News from FlightGlobal – Page 2381
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European lead
Europe's flag carriers may be leading the charge into the brave new world of liberalisation, but there are signs that the region's airports, too, are beginning to wake up to some of the new commercial realities of running as efficient businesses rather than as government arms. Airports have ...
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Swissair strategy advances
A year ago, when Swissair first presented Philippe Bruggisser as the incoming chief executive, he promised to take a firm hand with the group's costs and inject a touch more pragmatism to its alliance strategy. Twelve months later, Bruggisser appears to be making headway on both fronts. His ...
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Pie in the sky?
Meet the demands for air travel, but do it with existing resources, the UK Government has told airport operators in the country's busiest region, London and the south-east. This may be beyond them, however. The signs are that air-traffic control may be able to cope, but that airports may not ...
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Airports in growth again
A burst of growth towards the end of 1996 kept traffic increasing for the year at the world's airports, and the signs are that the good news could continue. Preliminary returns from the Airport Council International (ACI)which represents close to 500 airports around the world, suggest that growth ...
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The quiet runway
There are few airport managements which can claim that, by doubling the number of their runways, they will reduce noise nuisance dramatically. At Bogota's Eldorado International Airport, however, that is precisely what the Colombian Aeronautica Civil (civil-aviation authority) promises, even though the second runway will increase air-transport movement (ATM) capacity ...
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CFMI says CFM56 DACproblem will be solved by July
CFM International (CFMI) expects by July to begin delivering redesigned turbine rear-frames (TRFs) for CFM56-5A/B double annular combustor (DAC) engines on national carriers Swissair and Austrian Airlines Airbus A319s, A320s and A321s. The revised TRFs should finally allow the two carriers to lift artificial flight-cycle limits on the ...
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Canadian order
British Columbia-based Central Mountain Air has ordered ten Raytheon Beech 1900Ds, with options on a further ten of the 19-seat regional twin-turboprops, in a deal worth some $50 million. They will be delivered between April and November and flown on services with Air Canada designators. Slovenia's Adria Airways ...
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Moroccan Beech
Casablanca-based Regional Air Lines, the first Moroccan commuter operator, is scheduled to take delivery of the last of four Raytheon Aircraft Beech 1900Ds by the end of this month. The first aircraft was delivered in March, with the balance expected to be handed over from Raytheon's Kansas production line soon. ...
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Continental will choose DC-10 replacement soon
CONTINENTAL Airlines says that it could enter a long-term sole-supplier pact with Boeing in the process of picking an aircraft to replace the airline's ageing fleet of 27 McDonnell Douglas DC-10 passenger aircraft. Gordon Bethune, Continental's chairman and chief executive, says that he is initially seeking 40 aircraft ...
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Crossair considers launching airline in France
Swissair regional airline Crossair is studying launching a new airline to be located in France. It would be majority-owned by French investors to get round Switzerland's non-membership of the European Union (EU). Crossair says that it will "...decide on our plan of action in late June." It says ...
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Messier-Bugatti scores brakes-orders success
French aircraft-brake maker Messier-Bugatti has signed orders with seven airlines for its Sepcarb III carbon brakes. China Northwest, Constellation, Croatia Airlines, Iberia, Star Europe, Transasia and Zhejiang Airlines have all, within a month, ordered Sepcarb brakes for Airbus A319s and A320s, on a total of 58 aircraft. ...
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Judge by market, not political agenda
Sir - I read the article "The big question", referring to the Boeing 747 versus the Airbus A3XX (Flight International, 19-25 March, P29). The debate really should centre on the cost of acquisition and return on investment. For example, a 747-400 on a Hong Kong-Europe flight may be ...
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Airline Navigation '96 - a...
Airline Navigation '96 - a Flight International/Air Navigation International Conference 9-11 October, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Contact: The Conference Desk, First Conferences, 5th Floor, 85 Clerkenwell Road, London EC1R 5AR, UK; tel: +44 (171)404 7722;fax: +44 (171) 404 7733;email: confdesk@1stconf.co.uk. what's on 12th Annual Seaplane Safety Seminar 26 April, Lake Hood, Alaska, ...
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Gradual development
By the mid -1980s, the Soviet Ministry of Aviation Industry (MAI) began to seek proposals from design bureaux for a replacement for the Antonov An-24 short-haul regional twin-turboprop, which had been in service since 1962. The idea was that the new aircraft could also serve as a replacement for the ...
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Training together
OPINION DIFFERS on how good, or bad, a year 1996 was for the commercial ßight-simulator industry, but manufacturers agree that sales will increase over the next two years before the boom cycle ends in 1999 and business returns to what passes for normal in this dynamic industry sector. ...
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AirAsia calls in assistance on strategy plans
Malaysian start-up carrier AirAsia has called in a US consultancy to help draw up a strategic plan to develop it further as the country's second scheduled international airline. The five-month-old carrier has hired Gellman Research Associates (GRA) to prepare the report, due to be submitted by the end ...
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American Eagle returns to AI(R) with order for 12 ATR 72-210s
European regional airline consortium Aero International (Regional) (AI(R)) has signed with AMR subsidiary American Eagle for the purchase of 12 ATR 72-210A turboprops. The deal is seen as being of significance since it represents the return to favour of the type in North America following a slump in ...
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American loses Boeing delivery positions
AMERICANAIRLINES expects to have to retain and fit hushkits to additional Boeing 727s because of the delay in delivery of new Boeing aircraft resulting from the airline's failure to agree a new contract with its pilots. The 20-year, 630-aircraft purchase agreement with Boeing, announced in November 1996, was ...
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KTHY takes MD-90
Kibris Turkish Airlines (KTHY)'s first McDonnell Douglas MD-90 is pictured at Shannon Airport, Ireland, en route for the airline's base in northern Cyprus. The carrier, 50%-owned by THY Turkish Airlines, also operates Boeing 727-200s and an Airbus A310. Source: Flight International
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US Airways deal under threat
THE DEAL between US Airways and Airbus Industrie for up to 400 new aircraft will expire on 30 September, unless the US carrier is able to win major contract concessions with its workers. The deadline was disclosed for the first time by senior US Airways management during a ...