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Boeing flies 767 freighter
THE BOEING 767-300F freighter made its first flight from Everett to Boeing Field in late June. Boeing says that the 2h 29min "flawless" flight begins a relatively short test effort which is expected to include 60 flight hours and 300 ground-test hours. Three aircraft will be involved in ...
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AMO sells more 146 leases
BRITISH AEROSPACE'S Asset Management Organisation (AMO) has placed six more BAe 146s with European and Australian operators. Swedish regional carrier Malm" Aviation is acquiring a ninth aircraft, a 146-200, on a five-year lease from September; Mistral Air has already taken delivery of a Series 100 for scheduled passenger ...
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Air Foyle plans to plug gap in cargo capacity
UK CHARTER AIRLINE Air Foyle is poised to enter the scheduled long-haul cargo business for the first time later this year. The Luton-based carrier is negotiating the dry-lease of a Boeing 747-200F freighter to begin services from London - possibly Stansted - to destinations in South-East Asia, South ...
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Embraer forced to impose job cuts
Brian Homewood/RIO DE JANIERO BRAZILIAN AIRCRAFT manufacturer Embraer, privatised in late 1994, is to make 1,700 of its 5,550 employees redundant in a bid to cut costs, says president Juaraz de Siqueira Britto Wanderley. The redundancies, most of which will be voluntary, began in June. ...
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Australia cuts price of Qantas
THE AUSTRALIAN Government has slashed the expected price of its remaining 75% stake in Qantas, in a bid to boost the privatisation, which has been flagging in the face of weak financial markets and expectations of a poorer operating performance from the airline group. Estimates for the price ...
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VASP to expand MD-11 fleet
BRAZILIAN AIRLINE VASP has placed firm orders for two McDonnell Douglas (MDC) MD-11s and announced long-term plans to operate a fleet of up to ten of the tri-jets. The Sao Paulo-based carrier took delivery of its first MD-11 in February 1992 and is revising its fleet plans after ...
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Avatar rockets into top ranks
A NEW COMPANY has propelled itself into the top level of the world's spares resellers with a $400 million cash deal to buy Delta Air Lines' surplus-parts inventory. Avatar Alliance believes that the acquisition of some 17 million parts for 12 aircraft types "...may be the largest transaction ...
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Transwede is forced into radical change
INCREASINGLY unsustainable losses have forced independent Swedish airline Transwede to initiate a radical restructuring programme centred on the establishment of three separate business units. From this month, scheduled, charter and maintenance activities will be operated as independent profit centres. The move, which involved 160 redundancies at the end ...
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Continental and Air Canada agree to extend code-share deal
CONTINENTAL AIRLINES and shareholder Air Canada have announced new code-share services, beginning on 8 July. Rival Canadian Airlines International and American Airlines launched their code-sharing agreement on 1 June. The US-Canada "open-skies" aviation pact, signed in February, allows unlimited code-sharing between the countries' airlines, with temporary limits on ...
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Aircraft news
Continental Express has ordered 25 Beech 1900Ds. The contract is worth $105 million with deliveries due to start in July and continue through to mid-1996. Qantas has ordered three B737-400s and two 767-300ERs, worth $325 million. Maersk Air has ordered six Boeing 737-500s with options on ...
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Sino thaw is set to grip
Chinese aviation appears to be experiencing a thaw as two recent events show that both outsiders and the CAAC have growing confidence in China's airlines. China's transition from bank-guaranteed to asset-based financing received a boost with the recent decision of an operating lessor to commit aircraft to a ...
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Major job cuts
Boeing, Fokker and Embraer have been trimming staff in a bid to cut costs back and stay competitive. Boeing announced 5,000 more employees will go in addition to the 7,000 job losses already announced. Fokker is to cut staff by 945, of which 490 will be forced lay-offs, by year ...
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Ansett carry on regardless
Ignoring recent losses and the imminent purchase of 50 per cent of its stock by Air New Zealand, Ansett Australia has decided to push ahead with plans to expand its embryonic international operations in Asia. Managing director Graeme McMahon says a third Boeing 747-300 will be leased for ...
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New wave hits Mexico
The reversal in Mexican economic fortunes, dragged down by the slump of the peso, is at least restoring some equilibrium in the airline industry. But the economic crisis could yet precipitate a reversal in policy, with the government pushing to re-regulate pricing and infusing both Aeromexico and Mexicana with new ...
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Euro pilots strike out
Continuing management efforts to cut the European majors' operating costs are resulting in clashes with pilots at KLM, SAS and Alitalia. If pilots do not concede the need to reduce costs, carriers may seek alternatives. KLM is insisting on a longterm programme to cut its aircrew costs, which ...
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Africa's Alliance prepares to launch scheduled services
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON ALLIANCE, THE NEW African long-haul venture led by South African Airways (SAA), is gearing up for the launch of scheduled services in July, and says that new routes and aircraft are likely to follow. The venture has its origins in protracted talks between ...
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Impact of high-speed competition: the real threat
Sir - Andrew Chuter is right to warn the airlines of the impact of high-speed rail services (Flight International, 7-13 June, P94). The real danger threatening domestic and short-haul European services, does not come from the TGV high speed train, however, but from the willingness of governments to sink ...
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Back to break-even
The world airline industry ended 1994 close to break-even, but cost of reduction is still top of the agenda. Kevin O'Toole/LONDON At times, it seemed that it would never happen, but the world airline industry at last appears to have ended its record run of ...
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Air Macau goes for Airbus
AIRBUS INDUSTRIE has won a close fight with Boeing to provide aircraft for start-up carrier Air Macau, which is to begin operations soon after Macau's first international airport opens for business in November. Air Macau is to lease two A320s and two A321s, both powered by International Aero ...
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Air France cash is approved
THE EUROPEAN Commission (EC) has authorised the next tranche of cash for the recapitalisation of Air France, but has expressed reservations about the speed with which the national flag carrier is restructuring. The first Fr10 billion ($2 billion) chunk of the Fr20 billion being given to the airline ...