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ANZ stays in hunt to control Ansett
Air New Zealand (ANZ) has declared a continued interest in taking full control of Ansett Australia in the wake of News Corporation's withdrawal of a plan to sell its 50% stake in the Australian carrier to Singapore Airlines (SIA) for A$500 million ($325 million). In a statement to the ...
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Deutsche BA could prosper from parent's cuts
Jens Flottau/BERLIN British Airways subsidiary Deutsche BA says it is keen to fly more routes on behalf of its parent and could take over some of the services to be shed by BA as part of the planned rationalisation of its European route network. In addition to cutting destinations, farming ...
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Delta/Air France alliance makes an impact
Chris Jasper/LONDON Andrew Doyle/MUNICH Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC The new Delta Air Lines/Air France alliance, announced amid much fanfare last week, has had a significant impact on other major airlines and could ultimately dictate the future strategic direction to be followed by carriers including Swissair and Continental Airlines. ...
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Strength to strength
BWIA gears up for premier position in the Caribbean Max Kingsley-Jones/TRINIDADOver recent years, BWIA International Airways has regularly pledged to turn itself around financially and to update its fleet. Those promises, however, have been empty, and efforts to restructure the airline have come to nothing - until now. Late last ...
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Routes
Belgian long haul airline City Bird will operate a weekly flight linking Brussels and Point-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, from 30 October-29 April next year, under an agreement with tour operator Nouvelles Frontières. The agreement strengthens collaboration with Nouvelles Frontières on City Bird routes to the USA. Crossair will start a midday service ...
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Alitalia commits to $1 billion fleet upgrade
Andy Nativi/GENOA Alitalia has committed to a L2,000 billion ($1.1 billion) fleet upgrade of its Alitalia Express and widebody fleets, despite facing strike action by its workforce and downgraded performance estimates for the year. The airline's board has approved the purchase of five Boeing 747-400s, with deliveries from the ...
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Delta defers Boeing 777 fleet delivery over pilot pay dispute
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Delta Air Lines has been forced to defer delivery of its entire Boeing 777 fleet on order because of its failure to negotiate a pay accord with the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) for the type. Earlier this year, the airline deferred indefinitely deliveries of ...
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Gulf Air transfers line maintenance to GAMCO
Gulf Air has signed off the transfer of its entire line maintenance to sister company Gulf Aircraft Maintenance (GAMCO), and is beginning to replace its Boeing 767s with new Airbus A330-200s. The agreement to transfer the airline's worldwide line maintenance operation to GAMCO is part of an effort to ...
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Mexicana to join alliance, but as second tier 'Starlet'
Mexicana de Aviacion will be given only "second tier" membership of the Star Alliance when it becomes the 10th airline to join the grouping, Flight International's sister on-line service Air Transport Intelligence (ATI) reports. State-owned Mexicana says it is joining Star on or around 7 July, but although the ...
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BA tipped to take stake in Finnair
The Finnish Government is considering selling a further large stake in Finnair, with British Airways (BA) tipped as an investor in its fellow oneworld carrier. Helsinki holds a 58% stake in the airline, and according to regulations can reduce its share to 50.1%. However, it is considering cutting its ...
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Battle to power A318 intensifies
CFM International's bid to power the A318 is expected to be decided shortly, says president Gerard Laviec. The engine maker has offered the CFM56-5A or -5B to Air France as an alternative to the incumbent Pratt & Whitney PW6000, but talks with Airbus Industrie have stalled over financial arrangements ...
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777X firms up as engine choice hangs in balance
General Electric has offered Boeing substantial financing to assist in the development of the 777-200X and 777-300X in exchange for an exclusive position to power the aircraft with a development of its GE90. The US engine builder, offering the GE90-11XB, is believed to have made the offer as part ...
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Lease deals swell A320 family
Airbus has secured deals for its A320 family from major leasing companies in Europe and the Far East. Together the two orders will see the airframe builder's orderbook swell by around $2.5 billion. Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (SALE) has ordered 23 A320 family aircraft in a deal worth over ...
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$2bn orders take ERJ-135/145 sales to over 900
Seven airlines placed orders for up to 103 Embraer ERJ-135s and 145s worth almost $2 billion during the show . The orders from InterCanadian, KLMexel, Rheintalflug, Proteus Airlines, Skyways, Alitalia and Crossair take the total orders and options for the 37/50-seat regional jet family to over 900. Canadian Airlines' ...
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IAE safe as Pratt & Whitney aims PW8000 at higher thrust
The future of International Aero Engines (IAE) appears to be assured after Pratt & Whitney's move to shift the main focus of its PW8000 study engine from the A320 to the longer-range A340-500/600 family. The move, prompted largely by Airbus, coincides with IAE's announcement to look into a higher-thrust ...
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Arabian Gulf to get new air services
Two new airline ventures are planned in the Arabian Gulf, one based in the UAE and one in Qatar. Qatar's Gulf Falcon Group plans to use Dubai 2000 as the launchpad for its as-yet-unnamed airline. Group chairman Sheikh Hamad Al Thani says the airline, one of a number of ...
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Cathay Pacific reveals pilot pay agreement details
Cathay Pacific Airways has revealed details of the revised pay agreement that its senior pilots have accepted, as negotiated between the company and its aircrew union, the Hong Kong Aircrew Officers Association (AOA). Of the more than 700 A-scale - senior - pilots that responded to the offer, a ...
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Alitalia confirms MAS code-share talks
Alitalia has confirmed that talks are under way with Malaysia Airlines (MAS) for a new code-share that may begin by August this year. Alitalia regional sales and marketing manager for the Far East and Australia, Vincenzo Cappelluto, says from Hong Kong that the "talks are in very early ...
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GE to partner LOT in Polish maintenance venture
GE Engine Services and LOT Polish Airlines signed a preliminary agreement at Le Bourget to form an aircraft engine maintenance and repair JV at Warsaw airport. The deal is expected to be concluded later this year, following the execution of operating agreements and the receipt of the necessary regulatory ...
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Ownership wrangle halts SIA's bid for Ansett stake
News Corporation has suspended talks with Singapore Airlines (SIA) on the carrier's proposed purchase of the media group's 50% stake in Ansett Holdings until issues concerning Ansett's other 50% owner, Air New Zealand (ANZ), are resolved. The talks collapsed after News Corp claimed its dealings with SIA were ...