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Finnair firms up new European alliances
Finnair and British Airways have firmed up their "Nordic alliance", which will take the form of codesharing on 15 flights between London and Helsinki in Finland and Stockholm in Sweden. The link will see a new service between Helsinki and London Gatwick, while Helsinki-Stockholm-Manchester flights will be included from ...
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US/Japan bilateral deal leads to 106 new flights
The US Department of Transportation (DoT) has tentatively awarded six US airlines 106 new weekly flights to Japan from 13 cities in the USA as a result of the liberalised air services agreement signed by the two countries on 14 March. The route awards are expected to become permanent ...
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Mesa holds talks in bid to keep America West codeshare
Mesa Air Group hopes to negotiate a new codeshare agreement with America West Airlines, after being informed that its arrangement to operate as America West Express will be terminated on 2 April. Mesa is already reeling from the termination of United Airlines codeshare agreements, which account for almost half of ...
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Marketplace
-British Airways subsidiary Brymon Airways is to aquire eight more de Havilland Dash 8-300s on lease from Bombardier Aerospace. The new Dash 8Q models will replace some of the airline's existing Dash 8s, and serve new routes. Deliveries will begin in April and continue through to early 1999. -Lufthansa CityLine ...
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Danish maintenance
FLS Aerospace has confirmed that it is setting up a maintenance base at Copenhagen Airport, Denmark, as part of its expansion. FLS Aerospace A/S will be able to carry out A and C Checks on McDonnell Douglas DC-10s, Airbus A300s and A320s and Boeing 727s, 737s and 757s. Source: ...
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Turkish group sets up regional carrier with Avro RJ100s
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON A new Turkish regional airline will launch services in December, backed by major Turkish conglomerate Park Holdings. The carrier has signed an agreement to purchase five new Avro RJ100s Park, which has divisions trading in energy, textiles and general services, has formed Park Express and recruited ...
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Boeing thinks about Russian production
Boeing is studying the possibility of setting up a production capability in Russia, but says that the potential move is only one part of a much broader relationship being established with the country's airlines and aerospace companies. "We are a global company and we are willing to consider global ...
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GE counts the cost of dropping growth GE90, but still profits
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON General Electric has revealed the cost of abandoning its growth plans for the GE90 turbofan, writing off $275 million. The GE aircraft engine business, buoyed by its growing services arm, still managed to outperform its main rivals in profit margins. GE revealed at the end of last year ...
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Heads roll after massive JAL write-off
Andrew Mollet/TOKYO Further senior management casualties are in prospect at Japan Airlines (JAL) after the airline's announcement that it is to draw on its reserves to the tune of about ´155 billion ($1.2 billion) to write off accumulated losses. The company's president has already agreed to go. The write-offs, which ...
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India's Jet establishes offshore offshoot to pay for 737s
A special offshore company in the Cayman Islands has been set up by growing Indian domestic airline Jet Airways to handle the finance for the 10 Boeing 737s it has on order. The $325 million hire purchase deal, largely underwritten by the US Exim export credit bank, is being arranged ...
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Messier-Bugatti aims to double repair business
Messier-Bugatti aims to double its repair business to achieve annual sales of Fr1 billion ($165 million)over the next five years. This ambition follows the integration of the Dowty Aerospace landing gear maintenance unit into the French company. "We intend to become one of the five world leaders in this ...
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HAECO profit
Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering (HAECO) saw its 1997 profits edge down as margins came under pressure and the full impact of Asia's economic crisis began to be felt. Earnings of HK$320 million ($41 million) were down by 5.7%, excluding 1997's exceptional item from its venture with Rolls-Royce. Source: Flight ...
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Honeywell airport buy
In a move to strengthen its new airport systems grouping, Honeywell has acquired Hughey & Phillips, a specialist designer and manufacturer of airport lighting control and monitoring systems. Honeywell already offers a satellite landing and a ground vehicle tracking system through its new division. Source: Flight International
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Pan Am left at altar...again
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Pan American World Airways is determining whether to drop efforts to resume scheduled airline services in favour of re-organising its operations as a scaled down charter carrier after two potential rescue bids were withdrawn. Pan Am terminated its scheduled flights when it filed for bankruptcy ...
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Boeing signs up for Israeli RADA stake
Boeing and Israeli avionics specialist RADA have signed a preliminary agreement covering the US aerospace giant taking a minority stake in the company. The $10 million investment in RADA will make Boeing its largest single shareholder, with about 40%. RADA manufactures civil and military equipment, including avionics test stations ...
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Pay as you go
Once again there are plans on the table to replace the US ticket tax. There are even hopes that, this time around, the US Federal Aviation Administration will actually be able to see them into law. It is not before time. The US Congress, the FAA and the airline ...
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RAF and Royal Navy seek improved accuracy bomb by 2003
Douglas Barrie/LONDON The Royal Air Force and Royal Navy are aiming to introduce an improved accuracy, increased stand-off, air-delivered bomb into service on their combat aircraft by 2003. Under the programme, the RAF's Panavia Tornado GR4, British Aerospace Harrier GR7, Sepecat Jaguar GR1B, Eurofighter EF2000 and the Royal ...
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USAF deploys B-2 on overseas mission
The US Air Force is deploying two Northrop Grumman B-2 stealth bombers to Andersen AFB, Guam, between 23 March and 3 April. The overseas deployment, the first for the low-observable bomber, is part of an Air Combat Command sponsored exercise. It is the B-2's first deployment for sustained training ...
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Pentagon launches warning on ballistic defence timetable
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC The US Department of Defense (DoD) has warned that the tight schedule for development and possible deployment of a US national defence network against ballistic missile attack may be too ambitious. Phillip Coyle, the Pentagon's director of operational test and evaluation, says in his annual ...
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First C-130J tour generates sales leads
Lockheed Martin is preparing bids in response to interest generated by the C-130J Hercules 2 sales tour through southern European and the Middle East. Of the 12 countries visited, most have active procurement requirements "of some degree of maturity", says Rick Hundley, vice- president international business development for Lockheed Martin ...