispute between Belgian independent CityBird and its shareholder Sabena has reached a new low, with CityBird planning to file a complaint with the European Commission against what it says is unfair competition. The move follows a row between the carriers over whether CityBird should have notified Sabena about plans ...
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GE90 secures exclusive position on 777X
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC Boeing plans to begin offering the ultra-long-range 777-200X/300X to airlines by the end of the year, following its selection of General Electric as exclusive engine supplier to the programme. The agreement with GE is for the life of the programme and comes ...
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Pratt & Whitney courts Airbus for A340 variant engine
Pratt & Whitney is in discussion with Airbus Industrie to offer the PW8160 geared fan engine on the A340-500/600 as early as 2003, in a direct challenge to Rolls-Royce's sole position on the aircraft and Boeing's selection of General Electric as its exclusive 777X engine supplier. R-R and P&W ...
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Boeing and Airbus on target for record shipments this year
Boeing and Airbus Industrie are on course to achieve record output this year, with a combined total of 450 jets having been delivered during the first six months. Boeing is heading for its all-time record of 620 deliveries, having shipped 313 aircraft since January. The highest output has come ...
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Ageing airliner census 1999
Time marches on for the world's ageing jet and turboprop airliners Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON The average age of the Western world's fleet of airliners that qualify for this year's census is 25 years. Some individual aircraft types have been subject to more intense scrutiny after recent events or incidents, as ...
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Sound solutions
BFGoodrich's campaign to quieten Boeing 727s is making rapid progress Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Spending serious money to extend the life of an airliner is tough, but spending more to re-engine it is harder. Despite the apparent economic headwind, BFGoodrich's Super 27 Boeing 727 re-engining programme is rapidly gaining momentum and ...
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Arianespace signs Ellipso deal
Julian Moxon/PARIS Arianespace has signed a unique partnership agreement with satellite telecommunications provider Ellipso, which involves the launch of a constellation of 20 satellites aboard the Ariane 5 and an investment in the system by the launch company. The memorandum of agreement, which covers four launches from early 2002, ...
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Malpensa row simmers on as airlines prepare fresh protests
Andy Nativi/GENOA The European Commission (EC) is renewing its interest in Italian moves to switch airline operations from Milan Linate Airport to the expanded airport at Malpensa, just as user airlines, led by Lufthansa, prepare to raise new objections to the plans. The airlines, which include British Airways ...
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Marketplace
Air Nostrum has bought three Fokker 50s off lease from Kenya Airways. The Spanish regional carrier has operated the aircraft on lease from Kenya for a year. Premiair has signed operating leases for three new Airbus A330-300s for delivery next summer. The Rolls-Royce Trent 772B-powered aircraft will be operated ...
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SAirGroup warns Switzerland on proposed noise penalties
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH SAirGroup is warning that Swiss Government plans to increase aircraft noise penalties around Zurich and Geneva airports threaten its ability to compete effectively internationally. The government is proposing that the two airports be forced to pay up to SFr1 billion ($658 million) over five years to ...
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Fairchild 328JET receives European certification
The Fairchild Aerospace 328JET has gained European Joint Aviation Authorities certification, with US approval set to follow before the end of the month. The certification comes as the company moves closer to finalising a 110-aircraft contract from a US carrier, believed to be Atlantic Coast Airlines (ACA). The approval, ...
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Airsat deliveries
AlliedSignal has begun initial shipments of the new Airsat 1 satellite communication avionics for use with the Iridium satellite system. The single-channel Airsat 1 will provide voice communication services on corporate and general aviation aircraft. The system costs $29,500, with telephone calls priced from $3.50/min within the same country to ...
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Winair folds
US carrier Winair has folded after eight months of operation as a low-cost carrier. The Salt Lake City-based airline, which had its hub at Long Beach, California, shut down last week having lost $15 million. Winair was launched as a charter carrier but switched to cut-price scheduled flights in November. ...
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Travel agents revolt
The uprising by travel agents was prompted last year when Cintra reduced their commission from 10% to 7% on domestic ticketing. At the heart of the reaction to the move, which put commission rates at international levels, is a deeply rooted resistance and inability of many Mexican business sectors to ...
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Estonian revival
Western philosophies are about to pay dividends for Estonian Air, which is on the verge of its first operating profit Andrew Chuter/TALLINN Looks are deceiving, I hoped, as the taxi approached the dowdy Soviet-style offices of Estonian Air at Tallinn Airport. I had come to the Estonian capital to report ...