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Air-India fights losses
A report has claimed Air-India is fast slipping into a debt trap where its repayment commitments are so high that the airline could be forced to resort to further loans. 'Air India's net worth will turn negative by June 1999 if adequate funds are not infused immediately and the ...
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Bouillioun still bullish
Boullioun Aviation Services has strengthened its claim on the number three spot among operating lessors by placing an order worth up to US$2.6 billion for new-generation Boeing 737s. With new financing for its subsidiary, Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (SALE), Boullioun continues to show its determination to keep growing despite the ...
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Airline News
Transbrasil and TAP Air Portugal began codesharing on services between Lisbon and Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador and Fortaleza on 30 June. TAP intends to expand in Brazil via Transbrasil's domestic network, as part of an agreement signed in 1997. Swissair was to begin codesharing with THY Turkish Airlines, ...
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Profits for better and for worse
Airline profits may be at an all-time high but can the industry keep them there? It's just déjà vu all over again. So a disillusioned sportsman is said to have remarked on seeing his team once again collapse to defeat. There may be more than a few in the airline ...
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Two set for Tokyo launch
Japan has taken several more steps towards deregulating its skies by liberalising overseas fares and licensing two new domestic airlines. The Ministry of Transport is promoting fares competition by allowing higher discounts on international tickets. From October, fares for overseas tours may be 35 per cent below International Air ...
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Startup fills Vegas niche
A planned new Las Vegas-based airline differs from previous contenders in that its backers, two of the largest casino companies in the US, have a strong vested interest in its success. National Airlines expects to begin operations in early 1999 and has already raised more than US$50 million in ...
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United's answer to Travelocity
UAL, the parent company of United Airlines, is somewhat belatedly taking a more aggressive tack in selling its online services. For several months United has been offering tickets on its world wide web site including weekly deeply discounted, Internet-only fares, actions most of its competitors took months ago. More ...
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PAL fights for survival
Philippine Airlines' future hangs in the balance as it prepares a plan to avoid bankruptcy. PAL's interim receivership committee is being supervised by the Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission as it works towards the SEC's 21 September deadline. PAL is struggling to survive an ill-fated fleet expansion and Asia's ...
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Peru vies for US markets
Peru's airlines are scrambling to claim more than their current one-quarter share of the Peru-US market in the face of a growing invasion by US and fifth freedom airlines. Three Peruvian carriers are vying to enter the US market, which has doubled over the last eight years, sparking a ...
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Strong on caution
Qantas needs to respond quickly to market conditions yet its managing director, James Strong, refuses to be rushed into any major decisions. If he has said it once, he has said it in a dozen ways: 'There's no use charging around the place; you don't just snatch at things ...
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Recipe for reform
Romania's national airline still hopes to attract a western partner, if only the economy would improve. Take one battered old airport, add a few old Russian aircraft, and then throw in years of political instability. Stir with economic collapse, simmer for nine years, and serve with a garnish of ...
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Winds rise in the east
Following the entry of MetroJet, US Airways' long awaited low cost spinoff, the rapidly growing US east coast market is becoming crowded with competitors. From Florida to Maine the story is the same - the US east coast is booming. Airports are growing capacity; airlines are adding frequencies; new ...
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Asia-Pacific
As Asia rocks from the effects of the year-old financial crisis, a new demon is lurking on the horizon in the shape of the year 2000 date change. The big question is whether Asian airlines will fix the millennium bug in time. Estimates of the global cost to make ...
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a nasty bug
The actions being taken to make all systems year 2000 compliant in time for the deadline vary greatly between regions. And while some carriers are busy putting their own house in order, they must ensure that their suppliers follow suit. The millennium bug is already causing some unpleasant stomach ...
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737-600 set for September delivery
Boeing hopes to deliver the first of 41 737-600s to launch customer SAS in September, pending European Joint Aviation Authorities approval, expected by the end of August. The manufacturer received type certification for the -600, the smallest member of the Next Generation (NG) family, on 18 August from the US ...
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American boosts 777 orders
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON American Airlines has placed a $2.1 billion order for 15 more Boeing 777-200ERs, boosting its total for the aircraft to 34. The carrier placed an initial order for 777s in November 1996, and selected the Rolls-Royce Trent 800 engine. At that time, the airline concluded a ...
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Air Jamaica plan for all-Airbus fleet hit by shortage of aircraft
Graham Warwick/Washington DC Air Jamaica wants to move to an all-Airbus fleet "as soon as possible", to cut costs, but is being stymied by a lack of available aircraft. The Jamaican flag carrier is looking for at least four A320s and one A340, says chief executive Christopher Zacca. ...
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IAI seeks to wrap up FedEx deal with further Airtruck investors
Israel Aircraft Industries' (IAI) Airtruck specialised cargo aircraft has been selected in principle by FedEx to meet its requirement for a Fokker F27 replace- ment. The Israeli company is struggling to meet FedEx's price demands, however, and is seeking additional customers, partners and investors to enable the programme to be ...
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Delta speeds up 727 retirement
Delta Air Lines is accelerating the retirement of its Boeing 727-200s. The last of the tri-jets are set to leave the fleet in 2005, some three years earlier than previously planned, . The 117 727-200Advs in the mainline fleet and the 14 similar aircraft allocated to Delta Shuttle operations ...
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Gill Air closes on Fokker 100 leases for franchise flights
Gill Air is finalising a deal to acquire three Fokker 100s to enable it to launch jet operations on its Air France franchise routes early next year. The UK regional airline, based in Newcastle, has selected the 100-seat Fokker for its jet requirement over the similarly sized British Aerospace ...