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Boeing's spares
Boeing's new Rapid Response Center began operations last month, providing product support to airline customers outside normal business hours with an expanded team of technical experts and using upgraded databases. The centre, in Seattle, is primarily intended to deal with aircraft-on-ground (AOG) situations. "This is one of the steps ...
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Tax break recommended for UK training
Training for pilots and maintenance engineers in the UK should be made more accessible to potential students by removing the 17.5% value added tax (VAT) from the price of training courses, the UK parliamentary transport committee has recommended in a recent report. The recommendation has been welcomed by the ...
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Chautauqua tackles cost and pilot problems
US Airways Express operator Chautauqua Airlines is moving to overcome spiralling costs and pilot defections, while trying to mould operations around partner US Airways' requirements. The operator's new chief executive Bryan Bedford says "the last year has not been very good for Chautauqua-escalating costs and high pilot attrition are ...
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Pilots 'need real-time weather data' in cockpit
Real-time weather information is needed in the cockpit to deal with conditions such as those that played a role in the 2 June crash of an American Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-82 in Little Rock, Arkansas, says the US Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA). ALPA's Paul McCarthy told a Congressional ...
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Giving over control
It may be time for governments to shed the burden of air traffic control Emma Kelly/LONDON David Learmount/LONDON Private provision of air traffic services (ATS) may prove to be the way of the future. Canada's ATS is already privatised - but as a trust. The UK has just launched ...
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KLM-Alitalia seal 'unprecedented' deal
Chris Jasper/LONDON KLM and Alitalia have agreed details of their alliance, to be launched on 1 November, claiming it "represents a new industrial model for air transport in Europe". In an Alliance Settlement Agreement signed last week, the pair defined an earnings-sharing formula according to which they will divide ...
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Second-tier wheeling and dealing speeds up in USA
Chris Jasper/LONDON When the shareholders of AlliedSignal and Honeywell are balloted on the planned merger of the companies on 1 September, the expected "yes"' vote will represent a new highwater mark in the consolidation that has swept the US aerospace supply sector over the past 18 months. Although the ...
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Poor performance
As Europe tackles another summer of air traffic delays, an independent report of last year's performance points to future relief Emma Kelly/BRUSSELS With air traffic and flight delays in Europe this summer topping those of the crisis proportions reached last year, 1999 looks set to break more records. ...
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Routes
US freight forwarder BAX Global has launched twice-weekly all-cargo charter services between its Toledo, Ohio, hub and Sao Paulo, Brazil, using an Atlas Air Boeing 747-200 operated in partnership with Aerofloral, a Florida-based company specialising in transporting flowers between the USA and South America. BAX also offers northbound services from ...
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No rush
The head of the US Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, says the crash of John F Kennedy Jr's Piper Saratoga II, which remains under investigation, should not prompt changes to the rules under which private pilots without instrument ratings may fly. Phil Boyer told a US Government Congressional panel that ...
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Workshop
AAR Landing Gear Services has signed a five-year agreement with Condor Cargo Technik to overhaul the landing gears of the airline's Boeing 767s. Hapag-Lloyd has placed a 12- year deal with SR Technics to overhaul CFM56-7s on its 16 Boeing 737-800s. The Swiss company has also extended its contract with ...
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Gearing up for the millennium
At the eye of the hurricane it is very calm - at the edges there is a lot of wind. So says KLM, predicting that New Year's day 2000 is likely to be calmer than the frenetic build-up may suggest. There is optimism elsewhere that aviation will indeed be ready ...
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Agency incentives fines may go further than BA
Alan George BRUSSELS Lois Jones LONDON British Airways may not be the only European carrier to be punished over travel agent incentives by the outgoing European Commission (EC). EC competition authorities have begun an investigation into commission payments to travel agents by eight European flag carriers - Air France, ...
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Airlines check out from Galileo ties
Jane Levere NEW YORK Ties between Galileo and its major airline owners have unravelled further, as four carriers have reduced or entirely eliminated their ownership in the global distribution system (GDS). United Airlines, its largest shareholder, began a search for a new vendor to act as its host and potentially ...
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Sydney's second airport moves closer
David Knibb BRISBANE A decision could come as early as August on whether to build Sydney's second airport after the project was cleared by an environmental report. The Badgery's Creek project, which has been stalled for years by long debates, made a breakthrough in July when a second audit of ...
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The ATC obstacle course
Currently available statistics only reflect the amount of delays and the average time of delay. Few detail why an aircraft is late. European airspace is divided into 240 sectors, each controlled by an ATC centre on the ground. An air traffic controller in each of the 39 ATC centres ...
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Australian ownership rules criticised
Australia's new limits on airline foreign ownership have come under fire due to the special treatment of Qantas. British Airways chairman Lord Marshall claims the new limits discriminate against the foreign owners of Qantas, particularly BA. In June, Australia's government announced, as part of a package of ...
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Cintra plan for public float draws fire
David Knibb SEATTLE Mexico's Cintra group, which owns both Aeromexico and Mexicana, has caused a furore by announcing plans for an initial public offering (IPO) this autumn. Pilots claim that the government-linked holding company is using its ownership of both carriers to favour Aeromexico. Meanwhile, the Mexican federal competition ...
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Delaying the inevitable
Europe's latest crisis in air traffic control looks unlikely to be its last unless the region faces up to the need for long-term solutions. Air traffic control (ATC) authorities have been forced to resort to crisis management. At the route of the problem is the patchwork nature of the ...
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Indian fare war erupts
India's airlines have slashed their fares by 20-25%, taking them to their lowest level in four years and setting the scene for a long and bitter war. Besides discounts, a wide range of gifts are on offer, from free holidays to complimentary stays in hotels and free travel for spouses. ...