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Delta's finance chief
Leo Mullin, Delta's president and chief executive, has snubbed industry veterans in making his first senior level pick. Mullin, who himself had no airline experience, has hired Warren Jenson, the current financial chief at a major US television network, to become Delta's chief financial officer. Mullin cited the former accountant's ...
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BA Finnish links
British Airways and Finnair were to start codesharing on 15 services from London/Heathrow and Gatwick to Helsinki and Stockholm on 29 March, and from Manchester to Stockholm and Helsinki from 2 May. Deutsche BA will join the codeshare this summer. Finnair was to codeshare with BApartner LOT from 29 March ...
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Ilyushin freighter efficiency fails to impress Aeroflot director
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW The head of Aeroflot has warned that the airline will not increase its orders for the Ilyushin II-96T freighter because the aircraft will not offer competitive operating economics. Speaking at a special gathering of Russia's Federal Aviation Service to review air cargo operations, Valery Okulov, Aeroflot general ...
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ILFC negotiates with Airbus and Boeing for 100-seaters
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Leasing giant International Lease Finance (ILFC) has confirmed negotiations with Airbus Industrie and Boeing over a possible purchase of the 100-seat A319M5 and 717-200. "The 717 is under review by ILFC, as is the A319M5. We're talking, we're considering, but I can't give you any ...
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Boeing cools on MD-11's future
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Boeing has toned down its optimism over the future of the MD-11 and warns that more problems with Next Generation 737 manufacturing might produce additional delivery delays, making a third consecutive quarterly charge a possibility. There are signs that more lay-offs could follow. Production problems left Boeing ...
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Boeing sets 777X launch target
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Boeing says it needs orders for up to 30 777-200Xs before it will consider launching the much delayed ultra long range derivative. "We need 30 aircraft from a couple of airlines and we're all set to go," says product marketing regional director, Dan Olason who ...
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Armenian begins fleet renewal with Airbus A310
Armenian Airlines has begun the first phase of its fleet modernisation with a deal to lease a secondhand A310-200, which it expects to be the start of move to a large Airbus fleet. The deal, which represents Armenia's acquisition of its first Western-built aircraft, will see a Pratt & ...
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Cityjet and Business Air line up ex-Regional Saab 2000s
Saab is gaining two more European customers for its Saab 2000s, with the lease of second hand examples to Cityjet and Business Air. The source for the aircraft is Regional Airlines of France, which had a fleet of 11 2000s, all of which are leased from Saab Aircraft Credit, ...
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El Al discusses no frills spin-off
Arie Egozi/TEL AVIV El Al is studying the creation of a low fare joint venture airline which could help it reduce its operating restrictions on the Jewish Sabbath. The Israeli national carrier sees a niche for a low cost airline for operations on "no frills" flights to destinations ...
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Italy's Eurofly seeks 767s as it aims for long haul expansion
Marco Bonelli/ROME Italian charter airline Eurofly, controlled 45% by Alitalia, has revealed plans to introduce long haul services, beginning by the end of this year. The carrier is seeking at least two Boeing 767-300ERs, which could be purchased by Alitalia, in addition to the three leased 767s taken on ...
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Airbus firms up Latin American order
Airbus Industrie has sealed its long awaited joint order for up to 179 A320-family aircraft with Latin American airlines LanChile, TACA and TAM. Included are a total of 90 firm orders and 89 options: 20 firm orders and 20 options from LanChile, and 32 firm orders with 32 options ...
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LOT prepares to make cargo expansion
Andrzej Jeziorski/WARSAW LOT Polish Airlines is planning to lease a freighter for the next winter season in a move towards expanding its cargo operation. The airline's cargo division says that it is looking for a long haul freighter with a payload of around 40t, such as a McDonnell ...
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Lufthansa says railways are 'unco-operative'
Lufthansa has accused German national railway company Deutsche Bahn of being unco-operative over plans to transfer substantial parts of the airline's domestic network to the railways in the year 2001. Representatives of the airline in talks with the rail company complain that Deutsche Bahn is refusing to make provisions ...
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Marketplace
-Tower Air will wet-lease two Boeing 747-100 freighters to Chilean cargo airline Fast Air Cargo for one year. Fast Air operates three McDonnell Douglas DC-8-73s on services within Latin America and to the USA. -Willis Lease Finance has committed to purchase 12 Boeing 747-100s and spare engines from United Airlines, ...
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PAL overrun adds to Pacific Rim troubles
David Learmount/LONDON A Philippine Airlines (PAL) Airbus Industrie A320 ploughed off the end of the runway at Bacolod, Philippines, on 22 March, killing three people on the ground. Large numbers of passengers and people living just outside the airport, where the aircraft came to a halt, were seriously injured, ...
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Safety concerns prompt ICAO to rethink pilot licence rules
David Learmount/FRANKFURT The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) is proposing to change fundamentally the basis on which pilot licences are issued. The move is a response to rising concerns over safety, said a senior executive of the organisation at a Flight International conference in Frankfurt. Future pilot licences ...
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Routes
-Crossair will operate Swissair services to Baku in Azerbaijan, Riga in Latvia, Samara in Russia and Tbilisi, Georgia from 1 May. Meanwhile, Crossair has added a weekday Basle-Malaga via Geneva service, and two flights a week to Gerona. -Gulf Air will introduce a twice-weekly service on 4 July alternating between ...
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Virgin Express brings back French flights
Virgin Express has re-introduced services between Nice and Brussels by reviving its French subsidiary. Air Provence Charter, which was a joint venture involving EBA Eurobelgian Airlines when Richard Branson took EBA over in 1996, will initiate the service using a French registered Boeing 737-300 under the name of Virgin ...
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EasyJet eases into second home in Switzerland
No-frills UK carrier easyJet has secured a 40% stake in charter operator TEA Switzerland from owner Airfinance. The London Luton-based airline intends to relaunch TEA as easyJet Switzerland as soon as it can exercise an option for a controlling stake. The move follows easyJet's failed attempt to acquire Air ...