News from FlightGlobal – Page 2508
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Phalcon may fly over China
CHINA AND ISRAEL are understood to be in the final stages of negotiating a $200 million deal covering the purchase of up to four Israel Aircraft Industries Phalcon airborne early-warning (AEW) aircraft - although China is already pursuing an AEW project with GEC-Marconi of the UK. IAI's original ...
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British World retains Black Gold route in the Shetlands
BRITISH WORLD Airlines (BWA) has won a fierce contest to renew a five-year deal to ferry oil-industry workers between Aberdeen and Sumburgh in the Shetland Islands. The £50 million ($88 million) contract awarded by Shell UK Exploration and Production, is also believed to have been fought for, by Newcastle-based Gill ...
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Embraer delivers 300th Brasilia
EMBRAER HAS DELIVERED its 300th EMB-120 Brasilia, the third for one of Brazil's newest airlines, Interbrasil Star. The company is the regional-branch airline of Transbrasil: it started operations on 3 July and now flies three EMB-120s on routes out of the capital Brasilia and Sao Jose do Rio Preto in ...
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Aircrews to fight new flight-time regulations
AIRCREW groups both sides of the Atlantic are preparing to fight pilot flight-time limitation (FTL) proposals which are due to be significantly advanced during November, on the grounds that they could lead to dangerous levels of pilot fatigue. The draft proposals from the European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA), ...
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SAS ups 737 buy to 41
Scandinavian Airlines System has increased its Boeing 737-600 launch order to 41 firm orders and 35 on option, an increase in six firm orders over the initial announcement. The first 737-600s will be delivered to SAS in August 1998. Source: Flight International
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New Ansett holding company is set up
NEWS CORPORATION and TNT have set up a new holding-company structure for the Ansett group, opening the way for fresh investment, possibly by a new partner. Talks are still in progress with Air New Zealand over its ambitions to take a stake, although issues of price and control remain to ...
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Boeing seizes two MarkAir 737s
MARKAIR, the financially troubled scheduled airline based at Denver International Airport (DIA), has gone out of business following repossession of two of its four aircraft by Boeing. It had been operating under bankruptcy court protection since April and now plans to liquidate. MarkAir flew to several US cities, ...
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China Hongkong may fly domestic as well
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE CHINA NATIONAL Aviation's (CNAC) planned start-up carrier China Hongkong Airlines is considering operating domestic services within China as well as flights to Hong Kong. The company is moving quickly to begin operations as soon as it is granted a Hong Kong Air Operator's Certificate. ...
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Hong Kong and Taiwan agree deal
HONG KONG AND Taiwan have reached a tentative agreement on a new commercial air accord, extending beyond the UK colony's 1997 hand over date to Chinese rule. The five-year deal clears the way for a second carrier from each side to operate on the highly lucrative trunk routes ...
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US airlines break records
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON NET PROFITS for the major US airlines topped $1 billion in the third quarter after a clutch of record-breaking performances. Although passenger and capacity figures remained virtually unchanged, yields rose by 5.5% across the industry, with none of the carriers posting a decline. ...
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Bilateral talks collapse as USA snubs UK concessions
THE USA HAS WALKED away from the latest round of bilateral talks with the UK, despite an offer of two new routes to Heathrow within a year and the possibility of giving a third US carrier access to the airport. Sources close to the talks, which were broken ...
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ANZ looks at Ansett again
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS AIR NEW ZEALAND (ANZ) is again close to buying a stake in Ansett Australia, but this time from 50% partner TNT. The move follows recently aborted negotiations to take News Corporation's half share, and Ansett executive chairman Ken Cowley says that News Corporation would now remain ...
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Saudis finally sign for 61 airliners
SAUDI ARABIA has signed a $6 billion deal to buy 61 US-built airliners on 26 October, but details of financing have yet to be revealed. The order, to re-equip state-owned Saudi Arabian Airlines, consists of 23 Boeing 777-200s and five 747-400s, worth around $4 billion, plus 29 McDonnell Douglas (MDC) ...
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Boeing admits strike is biting
BOEING CHAIRMAN Frank Shrontz has warned that the group's profitability, already hit by heavy restructuring charges and depressed airliner-sales, will be damaged further as the machinists' strike drags into its fourth week. He admits that the group now faces a "substantial" number of delivery delays over the remainder ...
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France to open competition
FRANCE IS to open up internal competition within its domestic air market from January 1996, in preparation for the fierce competition, which is expected to follow the completion of the European single air market in April 1997. The French Government says that it will allow all French operators ...
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Hong Kong runway
The Orient Airlines Association (OAA) has joined with the International Air Transport Association to press Hong Kong to begin work on a second runway at Chek Lap Kok Airport. The OAA warns that Hong Kong's new airport could be saturated when it opens in 1998. Source: Flight International
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Agent blues
The traditional role of the travel agent in distributing airline products is being challenged by CRS pricing polices, ticketless travel, the Internet and commission capping by airlines. Does this mean the end of the travel agent as we know it? Chris Lyle discusses the implications.In theory, travel agents should be ...
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Growing up
The flag carriers of the scattered Pacific islands are maturing and learning how to cooperate both with one another and major airlines. However, geography and colonial legacies remain the biggest obstacles to their future development. David Knibb reports. Isolation makes the scattered Pacific islands different from all other developing countries. ...
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EVA enjoys the fruits of youth
If spectacular improvements in efficiency and productivity are a measure of success, then on the surface at least Taiwan's international newcomer EVA Airways appears to be setting new standards. Productivity, measured in terms of revenue per employee, soared 62 per cent last year. Unit costs plunged 21 per cent and ...
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Profit share: a stroke of genius
Singapore Airlines' chairman J Y Pillay has absolutely no doubt that in an unforgiving airline industry, survival rests on the continuing struggle to improve productivity and keep ahead of costs. And there can be little doubt that Pillay's message is getting through at an airline which consistently turns in some ...