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Sabre moves on European tickets American Airline's Sabre com puter reservation system (CRS) is to issue tickets for Swissair, KLM, Sabena, and Austrian Airlines in an agreement which marks a significant break through for the American CRS. Sabre already has ticketing agreements with British Airways, Lufthansa, and Scan dinavian Airlines System. Sabre travel information net work president Kathy Misunas says that the lack of agreements in Europe had been an obstacle to marketing the CRS in Europe successfully. "We plan to have similar agreements with the remaining major European carriers in the next few weeks," Misunas says. American has also unveiled plans for its proposed global CRS. In partnership with Delta Airlines, it has announced that the first 20 per cent of ownership in the new venture will be sold at $15 million for each percentage share. The independent partner ship, with each airline currently holding a 50 per cent share, plans to market a CRS made up of Sabre and various products and features from Delta's Datas II system. Both airlines are will ing to sell half their interests to other partners and wish to bring others into the venture as quickly as possible. • All Nippon Airways (ANA) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Abacus Distribution Systems, the Asia- Pacific computer reservations system, to launch a study into CRS co-operation. The co-operation would involve linking ANA's Able-I CRS with Abacus. SkyWest "reserves" Canadair RJs Utah-based commuter SkyWest Airlines has agreed to "reserve delivery positions" on ten Cana dair Regional Jets (RJs). It is the second airline to make public what Canadair describes as an "order", and the aircraft are included in the 62 commit ments which the manufacturer announced when launching the aircraft a month ago. Canadair included the ten aircraft in the minimum number upon which a launch decision would be based. SkyWest hopes that its agree ment will provide leverage during purchase negotiations. ,J'^*__w-~"--r*--''*'»'<i-'-»w,'«"V-..s:' SUfP mm Moscow Moths go home Three de Havilland Tiger Moths arrived at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport on April 14, at the end of the first leg of their 5,000-mile round trip from the UK, which began on April 7. IATA plans ATC strategy The International Air Trans port Association (IATA) has commissioned a study to produce a planning strategy for air traffic management through to the year 2010. The study will include a fore cast of passenger and aircraft movements throughout Europe for periods of five, ten, and 20 years, including a comparison of demand and present and planned capacity. It will also provide a model which can respond to changes and serve as a tool to update airspace and airport plans. IATA director-general Dr Gtinter Eser says that the Asso ciation sees an urgent need to develop an instrument to enable the aviation community to relate capacity to demand sufficiently far ahead for effec tive action to be taken. "It is not enough simply to insist on more capacity," he says. "We have to justify it and show when and where it is needed across the Continent as a whole. A Continent-wide integrated approach to fore casting, planning, and imple mentation is inescapable." The six-month study, which will be conducted by UK-based SRI International, will involve extensive discussions with states, airlines, and European and international organisations. Korean Air picks Piper Korean Airlines has ordered 13 Piper aircraft for its new pilot training school on Cheju Island. The eight Arrow piston-singles, four Seneca III piston-twins, and a Cheyenne 400 turbine- twin will be used for primary and advanced training of ah initio pilots, says Piper. Korean Air also holds an option on a second Cheyenne 400 twin-turboprop. All aircraft on order will be delivered by January next year, according to Piper, which has already delivered training aircraft for use by Lufthansa, Alitalia, Japan Airlines, British Airways, Iberia, Swissair, and Cathay Pacific. Arabs open airspace The four countries of the newly-formed Arab Co operation Council (ACC) have agreed to open their airspace to each other, and to treat flights between them as domestic services. The decision was announced by Ali Ghandour, the chairman of Royal Jordanian, after talks in Cairo with the heads of civil aviation authorities and national airlines of Egypt, North Yemen and Iraq, the three other ACC members. Ghandour added that the four states had agreed to maintain close co-ordination between their airlines, especially on the question of air fares. The ACC, whose four members have a combined population of 80 million, was proclaimed in February. IN BRIEF • Anglo wants Tradewinds •••':• . . '.., ' i ••,, . . ..;..". ' ..••• Tradewinds A; dhiaiAiMrt TWT'/ Oldham says the sti .•; are the real asset, the fleet g of a Grey hound Fixwmx-lfvw^t Bodily \nglo is going into m 737-40Qs on ing lease • Lufthansa EROPS iff 1,14 0(1 00: •.:,!- ..." (-•till J'ill Monlre 1* i :! .':'•: -! ': •.".'. ' .• ie 12, the first time ihe West : if .:-..-./' scjatiore ( I rif ' ;»•' PS; • . ;•:;..; . .••••••••••. ' .' . ! " . .. •'.... a ansa has been wary of EROPS, and has ordered four- CQgiEed A34&, 16 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL, 29 April 1989
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