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Fairchild Aerospace has delivered the first two 328JETs to launch customer Skyway Airlines. Skyway has five aircraft on firm order with 10 options. It will put the 32-seat regional jet into revenue service following completion of pilot training in San Antonio, Texas. Continental Airlines has revised its fleet retirement plan, ...
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Oneworld proposes one frequent flier plan
Chris Jasper/LONDON The American Airlines/British Airways-led oneworld airline alliance has developed a plan that could see the merger of member carriers' frequent flier programmes (FFPs) under a standalone company. Oneworld airlines have set up a project group to explore FFP options under the codename "Monaco". BA director of alliances ...
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KLM uk restructures as low-cost plans emerge
KLM uk is reorganising its network and fleet deployment as it prepares to take on European rivals with a low-cost division. The London Stansted-based subsidiary of Dutch carrier KLM says it will begin dropping six domestic and international routes from September, to enable it to boost capacity on services ...
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Smart card paves way for trouble-free travel
Passengers holding a multifunction smart card which operates as a passport, visa, and biometric identity tag "could enjoy a truly hassle-free experience from check-in to final clearance at destination", predicts International Air Transport Association (IATA) director general Pierre Jeanniot, speaking at the Aerovision 2000 Symposium in Vancouver, Canada. Effective ...
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Colour change for Caledonian
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Flying Colours will begin absorbing its sister charter carrier Caledonian Airways in November, with the two airlines to officially become one next summer. A rebranding of the entire Thomas Cook travel group, which owns Flying Colours, is expected to be revealed early next month. The merger ...
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Association broadcasts live TV plan
The World Airline Entertainment Association's (WAEA) technical committee will turn its attentions to live broadcast satellite service once it completes the specification for the in-flight use of digital versatile disk (DVD) next month. With several airlines interested in offering passengers live television services, the WAEA is keen to resolve ...
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EC gives conditional approval to KLM/Alitalia deal
The European Commission (EC) has approved the alliance between KLM and Alitalia, but has made the near-merger subject to several conditions designed to ensure that third carriers have access to the two carriers' main hubs. The approval offers no objections to the total financial, organisational and legal integration of ...
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Anti-trust rejected
The US Department of Transportation has, as expected, rejected an anti-trust immunity request from British Airways and American Airlines which was linked to their planned alliance. Its decision was coloured by BA's reluctance to surrender slots at London Heathrow as a basis for a new US/UK open skies pact. ...
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American top
Flight International's Top 50 Airlines survey has revealed that American Airlines parent AMR remains the world's biggest airline group, with a turnover of more than $19 billion in 1998. Delta Airlines flew the most passengers - 105 million - and United Airlines is number one in terms of traffic, with ...
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Boeing wins bulk of CAL order but Airbus takes widebody deal
Boeing has taken the bulk of China Airlines' (CAL) $5.6 billion buying spree, but lost out to rival Airbus on the much prized deal to supply new medium capacity widebodies. CAL has placed firm orders for up to 19 Boeing 747-400s and five 737-800s worth $3.8 billion, while Airbus' slice ...
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Sun sets on Sun Air
South African domestic carrier Sun Air has become a casualty of the country's air fares price war and weak currency (Flight International, 11-17 August). The top-end carrier ceased operations on 13 August and is to be put into liquidation by shareholders Comair and South African Airways. SAA agreed to ...
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FAA revises pilot rest rules after MD-80 incident
Revised rules on rest periods for commercial pilots should be ready for review by the end of this year or early next, with the US Federal Aviation Administration drafting new regulations. The latest attempt to update rest requirements for commercial transport pilots follows years of unsuccessful attempts to reach ...
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Mandarin seeks 737s after merger
Mandarin Airlines, which merged with Formosa Airlines on 8 August, is looking at acquiring six Boeing 737-800s by the end of next year. "We are going to lease three 737-800s from China Airlines [CAL] in November, and we may dry lease two to three more from the market next ...
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Routes
Hawaiian Airlines and Continental Airlines have begun codesharing on flights between the continental USA and Hawaii. The agreement puts Continental's code on 150 daily jet flights operated by Hawaiian throughout the islands. Continental Airlines has begun daily services between New York Newark and Tel Aviv. A Houston-Sao Paulo service will ...
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Flawed guidelines
A study commissioned by the US Department of Transportation says its own competition guidelines for the airline industry have "flaws", and could inhibit genuine competition. The National Research Council report, made to Congress, says competition should instead be boosted by scrapping limits on foreign ownership of US airlines, dropping flight ...
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Malpensa malcontents seek EC U-turn
Andy Nativi/GENOA Nine airlines unhappy with a European Commission (EC) ruling forcing them to move all flights from Milan Linate Airport to the new Malpensa site are refusing to drop their complaint, and will lobby for a U-turn from incoming EC transport commissioner Loyola de Palacio. The carriers ...
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Domestic strife
Despite strong load factors and an expected 20% growth in local air travel, Taiwan's domestic carriers are losing money Brent Hannon/TAIPEI Taiwan's air transport industry lost $246 million last year, according to the Taipei Airlines Association. A survey of the airlines, however, showed a smaller total loss, of ...
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Resignation puts a damper on Russian merger
Paul Duffy/MOSCOW The anticipated merger of Russian carriers Vnukovo Airlines and Sibir is in doubt following the resignation of Vladislav Filiov as general director at Vnukovo. The Sibir chief executive had been running both carriers in what was expected to be the prelude to a tie-up. Filiov spent six ...
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United follows seat cutting fashion
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC United Airlines is to remove one economy-class seat row from every aircraft in its domestic fleet to make room for a new "Economy Plus" product. The US carrier claims that the move is aimed at rewarding frequent and full-fare fliers with a new class offering increased-legroom - ...
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Gulfstream expands in Caribbean with codeshares
US Regional carrier Gulfstream International Airlines will begin Caribbean codeshare operations for Continental and United Airlines from its new San Juan, Puerto Rico, hub on 1 November. Miami, Florida-based Gulfstream will relocate 19-seat Raytheon Beech 1900C/Ds to San Juan for the new operation. Plans call for six aircraft to ...