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EasyJet eases into second home in Switzerland
No-frills UK carrier easyJet has secured a 40% stake in charter operator TEA Switzerland from owner Airfinance. The London Luton-based airline intends to relaunch TEA as easyJet Switzerland as soon as it can exercise an option for a controlling stake. The move follows easyJet's failed attempt to acquire Air ...
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Delta jilted at Jap dance
Ink was barely dry on the new Japan-US bilateral before the scramble started to form newly authorised codesharing alliances. Each of Japan's three major airlines has now picked US partners, and Delta Air Lines, which thought it had an agreement with All Nippon, ends up the loser. Delta ...
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Safety concerns prompt ICAO to rethink pilot licence rules
David Learmount/FRANKFURT The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) is proposing to change fundamentally the basis on which pilot licences are issued. The move is a response to rising concerns over safety, said a senior executive of the organisation at a Flight International conference in Frankfurt. Future pilot licences ...
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Channel your sales energies
Global networks and distribution advances are forcing airline sales forces to rethink. Organising an airline's sales team used to be a relatively straightforward affair. You established a network of regional offices, which each recruited a team of people to sell the airline, primarily via travel agents who received commission. Sales ...
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LOT prepares to make cargo expansion
Andrzej Jeziorski/WARSAW LOT Polish Airlines is planning to lease a freighter for the next winter season in a move towards expanding its cargo operation. The airline's cargo division says that it is looking for a long haul freighter with a payload of around 40t, such as a McDonnell ...
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Brave faces
The Asian slowdown is giving suppliers a chance to take stock of their many new ideas. Meanwhile, the regional jet phenomenon continues to grow. Karen Walker reports. For the commercial airliner manufacturers, observes one industry analyst, getting through the recent Asian Aerospace show was all about 'brave faces and nervous ...
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Fight in the wild AmWest
America West's flight attendants have rejected an initial pay offer and are back at the negotiating table in a fighting mood. An overwhelming 90 per cent of the America West chapter of the Association of Flight Attendants have rejected a tentative agreement. The main sticking point is pay, says ...
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Is life left in Pan Am?
An eleventh hour bid to rescue Pan American Airways was being shaped at presstime, but the chances of success seemed remote. The airline looked set to become just another US startup destined for the history books. In a flurry of last minute activity in a Miami bankruptcy court, two ...
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Airline News
Delta Airlines is to begin daily flights between Atlanta and Tokyo on 3 June and from Portland to Osaka and Fukuoka on 1 November. It is to start a daily connection between Atlanta and Lima on 1 July and services between New York/JFK and Tokyo, Atlanta and Osaka, and Cincinnati ...
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Debonair in row over aid
Debonair may sue the southern Italian regional government of Calabria for damages following delays in a contract to operate services from Reggio Calabria and Lamezia to Rome, Turin, Florence and Bologna. 'We still believe the authorities will be true to their commitments but we'll be firm to make sure ...
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Germans see Lite ahead
Lufthansa looks set to follow the example of British Airways with Go, and launch a low cost subsidiary this year. The German carrier's executive board is currently discussing a feasibility study for a new airline to operate primarily on domestic routes. The carrier would use between six and 14 ...
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IAE enters race for A319 100-seater
Airbus Industrie has widened the bidding in the contest to power its proposed A319M5 100-seater by inviting International Aero Engines (IAE) to enter a derated 89kN (20,000lb) version of the V2500. The V2520-A5 version is based on the 98kN V2522-A5 and the 107kN V2524-A5 now offered on the 124-seat A319-100. ...
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Hunting sale
Hunting has sold its engine repair business to Canada's CHC helicopter group. The £25 million ($41.6 million) deal comes as the latest in a string of disposals from the UK group, which is winding down its civil aviation division, and follows the recent sale of its aircraft interiors business. The ...
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Open skies hostility
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON The tussle between the European Commission (EC) and the member states over who has the right to negotiate transatlantic air agreements has just become more interesting. In the words of one Brussels insider, it is shaping up as one of Europe's "big political games". Legal threats are ...
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Widening the franchise
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON When Cityflyer Express first signed up as a British Airways franchisee in the middle of 1993, it was something of an experiment for both carriers. Five years later the formula appears to be working. When BA hosts fifth anniversary celebrations in July, it will do so with nine ...
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Pan Am left at altar...again
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Pan American World Airways is determining whether to drop efforts to resume scheduled airline services in favour of re-organising its operations as a scaled down charter carrier after two potential rescue bids were withdrawn. Pan Am terminated its scheduled flights when it filed for bankruptcy ...
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Aerospatiale defines future common Airbus flightdeck
Ian Sheppard TOULOUSE Airbus Industrie partner Aerospatiale has launched a major product improvement programme to develop a retrofittable, "freeflight" ready common flightdeck. Also included will be a switch to flat panel liquid crystal displays. The upgraded Airbus flightdeck will be designed for the A320/ A330/A340 range and future ...
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GE counts the cost of dropping growth GE90, but still profits
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON General Electric has revealed the cost of abandoning its growth plans for the GE90 turbofan, writing off $275 million. The GE aircraft engine business, buoyed by its growing services arm, still managed to outperform its main rivals in profit margins. GE revealed at the end of last year ...
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New Canadian system quietens Dash 8 cabin
Canada's National Research Council (NRC) is seeking an industrial partner with which to complete development of an active cabin-noise control system now under test. The NRC hopes to "commercialise" the technology during a third phase of the development programme, which would include flight tests on a Bombardier de Havilland Dash ...