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PAL calls for total US ban
Philippine Airlines has called on Manila to suspend flights by US carriers into the Philippines, as a result of US Federal Aviation Administration restrictions which are causing major losses on trans-Pacific services. The appeal came within days of PAL announcing it was abandoning some flights to the key ...
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UPS wrapped up by people power
Record profits, yes. But a record number of labour headaches also. That is how 1997 is turning out for most of the US major carriers, and some industry observers are wondering whether the tide has turned in favour of organised labour. Just ask United Parcel Service. While still licking the ...
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Austrian Airlines and Swissair have confirmed taking a 18.37 per cent stake in Ukraine International Airlines through a holding company in which Austrian Airlines holds 77.78 per cent and Swissair 22.22 per cent. KLM will inaugurate twice weekly services to Abidjan and to Nagoya via Sapporo from April ...
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Fair's fare is the business
In sharp contrast to the wave of low-cost startups sweeping through Europe, a Paris-based carrier is set to start Europe's first dedicated business class service. Fairlines is to start scheduled business services this November from Paris/Charles de Gaulle to Nice and Rome/Fiumicino using 70-seater MD-81s. The aircraft will ...
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Gulf Air aims salvo at Delhi
Gulf Air has fired a broadside at the Indian government's insistence that the Arab carrier sell its 20 per cent stake in Jet Airways, just as New Delhi looks set to bring an end to the ownership debacle by reversing the ban on foreign airlines holding stakes in Indian carriers. ...
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Italians go to the markets
Italian charter carrier Air Europe is preparing for an initial public offering, while flag carrier Alitalia is still on the lookout for private investors. Air Europe is to float 35 per cent of its shares on the Milan stock exchange and in 'several markets abroad' by December this ...
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News prices Qantas out
Ansett New Zealand's owner News Corporation is considering a float of its entire holding in the carrier after scaring off Qantas with the asking price. Efforts by Qantas to secure a permanent toehold in New Zealand's domestic market by buying Ansett NZ appear to have foundered on a ...
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British Midland trains
British Midland is acquiring a Thomson Training & Simulation Airbus A320 simulator for its UK flight-training centre. The company recently ordered 20 A320/321s for delivery starting in the second quarter of 1998. The £8 million ($12.7 million) simulator should be ready by late 1998. Source: Flight ...
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Boeing may increase range of 767-400ER
Paul Lewis/SEATTLE Boeing is studying development of an increased-range version of the recently launched 767-400ER stretched derivative in response to demands from potential buyers for better performance. The US manufacturer says that it is considering extending the range of the new 767-400 by up to a ...
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easyJet expands fleet and starts Liverpool operation
easyJet has ordered 12 Boeing 737-300s, for the first time directly from Boeing. The London Luton-based low-cost carrier has previously acquired secondhand aircraft, primarily from leasing companies. The airline had also considered acquiring new-generation 737s and had looked at Airbus narrowbodies. The new aircraft will be added to ...
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Shorts 360s retired
US Airways Express carrier CCAir is to phase out its nine Shorts 360s by the end of 1997. It is negotiating with lessors and manufacturers for 30-seat replacement aircraft. Charlotte, North Carolina-based CCAir also operates British Aerospace Jetstream 31s and Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8s. Source: Flight International
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France will approve Paris runways this month
The French Government is expected to approve by the end of the month the construction of two new runways at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, says Aéroport de Paris (ADP), which runs the Paris airport system. Action by local noise campaigners has succeeded in limiting the use of ...
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Airbus and Boeing battle for Royal Brunei order
Airbus Industrie and Boeing have submitted final proposals to Royal Brunei Airlines (RBA) to supply a new family of narrowbody passenger aircraft to replace its fleet of Boeing 757-200s and Fokker 100 twinjets. RBA's board is close to a decision on a replacement type and hopes to be ...
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Singapore Leasing signs customers for A320s
Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (SALE) has signed agreements for five new Airbus Industrie A320s, with two aircraft going to Saeaga Airlines of Malaysia and three to TransAer International Airlines of Ireland. SALE, a joint venture between Boullioun Aviation Services and Singapore Airlines, has signed a five-year agreement with ...
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Sogerma/DA Airbus sign deal for A300B4 conversions work
Julian Moxon/Paris Andrzej Jeziorski/Munich Daimler-Benz Aerospace Airbus (DAAirbus) and French maintenance group Sogerma have signed a long-term agreement for the conversion of Airbus A300B4s from passenger to freighter configuration. The move follows an 18-aircraft order from a new US leasing company. The initial Franco/German deal covers ...
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Transaero outlines ambitions to increase Western fleet
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW Leading Russian airline Transaero plans to acquire a further 16 Boeing aircraft by the turn of the century. The first batch, two Boeing 737-700s, will join the fleet under a lease deal with Bavaria Flug in December. Two more Boeing 767-300s will be delivered ...
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AmWest pilots clear Airbus deal
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES America West has confirmed a deal valued at $1.4 billion for up to 46 Airbus Industrie A319-100s and A320-200s after securing a last-minute agreement with the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA). The order was initially outlined a year ago, but prolonged negotiations over ...
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Lufthansa sells off Cargolux stake
Lufthansa's 24.5% stake in Cargolux, the Luxembourg-based freight airline, is to be taken over by SairLogistics, Swissair's sister cargo arm . Talks between the three companies have been going on for several months. The German airline says that it decided to sell because of an "-increasingly divergent strategic ...
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Delivery delays hit Boeing again
Boeing has been forced to delay delivery of 12 aircraft from this month to the fourth quarter, as it struggles to keep pace with ambitious plans to increase production to 43 aircraft a month by early 1998. The delays are blamed on a combination of inexperienced new workers, ...
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Embraer launches 37-seater
Graham Warwick/ Washington DC Embraer expects to book firm orders for its new EMB-135 37-seat regional jet by the end of 1997. The Brazilian manufacturer has formally launched development of the EMB-135, with a first flight planned for mid-1998, leading to certification and first delivery in the ...