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Fresh threat to Air France
The creation of a powerful private French competitor to threaten Air France's domestic dominance is closer to reality, following the signing of a cooperation agreement between Air Liberté and AOM. Although the two medium-sized French airlines are limiting themselves to a codesharing agreement, Air Liberté admits that the ...
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Latin tie-ups for American
American Airlines is heating up the Latin American market, forcing its agenda in Colombia while signing up the El Salvador-based Taca consortium of airlines to an extensive codesharing pact that the new partners hope will end with antitrust immunity and US-Central America open skies. This may be the first of ...
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Hughes Avicom
Airline cabin-management and entertainment-systems company Hughes Avicom International, of Pomona, California, has appointed Ronald Kiripolsky senior vice-president for operations. He has previously held positions with American Airlines, Continental Airlines, Pacific Southwest Airlines and was president of overhauler Dalfort Aviation. Source: Flight International
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The Top Fifty Airlines
The world airline industry made record profits in 1995, but will the boom last? The signs are mixed from this year's ranking of the world's top 50passenger-airline groups. Kevin O'Toole/LONDON IT HAS TAKEN a long time to arrive, but recovery in the world airline industry appears to ...
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Thai plans MoU for six 747-Xs
Paul Lewis/BANGKOK THAI AIRWAYS International is discussing signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for up to six new Boeing 747-500/600X aircraft, but the carrier is now waiting for Government approval for its earlier fleet modernisation before committing itself. The airline is among a group of ...
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BA uses rule-change to purchase remainder of TAT shares
Julian Moxon/PARIS BRITISH AIRWAYS has acquired the remainder of the shares in its French regional subsidiary TAT, becoming the first European flag carrier to take major advantage of the changing cross-border ownership rules in Europe. BA took a 49.9% stake in TAT in 1992, with ...
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China takes first MD-90
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) has delivered the first of 11 MD-90 TrunkLiners to China Northern Airlines, marking the culmination of a four-year development effort. The delivery followed the long-delayed signing of a purchase agreement in Beijing on 17 July which had been threatened ...
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Funding blow hampers Modiluft's fleet-expansion plans
MODILUFT'S plans to expand its fleet could be hampered by the refusal of the Indian Government to permit it to undertake a bond issue to fund the acquisition of additional aircraft. The Delhi-based domestic carrier is already faced with the prospect of finding replacements for its entire ...
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Air Canada
John Foster Fraser has been elected non-executive chairman of Air Canada, with effect from 1 August, replacing Hollis Harris, who is to retire. Fraser was most recently chairman and chief executive of Federal Industries. Source: Flight International
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Swanwick delays cost CAA dearly
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON THE UK CIVIL AVIATION Authority has confirmed that delays to the UK's new Swanwick en route air-traffic-control centre will leave it with a bill of around £10 million ($15.6 million), but says that it hopes to avoid raising user charges to meet the costs. ...
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Constellation evaluates A320 and 737 to replace too-noisy 727-200s
CONSTELLATION International Airlines plans to acquire quieter, more efficient, aircraft to replace its Boeing 727-200s, which face a possible weekend noise- ban at the carrier's Brussels-Zaventem, Belgium, base. Constellation chief executive Christian Heinzman says that the airline is evaluating the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737-300/400 to replace its Boeing ...
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Latin two-step
Miami-based Pan Am International Flight Academy and Phoenix East Aviation, a flight school in Daytona Beach, Florida, have formed the Latin American Flight Training Academy marketing alliance to offer ab initio airline-pilot training, including simulator training at Pan Am, as well as flight-attendant training. Meanwhile, Pan Am is installing an ...
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Cathay
Capt Ken Barley has been appointed director of flight operations at Cathay Pacific Airways, of Hong Kong with effect from 20 December, succeeding Capt Gerry Clem-mow, who is to retire. Barley will be replaced by Capt Mike Lowes, who is now Boeing 747-400 fleet manager. He in turn will be ...
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E&S claims half visuals market
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA EVANS & SUTHERLAND (E&S) is claiming 50% of the commercial flight-simulator visual-system market after just two years as an independent supplier. The Salt Lake City, Utah-based company has announced orders from British Aerospace Regional Aircraft and United Airlines, and says that sales so ...
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SIA buys FSI Learjet 45 simulator
SINGAPORE AIRLINES (SIA) has ordered a Learjet 45 full-flight simulator from FlightSafety International (FSI). The Level D simulator will be delivered in the fourth quarter of 1997. SIA is acquiring Learjet 45 business jets to replace Learjet 31s used for pilot training, and already has a Learjet 31 simulator supplied ...
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Carnival will merge with Pan American
CARNIVAL AIRLINES has agreed to merge with start-up carrier Pan American World Airways, and to operate under the Pan Am name. While negotiations continue, Pan Am will pursue plans to gain its own operator's certificate and to launch low-fare services between Miami, New York and Los Angeles. When ...
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Asiana defers engine decision
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE ASIANA AIRLINES of South Korea has postponed until the middle of September final selection of engines for its planned new fleet of up to 58 Airbus Industrie A330s, Boeing 777s, 747-400s and 767-300s. The decision has been delayed to give the carrier more ...
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Suspect JT8D-200 fan hubs are removed from service
FAN HUBS FROM six Pratt & Whitney JT8D-200 engines have been removed from service after it was determined that they have the same manufacturing defect believed to have caused the uncontained failure on a Delta Air Lines McDonnell Douglas MD-88 on 7 July. The 25mm-long fatigue crack, which caused the ...