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96 at a glance
January The European Commission clears Lufthansa's comprehensive commercial alliance with SAS, with conditions. Acomplaint by UK regional CityFlyer Express prompts the European Commission to order Belgian carrier VLM to pay interest on a $670,000 unsecured loan from the Flemish government. AI(R)partners Aérospatiale, Alenia and ...
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Growth at a premium
When Salomon Brothers Hong Kong released a report on Malaysia Airlines in late December, it left little doubt that the airline was no gilt-edged investment opportunity. Recommending a 'hold' on the carrier's shares, which put in a weak performance during the carrier's latest financial year, the report's title says it ...
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Latin five set to liberalise
South America's five Mercosur nations are taking a significant if limited step towards open skies in the southern cone. The presidents of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay have inked an accord that would give airlines from those countries the right to launch third and fourth freedom services ...
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It's all in the name
Martin Shugrue is being self-effacing these days. 'Hey, if it was just me calling up people and telling them about Air Marty Start-up Airlines, that would not get us anywhere,' he admits. What is attracting attention within the industry, he maintains, is the fact that his new airline is called ...
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US cracks softest nuts
Hard on the heels of a landmark open skies pact between the US and Singapore, neighbouring Malaysia is poised to sign a similar deal - giving Washington a significant boost in cracking the tough nut of protectionism that exists in Asia-Pacific. The US hopes the breakthroughs will have ...
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Freight frighteners
After persistently failing to ensure on-time delivery of its product to Japan by air, a major European pharmaceutical company was forced to take a multi-million dollar stake in a local Japanese drug company to ensure consistency of supply in a last desperate bid to retain a foothold in this lucrative ...
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Easy ride on the Hill for mega-deal
The face of special-interest politics in Washington is changing, and American Airlines is wearing a smile. An overhaul of the Senate Commerce Committee means the airline finds itself with new-found clout. The rise of Arizona Sen John McCain to chairmanship of the committee is a big win for American Airlines. ...
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Qatar finalises fleet renewal plan
Qatar Airways has arranged to lease two Airbus A300s to replace its fleet of Boeing 747s on long-haul services from its base in Doha. The airline, which underwent a major management and strategic revamp late in 1996 (Flight International 11-17 December 1996, P10), will introduce two ex-Garuda Pratt & ...
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Airbus to introduce 'build to order' for A300/A310s
Airbus Industrie is to start producing its A300 and A310 widebody twins on a "build-to-order" basis, in an effort to cut the number of aircraft which are having to be stored before delivery to customers. The A300/A310 firm backlog stands at only 29 aircraft, and the current production rate ...
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BMW R-R
Robin Bailey has been appointed head of product support for the BR700 family of engines by German manufacturer BMW Rolls-Royce. Bailey has extensive product-support experience with airlines and manufacturers, including Cathay Pacific, Rolls-Royce, Saab and, most recently, GKN Westland Helicopters, where he was head of product support for the EH ...
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Lufthansa
Lufthansa has named the six-man executive board which is to take charge of the restructured passenger division of the company from 1 April. The company's current executive vice-president for marketing, Frederick Reid, will become head of marketing and network management, as well as being board spokesman. Lufthansa's current sales director ...
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'Amicable' Viasa liquidation agreed
Shareholders in Venezuela's Viasa have agreed to go ahead with an "amicable" liquidation of the failed flag carrier, which leaves the door open for a relaunch. Viasa was forced to cease operations at the end of January, in the face of mounting losses and lack of cash, while ...
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Air Niugini hit by sackings
Papua New Guinea's (PNG) deputy prime minister and finance minister Chris Haiveta suddenly sacked all but two members of the seven strong Air Niugini's board of directors during a meeting in February, leaving final negotiations stalled for the acquisition of two new Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8-200s, and other corporate ...
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Presidential intervention delays American settlement
AMERICAN AIRLINES says that first deliveries of new Boeing aircraft will be delayed after US President Bill Clinton intervened to push any pilots' strike back by at least 60 days. Clinton stepped in minutes after the pilots went on strike on 14 February and appointed an emergency mediation board, which ...
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Manx Airlines selects EMB-145
Manx Airlines has finalised its long-awaited regional-jet order with a contract for up to five Embraer EMB-145s, the first of which will be delivered in June for operation on the airline's British Airways Express franchise services. The airline selected the Brazilian regional jet after a three-way fight involving ...
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S-80 heads for 1998 first flight
Sukhoi is to complete manufacturing tooling in March for series production of its S-80 passenger/utility aircraft at the KNAAPO production plant in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Russia. The fuselage and wing of the first prototype are being assembled, and nose sections of the first three aircraft are now complete. Current plans ...
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Ansett nears final decision in Airbus-Boeing order contest
The battle between Airbus Industrie and Boeing to provide a new fleet of up to 16 large twinjets to Ansett of Australia appears to be drawing to an end, with a decision expected within weeks. The re-equipment project, aimed at replacing Ansett's domestic Boeing 767-200s and its international Boeing 747-300s ...
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Ayres plans to test revised Loadmaster in windtunnel
US agricultural- and utility-aircraft manufacturer Ayres is shortly to begin windtunnel tests on aerodynamic revisions to its LM200 Loadmaster freighter. The Loadmaster was launched at the November¹ 1996 National Business Aircraft Association show in Orlando, Florida, and is being developed in the first instance for parcels carrier FedEx. ...
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Beriev and KNAAPO prepare Be-103 for maiden flight
Beriev is preparing its Be-103 light-utility amphibian for a maiden flight in March. The six-seat aircraft was first shown at Ghelendjik hydro-aviation show in September 1996. Sergey Drobyshev, chief of marketing at the Komsomolsk-on-Amur KNAAPO series-production plant, says that four airframes have been built (two for flight tests, ...