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Midway starts to boost its Eastern US network
Midway Airlines plans to bolster frequencies, capacity and reduce seat kilometre costs on its eastern US network with the delivery this month of the first of 17 Boeing 737-700s. It will also receive further smaller, 50-seat, Bombardier Canadair Regional Jets (CRJs) next year. The carrier, based in Raleigh/ Durham, ...
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Virgin fires starting gun for Australian no-frills market
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS Virgin Group owner Richard Branson unveiled plans in Sydney at the end of November for a low-cost Australian domestic airline in the style of Europe's Virgin Express. Branson says he hopes to have his new no-frills airline, provisionally titled Virgin Australia, fully operational well before the ...
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Asia Pacific's carriers rally
Andrzej Jeziorski/TOKYO Asia's airline industry has staged a convincing recovery from the downturn which shook the sector following the region's 1997 financial crash. The Association of Asia-Pacific Airlines (AAPA)reveals that most of its member carriers have exhibited 11 months of growth. Asia Pacific is enjoying a resurgence of traffic, ...
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Airports
Delta Shuttle has re-opened its Marine Air Terminal facilities at New York La Guardia, from which services to Washington DC and Boston operate, following a $7.5 million refurbishment. Rome Fiumicino Airport has inaugurated a new satellite terminal which will be used exclusively for extra European Union flights, and will be ...
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Malaysia Airlines considering overhaul of its regional fleet
Andrzej Jeziorski/TOKYO Malaysia Airlines is finalising its long-term fleet plans, which include a study of its options for the replacement of its regional fleet. Malaysia Airlines (MAS) chairman Tajudin Ramli says that the airline is studying its fleet programme up to 2007-2010, covering both domestic and international requirements. He says ...
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Qantas discusses BA 767 lease
Paul Phelan/CAIRNS Qantas is finalising a deal to take up to seven surplus Boeing 767-300ERs from its oneworld partner and shareholder British Airways, to help it boost capacity ahead of next year's Sydney Olympics. The airline is also moving to counter a successful initiative by competitor Air New Zealand ...
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GB ready for A320 expansion
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON British Airways franchise airline GB Airways is gearing up for expansion under new leadership, aiming to benefit from the UK flag carrier's short-haul restructuring. The independent, based at London Gatwick, will take delivery of the first of at least 10 Airbus A320 family aircraft in May. ...
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A320 wet lease boosts Libyan
Andrew Chuter/TRIPOLI Libyan Arab Airlines is taking a significant step towards rebuilding its route structure with the scheduled arrival on 10 December of two Airbus A320s at its base in Tripoli. The wet-leased aircraft being provided by Irish airline TransAer are due to be pressed into service almost immediately. Libyan ...
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$100m Virgin deal launches System 3000
Emma Kelly/LONDON Virgin Atlantic has signed a $100 million letter of intent with Matsushita for the interactive in-flight entertainment (IFE) system supplier's new System 3000 hardware. The airline, expected to announce the deal later this month, is the first carrier to confirm a commitment to the fully interactive IFE ...
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Taking on the World
PETER BENN VIENNA Consolidation appears to be taking shape in the airport world as major groups and financial investors alike begin to build positions with a string of recent acquisitions and management contracts. But where is the trend headed? Airlines have been busy developing their alliance strategies for years, ever ...
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Routes
LanChile and Alaska Airlines are to form a commercial alliance which will include a unilateral codeshare agreement and joint frequent flier programmes. LanChile's code is now applied to Alaska flights from Seattle, Washington and Portland, Oregon. Air Maldives is introducing twice weekly service from Manchester to Male in the Maldives, ...
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Return to School
KAREN WALKER WASHINGTON DC Competition is heating up to provide MBA programmes for airline middle managers on the fast track. Such programmes are helping to breed a new generation of business-savvy executives. Why is it that airlines are looking outside of the industry to appoint senior executives? Academics believe it ...
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VASP merger proposal rejected
BRIAN HOMEWOOD RIO DE JANEIRO Brazilian aviation is again in confusion over mergers, with VASP proposing a single holding company for the four main companies and the government's development bank repeating an offer to finance fusion. For the second time this year, Andrea Calabia, president of The Brazilian National Development ...
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Marketplace
Wet-lease specialist Air Atlanta Icelandic has taken two more Rolls-Royce RB211-powered Boeing 747-200s from Cathay Pacific on two-year leases, with an option to extend. Meanwhile, Air Atlanta has placed one 747-300 each with Saudi Arabian and Garuda on wet-lease. Royal Jordanian has leased a General Electric CF6-powered, ex-Emirates A310-300 from ...
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Olympic maps out recovery plan
GÜNTER ENDRES ATHENS November could go down in history as the month when Olympic Airways finally turned the corner in its perennial battle for survival. After the completion of a 12 week evaluation, the new BA Speedwing management team led by former Air Europe managing director Rod Lynch has ...
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Slots Logjam
ALAN GEORGE BRUSSELS KEVIN O'TOOLE LONDON Hopes are growing that the new team at the European Commission could finally end the long wait for new regulations on airport slot allocation. Even the contentious issue of slot trading could be back on the agenda. Could Europe at last be ...
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JFK Reconstructs
CAROLE SHIFRIN NEW YORK Billions of dollars are being pumped into New York's once run-down Kennedy airport to make the USA's east coast gateway fit for the 21st century A largely faded symbol of the new world of international aviation, New York's John F Kennedy International Airport is undergoing a ...
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Mixed messages from Japan
On the surface, results from Japan's big three carriers seemed to offer a few grounds for optimism. All showed better operating profits for the first half of their latest financial years, yet concerns linger. Lower fares have stimulated traffic and changes in depreciation have skewed results so it is still ...
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Study reveals steady safety improvement
David Learmount/LONDON Airline safety is improving more quickly than traditional statistics indicate, says a study by Airclaims in association with the European Union. The annual number of aircraft totally destroyed in airline accidents has been steady since 1970, despite a 350% expansion of the world fleet and an increase ...
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Tokyo's promised runways get nearer
DAVE KNIBB SEATTLE Three separate initiatives, including a decision on a new airport, are underway to boost runway capacity in Tokyo, which remains Asia's biggest and most congested gateway. Construction could start before the end of the year on a second runway at Narita, allowing more room for regional services ...