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China Aviation may take 10 more 737-700/800s
Boeing has secured a smaller than expected tentative sale of a further 10 737-700/800s to China Aviation Supplies (CASC), while firming up the final allocation to carriers of the 50 aircraft ordered by Beijing last October. The latest deal involves a letter of intent (LoI) to order an incremental ...
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JAL aims to speed cost cuts with new express subsidiary
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Japan Airlines (JAL) has launched its new low cost subsidiary, JAL Express (JEX), in an effort to counter the country's crippling high labour costs and in response to the impending entry into the domestic airline market of the first of several planned start-ups. JEX launched its ...
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Sempati first to shut down
Sempati Air ceased operations in early June, becoming the second airline casualty of the Asian currency crisis and the first in Indonesia. Transportation minister Giri Suseno broke the news about the shutdown. 'It is impossible for Sempati to continue operations in the current difficult situation,' he told the Jakarta ...
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Hornet joined
Final assembly of the first production Boeing F-18E/F has begun with the joining of the centre/aft fuselage, built by Northrop Grumman, to the forward fuselage. Source: Flight International
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Island of competition
Air Mauritius still enjoys government protection as the sole local scheduled carrier and has successfully seen off a recent challenge to this position from local upstarts African Island Airways (AIA). The idea for a second, regional Mauritian carrier was first floated in July 1995 by local entrepreneur Georges Chung. ...
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Chinese join global pack
Chinese flag carrier Air China has become the first Chinese airline to enter fully into an international alliance, but its decision is likely to trigger similar alliance moves from other Chinese carriers. Air China is set to join a strategic alliance with Northwest Airlines and its partners Continental Airlines, ...
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China stops cheap deals
So much for China's experiment with deregulated air fares. Wide-open pricing, which led to discounts of up to 50 per cent, ended in May when the Civil Aviation Administration of China tightened limits on how much airlines could vary ticket prices. Last November the CAAC gave airlines an almost ...
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Comair lists in Jo'burg
Comair is to become the first South African carrier to seek a listing, and is to debut on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange this July. Comair's chairman, Dave Novick, hopes the listing will value the company in excess of R1 billion (US$200 million). A prospectus was expected to be issued ...
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French pilots kick up fuss
A further reduction in costs is the key to Air France's partial privatisation later this year, but pilots are strongly resisting cuts in their salary. A strike over a 15per cent cut in pilots' pay started 1 June and is costing the carrier FFr100 million (US$16.7 million) a day, ...
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Race for the bronze
Aircraft lessors are jockeying for position as Asian airlines start to think more seriously about operating leases. No-one is challenging the two giants. International Lease Finance Corp and General Electric Capital Aviation Services remain the top aircraft operating lessors. But a three-way race is on to see who will ...
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Aer Lingus is to lose Team
With the disposal of an unprofitable non-core subsidiary finally on the horizon, Aer Lingus now has to confront the bigger questions of ownership and alliances. At presstime the management of the Irish flag carrier had still not convinced the 1,550 strong workforce of its unprofitable aircraft maintenance arm, Team, ...
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Making waves
With a new regional venture, a consultancy and plans to invest in an African carrier, Air Mauritius is taking an increasingly aggressive stance in exploiting its standing in the region. When Air Mauritius chairman and managing director Nashir Mallam-Hasham arrived at his new desk a little over a year ...
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'Production issues' put 757-300 first flight back by three weeks
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES First flight of the stretched 757-300 has slipped three weeks and is now planned for about 24 July, because of "production related issues", says Boeing. The manufacturer says that the aircraft "-is not the problem", but that overall production issues at the site in Renton, Washington, are ...
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American ponders DC-10s' fate
Guy Norris/DALLAS FORT WORTH American Airlines will decide on the fate of its remaining McDonnell Douglas DC-10s by the end of the month as part of a major restructuring process that will see its total jet fleet increase to more than 700 aircraft from 2000 onwards. "By the ...
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Next Generation 737 CFM56 failure was a 'one-off', says CFMI
Initial investigations into the failure of a bearing on a new CFM56-7 powering a Maersk Air Boeing 737-700 show that the incident was a "one-off", says CFMInternational (CFMI). The Maersk aircraft, delivered to the Danish operator in early March, suffered "a complete failure of the number four bearing" on ...
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Fiji Airways details structure as new status is approved
Fiji Airways has revealed more details about its structure and planned flight operations, following the Fijian Government's agreement, in principle, to designate the start-up as the island's second international airline. Local accountant Neil Underhill has been named chairman. To comply with majority local shareholding rules, Underhill has a 2% ...
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P&W delivers revised PW4098 for next 777-300 flight tests
The second of two upgraded Pratt & Whitney PW4098 turbofans was expected to be delivered to Boeing by late June, to allow flight tests of the 777-300 to resume in July, following a two-month delay caused by the discovery of cracked compressor stators in April. The powerplant was originally ...
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Qantas embarks on European charter routes from Heathrow
Ian Sheppard/LONDON Qantas has started operating Boeing 747-400 charter flights in Europe by leasing its aircraft to other carriers during layover at London Heathrow Airport. Qantas pilots and cabin crew will operate five trips to Barcelona and four to Istanbul, flying P&O cruise passengers to and from the ...
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Routes
Royal Jordanian and Air Canada are introducing a code share between Amman and Canada. The deal starts on 2 July and relates to economy seats on four Air Canada flights a week between Montreal/Toronto and Heathrow, connecting with Royal Jordanian services to Amman. Jet Airways is expanding routes following ...
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BAe sets up joint venture to develop Chinese markets
Ian Goold/LONDON British Aerospace has established a joint venture designed to position the group to develop new aerospace and aviation opportunities in China and to strengthen links with the country's developing industry. The move follows last year's similar effort to develop relationships with Malaysia, initially through regional aircraft ...