News from FlightGlobal – Page 2325
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Delta's Latin plan
Delta Air Lines says that it will increase its services to and from Latin America. The airline is building on its codeshare relationship with Transbrasil and Aeromexico, and is poised to introduce services to Argentina, Chile and Peru, in conjunction with its codesharing partners. Source: Flight International
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Swiss World faces delay in services
Swiss World Airways, Geneva's planned rival to Swissair, may have to postpone the start of its services to North America until March because of delays in getting its leased Boeing 767s onto the Swiss register. The carrier, which was proposed after Swissair withdrew most of its long-haul operations ...
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ValuJet/AirTran merger approved
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Valujet has completed the final step in its merger with AirTran Airways, after shareholders from both airlines voted to approve the deal. The new AirTran Airlines emerges into a struggling US low-cost sector, however, which is fighting for new competition- legislation ...
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Air France posts strong sales
Air France reports an encouraging 8.5% growth in passenger revenues and a strong rise in yields over the first half of its financial year to September, raising expectations of a healthy profits performance when the figures are finally announced. The group has promised a full year profit of around Fr1 ...
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Germany questions A3XX site
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH Germany's bids for the final assembly of the proposed Airbus A3XX large airliner have become entangled in political arguments over the preferred site for the work. Daimler-Benz Aerospace Airbus (Dasa Airbus) has put forward its Hamburg-Finkenwerder plant as a prime German candidate, competing against ...
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Portugalia may list
Portugalia Airlines (PGA) is looking to list on the Portuguese stock market by the end of 1998, according to local press reports. PGA believes that, by then, its passenger numbers will have reached the 1 million mark, from 750,000 today. Source: Flight International
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Snecma takes on GE in push to double CFM56 maintenance
Julian Moxon/PARIS Snecma is mounting a determined effort to double its share of the increasingly lucrative market for maintaining CFM56 engines, competing head-on with its CFM International partner General Electric. Through its Snecma Services division, formed in January, the French manufacturer says that it intends to ...
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US Airways completes delayed shuttle purchase
US Airways, having sealed its long-awaited pilot deal, is pressing on with the acquisition of the former Trump Shuttle operation, which flies under the group's colours on the US East Coast. US Airways had expressed interest in acquiring the remainder of the shuttle service when it came up ...
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No frills
No sooner had British Airways announced plans to set up its own low-cost operation at London Stansted, than the howls of protest began from the existing no-frills carriers. Their complaint (writ large in whole page newspaper advertisements) is that the BA intends to put them out of business by fair ...
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Fairchild Dornier sets target on 70-seater
FAIRCHILD DORNIER has set itself a target of 1 April to launch its proposed 70-seat regional-jet. It is in talks with potential partners about taking a share of up to 50% in the programme. Peter Klonk, vice-president of sales, says that the programme go-ahead depends on whether the company ...
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Air Maldives signs leasing deal for Airbus A310-200
Air Maldives has become the latest customer for the Airbus A310-200, following the signing of a deal with the European airframe builder to lease a single aircraft for three years, with an option to purchase. The carrier will use the aircraft to replace a larger A300B4 on wet lease ...
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Sirocco enters Lufthansa Tu-204 talks
Sirocco Aerospace International is negotiating with Lufthansa Cargo to lease between eight and ten Tupolev Tu-204-120C freighters. A deal which could see the aircraft introduced on Lufthansa's intra-European routes during 1999 is possible in the first half of 1998. Sirocco will not comment on the negotiations. Sirocco already ...
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ERA chief speaks out on liberalisation
Regional-airline operators in the Middle East will have to persuade governments in the area to liberalise their air service agreements, cut bureaucracy and ease travel restrictions if the industry is to grow, according to Mike Ambrose, the European Regions Airline Association (ERA) director-general. Ambrose was in Dubai to gather ...
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Emirates signs for up to 12 A340-500s
Paul Lewis/DUBAI Emirates Airlines has signed a letter of intent (LoI) for 12 Airbus A340-500s, increasing the consortium's commitments for the -500 and -600 derivatives to 78 from seven international carriers. The United Arab Emirates carrier joined a growing list of launch customers, after inking an LoI to ...
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American plans to choose HUD soon
American Airlines expects an "imminent" response to its request for proposals (RFP) from head-up-display (HUD) system manufacturers. The move follows the Delta Air Lines selection of a Flight Dynamics head-up-guidance system (HGS) for its Boeing Next Generation 737 fleet. The RFP covers HUD installations for 75 Next Generation 737s ...
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BA clouds skies for UK low-fare airlines
British Airways' confirmation that it will launch its own low-cost airline next year at London Stansted airport has provoked immediate protests from the UK's existing "no-frills" carriers easyJet, Ryanair and Debonair. The new airline, which is yet to be named but is being referred to internally as "Operation Blue ...
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Sabena switches from Boeing to Airbus for short-haul fleet
Herman de Wulf/Brussels Sabena has selected the A320 family over the Boeing Next Generation 737 to replace its entire 737 fleet, and will sign a contract for up to 39 aircraft for delivery from January 1999. The airline's selection of the Airbus single-aisle aircraft is part of a ...
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Saudis look abroad for airline finance
Alan Peaford Saudi Arabia is on the verge of privatising Saudi Arabian Airlines, the national airline, and allowing a number of small private operators to form airlines for the Kingdom's domestic market. There has been concern for some time that Saudia has been making greater losses ...
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Airbus gets $1.5billion Sabena fleet order
Karen Walker Airbus Industrie has won an order estimated to be worth $1.5 billion from Belgian flag-carrier Sabena for a fleet of 34 new A320 family aircraft. Sabena's decision comes after a fierce competition between Airbus, offering A319s, A320s and A321s, and Boeing, offering new-generation 737s. ...
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Threatened Saab's 28 aircraft boost
Karen Walker In a bittersweet moment, Saab Aircraft has won new orders for 28 aircraft in the same week that it has almost certainly made its last major appearance at an international air show. In two separate deals, probably worth a total of around $300 million, ...