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1990
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OPERATIONS: AIR TRANSPORT Indian slows A320 return to service Indian Airlines is co resume Airbus A320 services "in a very short time", having delayed a planned reintroduction on 16 July. Services from Hyderabad had been scheduled to fly to Bombay on 16 July and to Madras on 17 July, but alternative aircraft were used at short notice. "Owing to unforeseen circum stances this was not possible," says Indian Airlines, which claimed that it had been ready to resume A320 operations follow ing the aircraft's grounding after the 19 February accident at Bangalore. Civil aviation minister Arif Mohammed Khan had been ex pected to demonstrate his con fidence in the A3 20 by flying on the services before his resigna tion, along with that of other Government ministers, during an unrelated political row in New Delhi. # All India Aircraft Engineers Association has charged Indian Airlines with having failed to give adequate attention to as pects such as avionics, licensing, maintenance schedules and training. The group says that it would not like to be party to resumption of A320 operations until the situation is addressed. • Brazil's TAM buys more Fokker 100s Brazilian regional airline TAM is to buy eight Fokker 100s in addition to the six aircraft it is leasing. TAM will introduce the air craft over the next few years, says company president Rolim Adolfo Amaro, who intends to use the aircraft to provide a faster service on routes now served by F.27s. Amaro also wants to use the Fokker 100s' greater range to cut out many of the intermediate stops in the airline's extensive route network. Inauguration of the Fokker 100 services is set for September. TAM carries 41% of Brazil's regional traffic. • Iberia takes control of Argentine carrier A consortium led by Iberia has been awarded the tender to purchase 85% of Aerolineas Argentinas. Iberia has offered to pay $130 million in cash with a further $130 million over a ten- month period and $2.01 billion in a debt-equity exchange. The Iberia consortium's offer was above the minimum require ments originally laid down by the Government. The con sortium was left as the sole bidder for the Argentinian state airline after Alitalia, American Airlines, KLM and Varig-led con sortia pulled out. The Iberia con sortium plans to axe Aerolineas' Canadian routes and to give pref erence to its New York service. Concern had been expressed during the tender period that if the Iberia consortium was successful it would monopolise domestic routes. One of Iberia's main partners, Cielos del Sur, owns Austral, Argentina's largest private domestic airline. Never theless, President Carlos Menem has formalised the deal. Iberia will be able to take an immediate 20% stake in Aerolineas, although this could be increased to 30%. The Argentinian Government will retain 5% of the airline while 10% will be given to the workforce. • PRINCESS FLIES FIRST QUIET CONVERTIBLE UK airline Princess Air hos launched Europe's first British Aerospace 146-200QC (Quiet Convertible) operation. During the day the aircraft is configured with 94 seats, at night it flies 9.5t of cargo from its Southend base to Cologne. In the background is a TNT 146-300QT (Quiet Trader). Galileo expands ticket services Travel agents may obtain air line seat-availability infor mation down to the last seat under new functions being pro vided within the Galileo comput erised-reservation system. More than 50 airlines will be linked up by the end of the year. Soon to join are Thai Inter national (expected in August) and Ryanair (in October). Air Europe is also set to become part of the system. Recent additions are American, Northwest, South African, TWA and Varig. Some 32 carriers, including the ten Galileo partners, except United and TAP-Air Portugal, will be connected by the end of July. Carriers already linked up in clude Air Canada, Air India, ATI, Austrian, Canadian Inter national, Continental, Crossair, Dan-Air, Delta, Emirates, Finnair, GB Airways, Lufthansa, Netherlines, NLM, Pan Am, SAS, Transavia and Virgin Atlantic. More than 350 carriers are cov ered by Galileo participation contracts. D FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 25-31 July 1990
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