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Born free?
While government regulations were the downfall of most of India's first batch of startups, it appears that a second cycle - involving new players as well as the return of some old contenders - is underway. Like large tracts of Asia, cloaked in the fog from forest fires, India's ...
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Arranged marriage
Indian Airlines is destined to wed Air-India, but first the government must accept some responsibility for its financial troubles. Its proposed 'dowry' would be made up of compensation for the enforced grounding of its entire A320 fleet back in 1990, a subordinated loan, and the injection of new capital. By ...
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Tamed by politics
Report by Tom Ballantyne It seems that every time a new Indian aviation policy ship gently eases itself into port, an election storm rears its head and dashes it onto the rocks. As India's two state-owned airlines, Air-India and Indian Airlines, prepared for the New Year after a ...
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Red ink rains over Korea
Tom Ballantyne South Korea's airlines are scrambling to downsize and slash costs as the region staggers from the blow of Asia's worsening economic crisis. Flag carrier Korean Airlines faces more than US$900 million in foreign exchange losses after the local currency, the won, dived 40 per cent against ...
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US lusts after Latins
Karen Walker US majors are looking southwards as American Airlines receives its long-awaited go-ahead for a codeshare with the Taca group and jockeys with its competitors for other prized Latin American alliances and routes. After 18 months, and a storm of protest from other US and central American ...
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Eleven men to go at MEA
Lois Jones Struggling Lebanese flag carrier Middle East Airlines has named a new seven-man board of directors, after the former board was ousted amid corruption allegations. MEA's outgoing 11-man board has been replaced by one headed by Mohammed Hout, the director of real estate affairs at Banque du ...
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Mesa is no longer united
Karen Walker A parting of the ways between codeshare partners United Airlines and Mesa Air Group is posing questionmarks over Mesa's future and possible new partners for United. Regional independent Mesa, which operates as America West Express, United Express, US Airways Express, WestAir and Mesa Airlines, has been ...
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Cheap thrills with no frills
Lois Jones Low-cost startups are beginning to looking extremely vulnerable as more majors launch low-cost subsidiaries, ignoring the argument that the independent players should instead be left to satisfy the demand for low fares in underserved markets. By Lois Jones. To your corners, please. To the left of the ring ...
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US hubs need to be consolidated
Karen Walker Driven as they are by the shareholder, the major US carriers will no doubt sit up and take notice of a new report from a Wall Street analyst that assesses their growth potential, and therefore investment worth, based on the relative strengths and weaknesses of their hubs. ...
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Embraers to Spain
Embraer has received an order from new Spanish carrier European Regions Airlines for two RJ145s, to be delivered in December 1998 and January 1999, with three options. The airline will operate the aircraft at its Palma, Majorca, base and Vitoria on the mainland. Source: Flight International
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Fairchild Dornier flies 328JET
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH Fairchild Dornier flew its prototype 328JET for the first time on 20 January, bringing it a step closer to entering the emerging 30-seat regional-jet market. The aircraft took off at 11:16 local time from the company's Oberpfaffenhofen site near Munich, and was flown for nearly 2h over the ...
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Boeing 737-600 takes off
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES The Boeing 737-600 had a successful 2h 28min first flight from Renton on 22 January on a day when firm orders for Next Generation aircraft climbed to 811, with the sale of 59 more to launch-customer Southwest Airlines. The -600's take-off weight was a relatively light 50,395kg, ...
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Blue Sky prepares for launch as PAL 737-300s are secured
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON British Airways has secured a fleet of eight Boeing 737-300s to launch its low-fare subsidiary at London Stansted Airport. The airline, known as Operation Blue Sky, has also applied for its operating licence. The airline, which is believed to be aiming for a launch in April, has filed ...
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Air China agrees deal to acquire 737-800s
Air China has signed a purchase agreement with Boeing for five 737-800s and taken options on another 15 as part of China Aviation Supplies' (CASC) recently announced order for 50 widebodies and narrowbodies. The five 167-seat aircraft are the first Next Generation 737s to be officially purchased by a ...
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Boeing perseveres as EVA discusses A340 order
EVA Airways has opened contractual negotiations with Airbus Industrie on ordering six A340-500s, plus six options, but has not ruled out placing orders with Boeing. It holds an unsigned letter-of-intent (LoI) for a similar number of proposed 747-200ERXs. Despite EVA having earlier signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with ...
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Iberia delays order plans following Air Europa deal
Iberia Has alleviated its fleet-capacity shortfall in the near term by signing a franchise agreement with its Spanish rival Air Europa, while at the same time delaying its planned acquisition of new aircraft. Iberia has been wet-leasing two Boeing 757s from Air Europa for the past six months, along ...
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KLM finalises rebranding of European partners
KLM is to unveil plans to rebrand its European airline partners, co-ordinating the separate companies' images more closely with its own. Air UK is set to cement its role as the UK arm of KLM by unveiling a new image and renaming itself "KLM UK". The new name will ...
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Thrusting ahead
Hurel-Dubois has transferred work on thrust reversers for the Embraer RJ145 regional-jet family to its UK plant in Burnley, Lancashire, from its French site "for financial reasons". The contract, awarded in May 1995 to its International Nacelle Systems joint venture with Shorts Brothers, is worth up to $100 million, says ...
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Airbus output boost
Airbus Industrie financial controller Ian Massey says that the manufacturer's five-year plan includes the target to cut production lead-time for narrowbodied aircraft to six months from the current nine months, while that for widebodied aircraft will be reduced to ten months from the current 15.5 months. Source: Flight International
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Airbus set for A319 order from Royal Brunei
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE Royal Brunei Airlines (RBA) has reached a tentative agreement with Airbus Industrie to place an initial order for two A319s, in a move which will affect its wider-ranging selection of a new fleet of widebodies. The airline has accepted an Airbus offer on two A319s available ...