News from FlightGlobal – Page 2478
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ARIA adds A310s
Aeroflot-Russian International Airlines (ARIA) is to lease an additional four Pratt & Whitney PW4000-powered Airbus A310-300s for use on routes to Asia-Pacific and the Middle East (Flight International, 22-28 November 1995). The Russian carrier, which already operates six of the twinjets, will also take delivery of an A310 simulator. ...
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Germany proposes air-safety 'blacklist'
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH GERMAN TRANSPORT minister Matthias Wissman is pushing for the introduction of a European "black list" of airlines which have questionable safety standards. Airlines on the list would be banned from operating in the European market. If the proposal does not get backing from other ...
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easyJet
Ray Webster, formerly general manager of strategic planning at Air New Zealand, has been appointed to the new position of managing director at start-up UK scheduled airline EasyJet, of London Luton Airport. The appointment releases chairman Stelios Haji-Ioannou, to whom Webster will report, to concentrate on strategy and growth. ...
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Don't judge one by the majority
Sir - You were right to give the US Federal Aviation Administration finalist status in the Flight International Aerospace Industry Awards 1996 Safety Section, but the illustration of a LanChile freighter shows the problem behind the FAA's policy. Firstly, Chile is among the safe countries on the International ...
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JAL in the year 2000
Japan Airlines is sharpening its act for the new century. Kevin O'Toole/TOKYO JAPAN AIRLINES (JAL) has no intention of seeing out the millennium quietly. Under its latest five-year plan, the group aims to emerge in the year 2000 having captured one-third of Japan's sizeable domestic ...
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Air France
Jean-Claude Baumgarten has become executive vice-president of the Air France Group, in charge of corporate, international and industry affairs. Jean-Luc Galzi is promoted to advisor to chief executive Marc Veron; Veron will take over corporate marketing and sales, assisted by an advisor for sales, marketing and FFP, yet to be ...
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CFMI forced into redesign of CFM56-5A/B
Andrew Doyle/LONDON CFM INTERNATIONAL has been forced into a redesign of a turbine rear-frame (TRF) destined for use on all CFM56-5A/B turbofans, after cracks were discovered in the double-annular combustor (DAC) variant, powering Swissair Airbus A320s and A321s. The problem was uncovered, by Swissair engineers ...
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Delta warns Europe of coming low-cost threat
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC EUROPE'S AIR-transport markets will soon face major structural change as the influence of low-cost carriers begins to spread, according to Delta Airlines chairman Ron Allen. Speaking at the US Federal Aviation Administration's Commercial Aviation Forecast conference in Washington on 5 March, Allen ...
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ILFC's latest order spree counts in favour of Airbus
Gunter Endres/LONDONGuy Norris/LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL LEASE Finance (ILFC) is further strengthening its aircraft portfolio with an order for 38 new Airbus aircraft, plus eight options, and 18 Boeing 777-200/-300s, plus two options, estimated to be worth a combined $5.8 billion. This latest transaction with Airbus consists ...
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Air UK Leisure signs for Airbus
AIR UK LEISURE has signed a contract with GE Capital Aviation Services for the lease of three Airbus A320-200s, replacing its Boeing 737-400 fleet from April (Flight International, 14-21 February). Three of the seven Boeing aircraft have already gone to ModiLuft in India, with the remaining four due to ...
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Alpi Eagles ready for domestic service
ITALIAN CORPORATE-aircraft operator Alpi Eagles is undergoing a major transformation into a domestic airline. Owned by some of the biggest industrialists in northern Italy, including Diesel, Marzotto, Sopaf, Stefanel, Zanussi and Zucchini, the company is planning to begin scheduled operations at the end of April. The Veneto region ...
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Canadian airlines seek upswing
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON CANADA'S TWO MAIN airlines struggled to deliver their promised profit improvements in 1995, but the heads of Air Canada and Canadian Airlines believe that recovery will come this year as the effects of capacity expansion and cost-cutting show through. Canadian Airlines International saw ...
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Condor the favourite as launch customer for stretched 757
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELESKevin O'Toole/LONDON GERMAN CHARTER airline Condor is expected to sign up as the launch customer for Boeing's proposed 757-300X, the long-anticipated stretched version of the 200-seat twinjet. Boeing and Condor are in negotiations over the terms of the launch, which could come as early as ...
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Battle of the giants is predicted by Boeing
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES BOEING'S GROWING family of large wide-bodies will be in competition with the Airbus A3XX in a market, which could be worth as much as $254 billion over the next 20 years, according to the US manufacturer's latest long-term forecasts. Boeing's 1996 Current ...
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Boeing assists Taiwan with leasing company
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE BOEING IS HELPING Taiwan Aerospace (TAC) with plans to establish a major new international aircraft-leasing company, specialising in placing narrow-body airliners into the Far East market. The US manufacturer is understood to have dispatched consultant and former GPA head James King to Taiwan ...
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Asian destinations
Japan Airlines and Vietnam Airlines will launch four joint code-sharing flights a week between Kansai and Ho Chi Minh from 1 April. The two flag carriers each already operate three independent flights a week on the same route. Cathay Pacific Airways in the meantime has launched a code-sharing flight with ...
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United attacks 777 reliability
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES UNITED AIRLINES has unleashed a fierce attack on the reliability of its newly acquired Boeing 777s. A letter from a senior United executive to Boeing, dated 13 February, called the aircraft's reliability and performance a "major disappointment". Within 24h of ...
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Schweizer delays delivery of Twin Condor spy craft to US Coast Guard
DELIVERY OF Schweizer Aircraft's RU-38A Twin Condor surveillance aircraft to the US Coast Guard (USCG) has been delayed by between six and eight months because of design flaws discovered during flight-testing of the twin-boom aircraft, says Paul Schweizer, the firm's president. The first of three low-cost, long-range ...