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Malaysia Airlinesplans to sell aircraft in consolidation plan
Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Malaysia Airlines (MAS)plans to sell three Boeing 747 Combis, one 737-300F freighter and five 737-500s under its fleet consolidation programme. According to MAS vice-president of asset management Razali Harun, the company wants to base passenger operations on 737-400s, 777-200s and Pratt & Whitney PW4000-powered Boeing 747-400s, ...
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Eurocontrol monitors Europe's ACAS progress
Emma Kelly/LONDON Eurocontrol is sending questionnaires to all users of European airspace to determine operators' ability to meet Europe's airborne collision avoidance system (ACAS II) mandate, which takes effect from 1 January, 2000. The European ACAS mandate calls for all civil fixed-wing turbine-engined aircraft with a maximum take-off ...
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Legend Airlines plans lift-off before 2000
Completion of terminal construction at Dallas Love Field and finalisation of the US Federal Aviation Administration's Part 121 operating certificate process is expected to allow Legend Airlines to initiate services from the Texas airport in September. Plans to begin interstate business-class operations using 56-seat McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30s may be ...
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Premium Sales
With the worst over in the airliner discount wars, John Leahy is focused on securing a premium for Airbus technology. Salesmen stuck with a mundane commodity product must look with green-eyed longing at the airliner market. What could be further from the stack it high and sell it cheap philosophy ...
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Pinto survives power struggle within Varig
The manager of the Brazilian football team knows his job is never safe in a land where defeat is viewed as a national catastrophe. The situation appears to be little different for Fernando Pinto, the president of Varig. Pinto is the fourth Varig president in the last six years and ...
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Israeli skies are opened up
Israel has laid down the basis for a competitive airline industry. Not only has the Government granted international passenger rights to domestic carrier Israir, it has also licensed the Tel Aviv-based air transport company, Cargo Airlines (CAL), to compete fully with El Al on international freight routes. Against ...
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The size equation
Airbus forcasts show that demand for the A3XX rests partly on the shifting balance between high and low yield traffic. Few new airliner births can have had such an agonisingly slow and controversial labour as that which has accompanied the launch of a new large aircraft. After almost a ...
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The environment starts to hot up
The environmental debate, it seems, is back with a vengeance. Europe's decision to call a halt to hushkitting has already sparked an acrimonious transatlantic row and there is every indication that this is only for starters. A discussion paper is due from the European Commission (EC) within weeks and, if ...
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FAA sees growth continue
The US Federal Aviation Administration has unveiled its latest commercial aviation forecast showing continued growth in the US domestic market and an even stronger rise in international markets. In the immediate term, the FAA believes that the US domestic market will see passenger numbers rise again by 2.4% ...
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Mexicans divided over Cintra
Mexican ministers have failed to agree on the future of Cintra, the holding company for Aeromexico and Mexicana. Unless they find a way to resolve their differences, the issue could be decided by Mexico's President Zedillo. The immediate question is what sanctions the competition commission can impose on Cintra ...
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News in brief
ProAir eyes public - Detroit-based ProAir plans to go public this year. The new entrant carrier is completing its final, $30 million, private placement and is planning an initial public offering. ProAir, which has received a fourth Boeing 737 and plans to add five this year, aims to add to ...
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News in Brief
BA's pilot deal - BA has sealed a comprehensive agreement with pilots union BALPA, which provides pilots flying for its controversial long-haul charter arm AML and short-haul routes out of Gatwick with the same terms and conditions as BA mainline pilots. In return pilots have agreed to relax some flying ...
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Beijing talks with USA break down
Despite early optimism that a deal could be struck ahead of a high-level delegation of Chinese leaders to the USA in April, talks on a new air services agreement between Beijing and Washington broke down in February. During meetings between US and Chinese negotiators in Beijing from 24-26 February, ...
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Brussels gears up to tackle aviation
The mass resignation of European Commissioners could hardly have been poorer timing for those in Brussels gearing up to tackle major issues in aviation. Brussels had planned to start the year running with initiatives spanning everything from alliances through to Eastern Europe and the environment. The Competition Directorate ...
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Cheating on aviation
Electronic systems continue to transform the airline industry, bringing savings, efficiency gains and-an increase in fraud. The potential to "earn" big money quickly in a multi-million-dollar business like the airline industry has already bred fraudulent activities in the shape of bogus spare parts, false maintenance records and fictitious frequent flyer ...
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Better times beckon for Asia
As Asian airlines start to report last year's results, the grip of the region's financial winter is clear. But a few hints of spring suggest the worst may be over, and this year could start a broader recovery. Thai Airways International released the most promising results. It reported ...
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Zurich Airport put on notice over capacity
Two years ago, as he made his debut as SAirGroup chief executive, Philippe Bruggisser raised a local political storm by pulling back the bulk of Swissair's intercontinental flights from Geneva to the main Zürich hub. Now he has issued a blunt warning that Zürich "is in danger of losing its ...
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Fictitious aircraft
Some transactions that may fall short of criminal fraud can nevertheless result in heavy losses, court actions and deep unhappiness. When businessman Thor Tjontveit and his Dallas-based company Air Alaska (also trading as World Pacific Air Lease Inc) were ordered by a New York court to pay compensatory and ...
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Get your aircraft economics right
Operating ageing aircraft can be an expensive business, as cost figures for the US majors clearly demonstrate. But how great is the cost difference between old and new? There has always been a trade-off between the cheap acquisition cost of older aircraft and the slick operating economics of modern types. ...
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Fine extends range with Arrow addition
Fine Air's purchase of Arrow Air could make it the largest of Miami's all-cargo international airlines, and will certainly extend its reach into South America. Fine Air has been seeking growth through acquisitions for some time. Last year it completed a $120 million bond offering that insiders predicted ...