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PAL rescue plan goes into extra time
Philippine Airlines (PAL) has been given US and Philippine bankruptcy protection until the end of July, allowing the local Securities Exchange Commission (SEC)-appointed "rehabilitation committee" extra time to finalise and present a financial rescue plan. The troubled national carrier is temporarily shielded by the SEC from any claims made ...
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Pharaoh serves
Pharaoh Airlines, a new Egyptian charter, was due to begin service on 16 July flying tourists from Egypt to Turkey and the Greek Islands. The first flight was scheduled from Cairo, the airline's home base, to Istanbul. The aircraft is an ex-Euralair International Boeing 737-200. Pharaoh plans to buy ...
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Proteus confirms options to take Fairchild Dornier 728JETs
Proteus Airlines, the fast-growing French carrier which is a launch customer for the Fairchild Dornier 328JET, has confirmed its commitment for 10 options on the 70-seat 728JET. It is also "positioned" on the yet-to-be-launched 90-seat version. The decision to move to larger aircraft is part of the airline's strategy ...
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SAirGroup seeks to buy stake in Germany's LTU
In a fresh twist to the restructuring taking place in the increasingly aggressive German charter market, Swissair parent SAirGroup has entered negotiations to buy a 34.7% stake in German charter carrier LTU. The stake is held by Westdeutsche Landesbank, which has been ordered to sell by Germany's competition watchdog, the ...
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Swiss World 767 arrives in Geneva
Swiss World Airways' recently acquired Boeing 767-200ER has been flown to its Geneva base for pre-certification system checks. The 767 has been leased from Air New Zealand/Ansett Australia for two years and will be used to launch the airline's first route between Geneva and New York Newark. Swiss World, which ...
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TrunkLiner future lies in the balance as China nears decision
The future of the troubled Boeing MD-90 TrunkLiner programme is hanging in the balance with the Chinese Government expected to decide the fate of the programme shortly. Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) is facing the prospect of its second major setback in recent months after the collapse of the ...
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Virgin Express aims for Ireland
Ian Sheppard/LONDON Brussels-based low-cost carrier Virgin Express will this month apply for a Republic of Ireland air operator's certificate (AOC). This will see the airline establish a new base in Ireland at a fraction of the cost of operating from Belgium. The airline says it has no intention ...
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Double standards
Any remaining doubts that action on airline safety is needed in South Asia and Asia-Pacific have been dissolved by the accidents that occurred in the first six months of 1998. After the 2 February Cebu Pacific Air fatal accident, the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) broke its characteristic neutral silence ...
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Kenya's African hub
Kenya Airways reports 21% growth in business on African routes last year as it continued to expand the hub concept at Nairobi, which is now connected to 19 destinations throughout the continent. Overall, the airline reports an 8.8% rise in sales for its 1997/8 financial year to KSh11.6 billion ($196 ...
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EC allows American/BA alliance in exchange for Heathrow slots
Carriers on both sides of the Atlantic are stressing that there is still all to play for despite the European Commission's long-awaited ruling on the British Airways and Lufthansa transatlantic alliances. Major US airlines are already gearing up to lobby the US Department of Transportation to increase access to ...
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Indonesia is hit the hardest as traffic plunges in Asia-Pacific
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Passenger numbers at Asia-Pacific airports tumbled by nearly 10% in March, with individual gateways in the region down by as much as half. The Asian downturn also appears to be affecting international traffic through US West Coast gateways. Worst hit in the region was Indonesia, with ...
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Aeropostal enters widebody world with A310s
Venezuela's LAV Aeropostal has added its first widebodied types - two Airbus A310s - on lease from Airbus Industrie. The Latin American airline has concluded a deal to acquire two 11-year-old Pratt & Whitney PW4000-powered ex-Pan Am/ Delta Air Lines A310-300s on five-year leases from Airbus Industrie Leasing. Deliveries ...
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A310 seizure forces Afrique suspension
Debt-laden Air Afrique has been forced to suspend its long-haul route network following the seizure of its four Airbus A310-300s by creditors. The Abidjan, Ivory Coast-based carrier, which is owned by 11 French-speaking West African nations and the French Government, has been struggling financially since the CFA Franc, the ...
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Bombardier rethinks turboprop marketing
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Bombardier has acknowledged the need to rethink the marketing strategy for its de Havilland Dash 8 family as the growing success of regional jets makes selling turboprops airliners more difficult. "The road is going to be bumpy, as the excitement is around jets," says Bombardier ...
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Launch of Falklands airline is put back
Plans to launch an airline to serve the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic from the South American mainland have been postponed until later this year. British South Atlantic Airlines (BSAA) had been planning to start operations between the Islands and Sao Paulo, Brazil, in April with a wet-leased ...
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Kyrgyzstan begins fleet update with debis A320
Kyrgyzstan Airlines has become the first CIS operator of an Airbus fly-by-wire type, with the introduction of a leased A320. The airline plans to take additional Western aircraft, including two A319s, as part of its fleet modernisation programme. The four-year-old Airbus A320 has been acquired on a four-year operating ...
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Lufthansa Cargo slams Boeing for closing down MD-11 production
Lufthansa Cargo has criticised Boeing's decision to cease production of the MD-11. Speaking during the ceremony to hand over the carrier's first two tri-jet freighters at Frankfurt early this month, Lufthansa Cargo chairman Wilhelm Althen described the production shutdown decision as "very regrettable". He described the arrival of ...
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Marketplace
-A New Tahitian carrier, Air Tahiti Nui, will launch services to points on the US West Coast and Japan later this year with an ex-Air France Airbus A340-200 leased from Airbus Industrie Financial Services. -SAS Commuter has increased its firm orders for Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8-400 from 15 to ...
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Cathay flight breaks record and leads to series of polar trials
Polar flight trials conducted by four carriers between North America and Asia are scheduled to begin on 15 July following a record-breaking inaugural flight, dubbed Polar One, by Cathay Pacific Airways, non-stop from New York to Hong Kong. The Federal Aviation Authority of Russia has given permission for a ...
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A320 beats 737 in Qatar fight
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Qatar Airways has selected the Airbus A320 over the rival Next Generation Boeing 737 for its new short-haul fleet, and concluded a deal with Airbus for up to 11 aircraft. The Gulf airline is now turning its attention to the replacement of its A300s. The airline ...