All air transport news – Page 2537
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Bespoke fortunes
Effective, efficient hubs are vital to most US majors' profitability. But do they operate in everybody's best interests and is stronger regulation needed? Karen Walker reports. You either love hubs or hate them. A government department has accused the US majors of continuing to use their hubs to raise fares ...
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A measure of Irala's intent
Iberia's new president has plenty of work to do if he is to fulfil his aim of privatising the carrier by 2000. Xabier de Irala talks to Mark Odell in the first major interview since his appointment. Xabier de Irala Estevez is a not only a newcomer to the airline ...
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JAL plans new carrier
Japan Airlines (JAL) plans to establish a new low-cost subsidiary carrier in March, in the face of growing domestic competition. The new carrier hopes to cut air fares by up to 20% on trunk services to Sapporo and Fukuoka, by using foreign crews and flight attendants and scaling back in- ...
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Malaysia Airlines gears up for overhaul on 777 service-entry
Malaysia Airlines (MAS) plans to begin implementing an overhaul of its operations, to coincide with the entry into service of the Boeing 777-200IGW this year. The sweeping changes will include a rationalisation of MAS aircraft and engine types, with the phasing out of some of its Boeing 747-400/300s, ...
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EVA orders
EVA Airways of Taiwan has ordered two more Boeing 747-400 passenger aircraft and has announced plans to buy another two McDonnell Douglas MD-11 freighters. Deliveries will begin at the end of 1997 and increase EVA's fleet to 34 aircraft in total, including 14 747s and eight MD-11s. The Taiwanese airline ...
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Syrian Arab Airbus
Syrian Arab Airlines is reported to have signed a contract for six Airbus A320s in Damascus on 8 December. The aircraft, which are scheduled for delivery from the second half of 1998, will replace the airline's fleet of Boeing 727s. Source: Flight International
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Philippine cargo airline aims to start up services in April
Philippine Aeronautics Development (PADC) and a Japanese ground-handling company have reached an initial agreement to establish a new Filipino cargo airline to operate between the two countries, in competition with FedEx. State-owned PADC has signed a memorandum of understanding with International Airline System Service (IASS) to launch the ...
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SAS takes a vital step towards free-flight target
SAS has become the first airline to install a certifiable example of one of the most important items of equipment needed by the industry to achieve the goal of free flight. The MMI5000 cockpit display of traffic information (CDTI) was installed in a Fokker F28 for a certification ...
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Airbus wins A330 orders from Swissair, Austrian and Sabena
In a flurry of pre-year-end activity, Airbus Industrie announced orders from eight airlines, covering virtually its entire aircraft range, the most significant of which is the joint selection by Swissair, Sabena and Austrian Airlines of the A330-200 for their long-haul-fleet needs. The deal, which is not yet covered ...
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South Koreans are ready to sign up for A3XX risk-share
Airbus Industrie hopes to conclude its first risk-sharing agreement on the 500- to 800-seat A3XX later this month, with all four South Korean aerospace manufacturers taking a share of development and manufacture of the aircraft. The consortium's large-aircraft division senior vice-president, Jurgen Thomas, says that a deal including ...
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GE wins Asiana 747/767 order
General Electric has secured a consolation prize from Asiana Airlines in the shape of additional Boeing 747 and 767 engines, following its recent loss to Pratt & Whitney of a much larger powerplant deal for the Boeing 777 and Airbus Industrie A330. The deal covers new CF6-80C2 engines ...
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Blue Dart aims to create more capacity
Blue Dart Aviation is planning to increase capacity in the next few months, with the acquisition of additional aircraft and the introduction of more routes. The Indian express-package operator, the country's FedEx global service partner, is evaluating bigger aircraft for its fledgling fleet, and considering additional routes. A ...
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Egyptair introduces the A340-200
Egyptair has begun operating the first of three Airbus A340-200s, alongside an existing A340-300 leased from Gulf Air. The 260-seat Airbuses were ordered in 1995, along with three General Electric GE90-powered Boeing 777s, to supplement its long-haul fleet and replace the airline's fleet of Airbus A300B4s and Boeing 767-200s. ...
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Spanish charter airline launches services with A320s
BCM Airlines has begun operations with an International Aero Engines V2500-powered Airbus A320 leased from Airworld of the UK. BCM, based in Palma de Majorca, is using the aircraft on services to European holiday destinations, and plans to add a further two A320s early in 1997. Source: Flight ...
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Ziegler bows out of Airbus
Bernard Ziegler, one of the original forces behind the development of Airbus Industrie, has retired after a 26-year career with the consortium. He will be replaced as senior vice-president, engineering, by Alain Garcia. Ziegler joined Airbus during the development of its initial aircraft - the A300 - as head of ...
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BAfrees USAir and prepares to intensify American fight
British Airways has finally agreed to sever its partnership with USAir, putting its shareholding in the US carrier up for sale and planning to draw the marketing alliance to a close by April. The news increases pressure on BA to push through its new alliance with American Airlines, ...
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Dash 8-400 cash
Bombardier has won C$57 million ($42 million) from the Canadian Government in repayable launch aid for the 70-seat stretched -400 version of the de Havilland Dash 8. Bombardier and the government of Ottawa will fund C$400 million of the development cost, with the remaining C$200 million coming from risk-sharing partners, ...
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Sweden approves order for third Gripen batch
The Swedish parliament has approved an order for a third batch of Saab JAS39 Gripen fighter-bombers. The four-squadron order was cleared on 13 December as part of Sweden's new five-year defence strategy, but the exact number of aircraft has not yet been fixed. According to Saab, Batch 3 ...
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In a long tradition
Every Boeing commercial airliner since the 707 has been extended at some stage, with two exceptions: the 747 and 757. It now seems that, after many years of study and debate, the 747 is about to be elongated into the -500 and -600 series and the 757is finally set to ...
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Caught on camera
There may be more than a safety aspect to the use of external video-cameras on aircraft. David Learmount/LONDON The CIRCUMSTANCES of the" British Airtours disaster at Manchester in August 1985 led the UK Civil Aviation Authority to investigate the installation of external aircraft-surveillance video cameras. About a decade ...