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a//* rsiANSPomr Air Dolomiti focuses on regional jets after Lufthansa share deal ANDREW DOYLE/MUNICH AIR DOLOMITI IS evaluat ing several regional jet types to supplementits fleet of ATR 42s and expects to make a selection "in the near future". The move follows the announcement mat Lufthansa is to take a 26% stake in the Italian regional. The Trieste-based airline, which operates 10 ATR 42s, three ATR 72 s and a pair of Fokker 100s, says one option under consideration is to standardise on the Fairchild 728JET family which has already been ordered by Lufthansa CityLine. "There is an evaluation on that, but it is not decided yet," says trie airline. The carrier declined to specify the number of jet aircraft it requires, but confirmed that it plans to retain some or all of the ATRs for certain routes. Air Dolomiti operates an exten sive network throughout Italy and, in terms of flight numbers operat ed, is the third largest airline at Munich, Germany - Lufthansa's second hub. Lufthansa says it is investing in Air Dolomiti because of its devel opment potential. "We have never excluded the possibility that we might buy into a partner for strate gic reasons," says the German flag- carrier. The two airlines have been codesharing since 1993. • Channel-spacing gets green light THE IMPLEMENTATION of 8.33kHz channel-spacing in die core area of Europe will go ahead as planned next month, Eurocontrol nations and the user community decided on 22 Sep tember. The go-ahead comes as the International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers' Associations (IFATCA) warns that the pro gramme poses "very serious safety risks". The mandatory carriage of 8.33kHz channel-spacing radios is due to be introduced above flight level 245. IFATCA says that Eurocontrol's safety studies were based on 95% of aircraft being equipped, but the current rate is only around 60% and the projected rate for 7 October will be 88%. IFATCA believes that safety will be compro mised by this level of non- equipped aircraft although Eurocontrol believes approxi mately 90% of aircraft will be equipped. The organisation is "very confident that there are no safety implications", and says it has evidence to support the claim. Non-8.33kHz-equipped aircraft will have to operate below FL245, and Eurocontrol acknowledges that delays for all traffic may increase for a limited period due to flow regulation in some heavily loaded sectors. • Mystery DC-9 crash document opened up A 4,500 PAGE investigation into an airline crash in 1980 has been sent to the US and French governments by the Italian foreign min istry. US and French air force aircraft were close by when the Itavia McDonnell Douglas DC-9-10 suddenly plunged into the Tyrrhenian Sea. The document indicts four Italian generals and five former members of the country's secret services for "treason and obstructing justice", alleging that the DC-9 was hit by a missile or lost control avoiding a fighter. The tribunal - expected to sit early next year - will determine whether the evidence is sufficient to take the case to a higher court. Taca launches domestic service TACA PERU will launch domestic services, using two Airbus A319s, on 1 October. The airline, formally known as TransAm, will be Peru's second carrier to start operations after the demise of Aeroperu. International flights will begin in November. The airline, 49% owned by the El Salvador-based Grupo TACA and 51 % by Peruvian businessman Daniel Ratti, will launch with routes from capital Lima to the tourist city of Cuzco and the Ama zonian town of Iquitios. It hopes to add daily flights to Mexico City, Miami, Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires from 1 November. Since the demise of Aeroperu, the Peruvian market has been dominated by Aero Continente. Lan Peru, 49% owned by Lan Chile, recently began operations and has taken a small share of the market, with state-owned Tans holding a marginal share. • ROUTES ++ United Airlines and Spanair have agreed to a codeshare deal covering Spanair flights from Washington to Madrid, and from Madrid to three other cities in Spain. The agreement will begin at the end of October, and gives the Spanish airline a linkwith a second Star member after Lufthansa. ++ British Midland has introduced the Embraer RJ-145 on routes between Brussels and East Midlands, replacing a Fokker 100. ++Team Lufthansa franchise oper ator Augsburg Airways will begin daily services between Hamburg and Newcastle, UK, in November, using 50-seat Bombardier Dash 8-300s.++ Air Maldives' acquisi tion of three additional Airbus A310s Flight International, 22-28 September) will allow the airline to start services to Bangkok, Jo hannesburg, Kuala Lumpur, London and Paris from its Male base. ++ Copa Airlines of Panama is introducing direct ser vices between Panama and Buenos Aires in November, using a Boeing 737-700. ++ Start-up JetBlue Airways has been award ed 75 landing slots at New York's Kennedy International to be phased in over three years. The slots will initially be used to oper ate services to another point in New York state, Burlington, Vermont, and an un-named Florida city, with the carrier planning to serve 30 destinations within three years. ++ LanPeru has received US approval to begin scheduled services between Lima and Miami, and services beyond. The airline has received a two-year exemp tion, limited to wet-lease opera tions, and aims to begin services in November using aircraft wet- leased from LanChile. ++• Cathay Pacific and Canadian Airlines will begin a codeshare service between Hong Kong and the Canadian cities of Vancouver and Toronto at the end of October. ++ Eurowings will launch services from Nuremburg to to Stockholm Arlanda, via Berlin-Tempelhof, in early November. The airline will also launch a Hanover-Stockholm service next month. FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 29 Septei mber - 5 October 1999 13
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