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Face The Facts with...Nick Godwin
The regional aircraft sector has stolen the limelight at recent airshows. A string of blockbuster deals, renewed fierce competition in the market and a raft of new products on the drawing board have made the sector a byword for dynamism. Against this background, British Aerospace Regional Aircraft pursues a policy ...
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Rising fuel costs drive Russian carriers to tough measures: ATI
Struggling to cope with soaring aviation fuel prices, Russia¹s airlines are set to boost air fares by as much as 50% and cut back their flights. This year the cost of jet fuel in Russia has risen steadily in line with mounting world oil prices. In January, a tonne of ...
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Delta, Comair to head off litigation: ATI
Delta Air Lines and Comair have taken steps to smooth the major's proposed acquisition of the Cincinnati-based regional with an agreement-in-principle to settle litigation started by some Comair shareholders. The Atlanta-based airline says the agreement-in-principle has been reached to avoid the "burden, expense and distraction" of further litigation. The two ...
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$76m Oasis deal boosts leasing fleet to 10 aircraft
DUBAI Abu Dhabi-based Oasis International Leasing has bought three aircraft for its leasing portfolio. The $76.5 million deal brings the Oasis fleet to 10 aircraft. The three aircraft are: -A 1990-build Boeing 737-300 that is currently on lease to GO, the British Airways low-cost airline; -A 1992-build Boeing ...
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Shell riding high on Sukhoi
Mark Hannant/DUBAI Shell is flying at Dubai 2000 - on the wings of a Sukhoi Su-29. The Su-29, sporting the Shell red and yellow pecten, appears in the daily display flown by Rehan Van Tonder who's taking time out from his day job as a pilot with Emirates. Shell has ...
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Face the facts with...Chuck Grieve
Maurice Flanagan, Group Managing Director of Emirates, the Dubai-based international airline, believes the general public is being badly-served in many parts of the world for a variety of reasons Q: Have alliances grown too strong? A: I think alliances, if they're not controlled, would be the same as cartels. ...
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Orders bonanza hope in wake of a Middle East travel boom
Alan Peaford/DUBAI Passenger air travel in the Middle East will grow at a faster rate than Europe or North America according to Boeing Commercial Airplanes Group. This will mean a huge demand for new aircraft over the next 20 years. Boeing spokesman Mark Hooper, addressing a pre-show briefing, says ...
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Merger creates a giant - ATI
Lessors AerFi Group and Indigo Aviation are to merge in a move that the companies say will create one of the world's largest independent aircraft leasing entities. AerFi of Ireland - the renamed GPA Group - and Indigo of Sweden say in a joint statement that the merger will occur ...
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Kuwait Airways, PAL link for Bangkok-Manila flights - ATI
Kuwait Airways (KAC) and Philippine Airlines (PAL) are entering into a co-operation agreement under which PAL passengers will be carried on the Kuwaiti carrier¹s flights between Bangkok and Manila - flights operated only because of the need for a technical stop. A PAL source says from Manila that the agreement ...
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South Africa enters the jetliner business
South Africa is entering the jetliner business following a deal by Denel to manufacture components for the British Aerospace RJ airliner. The two companies have signed a letter of intent under which Denel Aviation will deliver rudders and ailerons to BAe Regional in the UK. Covering 18 sets a year, ...
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Chautauqua to fly TWA's jet feed
Trans World Airlines (TWA) has agreed a marketing tie-up with Chautauqua Airlines to launch its first regional jet services. The deal involves Chautauqua parent Wexford Management committing to orders and options for up to a further 60 Embraer RJ-145s. The 10-year agreement calls for Chautauqua to launch the first ...
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Raising cain
The paperless cockpit and passenger cabin will soon be a reality if the Rockwell Collins/Condor-led Integrated Information System (I²S) programme shows the future of airline communications. A marvellous but obvious idea - applying the universal components of the ground-based computer industry to airline communications. Such information management systems linking ...
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Regional deal heralds China breakthrough
Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Paul Lewis/WASHINGTONBombardier has signed a breakthrough deal with China's Shandong Airlines to supply five Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) series 200s. It will also look at establishing a dedicated training centre as local interest in regional aviation picks up. The Jinan-based provincial operator is the first Chinese carrier to ...
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Virgin 'will join' alliance
Chris Jasper/CHICAGO Virgin Atlantic Air-ways says it is now inevitable that it will link up with a global alliance. Chairman Richard Branson has revealed the UK carrier has been approached by three major groupings. Sources at Virgin confirm that the UK carrier has entered a dialogue with at least one ...
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Brazil's airlines snub VASP idea
Brazilian airline VASP says the country's other three major carriers have snubbed its proposal to create a single holding company. An offer from Brazil's development bank to finance a merger between the struggling airlines also continues to be rejected. At the start of the month, Varig, Transbrasil and TAM Brazil ...
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Tenzing aims for e-mail flight trials next year
Internet service provider Tenzing plans to launch flight trials of its in-flight e-mail/Internet services by next September. The Redmond, Washington-based company demonstrated its FlightConnect e-mail service for the first time at the World Airline Entertainment Association (WAEA) show last month. It has signed up an airline for flight trials, says ...
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Go focuses on 737-700 or A319 for long-term fleet plans
UK low-fare airline Go expects to finalise its long-term fleet plans early next year. This will enable it to begin introducing a new fleet of Airbus A319s or Boeing 737-700s in 2001. The airline was set up in May last year by British Airways as a low-cost short-haul subsidiary ...
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Workshop
UK spares specialist Airinmar has signed a two-year agreement with British Aerospace Asset Management, to support its fleet of more than 240 BAe 146/RJs, ATPs and Jetstreams. Airinmar will manage the exchange, test, overhaul and repair of parts removed from BAe Asset Management's aircraft undergoing maintenance and refurbishment between leases. ...
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Routes
United Airlines will begin daily services between Los Angeles and Paris Charles de Gaulle next April using Boeing 777s. Sabena is introducing daily services from Brussels to Washington this month using Airbus A330-300s The airline has also upgraded its flights between London City Airport to Brussels, replacing de Havilland Dash ...
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Milan transfer gets the green light
European transport commissioner Loyola de Palacio has given the go-ahead for the stepped transfer of services from Milan Linate Airport to the city's new Malpensa hub. The transfer is to be completed by 15 January, with only Milan-Rome shuttle flights remaining at Linate. The forced move is conditional, however, ...