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Kuwaiti A340 Delivered
Kuwait Airways has taken delivery of the first of four Airbus A340-300 airliners on 29 March. The aircraft is the first to be fitted with the 150kN (34,000lb)-thrust CFM56-5C4, the most powerful engine in CFM International's CFM56 range. The Kuwaiti A340s will be operated on routes to New York via ...
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South Korea Sale
The US Department of Defense plans to sell South Korea 100 Hughes AIM-120 advanced medium-range air-to-air missiles for $75 million, to arm Lockheed F-16s. It is also to sell Taiwan six Hughes Phalanx close-in weapon systems as part of a $75 million frigate-armament deal. Source: Flight ...
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Appointments
Gaston Hébert has been named president of de Havilland, replacing Ken Laver. John Horne has been appointed airport director for London/City airport. Rick Ellis has been appointed chief executive of Ansett New Zealand. He replaces Craig Wallace, who has taken a senior position with Ansett Australia. ...
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Orders
Air Atlantic has ordered 10 Jetstream 41s. The first five are to be delivered in the second quarter to the Halifax, Nova Scotia-based carrier. Mesa Air has ordered 25 Dash 8-200s from Bombardier worth $250 million. The New Mexico commuter airline has options on a further 25 aircraft. ...
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Suppliers
PROS Strategic Solutions has installed its bid price based origin-destination revenue management system at Continental Airlines. BehavHeuristic yield management system has been installed at Icelandair. FLS Aerospace has won a five year contract from Irish independent Ryanair to provide heavy maintenance for 11 Boeing 737-200s. The ...
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Make believe airline
Airline Business editor Richard Whitaker learned from his mistakes when he helped run an airline for four years. But the shareholders were not pleased with the result. 'We saw it coming . . . We took too long to do anything . . . We turned it around ...
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Overhauling costs
The US carriers are proving slow to react to calls for over-reliance on labour cost cuts to give way to a reengineering of the entire way in which airlines do business. Jane L Levere reports. While cost-cutting is nothing new to the US airline industry, the term 'reengineering' represents a ...
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Turnup for the books
Cancellations dropped sharply in 1994 and orders look set to recover this year. But the delivery upturn is still two years away and the outlook remains tough for major and regional aircraft manufacturers alike. Mark Odell reports. No-one expected any different in 1994 as aircraft orders remained in the doldrums. ...
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Mexican bailout hits mighty buck
There are potent signs that the long reign of the US dollar as the world's main reserve currency may be drawing to a close. As this change starts to take place, reflecting the deep seated changes in the global economic and financial system, the American currency - like sterling for ...
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Isles marshal united forces
The micro-carriers of the North Pacific have decided that group profits are better than individual losses, and are moving to form a joint airline. Led by Air Marshall Islands, the tiny island carriers have set up a working party whose task is to formulate an aircraft share scheme ...
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SAS: MD-95 blow
SAS dealt a heavy blow to McDonnell Douglas' plans to launch the MD-95, by opting for the Boeing 737-600. The MD-95 or a mix of Fokker 70s and 100s were thought to be the frontrunners in SAS' fleet renewal plan, especially as the carrier helped to specify the MD-95. SAS ...
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A firmer future
As the industry recovers, aircraft values are hardening and surpluses falling but some types are faring better than others. Clive Medland of SH&E explains why. Predicting the outlook for the commercial aviation industry is somewhat analogous to forecasting the weather. We can accurately predict that there will be winters and ...
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Top earners must deliver
As an avid reader of your intelligent, well reported magazine I was surprised with part of the February editorial, Crisis over - but don't let up. There is no doubt that the airline industry must change, and that companies must be more innovative and responsive in future. My main concern ...
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China order thaw on way
Pressure is mounting for Beijing to relax its freeze on new aircraft orders. It looks as if the Civil Aviation Administration of China will permit two, and perhaps all three big carriers, to place firm orders. Senior Air China officials recently visited Toulouse and Seattle in anticipation that ...
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Beijing sets out HK stall
Beijing has shown half its hand with an eleventh hour disclosure of its terms for renewing the Hong Kong-Taiwan air agreement that expires this month, but it has been less forthright about whether it will approve Hong Kong-Taiwan flights by foreign airlines under other bilaterals, or what criteria it will ...
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Vietnam on for sell-off
The wide-ranging ambitions of Vietnam Airlines are set to receive a boost in the near future with an expected government decision to clear the way for partial privatisation, including a measure of foreign investment. At presstime, airline officials were awaiting details of a planning package which is expected ...
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Peace pays off for Jordan
The peace process in the Middle East has brought mixed fortunes for Royal Jordanian. While the carrier stands to gain from co-operation with El Al and Israeli overfly rights, the government is slow in its plans to commercialise the airline. From the summer schedule, Royal Jordanian and El ...
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New accord seals open skies deal
The well known disunity of the US airlines, and their equally known derision of the Department of Transportation in Washington, were set aside recently as they voiced approval of DOT's successful renegotiation of the US-Canada bilateral. One by one, airline CEOs were quoted in press releases praising transportation secretary Federico ...
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Give Commission a clear mandate
Divisions in Europe on US bilaterals and state aid threaten the internal market Less than two months after moving to Brussels to take up his position as the new European transport commissioner, Neil Kinnock finds himself surrounded by controversy. In his early dealings he has adopted a spirited approach, ...
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AMR cuts go to the core
Restructuring of the executive ranks at AMR Corp is widely considered cosmetic for the short term, with an eye towards labour negotiations. However, the restructuring is also focusing on preparing for longer term goals such as forming partnerships and joint ventures, especially in information technology. Robert Crandall turned ...