News from FlightGlobal – Page 2514
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Tough labour act to follow
Northwest Airlines had enough labour problems to last it the rest of this year before American Airlines weighed in by meeting its own pilots' demands. The latter deal threatens to create a ratchet effect with Northwest unions seeking to match the new industry standard. All six of Northwest's ...
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Virgin to stir price action?
Virgin Express' unofficial complaint of predatory pricing by SAS has added to the pressure on the European Commission to take action in this area with three cases from small carriers pending. Virgin is basing its allegations on SAS' decision to cut fares on Copenhagen-Brussels by 52 per cent ...
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FAA may hike startup cost
These are expensive times for startup carriers in the US. The Federal Aviation Administration has added to existing financial concerns, created by the drying up of capital and public mistrust, with proposals that would raise the cost of government scrutiny. The FAA remains stung by criticism of its ...
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Navigator approval
The Honeywell/Trimble HT9100 GNSS navigation management system has received Technical Standard Order approval from the US Federal Aviation Administration. The unit has also received supplemental type certification on an American Airlines Boeing 727-200. The global-positioning-system-based navigation device has been ordered by American Airlines and American Trans Air. ...
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WestJet suspends
WestJet Airlines, the Calgary-based airline which launched discount services in February, has had to suspend operations because of alleged violations of federal safety regulations. The Canadian Transport Department issued a notice of suspension after finding serious deficiencies in the airline's maintenance procedures and record keeping. WestJet has 15 days to ...
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Dornier provides first-class support
Sir - One could get the impression that everything is wrong with Fairchild/Dornier product support from reading the article "Horizon Dash 8 order signals end for Dorniers" (Flight International, 4-10 September, P5). As the launch customer of the Dornier 328, we feel that this should be corrected. Apart ...
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Air France
National carrier Air France has appointed Anne Veyssi, cargo general manager for the UK and Ireland. Veyssi,, who has been with Air France Cargo since 1988, succeeds Bernard Frattini, who becomes cargo general manager for North America, based in New York. Source: Flight International
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IATA
The safety committee of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has appointed Lufthansa Capt Thomas Baberg as its new chairman. Baberg, deputy chairman since 1994, takes over from Finnair's Seppo Kirjonen. Baberg, a Boeing 747-400 pilot, is responsible for flight safety within the Lufthansa group and manages and monitors the ...
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Earning its upkeep
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON THE BOEING 777 WAS launched into revenue operations on 7 June, 1995, with United Airlines, when the US airline began to operate its first Pratt & Whitney PW4000-powered aircraft between London Heathrow and Washington DC. For several months United was the sole 777 ...
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Fast data
More and more airlines are taking advantage of quick-access recorders. Paul Phelan/CAIRNS The MAJOR QUALITY-CONTROL and cost-savings benefits delivered by quick-access flight-data recorders (QARs) are beyond debate, and most leading non-US carriers are already enjoying these benefits. Although some airlines have been surprisingly slow to adopt ...
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Canada 3000 signs up for A330-200s
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON CANADA 3000 AIRLINES has signed a lease agreement for up to four Airbus A330-200s, and is set to become the launch customer for the high-capacity twin in North America, and the first operator worldwide of the -200 version. The Toronto, Canada-based charter airline has ...
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Swissair focuses on MD-XX and A340-600
Andrew Doyle/LONDON Swissair is evaluating closely the proposed McDonnell Douglas (MDC) MD-XX and Airbus A340-500/600 developments, as it approaches a decision on a new medium-/high-capacity, long-range type to replace its five Boeing 747-300s. The evaluation is being carried out jointly with Belgium's Sabena - 49.5%-owned by the Swiss ...
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GEC-Marconi leaves IFE market
GEC-MARCONI InFlight Systems (GMIS) is to leave the in-flight entertainment (IFE) market when its existing contractual commitments have been fulfilled. The company has also experienced problems attempting to get equipment into service. Potential purchasers for the proprietary technology are being sought, but despite industry rumours, GMIS says ...
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Crandall forecasts UK-US fares battle
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON AMERICAN AIRLINES chairman Bob Crandall expects all five major rival US carriers to compete with the British Airways/ American alliance at Heathrow if the deal goes ahead. The American boss is forecasting a fares war across the Atlantic as capacity outstrips demand in the wake ...
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Koreans fail to agree on Pyongyang
A RECENT MEETING of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has failed to resolve differences between South and North Korea over the planned opening up of the Pyongyang Flight Information Region (FIR). According to ICAO, "-some progress was made", during the meeting in Bangkok between representatives from China, ...
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Asiana sets its sights
ASIANA AIRLINES is hoping that new bilateral air-traffic discussions between South Korea and Germany will lead to the carrier being given a much greater share of the European market. South Korea's Ministry of Construction and Transport and the German transport ministry are scheduled to begin talks shortly on ...
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Europe takes fare action
Julian Moxon/PARIS THE EUROPEAN Commission (EC) is considering mounting an enquiry into excessive pricing on fully flexible business-class tickets in Europe. Transport commissioner Neil Kinnock says that an EC analysis has shown that such fares are often "significantly higher than costs", and may contravene EC rules ...
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Myanmar interline
Japan Airlines (JAL) has reached an interline agreement with Myanmar Airways International (MAI), in an effort to counter All Nippon Airway's recently inaugurated trice-weekly direct service to Yangon. Under the deal, 21 of JAL's 29 weekly services between Japan and Bangkok will connect with MAI's onward flights to Yangon. JAL ...
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Sabena agrees cost-reduction deal with unions
SABENA HAS reached agreement with its three main unions over the implementation of key parts of the airline's Horizon 98 cost-reduction plan. The scheme, proposed by Sabena president Paul Reutlinger, differs little from the one proposed by his predecessor Pierre Godfroid, who was forced to resign in the ...
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FedEx commits to MD-10 effort
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES US FREIGHT giant FedEx and McDonnell Douglas (MDC) have launched the MD-10 programme with an agreement covering conversion of a minimum of 60 (MDC) DC-10s to two-crew cockpit configuration (Flight International, 3-9 July). The two-phase MD-10 project was launched after a complex deal ...