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Raisbeck wraps up study into recertification of DC-9s
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Raisbeck has completed a feasibility study into a Stage 3 recertification of McDonnell Douglas DC-9s and is canvassing operators before committing to launch the programme. The aerodynamic modification kit, if given the go-ahead, would be available "on or before 1 January, 2000", says James Raisbeck, ...
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CFIT surge sets US/European safety agendan of DC-9s
David Learmount/CAPE TOWN Accidents involving large jet airliners in controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) have dramatically increased, reversing a trend which had been heading downwards, it was revealed at the Flight Safety Foundation international air safety seminar in Cape Town, South Africa. Concern over CFIT has already seen the ...
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UK promises action to crack down on airline violence
Action to stamp out violent behaviour on aircraft has been promised by the UK transport minister, but he has handed to the airlines the task of organising research into the growing phenomenon of "air rage". Following a meeting with airlines and interested organisations in London on 25 November, transport ...
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UK CAA warns against regulatory split
The UK Civil Aviation Authority has urged the government not to divide its regulatory functions between several bodies after the proposed privatisation of its National Air Traffic Services (NATS). The authority, which at present owns and regulates NATS, was responding to options set out in a UK Government consultation ...
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Alitalia and KLM sign unity
Julian Moxon/AMSTERDAM KLM and Alitalia signed a far reaching "master cooperation agreement" on 27 November, which, although it stops short of equity exchange, commits the two airlines to "uniting as deeply as possible". Alitalia managing director Domenico Cempella warns, however, that the airline, which is still majority government-owned ...
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PAL/Northwest talks cast doubt on Cathay bail-out
Andrzej Jeziorski/MANILA Philippine Airlines (PAL) has thrown into question Cathay Pacific's attempts to acquire a controlling stake in the debt-ridden carrier, by restarting talks with Northwest Airlines. Northwest has previously shown interest in PAL, as has Singapore Airlines, but talks with all other interested parties had been suspended ...
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Boeing succeeds with fourth Delta
It was fourth time lucky for Boeing's Delta II on 22 November when the booster lifted off from Cape Canaveral carrying Russia's Hughes-built Bonum 1 communications satellite. The launch had been ditched three times on successive days, starting on 19 November, by an engine gimballing problem, a communications glitch and ...
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Lawsuit fails to stop Northwest purchase of Continental stock
Northwest Airlines has completed its $311 million purchase of 51% of Continental Airlines' voting stock owned by David Bonderman's Air Partners investment house, despite anti-trust objections from the US Justice Department. The transaction will lead to a so-called "virtual merger" of the airlines, linking route networks through codesharing and ...
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Northwest eyes regional jets
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Northwest Airlines is expected to decide early next year whether to equip its Memphis, Tennessee-based Northwest Airlink subsidiary, Express Airlines I, with regional jets, according to industry sources. The matter was discussed at the US major's recent board meeting, but a decision was put off ...
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Piper Training
New Piper Aircraft has finalised an agreement with Belgium's Sabena Airlines for the purchase of 10 new aircraft to be used for ab initio training. The aircraft - five Archer IIIs, three Saratoga II HPs and two Seneca Vs - will replace Sabena's US training fleet based in Scottsdale, Arizona. ...
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BA and American agree 10% Iberia stake
While the alliance across the Atlantic appears to have been scaled back, British Airways and American Airlines are moving ahead with their European and Latin American links. BA and American are taking a 10% stake in Iberia, according to Spanish state industrial holding company SEPI, with BA taking at ...
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Airports Gearing up to grow
An unprecedented enthusiasm for commercialisation is sweeping the world's airports. Old public service concepts are out. The new creed is cost containment, private finance, aggressive marketing and even acquisition strategies. But before the airline customers start to celebrate, there are potential penalties as well as gains from this latest trend. ...
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Airports can be low cost too
Spurred on by the low-cost carriers, Europe's local airports have begun to reinvent themselves as low-cost alternatives to the major hubs. Much attention has been lavished on the rise of Europe's low-cost airlines. But it is not only the carriers which are cutting costs. Following fast on their heels ...
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BA/American put alliance brakes on
Faced with declining yields across the North Atlantic, British Airways and American Airlines have confirmed plans to postpone a full alliance for up to five years. But their revised plans for limited codesharing have failed to dispel US opposition. BA now plans to codeshare with American in the US ...
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Taiwan eases another notch
In the wake of Koo Chen-fu's trip to China, the highest-ranking Taiwanese visit to China in 50 years, Taipei has eased direct flight restrictions another notch. The first of many Air Macau charters from Ningbo, a Chinese port, flew to Taiwan via Macau under one flight number and without ...
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Newsline Asia
Mandarin merger - China Airlines has set a June 1999 target date for the merger of its subsidiaries Mandarin Airlines and Formosa Airlines. The merged carrier will retain the Mandarin name, but will focus entirely on domestic services. Garuda shake-up - Debt-ridden Indonesian airline Garuda has appointed a new ...
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Star attracts a galaxy
The Star Alliance will expand to nine full members before the end of 1999, following All Nippon Airlines' (ANA) decision to join. ANA president, Kichisaburo Nomura, says his company will take up full membership at the start of October 1999, following the example of Ansett and Air New Zealand, ...
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Reining back on growth
Not so long ago, the issue exercising minds in much of Asia Pacific was whether airport capacity would be able to keep pace with the region's roaring traffic growth. Since last year's economic turmoil took hold, the concerns have changed. After decades of topping the growth tables, the region ...
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Balkan sale mysteriously delayed
Officials in the Bulgarian Ministry of Transport have postponed the sale of flag carrier Balkan Bulgarian, despite a "perfectly legitimate" bid from Balkan Air. The carrier was due to be sold by the end of the year to a consortium led by Balkan Air, which included a management team and ...
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FAA team builder
The sceptics were out when Jane Garvey became the FAA's first female, non-pilot Administrator. But her management technique is beginning to change minds. Only 18 months after taking the helm at the Federal Aviation Administration, Jane Garvey has already served as long as the entire terms of some of ...